“I’ll open the secret realm. There may be disturbances here, please protect me!” Chu Liang said, flying forward.

The mist beneath his feet flowed over the Dreaming Abyss, and the Peach Blossom Fairyland on the other side seemed both real and illusory. A dark shadow slowly approached, but was ultimately stopped by an invisible barrier.

His figure seemed to hit the surface of water, causing ripples.

“Open!” Chu Liang shouted, pushing his hands forward towards the invisible barrier in the air. A thunderous sound echoed throughout the area.

Boom, boom, boom—

The ripples in the air intensified, spreading out in waves. Simultaneously, the abyss below began to churn with monstrous waves!

“Roar—”

A dragon’s roar shook the heavens!

From the thick fog, a dark dragon head emerged. Its massive skull had blood-red eyes, terrifying and fierce! The body that followed was broken and incomplete, with only remnants of flesh and soul left.

A ghost dragon?!

A dragon is a dragon, even if it has fallen and turned into a ghost, it still carries an unparalleled might, causing the demonic cultivators of the Underworld Sect, who have been dealing with souls for years, to tremble.

No, there are two… no, one after another, a total of six ghost dragons emerged from the abyss!

“Roar—”

Chu Liang’s attempt to open the secret realm seemed to have enraged these sleeping souls. All the ghost dragons roared and charged at him.

At this moment, Pǔ Shàn shouted, “Retreat!”

Boom, boom!

He lifted the Tombstone Stele with one hand, raised it high, and slammed it down! The stele grew in size in mid-air, becoming like a small mountain, suppressing the ghost dragons beneath it!

Bang, bang, bang—

Continuous impact sounds came from under the stele, each impact causing Pǔ Shàn’s body to shake.

He shouted loudly, “Help me!”

All the Earth Fiends and Soul Binders behind him obeyed and pressed their palms on the Tombstone Stele, using all their true energy to help him suppress the stele, firmly covering the six rampaging ghost dragons.

Chu Liang and the others were naturally among them, but whether they were really helping, only they knew.

But the situation did not stabilize.

Suddenly, a mournful chant came from the sky, “The nine states will fall, the country will collapse, the vast sky, why…”

This voice brought about an endless sense of desolation, causing an inexplicable feeling of grief and indignation to rise in people’s hearts.

Looking up, they saw the ghost of an old man in grey clothes stepping forward from the distant sky. He held an ancient scroll in his left hand. With each step forward, his powerful soul influence became stronger.

“Is it the ghost of the prime minister from the previous dynasty?” Pǔ Shàn immediately guessed the identity of the old man.

“Stop him! I’m about to open the secret realm!” Chu Liang shouted from the front.

Before he could speak, the old man’s ghost had already noticed him, and his tone burst with anger, “Thief! Dare to invade my Dragon Court! Do you really think all my civil and military officials are dead?!”

With a roar, he waved his right hand, and shouts of killing rushed out from the fog. Scattered ghost soldiers and ghost generals riding skeleton warhorses charged from all directions.

Seeing this, Pǔ Shàn ordered, “Earth Fiends, follow me to fight the enemy! Soul Binders, continue to suppress this stele!”

At his command, the remaining four Earth Fiends stood up to block the ghost generals and soldiers from four directions, while Pǔ Shàn himself flew to confront the old man’s ghost.

“Kill the thief!” The old man shouted, raising the ancient scroll in his left hand. Ancient characters emerged from it, attacking Pǔ Shàn.

Pǔ Shàn raised his palms, summoning a string of nine skull heads. Bang!

These nine huge skull heads rose into the wind, colliding with an ancient character, and were instantly shattered! They scattered all over the place.

“This ghost is too strong! I can’t handle him, hurry up!” Pǔ Shàn immediately shouted.

At the same time, he cut his left palm, squeezing out a stream of blood that evenly fell on the nine skull heads. In an instant, these skull heads seemed to have gained souls, immediately rising up and opening their huge mouths to bite the old man!

The old man simply walked forward, casually waving out ancient characters, easily repelling these ferocious skull heads.

“Almost there!” Chu Liang shouted back.

…

Not only were they in a critical situation, but the Soul Binders left on the Tombstone Stele were also having a hard time. Everyone was working together to suppress the six ghost dragons. The stele began to shake violently, and blood spilled from people’s mouths from time to time!

“We can’t hold on…” A Soul Binder spat out blood, “We can’t suppress them…”

“Brothers, hang in there!” Chu Liang shouted, “Just hold on for a moment, and Pǔ Shàn and the Earth Fiends will take us to find the treasures!”

“Hold on! If you have ten percent strength, give eleven percent. It’s time to serve the Underworld Sect!” Pǔ Shàn also shouted.

“Yes!” Chu Liang added, “Do you want to be cowards for the rest of your lives, or heroes at this moment!”

“Even if it burns our lifespan and overdraws our Golden Elixir, we must hold on! Never give up easily!” Pǔ Shàn shouted.

The two of them took turns speaking, their words filled with passion and fervor, greatly boosting the morale of the Soul Binders of the Underworld Sect present. They were willing to overdraw their lifespan and potential, and overwork their Golden Elixir to hold on at this moment.

Luo Yao watched them perform with cold eyes, feeling a lump in her chest. These two…

They were really good at fooling people.

If she didn’t know better, she would think they were the most loyal to the Underworld Sect and contributed the most. In reality, if the stele didn’t have a handhold, they would definitely be pulling it up.

Above them, there was also a cracking sound.

Chu Liang actually managed to tear open a crack in the air with his hands, ripping apart the invisible barrier of the secret realm and revealing the dazzling sky.

“It’s open!” He shouted, “I’m coming to help you!”

Before his words fell, his figure had already floated to Pǔ Shàn’s side. Pǔ Shàn was currently struggling to resist the ghost of the prime minister and had no time to turn around.

Puff—

Chu Liang arrived behind him, but instead of providing assistance, he pierced Pǔ Shàn’s heart with a claw.”Uh…” Southwest Guide turned his head, his eyes under the hood filled with rage, “You dare…”

“Thank you for escorting me all the way here, but now that we’ve arrived, I can’t really give you the War Soul, can I?” South Road Guide sneered.

But the next second, his sneer came to an abrupt halt.

Because he saw a hint of mockery in Southwest Guide’s eyes, and his sharp instincts told him something was wrong.

Retreat!

He immediately withdrew his heart-piercing hand and tried to retreat, but it was too late.

Southwest Guide’s body exploded with a bang, turning into a cloud of blood mist in the air! This explosion, filled with intense killing intent, enveloped an area of several tens of feet!

A poor Earth Fiend was affected, accidentally stained with a trace of blood, and immediately let out a wail, his body also exploding into pus and blood!

“Hahahaha!” Another Earth Fiend let out a loud laugh, suddenly lifting his hood, revealing a face identical to the exploded Southwest Guide!

“I knew you wouldn’t sincerely let me refine the War Soul, but you didn’t know that I had already cultivated an external incarnation!” He laughed triumphantly.

Immortal technique, external incarnation!

There are many so-called avatar techniques in the cultivation world, but they are just illusions creating similar puppets, unable to replicate one’s own power. But the real immortal technique of external incarnation, once cultivated, can create a true avatar identical to oneself!

He had used this to trick South Road Guide.

These two, they were both harboring ulterior motives!

The self-explosion of the blood mist was extremely powerful. In the blood mist that filled the sky, a shadow suddenly escaped, heading straight for the crack in the sky.

“Trying to escape?”

Southwest Guide knew that a sixth realm powerhouse couldn’t be killed so easily. He kept his divine sense firmly on the blood mist, waiting for him to escape before pursuing and killing.

Seeing the shadow escaping, he immediately followed, raising the nine skull heads again, each opening their mouths wide, forming a vortex with a strong suction force!

Both of them practiced the authentic Ming King Sect’s techniques, and the sixth realm cultivated the Heavenly Star Through the Ghost Body. This body had a peculiar ability, which was to transform into a phantom when seriously injured, making all attacks against the physical body ineffective.

If it were someone else, they might have been tricked into escaping, but Southwest Guide, who also practiced this technique, naturally had a countermeasure. He used the nine skull heads to form this formation, specifically to restrain the soul phantom!

“If you want me dead, then I won’t rest until you’re dead too!” The phantom-like South Road Guide couldn’t escape, and roared in anger.

He raised his hands and formed a seal, lifting it towards the sky.

Boom!

In an instant, the sound of chains being broken echoed in the sky, and a phantom-like pure black gate suddenly appeared, then was pushed open!

With a thunderous sound, a black giant hand wrapped in countless iron chains stretched out!

“You actually sacrificed your lifespan to summon the Underworld Ksitigarbha!” Southwest Guide also roared in anger. Facing the black giant hand, he raised his right hand and summoned the Tomb Suppressing Stele that was suppressing the ghost dragon below!

Bang!

The Tomb Suppressing Stele blocked the black giant hand, but only for a moment, before it was pushed forward by the black giant hand and hit Southwest Guide.

“Pu!” He spat out a mouthful of blood, struggling to hold up the Tomb Suppressing Stele, managing to hold it for a moment.

…

At this moment.

South Road Guide summoned this black giant hand, also severely injured, no longer entangled in the slightest, turned around and dived into the crack that was leaking out the seven-colored heavenly light.

Visible to the naked eye, the crack was gradually shrinking.

And below, the six ghost dragons that had been raging for a long time were suddenly freed without the suppression of the Tomb Suppressing Stele. The Soul Binders who had been barely holding on with the help of the stele suddenly lost their barrier and came face to face with the ghost dragons.

It’s over.

Despair rose in everyone’s hearts.

Only the three Soul Binders who had been shouting slogans but had not exerted any effort, still preserved their full cultivation. Seeing this situation, they immediately fled into the sky.

They ran away.

And those Soul Binders who had already exhausted their strength, before they could fly far, were devoured by the roaring ghost dragons! Almost none survived!

Bang!

At the cost of sacrificing many Soul Binders, Southwest Guide finally managed to block this palm with the Tomb Suppressing Stele. Seeing the black giant hand being pulled back into the gate by countless iron chains and finally disappearing in the air.

But there was no time for him to catch his breath, the ghost of the former prime minister once again attacked, shouting “Thief”, a phantom ancient character heavily hit Southwest Guide’s back.

“Ah!” He let out a scream, was hit hard on the Tomb Suppressing Stele, and blood sprayed on it.

But seeing the crack in front about to close, he knew he was no match for this old man’s ghost. Once the crack closed, he would surely die here.

So, despite the old man attacking him from behind, he stepped on the Tomb Suppressing Stele and rushed towards the closing crack!

As long as he rushed in, the severely injured South Road Guide would definitely not be his opponent, and the treasures and seventh realm War Soul that might exist in the secret realm would all be his! When he recovered and came out, he would have a place in the upper echelons of the Ming King Sect!

The heavenly light seeping out of the secret realm seemed to transform into his bright future.

Just as the Tomb Suppressing Stele was about to pass through the crack, with the front end of the stele already inside, Southwest Guide’s right eyelid inexplicably twitched.

An indescribable sense of crisis enveloped his heart, and his years of experience in the jianghu told him that this was a warning from his spirit.

Who is it?

His heart thumped, and his divine sense immediately spread out.

But it was too late. In the secret realm on the other side of the crack, a handsome man who had just taken a Hidden Yuan Pill slowly raised his long sword…

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