Baishi Zhenren's expression was grave, showing great caution towards the black liquid. He waved his hand, sending out a black light to envelop the liquid and drop it onto the black ice.

As soon as the liquid touched the black ice, it seeped in, quickly turning the originally jet-black and transparent ice into a murky black, even making the young man's figure inside somewhat blurry.

The old Daoist revealed a satisfied expression on his face, put away the gourd, and sat down cross-legged again.

This liquid was the Black Corpse Soul Rotting Water, meticulously refined by him using over ten kinds of rare materials. It could penetrate a cultivator's divine consciousness sea and injure their divine soul, making it extremely poisonous.

Baishi Zhenren formed hand seals, and the black light spots within the ice were immediately activated. A small portion began to slowly seep towards where Liu Shi's head was.

He planned to only activate a little Soul Rotting Water each time, gradually erasing the tall young man's intelligence, thus minimizing the other party's instinctive resistance as much as possible to ensure complete success.

Just as a few light spots touched the young man's head, they suddenly flashed and disappeared into it.

Not only that, but all the black light spots in the entire ice block stirred up, uncontrollably rushing towards all parts of the young man's body, disappearing into it.

"Not good!"

The old Daoist's face changed drastically. He frantically formed hand seals, trying to control the black light spots, but it was clearly too late.

All the Black Corpse Soul Rotting Water disappeared in the blink of an eye. However, the young man's body in the ice seemed unchanged, as if nothing had happened.

"What's going on? Where's my Black Corpse Soul Rotting Water?" Baishi Zhenren suddenly stood up, his face full of shock and anger, while simultaneously releasing his divine sense to probe Liu Shi's body again and again.

But no matter how he searched, he couldn't find anything unusual.

The old man stared intently at Liu Shi, took a deep breath, and the shock and anger on his face quickly faded, replaced by a frown.

"This person has no mana fluctuations at all, definitely not a cultivator! Could it be that he took some heaven and earth spiritual medicine before, or has some treasure protecting him, which happens to be able to restrain this Black Corpse Soul Rotting Water..."

He speculated in his heart, his gaze involuntarily sweeping towards the tall young man's chest. There, it bulged slightly, and a faint glimmer of dark green light flashed.

The old Daoist hesitated for a moment, but gave up the idea of ​​removing the ice seal to search his body, after all, this formation could not be easily stopped once it was activated.

After pondering for a moment, he flipped his hand and took out a emerald green gourd. He waved his hand and cast a magic formula. A green light flashed from the mouth of the gourd, and a dozen dark green thin worms flew out.

These small worms were half a foot long, as thick as hair, flying around in the air and making a squeaking sound. As soon as they appeared, they turned into streaks of green light, and, as if spirits, plunged into the ice, heading straight for the top of the tall young man's head, trying to drill in.

A strange "creaking" sound came from the ice.

No matter how hard these green worms tried, they were unable to drill into the young man's scalp at all.

It seemed like there was an invisible force in Liu Shi's head that prevented these green worms from entering.

Baishi Zhenren's face changed, finally becoming somewhat doubtful.

"Humph! I don't believe I can't deal with a fool like you." After a moment of silence, a savage look appeared on his face.

The old Daoist waved his hand to recall the green worms, put them back into the gourd, and then gritted his teeth and chanted.

A gray light flew up from his body and hovered above his head. It was a gray small banner, which swelled several times against the wind.

The small banner was densely packed with countless layers of restriction runes, which made people dizzy at a glance, but these runes were all dim and dull.

Baishi Zhenren bit the tip of his tongue and spat out a mouthful of blood essence, which sank into the banner surface. At the same time, he quickly formed hand seals with both hands, and streaks of black light sank into the gray banner. The banner surface suddenly bloomed with bright light, and the runes on it gradually brightened, and a gray mist rose on the surface.

Amidst the "buzzing" sound, the gray small banner grew again, turning into the size of a zhang. The light on the surface flashed, and a blurry skull phantom flew out of it, as many as seven or eight, each emitting a chilling wail, rushing towards Liu Shi in the black ice.

The sound of a hundred ghosts walking at night instantly echoed in the mountain cave secret room!

Baishi Zhenren widened his bloodshot eyes and stared intently at the skull phantoms.

At this moment, an astonishing scene appeared.

Just as the skull phantom was about to plunge into the black giant ice, a strange ripple like water appeared in the faint shadow of the tall young man projected on the ground. Then, a dark thing flew out of it, turned around, and turned into a ferocious ghost head with blue face and fangs, and double horns on its head.

The ghost head was as big as a washbasin, and its mouth was full of strange laughter. Its green eyes swept over the skull phantoms, and it opened its big mouth, and a large piece of silver glow spurted out.

"Puff" "Puff"

Those skull phantoms were like meeting a nemesis. In the flickering silver light, there was no way to avoid them. They were swept away by the glow, and directly swallowed by the ghost head.

After the ferocious ghost head finished doing these things, it smacked its fangs-filled mouth, looking somewhat unsatisfied. But after a flash of green flames in its eyes, it suddenly turned around and spewed out a large cloud of green gas downwards, then disappeared into thin air with a blur.

The green gas flashed and shot directly onto the face of the young man in the ice, disappearing silently into it.

All of this happened quickly, and before Baishi Zhenren could react, it was over.

"This..."

The old Daoist asked himself that he had seen a lot after forming the Core, but such a bizarre thing left him stunned for a moment, at a loss.

Just at this moment, a crisp "crack" sound came.

The surface of the black ice suddenly cracked with white cracks. The eyelids of the tall young man in the ice moved, and he slowly opened his eyes.

His eyes were much clearer, without the previous confusion.

He glanced around, frowned slightly, and then shook his shoulders lightly.

With a loud "boom"!

The entire black ice exploded from the inside out, and gray-black ice fragments flew everywhere, falling to the ground with a crash.

The tall young man raised his head and looked at the old Daoist. His eyes flashed, as if he wanted to say something, but in the next moment, a trace of confusion appeared on his face again, and he clutched his head and screamed loudly.

Only the sound of bones cracking in his body could be heard, and his hands and feet became as thick as if they were inflated. In the blink of an eye, his body swelled up by more than a fold, and coin-sized golden scales appeared on the surface of his skin, such as on his cheeks and neck.

These scales were like pure gold, flowing with a cold light, making them seem indestructible.

When Baishi Zhenren saw this scene, he was dumbfounded. Even if he had any other ideas, he knew that things were not good at this moment and that things were out of control.

After he recovered, a hideous change appeared on his face. He gritted his teeth, opened his mouth and spat out a mouthful of blood, which disappeared into the gray banner in a flash.

The light on the gray banner reappeared, and the runes on the surface wriggled like living things. After a crackling sound, it turned into a gray centipede five or six zhang long.

The old Daoist patted his storage bag on his waist again, and seven or eight fist-sized black round balls flew out, surrounded by black air and emitting an extremely foul smell. It was not known what they were.

The gray centipede let out a happy hiss, opened its mouth wide, swallowed a few black balls in one gulp, and a large piece of black appeared on the surface of its carapace, spreading rapidly, and in a blink of an eye, it became jet black like ink, and shone with a metallic luster, as if it were made of black gold. Each section was shiny and ferocious.

The centipede let out an excited cry, and its small eyes faintly glowed red. The huge body moved slightly in the mountain cave, and the scythe-like long feet cut through the mountain wall. The extremely hard mountain wall was cut with deep marks as if it were tofu, and the surrounding stone walls were dyed black, emitting a pungent stench. Obviously, the claws were highly poisonous.

"Go! Kill him!"

Baishi Zhenren pointed at the giant Liu Shi opposite, and shouted sharply.