"Hahaha, hahaha!"
The approaching figure burst into laughter, completely disregarding Fu Ruhai's words.
"What are you laughing at? I advise you to stop now. Do you really think the Heavenly Emperor will ignore your actions of harming the mortal realm?"
Fu Ruhai, still adhering to the laws of the immortal realm, hoped to persuade the approaching figure to abandon his wicked ways.
The approaching figure suddenly stopped laughing and, with a flick of his hand, a dark shadow shot out.
The shadow instantly transformed into a giant hand, seizing Fu Ruhai by the neck.
Gasping for air, Fu Ruhai choked, "Heh... heh..."
He felt an overwhelming tightness in his chest.
"Hahaha, what do you think? As long as you have power, even a pig can become the Heavenly Emperor!"
"Let him go!"
Liu Sandao shouted, instantly moving to attack the approaching figure's arm.
The speed of the approaching figure's earlier attack had been astonishingly fast, catching them completely off guard.
Liu Sandao hadn't expected his current strength to be so formidable; he could only attack with all his might.
As long as he could disrupt the dark shadow, Fu Ruhai would have a chance to catch his breath.
A beam of white light instantly turned into a giant sword, stabbing towards the dark shadow.
With a "whoosh," the dark shadow instantly dissipated, as if truly struck.
Having regained a moment's respite, Fu Ruhai coughed a few times, gasping for air.
"Approaching figure! How dare you utter such rebellious words! Let's see how the Heavenly Emperor deals with you!"
While Liu Sandao was locked in combat with the approaching figure's dark shadow, Fu Ruhai finished speaking and joined the fray.
The approaching figure increased his magical power, controlling the dark shadow to weave and dodge.
It either evaded Liu Sandao's attacks or struck at him from all directions.
"Heaven and Earth, Xuan Zong, Tao is supreme. My body is covered in golden light, reflecting upon me. Embracing heaven and earth, nurturing all beings. Golden light appears swiftly, protecting the true immortal. Hasten, as the decree commands!"
Fu Ruhai recited an incantation.
In this situation, standing by idly would mean they could never stop the approaching figure.
Liu Sandao appeared even more powerful than before, but the approaching figure's strength had increased even more.
He attacked left and right, but gained no advantage.
As the incantation began, the approaching figure's brow furrowed slightly.
He still harbored resentment from being injured by a phantom image last time.
"Hmph! Do you think you can succeed this time as you did before? Let me show you my might!"
Having spoken, the approaching figure further amplified his magical power.
The dark shadows instantly transformed into countless withered vines, evading Liu Sandao's attacks while extending outwards along the barrier wall.
This resembled Liu Sandao's earlier water threads, darting everywhere.
Wherever the water threads reached, the dark shadows swiftly spread.
"Since you've entered, you won't be leaving!"
The approaching figure said coldly.
Liu Sandao quickly focused and silently recited the incantation of the 'Water Flow's Grace.'
The water threads instantly transformed into sharp swords, aiming to sever the withered vines.
At this moment, Fu Ruhai's phantom image had taken shape, holding a massive Crescent Moon Blade.
Liu Sandao controlled the water threads with his left hand and sent a surge of power from his right hand to strike the phantom's back.
Empowered, Fu Ruhai immediately urged the phantom to fight.
The Crescent Moon Blade began to spin, gradually forming a circle, with water threads starting to revolve around it.
Soon, a golden-yellow disk covered in sharp swords rotated in the air. Sudanshu.com
Lu Fang knew that the approaching figure was preparing to eliminate Liu Sandao and Fu Ruhai, so he quickly retreated behind the approaching figure.
The headless corpse and the fat and thin ghosts also arrived, standing behind the approaching figure.
Slowly, the rotating circle controlled icy swords, shooting them in all directions.
Its targets included not only the approaching figure but also the soul spirits scattered around.
"Hahaha! Just in time!"
The approaching figure suddenly laughed heartily.
The dark shadows on the barrier wall instantly transformed into tens of thousands of sword scabbards, perfectly matching the ice swords and shooting outwards.
A black and white sword struck a soul spirit, which did not struggle much.
The expression on its face remained largely unchanged.
Then another sword struck, and another.
In the blink of an eye, more than ten swords were embedded in its entire body.
Seeing this, the headless corpse and the fat and thin ghosts felt a chill down their spines.
"Is that soul spirit going to be destroyed?"
The headless corpse wondered, thankful that they were standing behind the approaching figure, otherwise they would have been riddled with holes by now.
Instantly, the soul spirit dispersed, as if torn limb from limb, splitting apart.
But upon closer inspection, what split were not limbs like arms or legs.
Instead, it was the corporeal form of another soul spirit.
One soul spirit instantly turned into ten!
"Hahaha!"
The approaching figure burst into laughter.
Lu Fang also began to laugh triumphantly, seizing the moment to praise the approaching figure's plan:
"Our Lord is truly brilliant! Who would have imagined that Liu Sandao and Fu Ruhai would be of such great help!"
"Stop, stop quickly!"
Liu Sandao saw that the situation was not right and quickly urged Fu Ruhai to cease his exertion.
Upon hearing this, Fu Ruhai immediately stopped reciting the incantation and dispelled the phantom image.
The phantom image vanished instantly.
Meanwhile, the number of soul spirits on the ground had increased more than tenfold, densely packed like a conference of myriad ants.
"What's going on?"
Fu Ruhai asked, perplexed.
Liu Sandao remained silent, also unsure of what was happening.
"Hahaha! When the great endeavor is successful, I will surely bestow official titles upon you!"
The approaching figure declared with a laugh.
"Pah! Who cares about your damned official titles!"
Fu Ruhai spat at the approaching figure and glared at him fiercely.
"Hmph! Don't be ungrateful. Our Lord rewards and punishes impartially. Since you contributed to this expedition, you will surely be rewarded!"
Lu Fang said with a half-smile, his tone laced with endless mockery.
"What's happening? Aren't we enemies? Since when did we become allies?"
The fat ghost asked, confused.
"Allies your head! Don't you see? They're accomplices!"
The thin ghost retorted.
The number of soul spirits on the ground had increased more than tenfold.
"Depart! Go and fulfill your mission!"
The approaching figure commanded.
With a raise of his hand, he instantly opened the portal of the barrier.
The barrier vanished without a trace.
These myriad soul spirits, like a bursting dam, surged outwards in all directions.
"Quick, stop them!"
Fu Ruhai shouted to Liu Sandao.
"It's too late!"
Liu Sandao said with a frown.
Only now did he realize that this was something the approaching figure had long planned.
He just couldn't understand why his ice swords, clearly aimed at the soul spirits, had been controlled by the approaching figure.
What kind of technique was the approaching figure's 'Asura Path Tribulation' that allowed him to use others' weapons for his own benefit?
At this point, even fighting the approaching figure here would be futile.
"Hahaha, let's go!"
The approaching figure easily called to Lu Fang and the headless corpse and turned to leave.
"My Lord, why not take advantage of their unpreparedness... and eliminate them directly, removing future trouble?"
Lu Fang said, making a killing gesture.