In the quiet restaurant, everyone was still immersed in weakness and fear. The sudden appearance of the white-haired youth startled them, then they realized who he was.

This was the Chunyang Sect Leader?

"The Chunyang Sect Leader is here! We're all going to die." Liu Zhiyi scrambled to hide behind the others, too weak to even stand.

The others were also pale. Although they weren't Star Lords or Night Watchers, Yuan Shi Tianzun and Liu Zhiyi had told them that the Chunyang Sect Leader was cruel and insane, unbound by morality or reputation.

He would definitely not spare them.

Yin Ji and Ling Jun's expressions changed drastically. The former staggered forward, her beautiful eyes filled with anxiety, as if to aid Yuan Shi Tianzun.

The latter, however, scrambled and crawled, his face as white as a sheet, yet twisted with a ferocious expression. He seemed to foresee Yuan Shi Tianzun's fate.

"Damn it, if you dare to possess him, I'll destroy you, even if I have to search the ends of the earth!" Ling Jun roared, like an enraged lion.

But he was too weak, having just been resurrected and poisoned by the witch's weakness potion, he lacked the strength to stand.

Miao Teng'er fearfully held onto her cousin, preventing him from walking to his death.

Ignoring Ling Jun's threats, the Chunyang Sect Leader, with a hidden madness in his eyes, looked towards the staggering Yin Ji, and with a grin, spoke in a voice only Night Watchers could hear:

"Don't worry, once I've devoured this kid, it'll be your turn."

This girl's Taiyin Power and Stellar Power are far more profound than Yuan Shi Tianzun's. Because of this, she's also far more powerful. Devouring her directly could lead to failure.

Now that victory was assured, he had to proceed cautiously. First, he'd consume Yuan Shi Tianzun, then the girl. This way, there would be no mistakes.

He waved his sleeves, raised his hand, and drew in the air, instantly forming a complex and profound talisman.

With a flick of his finger, the spiritual talisman shot forth, hitting the black-skirted beauty squarely.

Yin Ji let out a soft moan and fell limply to the ground, her pupils dilating, losing consciousness.

Her spiritual body and Taiyin Power were sealed. Already weak, her body was now in an even worse state.

The Chunyang Sect Leader paid her no further attention, his focus returning to Yuan Shi Tianzun, his smile maniacal:

"Didn't expect it, did you? I hid in the dog's dream. You thought I possessed one of these people? No, from the start, I used the Dream Orb to enter the dog's dream. You're all so stupid, hahaha…"

Zhang Yuanqing sat cross-legged on the ground and sighed: "I guessed it, but it was too late. I remember dreaming is a power only Saints possess, and you're definitely not at that level."

But after seeing the orb containing countless dream scenes, he understood everything.

Among the Illusionists the Chunyang Sect Leader hunted, there must have been someone of high status, perhaps the descendant of a high-ranking member of the Nihility Sect, or a key student being cultivated.

Otherwise, it wouldn't be possible to possess a treasure with the properties of a Saint.

"So, your silent disappearance from Yan'er's body wasn't a primordial spirit escape, but a dream jump?" Zhang Yuanqing asked.

"Correct!" The Chunyang Sect Leader stood with his hands clasped behind his back, his expression hidden, both wild and evil, yet remarkably dignified.

"It seems I'm going to die. But before I die, I have a few questions to ask, so I can die knowing why. Did you just pick up this item?" Zhang Yuanqing tried to stall for time.

"Indeed." He nodded slightly, then said excitedly: "This is what they call divine assistance."

The idiot Chairman killed me. Zhang Yuanqing asked: "You're not The Way of the Extraordinary, so how did you protect this item? You may not know, but a Human Immortal is looking for it."

He looked exhausted. He gasped for breath with every sentence.

"You The Way of the Extraordinary don't understand what a magic item is. It only leaks spiritual power when it's being used. When it's not, all it takes is a simple spell to conceal its aura."

The Chunyang Sect Leader spoke with great arrogance.

In his eyes, the hastily trained The Way of the Extraordinary weren't worthy of comparison to his own decades of diligent cultivation. "I see!" Zhang Yuanqing exclaimed, feigning understanding.

As he spoke, his mind raced, searching for a way to survive.

The most important thing now was to endure the weakness and reach the next safety period, when he could then counter-kill the Chunyang Sect Leader.

He definitely couldn't use the Yin-Yang Magic Robe. This treasure was a divine weapon against enemies dealing physical damage. But against Illusionists and Night Watchers, it was suicide.

Because the Water-Fire Doppelganger would divide his spiritual body, weakening his spiritual power.

The Army Soul Facemask could resist somewhat, it was his only current reliance.

"Since there are no more doubts, then die."

The Chunyang Sect Leader's robes suddenly swelled, and a vast Taiyin Power surged like a tide, ready to crash down. "Wait, I have something else to say." Zhang Yuanqing said hurriedly.

The Chunyang Sect Leader sneered:

"Still trying to stall for time? Me wasting words with you was only to wait for you to unleash the Demon Subduing Pestle, but it seems you've already lost that treasure. I suppose my good disciple has taken it back.

"After I devour your spiritual power and eat that girl of yours, I'll settle accounts with her sooner or later."

As the words fell, he lunged towards Zhang Yuanqing, wrapped in a tsunami of Taiyin Power.

Zhang Yuanqing quickly rolled backward, simultaneously grabbing a pair of logo-less running shoes and putting them on. In the midst of rolling, he barely managed to crouch, and actively slid towards the Chunyang Sect Leader.

The two passed each other.

The Chunyang Sect Leader turned lightly, the Taiyin Power swirling behind him. He stared in astonishment at Yuan Shi Tianzun, then at his running shoes, and snorted coldly: "Boy, you have many magic items. The more magic items you have, the happier I am, they'll all be mine."

The Chunyang Sect Leader suddenly charged, carrying a wave of Yin energy, again towards Zhang Yuanqing.

Zhang Yuanqing, with his weakened body, performed a limp slide.

The two passed each other again.

The Chunyang Sect Leader: "…"

His expression suddenly turned ferocious, and with a roar that seemed beyond his control, he launched a third attack.

Zhang Yuanqing slid away once more.

After repeating this five times, Zhang Yuanqing sighed, and reluctantly removed the sliding shoes, storing them in his inventory.

Even if he died, he wouldn't leave the treasure for the Chunyang Sect Leader.

Seeing this, the Chunyang Sect Leader laughed wildly: "It seems these shoes can only be used five times. Do you have any other tricks?"

With that, he once again used the Taiyin Power to crash into Yuan Shi Tianzun. This time, he encountered no resistance, and successfully invaded the young genius's body.

Zhang Yuanqing's sea of consciousness boomed, and his brain throbbed with pain, as if steel nails were being driven into his skull.

In an instant, he felt a spiritual force of supreme Yin and evil, mixed with immense chaotic thoughts, rush into his sea of consciousness.

This spiritual force domineeringly occupied the sea of consciousness, devouring his weakened spiritual body. The Stellar Power and Taiyin Power within his body immediately burst forth like a dam breaking, flowing away endlessly.

What powerful force. His skill in Spirit Devouring far exceeds mine. Zhang Yuanqing's sense of crisis exploded. While using the Spirit Devouring skill to resist, he unleashed the Golden Facemask's mental strike.

Without hesitation, he relentlessly bombarded the Chunyang Sect Leader's primordial spirit with three consecutive mental strikes.

"Ah~"

A heart-wrenching scream erupted in his mind. The spiritual force that had nearly occupied his sea of consciousness seemed to have suffered terrible damage, and retreated like a receding tide.

Was that it? So weak? Zhang Yuanqing was overjoyed. His sea of consciousness, which had been pushed into a "corner," reoccupied the high ground, and his consciousness quickly returned.

The scene of the restaurant reappeared before his eyes. Behind him was Ling Jun's anxious call, and in front of him stood the Chunyang Sect Leader, floating in the air, a cold smile on his face.

Zhang Yuanqing's expression hardened. "You indeed had a trump card. That facemask is not bad, it seems to be bound to your spirit? After I devour you, it will belong to me." The Chunyang Sect Leader said proudly:

"How is my illusion? This is true illusion. You The Way of the Extraordinary possess spiritual power, but lack skill. How laughable."

He hadn't invaded Yuan Shi Tianzun's sea of consciousness. Everything just now was an illusion, designed to create a situation of overwhelming defeat, forcing Yuan Shi Tianzun to use his last trump card.

There were no more trump cards. Zhang Yuanqing couldn't help but feel despair.

The sliding shoes and Army Soul Facemask were his last two trump cards. And now, the witch's potion was still causing weakness, and its toxicity was worsening, making him dizzy and lightheaded.

His plan to stall for time had also failed. There was no way out.

In despair, Zhang Yuanqing suddenly remembered the black full moon in his Character Card, an item left by the Demon Lord. And based on its performance in the Slaughter Instance, it clearly had its own consciousness, it wasn't just a treasure. A bold idea rose in his mind.

Haven't I always wanted to figure out if there were any hidden dangers in the Character Card? Haven't I always been afraid that the Demon Lord hadn't died?

I can't find out on my own, maybe I can use the Chunyang Sect Leader?

If I die, the Character Card will return to The Way of the Extraordinary, or be obtained by a powerful ancient cultivator.

If the Character Card given to me by Bing Ge had no hidden dangers, then so be it, that's life. Anyway, I was at the end of the road; but if it was really as I thought, that the Character Card had "hidden dangers", then would "it" watch itself being obtained by the Chunyang Sect Leader? Anyway, I'm at the end of the road, I'll use the Blue Face's endurance to resist first, if I can't hold on, I'll leave it to fate. This pessimistic thought flashed through Zhang Yuanqing's mind. Then, he saw the Chunyang Sect Leader rush at him, his expression mad and excited.

He didn't resist, silently activating the Blue Face.

His exhausted eyes lit up, and his spirits lifted.

But this strength that erupted from desperation was like a final burst of light. As soon as it appeared, it was scattered by the immense amount of negative emotions.

Zhang Yuanqing's mind buzzed, and he lost consciousness on the spot. He had never been exposed to a spiritual body with such strong negative energy. Evil, madness, chaos… it was as if all the negative emotions in the world were concentrated in this spiritual force.

Compared to the Chunyang Sect Leader, the negative energy of evil classes was child's play.

After briefly losing consciousness, Zhang Yuanqing was "awakened" by pain. His soul uncontrollably roared and screamed.

He was being possessed, his spiritual body was being devoured bit by bit.

This pain of soul tearing far surpassed any physical pain.

Within his sea of consciousness, two spiritual forces struggled against each other. The spiritual force emitting black smoke stubbornly bit into a clear and weak spiritual body, swallowing it little by little. "Eh, you are actually a Soul Splinterer. Your soul has long been shattered. You should have died long ago. Who stitched your soul back together?"

The Chunyang Sect Leader, chewing on the spiritual body, tasted the anomaly of this delicious food. "No, there's something wrong with your soul. You are…"

Suddenly, high in his sea of consciousness, a black full moon rose again, interrupting the Chunyang Sect Leader's murmur.

The soft and bright moonlight condensed into a beam, enveloping Yuan Shi Tianzun's spiritual body.

In that instant, a vast Taiyin Power, with an overwhelming force, rushed into his spiritual body.

The weak spiritual body suddenly swelled, instantly suppressing the black mist-emitting, negative emotion-condensed spiritual force. The swelling continued, and the clear and dazzling light began to devour in reverse.

It swallowed one-third of the Chunyang Sect Leader's spiritual body in one go. "Ah~"

This time, the scream was genuine. The Chunyang Sect Leader was caught off guard and experienced the pain of his soul being torn apart. "This power, impossible. How could you have the power of a Human Immortal…"

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Within his sea of consciousness, the black mist-emitting spiritual force was being devoured bit by bit, the situation reversed. But just then, it suddenly broke off, actively severing a portion of its primordial spirit.

Then, it quickly withdrew from the sea of consciousness, as wretched as a stray dog.

Inside the restaurant, the Chunyang Sect Leader flew out from between Zhang Yuanqing's eyebrows, rushed out dozens of meters, turned around gracefully, and stared at Zhang Yuanqing with a mixture of fear and covetousness. "Human Immortal level power, Human Immortal level power…"

His body was much dimmer, and his vast Taiyin Power had also been diluted. His expression twisted, wanting to rush back into the sea of consciousness out of greed, yet fearing to move forward.

If he hadn't used Spirit Separation in time, abandoning that portion of his primordial spirit, he would have already been devoured.

At this moment, Zhang Yuanqing's expression was dazed, and he was in a state of stupor.

He was digesting and absorbing that portion of the Chunyang Sect Leader's soul.

Just as the Chunyang Sect Leader was hesitating, Zhang Yuanqing opened his eyes. One of his eyes was clear and bright, and the other was mad and evil. Good and evil were simultaneously condensed on his face. His eyes were still empty, as if he hadn't fully regained consciousness, but his aura began to surge, shaking off his weak state, and gradually returning to the Saint level.

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"Hateful!"

Seeing this, the Chunyang Sect Leader didn't hesitate. He gathered the two magic items on the floor, quickly went through the wall.

As the Disc was put away, the restaurant's illusory yuanzhen, dice, and information projection all dissipated.

The seal surrounding the restaurant disappeared.

About ten seconds passed. Zhang Yuanqing regained consciousness. Without a word, he immediately took out the Ghost Mirror and held it. The evil thoughts, bloodlust, and destructive desires surging in his chest were barely suppressed.

A few seconds later, they surged up again.

The Chunyang Sect Leader's evil thoughts were too strong. Even the Ghost Mirror couldn't completely suppress them.

This is the Chunyang Sect Leader's spiritual body? How crazy. Zhang Yuanqing unconsciously raised the left corner of his mouth, which complemented the madness and chaos in his left eye.

After devouring the Chunyang Sect Leader's spiritual body, he passively learned many spells, such as the air drawing technique the Chunyang Sect Leader used to control Yin Ji earlier, illusion construction techniques, and Spirit Devouring techniques, etc.

This also included some Star Lord combat techniques. It was a disguised inheritance.

Human Immortal's power, is that black full moon Human Immortal's power? Heh, quite the harvest.

Soul Splinterer? I should have died long ago? Who stitched my soul together? He muttered to himself for a few seconds, turned his head, and looked at the guests, who were still in shock, their expressions filled with confusion and joy.

These people witnessed the Chunyang Sect Leader's escape. It couldn't be hidden that I have secrets, should I make an excuse, or kill them all to silence them? Kill them, they are just ants anyway.

Zhang Yuanqing's thoughts were chaotic. He raised the left corner of his mouth at the others, revealing an evil and crazy smile:

"Everyone, call the Songhai branch. Do it while I can still control myself."

This insane expression made the people who were gradually recovering from their weakness and near-death experience shudder.

Zhang Yuanqing then painfully pressed his forehead. Goodness and reason prevailed. He walked to Yin Ji, squatted down, and checked her. He was relieved to confirm that she was only unconscious.

His gaze fell on Yin Ji's long eyelashes, on her delicate eyebrows, on her fair and tender skin. Further down, a black veil covered half of her face.

A thought that had been lingering for a long time surged into his mind. Just how beautiful is this woman? To make the Demon Lord miss her so much?

At that thought, evil thoughts regained the upper hand. He hooked the left corner of his mouth, grabbed Yin Ji's veil, and tore it off.

At this moment, Miao Teng'er dialed Dog Elder's number:

"Dog Elder, please come to the Baihua Clubhouse. We were attacked by the Chunyang Sect Leader. The casualties were heavy. Yuan Shi Tianzun is fine. The Chunyang Sect Leader has been driven back by him, but… but…"

Miao Teng'er glanced at Yuan Shi Tianzun, her voice slightly trembling: "But Yuan Shi Tianzun's state is not right. He seems like he's about to kill someone at any moment. And he, he lifted Yin Ji's veil."