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Under the observation of the Ghostly Demon Lord, the experimental subject's body did not show any adverse changes. More importantly, he discovered a mysterious phenomenon that was beyond his imagination: the Dao traces of various schools of thought were beginning to accept and merge with each other.

There is a well-known theorem in the Gu world: the Dao traces of different schools will repel each other.

This is why cultivators must choose a particular school of thought. Repulsive Dao traces will cancel each other out. If one cultivates only one school's Dao traces, one can likely unleash 100% to 90% of the power of a killing move. However, if one cultivates mutually exclusive schools, one might not even be able to unleash 10% of the killing move's power.

This is why, despite the fact that combining various killing techniques from different schools could yield twice the result with half the effort, exponentially increasing their power, no one attempts it. It's because these different schools are mutually exclusive, forcing cultivators to choose a particular school. Only when the killing techniques existing in myths and legends are well-organized can the phenomenon of mutual repulsion between Dao traces disappear. But those are merely killing techniques existing in myths and legends.

However, this strange phenomenon is now occurring in the test subject, who is actually practicing various different schools of killing techniques. But by practicing according to the methods recorded in the manuals, the different schools are able to achieve the effect of not interfering with each other.

This single point alone makes this killer move epic in its own right, enough to completely change an era.

The more he looked at him, the more he understood why his future self had said that if a sixth-level cultivator he had captured had learned this move, even if he had placed many restrictions on them, there was a high probability that they would be able to turn the tables and kill him.

At this moment, in the eyes of the Ghostly Demon Lord, the strength of the captured experimental subject had already surpassed his own. And it was continuing to surpass him at an alarming rate.

This unfortunate fellow already believed himself to be invincible. He was merely accumulating power. When he reached his peak, he would annihilate the bastard who imprisoned him!

At this moment, he could feel himself becoming stronger every moment.

"It's a pity. According to the inscription on the stone tablet, to fully unleash the power of this killing move, one needs to refine the corresponding Immortal Gu and mass-produce Immortal Gu houses. But I'm currently imprisoned and don't have the conditions to refine Immortal Gu. Otherwise, sweeping across the entire Gu world would probably only be a matter of time."

The physical enhancements are almost complete; it's time to let the bastard who imprisoned me witness my power.

With this thought in mind, he began his attempt to break free. His first step was to use his immortal energy to dismantle the various restrictions within his body. Now, his strength had increased dramatically. The chains that had previously bound him seemed unable to restrain him anymore.

However, his every move had already been monitored. The moment they began to test all the restrictions on his body, they were activated instantly.

Immediately afterward, millions of souls converged from all directions, forming a torrent of souls that poured down upon him from the top of his head. Countless shockwaves of information erupted from the bodies of these souls, launching an attack that ignored all defenses at the soul level. The Ghostly Demon Lord acted at this moment, precisely to take advantage of the moment when his body relaxed during the attack, inflicting maximum damage on him. At the same time, he wanted to activate the restrictions he had left behind along with his attack, causing him to suffer the maximum backlash in an instant.

As expected. His soul was overwhelmed by a massive influx of information, the painful memories of countless lost souls, and negative emotions flooded his mind. In an instant, he lost control of his body. Even though his body had become incredibly strong through days of training, this sudden loss of control still caused him irreversible and enormous damage.

The restrictions within his body were activated, and countless Gu worms rampaged through his body like an army. Even though they could not destroy his body, they were gradually wearing down his once incredibly powerful physique.

When he regained consciousness, his body was riddled with holes. His soul was also wracked with excruciating pain. Illness is a comprehensive training method for the body, strengthening his soul as well. Even after suffering the terrifying killing move of the Ghostly Demon Lord's Soul Path, his soul was still severely injured.

The Ghostly Demon Lord hadn't expected that this guy, despite not devouring many souls, had already surpassed him, who was approaching the level of a Desolate Soul, in terms of soul strength. He had actually compensated for the numerical advantage of the Ghostly Demon Lord by compressing his own soul to increase its quality.

However, this didn't really matter much. Within the vast immortal aperture, tens of thousands more souls rose once more. He had cultivated a large number of humans here precisely to deal with this situation; once the previously accumulated souls were used up, there were always plenty of fresh ones.

The experimental subject, who was just about to retaliate, didn't even have time to unleash his killing move. Another wave of soul energy, like a tsunami, crashed down on him. But this time, he finally had time to use his defensive move. Despite the backlash from his immortal energy and meridians, he used the Soul-level Immovable Stance. His entire body was enveloped in a golden layer, seemingly able to withstand the onslaught that was about to begin.

But the Ghost Demon Lord had been preparing for so long, how could he be interrupted by his last-minute response?

High atop a distant mountain range, a colossal kinetic cannon, crafted using knowledge brought by his future self, had already cleaved through the mountainside and risen into the air. Now fully charged, a projectile traveling at dozens of times the speed of sound pierced through space like a rainbow beam, striking the unfortunate soul whose defenses had been reinforced.

At this moment, he was using most of his power to strengthen his soul-level defenses, and indeed, he used an unyielding killing move to withstand the massive soul impact. However, he only barely withstood the damage at the soul level. The actual physical damage was now 100% affecting him. Kinetic energy strikes are often the most direct and lethal attacks. This unfortunate fellow, lacking material replenishment, even though he had completed the basic cultivation techniques, still had a relatively fragile body. A sixth-level immortal's body wasn't significantly stronger than an ordinary person's. Faced with this overwhelming kinetic energy strike, without using a killing move for defense, he had absolutely no chance of resistance. In an instant, his body was pierced through.

Immediately following, the immortal began his death process. His pierced body was torn to shreds by the shockwave. His most precious immortal aperture fell out and landed inside the Ghostly Demon Lord's body.

[To be continued]

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