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Chapter 1013 Ancient Evil Cultivator
"It's actually the 'Tai'a Divine Forbidden Technique' of the Ancient Forbidden Clan!"

"No, it's just a derivative restriction that it imitated."

Inside the main hall, the old monk surnamed Qi from the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance seemed to recognize the array and restrictions before him.

Seeing this, the middle-aged man in the jade robe frowned and asked, "Elder Qi, do you have a way to break the restriction?"

Fei Chan stared at the ancient cultivator's skeleton on the stone bed and said in a puzzled tone, "That broken sword seems familiar; I feel like I've seen it somewhere before."

“Fellow Daoist Fei, really? Judging from the condition of this cave, it must be at least several thousand years old,” the middle-aged cultivator in the jade robe said upon hearing this.

Fei Chan replied, "Perhaps I'm mistaken."

"If the three of us join forces and launch a powerful attack, can we break through this restriction?"

The simplest and most direct method he could think of was...

After studying it closely, the old monk surnamed Qi shook his head and pondered, saying, "If it were a true Tai'a Divine Restriction that could remain unchanged through the ages thanks to the Dao of Heaven and Earth, not only would I be unable to break it, but even a Great Vehicle Celestial Venerable would be unable to do so."

"Although the restriction in front of us is only a replica, it should not be underestimated. Trying to break it by brute force will be futile."

"However, the restrictions on this cave were hastily set up, leaving some incomplete and flawed. In addition, the spiritual veins here are declining, so the effectiveness of the restrictions has also weakened. But even so, it is still at the level of a high-grade seventh rank."

"Fortunately, I am proficient in the art of formations and restrictions. Give me some time, and with the help of you two fellow Daoists, we should be able to lift the restrictions."

Upon hearing this, the other two also showed expressions of admiration:
"Elder Qi truly lives up to his reputation as one of the most outstanding masters of array formations in our Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance. Even ancient restrictions are no match for you."

The old monk surnamed Qi waved his hand dismissively: "Compared to the array formation skills of the others in the Immortal Alliance, I am far inferior."

"But it's just enough."

Next.

The old monk surnamed Qi then took out a set of array plates. With a flick of his finger, countless earth-yellow spiritual lights flew out and disappeared into the nearby void.

Then they began to set up and manipulate the equipment.

Qin Ming, who was observing from the shadows, also figured out some of the tricks. This old monk was trying to break the restrictions in the cave by using an array to break another array.

The key to breaking the seal lies hidden in the enormous stone pillars suspended in mid-air within the cave.

This shows that the old man is quite skilled.

The Devouring Sky Rat scoffed at the actions of the three members of the Myriad Immortals Alliance, saying, "So troublesome! If it were me, I could break the restrictions here effortlessly and then pocket all those treasures."

"Master, why don't we go out and capture those three, and steal the treasure?"

"Wait, I've already notified Young Master Fei, and they're probably on their way. Let's not get involved in this mess of karma and grudges," Qin Ming said.

Several more days passed.

Under the guidance of the old monk surnamed Qi, the stone pillars suspended in the cave space suddenly began to move along a specific trajectory.

Pairs of runes appeared on the surface of several stone pillars.

Just then, the old monk surnamed Qi, while manipulating the great formation, said to Fei Chan and the middle-aged man in the jade robe:
"Fellow Daoists, now is the time to help me move the stone pillar with the runes to the previously marked position."

Fei Chan and the middle-aged man in the jade robe also began to act, and a surge of magical pressure at the Integration level rippled through the hall.

They moved the pairs of runestone pillars together.

A buzzing sound echoed in the air.

hum~~
The barrier leading to the platform opened up to both sides like a dark cyan light curtain.
In an instant.

An ancient and weathered aura emanated from the stone bed above, as if it were the lonely presence of an ancient, powerful being who had just seen the light of day again.

"It's done!!"

The old monk surnamed Qi wiped away his sweat. He had used every trick in the book to break this ancient restriction.

The three members of the Myriad Immortals Alliance were overjoyed to see the restriction lifted.

The three of them focused their attention and first released a low-level beast-shaped puppet, which climbed the steps to test the waters.

After a short while, once they confirmed that there were no traps or unnecessary restrictions on the platform above, they simultaneously transformed into three streaks of light and landed on it.

They opened some of the storage bags on the corpses on the ground, revealing expressions of surprise; clearly, the treasures inside exceeded their expectations.

"Congratulations to the three seniors." Du Lingzi followed behind them.

As a junior in the Void Refinement stage, he followed Fei Chan and the other two to pick up scraps, and he was able to get a little bit of the spoils.

After searching the area above, the three of them finally arrived in front of the skeleton sitting on the stone bed.

Fei Chan observed for a long time, then said with a puzzled look, "How strange, who exactly was this person in his previous life?"

"How could they have suffered such severe damage and been sealed off inside their cave?"

“Anyone who can be imprisoned here by the evolved restrictions of the Tai’a Divine Restriction must be no ordinary person,” the middle-aged man in the jade robe analyzed.

After searching the stone bed, the three of them found nothing of value.

Ultimately, their gazes all fell upon a storage jade ring on the withered bone's finger, and the three Nascent Soul stage monsters all revealed greedy expressions.

However, since they were all elders of the Myriad Immortals Alliance, they didn't dare to openly compete for it.

“It seems that most of the valuable items in this cave are contained in this jade ring. Why don’t we open it and divide the treasures inside equally among the three of us?” the middle-aged man in the jade robe suggested.

However, the old man surnamed Qi disagreed, saying, "I put in a lot of effort to break the restriction earlier, and even consumed several valuable spiritual restrictions. Even if we split it equally, I should take a few items first."

Upon hearing this, Fei Chan and the middle-aged man in the jade robe, who had little knowledge of array formations and restrictions, had no idea whether the old ghost was telling the truth or not.
But since he had indeed done the most work, he had no choice but to agree.

However, Fei Chan pointed to the skeleton on the stone bed and said, "Fellow Daoist Qi can take the treasure first, but I'm quite interested in this broken sword. Could you give it to me?"

The two members of the Myriad Immortals Alliance glanced at the weathered broken sword. They had actually noticed it long ago, but after searching with their divine senses for most of the day, they hadn't seen anything unusual.

He immediately nodded in agreement and let Fei Chan take it away.

Fei Chan raised her hand and sent a beam of spiritual light toward the corpse, intending to pull out the broken sword stuck in its chest.

But the next moment.

His brows furrowed suddenly, for the broken sword remained motionless, still firmly embedded in the bone.

Fei Chan immediately felt ashamed in front of her two fellow practitioners, and a layer of purple spiritual light appeared on her hand, like a glove.

He then grabbed the broken sword with his bare hands and slowly pulled it out.

Just when he was about to succeed, a sudden change occurred!

The broken sword looked ordinary, but it was actually extremely sharp. A cold light suddenly flashed on the broken blade, easily piercing through the purple spiritual glove and leaving a wound on Fei Chan's hand.

Fei Chan frowned and quickly withdrew her hand, but it was too late.

He threw the broken sword to the ground with a 'clatter'.

A drop of blood from his hand fell onto the skeleton sitting cross-legged on the stone bed, right where its heart was.
The next moment, the entire cave suddenly turned chilling, as if some terrifying being was about to awaken.

Seeing this scene from the shadows, Qin Ming had a bad feeling.

as predicted.

Glug, glug.
Inside the empty cave hall, a strange heartbeat suddenly rang out.

In an instant.

A negative aura filled with coldness, violence, and bloodlust suddenly descended upon the entire space!
The three members of the Myriad Immortals Alliance standing by the stone bed sensed a great sense of crisis and hurriedly flew away.

Squeak squeak
A sickening sound of bones colliding rang out.

To everyone's utter astonishment, the ravaged skeleton that had been lying on the stone bed suddenly stood up!
The terrifying aura emanating from him caused the air within the cave to momentarily freeze.

Then, the bones and flesh regenerated, and it quickly grew back, although it was not fully recovered.

At first glance, it looks like a blood-soaked person.

The blood-red man's empty gaze swept across the group of cultivators from the Myriad Immortals Alliance inside the cave hall. With a withered hand, he beckoned to the broken sword on the ground, and it landed in his hand.

next moment.

The broken sword, which was originally only half a sword, miraculously grew back to form a complete blood-red longsword, exuding immense power.

There is a faint line of tiny ancient seal characters on it.

"Exterminate Evil and Sever Separation Sword!"

When Fei Chan saw the words on it, her expression changed drastically, as if she had seen something unbelievable.

Completely disregarding the opportunities here and the group of cultivators from the Myriad Immortals Alliance, he transformed into a streak of light and attempted to escape from the cave.

Upon seeing this, the elderly man surnamed Qi and the middle-aged man in the jade robe from the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance quickly withdrew and flew away, which was remarkable given how much the Cicada of the Gu Clan could throw into disarray.

He must have recognized the strange, blood-red longsword and its owner to have reacted this way.

puff! !
A cutting sound echoed in the air.

As soon as the old man surnamed Qi made a move, a buzzing sound came to his mind, and his brain went blank for a moment.
His eyes widened as he looked down, only to find his body and head separated in an instant.
His own primordial spirit in his Purple Mansion Spiritual Platform was also stripped away by a terrifying force, and then everything went black, plunging him into boundless darkness.
The middle-aged man in the jade robe from the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance, seeing the old monk surnamed Qi perish in one move at the hands of the resurrected ancient cultivator, not even his primordial spirit could escape, was immediately terrified.

He used his life-saving techniques one after another, and summoned a metal sphere that instantly expanded in mid-air, enveloping himself.

The metal sphere shone brightly, and mysterious runes formed rings of light.

This item is a seventh-tier tribulation-controlling treasure, originally intended for use in overcoming the later fusion tribulation, but now it can't be used for that anymore.

The blood-red figure standing on the stone bed casually raised his hand and slashed, a streak of light shooting out from the blood-red longsword, instantly slicing through the metal sphere.

The air was completely silent.

A sword mark appeared on the surface of the metal sphere, which then split in two.
Two pieces of corpse fell out from inside; they were the middle-aged man in the jade robe. Even his natal spirit had a crack between his brows, indicating that he had been killed in one blow!
The blood-covered figure on the stone bed made a grasping motion with its five fingers, and the flesh and blood of the two Nascent Soul stage cultivators, along with their primordial spirits, all disappeared into its body.

This person's aura gradually began to rise.

In the blink of an eye, he reached the peak of the Fusion Stage!
His flesh and blood began to reorganize and writhe, continuing to grow wildly, transforming into the figure of a cold middle-aged man with long, flowing hair, a pale face, and eyes that revealed madness and evil!
He raised his hand and clenched it, sensing the outside world. A sinister smile curled at the corner of his lips as he uttered an extremely chilling voice:

"Finally, I have broken free from the seal of this cleaving sword."

"However, we've only recovered to the Integration Stage, and the supplements are still a bit insufficient."

"Those old fogies in the Myriad Spirits Realm probably never imagined that my Blood Spirit Reincarnation Technique has already reached its pinnacle."

……

"Ghost!!"

Upon seeing this, the cultivators of the Myriad Immortals Alliance were terrified and fled in all directions.

They witnessed firsthand how two leaders and elders of the Myriad Immortals Alliance, both at the Integration Stage, were instantly killed by the resurrected ancient mysterious cultivator, each losing three souls and seven spirits.

A terrifying divine thought erupted from between the eyebrows of that sinister man, instantly freezing everything in mid-air before exploding into clouds of blood mist.

The Void Refinement stage cultivators of the Myriad Immortals Alliance didn't even have time to utter a scream before they were all transformed into streaks of bloody light and absorbed by that ancient cultivator.

Then, his gaze fell on Fei Chan, who had fled.

"A junior true spirit of the Gu clan?"

"Very good. With your spiritual nourishment, I can recover a lot of my vitality."

Immediately afterwards, the tall figure of the ancient cultivator disappeared from the stone bed.

When it reappeared, it was already behind Fei Chan.

With a clenched fist, he pressed down, and a blood-red, ghostly claw appeared out of thin air, reaching out to grab him.

Fei Chan's face turned deathly pale. She bit her tongue and spat out a drop of her life essence blood. Immediately, a spiritual treasure bead radiating five-colored light appeared in front of them.

A surge of innate Dao essence suddenly emerged from it.

A ghostly claw, over ten feet in size, descended and ripped Fei Chan's body apart, turning it into a cloud of blood mist.

Faced with such a vast difference in strength, it seemed that this member of the True Spirit Clan was completely powerless to fight back.

Qin Ming watched from the shadows with a pounding heart. Fortunately, he didn't rush out. He never expected that the ancient cultivator in this cave was actually a powerful and evil cultivator!
His gaze fell upon the five-colored mystic pearl, and he guessed that this was probably the sacred object that Fei Chan had stolen from the Gu Clan.

The middle-aged man who came back to life did not smile after he had crushed Fei Chan. Instead, he frowned and looked at a distance of several dozen feet.

As the void writhed, the five-colored light faded, and Fei Chan's figure staggered out from within.

Bathed in five-colored light, his battered body was instantly restored to its original state.
A strange aura of Daoist essence lingered in the air.

A long sword in mid-air was also blocked by the light and flew back into the ancient cultivator's hand.

"The Five-Colored Time Pearl of the Gu Clan, I never expected you to possess such a thing."

An unexpected smile finally appeared on the face of that ancient cultivator.

He then waved his black sleeve, causing the temperature in the air to drop, and once again used his technique to sweep towards Fei Chan!
Fei Chan gritted her teeth and activated the five-colored light pearl. Suddenly, several terrifying fire dragons shot out from it, roaring as they pounced on the ancient cultivator.

Thanks to the treasure, he managed to temporarily withstand the attack of this ancient evil cultivator.

the other side.

Qin Ming and his two companions, hiding in the shadows, were sweating profusely as they watched.

The faces of Master Maomu and Fairy Nishang were deathly pale.

It's unclear which ancient monster has been resurrected, but it's slaughtering Nascent Soul cultivators like killing chickens or monkeys.
Even with Qin Ming, a senior rogue cultivator, present.

He suddenly felt that his life was in danger and that he was about to die here.

(End of this chapter)