Who said I practiced the exercises incorrectly?

"No head?" When Ning Yan said this, Guan Ruoyu was stunned for a moment, with a look of surprise on her face.

Her thoughts quickly went back, and she replayed the previous scene several times in her mind, and then she cast her eyes on the blood and flesh powder that had not yet dissipated around her. After taking a closer look, she had to admit that what Ning Yan said was true.

Countless flesh and blood were scattered all over the hall, covering almost every part of the human body. Limbs such as arms and calves were everywhere, and organs such as liver and kidneys were also scattered everywhere, but the strange thing was that among the flesh and blood scattered throughout the hall, there was not a single head.

This is obviously unreasonable.

Guan Ruoyu pondered to herself, logically speaking, all parts of the human body appeared in these flesh and blood, there was no reason why the head was the only one missing, so where did the head go?
Just as Guan Ruoyu was full of doubts and thinking hard, an old and hoarse voice suddenly sounded in the hall:

“…It’s not just the head that’s missing here.”

"Who?!"

Guan Ruoyu became alert instantly, her eyes sharp as torches, and she observed everything around her carefully. However, no matter how hard she tried, she could not find the person who had spoken.

Ning Yan looked around and also found nothing.

He thought for a moment and asked:
"You mean there's still a missing piece of right arm?"

Guan Ruoyu immediately thought of the broken arm that held the wooden fish not long ago.

Then the old voice was heard again in the hall, accompanied by a chuckle:
"That's right. It's the right arm."

"If it hadn't escaped from here and made the body here incomplete, you would never have been able to clean this place up so easily."

Etc., etc.

Hearing this, Ning Yan suddenly felt a little confused and said hesitantly:

"You mean, it's because of the loss of the right arm that the remaining flesh and blood here turned out of control and turned into those monsters? Otherwise, we will be facing a complete individual instead of these scattered monsters?"

"exactly."

The old voice was full of relief, happy that he understood so quickly:
"If that right arm was still here, the entire body would have its own consciousness and power comparable to that of the Myriad Realm. With such strength, you would have no chance of turning the tables. In the end, you would only become its food and become a part of it."

"No, there is obviously a problem in what you said."

Guan Ruoyu said in a deep voice:
"You said the body is complete, but apart from the right arm, it has no head. How can a body without a head be considered complete?"

Hearing this, the other party couldn't help but laugh:

"Of course, conventionally, we only refer to complete human beings as individuals.

The problem is that his strength is too strong and his vitality is extremely strong.

The purpose of separating the head from the body is to suppress it.

But even so, his body still produced corresponding consciousness.

Out of his own instinct, he tried to break the seal, trying to find his head and restore it to its original state.

During this process, his consciousness attached to his right arm, temporarily breaking through the seal of the temple formation here and being able to enter another place.

This also caused his body to lose its consciousness and become fragmented, each fighting on its own, with its strength greatly reduced, and then it was easy for you to eliminate it."

After hearing this, Ning Yan thought about it briefly and found that the facts were roughly consistent with what he said.

The previous broken arm was indeed very troublesome to deal with. If it were to be combined with the remaining body here to form a complete whole, even if Guan Ruoyu was a companion, he would probably be beaten to death by the other side in the end.

After all, that is a power comparable to the third level, the All-Seeing Realm.

"So the question is, where is his head now?"

Guan Ruoyu asked in a deep voice.

The old man smiled and joked:
"Why are you asking about his head? Do you want to destroy its head?"

"It depends on the situation."

Guan Ruoyu continued:
"Now that we have destroyed its remains, we have become a mortal enemy. If possible, we would like to destroy its head as well and completely eradicate it."

“But if his brain is too powerful, for example, comparable to the Myriad Realm, then we can only find a way to bypass him and avoid being entangled by him.”

"We have a clear understanding of our own strength."

The old man agreed with what he said:

"Your idea is both cautious and decisive. It seems that I have found the right person. I am afraid that only you can completely destroy the remaining brain of him."

"Etc., etc!"

Ning Yan interrupted quickly:
"Old man, are you overestimating us? You know, just dealing with the right arm and the body has consumed a lot of our energy. In comparison, the head is definitely not an ordinary thing. How can it be destroyed so easily?"

"You're right."

The old man's voice echoed throughout the hall:

"In fact, his brain is the real core of strength."

"If the headless body is only comparable to the Myriad Realm, then his head, even without the main body of the body, can be said to be the best in the Myriad Realm. Even if a true Myriad Realm expert comes, he may not be able to defeat him."

"but--"

"You just happened to run into me. With my help, you can easily eliminate the culprit."

"How can we trust you when you are so secretive?"

Guan Ruoyu asked coldly.

In fact, while communicating with the other party, she was also looking for the person's location.

However, no matter what secret techniques she used, she was still unable to find the other party's whereabouts.

It felt like he wasn't even here.

Facing Guan Ruoyu's question, the old man smiled and replied:

"I can understand your fear. It's not that I don't want to meet you, but I simply can't meet you because I'm not a human, I'm just a formation spirit."

"Array spirit?"

Guan Ruoyu and Ning Yan couldn't help but look at each other.

The array spirit is naturally the spirituality of the array. Generally, only high-level arrays will give birth to array spirits. With the array spirit controlling the array, even if there is no one operating it, the power of the array can be perfectly exerted. Basically, most of the top sects have such spirit arrays serving as large arrays to protect the mountain gates.

The Shenluo Wanxiang Sect can naturally be counted as one of the top sects, but because of the sudden change that happened at the beginning, the entire sect became shattered. Coupled with the subsequent raids by many powerful men, the spiritual formation that protected the sect might have been completely broken long ago.

Unexpectedly, they encountered another array spirit here. So what is the relationship between this array spirit and the mountain protection array of the Shenluo Wanxiang Sect?
As if sensing their doubts, the old man slowly spoke:
"I am different from the mountain protection formation because from the very beginning, I was set up to seal off the entire Polar Star Palace."

“Even before the immortal tomb was opened, many high-ranking officials in the sect had speculated that there might be many troubles and accidents along the way.

In order to prevent these troubles, they used up a large amount of precious treasures and divine materials, and invited a top formation master to set up the Starry Fantasy Formation in the hall.

This formation is centered on the power of the stars. Through the guidance of a special star disk instrument, the light and energy of the stars are introduced into the formation. The star power in the formation is intertwined, which can interfere with the enemy's perception, causing the enemy in the formation to fall into illusions and lose their way. At the same time, the star power can also be transformed into a shield to resist internal and external attacks. In addition, the formation can also absorb the power of the stars and continuously repair itself, etc.

After the formation is set up, I will be born in the formation through the awakening of spirits, responsible for operating the formation and supporting the powerful people who are present to open the treasures of the immortal tomb."

"However, the remains of the Immortal Tomb are even more terrifying than expected. The evil spirits and filth that overflowed from it almost broke the entire formation apart, and brought unimaginable disasters to the outside world."

“After hundreds of years of absorbing star power, I have now barely recovered some of my strength and am able to once again eliminate all kinds of filth in the hall.

However, all kinds of filth also have different levels. Now my power is mainly used to seal the head of the person in the town and make up for the various loopholes in the formation. The rest is simply difficult to take care of. "

"Now if I have your help, once I succeed in killing it, I can also find time to clean up the remaining filth in the hall and make this place clean again."

Ning Yan listened and frowned slightly:
"It seems that what you said is a little wrong, right?"

“If everything is as you said, it was originally intended to seal off the entire Pole Star Palace, and then it was hit hard when opening the Immortal Tomb, causing serious damage to itself.

So what happened to the man who sealed the town’s head?

Could it be that his head was cut off and the town was sealed off after the mutation occurred?"

"exactly."

The formation spirit immediately replied:

"He was indeed cut and separated after the mutation occurred."

"In fact, this is exactly what he did. He cut off his own head with his own hands, and then asked me to separate his head from his body and seal it in the town."

"Because he is the leader of the Shenluo Wanxiang Sect, Shao Xinghan."

what? !

Hearing this, not to mention Ning Yan, even Guan Ruoyu was extremely surprised.

They never expected that the headless corpse would be Shao Xinghan, one of the three giants!
But then, Ning Yan asked anxiously:

"No! How could Shao Xinghan be so weak? He is a strong man who is infinitely close to the fourth realm! Even if only his corpse is left, we are no match for him."

"Of course, his remaining body is not in peak condition, otherwise I wouldn't be able to seal his head."

The spirit of the formation explained calmly:

“As one of the hosts who presided over the opening ceremony that day, he was the one who suffered the greatest impact when the changes occurred in the Immortal Tomb’s treasures, which greatly weakened his strength.

In addition, during the impact, he was also contaminated by an unknown factor and became neither human nor ghost.

He was aware of his own dangerous condition and feared that it would turn into a disaster and bring great harm to the outside world.

To this end, he made the appropriate arrangements and cut himself directly, allowing me to seal him off.

Over the years, his remaining consciousness gradually lost control of itself and turned into disaster.

Fortunately, I have now recovered a little and was able to seal him in the main hall.

However, if there is no external interference, it won’t be long before he has fully recovered his strength and breaks through my seal and escapes.

There will never be another opportunity like this one.”

After listening to the formation spirit's explanation, Ning Yan still had some doubts.

He did not forget Li Wuxiang's request to kill Shao Xinghan.

At first he thought Shao Xinghan had escaped the catastrophe and had been sleeping deep in the Shinra ruins, ready to come back at some point.

Now, according to what the formation spirit said, Shao Xinghan might have died a long time ago, but his body has undergone unknown changes and has become a potential disaster.

If we look at it from this perspective, it is reasonable for Li Wuxiang to ask him to kill Shao Xinghan.

It is even possible that the other party's request was also a request from Shao Xinghan himself.

He had no intention of continuing to live, because his body had been infected by the relics and his life and death were no longer under his control.

This comparison does make sense.

However, all of this information is one-sided from the formation spirit, and it is unknown whether there are lies in it.

Ning Yan and Guan Ruoyu communicated with each other and exchanged their views.

Then Guan Ruoyu said:
"Although you said there is a way to destroy Shao Xinghan's head, there must be great risks involved. If things go wrong, it may cause the two of us to perish here."

"Compared to dealing with that head, it is obviously safer for us to withdraw."

Hearing this, the formation spirit smiled and said:
"Not to mention that you killed his remains and have been infected by his aura. If the head of the sect leader can escape in the future, it will definitely go to you first. There is a cause and effect between you and it, and you can't escape at all."

“Besides, even if you want to escape from here, you have to be able to do it.

Although I am only a broken array spirit that has been revived with great difficulty, without my nod, you will be trapped in the Pole Star Palace for the rest of your lives."

Guan Ruoyu's face suddenly turned cold:
"Are you blackmailing us?"

"No, I'm just stating a fact."

The spirit of the formation said calmly:

“It is my duty to seal the head of the town lord, but if I really can’t do it, there is nothing I can do about it, and I will not be punished for it.

After all, the Shenluo Wanxiang Sect has been destroyed, and the people who can command me no longer exist. Now I am completely free. Except that I can't leave here, I am actually not much different from you.

The conversation I am having with you now is purely based on the perspective of rational cooperation. If you are willing to agree to help me eliminate the hidden dangers, that would be great.

It doesn't matter if you don't agree. I don't need to bear the consequences if that guy breaks the seal anyway."

Hearing his seemingly calm reply, Guan Ruoyu was silent for a moment, and then asked:
"How to do?"

"Congratulations on making the right choice."

There was a chuckle from all around.

Then, the entire wall on the right side of the hall suddenly dissipated. (End of this chapter)