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Chapter 42 Greed
The strange young man was immediately surprised: "Hundred Soul Banner?"

"How can a mere cultivator in the middle stage of Qi training like you hold such a treasure?"

The Demonic Soul Banner is a magical weapon that is expressly prohibited by all righteous sects. Even the top sects of the Demonic Path dare not use it openly, but there are still many cultivators who secretly refine it.

But there are also differences between soul flags.

If an ordinary soul flag wants to be upgraded to the top-grade magic weapon, the Hundred Soul Flag, it must either sacrifice thousands of mortal souls or slaughter hundreds of cultivators.

Such a large-scale killing is almost impossible to accomplish in today's environment where the power of the demons is declining.

Even if there is a lucky person who manages to refine the Hundred Souls Banner, once it is used, it will inevitably be targeted by the righteous sects through deduction methods. There is almost no possibility of hiding under the influence of the cause and effect karma of killing.

Various circumstances have led to the fact that the number of Hundred Soul Banners in the world of immortal cultivation is very small.

For a great cultivator who is building his foundation, ordinary top-grade magic weapons are treasures that are hard to come by by chance, not to mention the Hundred Souls Banner, which has made a great name for itself among the top-grade magic weapons.

In the world of immortal cultivation, it has been rumored that those who hold the Hundred Souls Banner are invincible before the Golden Core stage. Although this is somewhat exaggerated, it is completely easy to sweep away cultivators of the same level with the help of the Hundred Souls Banner.

It was hard for the strange young man to believe that such a precious and top-grade magic weapon could be taken out from the hands of a small cultivator in the middle stage of Qi training.

However, Lu Yan did not give the strange young man a chance to think. With the Hundred Souls Banner, he led two hundred evil ghosts into the heavy ghost fog and pounced on the strange young man.

The strange young man's expression was moved, but the seal in his hand did not slow down at all.

Second-level superior spell: Red Lotus Protection Spell!
The seal turned into a slowly blooming blood-red lotus that wrapped around the strange young man. The rushing evil spirit collided with the protective aura, and the violent roar created ripples in the ghost fog.

No matter how the evil spirits attacked, the guardian aura did not show any signs of being shaken. Instead, when the evil spirits' souls came into contact with the blood-colored aura, their bodies began to show signs of corrosion.

The strange young man did not rush to fight back, but looked at the soul flag in Lu Yan's hand. The brief confrontation made him keenly aware of the unusual aura on this Hundred Souls Flag.

"The Hundred Souls Banner doesn't have much karma left over from the killings. It even has very few negative emotions such as resentment and fear. It's so clean that it doesn't look like a magical weapon at all."

The evil ghosts let out sharp howls, and the ghostly energy of two hundred resentful souls transformed into a huge, eerie ghost claw, which slammed down heavily with a bit of bloody glow.

A huge roar erupted in the courtyard, and the Red Lotus Protective Spell finally began to change a little. Its light dimmed a few points, and cracks began to appear on the protective aura.

The strange young man, who was under the protection of spiritual light, swept his spiritual sense over the approaching evil spirit. When he realized that the evil spirit was missing the two souls of heaven and earth, he suddenly realized something and an expression of irrepressible ecstasy appeared on his face.

"So that's how it is. The madman who was rumored to have refined the Ten Thousand Beasts Banner in Wushan is you!"

With a crazy laugh, the weird young man looked at Lu Yan with eyes filled with terrifying greed.

“The sect sent me to investigate the matter of Wanling Mountain, suspecting that Wanling Mountain slaughtered spirit-blooded beasts in Wushan in order to refine special blood.

But I didn't expect that someone would actually harvest the souls of the spirit-blooded beasts, and that person even took the initiative to deliver them to me. It was really the blessing of the Demon Lord!"

“Your Hundred Souls Banner is different from other magic soul banners. I guess it has the function of harvesting spirit-blooded beasts.

The rumor that the Ten Thousand Beasts Banner was made by slaughtering wild beasts is pure nonsense. However, if the souls of wild beasts with spiritual blood are used through special means to feed the resentful souls and evil spirits in the Soul Banner, it does have some credibility.

It's just a pity that both the Hundred Souls Banner in your hand and the method of collecting beast souls will become mine!"

The moment the words fell, the protective aura of the Red Lotus Protective Spell shattered, and two hundred evil spirits rushed in front of the strange young man and stretched out their claws.

As long as these ghost claws pierce into the body of the demonic young man, even if he is a foundation-building cultivator, his soul will definitely not be able to resist two hundred evil spirits comparable to those in the middle stage of Qi training. But at this moment, the demonic young man moved.

He raised his right hand, and a white bell appeared in his hand.

Gently shaking the wrist, the bell, which was obviously not even the size of a palm, emitted a hoarse sound like a dying person struggling, and visible ripples spread out from the bell in all directions.

"Uh!!!"

Almost in an instant, the claws of the two hundred evil ghosts were shattered, and their souls dimmed at a speed visible to the naked eye. Every resentful soul showed a look of fear on his face, and instinctively fled into the distance.

The magic weapon, the bone bell!
Lu Yan recognized the bell in the hand of the strange young man at a glance. It was one of the magic weapons recorded in the "Secret Records of Magical Tools".

Unlike the Soul Banner, which disregards the production materials but emphasizes the subsequent ritual and refining methods.

To refine the Bone Bell, one needs to sacrifice the skeleton of a powerful creature, and use a special method to seal the creature's last remaining soul before death into it. The production process is so complicated that even a true weapon refiner may not be able to succeed.

The white bone bell in the hands of the strange young man is obviously a high-quality magic weapon, a powerful weapon that can destroy the soul.

After taking a look at the fleeing evil spirits, the strange young man did not pursue them and destroy all of them.

In his eyes, the Hundred Souls Banner had long been his possession, and these evil spirits should also be his property, so he would naturally not kill them all.

The strange young man holding the bone bell walked slowly towards Lu Yan, chuckled and said:

“If you have the foundation-building ability, or if I don’t have the White Bone Bell in my hand, you still have a chance of winning with this Hundred Souls Banner.

But you have no chance against me now."

"I can give you one more chance. If you offer me the Hundred Souls Banner and tell me your secret, I can forgive you and take you in as my slave, and invite you to join the Red Lotus Demon Sect.

If one day I can take the position of the leader of the Red Lotus Devil Sect, you can also rise to become an elder of the Red Lotus Devil Sect."

Lu Yan didn't say anything, but just waved the soul flag, trying to control the escaping evil spirits to merge into the ghost fog.

The rolling ghost fog that covered the sky and the sun came, making the darkness in the underworld even deeper. A huge ghost claw gathered the power of all the evil spirits and slapped down.

"Stubborn!"

The strange young man made an indifferent comment and shook the bone bell in his hand.

The sound that sounded like the dying whispers of a living creature rang out again, and the ripples spread to meet the huge ghost claw.

However, this collision was far beyond the expectations of the strange young man.

The giant ghost claw paused for just a moment before continuing to fall towards him. The ripples blew away the overwhelming ghost fog, revealing a strange creature underneath the ghost fog.

It seemed as if it was a terrifying creature stitched together by hundreds of evil spirits, with their souls connected to each other. The bone bell, which was not activated with full power, was unable to shake this huge creature.

The next moment, the ghost claw clenched its fist, and the roar shook the earth!

(End of this chapter)