Cultivation begins in Qingfeng Market.

Xu Chuan was facing the strange fat man.

A hoarse, aged laugh, completely out of character for his age, emanated from the fat man.

"Gah gah gah... Water Abyss Spirit! You can't hide from my senses! I've finally found a suitable vessel!"

He took out a strangely shaped black hourglass from his hand.

The hourglass was neither metal nor wood; it was pitch black, as if it could even devour light, and its surface was engraved with strange runes.

"Certainly!"

The old monster, who had taken over the fat man's body, uttered a single word and then gently turned the black hourglass in his hand upside down.

"Buzz—!!!"

An invisible and intangible force instantly swept across the area around the arched bridge, freezing everything in its tracks!

Time seemed to lose its meaning at this moment.

Lin Zhao remained in a forward-leaning posture, frozen in place, unable to move even a finger.

The surging spiritual energy within his body was like a frozen river.

His consciousness was forcefully forced back into his sea of ​​consciousness by an incomparably tyrannical force.

He couldn't even communicate with the Four Elements Pearls that were right next to him, and even the last resort of detonating the Stegosaurus had become a pipe dream!

The aura emanating from that black hourglass far surpassed that of any Foundation Establishment cultivator he had ever seen, as if it belonged to a higher level of power!

Xu Chuan's shuttle hovered in mid-air, the bridge reeked of blood, and everything was frozen in absolute stillness.

The "fat man" strolled leisurely to Xu Chuan, who was frozen in place.

"Tsk tsk, a Water Abyss Spirit Body, naturally close to the Dao, what an excellent body! Hahaha..."

He let out a sickening laugh, as if admiring a work of art he was about to acquire.

The spirit possessing the fat man's body let out a greedy, eerie laugh, and its gray-black essence suddenly burst forth from the body.

It transformed into a hideous ghostly shadow and pounced straight at the frozen Xu Chuan!

Just at this critical moment, another unexpected event occurred!

The moment that gray-black divine soul touched Xu Chuan's body, it was as if a golden sun suddenly erupted within Xu Chuan's body!

A dazzling, terrifying golden divine light shot into the sky, and within the light, a complex rune could be vaguely seen flashing by!

"Ah—! The Guardian Seal?! You actually possess a technique left behind by a Core Formation cultivator!"

The gray-black soul let out a shrill scream, like ice and snow meeting the blazing sun. Under the golden light, its soul body was instantly melted and vaporized, billowing black smoke!

This sudden and devastating backlash was clearly beyond the old demon's expectations; he hadn't anticipated encountering a power of the same level here.

They were even stronger than him, and their methods were more subtle; he hadn't even noticed.

Not only did they fail to possess the body, they also suffered a devastating blow!

The originally solid gray-black divine soul had shrunk by 90% in size, leaving only a small wisp of remnant soul, its aura extremely weak.

As the old demon's soul was severely damaged, his control over the black hourglass was instantly interrupted!

"Buzz..."

The stagnant force field that had enveloped the entire venue also receded like the tide!

His body felt lighter, and the restrictions on his spiritual power and consciousness were instantly lifted! Lin Zhao even staggered slightly due to the sudden return of his strength.

But almost at the same moment he regained his mobility, a fierce glint flashed in his eyes. He didn't even have time to think about why Xu Chuan possessed the Core Formation technique.

All thoughts were focused on the culprit—the little fat boy's body, which was frozen in place!

"die!"

He urged his thoughts frantically, and the Four Elements Sword Dragon, which had just been suspended in the air due to the time-space freeze, let out a roar.

The dragon opened its mouth wide and spewed out a storm of shimmering silver-white sword energy! This storm, composed of countless sword energies, was like a silver torrent of destruction that instantly engulfed his physical body!

In the blink of an eye, the chubby boy Jin Man's body, now devoid of divine soul control, was reduced to dust in the storm of silvery-white sword energy.

Even his magical artifacts were not spared, completely disappearing from this world, leaving only a pit plowed out by sword energy.

"No—! My physical body!!!"

The last wisp of his soul let out a desperate and venomous shriek! He never expected that not only would the possession fail,

Lin Zhao's reaction was so swift that even his usable physical body was completely destroyed!

This divine consciousness is now like a rootless duckweed, its soul constantly dissipating. If it doesn't find a host immediately, it will disappear completely!

In this desperate situation, he set his sights on the only chance available—Lin Zhao!

"Youngster! Pay with your body!!!"

That wisp of gray-black remnant soul let out a sharp shriek, transformed into a gray line, and shot directly toward Lin Zhao's brow with a speed exceeding that of lightning!

Lin Zhao had just controlled the Stegosaurus to destroy the fat man's physical body, and hadn't even caught his breath yet.

He then felt a sharp pain between his eyebrows, and a cold, resentful force forcefully invaded his consciousness!

"boom!"

Lin Zhao felt a sudden darkness before his eyes, as if the whole world had turned upside down.

His consciousness was forcibly pulled into his own sea of ​​consciousness.

At this moment, his mind was in complete turmoil!

The dark gray mist of his soul permeated the air, constantly eroding the very essence of his consciousness.

Although the old demon's remnant soul was now weak, its essence was extremely high. At this moment, it had transformed into a distorted, pain-filled ghostly face.

It was frantically tearing at his consciousness, trying to seize control of this sea of ​​consciousness.

"Get out!"

Lin Zhao's soul roared, mobilizing all his divine sense power to form barriers of divine soul to resist.

But the old demon's soul attack methods were strange and cunning, and his defenses were retreating step by step.

"We can't lose! If we lose, it's all over!" A strong will to survive sustained Lin Zhao.

He recalled one of his greatest strengths, and simultaneously unleashed the only rune form related to defense.

"Four Elements Sword Tower! Suppress!"

His immense divine power gathered frantically!

He used the "Four Elements Sword Tower" as his foundation and constructed runes with the power of his divine soul.

A phantom of a Four Elements Sword Tower, entirely constructed from divine consciousness, materialized and crashed down upon the center of his sea of ​​consciousness!

The sword tower has four levels, each displaying a different color: earth yellow, water blue, fire red, and wind cyan. Countless fine runes flow across the tower's surface.

The runes flowing across the tower seemed to form a unique sword-based force field, isolating the old demon's remnant soul from the outside.

"Buzz—!"

After the sword tower took shape, an invisible force field spread out like ripples on water! The gray-black mist that permeated the sea of ​​consciousness seemed to have encountered its nemesis, and quickly dissolved and dissipated!

The ghostly face formed from the remnant soul of the old demon let out a painful howl, and its momentum faltered!

"What is this now?! Soul-suppressing divine power, no, is it a talismanic form? No, that's not right either, how could a junior cultivator like you...?"

The old demon's remnant soul uttered a sound of surprise and doubt.