The First Venerable of All Paths

"Mr. Zheng, are you...are you alright?"

Nie Song spoke cautiously, then subtly took a few steps back.

Even the dumbest person could tell something was wrong.

However, Elder Zheng had no time to pay attention to him. Instead, he focused on circulating his Yuan energy, trying to get rid of the so-called Spirit Absorption Jade Bottle.

Unfortunately, besides absorbing the power from the Blood Moon, this Spirit-Gathering Jade Bottle was also frantically devouring Elder Zheng's essence and blood.

In just a few breaths, a quarter of the power within Elder Zheng's body disappeared.

Even one-fifth of its essence and blood was consumed.

She looked noticeably thinner, and even her hair had turned quite a bit whiter.

Compared to before, she looks like she has aged twenty years.

"You think you can devour me? Don't even think about it!"

Seeing his essence and blood rapidly draining away, a ruthless glint flashed in Old Zheng's eyes.

He flipped his hand and solemnly took out a talisman.

Lightning could be faintly seen flashing on this talisman.

"With my lifeblood, I summon divine thunder!"

Old Zheng bit his tongue and spat out a mouthful of blood essence into the talisman.

"Buzz!"

The talisman absorbed the essence blood and released a majestic and awe-inspiring power.

"break!"

Old Zheng suddenly stuck the talisman onto the spirit-gathering jade bottle.

"Boom!"

A muffled sound came from the sky.

A bolt of lightning, as thick as an arm, suddenly descended from the sky and struck the Spirit Storage Jade Bottle hard.

"Snap!"

However, an even more terrifying power erupted from the Spirit-Gathering Jade Bottle, shattering the lightning.

"Pfft!"

Old Zheng was also affected; he was sent flying and coughed up blood.

Although his hands were struck by lightning and left bloody and mangled, he finally managed to get rid of the Soul-Gathering Jade Bottle.

"A Thunder Talisman?"

Not far away, Fang Xuan watched this scene with some surprise.

"I never expected that old man would have such a treasure on him."

The Thunder Talisman is different from other Five Elements Talismans.

It requires a secret method to draw in lightning during thunderstorms and seal it within a talisman.

However, the chances of success are not high.

Many talisman masters have even been injured by lightning during the creation of talismans due to accidents.

At best, it will only result in injury; at worst, it could even lead to death.

However, if successful, one will obtain a Thunder Talisman, which is extremely powerful.

In certain situations, this thunder talisman can save your life.

Just like that Mr. Zheng.

If he hadn't happened to possess a Thunder Talisman, getting rid of that thing's entanglement wouldn't have been an easy task.

"Brother Fang Xuan, what exactly is that thing?"

Seeing a half-step Divine Intent Realm expert almost have his essence blood swallowed by a bottle, Li Tianjiao was also filled with lingering fear.

"That is indeed a spirit-gathering jade bottle, but what's inside isn't some kind of spiritual vein, but rather..."

Before Fang Xuan could finish speaking, the Spirit-Gathering Jade Bottle, which had absorbed a large amount of red mist, began to tremble violently.

It looked as if something was about to emerge from the bottle.

"That thing is about to come out, retreat quickly!"

Without a second thought, Fang Xuan grabbed Li Tianjiao's wrist and frantically retreated.

"Snap!"

Just then, the Spirit-Gathering Jade Bottle exploded, and a strange figure slowly appeared in mid-air.

The person's figure was ethereal, draped in a long red robe, with hair covering their entire face, making it impossible to tell whether they were male or female.

His aura was eerie and malevolent.

"A soul?"

Upon seeing this figure, Elder Zheng's expression changed drastically, even though he had just taken the elixir.

The ability to exist as a soul means that this person was definitely a powerful being at least at the Divine Realm level in their previous life.

Even stronger!

Fortunately, this soul entity is not very strong at present, only at the Condensation Realm.

"come over."

A seductive voice rang out, and the soul entity beckoned to a member of the Hyena Mercenary Group.

Then everyone saw that the mercenary member had a look of infatuation on his face and walked towards the other person.

"Mad dog, what are you doing?"

One of his companions quickly pulled him back.

The mercenary known as Mad Dog paused for a moment, then continued forward, muttering incoherently.

The look of infatuation on his face grew even more intense.

At this moment, everyone realized that something was wrong.

But no one stopped it.

They also wanted to see what that soul entity was going to do.

They found out very quickly.

The mercenary known as Mad Dog walked up to the spirit and looked up at it.

Then they saw the spirit extend its palm and press it on the mad dog's head.

Essence, vital energy, and spiritual power began to flow out of the mad dog's body and enter its soul body.

"Bang!"

In a few breaths, the mad dog, now a dried-up corpse, exploded and vanished completely in dust.

However, the power of that soul body instantly broke through to the third level of the Condensation Realm.

"He's getting stronger!"

Poisonous Beauty cried out in alarm, her face turning deathly pale, "Quickly, or he'll target us!"

"I'm afraid we won't be able to leave."

At this moment, the withered old monster suddenly said something.

"What?"

Poisonous Enchantress clearly hadn't reacted yet.

"Look around, it's completely sealed off by red mist."

After being reminded by the withered old monster, Poisonous Enchantress looked around.

Before anyone knew it, a thick red fog had enveloped the surroundings and was getting closer and closer.

"These are..."

Poisonous Enchantress's expression changed, and she shot a spider silk towards the red mist.

"Bang!"

However, the red mist was like a solid city wall; the spider silk made a dull sound as soon as it hit the red mist.

"this......"

Seeing this, Poisonous Enchantress's expression grew even more unpleasant.

If all the other red mists are like this, wouldn't they really be trapped here?

"I refuse to believe we can't break through this thing!"

The defiant ghost child chose the nearest direction and threw a punch.

"what!"

But the moment his fist touched the red mist, he was struck as if by lightning, and flew backward heavily, crashing to the ground.

"Don't waste your energy."

The withered old monster said in a solemn tone, "These red mists are like special formations and restrictions. If we can't find the right way to break them, we simply can't escape."

Meanwhile, the soul entity was devouring the red mist within the blood moon.

He did not immediately attack the crowd.

"Are we going to be trapped here forever?"

Poisonous Enchantress was somewhat unwilling.

"Of course, there is another way."

At this moment, Old Zheng, who had barely managed to suppress his injuries, spoke in a chilling tone.

"What method?"

Everyone looked at Old Zheng.

"This was all his doing."

Old Zheng looked at the red-clad soul with icy eyes and said in a chilling tone, "Once we deal with him, the restriction will be broken."

"Well said!"

The withered old monster said, "This is indeed a good method, but this thing is too strange and not easy to deal with, unless you have a Thunder Talisman."

"What are you thinking about?"

Old Zheng said irritably, "That Thunder Talisman was something I painstakingly acquired by spending most of my fortune. There's no way I'd have a second one."

The withered monster's expression darkened, and he fell silent.

"Mr. Zheng, please tell me what to do."

Nie Song took a deep breath and said, "I don't want to die here."

"Don't worry, as long as we join forces, even if this thing is strange, it's not unsolvable."

Old Zheng looked at Fang Xuan and said, "Kid, we're all in this together now. If you want to live, you'll have to follow my instructions."

Fang Xuan raised an eyebrow, roughly guessing what the other party wanted him to do.

Sure enough, what Elder Zheng said next confirmed Fang Xuan's guess.

"Your earth fire is quite good; it has a natural restraint on evil and yin things."

Old Zheng said forcefully, as if it were the most natural thing in the world, "Lend me the Earth Fire for now. I'll return it to you after we deal with this soul."

"You old geezer, you've got a good plan."

Li Tianjiao sneered, "They call it borrowing, but in reality they just want to seize Brother Fang Xuan's earth fire."

"Little girls, I'm saving your lives, don't be ungrateful!"

Old Zheng's face darkened, and he said with displeasure, "I am the strongest here, shouldn't I be the one to listen to you?"

"Mr. Zheng is right."

Nie Song looked at Fang Xuan and said, "Kid, for everyone's sake, just sacrifice yourself. Besides, it's not like Old Zheng won't return the Earth Fire to you."

"Young man, can you bear to watch your sister die here?"

Poisonous Enchantress winked at Fang Xuan, feigning a pitiful and wronged expression, and said softly, "As long as we can leave alive, you... you can do anything to my sister."

Seeing the way Poisonous Enchantress bit her red lips and her eyes darted around, Li Tianjiao cursed her as a bitch in his heart.

"What do I care if you live or die?"

Fang Xuan glanced at Elder Zheng and said coldly, "To be honest, you were the one who released this thing, so you should be the one to deal with it!"

"you......"

Old Zheng was so refuted by Fang Xuan's words that he turned red in the face.

"Kid, don't be stubborn and ask for trouble!"

Old Zheng said coldly, "Do you really think that I can't do anything to you?"

Just as Elder Zheng was about to make a move, the soul seemed to have consumed enough red mist, and its aura grew stronger and stronger.

It has even surpassed the fifth level of the Qi Condensation Realm!

"Wow, that's fast!"

Old Zheng said in a deep voice, "We can't wait any longer. We must act quickly and deal with this thing!"

"Nie Song, and the other three, join me in this attack."

After giving his instructions, Elder Zheng glanced coldly at Fang Xuan: "As for this brat, ignore him for now. Once we've dealt with this soul entity, I'll handle him myself!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Old Zheng let out a cold shout and threw a punch.

The fist shadow, formed from condensed Yuan energy, rushed directly towards the soul body.

Meanwhile, Nie Song, Ku Laoguai, and the other two also made their moves at the same time.

"Whoosh!"

The spirit body swayed, dodging the attacks of the group.

He seemed to know he was outnumbered, so he chose to dodge.

"Just as I expected!"

Boss Zheng laughed and said, "This thing isn't very strong. We can take it down if we join forces."

"A thousand troops are broken!"

Master Zheng activated his internal energy, channeling it into his hands, and unleashed dozens of punches in an instant.

Each punch possesses terrifying power capable of destroying everything in its path.

"Breaking Through a Thousand Armies" is a profound-level fist technique mastered by Master Zheng.

When one cultivates to the highest level, one can unleash ninety-nine punches in a single breath.

He used this martial art to kill three peak Condensation Realm martial artists in succession, and even repelled a Divine Intent Realm expert, making a name for himself in one battle.

"Blood Spider Scattering Flowers!"

Poisonous Enchantress raised her hands, and dozens of blood-red spider silks shot straight towards the soul, as if to entangle it.

The others also unleashed their strongest attacks, striving to kill the soul in one blow.

"A waste of effort."

Fang Xuan, who was observing coldly, shook his head and muttered to himself, "These methods are completely useless against that thing."