What do you mean by saying that the corpses I sew are all ominous creatures?

At this moment, I completely abandoned defense.

I let his sword energy leave white marks and tiny wounds on my raincoat and protective aura.

I just held on to him tightly, slashing him again and again, like a torrential downpour.

He was injured, which greatly reduced his speed and strength.

What I fear least is this kind of head-on, attritional war.

Just as I was forcing the gray-shirted man into a retreat.

"boom!"

A loud bang came from behind.

My heart sank slightly, and I glanced at it out of the corner of my eye.

The six Shadow Sect elites simultaneously spat out a mouthful of blood, and the black array flags in their hands burst forth with a blinding dark light.

The golden light barrier that had been struggling to hold on for so long finally shattered like broken glass under the impact of the immense power of the formation and the hundred ghosts!

The countless golden specks of light quickly dimmed in the torrential rain.

Lu Yan fell backward into the puddles, while Fang He and Qian Ji were also thrown back by the force of the backlash, crashing to the ground like tattered sacks.

The surrounding corpses and evil spirits, already ravenously hungry, roared and surged towards the three of them like a black tide.

My right hand, which was gripping the scalpel, tightened suddenly.

Just as I was about to give up on suppressing the gray-clad man in front of me and risk taking a sword to my back to turn around and go back to help, at the critical moment...

A sudden change occurred.

The thick black fog that had been shrouding the entire Jinxiuyuan residential area was suddenly stirred up as if by an invisible giant hand.

Immediately afterwards, the black mist seemed to lose its foundation.

Under the onslaught of the storm, the black fog vanished at a speed visible to the naked eye.

The surrounding view suddenly became clear, and you could even see the faint emergency lights shining from the residential buildings in the distance.

"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!"

At the same moment the black fog dissipated, five ear-piercing whistling sounds came from the darkness outside the residential area.

Those were five palm-sized apricot-yellow flags, with extremely ancient and intricate feng shui talismans drawn on their surfaces in vermilion.

They drew five arcs in mid-air, passing precisely over the heads of the corpse demons that were rushing towards Lu Yan.

Then, with a few "plop" sounds, it pierced deeply into the cracks in the bluestone slabs surrounding Lu Yan and the other two, forming a five-pointed star shape.

"Buzz—"

The moment the five apricot-yellow flags landed, a thick, earthy aura surged forth from the base of the flagpole.

The earth's energy intertwined, and in the blink of an eye, it transformed into a translucent, earthy-yellow inverted bowl, tightly protecting Lu Yan and the other two within it.

The few high-level corpse demons at the forefront, unable to stop in time, crashed headfirst into the earthen-yellow light barrier.

In an instant, those corpse demons were like those that had crashed into a mountain, and were sent flying backward by the powerful shockwave from the earth.

Then it turned into a puddle of mud in mid-air.

"Damn it, I finally made it! I'm soaked to the bone!"

A somewhat lazy voice pierced through the rain and came from the shadows of the green belt not far away.

Li Qing's figure slowly appeared.

He didn't use an umbrella at that moment, letting the torrential rain soak him to the bone.

In his left hand he carried a black box, while in his right hand he dragged a person dressed in black night clothes, limp and motionless, like a dead dog.

I glanced at him out of the corner of my eye and saw that the man was still clutching a broken black banner tightly in his hand.

"I have destroyed the foundation of the Hundred Ghosts Sealing Gate Formation in this community, and I have also removed the core of the formation."

Li Qing casually tossed the array master, whose fate was unknown, into the puddles.

He looked up at me and said.

"Director Lu, I'll cover for you. As long as I, Li Qing, am still alive, these filthy bastards won't be able to touch a hair on their heads."

Old Chen, focus on fighting the enemy.

Upon hearing Li Qing's words, my nerves, which had been stretched to the limit, finally relaxed completely.

"Thanks for your hard work."

I looked at the gray-clad assassin in front of me and said softly.

At this moment, the hand holding the knife has completely relaxed, no longer in that stiff posture of being ready to defend at any time.

This is the moment I've been waiting for.

From being surrounded and attacked at the alley entrance, to breaking into the fray alone, and then just now engaging in close combat with this top assassin whose skill level was clearly superior to mine.

I've been suppressing myself all along, keeping my biggest trump card hidden.

The purpose is not merely to conceal one's strength.

This Hundred Ghosts Sealing Gate Formation not only trapped Lu Yan, but also trapped me.

Within this formation, the man in gray was in his element, his concealment abilities amplified countless times.

If I had revealed all my trump cards early on, given his higher Dan realm cultivation and unpredictable movement techniques, and if he was determined to escape, I wouldn't have been able to stop him at all.

Even within this formation, if the gray-robed man is determined to assassinate Lu Yan and the others, I'm not entirely confident I can protect them.

He thought he had me wrapped around his little finger, but little did he know that I was also taking the opportunity to cling to him.

Besides, what I want has never been just to break the deadlock.

I'm going to kill someone!

Since the Shadow Sect has gone to great lengths, mobilized all its forces, and even set up such a large formation to take my life.

Then they must be prepared to be killed by me and suffer the most devastating backlash.

I, Chen Yang, have never been a pushover who can't fight back or be bullied by others!

"call--"

I slowly exhaled a breath of foul air, tinged with the smell of blood, and lowered my eyelids slightly.

"Piercing Demon".

I silently repeated those two words to myself.

In an instant, the murderous energy that was already circulating rapidly within my body was as if a high-explosive bomb had been thrown into it.

The evil core located in the dantian suddenly contracted, and then burst out with a terrifying wave that made people's hearts tremble.

This surge was no longer confined to the meridians, but rather, like a flood bursting its banks, it forcefully broke through the constraints of the meridians and surged wildly into every part of my body.

"Click click click..."

A series of cracking sounds, like popping beans, came from my body.

The already damaged black raincoat swelled up instantly from the surge of blood and qi within me.

Especially his left arm, which had been modified by the self-sewing technique, had grown even larger.

The dark jade-colored malevolent energy burned fiercely on my skin like a tangible flame.

Even the torrential rain that was falling from the sky was instantly evaporated by this terrifying force when it came within half a foot of my body.

My eyes snapped open, and deep within my pupils, a chilling dark jade-colored luster flickered.

Power, an unprecedented power, surged through my limbs and bones.

The initial opening of the aura after the aura-slaying pill.

I feel like I could smash a small mountain in front of me with a single punch right now!

The gray-robed man opposite him stiffened almost imperceptibly the moment the formation was broken.

When he sensed the utterly unreasonable increase in my strength, even the blank mask without any facial features seemed to reveal an incredulous shock.