I'm in the Demonic Sect, but my cultivation techniques are being used for palace intrigue!

At this moment, Zhao Shigang, who had just injured Old Liu, had not yet had time to shift his attention to Zhu Jingguang.

At this moment, he was mocking the injured Old Liu:

"Hahahaha...Too weak! Too weak! Too weak! Absolutely too weak!"

"Where did that arrogant Old Liu go?"

"Weren't you so arrogant, directly reaching out to snatch the Blood Jade Token?"

"How did it become like this now?"

"Hahahaha..."

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After laughing, Zhao Shigang's eyes, which had turned scarlet and had no whites, were scanning everyone present with greed. His gaze... didn't seem to be looking at people, but rather at a group of... lambs to the slaughter.

"I was initially worried that this Yin Puppet wasn't fully refined and would be difficult to control..."

"Looking back now, I was worrying too much!"

"The power of this body... it's simply perfect!"

As Zhao Shigang thought this, he moved his purplish-blue joints, making a series of "crackling" sounds that he found very pleasant to hear.

At the same time, Zhu Jingguang, who clearly realized just how powerful Zhao Shigang was, stared intently at Zhao Shigang, his clenched fists filled with sweat!

Zhu Jingguang knew that if he didn't fight to the death today, everyone present would probably die here!

"Fellow junior brothers and sisters!"

Zhu Jingguang took a deep breath, suppressing the fear in his heart, and shouted sharply.

"This sorcerer has sealed off this auction hall with a magic array. He won't be able to disarm it until he's killed us all!"

"Therefore, the situation today is very clear—either he dies... or we perish!"

"Given that Elder Liu is already injured, if we don't join forces, we will surely die!"

"Form the formation—use the 'Thirteen Immortal-Trapping Formation' to temporarily trap him!"

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Zhu Jingguang's roar jolted the other cultivators awake.

They didn't hesitate any longer!

"Form ranks!"

  

"We still have a chance!"

"Use the formation to kill him!"

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These cultivators at the fourth or fifth level of Qi Refining mustered their strength and quickly dispersed according to their positions, their hand seals changing rapidly.

In an instant, more than a dozen beams of light of different colors shot into the sky, but were immediately blocked by the array that Zhao Shigang had set up in the auction hall.

However, under the control of these cultivators, the beams of light that had been shooting into the sky instantly intertwined into a huge net of light in the hall, and then slammed down on Zhao Shigang!

At the same time, knowing that if he didn't fight desperately now, he might not even have his life to fight later, Zhu Jingguang bit his tongue and then spat out a mouthful of blood essence onto the longsword he had taken from a corpse, at the cost of an unstable foundation!

"Zheng—"

The longsword immediately emitted a clear and melodious sword cry!

Then, the sword's cry grew louder and louder, and finally it turned into a raging crimson flame!

"Zhao Shigang... prepare to die!"

As one of the two people with the highest cultivation level present, with Elder Liu seriously injured, he should take the lead and lead everyone to fight against Zhao Shigang. If even he, the strongest one, doesn't move, how can the others fight with all their might?

Zhu Jingguang, who was the first to attack, thrust his long sword, which was scorching hot, straight toward Zhao Shigang's heart!

At the same time, the other cultivators who had already completed their formations also used their various methods—fireballs, ice spikes, wind blades… all sorts of spells were thrown at Zhao Shigang as if they were free!

Faced with the crowd's attack, Zhao Shigang's smile grew even more sinister...

"A bunch of ants dare to shake a tree?"

Faced with the net of light overhead and the onslaught of spells, he neither dodged nor evaded, but simply stomped his foot.

"boom!"

Instantly, a visible yellowish-brown wave of energy emanated from him and spread wildly outwards!

then……

"Snap... Bang... Clang..."

The shockwave struck the swarming attackers, instantly blasting them into dust!

Then, the wave of energy continued its momentum and crashed directly into the net of light of the "Thirteen Trapping Immortals Formation" that was enveloping him!

The seemingly indestructible net of light shattered rapidly like glass under the impact of this shockwave...

Immediately afterwards, Zhao Shigang moved swiftly and directly met Zhu Jingguang's Crimson Flame Longsword!

Upon seeing this, Zhu Jingguang's pupils contracted sharply. However, before he could react, he saw Zhao Shigang's sharp claws... already close to his face!

too fast!

That's so fast!

Completely caught off guard, Zhu Jingguang instinctively parried with his sword!

"clang--"

With a crisp clang of metal striking metal, Zhu Jingguang felt a violent tremor in his hand, and at the same time, half of his body seemed to go numb from the blow!

In the brief moment that Zhu Jingguang paused, Zhao Shigang actually managed to grab the longsword in Zhu Jingguang's hand, a sword imbued with Zhu Jingguang's life essence, with his bare hands!

"This...how is this possible?"

Zhu Jingguang stared in horror at Zhao Shigang's claws, which were like iron clamps, gripping his sword tightly and remaining unharmed despite the scorching flames.

"Your sword... is nothing special!"

A hint of mockery flashed in Zhao Shigang's bloodshot eyes, and then... he suddenly exerted force in his hand!

"Boom—"

The longsword snapped in two!

At the same time, Zhao Shigang's other hand, also claw-shaped and carrying a nauseatingly foul smell, went straight for... Zhu Jingguang's heart!

"Be careful, Senior Brother Zhu!"

A junior sister at the fifth level of Qi Refining exclaimed in surprise, and at the same time, she hurriedly threw out an ice spike technique.

"Bang—"

The ice pick struck Zhao Shigang in the back, but it didn't even leave a white mark!

But... this minor disturbance gave Zhu Jingguang a chance to temporarily get rid of Zhao Shigang!

Zhu Jingguang quickly shifted his feet, his body spinning rapidly to the side and backward like a top, narrowly avoiding the fatal blow!

"Sizzle—"

However... although the vital spot on his heart was dodged, Zhu Jingguang's clothes on his chest were still torn by the claw wind, revealing three deep, bone-revealing bloody marks...

"So powerful... Is this the power of the Yin Puppet?"

Zhu Jingguang staggered backward, cold sweat instantly soaking his entire back.

If it weren't for that junior sister's interference, he might have died here!

"This won't do... Zhao Shigang is far beyond my ability to defeat now!"

"Speaking of which... I remember that the power of this Yin Puppet cannot be borrowed indefinitely, right?"

"In that case... I'll just have to fight a hit-and-run! I hope to use up this power he borrowed as quickly as possible!"

"I wonder how long he can use this borrowed power..."

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Just as Zhu Jingguang was pondering these things, suddenly, at this moment, a surprising message about a new cultivation technique appeared on the virtual panel that had not been updated for some time.

[Yin Kui Gong: "Huh? Where...am I?"]