Slaying demons and eliminating evil, a martial saint among mortals.

Wugu Luo looked up at Shen Shuyan in mid-air and sneered.

"Shen Shuyan".

"Even if you come today, you cannot stop me."

Shen Shuyan ignored him.

The tattered seal of the town gate hung in front of him, spinning continuously.

Rays of bluish-white light continuously fell from the Zhenguan Seal, landing on the array patterns on the ground.

The blackness of the array patterns, which had been contaminated by the black demonic energy, was slightly reduced under the cleansing effect of the Zhenguan Seal.

But it only retreated a little.

The next moment, Wugu Luo's demonic energy surged, and the array patterns that had just been cleansed turned pitch black again.

As Qin Lie watched this scene, his heart grew colder and colder.

Shen Shuyan is now desperately trying to stabilize the formation, but Wu Gu Luo is using Pei Jinghan's body as the core of the formation.

Furthermore, the Wind-Breaking Formation itself has been corrupted, and the Town-Suppressing Seal alone is simply not enough to suppress it.

The demonic aura emanating from Wugu Luo grew stronger and stronger. At first, it only swirled around him, but later it completely enveloped him.

Even standing at a distance, Qin Lie felt as if an invisible hand was gripping his neck tightly.

Xu Qinghe stood to the side, her expression also unpleasant.

She struggled to sit up and flipped through the Soul Sealing Book again.

The red chains flew out again, trying to help Shen Yanshu suppress Wugu Luo.

Shen Yanshu was also desperately urging the Zhenguan Seal, but even with their combined efforts, they still couldn't suppress Wugu Luo.

Uguro raised his head and grinned.

"Don't waste your energy anymore, the Wind-Severing Formation has been activated, you can't stop me."

"Shen Yanshu, as a master of formations, don't you even know this much?"

As soon as he finished speaking, his aura surged to its peak.

Then gently raise your hand and slap forward.

boom!

A black wave of energy swept out.

Xu Qinghe and Shen Shuyan were blasted away almost simultaneously.

Xu Qinghe crashed into a broken wall and spat out another mouthful of blood.

Shen Shuyan also fell from mid-air, taking several steps back after landing before barely managing to stand up.

At this moment, Qin Lie's heart sank to the bottom along with the dim light on the Zhenguan Seal.

Shen Shuyan is the person who knows the Broken Wind Formation best; he was the one who activated the formation himself back then.

If even he can't do anything about it, then this is truly the end.

Qin Lie gritted his teeth and quickly ran to Shen Shuyan and Xu Qinghe's side.

Xu Qinghe leaned against the wall, her face pale, and Shen Shuyan beside her was in no better condition.

Qin Lie looked at Shen Shuyan and asked urgently, "Strategist."

"Has the one who took you away a hundred years ago arrived yet?"

Shen Shuyan looked up at Qin Lie.

At that glance, he seemed to finally recognize Qin Lie, and then shook his head with a wry smile.

"Something also happened at Zhenyao Pass."

"So I'm the only one who can handle this."

To make matters worse, only Shen Shuyan came; that big hand won't come.

Before Qin Lie could ask any more questions, Xu Qinghe spoke first.

"What happened at Zhenyao Pass? Why haven't I received any news?"

Shen Shuyan did not know Xu Qinghe.

But since she's standing with Qin Lie and can use the Soul Sealing Book to suppress Wu Gu Luo, she's at least not an enemy for now.

"It all happened so suddenly. There was less than fifteen minutes before I left, and there was simply no time to give a notice."

Upon hearing this, Xu Qinghe frowned even more deeply, but she did not press the matter further.

"So what should we do now?"

Qin Lie was too preoccupied to care about what had happened at Zhenyao Pass.

If they can't get through this, they'll all die here.

"What do we do now?"

Before Shen Shuyan could speak, Wugu Luo had already burst into laughter.

"Stop struggling in vain, you're all doomed."

As he spoke, Wugu Luo walked forward step by step.

With each step he took, the array patterns on the ground dimmed a little, while the demonic aura emanating from him increased.

The demonic energy was slowly spreading around him, and even the pebbles on the ground were suspended in the air and crushed into powder by the demonic energy.

Just now, Qin Lie was only having difficulty breathing, but now he felt that the flow of qi and blood in his body was also obstructed. This was beyond the pressure of his cultivation level!

Wugu Luo, now using Pei Jinghan's body, is forcibly activating the Broken Wind Formation, and his aura has risen to a level that Qin Lie cannot comprehend.

This is not his strongest form yet. If he succeeds completely, not only will the three of them be affected, but Dongxuan City will also be in big trouble.

Wugu Luo raised his hand, and black demonic energy gathered in his palm.

This time, he clearly didn't want to play anymore.

Qin Lie gripped the broken snow tightly, but his body was completely immobile.

Xu Qinghe struggled to stand up, but as soon as she moved, blood seeped from the corner of her mouth again.

Only Shen Shuyan looked at Wugu Luo and suddenly lowered his head and smiled.

The next moment, he raised his right hand and used his fingertip to cut his left index finger.

Fresh blood immediately flowed out.

Shen Shuyan raised his hand and waved it. Blood splattered into the air.

The drops of blood did not fall to the ground, but instead dispersed in the air, turning into thin streaks of blood that fell into the Zhenguan Seal.

The Zhenguan Seal, which had gone dark, suddenly lit up again.

Shen Shuyan raised his head and looked at Wugu Luo, whose body was covered in black energy.

No.

To be precise, it was looking at the body that Uguro had taken over.

Looking at the face that belonged to Pei Jinghan, his eyes were filled with complex emotions.

"Old Pei."

"I'm back."

But those few words were spoken.

Wugu Luo, who was about to make a move, suddenly stopped in his tracks.

Qin Lie was stunned when he saw Wu Gu Luo's hand stop in mid-air.

If that palm strike had actually landed, they would have been either dead or crippled.

But now, Wugu Luo has stopped.

There's only one possibility: it's not that he doesn't want to move, but that he can't.

Shen Shuyan grinned as he watched this scene.

"You don't really think I set up this formation just now to suppress you, do you?"

Uguro stared intently at him.

Shen Shuyan raised his hand to wipe the blood from the corner of his mouth and continued, "No."

"I only did this to nourish Lao Pei's remnant soul."

"Let his remnant soul be able to overwhelm your remnant soul."

Qin Lie suddenly realized what was going on when he heard this.

He had just been wondering how Shen Shuyan, a master of array formations, could not understand the use of the Wind-Breaking Array.

It turns out that Shen Shuyan wasn't actually fighting Wugu Luo head-on at all.

He was using the remaining power of the Zhenguan Seal and the Duanfeng Formation to nourish Pei Jinghan's remnant soul.

That old guy, he's really good at hiding things.

Uguro obviously understood as well.

He stared at Shen Shuyan, his teeth grinding together.

"A clever plan."

"Shen Shuyan, you're quite the schemer!"

But before he could continue speaking, the surging demonic energy around him suddenly stopped.

Immediately afterwards, all the demonic energy gradually shrank back into Pei Jinghan's body.

The overwhelming demonic aura that had just filled the air before Broken Wind Pass quickly dissipated completely.

The next moment, Pei Jinghan's eyes slowly regained their clarity.

Those eyes no longer held the coldness and greed of Wugu Luo.

All I felt was exhaustion.

There is also a kind of tranquility that comes from finally waking up again after a century.

Qin Lie could tell at a glance that Pei Jinghan had returned.

Xu Qinghe also noticed it.

She put away the Soul Sealing Book, her red eyes fixed on Pei Jinghan, unusually silent.

Shen Shuyan propped himself up and stood up.

He was also seriously injured when he was sent flying by Wugu Luo's palm strike.

But at this moment, he still dusted himself off, as if nothing had happened.

Then, looking at Pei Jinghan, he smiled and said, "Old Pei, welcome home."

Pei Jinghan stood still, looking at Shen Shuyan.

After a long while, the corners of his mouth finally curled up slightly.

"How come you've gotten so old?"

Shen Shuyan looked down at his white hair and then at his somewhat withered hands, and let out a soft hum.

"A century has passed; I can't still be a young man in my old age, can I?"

"I need to change it up to suit my personality."

Pei Jinghan's eyes lit up with a smile after hearing this.

"The way you talk and the manner you act don't suit your class."

Qin Lie stood to the side, watching the two bicker, and finally felt a little relieved.

If you can still talk like that, then it must be nothing serious, right?

At least now, the one standing in front of them is no longer Uguro.

It was the real Pei Jinghan.

However, Xu Qinghe stood aside, unusually silent.

She looked at Pei Jinghan, then at Shen Shuyan, seemingly lost in thought.

Qin Lie took a breath and stepped forward, holding the broken snow.

"General Pei."

Pei Jinghan turned to look at him.

When she saw the broken snow in Qin Lie's hand, her eyes paused slightly.

Qin Lie didn't beat around the bush and asked directly, "What exactly happened?"

Why did you wake up at this time?

Qin Lie hadn't thought too much about it at first.

But Shen Shuyan just said that something happened at Zhenyao Pass as well.

The more he thought about it, the more something seemed off.

It wouldn't have happened earlier or later, but just when Pei Jinghan woke up, a problem arose at Zhenyao Pass.

What an incredible coincidence that this timing is so perfect!

In any case, Qin Lie felt that things were definitely not that simple.

Upon hearing Qin Lie's words, Pei Jinghan's smile faded, and he rubbed his temples wearily.

"I don't know exactly what happened, because for so many years my remnant soul has been suppressed by Wugu Luo, and I have very little perception of the outside world."

"However, in order to obtain my body, Uguro merged his soul with my remnant soul, and I also learned a tiny bit of information from it."

"Then just tell me already, stop beating around the bush!"

"The sooner we know the truth of the matter, the sooner we can come up with a solution."

Shen Shuyan popped a pill into his mouth and then rolled his eyes.

"I was going to say that, but you kept interrupting me. If you hadn't, I would have finished speaking long ago!"

Qin Lie was speechless after hearing this. These two were quite mature when they were apart, but how come they turned into children as soon as they met!