The Burial Tower of Immortals buries the heavens, the earth, and all the immortals.

Meanwhile, hundreds of thousands of kilometers away at the headquarters of the Chusheng Sect, on a battle platform.

A disciple who had just won a match was about to step off the stage as a victor under the admiring gazes of the onlookers when a bloody hole suddenly appeared in his chest, piercing his heart. Staring in disbelief, he collapsed onto the stage.

……

puff!

His aura remained strong, and the cold smile on his lips did not fade; instead, it grew even stronger.

Meanwhile, at the headquarters of the Chusheng Sect, in the Zanggong Pavilion.

A disciple who had just chosen his cultivation method and was about to leave suddenly had a line of blood appear on his neck in full view of everyone. His head fell off his neck and rolled a long way to the ground.

……

Qin Changye frowned, but his hands continued to move without stopping. With this sword strike, Liu Xiaoyao's leg was severed, but then, as expected, it mysteriously reattached itself, completely intact.

Meanwhile, at the headquarters of the First Saint Sect, in the back mountain.

A disciple was engaging in dual cultivation with his Daoist partner when his leg went in but couldn't come out.

"Meimei, you're squeezing too tight! You're going to break my legs!"

"Brother Lei, I haven't even started picking it up yet!"

……

Qin Changye did not continue his sword strikes, his brows furrowing even more deeply. Suddenly, he uttered three words: "Substitute death technique?"

"You even know this? Your knowledge is truly astonishing!"

Liu Xiaoyao was greatly surprised, and then said, "That's right, the evil arts I cultivate are not only the Thousand Corpses and Ten Thousand Apertures Body, but also this Substitute Death Art. In fact, compared to the Thousand Corpses and Ten Thousand Apertures Body, the Substitute Death Art is the evil art I mainly cultivate, and it is also my biggest trump card."

In the more than ten years since I started practicing the substitution technique, I have given substitution talismans to hundreds of new disciples who have joined the Initial Saint Sect. Ironically, they thought I was giving them peace talismans and were even grateful to me.

Wearing these substitute death charms has slowly implanted the substitute death mark into their bodies, and now they have all become my substitutes.

During battle, whenever I suffer serious injury, it is randomly transferred to a scapegoat, while I remain unharmed.

Liu Xiaoyao continued to stare at Qin Changye, his mockery deepening: "So, you think you can kill me? You're sorely mistaken. I have hundreds of scapegoats. If you strike me ten times, they'll be the ones who die. If you strike me a hundred times, they'll still be the ones who die."

As he spoke, his fingertips twitched again, and the remaining corpse threads surged once more, even more ferocious than before.

"I'd like to see how many people you can kill, and how long you can hold out."

Amidst the flashes of lightning and thunder, these remaining wisps of corpse flesh surged and coalesced into a massive bow.

This bow is so lifelike, yet it exudes a terrifying aura.

As he drew back the bow, a sharp arrow materialized on it at a visible speed.

Whoosh!

The next moment, the arrow was released from the bowstring, carrying an indomitable spirit, and shot straight toward Qin Changye.

Terrifying power!

Qin Changye felt he could catch it, but there was a possibility of injury.

He simply used the first step of the Seven Steps of Heaven and Earth, "Close at Hand, Far Away," and narrowly escaped.

"Such speed! Such agile movements!"

Liu Xiaoyao was startled; he truly couldn't understand Qin Changye anymore.

Then, he changed his posture and continued to draw the bowstring, and another sharp arrow materialized, shooting straight towards Qin Changye.

Qin Changye used "Close at Hand, Far Away" again and dodged it once more.

Seeing Liu Xiaoyao preparing to draw his bow and shoot for the third time, Qin Changye realized that constantly dodging was not a solution and began to look for a way to break the deadlock.

And sure enough, they found it very quickly.

Others couldn't see it, but Qin Changye, through his relentless efforts, was able to see that besides the visible soul lines around Liu Xiaoyao's body, there were many invisible lines as well.

These invisible threads, or rather, connections, span hundreds of thousands of kilometers and are bound to the scapegoats carefully selected by the First Saint Sect.

This invisible thread is called the substitution causal thread.

It was also because of these causal links that he could transfer fatal wounds to these scapegoats even across hundreds of thousands of kilometers.

Moreover, the reason he can continuously draw his bow and shoot arrows and launch extremely powerful attacks is because he has temporarily absorbed the power of these substitute victims through these causal threads of death.

This allows him to maintain peak condition, constantly drawing his bow and shooting arrows, never tiring.

"Once I sever these causal links of substitution, Liu Xiaoyao will not only be greatly weakened and unable to continue drawing his bow and shooting arrows, but he will also be unable to transfer the damage to these scapegoats if he suffers a fatal attack. Then I can truly kill him!"

Qin Changye quickly made a decision.

Just do it.

Then, Qin Changye continued to use "Close at Hand, Far Away" to dodge the arrows that Liu Xiaoyao kept shooting out, while constantly wielding the ink sword in his hand.

Sharp sword lights shot out, precisely severing the causal threads of those who died in place of each other.

This scene greatly alarmed Liu Xiaoyao.

He never expected that once the evil technique was activated, the substitution causal line, which even a peak ninth-level Emperor Martial Realm cultivator couldn't see, would be visible to Qin Changye, whose cultivation had just reached the third level of the Emperor Martial Realm.

In fact, it wasn't just one or two, but hundreds.

Following this trend, it won't be long before Qin Changye severs all the causal links that led to his substitution for death.

He will then be defeated, and defeat is tantamount to death.

"I absolutely cannot let this actually happen!"

Liu Xiaoyao gritted his teeth and decided to go all out.

Instantly, scorching flames erupted from the acupoints within his body, igniting the soul threads that covered his entire body.

As these soul threads burned, his already extremely powerful aura and condition received another significant boost.

Qin Changye realized that he was burning his Thousand Corpse Myriad Apertures Body.

Improve yourself in a short period of time.

He had to choose between the Thousand Corpses and Myriad Apertures Body and the Substitute Death Technique, the two evil arts he primarily practiced.

Retain the substitution technique, abandon the technique of using a thousand corpses and ten thousand orifices.

Sure enough, as he burned his thousand corpses and myriad orifices, his condition and aura greatly improved, and he could draw his bow and shoot arrows faster and faster.

The arrows that were shot out became increasingly fierce.

Qin Changye remained calm. Instead of using the first step of the Seven Steps of Heaven and Earth, "Close at Hand, Far Away," he directly used the second step, "Shifting Form and Changing Shadow."

Liu Xiaoyao was even more surprised. He had originally thought that the "distance between them" was Qin Changye's ultimate speed, but now it seemed that he had been overthinking it.

Qin Changye is really fast!

He's practically the fastest man in the North Continent!