Fantasy: I'm in a discarded alchemy room, but I can turn trash into treasure!

Just as Qin Mo had hidden himself close to the cliff face, a muffled thud came from above the Underworld Emperor Gorge.

The corpse mist was forcibly torn apart, and a black-armored war puppet fell from mid-air.

It stepped over the broken bones without making a sound; only two specks of blood-red light slowly lit up behind the visor.

Qin Mo pressed down on the Thunder Sound Sword, channeling the five elements of Qi and blood into his meridians.

The aura emanating from that battle puppet had already surpassed that of the Golden Core Realm.

What's more troublesome is that a wisp of Nascent Soul divine thought is hidden inside the war puppet's body.

"Xiao Tianci is quite generous."

Qin Mo glanced at it and immediately suppressed his aura to the lowest level.

The black-armored war puppet raised its head, as if it had sensed something.

But just as it turned around, another ray of moonlight fell over the gorge.

The moonlight condensed into the shape of a woman.

She wore silver-white armor, her long hair fell to her waist, and a crescent moon was etched between her eyebrows.

The figure was lifeless, yet it carried a sharp, oppressive aura.

The black-armored war puppet raised its hand and threw a punch.

The Moon Shadow War Puppet sidestepped, grabbed its wrist with its five fingers, and forcefully pushed it back into the gorge.

The two war puppets collided, and the nearby mountain wall immediately cracked open.

The Moon Shadow Battle Puppet's brow lit up, and Shangguan Yue's voice reached Qin Mo's ears: "Xiao Tianci has already condensed his Nascent Soul, and his true body cannot enter the Twelve Palaces, so we can only send in his Divine Soul Battle Puppet."

Qin Mo leaned against the stone wall, lightly tapping his sword hilt with his fingers: "You brought the Moon Shadow Battle Puppet in because you were afraid he'd kill me?"

"This battle puppet is the best thing the Xuan Tian Immortal Sect has." Moonlight condensed into sword light at her fingertips. "I will not allow you to die at Xiao Tianci's hands."

Qin Mo raised an eyebrow.

These words sound even more direct than those of a righteous protector.

"What if someone else takes me away?"

The Moon Shadow Puppet paused for a moment, then struck the Black Armor Puppet in the chest with a palm.

"Get out of here alive first, then you can talk nonsense."

The black-armored war puppet was knocked back more than ten feet and crashed into the depths of the corpse mist.

The Moon Shadow War Puppet gave chase and disappeared into the canyon in the blink of an eye.

Qin Mo did not continue reading.

Shangguan Yue was willing to shield him from Xiao Tianci, so he owed her a favor.

He wasn't sure how long the Moon Shadow War Puppet could hold out.

Right now, the most important thing is still the Ten Thousand Corpses Sect.

He moved forward along the cliff face, his vigorous Qi and blood of the five elements emanating from his body.

Several ghostly spirits that had been clinging to the cracks in the rocks had just poked their heads out when they were flushed with blood and qi, causing them to shriek and shrink back.

Deep within the canyon, the horde of zombies continues its advance.

Shi Luoyi was supported by two disciples, but one of her shoulders slumped down.

The wound inflicted by Qin Mo had not healed, and black corpse energy continued to seep out from it.

The withered old woman stopped beside him, her bone staff pointing at the chest of the corpse robe.

A stream of grayish-white corpse energy burrowed into the wound.

Shi Luoyi's body trembled, and a muffled groan escaped her throat before the wound finally closed.

"Mother-in-law, I can also kill people."

He raised his head, his voice hoarse.

The withered old woman didn't even lift her eyelids: "You'd better save your own life first. What that boy has on him won't escape."

After she finished speaking, she tapped the bone staff on the ground.

The horde of zombies immediately split apart.

The soul lines on the foreheads of countless refining corpses tightened simultaneously, all ending up connected to the blood-clad mother corpse.

The mother's corpse lay in the bronze coffin, her chest still, but the dark blue-green Gu between her brows twisted and turned.

With each movement, the horde of zombies advanced a significant distance.

Qin Mo understood after observing for a few moments.

Shi Luoyi was just the leader; the one who truly controlled the horde of corpses was Granny Kugu.

That mother corpse's soul-devouring Gu was the core of the entire zombie horde.

As long as the mother's corpse is destroyed, the Ten Thousand Corpses Sect will immediately fall into chaos.

However, the mother's corpse was protected in the middle by layers of refining corpses, and the withered old woman was guarding the side.

If we make a move now, we'll only be held back by the horde of zombies.

Qin Mo withdrew his gaze and continued to follow behind.

They hadn't gone far when a deafening tiger roar suddenly came from ahead.

boom!

At the same time, loose rocks rolled down from both sides of the canyon.

At the front of the horde of zombies, a huge black bone tiger burst out from the ground.

It was over ten zhang long, its bones were covered with black evil energy, and two dark red flames burned in its eye sockets.

With a single bite, it shattered the five iron corpses into black dust.

The old woman's expression changed, and she hurriedly waved her bone staff.

The horde of corpses closed in from both sides, and the densely packed, refined corpses rushed towards the bone tiger.

The bone tiger raised its claws and swept them horizontally, immediately clearing a space in front of it.

But as soon as those refined corpses fell, the soul threads pulled their mangled bodies back up.

The soul-devouring Gu between the mother's eyebrows moved faster and faster.

The Bone Tiger was surrounded by the horde of corpses, and Black Fiend kept tearing open the chests of the refined corpses.

The two sides collided, and the entire canyon shook.

Qin Mo hid behind a protruding black rock, observing the battle through a gap.

The Bone Tiger is very powerful, possessing at least top-tier combat strength below the Nascent Soul stage.

But it was trapped by the horde of corpses and could not reach the withered old woman.

The Ten Thousand Corpses Sect also dared not approach.

In this battle, neither side can gain the upper hand in the short term.

Just then, the sky suddenly brightened.

A beam of white immortal light pierced through layers of corpse mist and landed between the brows of each cultivator.

Qin Mo felt a chill in his mind, and a pale golden list appeared before his eyes.

Indifferent voices came from all directions.

"The eighth trial participant, the Spirit of the Palace, has descended upon the list."

"Core mission activated. Complete any one of them to be immediately teleported to the next chapter."

The text on the list changed rapidly.

First, slay the Underworld Emperor of Life and Death deep within the Underworld Emperor Gorge.

The mission reward is one Nascent Soul Breaking Pill.

Those who complete the task will directly enter the Ninth Palace.

Qin Mo's fingers stopped on the sword hilt.

The Nascent Soul Breaking Pill is enough to allow cultivators below the Nascent Soul realm to break through to the Nascent Soul realm.

Even Nascent Soul cultivators can use this to stabilize their realm and reduce the backlash after breaking through.

More importantly, killing the Underworld Emperor of Life and Death would allow one to skip directly to the Eighth Palace.

The moment the list was released, a series of whooshing sounds came from outside the canyon.

The cultivators who were just watching from a distance all rushed towards the Underworld Emperor Gorge.

Some people summoned flying swords, some swallowed pills, and some even donned armor, fearing that someone else would steal the mission if they were even a step too late.

Xiao Qinghuang's sword cries also ceased.

She stood outside the gorge and clearly saw the list as well.

A moment later, the sword light flashed again, forcefully cleaving through the horde of corpses blocking the way.

She stopped chasing Qin Mo and turned her attention to the depths of the canyon.

Qin Mo glanced at it, and his heart became more wary.

Just now it was only the Ten Thousand Corpses Sect and the Xuan Sha Bone Tiger fighting, but now the powerful figures from various sects have been lured in by the Nascent Soul Breaking Pill.

That skeletal tiger couldn't hold out for long, and the withered old woman couldn't continue hiding the mother's corpse.

Sure enough, Granny Skeleton raised her bone staff and pointed it toward the depths of the canyon.

"Corpse slaves clear the way; anyone who dares to block the way will be devoured."

The mother corpse's soul-devouring Gu emitted a piercing cry.

All the corpse-refining creatures turned around at the same time and pounced on the Xuan Sha Bone Tiger.

Shi Luoyi, along with the disciples of the Ten Thousand Corpses Sect, protected the bronze coffin as they moved forward.

Taking advantage of the chaos of the zombie horde, Qin Mo continued to follow along, clinging to the cliff face.

He had only walked a few dozen feet when a heavy voice came from behind him.

"The Emperor of Life and Death is inside. Whoever finds him first gets the elixir!"

Immediately afterwards, blade light, sword energy, and spiritual fire rushed into the canyon at the same time.

The corpse mist was stirred into a ball.

The Ten Thousand Corpses Sect's team was forced to stop. The Xuan Sha Bone Tiger roared and the Black Sha smashed through a large number of refining corpses.

The arriving cultivators did not stop; instead, they also made it a target for their mission.

Qin Mo looked down at the list.

At the very bottom, a line of small, blood-red characters slowly appeared.

Before the Awakening of the Underworld Emperor, all mission participants can compete with each other.

He looked up and saw more and more people pouring into the Underworld Gorge.

The prey is searching for the King of Life and Death.

But in Qin Mo's eyes, these cultivators who broke in were also prey delivered to his doorstep.