Under One Person: The Puppet Immortal in the Tang Sect

"The so-called extraction of souls by the great formation is probably just a show he put on for us."

Cui Ming stroked his chin, but his mind began to make inferences.

After all, this guy never showed any composure about life and death from beginning to end.

On the contrary, they were quite certain that Cui Ming and the others would die here, but they made no mention of themselves.

This means that he knew in his heart that his life was not in danger.

Moreover, how did he know that Nameless could snatch souls from within the great formation?

Even when Zuo Ruotong was present, she couldn't detect anything amiss.

They initially thought it was some kind of cultivation technique or supernatural ability that allowed the nameless person to directly destroy the souls of the dead.

How did he, a man who died young, know that Wuming was vying for the soul of the Yellow Springs Formation?

That means he can observe the actual situation of the Yellow Springs Formation at all times.

Thus, it is discovered that while Wuming appears to be killing the dead, he is actually directly snatching souls from the Yellow Springs Formation!

Moreover, if he were the creator of this Yellow Springs Formation...

How could one possibly sacrifice their life so easily?

Otherwise, wouldn't this Yellow Springs Formation be far too childish, harming others without benefiting oneself?

Given the Japanese soldiers' character, anyone who did this would be a brainwashed idiot, and Cui Ming probably believed it.

It is impossible for someone to reach the position of leader; they must have some ulterior motive.

Now, it's only because Wuming is using his abilities to steal the soul of the formation that he's getting anxious.

And it began to actively draw upon the spirituality of other Quanxing souls who had perished!

In other words...

Cui Ming closed his eyes again, and the power of Dan Shi once again seeped into the depths of the formation.

This time, he no longer probed the edge, but instead went directly to the root of the vortex.

We will conduct a thorough investigation at the location where the corpse of the previous Onmyoji leader was found.

The corpse was covered in black substance, blending into the array patterns.

However, in Cui Ming's perception, the black substance was not an inanimate object.

Instead, it is a cocoon constructed from highly concentrated soul energy.

Inside the cocoon, a human figure slowly taking shape can be vaguely seen.

That's it!

Cui Ming opened his eyes, a slight smile playing on his lips.

Meanwhile, deep within the formation.

The soul of Koji, the leader of the Onmyoji, is curled up in a very hidden rift.

This was a method of hiding that he had discovered after decades of searching.

Utilize the energy turbulence generated when the formation is in operation.

A stable space was created at the edge of the formation.

Then compress the soul and hide it within.

Using this technique, he activated the Yellow Springs Array three times on his homeland and was successfully reborn each time.

That's right, the real purpose of this formation is to reshape Koji's body.

And this Onmyoji leader, Koji, is an old monster who has lived for nearly a hundred years.

He plundered souls through the Yellow Springs Array, reshaped his body, and then placed his own soul inside, thus achieving rebirth.

Furthermore, through this Yellow Springs Formation, he can rely on human souls to further enhance the quality of his body. The more souls he collects, the higher the potential of the reconstructed body will be.

Those ignorant villagers believed until their deaths that it was the work of a strange spirit, unaware that it was merely nourishment for their great man to prolong his life and pursue a higher realm.

But this time is different.

The extraordinary people living on this mountain possess souls far more powerful than one can imagine.

Especially those who cultivate the third level of Reverse Rebirth, with their pure and resilient souls, are excellent fuel.

Unexpectedly, they were able to retain their senses after death, and even used his formation to fight against him!

Those Quanxing souls that were agitated by the great formation should have been the most obedient hunting dogs.

But the young man who controlled the flying swords took them away one by one!

You should know that even if those souls are shattered, they will become nourishment for the Yellow Springs Array.

But the moment they were killed by that guy's flying sword, these souls vanished without a trace.

The key point is that Koji clearly sensed a kindred spirit from that guy!

Koji felt fear for the first time.

But he could only watch helplessly as Wuming plunged his flying sword into the core of the vortex, frantically drawing upon the soul energy accumulated by the great formation.

Each stab felt like a blow to his own soul.

That energy was meant to give birth to his new body.

At this moment, however, it is being lost at an alarming rate.

Left with no other choice, he could only draw more energy from the mountaintop and the foot of the mountain to fill the vortex, barely maintaining the formation until his body was fully formed.

However, the price of doing so is that the souls of the Quanxing lost their spirituality, became chaotic, and even remained motionless in place.

The group of armored enemies at the foot of the mountain were advancing with increasing ease.

The formidable Eastern Kingdom expert atop the mountain has also stabilized the situation.

What alarmed him even more was the man who controlled the eerie blue light, Cui Ming.

He was deciphering the structure of the formation at an extremely fast pace.

Hao Er could sense that Cui Ming's Dan Devouring Power was like a finely crafted net, seeping in layer by layer from the outside in.

With each node he cracks, his control over the formation weakens.

The arrays he had meticulously constructed were being analyzed one by one.

This can't go on any longer.

Koji gritted his teeth and began to compress his soul, preparing to move into the body that was not yet fully formed.

Although the new body is only 70% complete and its strength and potential are far inferior to the complete form, it is still better than waiting to die here.

However, just as he was about to make a move, a new fluctuation came from the other side of the vortex.

Koji squinted to check, and then he saw a scene that made his eyes widen in horror!

Cui Ming stood up, raised his hand, and twenty-four dark blue short swords flew out from his waist and hovered in mid-air.

He said something to the nameless person through a telepathic connection.

The nameless man nodded.

The twenty-four short swords slowly flew towards the edge of the vortex, their tips pointing downwards, and inserted into the patterns around the vortex.

But then, half of the nameless twelve flying swords split off and began to transfer the soul energy they had just absorbed to the twenty-four short swords.

Tempering.

Cui Ming was using the soul power accumulated over hundreds of years by the Yellow Springs Array to temper his own short sword.

"Do not--!"

Koji's soul emitted a silent shriek.

That energy belongs to him!

He achieved this through three rebirths, nearly a century of time, and the lives of thousands!

He risked everything and fought for it on this unfamiliar land!

And these two people! They actually did it right in front of him!

Use his energy! Forge your own weapon!

Koji could no longer remain calm.

The energy mobilization throughout the formation suddenly became chaotic.

The spiritual light that was originally flowing orderly towards the vortex began to scatter wildly, and many patterns burst open due to energy overload.

The souls on the mountaintop and at the foot of the mountain simultaneously let out painful roars, their movements instantly frozen.

Cui Ming sensed the anomaly in the formation and a slight smile appeared on his lips.

"Hehe! Getting impatient."

......

At the top of the mountain, in front of the main hall of the Trinity Gate.

Zuo Ruotong maintained the pure yang qi field covering the entire sect, and suddenly noticed that the movements of those dead souls had become sluggish.

The few Quanxing masters who were originally able to barely resist the suppression of the innate Qi were now frozen in place and easily scattered by the disciples of the Sanyi Sect.

He frowned slightly, his gaze fixed on the platform halfway up the mountain.

There was a strange aura emanating from there.

This is not any kind of Qi that Zuo Ruotong is familiar with, but a strange energy with a rather complex composition.

Zuo Ruotong did not rush to go.

He believed that Cui Ming could handle it well.

What he needs to do now is to guard the mountaintop and prevent any escapees from disrupting his Trinity Sect.

"Guard the mountain gate."

He said in a deep voice.