Before he could finish his sentence, a massive net fell from above.
“Your moves are so outdated. Do you think others will just stand still and let you catch them?”
The girl left afterimages under her feet as she grabbed the net and flung it back toward Li Quan.
Li Quan dodged; he hadn’t expected Li Ze’s speed to be so fast.
Next, Li Ze used his Divine Sense to control a longsword and stab forward, but Li Quan kicked it away.
To prevent any further accidents, Li Quan used his trump card, preparing to deal a fatal blow to the girl.
Because he had already been killed once by this girl, he didn’t dare give her another chance.
Li Quan flicked a black talisman into his hand.
Then, making hand signs and chanting an incantation, Li Quan’s soul and essence blood began to burn.
“Another Pressure Talisman? Don’t you know the same move won’t work a second time!”
In an instant, a powerful pressure descended, but it disappeared just as quickly.
A sword sliced the black talisman in mid-air into two halves.
Li Quan finished the chant!
He murmured, “SOUL-EXTINGUISHING FORBIDDEN TECHNIQUE, DESTROY!”
A pinkish-red thread flew out from Li Quan’s forehead toward Li Ze.
“Senior, is he trying to tie the red string of fate with us?”
Li Ze didn’t know what it was either.
“Xing Yao, what is this?”
Xing Yao looked at it.
“I don’t know. It’s likely a unique forbidden method created in this cultivation world.”
The red thread flew before his eyes, and Li Ze dodged. However, the thread kept following him.
Li Ze had no choice but to face it head-on.
He raised his spear and slashed at the red thread.
“Heh, it’s useless!”
Li Quan sneered.
“Once the Soul-Extinguishing Thread appears, your soul will be destroyed, and you will become my loyal servant.”
To Li Ze’s surprise, the red thread wasn’t cut; instead, it passed right through the spear.
“Oh no!”
Suddenly, Li Ze felt his soul shake as he was jolted into the Sea of Consciousness.
The red thread carried the aura of death into his Sea of Consciousness, and visible red death energy began to spread.
Seeing this, Cai Xiaonuo hurried toward Li Ze.
“What is that red gas?”
Xing Yao appeared in the Sea of Consciousness.
“This is the aura of death. Once a soul touches it, it will dissipate.”
“Xing Yao, do you have a way to deal with it?”
“This is a good item.”
As she spoke, the death energy was collected into a small bottle by Xing Yao.
“This red thread is connected to his soul.”
“Does that mean we can pull Li Quan’s soul directly into the Sea of Consciousness?”
“Young Master, in theory, that is indeed possible.”
After she finished speaking, the red thread seemed to want to escape.
But Li Ze grabbed it and gave it a hard tug.
Outside the body, Li Quan’s soul was pulled out of his own physical shell and followed the red thread into Cai Xiaonuo’s body.
Li Quan was thrown into the Sea of Consciousness, and Cai Xiaonuo took several steps back behind Li Ze.
When Li Quan saw three souls in one body, he was completely dazed.
To think there were existences that defied the Heavenly Dao, and the green-haired woman was even more mysterious.
“Three souls sharing one body? Who exactly are you?”
If Li Quan was a lucky man, then Li Ze was a man with cheat codes.
“You don’t need to know much. You only need to know that I am the one killing you!”
“I don’t regret losing to you. But… I’m still unwilling!”
He suddenly stood up, wanting to resist, but Xing Yao immediately immobilized his soul.
“I advise you to behave!”
“Heh, you must be Li Ze! I was wondering why a woman would have a man’s name. The one behind you must be the owner of this body!”
Cai Xiaonuo stepped forward, her hands clenched into fists.
“Senior, let me kill this man and avenge my innocent clansmen!”
Xing Yao’s eyes swept over Li Quan.
“No, there is a sword qi restriction on him. Once his soul is attacked, a strike equivalent to the Profound Soul Realm will be unleashed. This body would definitely be lost.”
Li Quan’s tone lowered slightly, but it still carried a stubborn edge.
“You can’t kill me now! Why don’t I set a condition? If you’re satisfied, let me go, and I won’t cause you trouble again.”
Li Ze said coldly and indifferently, “Heh, I already anticipated this! No need. I’ve already prepared a residence for you.”
As he spoke, a Spirit-Locking Banner made from the bones of a 1,000-year-old corpse puppet emerged from Li Ze’s sleeve.
The soul banner continuously billowed black energy.
“Haha — good, very good!”
Li Quan laughed maniacally.
He knew he was now a fish on the chopping block, with no possibility of escape.
Then, he began chanting an incantation, intending to self-destruct his soul and take them with him.
Li Quan looked at Li Ze with determined eyes, yet they were filled with resentment.
“Then let us die together!”
Suddenly, a cinnabar talisman slapped onto Li Quan’s mouth, interrupting the spell.
“Who wants to die with you? If you want to die, go do it alone!”
With a wave of the black soul banner, his soul was sucked into the Spirit-Locking Banner.
“Cai Xiaonuo, Li Quan has been trapped in the soul banner. Although we can’t destroy him for now, he is no different from a dead man. This counts as avenging your clansmen!”
Cai Xiaonuo whispered, “Senior… Xiaonuo thanks you on behalf of my deceased clansmen!”
“No need. I said I would help you, and this is just me fulfilling my promise.”
Li Ze, still possessing the body, stepped in front of Li Quan’s physical shell.
“Then Young Master, how do you plan to handle this body?”
Li Ze’s Divine Sense swept over the shell: [Level 10 Spirit Realm (Perfected)]
Aptitude: Gold-element Heavenly Spirit Root
“Its aptitude is top-tier; I’ll use it as my new body for now!”
(৹˃̵﹏˂̵৹): “Senior, are you going to leave Xiaonuo?”
“How could that be? I told you I would help you with your cultivation, and I will keep my word! Xing Yao, let’s begin!”
“Young Master, are you sure?”
“I’m sure!”
Xing Yao appeared outside the body and began performing the soul-possession secret technique.
The spear in Cai Xiaonuo’s Sea of Consciousness disappeared and reappeared within the new body, and a spear mark appeared on the palm.
Suddenly, an invisible wind blew, and the white robes fluttered.
Cai Xiaonuo saw the body in front of her slowly open its eyes.
“Senior, how does it feel?”
Li Ze sized up the body, moving his hands around.
“It’s alright!”
‘It seems Li Quan didn’t slack off in his daily training,’ Li Ze noted.
Indeed, he felt this body was much sturdier than Cai Xiaonuo’s.
Li Ze picked up the white-tinted sword and used it as a mirror.
“It’s just that this face isn’t as handsome as mine.”
Xing Yao stepped forward and examined him.
“This face indeed isn’t as pleasant to look at as yours, Young Master! I can modify the body’s appearance for you. Please close your eyes, Young Master. I will change the body’s appearance for you.”
Li Ze closed his eyes.
“Alright.”
“It’s done. I’ve changed it to your original appearance, Young Master.”
Li Ze opened his eyes and picked up the longsword to look again.
It was exactly the same as his original appearance.
He looked at his reflection in the sword with satisfaction.
“I’m still much more handsome!”
Cai Xiaonuo saw Li Ze admiring his face for a long time, so she pinched his lower back.
(◦`~´◦): “Senior, stop looking. Let’s go take those people’s storage bags and good stuff! They won’t be needing them anymore anyway.”
Hearing Cai Xiaonuo say this, Li Ze remembered there were still spoils of war to collect.
The two of them activated their flight formations and arrived beside the killed guards.
(*๓´╰╯`๓)♡: “Hehe, since you can’t use these anymore, I’ll take them for myself!”
Cai Xiaonuo skillfully searched for the storage bags.
(◦˙▽˙◦): “Senior, the storage bags.”
Then, she began searching another person for treasures.
Li Ze watched the girl, who was even more skilled at looting than he was.
‘Like master, like disciple indeed,’ he thought.
After the search, a pile of items lay before them.
Five storage bags…