Translator: CinderTL
"Old fool, you're already losing your patience and resorting to violence?" Song Wen sneered, his voice dripping with contempt.
"But that's just like the Divine Blood Gate. Whatever you covet, you seize. Whether it's cultivation or lifespan, you take it all."
"Fellow Daoist Rong Shao, you'd better be careful. This old fool traveled trillions of miles from Azure Wutong Province. He must have an ulterior motive—perhaps he's after you, this 'human-shaped great medicine.'"
"Rong Luan and Huang Yangshu, don't think you're safe either. Cultivation and spiritual power can also be plundered. You cultivate the Corpse King Blood Refinement Art, which the Divine Blood Gate claims is their supreme technique. But that's a lie. Cultivators of this art are themselves 'human-shaped great medicine.' Yu Bi is likely plotting how to steal your cultivation."
The reactions to Song Wen's words varied among Yu Bi and his group.
First was Rong Luan. She suddenly remembered that when Yu Bi first arrived in Yijing City over a month ago, he had claimed his cultivation had reached the peak of the mid-Great Ascension stage, and he was merely awaiting an opportunity to break through the bottleneck and advance to the late stage.
If Gu Huang's words were true, could it mean that Yu Bi's so-called breakthrough opportunity was none other than this mid-Great Ascension cultivator?
Huang Yangshu's face twisted in shock.
Initially, upon learning that Rong Shao was a "human-shaped great medicine" for prolonging life, he had felt a measure of schadenfreude. But now, he discovered that he himself was also a "human-shaped great medicine."
Rong Shao, however, remained remarkably calm.
He suddenly felt a profound loathing for the Rong Clan and the Divine Blood Gate.
He realized that perhaps... he had truly lived his entire life amidst schemes and conspiracies.
Yu Bi roared in fury.
"Demonic lies! You little beast, prepare to die!"
Nine Corpse-Suppressing Nails materialized before Yu Bi.
Each nail was about a foot long, jet-black, and densely covered with bizarre talismans finer than a strand of hair.
The moment the nails appeared, a torrent of icy, malevolent qi erupted, sweeping outward in all directions.
Nine streaks of dark light tore through the air, shooting forth not in straight lines, but coiling and twisting like venomous snakes.
After tracing chaotic arcs across the sky, the nine Corpse-Suppressing Nails emitted a series of piercing, ear-splitting wails.
The sound pierced directly into her sea of consciousness, stirring up chaos and agitation within her mind.
Then—
The nine Corpse-Suppressing Nails abruptly changed direction, hurtling straight toward Rong Luan.
Rong Luan froze momentarily, stunned.
She had never imagined Yu Bi would suddenly turn against her.
The nails' ghostly wails disrupted her composure, making it impossible to steady her mind. Even the flow of her spiritual energy stagnated, circulating with agonizing difficulty.
Yu Bi had chosen the perfect moment to strike.
But Rong Luan was not entirely defenseless.
The corpse qi around her surged like boiling water, and a low, ferocious roar erupted from her throat.
"Myriad Grievances Corpse bone shield!"
Skeletal bones materialized abruptly before her, stark white and menacing.
The bones interlocked and stacked, instantly forming a towering bone shield that spun rapidly around her, generating gusts of icy wind that enveloped her in an impenetrable barrier.
Thud...
The Corpse-Suppressing Nails slammed into the bone shield, each impact resonating with a dull, drum-like boom.
All nine nails were blocked by the bone shield.
Yet instead of being deflected, the nails hovered near Rong Luan, their hair-thin, eerie talismans suddenly glowing with an intense, dark light.
Instantly, the ghostly wails emanating from the corpse nails intensified, becoming piercingly shrill, as if ten thousand vengeful souls were screaming in unison. These invisible sonic cones stabbed viciously into Rong Luan's sea of consciousness!
Pfft—!
Caught completely off guard, Rong Luan's divine soul suffered a devastating blow. Her face drained of color, turning as pale as paper, and she violently spat out a mouthful of dark crimson blood.
The spiritual power circulating within her body instantly became chaotic, and the rapidly spinning Myriad Grievances Corpse Bone Shield faltered, its light dimming, revealing a momentary vulnerability!
Yu Bi, ever cunning and calculating, seized this golden opportunity.
The nine Corpse-Suppressing Nails trembled slightly, emitting a teeth-grinding hum, poised to strike.
But just then, a chain suddenly shot out from behind Rong Luan, wrapping around her before she could recover from the soul-shattering attack.
The chain yanked her backward with tremendous force, dragging her into a rapid retreat.
The nine Corpse-Suppressing Nails followed relentlessly, closing in on Rong Luan.
The chain's retreat speed was clearly inferior to the nails' pursuit.
The nails continued to close in, yet they deliberately avoided striking Rong Luan's vital points, particularly her dantian and the sea of consciousness between her brows.
After all, Yu Bi wasn't trying to kill Rong Luan, but to capture the "human-shaped great medicine" alive.
Just as the Corpse-Suppressing Nails were about to strike Rong Luan, her consciousness suddenly cleared.
The bone shield immediately flared with renewed spiritual light.
Thump... thump... thump...
After several muffled, drum-like booms, the bone shield blocked seven Corpse-Suppressing Nails. But due to the hasty activation, Rong Luan couldn't unleash the shield's full power, and its spiritual light dimmed again.
Seizing the opportunity, the remaining two Corpse-Suppressing Nails closed in, streaking toward Rong Luan's left and right chests.
Just as the nails were about to pierce her, a transparent barrier suddenly materialized behind her.
Bound by chains, Rong Luan passed effortlessly through the barrier and into its interior.
Immediately afterward, the two Corpse-Suppressing Nails slammed into the barrier.
The barrier shattered instantly.
Having exhausted their momentum, the two Corpse-Suppressing Nails were swept away by the energy released from the barrier's destruction.
Huang Yangshu coughed up several mouthfuls of blood, his body collapsing onto the deck of the Rongqi Giant Flying Ship.
He had been piloting the ship when its defensive formation was forcibly breached, causing a backlash that struck him.
As for Rong Luan, she had been rescued by Rong Shao, who used a chain already aboard the ship to pull her to safety.
While Yu Bi was distracted by Rong Luan, the two had slipped back onto the ship and seized the opportunity to rescue her.
Yu Bi, enraged that his carefully laid plans had been thwarted by two Body Integration Stage juniors he had dismissed as insignificant, unleashed the nine Corpse-Suppressing Nails, sending them hurtling toward the ship.
This time, his target was everyone aboard.
However, his ambition was once again thwarted.
The Rongqi Giant Flying Ship's defensive barrier reformed, blocking the nine Corpse-Suppressing Nails.
This was Rong Luan's doing.
Having narrowly escaped death, she immediately seized control of the ship.
(End of the Chapter)
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