Chapter 481: Chapter 262: Final Commission, Slaying the Great Saint Child
"Daoist Li, if you show yourself directly, the Great Saint Child will probably use all his power against you... But if it’s just me, he’ll let his guard down. What do you think?"
"Alright!"
Li Chang’an had no objections and immediately agreed.
A short while later, two more people entered the secret chamber.
They were Ou Qingyan and Xiao Wantang.
Ye Hao introduced them to Li Chang’an. "Daoist Li, this is Daoist Ou Qingyan. She was originally a member of the Artifact Refining Ou Family..."
As he spoke, Li Chang’an sized the woman up.
Ou Qingyan’s brows furrowed. She was also sizing him up, distrust written all over her face.
After the introductions, Ye Hao explained his plan and instructed Ou Qingyan and Xiao Wantang.
"My two fellow Daoists, the Great Saint Child’s methods are strange and unpredictable. If I don’t make it back alive, the Huanghe Alliance is in your hands."
"No! You’re the Alliance Leader of the Huanghe Alliance. How can you personally put yourself in such danger?"
Ou Qingyan’s tone was icy as she flatly rejected the plan.
It wasn’t that she didn’t trust Ye Hao; she just didn’t trust him.
Ou Qingyan stated bluntly, "If this plan fails, both of you could die, and it will bring even more trouble to the Huanghe Alliance!"
"Daoist Ou, rest assured. This plan will succeed!"
Ye Hao’s attitude was resolute.
With that said, he ignored Ou Qingyan’s attempts to stop him and, along with Li Chang’an, transformed into two streaks of light and left.
Ou Qingyan wanted to stop them, but her Escape Technique was nothing special. She couldn’t catch up to them at all and could only watch helplessly as they departed.
"This is absurd! Is this how an Alliance Leader should act?"
She was instantly furious.
’That Li Fan only has a Fake Pill Cultivation. What makes him think he can take on the Great Saint Child of the Yin Soul Sect?’
Her previous worries were not without reason.
If this plan failed, the Great Saint Child would surely take mad revenge on the Huanghe Alliance.
By then, it would be too late for regrets.
’We should have cooperated with the Yin Soul Sect, handed over that Li Fan as a bargaining chip, and joined forces to deal with Yellow Crane Immortal City!’
Ou Qingyan was furious but helpless. She could only go and gather the members of the Huanghe Alliance and tell them to prepare.
...
「Meanwhile.」
Li Chang’an and Ye Hao had arrived at a small Marketplace.
This small Marketplace was established by the Demonic Cultivators under the Great Saint Child’s command and was used for trade among them.
With a cold expression, Ye Hao charged in and began a slaughter.
In just over ten breaths’ time, he slaughtered everyone in the entire Marketplace, leaving nothing but bloody corpses scattered everywhere!
When killing the Marketplace’s Steward, he deliberately slowed for a moment, giving him time to contact the Great Saint Child.
"Alright, Daoist Li, let’s head to the next location."
With that, Ye Hao transformed into a streak of light and departed.
Li Chang’an followed secretly, using the Refining Shadow Invisible Technique to conceal his aura to the absolute limit.
After that, Ye Hao proceeded to slaughter his way through several businesses owned by the Great Saint Child.
His actions on this trip were meant to both enrage the Great Saint Child and to serve as revenge, as the Great Saint Child had previously used unscrupulous means against the Huanghe Alliance.
Soon, Ye Hao arrived at the sixth property.
He was just about to make his move.
Just then, an angry voice rang out.
"Ye Hao, I’ve been waiting for you!"
The Great Saint Child shot into the sky, his face filled with rage, his body surging with bloody Magical Power.
With a great wave of his hand, two beams of Spiritual Light flew out from his Storage Pouch, transforming into a Tier Three Corpse Refinement and a Venerable Soul Banner.
The Soul Banner fluttered and black mist billowed out, from which a Tier Three Main Soul emerged.
Including himself, that made for a total of three sources of Tier Three Power!
Clearly, the Great Saint Child was filled with killing intent, dead set on making sure Ye Hao didn’t leave this place alive.
"Ye Hao, I spared your life before so I could use you as bait to lure out that Li Fan. But you’re just courting death!"
His previous actions were similar to Li Chang’an’s current ones. Both were using Ye Hao as bait.
It had to be said, both of them had succeeded; they had both lured out their target.
The Great Saint Child shouted harshly, "Ye Hao, since you’re actively seeking death, then I shall grant your wish!"
Bloody light surged from his body, and his Golden Core Magical Power condensed in mid-air into a terrifying, blood-red skull. As if it could swallow the heavens and devour the earth, it opened its giant maw and lunged toward Ye Hao to take a bite!
Ye Hao’s expression didn’t change. He shot out a jet of dark Magical Power, blocking the blood-red skull.
He didn’t linger in battle and instantly retreated into the distance.
In front of him, Li Chang’an’s figure slowly appeared.
"Daoist Ye, get in my Spirit Beast Bag!"
"Alright!"
Without the slightest hesitation, Ye Hao transformed into a beam of Spiritual Light and flew into Li Chang’an’s Spirit Beast Bag.
This represented his absolute trust in Li Chang’an.
And so, beneath the sky, only two people remained.
"Li Fan, it’s you!"
The Great Saint Child’s expression was grim as he stared coldly at Li Chang’an.
"It seems you also used this Ye Hao as bait. Today’s events were just a trap aimed at me."
"That’s right."
Li Chang’an nodded slightly. A dark light flashed in his hand, and the Venerable Soul Banner appeared.
A ferocious-looking Evil Soul flew out from the Soul Banner, wreathed in roiling black mist, and stared covetously at the Great Saint Child.
The Tier Three Corpse Refinement he had seized also flew out from his Storage Pouch.
At first glance, the power on both sides seemed equal.
Both had a Tier Three Main Soul and a Tier Three Corpse Refinement, and both possessed Golden Core Cultivation.
The Great Saint Child barked coldly, "Li Fan, is this the source of your confidence? You truly overestimate yourself. Today, I’ll show you the difference between a Fake Pill and a True Pill!"
The quality of his Core Formation was extremely high, resulting in a Superior True Pill. He was completely confident in his ability to deal with a Fake Pill cultivator like Li Chang’an.
But in the next instant, a warning suddenly flared in his mind, as if disaster was about to strike.
’Not good!’
The Great Saint Child knew something was wrong. Instantly, he transformed into an afterimage and vanished from his spot.
At almost the exact same time, a dazzling golden Sword Array flew out from the black mist, piercing through the afterimage he had just left behind.
This Sword Array was an array of forty-five swords that Li Chang’an had secretly formed under the cover of the Venerable Soul Banner’s black mist.
If the Great Saint Child hadn’t dodged, he would have been left in a sorry state, even if he didn’t die.
"Li Fan, you’re a Sword Cultivator?"
His expression was ugly as he stared at Li Chang’an in disbelief.
Although he had dodged the Sword Array, the sense of crisis in his heart had not faded.
Li Chang’an didn’t answer, simply raising his hand and launching a second Sword Array.
"Go!"
A brilliant sword light tore through the sky, heading straight for the Great Saint Child.
This time, the Great Saint Child still only narrowly avoided it.
Fear gripped his heart, and the thought of retreating had already surfaced. But he quickly discovered that an invisible cage had appeared around him!
As the cage shrank, the space he had to dodge grew smaller and smaller.
At the same time, the Evil Soul came howling and began to overwhelm his Tier Three Main Soul.
The two Tier Three Corpse Refinements also battled each other.
Only he himself was left, facing Li Chang’an’s Sword Arrays within the ever-shrinking Netherworld Evil Domain.
"Li Fan, stop!"
The Great Saint Child was filled with regret. He shouldn’t have come alone.
If he had known it would be like this, he should have called upon the Sect Leader and Vice Sect Leader of the Yin Soul Sect to besiege Li Chang’an together.
"Li Fan, I have already been appointed by the Sect Leader as his successor! If you kill me, you’ll be making an enemy of the entire Yin Soul Sect—"
He hadn’t even finished speaking when another Sword Array struck.
This time, the Great Saint Child could no longer avoid it and was hit head-on.
BOOM!
His whole body trembled, and the Protective Treasures around him all shattered at once.
Immediately after, several more Sword Arrays struck one after another, causing him to explode on the spot into a mist of blood.
Li Chang’an did not refine the Great Saint Child into a Puppet. After all, the man came from a Nascent Soul Demon Sect, and he was worried that a Nascent Soul Old Demon might see through the ruse.
"’Soul, come!’"
He raised his hand and beckoned, and the Great Saint Child’s Soul flew into the Venerable Soul Banner.
「Inside the Venerable Soul Banner.」
The Soul of the Five Poison Wanderer was curled up in a corner, cursing Li Chang’an.
"’Damn you, Li Fan! Sooner or later, the Great Saint Child will kill you, and you’ll end up as a Soul just like me.’"
