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Chapter 267: Chapter 255: I’m Going to Use You for Practice

The moment that hand descended, a warning siren erupted like a volcano in the depths of Mo Shou Master’s Dao Heart!

He had no time to ponder how his opponent had escaped his sure-kill array.

Instinctively, he was about to activate his life-saving Secret Technique to break free from this fatal, point-blank contact.

But in the instant his Magical Power was about to circulate, his Heart and Spirit violently shaken—

SWOOSH!

The sharp sound of something tearing through the air rang out from the side.

A streak of Escape Light, its aura profound and its Talismanic Intent pure, tore through the dead silence and chaotic Spiritual Mechanism of the valley at astonishing speed, arriving in a flash.

It revealed a familiar figure dressed in the Flowing Cloud Daoist Robe of Nine Kings Mountain!

It was Xuan Ping Master!

Mo Shou Master’s taut nerves suddenly relaxed. A cry for help and a warning were already on the tip of his tongue:

"Senior Brother Xuan Ping! Help me!

This fiend is the Northwest Demon, Qi Yun, in disguise! Let’s join forces quickly..."

But in the next second,

his words came to an abrupt halt,

as if an invisible hand were choking him.

Mo Shou Master’s eyes widened, staring fixedly at the "Xuan Ping Master" who had just landed, his expression placid and serene.

He watched as pure, dense, pitch-black Demonic Qi rose from the Nine Kings Mountain Elder’s body, WHOOSHING just as it had from Qi Yun.

’Xuan Ping Master... is also from the Demon Dao?!’

This thought was like Ten Thousand Years Profound Ice being hammered into his Purple Mansion, making the blood in his veins feel as if it were freezing solid.

In an instant, countless thoughts flashed through his mind.

’Nine Kings Mountain’s guarantee for this man, the "sparring" and "approval" in the Talisman Dao...’

’So it wasn’t that this man’s disguise was brilliant.’

’It was that from the very beginning, Nine Kings Mountain, one of the Champion Scholars of the southern Talisman Dao, was actually a hidden agent of the Demon Dao?!’

’If even Nine Kings Mountain...’

’Then just how many ghouls and demons are hiding within the Nanyin Righteous Alliance Army?!’

A bone-deep chill and an indescribable grief and indignation welled up in his heart.

All color drained from Mo Shou Master’s staid face, and a deep sense of sorrow and despair flashed in his eyes.

’The Righteous Dao poured all its strength into this northern crusade, only to have been infiltrated by the Demon Dao to such an extent?’

’Even this Xuan Ping Master is one of them!’

"Zhe Cheng," Qi Yun said, his voice calm. The hand on Mo Shou Master’s shoulder hadn’t applied any pressure.

"Seal this part of Heaven and Earth. Don’t let any aura escape.

I’m going to take his Dao Foundation for my cultivation."

"Yes, my lord." Xuan Ping Master bowed and accepted the command without a hint of hesitation.

He raised his hand and beckoned. The Human Emperor Banner flew from his sleeve, growing with the wind and fluttering loudly. The dark gold patterns of mountains, rivers, and state altars on its surface flowed with a faint light.

In the next moment, Xuan Ping Master formed a Spell with his hands and pointed at the Human Emperor Banner.

BUZZ!

BUZZ!

BUZZ!

The phantoms of three Grand Arrays, each with a different but equally vast and majestic aura, emerged and expanded from the banner’s surface one after another, blooming in layers in the void like three lotuses of destruction!

The innermost layer, the Taiyin Refining Form Array, shone with a dim, obscure light. A phantom of a pale Eclipse Moon hung in the air, casting down a deathly silent radiance that could freeze the Divine Soul and assimilate the Ten Thousand Laws.

The middle layer, the Black Coffin Annihilation Array, was heavy with coffins. An endless intent of burial and destruction permeated the air, devouring life force and ending existence.

The outermost layer, the Naihe Erosion Wind Array, was swept by a wailing, acrid yellow wind that corroded bone, destroyed the soul, scattered Spiritual Mechanism, and threw Dao Principles into chaos.

The auras of the three arrays were connected, their Array Patterns nested one inside the other. The moment they appeared, they formed a massive, composite Array Domain shaped like an overturned bowl.

It forcefully and completely enveloped the massive, earthy-yellow sphere of Mo Shou Master’s Thousand Spirits Concealment Array at its center!

It was sealed off from the outside, its secrets hidden from the heavens.

Mo Shou Master’s pupils contracted violently.

Although he was horrified by Xuan Ping Master’s betrayal and the power of this Demon Banner,

his Dao Heart, tempered by centuries of bitter cultivation, instead brought forth a final burst of ferocity and resolve in this desperate situation.

"You want to take my Dao Foundation? Demon, you’re dreaming!" Mo Shou Master growled.

His free left hand flipped over abruptly, and in his palm now rested a strange object. It was neither gold nor jade, shaped like a Turtle Shell, with countless complex, naturally formed cracks on its surface.

The moment this item appeared, the surrounding space, suppressed by multiple arrays, rippled slightly. A faint, ancient, and timeworn aura, containing a trace of the Dao Rhyme of "Breaking Through Ten Thousand Prohibitions," emanated from it.

As he spoke, he prepared to recklessly burn his vital blood essence to activate this treasure!

But at this moment, a nine-colored light was already glowing in Qi Yun’s eyes.

Mastering All Skills!

The Divine Technique activated, silent and traceless.

Sovereignty over the entire Thousand Spirits Concealment Array changed hands in an instant.

The original situation of three arrays surrounding one instantly became four vast Grand Arrays, nested in layers, their auras linked.

All the oppressive, sealing, and refining power turned on a new target.

Like four invisible mountains stacking their full weight, they came crashing down on Mo Shou Master, who had lost the protection of his array and was now exposed and alone in the center of the Array Hub!

Heaven and Earth were inverted, the Laws displaced!

Mo Shou Master felt the world around him empty out; there was no longer a single shred of the Earth Vein’s power for him to borrow.

He whipped his head around to look at Qi Yun, who was right beside him.

He saw that the other man still had one hand on his shoulder, his expression calm.

Only those eyes, swirling with nine colors, were unfathomably deep.

The majestic phantoms of the four Grand Arrays blotted out the sky, casting a suffocating shadow as they slowly pressed down.

The hum of the flowing Array Patterns rumbled and echoed in this completely sealed-off sliver of space.

The four Grand Arrays suppressed Mo Shou Master completely!

Qi Yun gently patted the Righteous Dao Master’s shoulder.

"Don’t be nervous. It’s normal to feel dizzy."

The moment his voice fell,

the Daluo Heaven phenomenon manifested behind him with a ROAR!

It was a halo of Chaos Color light, constantly being born and dying, flowing and merging.

Within the halo, one could vaguely see the trajectories of the sun, moon, and stars being born and then extinguished. The evolution of earth, water, fire, and wind changed in the blink of an eye. A vast, all-encompassing, and supremely noble Venerable aura spread out.

The instant the Daluo Heaven phenomenon appeared,

the palm Qi Yun had on the other’s shoulder, without any warning, spat out a cluster of blazing, utterly domineering, crimson-gold flames!

Nanming Li Fire!

"Nngh—!"

Mo Shou Master’s eyes flew wide open, unable to even let out a full scream.

That cluster of Nanming Li Fire instantly spread from his shoulder across his entire body. The crimson-gold flames easily pierced through the residual Spiritual Light protecting him, incinerating his meridians, melting his flesh and blood, and vaporizing his bones...

The formidable physical body of a dignified Elder of the Earth Spirit Sect, a Foundation Establishment Master who had cultivated bitterly for hundreds of years, melted and vaporized as quickly as a wax figure before this incomparably domineering Li Fire True Intent.

In the space of a single breath, all that remained was a struggling, searing-hot human silhouette, engulfed and burned by the Li Fire.

Then it vanished completely, not even leaving a trace of ash behind.

The moment the physical body was incinerated, Qi Yun seized Mo Shou Master’s Thousand Spirits Hidden Dao Foundation.

The Daluo Heaven phenomenon suddenly expanded, emitting an irresistible suction force that directly drew in the Dao Foundation.

At the same time, Mo Shou Master’s Divine Soul appeared where his body had dissipated, shrieking mournfully as it tried to flee.

"My banner just happens to be missing two Main Souls."

Qi Yun’s voice was calm and flat, as if he were stating some insignificant fact.

"Fellow Daoist Mo Shou and I are fated to meet, after all.

Today, I will send you into the banner to find a permanent home."

He ignored the twisted gaze from the spectral Divine Soul, a look filled with endless venom and Curses, a look that wished to flay him alive.

With a grand wave of his sleeve, Qi Yun’s robe kicked up a great wind, precisely locking onto Mo Shou Master’s Divine Soul.

"No—!! Demon!

You will be struck down by the heavens!!

Ahhh—!!!"

The mournful, unwilling shriek of the soul came to an abrupt end.

The tenacious Divine Soul of the Foundation Establishment Master was sent directly into the Human Emperor Banner controlled by Zhe Cheng Master not far away.

The jet-black surface of the banner rippled slightly, like a stone tossed into water, creating a ring of deep, dark ripples.

Within the banner’s vast sea of souls, there was now a new soul—its aura heavy, struggling and roaring, but quickly suppressed and assimilated by the rules of the Banner Spirit Space.

Another Main Soul had been added.

In no more than a dozen breaths’ time, a Righteous Dao Master had died, his body turned to ash, his Dao Foundation stolen, and his Divine Soul imprisoned in the banner.

Qi Yun withdrew his hand without even glancing at the spot where Mo Shou Master had vanished, as if he had merely brushed away a speck of dust.

"Zhe Cheng, stand watch for me.

Seal this area. No person, no disturbance, is to come near and interfere."

"Yes, my lord!" Xuan Ping Master bowed and accepted the order without hesitation.

His figure flickered, and he was already standing beside the Human Emperor Banner. His hands flew through a series of Spells, pushing the power of the Taiyin, Black Coffin, and Erosion Wind arrays to their limits, adding several more layers of concealment, early-warning, and counter-measure Talisman Restrictions.

He transformed the area where the fierce battle had just taken place into a deathly silent forbidden zone that would be difficult to spy upon.

Qi Yun sat down cross-legged in the void, sealed off by multiple layers of power, and closed his eyes.

The Daluo Heaven phenomenon slowly contracted, hovering above his head. The flow of the Chaos Color halo accelerated, and within it, one could vaguely see the newly absorbed, earthy-yellow Thousand Spirits Hidden Dao Foundation being gradually dissolved by countless streams of chaotic energy.

Large chunks of vast, pure Daoist Intent merged into the Daluo Heaven.

An irrepressible, earthy-yellow divine light emanated from Qi Yun’s eyes.

His Deep Blue Daoist Robe stirred without any wind, and in the silence, Qi Yun’s aura quietly nurtured an even more majestic and profound power.

An unknown amount of time passed.

The Thousand Spirits Hidden Dao Foundation was now less than a third of its original size, a large amount of its pure Daoist Intent having undergone Refinement by Qi Yun.

Although this Daoist Intent didn’t directly increase his Cultivation, it made his comprehension of the Great Dao increasingly profound and masterful.

This improvement was not as immediately noticeable as an increase in Cultivation or a breakthrough in one’s Realm.

But Qi Yun could faintly sense that this advancement would be of great benefit to his future path on the Dao.

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