Forced to copy books and learn secretly, I became the favorite of the immortal world

Chapter 220 The Monster's True Form
She grabbed the corner of the clothes of the body in front of her and looked at the familiar embroidery pattern, which looked very similar to the sect uniform of Taiyuan Sect.

"Senior? Are you from Taiyuan Sect?"

Mo Anyi called him uncertainly, and then remained silent for a while. It was really difficult to recognize him in this appearance, and it was too unbelievable.

The person lying on the ground had his chest rising and falling slightly, as if he was struggling with something. After a moment, he opened his eyes slightly, and after seeing her, he shook his body excitedly, trying to get up.

Mo Anyi squatted down and helped him up. His two dry hands held her tightly like a life-saving straw.

"Save me, save me, I don't want to die"

The voice was hoarse, and if you didn't listen carefully, you couldn't understand what he was saying. It was already a shout that sounded like the roar of an animal.

"Senior, which one of you is this from Taiyuan Sect?"

After hearing Mo Anyi say the three words "Taiyuan Sect", the man's face became extremely distorted. After struggling for a while, he fell to the ground dejectedly. Due to the hole in his chest, his heavy breathing sounded with a "hehe" sound, just like the sound of an old and broken bellows.

He closed his eyes in despair and took several deep breaths in pain. "I don't need you to save me, and you shouldn't come here. With a broken body like mine and a body possessed by a demon, there's nothing to be nostalgic about. Let's go now."

He had lost the will to live and his eyes were slowly becoming dull. Seeing his current pain and miserable appearance, Mo Anyi felt very complicated.

"You are one of the first group of great masters who entered the Immortal Ascension Tower a hundred years ago, right?"

Mo Anyi directly pointed out the origin of this senior. Although he didn't know which ancestor of Taiyuan Sect he was, he was definitely one of the few. It was hard to imagine that a senior who was full of vigor and vitality a hundred years ago and could create waves in the world of immortal cultivation with just a stomp of his feet, has now become possessed by a demon and turned into a monster that is neither human nor ghost, with his body in tatters.

It's not that Mo Anyi is unwilling to save him, but he is powerless. His body has been transformed into a demon for too long.

"Senior, what happened in the Immortal Tower a hundred years ago?"

What Mo Anyi is most concerned about is what happened in the past. It seems that all the causes are due to the appearance of this Ascension Tower.

"I don't know when it started, but a prophecy appeared in the world of immortal cultivation. The immortal world will dry up and collapse. Only the stars can change the sun and the moon. The stars shine in the north, and a pagoda appears in the world." "We old guys are trying to understand the meaning of these words. With the help of ancient books and the situation where our inheritance has been cut off, we have indeed found some problems. At this time, the spiritual energy outside the northern region suddenly increased greatly, and a spiritual pagoda appeared out of thin air. This gives us old guys who are about to die and cannot ascend to heaven hope of survival."

"Cough, cough, cough" ~ The excitement aggravated his injuries. His complexion was rapidly deteriorating and he was only able to hold on with one breath.

"People from the northern and southern regions, including the demon race and the devil race, have arrived at the Immortal Ascension Tower one after another. In fact, we haven't seen the entire tower. When the humans and demons from the two regions arrived, the tower had already collapsed. There was nothing inside except for some murals, documents and scrolls."

"That old bastard Yunyin lied to everyone. He told us that the demons stole all the treasures and skills in the tower. We trusted him and accepted his statement. Although the tower was completely looted, some murals and scrolls were left behind. We hope to find a way to fly from them."

Having said this, the senior became even more agitated. He covered the hole in his heart with his dry hands and trembled continuously.

"So, a group of people entered the tower without any preparation. No one knew how they touched the seal of some formation, or whether the seal in the tower had been forced. A large amount of black mist appeared inside, the air of the Nine Netherworld. Those were evil spirits from the underworld and hell. They corroded our spiritual power and bodies like a plague. Although we resisted this force with all our strength, we still suffered heavy casualties."

"Everyone was healing themselves. Only Yu Huang from the demon clan discovered the problem with the formation and tried to find a way to stop the spread of the black fog. Yun Yin, without anyone noticing, set up the Soul Devouring Formation. Yu Huang, who was suppressing the Nine Nether Qi, was pushed into the center of the formation and suppressed it with her cultivation. Moreover, we discovered that in the Soul Devouring Formation, the Nine Nether Qi filtered by the cultivators' spiritual energy can be absorbed by people purely without any impurities."

He closed his eyes, not daring to continue. That was the beginning of a nightmare. "We discovered the true meaning of the Soul Devouring Formation. It can absorb the life force of others. Under such temptation, we frantically absorbed the life force of the Phoenix trapped in the formation. Of course, some people couldn't stand it and tried to stop us. So a fierce struggle broke out among us."

"While they were fighting, Yuqing finally had the chance to rescue Yuhuang from the formation. The two disappeared without a trace. These shameless people who had transformed into demons were already unable to stop. How could they let go of such temptation? These beasts, including me."

After saying this, he raised his hand and slapped himself hard.

"We joined forces to throw all those disobedient Taoist friends into the formation. Later, they even found that the vitality that erupted in the process of brutal killing would be more vigorous. They...they..."

He couldn't say any more, or maybe he didn't need to say any more. This also made Mo Anyi solve his original guess about the Sky Mountain Range. Their killing was not out of pleasure, but to absorb more vitality. Then everything made sense.

"Then why did you become like this?"

"After the Soul Devouring Formation was activated, all the people piled in the center of the formation had their breath, lifespan, spiritual energy, spirit, and anything else with power forcibly extracted by the power of the formation. I watched helplessly as those living people, the fellow Taoists who had worked with me, were finally drained into shriveled corpses, squeezed dry to the point where nothing was left. The corpses were even squeezed to the point where they could be shattered into powder by the wind. The scene was too horrible, too terrifying. The people in the center of the formation were wailing, screaming, and struggling. They wanted to break free. I really wanted to save them, but I was also afraid that if I stood up, I would be the one lying there."

"I just couldn't get over the psychological barrier, or maybe I was worried about becoming someone else's food, so I used some tricks to quietly avoid their pursuit and escaped into the tower. Then my body gradually changed. My skin kept peeling off, forming large patches of black spots, until my whole body was covered with black skin. My limbs were also degenerating, and my consciousness began to blur. After waking up, I am like this now."