Gentlemen, it's time to enter the Banner of Ten Thousand Souls.

Chapter 274: Almost Died

Chen Ye carefully examined these demonic cultivators and estimated that they were all at the Qi Sea Realm, without even a single one at the Gang Sha Body Refinement Realm. The Crimson Serpent could easily crush them into mincemeat with just a little effort.

"Are you all under the command of the Azure Dragon Lord?"

When Chen Ye revealed his Myriad Souls, the demonic cultivators confirmed that Chen Ye was "one of their own," so they quickly introduced themselves.

"Yes, yes, senior, if you don't believe me, you can look at our right hands. There are Azure Dragon Seals on them. We are all genuine fellow practitioners."

With a thought, Chen Ye used the Red Serpent's tail to pry open the right hands of these people, and sure enough, he saw a lifelike blue dragon tattoo on their forearms.

Chen Ye could have killed them outright, but now it seems better to gather some information first.

Chen Ye asked, "Where did you capture these mortals from?"

“We came out to hunt human sacrifices in a village a hundred miles to the southwest. We were ordered by our Lord to do so. When we encountered it, we slaughtered the village and then brought the able-bodied men here to refine zombies.”

These monstrous figures spoke of the massacres as if they had done it many times before.

"What about the other elderly, weak, women and children?" Chen Ye asked.

"We ate the young ones, but the old ones weren't tasty, so we didn't bother with them. You know, our lineage relies on cannibalism..."

Before these demons could finish speaking, Chen Ye clenched his fists.

Following Chen Ye's wishes, the red-banded snakes tightened their grip, turning these inhuman demons into mincemeat.

Chen Ye waved the Myriad Souls Banner, collecting all the souls of these demons into it.

He thought he could hold back a little longer and ask a few more questions, but in the end he couldn't resist and made them confess again under the torture of hell.

After defeating these demons, Chen Ye shook the Myriad Souls Banner and summoned a golden-armored deity, who was none other than his master, Mo Ci.

"Master, take Yang Chongguang and the others and go to that village to see if there are any lingering vengeful spirits. Bring them all back. If you encounter any obstacles, do not linger in battle; preserve yourselves first."

Mo Ci sighed and said, "You're always so soft-hearted."

Despite saying that, Mo Ci still summoned a group of Yin soldiers and then transformed into a golden light and flew into the distance.

The Sun Wanderer's supernatural powers allowed Mo Ci to fly at extremely high speeds. In recent days, he had been continuously refining incense, and was now able to fly away with intangible beings like Yin soldiers.

After Mo Ci left, Chen Ye gripped the Ten Thousand Souls Banner tightly.

The four layers of hell within the Banner of Ten Thousand Souls slowly unfolded. The demons who had just been sent into the Banner of Ten Thousand Souls fell into them in bewilderment, and then began to scream in agony.

Chen Ye was too lazy to ask any more questions now, so he let them call him for a while first.

After putting away the Ten Thousand Souls Banner, Chen Ye once again soared into the sky on a cloud.

The Azure Dragon Lord's disciple has actually come to Green Coffin Mountain to commit evil deeds. What about the people from the Incense Burning Sect?
No matter how depraved the disciples of the Incense Burning Sect are, they wouldn't just sit idly by and watch this practice of turning living people into corpses, would they?
Chen Ye is now only worried about the safety of Pang Duoduo and Mo Suixin; he is really afraid that he has arrived a step too late.

As Chen Ye flew forward, he grew anxious, wanting to fly over the corpse of the Demon Lord Wujiu and head to the other side of Green Coffin Mountain to search for traces of the Burning Incense Sect disciples.

Who would have thought that just as he was about to step over the corpse of the Demon Lord Wujiu, a sharp aura came rushing towards him.

Chen Ye couldn't react in time and only had time to tilt his head slightly, but the sharp aura still cut in from his nose.

The Golden Body of Merit was automatically activated, making Chen Ye's body indestructible. However, this sharp energy was extremely strange, and it even cut through the protective golden light, then cleaved Chen Ye's head in two.

This is the residual sword energy from the Demon Lord Wujiu. No matter what magical power or supernatural ability you have, you cannot block this terrifying sword energy.

Even the so-called invulnerable Golden Body of Merit is ultimately just a supernatural power devised by Buddhism, and this supernatural power is clearly no match for Zhang Qi's sword intent that annihilates everything.

Blood splattered as Chen Ye's body, with only half a head remaining, plummeted from the sky, about to be smashed into a bloody mess. But just before he hit the ground, Chen Ye's body suddenly exploded, turning into a cloud of water mist that quickly flew upwards.

Once they reached the clouds, Chen Ye's body slowly coalesced into a physical form. However, as his body re-manifested, the remaining half of his head exploded with a bang, turning into a spray of blood mist.

It took Chen Ye's headless body quite a while to wriggle and grow a new head.

Chen Ye, who had just escaped death, gasped for breath; he had almost died just moments before. Zhang Qi's sword energy had not only shattered his Golden Body of Merit but also his Eight-Nine Arcane Arts, seemingly intent on extinguishing his life force. It appeared that Chen Ye was about to suffer the same fate as the Demon Lord Wujiu. At the crucial moment, it was his protective robe that shielded him, using its profound magic to envelop the sword energy and send it away along with his annihilated "physical body."

Chen Ye lost a head, but at least he survived.

If it weren't for this treasure of the Ruins, Chen Ye would be dead by now.

Even though the person was already gone, the remaining sword intent was still able to easily kill Chen Ye. No wonder even the supposedly immortal Demon Lord Wujiu couldn't block this sword.

It's fortunate that Zhang Qi is no longer here, otherwise the remaining sword energy would not have been so easy to dispel.

No wonder the Incense Burning Sect couldn't deal with the corpse of the Demon Lord Wujiu. With the power of that sword energy just now, even if Lu Xingzhou were resurrected, he probably wouldn't dare to confront it head-on.

"Luckily I learned how to fly through the clouds. If I had flown over on a black whirlwind, we would both have been chopped into mincemeat."

Chen Ye was still shaken. No wonder he felt something during this trip and was determined to learn the art of flight. If he had fallen down again just now, his magic robe probably wouldn't have been able to withstand the attacks of countless sword intents.

It was also thanks to Qu Heng teaching him the art of cloud-riding that he was able to match the transformative effects of Chen Ye's Eight-Nine Arcane Arts; otherwise, it wouldn't have been so easy for him to fly to higher places.

This stroke of luck has truly been borrowed, but the dangers of this journey are probably not over yet.

After thinking for a moment, Chen Ye decided to transform into a dragon once again.

He had only just begun to master the Eight-Nine Arcane Arts, and his physical body was still too weak. It would be better for him to use the power of the Flood Dragon Pearl to transform into a Flood Dragon. Even if he were to be slashed by a sword again, his Flood Dragon body should be able to withstand the attack for a longer period of time and better utilize the protective function of his magic robe.

The black dragon soared into the sky, disappearing completely into the clouds, and then began to carefully search all around Green Coffin Mountain, hoping to find Pang Duoduo's whereabouts.

Chen Ye looked around but didn't see any disciples of the Incense Burning Sect. Instead, he saw quite a few demons active on the outskirts.

A quick glance revealed hundreds of people.

Moreover, they were no longer the minor demons at the Qi Sea Realm. Several demons who were setting up formations to collect the putrid poison had massive spiritual energy flowing around them, and at a glance, they were at least at the Profound Realm level.

Chen Ye didn't want to alert the enemy, but even though he was hiding in the clouds, just one glance down was enough to make one of the demons sense something.

The man appeared to be in his forties or fifties, with a pale, beardless face and a sinister look. As Chen Ye flew overhead, the man looked up at Chen Ye's location and immediately raised his right hand, waving a command flag.

As soon as the command flag was raised, a black wind swept up, alarming all the demons in the vicinity.

The black wind transformed into a black tornado, sweeping towards Chen Ye's location.

Upon closer inspection, Chen Ye realized that this was not a black wind, but a swarm of ferocious and terrifying Gu worms, each the size of a rat, with sharp mouthparts and scythe-like claws.

These Gu worms flew extremely fast, soaring into the sky in the blink of an eye and swooping down on Chen Ye.

The buzzing sound of its wings made Chen Ye feel dizzy and lightheaded; this insect actually had the strange ability to disturb one's mind.

Chen Ye let out a dragon's roar, which dispelled the layers of clouds.

The dragon's roar quickly transformed into the sound of bells, and the invisible bells collided with the swarm of insects, causing them to fall like rain.

If it were any other spell, Chen Ye wouldn't be able to neutralize it so easily, because his Eighteen Levels of Hell Divine Power only targets living beings. If it were a flying sword, Chen Ye's Hell Divine Power would be useless.

But the Gu worms are alive. Although they are low in intelligence and have no sense of right or wrong or morality, the Bronze Bell Hell is meant to awaken their minds and cut off their delusions. The Gu worms are controlled by people, and their minds have already been affected.

As soon as the bell rang, many insects lost control and naturally fell down.

The demon on the ground seemed not to have expected Chen Ye to have such a method. It waved the command flag again, and countless rays of light gathered, as if it was about to launch a different kind of magical attack.

Having already learned his lesson once, Chen Ye was unlikely to give him a second chance.

Wherever the dragon's eyes fell, countless crimson fire snakes appeared on the ground, opening their mouths to bite at these demons.

Moreover, Chen Ye extended his dragon claw as if pulling a black iron rod from the void, and with a forceful pull, he grabbed a black iron halberd in his hand.

Before the demon underground could react, a halberd larger than a mountain slashed through the sky and crashed down on them.

(End of this chapter)