Reincarnation Immortal Venerable: Starting from the Ninety-Nineth Incarnation

A powerful suction force suddenly swept across the entire area. Zhang Hao, Wang Lei, and Lin Wan'er had no way to resist and their bodies were uncontrollably tilted forward, their faces as pale as paper.

The spiritual energy within his body surged uncontrollably towards the burly demonic cultivator, like a flood bursting its banks.

"Keep your mind focused!"

With a roar, Li Yanzhou's spiritual energy surged, transforming into a white barrier that blocked the suction force from entering.

However, the strength of this demonic cultivator leader far surpassed that of the previous puppets. His aura was approaching the late stage of the Suppressing Breath Realm, and his suction force was wrapped in demonic energy that could devour the soul, making him exceptionally domineering.

Li Yanzhou could only hold on for a short while before his chest began to feel tightness and his mind was pierced by needles.

His gaze was fixed on the other person's neck, where the black mark was constantly writhing, as if something alive was burrowing under the skin.

"Its core power lies not elsewhere, but in that black mark on its neck!" Li Yanzhou shouted sharply.

Su Qingyao immediately understood, and with a flick of her wrist, dozens of explosive talismans were thrown out at the same time.

Flames roared and fire shot into the sky.

But when the thick smoke dissipated, the demonic cultivator leader still stood in the same spot. His demonic aura had faded somewhat, but he was unharmed. He only let out a furious roar.

"It's useless, ordinary attacks can't hurt it at all!" Li Yanzhou said in a deep voice.

He knew better than anyone else that this demonic cultivator used the blood and qi of living people to refine his evil arts, and the black mark on his neck was the source of his power. Ordinary spiritual energy, talismans, and alchemical fire could at most force him back temporarily, but they could not break his source at all.

However, the leader in front of us is too strong. Even with a way to counter him, killing him in one blow would be no easy task.

"Dazhuang, follow me!"

Li Yanzhou let out a low shout and suddenly rushed out.

Shi Dazhuang roared in response, took big strides to follow closely behind, and smashed his huge fist toward the demonic cultivator leader with a whooshing sound.

With a single punch, the demonic cultivator leader staggered half a step, enraged, and swung his hand back, sending a jet of dark demonic energy slashing towards Shi Dazhuang.

"Watch out, Da Zhuang!"

Li Yanzhou's expression changed, and he instantly rushed forward, unleashing a burst of spiritual energy in his palm to forcefully block the attack.

The two forces collided violently, and he staggered back two steps, a trickle of blood spilling from the corner of his mouth.

When Shi Dazhuang saw that he was injured, his eyes instantly turned red. He roared and pounced again, engaging the demonic cultivator leader in a fierce fight.

In the chaos, Da Zhuang pressed his hand hard on Li Yanzhou's arm. The moment their skin touched, a barely perceptible heat flowed between them.

Seizing the opportunity, Su Qingyao unleashed dozens of binding talismans that transformed into golden chains that bound the opponent's limbs, temporarily immobilizing him.

Zhang Hao, Wang Lei, and Lin Wan'er also recovered and charged at the puppets rushing towards them, relieving some of the pressure on Li Yanzhou.

But the demonic cultivator leader struggled violently, and the golden chains shattered inch by inch.

Its scarlet eyes were fixed on Li Yanzhou. It could smell that there was an unusually pure aura in this person's body, which was its greatest threat.

"What kind of aura do you possess?!" the demonic cultivator leader roared greedily. "It seems that if I devour you, I will surely break through my bottleneck and enter the Foundation Establishment Realm!"

As soon as it finished speaking, its demonic energy surged, transforming into countless black tentacles that swept towards Li Yanzhou, leaving him no way to escape.

Li Yanzhou's expression was solemn. He pushed his spiritual energy to its limit and struck out with both palms to meet the tentacles head-on.

This time, however, the opponent was determined to kill, and its tentacles kept coming, constantly eroding his spiritual power with their devouring power.

In a short while, Li Yanzhou's breathing became weak, his arms went numb, and he was forced to retreat step by step.

"Senior Brother Li!"

Zhang Hao and his two companions cried out in alarm, wanting to rush to their aid, but they were tightly entangled by the puppets and couldn't break free at all.

At this critical moment, Shi Dazhuang, who had been locked in combat with the leader of the demonic cultivators, suddenly let out a deafening roar.

The moment he touched Li Yanzhou, a hidden power was fully awakened within him, and a faint white light emanated from his body. This aura was extremely restrained, and apart from Li Yanzhou being able to faintly resonate with it, others could not detect anything unusual and simply thought it was the brute force he had unleashed in a moment of desperation.

He grabbed the demonic cultivator leader's two tentacles and ripped them to pieces!

The demonic cultivator leader let out a piercing scream, staring at Shi Dazhuang in disbelief: "What... what kind of monster is this?!"

Li Yanzhou was also stunned.

Only he could clearly perceive that the power erupting from Shi Dazhuang's body was of the same origin as his own chaotic energy, as if dormant power was being awakened by each other.

The two forces collided silently in mid-air, instantly triggering a violent resonance.

A vast white torrent surged into his body along with the resonance, instantly replenishing his nearly depleted spiritual energy, making his aura more refined and profound than ever before.

Li Yanzhou was jolted, as if struck by lightning.

In the midst of his turbulent emotions, the power he shared with Shi Dazhuang reached its peak.

Li Yanzhou subconsciously raised his hand, his two fingers condensing pure spiritual energy from the fusion of the same source, and pointed it hard at the constantly writhing black mark on the neck of the demonic cultivator leader.

A beam of white light burst forth, piercing the heavens and the earth.

Before the demonic cultivator leader could even scream, he was completely enveloped by the white light and turned to ashes in the purifying power, leaving not a trace of his original essence.

The remaining puppets around were also swept away by the white light, and after losing control of the demonic energy, they collapsed to the ground and fainted.

The crisis was averted in an instant.

The white light slowly dissipated. Shi Dazhuang shook his head, the strange phenomenon on his body subsided, and he returned to his usual honest and simple appearance, only looking exhausted. He walked to Li Yanzhou's side, took his arm, and muttered softly, "I'm tired..." Before he could finish speaking, he squatted down against the wall, his head nodding, looking like he was about to fall asleep.

Li Yanzhou immediately came to his senses, quickly stepped forward to support him, and hurriedly fed him a pill to replenish his qi and blood.

He looked down at Shi Dazhuang, then at his own palm, his heart filled with a turbulent storm.

A single touch of skin can trigger such a terrifying resonance of shared origins... What secrets does this child hold?

The three people behind him were frozen in place, their weapons still in their hands. They hadn't even had time to recover from the shock of what had just happened.

Zhang Hao's hand holding the sword trembled slightly. He looked at Li Yanzhou with a complicated expression. His lips moved, as if he wanted to say something, but he was afraid of seeming abrupt. In the end, he could only manage to utter one sentence, his tone filled with unconcealed shock: "Senior Brother Li... that move you just made..."

Wang Lei, being straightforward and without much reservation, lowered his voice, his tone tinged with disbelief and hesitation: "Senior brother, that's a genuine late-stage Qi Suppression Realm expert... Even if it's built up through evil techniques and has a weak foundation, it shouldn't be... unable to withstand even one move from you, right?"

Lin Wan'er, being cautious by nature, didn't directly question him. Instead, she frowned slightly, her gaze shifting between Li Yanzhou and the drowsy Shi Dazhuang, and whispered, "It seems that the cultivation technique Senior Brother practices has an extremely strong restraining effect on these kinds of yin and evil cultivators?"

The three of them didn't question or undermine him; they just stared blankly and spoke in trembling tones. Their shock was mixed with a hint of awe for their senior brother. They looked like fellow disciples who had witnessed something unbelievable but dared not ask any further questions.

Looking at the expressions of the three men, Li Yanzhou understood. He sighed softly, his tone calm and composed, without the slightest panic, and slowly explained, "You don't need to overthink it. I was able to kill him not because my cultivation level was higher than his, but because I gained three advantages."

He paused, slowed his speech, and spoke each sentence clearly and logically, making him utterly convincing:

"First, his cultivation level was forcibly built up by absorbing the blood and qi of living people. Although he appears to be at the late stage of the Breath Control Realm, his foundation is actually very weak. He is strong on the outside but weak on the inside, and he doesn't even have the stability of a proper mid-stage Breath Control Realm cultivator."

Secondly, we found his Achilles' heel beforehand—the black mark on his neck, which was the core of his power. My strike didn't hit anywhere else; it precisely struck his source, effectively severing his dantian. Any cultivator struck at their source would be unable to withstand it.

At this point, he pointed to Shi Dazhuang, who was already snoring softly by the wall, a faint smile playing on his lips, his tone softening slightly: "Third, and most importantly, just now, at the critical moment of life and death, Dazhuang unleashed his physical potential, forcefully tearing off his demonic tentacles, restraining his entire mind, and even shaking his very essence, which gave me the opportunity to seize that opening and strike successfully."

He added, completely dispelling the three's doubts: "In addition, the cultivation method I practice is specifically designed to counter these kinds of sinister techniques, possessing a natural suppressive power. With all these factors combined, I managed to win by sheer luck. Against an opponent with a stable realm and solid foundation, I would never have won so easily."

Upon hearing this, most of the confusion on the three faces instantly dissipated, and their expressions gradually relaxed. Zhang Hao scratched his head, breathed a sigh of relief, and said with a smile, "So that's how it is. I was completely confused just now. I thought you had secretly hidden your cultivation and broken through silently."

Wang Lei nodded in agreement, a look of admiration on his face: "No wonder, I was wondering how it could be so fast, it turns out you found the key point. And it's all thanks to Da Zhuang's explosive performance, otherwise we wouldn't have had such a good opportunity."

Lin Wan'er was relieved and breathed a sigh of relief, the tension between her brows easing: "Senior brother's cultivation technique is effective against demonic cultivators, that's wonderful. I was worried that we would be worn down here."

Li Yanzhou smiled and didn't say anything more, then smoothly steered the conversation back on track: "Alright, stop crowding around. I'm fine. Those things have been cleaned up. The source of the disappearance case is that this demonic cultivator was absorbing blood and qi to cultivate. Let's go down to the bottom of the pit and see if there are any survivors."

The group nodded, and despite their lingering fear, they gripped their weapons tightly and followed Li Yanzhou into the deep pit.

At the bottom of the pit was a huge cavern, with strange demonic patterns crawling all over the walls. Scattered on the ground were many Qiankun bags and tattered clothes, all left behind by the missing persons.