Mortal: Even with a Heavenly Spiritual Root, I still have to try and get my hands on the Little Gree

Mu Yu's words infuriated the Yinluo Sect Master.

He hadn't expected that even after adopting such a humble stance, the other party would still treat him this way.

"Fine, so you think you've really got me cornered?"

"Today I'll show you the power of our sect's most treasured artifact, the Ghost Banner!"

The Yinluo Sect Master, enraged, laughed, and the Ghost Banner in his hand once again released a dense ghostly aura.

In an instant, the surrounding area became bitterly cold, with gusts of eerie wind blowing. The entire Inverted Five Elements Formation seemed to have been completely transformed into a ghostly realm.

Unlike the previous attempt to conceal the Immortal-Slaying Pearl, this time the Yinluo Sect Master truly unleashed the power of the Ghost Banner.

In the blink of an eye, countless black threads emerged from the black ghostly energy and shot towards Mu Yu. Their dense numbers made it almost impossible for him to escape.

However, at this moment, Mu Yu was under the influence of the Spirit-Subduing Talisman, and the wind-attribute spiritual energy around him was exceptionally strong. With just a thought, he could arrive behind the Yinluo Sect Master.

At any time, having extreme speed means having an absolute advantage.

Even a late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator would be helpless against such extreme speed.

If Mu Yu's cultivation had reached the late Nascent Soul stage, then the Yin Luo Sect Master would have been dead long ago, so why would he need to prepare so many methods?

But there's no way around it; the gap in cultivation level is actually very difficult to bridge.

Six lightning beads were flung out. These beads could be activated much faster than the Immortal-Slaying Beads. Even if the Yinluo Sect Master discovered them in time with his divine sense, he wouldn't have time to summon a defensive magic weapon to withstand the lightning beads.

"boom!!!"

With a violent explosion, the entire Reversed Five Elements Formation shook.

Upon seeing this, the Yinluo Sect Master was overjoyed. He disregarded the shattered defensive magic treasures and the backlash he suffered from their destruction. He hurriedly put away the Ghost Luo Banner and went to the three golden-armored corpses.

While Mu Yu was fighting the Yinluo Sect Master, on the other side of the formation, Mu Yu's demonic nascent soul was controlling a puppet army to fight against the three nascent soul-level refined corpses.

More than twenty Nascent Soul stage puppets and dozens of Core Formation stage puppets were used to fight against three Nascent Soul stage corpses, and it took so long to kill even one of them.

This is enough to prove the power of the three corpses possessed by the Yinluo Sect Master.

At this moment, the area around the three corpses was filled with fragments of various puppets.

Although most of the damaged puppets were Core Formation stage puppets, occasionally some Nascent Soul stage puppets were also damaged.

Upon seeing the Yinluo Sect Master return to the corpse-refining body, the demonic nascent soul immediately used its teleportation ability to return to Mu Yu's side.

Mu Yu, naturally, took command of the puppets below and launched a fierce attack.

The Yinluo Sect Master clearly had no intention of fighting Mu Yu head-on. Judging from the shaking of the formation just now, he believed that his attack was capable of breaking the formation.

As long as he is not confined within this formation, he is invincible. Even if he cannot win, he can easily escape.

They escaped from a Nascent Soul stage cultivator...

In the past, the sect leader of the Yinluo Sect would never have believed that such a thing could happen.

But now, it is a plan he has been preparing for a long time.

The Yinluo Sect Master formed extremely complicated hand seals and chanted strange and unusual incantations.

Finally, with a spurt of blood, one of the corpses wielding a silver spiked club instantly swelled up, its flesh regaining the texture of a living person.

Next, the other two corpse-refining units blocked the puppet's attacks, while the wolf-tooth club-refining unit, empowered by secret techniques, reached the edge of the formation and slammed down with its wolf-tooth club.

"Bang!!!"

With a heavy blow from the spiked club, a five-colored halo flashed from the formation, and a green barrier cracked with a "crack," revealing another blue barrier behind it.

At the same time, the outermost green barrier of the formation was recovering at a visible speed.

The Yinluo Sect Master never expected that his attack, enhanced by secret techniques, would only break through one layer of the array's barrier.

For a moment, the atmosphere became somewhat awkward.

"What kind of formation is this?"

At this moment, the Yinluo Sect Master knew perfectly well that this formation was definitely not something he could break in a short time.

Although Mu Yu did not stop driving the puppet to attack, he still kindly answered the Yinluo Sect Master's question.

"This one, ah, is the Inverted Five Elements Grand Array, which was completed by a genius of array formations, with 90% of it completed."

"I'm not sure if this formation is as powerful as the original, but I imagine it shouldn't be too far off."

"This formation is composed of ten layers of Yin-Yang and Five Elements formations. Now, without anyone driving it, there are two formation spaces, Yin and Yang."

"Each of these two array spaces has five layers of barriers. You need to break through all five layers of barriers simultaneously to escape from one of the array spaces."

"After breaking through one array space, you will be automatically moved to another array space by the array."

"You need to break through another array space before you can escape."

"At the same time, when you are teleported to another array space, the broken array space will also begin to repair itself."

"If you fail to break through one of the array spaces within the time limit, you will be teleported back after breaking through another array space."

"And this is all without anyone controlling it."

"If someone controls this formation, then this formation will have a total of ten formation spaces based on Yin Yang and the Five Elements. Each formation space will automatically repair itself after being broken through."

"Theoretically, if we cannot break through all the array spaces in one go in a short period of time, we will be trapped here indefinitely."

Mu Yu's explanation was very detailed, and the Yinluo Sect Master listened attentively while preparing some kind of powerful spell.

While Mu Yu was telling the story, he replaced the spirit stones for all the puppets.

During this dialogue, both sides regained their fighting strength.

Just as both sides were ready, a tearing sound rang out, and the yellow gauze-like magic weapon that the Yinluo Sect Master had used to trap half of Mu Yu's puppet was finally torn to shreds.

Upon seeing this scene, the Yinluo Sect Master's expression turned ugly.

With only half a puppet, his three refined corpses were already struggling to withstand it; if there were more...

He could very well die here.

Once again, the Yinluo Sect Master unleashed the Ghost Banner, this time maximizing its power.

The scene, resembling a ghostly realm, reappeared, but this time, the mist that had been emanating from the Ghost Banner did not appear.

The Ghost Banner was much larger than before, and its emerald green surface was covered with countless shrunken human faces, including men, women, the elderly, and children, all of whom seemed to be still alive, emitting painful wails.

Even though Mu Yu already knew about this scene, he was still somewhat shocked after seeing it with his own eyes.

"Imprisoning living souls and using their suffering as nourishment, this treasure... is truly a disgusting existence."

"It seems my decision was right; this kind of magical artifact shouldn't exist in this world!"

If the Myriad Souls Banner magic weapon that Mu Yu wanted to refine was a treasure made from the essence of cultivators, then this Ghost Banner was an endless hell that imprisoned living souls.

The Ghost Banner is not a soul banner, but a treasure that imprisons and tortures living souls to extract their resentment and pain.

The spirits on those banners are not considered part of the banner itself, but rather a breeding ground for negative emotions such as ghostly energy, resentment, and hatred.

Then, the cultivators of the Yinluo Sect would use this as nourishment to improve their cultivation or to refine some kind of magical artifact.

At the same time, those living souls will also, to some extent, autonomously enhance the power of the Ghost Banner.

No wonder, although the main function of this treasure is to absorb living souls, it never needs to command those living souls to attack. Instead, it uses ghost energy, yin energy and other means to launch attacks.

No wonder this treasure is regarded as the most treasured artifact of the Yinluo Sect. It really is... a brilliant design!

Mu Yu's killing intent intensified, and he made up his mind to destroy the Yinluo Sect.

Mu Yu doesn't care if cultivators use living souls to refine magical artifacts, but not in this way.

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This has nothing to do with good or evil; it's just that Mu Yu simply doesn't like it.

"Shouldn't exist? I didn't expect you to be such a hypocrite. In this world, what is there that shouldn't exist?"

"If you were truly virtuous, you shouldn't have killed my fellow Daoist."

Accompanied by the hateful voice of the Yinluo Sect Master, several skulls made of ghostly energy emerged from the Ghost Banner.

But this wasn't the end. As the Ghost Banner emitted a bright green light, several more skulls appeared.

In a short while, hundreds of skulls emerged from the Ghost Banner, densely surrounding the Yinluo Sect Master.

"Kill him!"

With a command from the Yinluo Sect Master, hundreds of skulls spewed out phosphorescent ghost fire and charged straight at Mu Yu.

These skulls varied in strength, and even with the relentless attacks of the puppet army, some skulls still managed to reach Mu Yu.

Wait, why isn't the quantity decreasing?

When the beam of light emitted by the puppet hit the skull, it shattered it, but the shattered skull quickly reformed and continued to attack Mu Yu.

Immortality? Well, their essence isn't skulls, but ghostly energy. Skulls are merely products of condensed ghostly energy.

Seeing the increasing number of giant skulls around him, Mu Yu finally could not bear it any longer and released a large amount of warding-off divine lightning, forming a golden electric net that swept towards the skulls.

Upon seeing Mu Yu finally unleash the Evil-Repelling Divine Thunder, the Yinluo Sect Master's face showed a relaxed expression.

The feeling of knowing that swords are hanging over your head, but they never seem to fall, is very unpleasant.

Although the exorcising divine thunder is indeed very powerful, the Ghost Banner in the hands of the Yinluo Sect Master is not just for show.

As the Yinluo Sect Master continued to activate the Ghost Banner in his hand, the number of skulls increased, and the ghost fire they spewed out was able to withstand the electric net formed by the Evil-Repelling Divine Thunder.

Although the Divine Thunder can subdue all evil spirits and monsters, this restraint has its limits.

Just as Xuan Gu could use a large amount of Xuan Yin demonic energy to demonize the small golden thunder bamboo arrow, as long as the ghost fire spewed out by these skulls is powerful and plentiful enough, it can naturally suppress the evil-repelling divine thunder in the opposite direction.

Mu Yu still has a lot of evil-repelling divine thunder in his body. If he uses it all, clearing out these ghosts will naturally be no problem.

But there's no need!

"Soul Cry, stop playing around! Can't you see these feasts are being served to you?"

The Soul-Crying Ape, transformed into a giant ape, was hiding behind the puppet, frantically absorbing the corpse energy from the three refined corpses.

Upon hearing Mu Yu's voice, Ti Hun rushed over excitedly, under the cover of several golden-haired puppets.

With the appearance of the wailing spirits, the arrogance of those skulls noticeably diminished, and the terrifying howls emanating from their mouths gradually began to fade.

The Soul-Crying Demon completely ignored the fear emanating from the skulls, pounded its chest, snorted, and a stream of yellow light shot out from its nostrils.

The raging ghost fire, capable of contending with the net of divine thunder against evil spirits, was immediately engulfed by the yellow glow the moment it came into contact with the skulls.

Wherever the yellow glow passed, none of the skulls could offer any resistance.

At this moment, the sect leader of Yinluo Sect was completely dumbfounded.

It's one thing if the other party possesses the Evil-Repelling Divine Thunder, but isn't this giant ape transformed from the little monkey only capable of absorbing corpse energy?

How come now...

Without time to think too much, the Yinluo Sect Master immediately activated the jet-black flying sword in an attempt to kill the Tihun Beast, but it was blocked by several golden-haired puppets guarding the Tihun Beast.

The golden-haired puppet on the fourth floor of the Void Heaven Palace is really tough. Even though Mu Yu doesn't like melee-type puppets, he still appreciates the golden-haired puppet's robust physique.

This level of physical strength is already not much weaker than that of the body-cultivating Barbarian Beard.

It seems like the time is almost up; the opponent's magic power should have been more than half depleted by now.

Mu Yu did some calculations, then took out dozens of thunder beads made from the Heavenly Capital Corpse Fire from his storage bag.

Mu Yu refined a total of forty-seven Thunder Pearls. One was used to test its power, ten were given to Han Li, six were just used, and thirty remain.

Next, Mu Yu will use all thirty thunder pearls on the Yinluo Sect Master.

The first time, Mu Yu threw out ten, and the power of the initial attack directly injured the Yinluo Sect Master, causing minor injuries, and even damaged the surface of the Ghost Banner.

Clearly, if the Yinluo Sect Master hadn't protected himself with the Ghost Banner at the crucial moment, the power of those ten thunder pearls would have severely injured him, if not killed.

The second wave, five!

Because the previous ten lightning beads had injured the opponent, the Yinluo Sect Master was clearly prepared for the lightning beads this time and escaped in time.

Next, Mu Yu held the Thunder Pearl and chased after the Yinluo Sect Master, throwing it at him.

The entire array space has a limited range. Even if the Yinluo Sect Master runs as fast as he can, he cannot dodge all the lightning beads. Moreover, his speed is not as fast as Mu Yu's wind escape, who is currently using the spirit-summoning talisman.

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In short, after Mu Yu had used up all thirty thunder beads, the Yin Luo Sect Master had dozens of wounds of varying sizes on his body, and his aura was weak, giving him the feeling that he was about to die.

Even his three golden-armored corpses, which were comparable to those in the mid-stage of the Nascent Soul realm, suffered considerable damage under the attack of the Thunder Pearl.

As for the skull released from the Ghost Banner...

During the brief moment when the Yinluo Sect Master was being bombed, Tihun had already devoured him completely.

Now, Tihun is chasing after the three Nascent Soul stage corpse refiners, absorbing their corpse energy.

Because of the protection of the golden-haired puppet, although the Yinluo Sect Master tried many times to surround and kill Tihun, he was never able to find an opportunity.

Currently, the Ghost Banner has been damaged, and the three refined corpses are no longer able to exert a strong effect. If they don't fight desperately now, there will be no chance left.

He spat out a mouthful of blood essence, staining the Yinluo Sect Master's entire body red. Accompanied by mysterious and profound incantations, a familiar phantom appeared above the Yinluo Sect Master's head.

The next moment, the phantom merged with the Yinluo Sect Master, transforming into a demon with two horns on its head and fangs sticking out of its mouth.

Upon seeing this scene, Mu Yu couldn't help but think of the Heavenly Cry Master from before. It was clear that the two of them cultivated the same technique, only that the Yin Luo Sect Master's cultivation was more profound.

They were all able to summon a portion of the true demonic energy of the Heavenly Fiend True Demon to possess them, so this Yinluo Sect Master really did have some trump cards up his sleeve.

But this should be the last bit of strength we have left.

"It's about time."

"Azure Origin Sword Formation, activate!"

As Mu Yu spoke, countless cyan sword lights reappeared, forming a sword formation that trapped the Yinluo Sect Master within it.

This was the second time Mu Yu had used the Azure Origin Sword Formation after forming his Nascent Soul.

Since the last time it was only used to instantly kill an eighth-level demon beast, this time it can be said that Mu Yu truly used the full power of the sword formation.

The dense, seemingly endless cyan sword light began to strangle the true demonic body that the Yinluo Sect Master had transformed into at the center of the sword formation.

Every moment, countless sword lights were shattered by the true demon's body, but the next moment, sword lights would reappear and continue to annihilate it.

In the current Azure Origin Sword Formation, Mu Yu has expanded the number of sword lights to 1,944. Each sword light, once shattered, can quickly recover within the Azure Origin Sword Formation.

Each sword beam possesses an intensity comparable to that of an ordinary magical weapon attack.

The sheer number and endlessness of the wood-type sword formation are its most prominent characteristics.

However, it is clear that such massive attacks are not very advantageous in battles against opponents of higher levels.

Therefore, after testing, Mu Yu combined 1,944 sword lights into 648 sword shadows of the Green Bamboo Bee Cloud Sword.

Now, with the support of the formation, Mu Yu's Sword Shadow Splitting Technique can now split into nine sword shadows, and the seventy-two Green Bamboo Bee Cloud Swords can be divided into six hundred and forty-eight sword shadows.

With the enhancement of the sword formation, each of these sword shadows possesses 30% of the power of the original Green Bamboo Bee Cloud Sword.

But these sword shadows alone are clearly not enough.

"Next, it's time to test the power of sword energy turning into threads."

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