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

Mu Yu kept Xuan Gu by his side, naturally hoping that he could find the whereabouts of the Extreme Yin Ancestor.

But in fact, Mu Yu did not expect that the Xuan Bone would be completely useless on this lava road.

In the end, it was Mu Yu herself who discovered the battle traces left by Ji Yin.

"Heavenly Capital Corpse Fire, I never imagined that wicked creature would actually master such a divine power."

"When you encounter him later, Fellow Daoist Mu, please be careful."

Xuan Gu watched the burning process, which was tinged with the aura of corpses, and kindly offered a reminder.

Mu Yu completely ignored this.

After two hours of rapid travel, Mu Yu finally caught up with the Extreme Yin Ancestor.

At the same time, the Yin Ancestor, who was dealing with the Iron Fire Ant swarm at the front, also noticed Mu Yu arriving from behind.

When he noticed the hundreds of thousands of gold and silver bicolor insects, a look of seriousness flashed across his eyes.

If it were only a swarm of hundreds of thousands of insects, it wouldn't mean much to him.

If it were only those dozens of Core Formation stage puppets, they wouldn't amount to much to him.

However, if these two things are combined, things get a bit complicated.

More importantly, the Yin Ancestor had no idea whether Mu Yu could produce any other treasures.

Whether it's dozens of Core Formation stage puppets or hundreds of thousands of spirit insects, these shouldn't be things that a Core Formation stage cultivator can control.

"Senior Jiyin, it's best not to get too close."

"Otherwise, I might misunderstand."

Mu Yu controlled the swarm of gold-devouring insects, making them circle around in a large arc, seemingly preparing to bypass the Extreme Yin Ancestor.

Mu Yu's original plan was to set up an array in front of the Extreme Yin Ancestor to launch a sneak attack.

Once Ji Yin falls into the formation set up by Mu Yu, he will basically have one foot in the grave.

Just as he was about to surpass the Extreme Yin Ancestor, Xuan Gu suddenly emitted a trace of the Xuan Yin Scripture technique.

This scene immediately changed the expressions of both Mu Yu and the Extreme Yin Ancestor.

"Bang!!!"

The Core Formation stage puppet, which had been prepared all along, unleashed an attack that had been brewing for a long time, directly knocking Xuan Gu off Mu Yu's boat.

At such close range, and with an attack that had been brewing for so long, the attack severely damaged Xuan Gu's physical body.

But judging from Xuan Gu's expression, he didn't seem to care much.

"idiot!"

"Trying to pull this 'fight the wolf to devour the tiger' tactic with me?"

Although somewhat surprised by Xuan Gu's ruthlessness, Mu Yu felt no surprise at all.

After all, he hadn't been completely unprepared for this kind of betrayal.

Even the talent for seeking good fortune and avoiding misfortune didn't give any ominous warning, so why should Mu Yu care about this little disturbance?

Currently, there is only the Nascent Soul stage cultivator, the Extreme Yin Old Demon, here. He is not a great threat to him, and he can take advantage of the Xuan Bone's betrayal.

Mu Yu didn't waste any more words, nor did he attack Ji Yin immediately. Instead, he directly controlled a swarm of over 500,000 Gold-Eating Insects to completely surround the location of Xuan Gu.

Countless gold-devouring insects frantically devoured the pure ghostly energy emanating from the Xuan bone.

Xuan Gu was clearly prepared for this, having prepared a wood-type magic weapon for defense.

Therefore, although Xuan Gu looked a bit disheveled at the moment, he was actually not seriously injured.

As for the physical body that was just damaged? For a ghost cultivator, the physical body is just a vessel.

"Hehehe, my good disciple."

"Hurry up and help me capture this man. He has my complete set of the Xuan Yin Scripture, as well as other treasures you wouldn't even dare to dream of."

Xuan Gu was trapped in the swarm of gold-devouring insects by Mu Yu, but there was no sign of anxiety on his face. Instead, he calmly shouted at the Extreme Yin Ancestor.

Judging from his appearance, he seemed completely unafraid that the Yin Ancestor would attack him at this moment.

Upon hearing that familiar voice, the Yin Ancestor's face showed a hint of panic.

The next moment, more than a dozen Heavenly Capital Corpse Corpses, wreathed in Heavenly Capital Corpse Fire, appeared out of thin air and attacked Mu Yu and Xuan Gu together.

Upon seeing this, Mu Yu immediately detonated three Core Formation stage puppets to block the pursuit of the Extreme Yin Old Demon.

Then, Mu Yu suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood essence, which transformed into a faint blood-red light, enveloping Han Li and disappearing into the horizon.

Because flying is prohibited in this lava path, Mu Yu used an escape technique, but could only walk close to the ground, leaving a very conspicuous mark in the desert.

"Idiots, hurry up and chase them! Don't let these useless fools waste time!"

Amidst the swarm of gold-devouring insects, Xuan Gu still reprimanded Ji Yin with unwavering confidence, as if there were no deep-seated hatred between them and they were still just master and disciple.

Upon hearing Xuan Gu's reprimand, a cold killing intent flashed in the eyes of the Extreme Yin Ancestor.

But after a brief moment of thought, he still felt that Mu Yu posed a greater threat to him and was easier to deal with.

However, if it were to target Xuan Gu, even if he could kill him, he would probably be injured.

However, if it were to target Xuan Gu, even if he could kill him, he would probably be injured.

If you're unlucky, you'll be seriously injured, and if the opponent seizes an opportunity, there's a real chance you'll die together with them.

After all, if the Yin Ancestor was truly confident in killing Xuan Gu, he wouldn't have allowed him to be trapped on that island by the Spirit Sealing Pillar and even arranged for someone to guard him.

Of course, that was before the Heavenly Capital Fire was forged.

The current Yin Ancestor is no longer too afraid of the Xuan Bone, and even has some confidence in dealing with it, but that's all.

But even today, Ji Yin still harbors great fear of his master.

This apprehension intensified because of Mu Yu's presence.

If Mu Yu and Xuan Gu were to cooperate, then Ji Yin might truly face death.

Just in case, the Extreme Yin Ancestor decided to first obtain the complete Xuan Yin Scripture from Mu Yu and resolve his own cultivation problem before dealing with the Xuan Bone.

Whether Mu Yu actually possesses the complete Xuan Yin Jing is not really that important.

It would be better if we had them, but even if we didn't, with so many Core Formation stage puppets and other treasures, even if we lost some when we killed Mu Yu, what we have left is more than enough.

The puppets at the Core Formation stage can only unleash their full power when controlled by a true Nascent Soul stage cultivator.

In short, as long as Mu Yu is killed, Ji Yin will have no weakness in front of Xuan Gu.

Having made up his mind, the Extreme Yin Ancestor suddenly unleashed a burst of Heavenly Capital Corpse Fire, enveloping the Heavenly Capital Corpses.

The Heavenly Capital Corpse was originally used as raw material to refine the Heavenly Capital Corpse Fire. Now, after being empowered by the Heavenly Capital Corpse Fire, its power has increased by more than one level.

Using these corpses to deal with Xuan Gu should buy us some time.

"Good master... wait here for a while. After I deal with that brat Duobao, we master and disciple can have a good chat."

After saying these words with great resentment, Ji Yin reluctantly chased after Mu Yu in the direction he had left.

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"The location is almost there, Han Li. After I finish setting up the formation, you will take charge of it."

"Your current magical power is somewhat insufficient, but it is enough to preside over the formation and trap the extreme Yin."

After expending his life essence to escape a distance, Mu Yu immediately took out the array plate and array flags of the Reversed Five Elements Array and began to set up the array.

At the same time, from time to time, two or three explosions would be heard in the direction Mu Yu had fled.

Those explosions were from the Core Formation stage puppets that Mu Yu threw down at intervals as he fled.

From the very beginning, Mu Yu never expected that a Core Formation stage puppet could be of much use to a Nascent Soul stage cultivator.

Even if there are many of them, they can only play a restraining role.

The greatest function these Core Formation stage puppets can play is to buy some time.

In fact, if Mu Yu's divine sense hadn't reached the threshold of the Nascent Soul stage, even if he controlled so many puppets, it wouldn't have been of much use to someone at the Core Formation stage.

To truly achieve the ability to kill enemies of higher levels, aside from things like the Immortal-Slaying Pearl, the only feasible method is through formations.

Mu Yu set up the Inverted Five Elements Formation very quickly, but by the time he finished, the Extreme Yin Ancestor had already caught up to the vicinity.

Along the way, Mu Yu abandoned about thirty puppets, but only a dozen or so were detonated, most of which failed to get close to the Extreme Yin Ancestor.

But it's okay, enough has been delayed!

"The Old Demon of Extreme Yin, you've kept us waiting. Activate the formation!!!"

As the Yin Ancestor stepped into the range of the Reversed Five Elements Formation, Mu Yu immediately activated the formation.

Setting up an array is very time-consuming, but once the array is set up, it can be activated much faster.

Of course, this speed of startup was also thanks to Mu Yu's Nascent Soul stage level divine sense.

If Han Li were to activate this formation now, it would naturally take longer, and might allow that Extreme Yin Demon to escape.

Therefore, Mu Yu must personally activate the formation, while Han Li can take charge of the subsequent operation.

After confirming that the formation had been activated and that it was impossible for the Extreme Yin Ancestor to break the formation in a short time, Mu Yu handed over the token controlling the formation's core to Han Li for temporary control.

The Yin Ancestor, who plunged headlong into the formation, initially thought he had encountered some kind of hidden restriction in the lava road.

But when he realized that this was an array set up by Mu Yu, a great sense of crisis surged into his heart.

A battle formation, or a battle formation set up by the enemy!

In the world of cultivation, what is the most feared opponent during a battle?

It wasn't a powerful enemy, nor an invincible magic weapon, but rather being trapped within the enemy's formation.

After all, you can run away when you can't win, but if you're trapped in a formation, you can't even run away.

Without time to think too much, the Extreme Yin Ancestor suddenly flung out a burst of Heavenly Capital Corpse Fire, striking the formation.

However, the Heavenly Capital Corpse Fire, which had always been invincible, did not have a significant effect, only causing the array barrier to tremble slightly.

Next, the Yin Ancestor manipulated the Heavenly Capital Corpse Fire into a giant fire python, attempting to increase the power of his attack and use the most primitive method of breaking the formation with force.

Is it because Yin is unwilling to use other, simpler methods?

No, it's not that he can't; it's that he doesn't know how.

Even among Nascent Soul stage cultivators, only a very small number can comprehend some of the principles of formations, and those who are proficient in formations are even fewer.

When a Nascent Soul cultivator uses an array, they usually only use arrays that have been pre-refined into semi-finished products, such as array plates and array flags.

There are actually very few Nascent Soul stage cultivators who are truly proficient in formations.

Therefore, generally speaking, when facing a formation, using brute force to break it is their best, and only, option.

Unfortunately, even the Reversed Five Elements Formation, which had been enhanced to seventy percent of its original power, could not be broken even by Dongmen Tu, who was in the mid-stage of the Nascent Soul realm, let alone by Ji Yin Laozu, who was only in the early stage of the Nascent Soul realm.

As expected, the fire python formed from the Heavenly Capital Corpse Fire held out against the restrictions in the formation for a moment before returning empty-handed.

In fact, the fire python's attack was not ineffective, but it was far from enough to break the formation.

Therefore, the Yin Ancestor would naturally not waste his magical power.

"Such a powerful trapping formation, but how long do you think this simple trapping formation can hold me?"

"How about handing over the complete Xuan Yin Scripture so I can go back and deal with Xiao Cha?"

The Yin Ancestor, having tested the properties of the Reversed Five Elements Formation, breathed a sigh of relief and began negotiating terms with Mu Yu.

The Yin Ancestor was very glad that the formation in front of him was just a simple trapping formation.

If this level of formation is a killing formation, even if it is just an illusion formation, it would be extremely dangerous for him.

However, if it's just a trap, even if you do nothing, the formation will trap him for more than a day, which is more than enough time to leave this lava road.

If one is willing to expend vital energy, it would probably only take a few hours to forcibly break through this technique.

Upon hearing the voice of the Yin Ancestor, Mu Yu ignored him completely, continuing to prepare with his hands.

Perhaps, even in his death, the Yin Ancestor never imagined that what had plunged him into such a desperate situation was actually just that seemingly ordinary Brahma Pearl magic weapon.

If the Old Ancestor of Extreme Yin had been willing to trade the Bodhi Pearl magic treasure with Mu Yu not long ago, Mu Yu would have had no interest in killing him.

Han Li, standing to the side, reluctantly spoke up at Mu Yu's prompting:

"Senior Jiyin, this is the second time you've caught up with us. If we don't teach you a lesson, the next time it'll probably be us brothers who die."

After saying that, Han Li used the token in his hand that controlled the array's hub to move his location to another array space.

Sure enough, the moment after Han Li was teleported by the formation, a Heavenly Capital Corpse Fire exploded in its original position, causing the formation space to tremble continuously.

"You think you can teach me a lesson with this stuff?"

"These ridiculous rules set by the Twin Saints of the Heavenly Stars are no longer here."

The Yin Ancestor had only been testing the waters with words; his real purpose was to prevent the Xuan Gu from escaping if the delay was too long.

But now, the Extreme Yin Ancestor has no choice but to deal with Mu Yu and Han Li first.

Even now, the Yin Ancestor had no idea what kind of desperate situation he was in.

"Those from Extreme Yin Island, come out and show these two brats what you're made of."

Accompanied by the voice of the Extreme Yin Ancestor, seven enormous Heavenly Capital Demon Corpses appeared behind him.

Clearly, the dozen or so Heavenly Capital Demon Corpses that were left behind to besiege Xuan Gu were not all of the corpses refined by Ji Yin.

Moreover, compared to those left behind before, it is clear that the Heavenly Capital Demon Corpse released by the Extreme Yin Ancestor is much stronger.

"go!"

The Yin Ancestor pointed forward, and the seven Heavenly Capital Demon Corpses launched attacks on the formation.

Although these seven Heavenly Capital Demon Corpses were only equivalent to the late Core Formation stage in terms of combat power, under the control of the Extreme Yin Ancestor and the enhancement of the Heavenly Capital Corpse Fire, they actually unleashed attacks that were no less powerful than those of the Nascent Soul stage.

For a moment, the array space trembled, and countless array restrictions were on the verge of collapse under this attack, as if they were about to be broken.

Upon seeing this, the Extreme Yin Ancestor's eyes flashed with joy. He then increased his magical output, pouring countless amounts of pure Xuan Yin demonic energy into the seven Heavenly Capital Demon Corpses.

Instantly, the Heavenly Demon Corpse seemed to have been injected with chicken blood, and both its attack intensity and attack speed rose to another level.

"As expected, Core Formation stage puppets are more useful at the Nascent Soul stage."

"No wonder the Great Evolution Divine Lord developed the Great Evolution Technique, a technique specifically designed to enhance divine sense."

"I suppose the former Great Evolution God must have also experienced the hardship of fighting monsters of a higher level."

Hearing Mu Yu's somewhat sentimental voice, Han Li, who was a little flustered, gradually calmed down.

Meanwhile, the Yin Ancestor, who had finally broken through a layer of array barrier, fell silent after hearing Mu Yu's words.

But the silence of the Extreme Yin Ancestor was not because of Mu Yu's words, but because of the scene that came into his eyes, which resembled a primeval forest.

"Congratulations, Senior Jiyin, you have finally broken through the first layer of my Inverted Five Elements Formation."

"If you, senior, put in a little more effort and break through the five layers of wood, water, fire, earth, and metal in succession, and then break through the last layer of spatial restriction, you will be able to break this inverted five elements formation."

"However, it should be noted that if the action is too slow, this formation will repair itself."

At that moment, when Mu Yu's mocking words reached the ears of the Extreme Yin Ancestor, an indescribable anger surged into his heart.

Despite being extremely unwilling to admit it, the formation in front of him was not something he could easily break.

"Enough! What is your purpose in trapping this old man here?"

"Could it be that they're waiting for that old scoundrel Xiao Cha?"

At this moment, the Yin Ancestor was truly starting to panic.

In response to the question from the Yin Ancestor, Mu Yu kindly answered:

"Good news, I don't plan to wait for Xuan Gu, that is, Xiao Cha, to come."

"Bad news, I'm here to kill you."