"Since you’re here, don’t even think of leaving!"
"It’s been so many years since I last tasted flesh; I, Lin, find my palate has grown quite dull... Therefore, all of you shall enter my belly. Consider it a reward for the kindness of awakening ." The middle-aged man laughed boisterously.
As he spoke, he suddenly opened his mouth and inhaled sharply.
Instantly, a furious gale erupted within the Demon-Suppressing Tower. A terrifying pulling force fell upon Lady Scarlet and the others, dragging them inexorably towards the middle-aged man.
The ancient iron chains that had once bound his skeletal form were still locked around him, now covered by flesh and blood, appearing as if they grew from within his very body.
Under normal circumstances, restrained by these chains and Prohibitions, he shouldn’t have been able to utilize even a shred of True Yuan or soul power!
However, over the long years, the power of the iron chains that bound him, and indeed of the entire Demon-Suppressing Tower, had greatly diminished... Although this man was restricted and unable to move, he could still exert a portion of his strength!
CRACKLE! CRACKLE!
Spirit light flashed incessantly around Lady Scarlet. Her multicolored amber was riddled with cracks, looking as if it would shatter at any mont.
Imdiately, she spun around and violently unleashed a cloud of crimson mist.
This mist was not only one of her magic treasures but also her most potent magic. Anyone contaminated by it would have their desires rekindled. The latent fire in their hearts would erupt into a blazing inferno, surging from within their bodies and incinerating their Dao Body to ash!
Song Han, Fu Jianghuo, and the Peng Siblings, seeing they couldn’t escape quickly, also unleashed their most lethal techniques, directing them towards the middle-aged man.
Among them, Fu Jianghuo’s thods were the sharpest.
With a wave of his hand, endless blade energy manifested. Each individual blade aura, if unleashed in the Outer Realm, possessed the power to easily shatter a great mountain!
Seeing the unending barrage of attacks, the middle-aged man laughed heartily. The iron chains on his body writhed like giant serpents. CLANG! CLANG! CLANG! Amidst the tallic cacophony, all the magic treasures, magic, and other offensive techniques launched by the group were violently swatted aside, disintegrating harmlessly. They failed to even graze a single hair on the middle-aged man.
Just as Lady Scarlet and the other four were about to fall into the middle-aged man’s grasp, a clear sword hum resonated!
Accompanying the hum was a sharp Sword Light that, evading the dancing iron chains, struck the middle-aged man’s face, carving out a bloody wound deep enough to reveal bone.
At the sa ti, a figure shrouded in cloud-like golden light appeared at the bronze gate.
It was Shen Mo, who had departed earlier using an Escape Skill!
He desperately operated the Ascending Cloud Immortal thod, resisting the collapsing force pulling him towards the middle-aged man, but he was still being dragged closer, inch by inch.
Truth be told, Shen Mo felt quite helpless! He had initially planned to use the Sword Escape Skill and the Feather Transformation Charm to leave the Demon-Suppressing Tower instantly. However, the tower’s structure and its various Prohibitions restricted the use of movent-type Skills and Immortal Laws, forcing him to rely on escaping light to depart! Just monts ago, he had flown to the second level of the tower; one more level and he could have safely exited the Demon-Suppressing Tower. But who could have predicted that the middle-aged man, reborn from a skeleton, possessed so unknown Skill... The pulling force was so dreadful that even Shen Mo was being relentlessly drawn towards him. Thus, Shen Mo had simply abandoned resistance temporarily, allowing himself to be pulled down to the seventh level, whereupon he had struck the middle-aged man with his sword.
His face slashed, a flicker of astonishnt appeared in the middle-aged man’s eyes.
He then reached out and wiped his face; the wound healed instantly, demonstrating a regenerative ability not inferior to Shen Mo’s True Immortal Magic!
To resist the terrifying pulling force, Shen Mo no longer held anything back.
With a re thought, he transford into the likeness of a three-headed, six-ard Demon God.
He then opened his mouth and spat out the seven Big Dipper Swords he had been nurturing within his Dantian. They instantly ford a formidable Sword Array, descending upon the middle-aged man!
A terrifying Sword Light BOOD forth, erupting and instantly engulfing the man.
Under the suppression of The Big Dipper Array, the pulling force weakened by a third, and the figures of Lady Scarlet and the others montarily faltered.
Seizing this brief respite, they quickly linked their auras, not forgetting to include Shen Mo. By consolidating the power of all six, they barely managed to regain their footing!
"What an exceptional sword immortal seed!"
"Earlier, it was you, boy, who detected the signs of my revival in advance and struck my corpse with a sword, wasn’t it?"
"Have you cultivated to the Sword Heart Enlightennt Realm?" The middle-aged man ceased swinging the iron chains. Instead, a glazed, lustrous light enveloped his body. Countless Sword Lights crisscrossed and sliced at it, yet they were unable to penetrate this shimring barrier.
However, the weakening of the pulling force was enough to prove that this man was not dealing with The Big Dipper Array’s assault as effortlessly as he appeared on the surface!
Ultimately, this Sword Array was one of Shen Mo’s most powerful techniques! The seven Big Dipper Swords had all been successively upgraded to low-grade Spiritual Artifacts, providing a trendous boost in power. The Big Dipper Seven Star Sword Formation martial art had also been refined through [Martial Performance], surpassing its original limitations. Furthermore, Shen Mo possessed his Sword Body, the By the Stars Skill, and the blessing of the Uncommon Victory Destiny. The culmination of these factors made the full might of The Big Dipper Array formidable enough to make even the middle-aged man wary!
Although he was a Heavenly Monarch of the Divine Bridge Realm, he had been suppressed by the Demon-Suppressing Tower for countless years. His origin power had been severely depleted, and he was still bound by iron chains. Under these circumstances, being able to exert power at the peak of the Golden Core Realm was already quite remarkable! Otherwise, he wouldn’t be wasting his breath on juniors.
Discovering that the Sword Array had suppressed the middle-aged man, a hint of relief flickered across the faces of Lady Scarlet and the others.
Then, their gazes towards Shen Mo turned peculiar.
Throughout their journey, aside from displaying extraordinary abilities in foreseeing danger, Shen Mo had perford rather ordinarily in other aspects, not appearing to exceed the capabilities of a typical middle-stage Golden Core Realm rogue cultivator. But now, observing him, not only had he transford into a three-headed, six-ard Demon God, but even the sword Qi he casually unleashed could injure the middle-aged man, and the Sword Array he had deployed was incredibly powerful and terrifying... It was as if he had suddenly beco a different person! To have hidden his abilities so deeply, and then to temporarily resolve a life-and-death crisis at such a critical mont—this evoked complex feelings in Lady Scarlet and the others. They didn’t know whether to be worried or pleased, but they were, without a doubt, profoundly astonished! Of course, in this situation, no one with any sense would accuse Shen Mo of concealing his strength or harboring ill intentions. Even if they escaped the danger, they probably wouldn’t bring up the matter. After all, the strength Shen Mo had revealed was sowhat terrifying!
Shen Mo paid little heed to their astonishnt. The spirit light around him flickered as he stood firmly rooted to his spot.
His gaze passed through the Sword Array, resting on the middle-aged man, as he slowly said, "Since Senior has already revived, why make things difficult for us juniors? Once you break free, there will be plenty of worldly delicacies for you to enjoy!"
"We few are rather tough-skinned; we might... end up shattering Senior’s fine teeth."
Shen Mo did not answer the middle-aged man’s question directly.
He had indeed cultivated the Carefree Sword Heart. However, his ability to detect the ’rebirth from bones’ was not due to any Sword Heart Enlightennt, but rather the contribution of two Special Destinies: Danger Perception and Insight into All Beings! Previously, Shen Mo had also used this Destiny to probe the skeleton. But at that ti, the skeleton was genuinely just a pile of bones, not a living entity, so he hadn’t discerned anything unusual. It wasn’t until Danger Perception issued a warning that Shen Mo employed Insight into All Beings again. He was then horrified to discover that the skeleton had transford from a dead object into a living person!
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