Chapter 176 - Wan Boxiang
Seeing Ye Yu in the room, Wan Boxiang was completely stunned.
He felt as though the entire day was like a dream.
First, the meticulously planned strategy fell short. The disciples he sent out suffered heavy casualties.
Then, the entire Juetian Mountain Range was subjected to unprecedented bombardment.
When Wan Boxiang came out to check, he found that it wasn’t the Azure Cloud Sect elders attacking. Instead, it was a stunning woman attacking the mountain alone.
If there was any deep enmity with the Crimson Yin Cliff, Wan Boxiang might have accepted it. But this woman was only here to find someone.
This is a little too much!
Did he, Wan Boxiang, have no face?
She first severely injured him, and only then said she was looking for someone.
Wasn’t this just mocking him?
He, Wan Boxiang, was the Crimson Yin Cliff’s sect master, on his way to becoming the top figure in the demonic path of the Central Continent!
How could he be bullied by her?
Thus, Wan Boxiang immediately activated the great formation.
According to his previous calculations, cultivators below the peak of the Tribulation Crossing realm would undoubtedly die upon entering this formation.
After all, it used the entire Juetian Mountain’s earth spiritual veins. Annihilating a cultivator was easy!
But what Wan Boxiang did not anticipate was that Yun Wuci would be so formidable.
With just a paper fan, she summoned a towering volcano, directly obliterating nearly seventy percent of the Dragon Vein Annihilation Array.
Wan Boxiang acted swiftly.
Taking advantage of the formation not yet fully dissipated, he immediately altered the formation, gathering all the remaining earthly essence, transforming it into a cage to trap Yun Wuci.
Wan Boxiang knew very well, if even the Dragon Vein Annihilation Array couldn’t kill Yun Wuci, then when all the earthly essence was destroyed, it would be his death.
Wan Boxiang felt deeply troubled.
Where did this woman come from? Her strength was too terrifying.
However, since he couldn’t defeat her, wasn’t it better to avoid her?
Taking advantage of Yun Wuci being trapped, Wan Boxiang quickly returned to the Crimson Yin Cliff, preparing to pack up and flee.
He knew well, this formation wouldn’t hold Yun Wuci for long. So everything had to be done quickly.
But what Wan Boxiang did not anticipate even more was that the current Crimson Yin Cliff had become a paradise for ghosts.
Even the Third Elder, Deng Yuanqiu, had been turned into a ghost.
Wan Boxiang took the initiative to attack.
Although he was injured, he was still at the peak of the Integration Realm. Dealing with a ghost was still quite easy for him.
However, Wan Boxiang couldn’t understand.
Why, in less than a stick of incense’s time, had the entire Crimson Yin Cliff been occupied by ghosts?
Could it be that some great demon had seized the opportunity and wanted to devour the Crimson Yin Cliff?
Wan Boxiang’s face darkened with ferocity.
But he dared not dwell too much on it.
For now, all he wanted was to get the treasures accumulated over a hundred years, and then start fleeing.
It was truly disgusting.
In recent years, he had indeed become complacent.
Playing at collecting.
Sorting and categorizing the items he had acquired over the years into various storage rings, placing them on shelves, admiring them whenever he had time.
If he had known that such a thing would happen today, Wan Boxiang would never have been so foolish. Wouldn’t it have been better to keep everything on his person?
He wouldn’t be in such a desperate rush now.
But then, upon entering the room, Wan Boxiang was dumbfounded.
The righteous cultivator previously captured by Deng Yuanqiu had now ended up in his room. The shelves where the storage rings were kept were now empty.
What on earth was happening?
Why hadn’t Deng Yuanqiu killed him?
No.
Could it be that the current ghost infestation at the Crimson Yin Cliff was his doing?
This kid had been hiding his abilities all along.
Or could it be that…
He had anticipated the secret signals, leading to the heavy losses at Crimson Yin Cliff?
And ultimately, he had been brought here by the Third Elder, Deng Yuanqiu.
Was all of this part of his plan?
From the very beginning, had he come specifically to destroy the Crimson Yin Cliff?
If that were the case, then such scheming was truly formidable.
Wan Boxiang narrowed his eyes slightly, sizing up Ye Yu.
He found he could not see through his cultivation.
In that case, he was sure he hadn’t guessed wrong.
Ye Yu was definitely a hidden great demon, infiltrating here to exterminate the Crimson Yin Cliff.
Wan Boxiang’s mental turmoil was completely unknown to Ye Yu.
Ye Yu stood with one hand behind his back, quietly forming a hand seal.
In an instant, the stars in the sky shone brightly.
Just as Ye Yu was about to activate the formation, Wan Boxiang spoke up: “Fellow Daoist, let’s call it a day. How about we pretend this meeting never happened?”
Hearing these words, Ye Yu was momentarily stunned.
Hmm?
What exactly do you mean?
We’re face to face now, and I’ve already looted your entire place.
And you still want to call it quits?
Are you this generous?
Seeing Ye Yu remain silent, Wan Boxiang assumed that Ye Yu still had the intent to kill.
He cautiously took a step back and said in a deep voice, “To show my sincerity, I’ll leave right now and promise not to seek revenge on you for the next hundred years. But don’t push me too hard; even a rabbit will bite when cornered!”
Seeing Wan Boxiang act so “sincerely,” Ye Yu nodded and made a gesture for him to leave.
Wan Boxiang cautiously retreated.
However, the next second, dozens of ghosts surged in, trying to devour him.
But Wan Boxiang wasn’t easy prey.
Immediately, he clasped his hands together, and a black mist surged around him, instantly shredding several of the nearest vengeful ghosts.
On the other side, Ye Yu also made his move.
He took a sudden step, rearranging the three broken barriers at the doorway with spiritual power, forming a new formation.
Wan Boxiang was just about to escape when he realized he was already surrounded by stars. Aside from a few twinkling lights, the surroundings were endless darkness.
Wan Boxiang quickly realized that this was undoubtedly Ye Yu’s doing. He roared, “You’re not keeping your word! You promised to let me leave!”
“You said you wouldn’t seek revenge within a hundred years. I think that’s not quite right. It’s simpler and more efficient to kill you now than to worry about your revenge a hundred years later!”
Ye Yu’s voice was as if it came from the depths of the nine hells. Cold, and full of murderous intent.
The next second.
In Wan Boxiang’s sight, countless stars around him shone with intense light, converging into a mass and crashing down on him.
Wan Boxiang desperately tried to defend, but he felt a sharp pain in his chest, and his body fell to the ground.
The surroundings shattered.
Wan Boxiang looked up to see a giant soul-summoning banner embedded in his chest.
It seemed to possess some magical power, rapidly devouring all his spiritual energy and blood.
In just a few breaths’ time, this peak Integration cultivator had become a dried corpse. His soul also captured by the soul-summoning banner!
In reality, everything that had just happened was an illusion created by the formation.
The time was too rushed for Ye Yu to set up a powerful formation. So he used illusion to mislead Wan Boxiang’s attention.
The real trump card was the soul-summoning banner Slaughter Immortal.
And Wan Boxiang, being too nervous, had no chance to discern the truth. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have died so abruptly.
Ye Yu walked over slowly, pulling out the soul-summoning banner.
Just as he was about to put it away, a loud noise came from above.
A large hole was torn open.
And Yun Wuci floated down gracefully!