Chapter 161

Sun Lingtong did not intercept them in advance, but instead left the preparation room and headed straight into the depths.

Unlike Ning Zhuo is not by his side right now, so Sun Lingtong is a "black household" who cannot claim rewards or push open doors.

Therefore, Sun Lingtong waited for the Golden Blood Battle Ape, Dasheng, to push open the door first, and then he squeezed in along with the momentum.

Seeing this scene, the Dragon Turtle Fire Spirit gnashed its teeth in anger!

Meng Chong took the lead, breaking through the second and third checkpoints, and entered the preparation room with sixteen similar puppets.

In an instant, the leaderboards for speed-running, progress, and Qi refining were all filled with names.

The leaderboards only record the top ten, and many others were ranked in the teens, lacking the qualifications to be listed.

Unlike Ning Zhuo exhaled a breath of turbid air, his heart feeling a slight joy.

In this way, when he enters the preparation room in the future, there will be a very reasonable explanation for why his name cannot make the leaderboard.

If the leaderboard had been empty before, his failure to be listed would have been a huge flaw!

With the help of his enemies, Unlike Ning Zhuo resolved this hidden danger.

"Charge, charge, charge!" Meng Chong surged forward wildly all the way.

With him leading the charge, the sixteen puppets behind him remained safe and sound, coasting all the way to Room No. 9.

"Finally here." Sun Lingtong hid in a corner, having made multiple layers of camouflage on the outside, fully displaying the disguise attainments of the Empty Gate.

Sun Lingtong peered at the outside world through two small holes.

Boom, boom, boom...

Meng Chong laughed heartily, engaging in a fierce struggle with the Golden Blood Battle Ape, Dasheng.

Having fought his way here, he finally found the target he wanted to challenge; his fighting spirit was high, his whole body was wreathed in electric light, and he was fighting with great enjoyment.

As for the other members, they were exchanging fire with numerous martial arts puppets and spell puppets, with no formation whatsoever, and the battlefield was in complete chaos.

Sun Lingtong endured for a short while, and seeing that the timing was ripe, he gave a secret, mischievous smile and remotely ordered the Nether Envoy, Qi Bai, to act.

The Nether Envoy, Qi Bai, lay flat in a coffin built on the spot, and the coffin was buried beneath the floor tiles.

Qi Bai did not show himself either, casting spells while lying flat.

Instantly, yin souls wailed and ghost spirits whistled!

Various beast souls emerged from the ground and pounced toward the modification team.

Where did the beast souls come from?

This was all thanks to a good idea from Unlike Ning Zhuo.

After learning about the Nether Envoy, Qi Bai, he thought of the first checkpoint of the Fomen.

There are many coffins there, and the coffins are sealed and stocked with many corpses, including both demon beasts and spirit plants.

Do these have souls?

In all likelihood, they do!

Because when constructing spirit rhyme mechanisms, one should try to keep them intact. The more complete the physical body, soul, magic power, essence blood, and divine sense, the better.

Thus, Unlike Ning Zhuo brought Sun Lingtong and the Nether Envoy, Qi Bai, to the first checkpoint of the Fomen.

In coordination with my Buddha Heart Demon Seal, the souls in these coffins were all summoned out. The Nether Envoy, Qi Bai, took the opportunity to fiercely replenish a large amount of combat power!

The modification team had just defeated all the martial arts and spell puppets and were all watching the battle between Meng Chong and Yuan Dasheng, which was precisely the moment they were exhausted and lax.

Under the sudden change, many people reacted a bit slowly and were pounced on by ghost souls; their own souls were collided with, or even had a large chunk bitten off, causing them to scream repeatedly.

The scene fell into great disorder.

The air temperature plummeted, and yin souls rose everywhere, dancing in mid-air.

The City Lord's Mansion's modification team was thrown into disarray and scattered in a panic.

"An ambush?!" Meng Chong took a moment to glance over, and the next moment he was caught by Yuan Dasheng, who took the opportunity to counterattack, knocking him flying into the wall.

"Roar!" Yuan Dasheng raised his head and roared, beating his chest, fully displaying an aura of heroism and ferocity.

Subsequently, he hooked his index finger at Meng Chong, the intent of provocation extremely intense.

Meng Chong's eyes widened instantly; he had actually been looked down upon by a mechanical creation!

He let out a low roar, rushed up, and once again engaged in a fierce struggle with Yuan Dasheng.

After several rounds of exchanging blows, Yuan Dasheng suddenly abandoned his defense, stretched out his arms, and tried to hug Meng Chong.

A flash of brilliance flickered in Meng Chong's eyes: "A flaw!"

Wild Thunder Dash!

He shot out instantly like a bolt of lightning.

Yuan Dasheng's arms crossed, but he hugged empty air.

Almost simultaneously, Meng Chong appeared behind him as if teleporting.

Meng Chong aimed at Yuan Dasheng's back and struck a heavy blow.

Just as he succeeded, a black shadow drifted out and attacked him.

Meng Chong did not expect this, and failing to dodge in time, he was struck in the back by the black shadow.

It was precisely the Nether Envoy, Qi Bai, who had been lying in wait and acting when the opportunity arose!

Just with this one blow, Meng Chong lost his ability to act, and his soul was forcibly extracted from the puppet body!

Meng Chong:?!

The modification team, who had been chased by a large number of beast souls and were fleeing in panic, finally woke up upon seeing this scene.

"Young Master Meng Chong!"

"Quick, save the Young Master."

"Another special mechanical puppet has appeared!!"

They disregarded their own safety and pounced toward Qi Bai one after another.

Qi Bai was silent and drifted backward.

Roar!

Yuan Dasheng jumped in front of the crowd, becoming an insurmountable obstacle.

"Ah..." Meng Chong began to scream.

His soul fell into Qi Bai's hands, and just like a full balloon being poked with a hole, it was rapidly collapsing.

Nine-Turn Soul-Devouring Art!

Although Qi Bai was dead, his Golden Core remained, and the Nine-Turn Soul-Devouring Art remained.

During his lifetime, he had easily extracted Sun Lingtong's soul. This time, having succeeded in a sneak attack, he likewise caught Meng Chong's soul.

It operated the Nine-Turn Soul-Devouring Art, devouring Meng Chong's soul!

Meng Chong pinched Qi Bai's arm with both hands, kicked his legs wildly, and subconsciously wanted to use his immortal talent, Wild Thunder Dash.

But Sun Lingtong had long been prepared and ordered precisely: "Use the Soul-Oscillating Throat Drum!"

The Nether Envoy, Qi Bai's throat, vibrated slightly, emitting a drum sound.

The drum sound hit Meng Chong squarely, and the latter immediately felt the world spinning; his hands and legs hung down powerlessly like noodles, and he no longer struggled.

Qi Bai took the opportunity to fiercely extract the soul.

When Meng Chong's soul shrank to the limit and was on the verge of collapse, the Life-Hanging Thread above his head was triggered, and with a slight shake, it pulled him out of the Immortal Palace and sent him back to his physical body.

Without Meng Chong, although the modification team had many people, they were not worth worrying about.

Under the joint efforts of the Golden Blood Battle Ape, Dasheng, and the Nether Envoy, Qi Bai, they were soon soul-extracted and all devoured. Before their souls could fly away and scatter, they were sent back to their bodies by the Life-Hanging Thread.

"We won!"

"Too easy."

Sun Lingtong walked out of the corner, clapped his hands, and was very excited.

He stepped forward and trotted all the way to the Nether Envoy, Qi Bai, and gave it an order.

Qi Bai then half-squatted down, stretched out its palm, and pressed its palm against Sun Lingtong's puppet body.

The next moment, extremely pure soul essence was infused into Sun Lingtong's soul.

Sun Lingtong raised his head, took a deep breath, and shouted that it was refreshing.

His soul had originally been injured, and although he had received treatment from the Phoenix Soul Blood Fragrance Pill, there was still a distance to go before full recovery.

But at this moment, he obtained the soul essence, his soul injuries healed rapidly, and after reaching his peak state, he constantly surpassed his limits and grew rapidly!

"Wonderful, truly wonderful!" Sun Lingtong was so happy that his eyebrows danced.

"Stop, stop." He called a halt in time.

He had absorbed half of the soul essence, and he wanted to leave the other half for Unlike Ning Zhuo.

"The injuries on my soul have completely healed."

"All future soul essence will be left for Little Zhuo; the more his soul power grows, the more he can claim the Illusory Truth Lotus Seeds!"

He called out to the Golden Blood Battle Ape, Dasheng: "Little Zhuo, come quickly, there's something delicious!"

Unlike Ning Zhuo witnessed the entire process through Yuan Dasheng and couldn't help but swallow his saliva.

He hadn't absorbed soul essence for a long time.

Han Ming had been lost, and Qi Bai had been made into a mechanical puppet, which was what allowed him to regain the channel for obtaining soul essence.

"The City Lord's Mansion has a large family and a big business; treating the soul injuries of Meng Chong and the others is easy."

"This is great!"

Unlike Ning Zhuo couldn't help but daydream about the future.

With the Nether Envoy, Qi Bai, Unlike Ning Zhuo suddenly discovered that all the cultivators participating in the trial were resources for his cultivation!

"Having said that, when will the joint modification team of the three families collectively enter the palace?"

Ten Thousand Ghost Forest.

Nether Valley.

The main sect of the Soul-Devouring Sect is located here.

Soul Lamp Tower.

Countless soul lamps were burning quietly; the vast majority of them revealed green firelight, but a small number of soul lamps burned in other colors.

Among these thousands of soul lamps, one soul lamp with gray-white fire suddenly went out.

The guard disciple at first thought he was too sleepy and had an illusion, but after wiping his eyes and looking closely again, he was instantly terrified and stood up.

"No, no, it's bad, the soul lamp of the true disciple Qi Bai has gone out!" The guard disciple ran for a while, ran to the elder, and knelt on the ground to report.

"What?!" The elder couldn't sit still either and immediately stood up.

"Is it Qi Bai? Is it the soul lamp of the Blind Judge Qi Bai?" The elder confirmed again.

The disciple nodded busily.

The elder's face was grave, and he hurried to the Soul Lamp Tower. After seeing the extinguished soul lamp, he no longer had any luck.

"A true disciple of our sect has fallen!" The elder's face was extremely gloomy, and he sighed deeply, a terrifying murderous intent spreading out. The guard disciple beside him felt as if he had suddenly arrived in the middle of winter, and his teeth couldn't help but chatter.

The Soul Lamp Tower elder did not linger, immediately left the tower, and went to the Soul-Devouring Main Hall to report.

In the Soul-Devouring Main Hall, the contemporary Soul-Devouring Sect Master and several sect elders were discussing important matters.

"Next year is our sect's decennial disciple competition. The specific content of the competition can perhaps be finalized this time."

"A powerful soul beast has appeared in the soul crystal vein of the Ghost Shadow Mountains, with combat power comparable to a Nascent Soul. It has greatly interfered with our sect's task of mining soul crystals, and the sect needs to dispatch elders in time to exterminate it."

"The Ghost Mother Bone Lotus in the Child Ghost Valley has been accumulating for more than twenty years and will bloom in three years. Recently, I heard that true disciples from major righteous sects are secretly plotting to wipe out the branch station in the Child Ghost Valley and destroy the Ghost Mother Bone Lotus."

"The Blood Fiend Sect has recently repeatedly created friction in the middle reaches of the Ghost Crying River. According to intelligence, it is the newly promoted elder Xue Shouren within the Blood Fiend Sect who is leading it from behind, and it seems there is a big move. This person is a traitor to our sect and knows a lot about our sect. Now he has joined the Blood Fiend Sect and become an elder. If he is not strangled, he will surely become a major disaster in the future."

The Soul-Devouring Sect is a major demonic sect, and its power is so vast that it not only occupies one side but also widely establishes branch stations, extending its influence to many cultivation countries.

The position of Sect Master is not easy to do, and being busy with a thousand things a day is inevitable.

"Urgent report!"

"The soul lamp of our sect's true disciple Qi Bai has completely gone out, confirmed dead."

The Sect Master and elders immediately stopped the discussion and looked at the reporting disciple one after another.

The Sect Master's face was gloomy: "Has the soul been summoned?"

The disciple said busily: "The Soul-Summoning Banner has been summoned seven times, but Qi Bai's soul has not returned. Both elders at the Soul-Summoning Platform judged that Qi Bai's soul has flown away and scattered."

The Sect Master slapped the armrest in anger: "Good, good, good. Our sect has lost a true disciple. Who made the move? Find out the real culprit, and there will surely be revenge!"