34: Chapter 34: Are you kidding me?!

Xiao Ran recognized this item.

It was an extremely rare Yin-attribute spirit fruit; consuming it directly could significantly strengthen the Divine Soul.

If a Cultivator who Cultivated Yin-Sha type Cultivation Techniques obtained it, there was even a chance to comprehend a Divine Ability.

No wonder the Scar-faced Man and his group would risk venturing so deep.

Just as Xiao Ran was weighing whether to intervene, his Divine Sense suddenly stirred.

He sensed another aura quietly sneaking in from the other side of the cave, aiming directly at the ghost-faced fruit.

Xiao Ran had seen this aura before.

It was none other than the Loose Cultivator, Wu Yuan, who had invited him to form a team at the cave entrance!

At this moment, Wu Yuan no longer had his previous gentle and refined appearance; his eyes gleamed with an eerie gray light, black veins crawled across his face, his fingernails had become black and sharp, and his body was shrouded in corpse Qi.

This bastard really didn't have good intentions.

Judging by this posture, he must have been secretly Cultivating the Corpse Dao for a long time, and his attainments were not shallow!

Wu Yuan had deliberately invited Loose Cultivators to explore together, but in reality, it was just to have them act as meat shields.

He was waiting for an opportunity to pluck the ghost-faced fruit.

Like a ghost, Wu Yuan circled around the battlefield, taking advantage of the Corpse King's attention being drawn by the Scar-faced Man, and quickly approached the rock wall.

He reached out to pluck the ghost-faced fruit.

Just then.

The Corpse King suddenly turned its head, its scarlet pupils locking onto Wu Yuan!

"Roar!!!"

With a roar, the cave trembled!

The Corpse King raised its hand and clawed through the air; five pitch-black claw shadows tore through the air and struck!

Wu Yuan's expression changed drastically, and he hurriedly sacrificed a bone shield to defend.

"Boom!"

The bone shield shattered, and Wu Yuan spat out blood as he flew backward, slamming into the rock wall.

The Corpse King flickered and appeared in front of Wu Yuan, its sharp claws slashing down fiercely!

Wu Yuan screamed, bit the tip of his tongue to spit out a mouthful of essence blood, and turned into a blood escape to flee.

But the Corpse King was faster; its sharp claws followed him like a shadow, and it looked like it was about to tear him to shreds!

Just at this critical moment.

Wu Yuan suddenly erupted with power, and an eerie black light surged from his body.

In an instant, his figure disappeared from where he stood.

When he appeared again, he happened to be right in front of Xiao Ran.

Seeing this, the Corpse King flashed over to follow, and a claw continued to strike out.

Wu Yuan took the opportunity to dodge to the side.

Xiao Ran: "What the f***!"

This bastard Wu Yuan actually wanted to drag him into this mess.

Just as Xiao Ran prepared to slip away, the Corpse King's sharp claws were already right in his face.

"Holy crap!"

Xiao Ran had no choice but to respond.

A gray-black beam of light slammed head-on into the Corpse King!

Guixu Demonic Light!

The Corpse King was knocked staggering, its sharp claws veering off slightly and blasting a large hole in the nearby stone wall.

Wu Yuan took the opportunity to escape ten zhang, looking at the person who had attacked with a half-smile.

"Many thanks for your assistance, brother."

Xiao Ran stepped out of the shadows, his face gloomy.

"You dare to set me up?"

"What are you talking about, brother?"

"I was just fleeing in a panic; how could you say I set you up?"

Wu Yuan said hurriedly, though a trace of imperceptible coldness flashed in his eyes.

"You're courting death!"

Xiao Ran always repaid grudges immediately; he immediately circulated his Guixu Demonic Light and rushed toward Wu Yuan.

"Brother, don't be in such a rush!"

"Look behind you first!"

"Corpse King, take him out!"

Wu Yuan gave a strange cry and hurriedly dodged, while shouting at the Corpse King in the distance.

The Corpse King heard this and slowly turned around, its scarlet pupils locked tightly onto Xiao Ran.

It felt threatened.

This newly appeared human had that gray-black light on his body that could actually devour its Corpse Sha Qi!

But for some inexplicable reason, a trace of killing intent grew in its heart.

"Roar!!!"

The Corpse King abandoned Wu Yuan and lunged straight at Xiao Ran!

Xiao Ran dared not be careless; he sacrificed the xuanyin shield to block in front of him, while forming hand seals with both hands.

"Soul Suppressing Tower!"

A shadow of a black tower appeared, protecting his Divine Soul.

The Guixu Demonic Light circulated around his body, turning into a suit of demonic armor.

The battle was about to break out.

Meanwhile, the Scar-faced Man and his group also saw a turning point; they roared and erupted with power, fighting desperately toward the corpse puppets in an attempt to break through.

Inside the cave, a chaotic battle between the three sides officially erupted!

...

The Corpse King's speed was astonishingly fast.

It covered the ten-zhang distance in an instant, its blue-black sharp claws tearing through the air, bringing with them a shrill whistling sound as they struck directly at Xiao Ran's throat!

Xiao Ran had long been prepared and blocked with the xuanyin shield in front of him.

"Clang!!!"

A loud sound like metal clashing exploded in the cave.

Xiao Ran retreated three steps, his arm holding the shield feeling slightly numb.

The strength of this Corpse King was more than a notch stronger than the previous skeletal corpse puppet!

The Corpse King failed its first strike and took the opportunity to turn, its left claw sweeping horizontally, five pitch-black claw shadows sealing off Xiao Ran's retreat.

Before the claw shadows arrived, the thick Corpse Sha Qi had already rushed toward him, carrying the scent of rot and death.

Xiao Ran's eyes turned cold; he would hold back no longer.

The demonic core in his Dantian spun crazily, and the twelve golden patterns lit up simultaneously!

"Guixu Demonic Light: Devour!"

He gripped the air with his right hand, and a gray-black vortex appeared in his palm.

It grew rapidly in the wind, turning into a black hole about a zhang in size, swallowing all five claw shadows!

The vortex trembled violently, ripples appearing on its surface, but in the end, it held steady.

The Corpse King's scarlet pupils constricted slightly; it clearly hadn't expected that Xiao Ran could so easily neutralize its attack.

Meanwhile, the situation on the other side of the battlefield had also changed.

Seeing that Xiao Ran had lured the Corpse King away, the Scar-faced Man felt his pressure greatly reduced; he roared, and the mountain-splitting axe in his hand erupted with blinding blood-red light.

"Blood Sha Slash!"

He swung his axe down, slicing the three corpse puppets in front of him in half!

The two companions behind him also took the opportunity to erupt with power, momentarily pushing back the siege of corpse puppets by several zhang.

"Break out! Quickly!"

The Scar-faced Man growled, and the three of them stood back-to-back, blocking while moving toward the cave entrance.

But just as they were about to rush out of the encirclement.

Wu Yuan, who had been lingering outside the battlefield, suddenly blocked their path.

His face still wore that gentle and refined expression.

Only the faint, imperceptible sneer at the corner of his mouth exposed his true mood at that moment.

"Fellow Daoists, why are you in such a hurry to leave?"

The Scar-faced Man stopped in his tracks, staring at him vigilantly.

"Fellow Daoist Wu, what is the meaning of this?"

"It means nothing."

"I just think that since you have all come, why not stay here forever? How about it?"

Wu Yuan said with a smile.

Before his voice had even faded, he raised his right hand and clenched his five fingers in the void!

"Corpse puppets... rise!"

The ground suddenly exploded!

Five pitch-black corpse puppets with even more ferocious auras burst out of the ground, instantly sealing off the retreat of the Scar-faced Man and his two companions!

Each of these newly appeared corpse puppets possessed the strength of the Golden Core Middle Stage.

Moreover, their movements were agile, and their eyes were lively; they were clearly not comparable to the previous cannon fodder!

"You... you had an ambush set up early on?!"

The Scar-faced Man's expression changed drastically.

"An ambush?"

"This entire Netherworld Ancient Path is my hunting ground. You are merely prey that delivered yourselves to my door."

Wu Yuan chuckled.

He turned his gaze to the battle circle between Xiao Ran and the Corpse King, a trace of greed flashing in his eyes.

"However, this brother... is more interesting than I imagined."

"To be able to display such strength as a mere Golden Core Middle Stage, it seems you have a special Physique. You are truly a perfect vessel..."

Although Xiao Ran was in the heat of battle, his Divine Sense had been monitoring the entire scene.

Hearing Wu Yuan's words, his heart sank.

This guy is really acting like a piece of sh*t!

Once he dealt with the Corpse King, he would go and flay him alive.