60: Chapter 60: The Secret Technique of Rejuvenation

"Now!"

White Bone Scholar sent a voice transmission.

The five of them activated the Formation nodes simultaneously!

"Nether Immortal Trapping Array, rise!"

Thirty-six Formation Flags lit up at the same time.

Ghostly green light screens shot into the sky, transforming into a massive cage covering three miles, enveloping the area where the chaotic battle was most intense!

Including Ling Jianxin and his group of nine, over thirty Cultivators were trapped within the Formation!

"You Eternal Night Demon Sect scum!"

Someone roared in anger.

However, the Yin Qi within the Formation transformed into thousands of ghostly hands, entangling everyone's limbs.

While it couldn't trap them for long, it was enough to create chaos.

"Seize the tokens!"

White Bone Scholar shouted.

Blood Slaughterer took the lead, his giant axe carving a bloody path.

Yin Jiuyou's Nine Nether Cold Qi froze several people blocking the way.

Poison Lady's seven-colored poison mist spread, and wherever she passed, Cultivators retreated one after another.

White Bone Scholar waved his bone fan repeatedly, sending out a rain of nether bone spikes.

Xiao Ran moved like a phantom, pouncing straight for the token!

At this moment, around a dozen people were still fighting chaotically around the token.

Xiao Ran's Guixu Demonic Light erupted, turning into a grayish-black vortex that swallowed all the attacks directed at him.

At the same time, his hands formed Seals; he had already learned the sealing technique for the third token from the second one.

But just as he was about to touch the token,

A sharp sword light slashed from the side!

It was Li Changsheng!

"Devil Head, don't even think about succeeding!"

He shouted with righteous indignation.

Xiao Ran understood, feigning a hurried defense and being knocked back several steps.

Li Changsheng took the opportunity to grab the token, turned, and fled.

"The token has been taken by Li Changsheng!"

"Chase him!"

Immediately, seven or eight people abandoned the melee and pursued Li Changsheng.

Xiao Ran gritted his teeth and followed, engaging in a chase with Li Changsheng. In the blink of an eye, they burst out of the Nether Immortal Trapping Array's range and vanished into the depths of the swamp.

The two wove through the thick mist, quickly shaking off their pursuers.

Under a hidden quagmire, Li Changsheng shoved the token to Xiao Ran and said quickly,

"Senior Brother and the others will be here soon. Go quickly! I'll pretend to be wounded by you and have the token stolen."

Xiao Ran took the token, momentarily stunned.

He looked at Li Changsheng: "Your mission..."

"Completed!"

Li Changsheng grinned.

"The System judged that I obtained a complete fallen immortal token. Although I'm about to lose it, the mission counts as finished, and the rewards have been issued."

Xiao Ran nodded and struck Li Changsheng's shoulder with a palm.

The massive force instantly sent Li Changsheng flying back, coughing up blood.

"Farewell!"

Xiao Ran turned into a streak of light and sped toward the predetermined meeting point.

Li Changsheng struggled to his feet, shouting as he chased, "Senior Brother! The token was stolen by Xiao Ran!"

A moment later.

Ling Jianxin and the others caught up. Seeing Li Changsheng heavily injured and sensing Xiao Ran's distant aura, they could only grit their teeth and give up.

Meanwhile, Xiao Ran had already regrouped with White Bone Scholar and the other three.

"Token obtained."

He handed over the third complete fallen immortal token.

White Bone Scholar took it and looked at everyone.

"This is no place to stay. The alliance of the three sects will regroup soon. We must leave Ghost Soul Swamp first."

The five of them turned into streaks of light, racing toward the edge of the swamp.

But just as they were about to burst out of the swamp's range,

Three figures suddenly stepped out from the thick mist ahead.

The leader was a bald monk wearing a golden kasaya and holding a Buddhist staff.

He had a benevolent face, but a strange red light flashed in his eyes.

On the left was a scholar in green holding a jade flute, with a handsome face and a faint, ambiguous smile on his lips.

On the right was a hunched old man carrying a medicine basket and leaning on a cane, coughing repeatedly as if he might collapse at any moment.

The auras of these three... were all at Nascent Soul Great Perfection!

"Amitabha."

"Five benefactors, leave the fallen immortal token, and your lives may be spared."

The monk pressed his palms together and spoke calmly.

White Bone Scholar's pupils shrank upon hearing this: "Blood Buddha Ku Chan, Jade Flute Young Master Liu Wuyin, Poison Doctor Ghost Elder Yan... How did you three old monsters get in here?"

Xiao Ran was shocked.

He had heard of these three; they were all notorious Loose Cultivator old monsters in the Northern Realm.

Their ages had long exceeded fifty, so logically, they shouldn't be able to enter the Ancient Battlefield.

"Hehe, the Ancient Battlefield restricts bone age, not Lifespan."

"The three of us used the Secret Art of Rejuvenation to temporarily reverse our vitality and bypass the entrance detection. Why not?"

The hunched old man, Ghost Elder Yan, gave a strange laugh.

The Secret Art of Rejuvenation could consume Lifespan to briefly reverse the body to a younger state.

This was a secret technique that dealt zero damage to enemies but self-inflicted a thousand.

Because this secret technique only lowered bone age and did not increase combat power.

Therefore, it was useless for truly powerful figures.

Only these three, whose Lifespans were nearing their end but who could never Breakthrough to Soul Transformation, would not hesitate to sacrifice their remaining Lifespan to take a gamble in the Secret Realm.

Seeking a path to Breakthrough to Soul Transformation.

Jade Flute Young Master Liu Wuyin toyed with his jade flute and smiled lightly.

"White Demon, we only want the tokens; we don't want to become mortal enemies with the Eternal Night Demon Sect."

"Hand over the tokens, and you may leave."

White Bone Scholar did not speak upon hearing this.

Instead, Blood Slaughterer at his side laughed incessantly.

"Three old geezers want the tokens? Ask my axe first!"

He swung his giant axe, hacking directly at Monk Ku Chan.

"Stubborn and foolish."

Ku Chan shook his head and lightly blocked with his Buddhist staff.

Clang!

With the sound of clashing metal, Blood Slaughterer was actually knocked back three steps, the webbing of his thumb splitting open!

There were still gaps within the Nascent Soul realm, and Great Perfection was the true king within the Nascent Soul realm.

"Form the Formation!"

White Bone Scholar shouted sharply.

The five of them instantly formed the Four Symbols Demonic Array, demonic light soaring into the sky.

But the three Nascent Soul old monsters laughed.

"If you were at your peak, this Formation might have held us for a moment."

"But now that you've just been through a great battle and your demonic essence is half-depleted, what do you have to block us?"

Liu Wuyin placed the jade flute to his lips.

As the flute music rose, invisible sound waves like blades sliced at the demonic Formation's light screen.

Ku Chan slammed his staff onto the ground, and a blood-colored Buddhist light spread, corroding the Formation's Foundation.

Ghost Elder Yan tapped his cane, and a dark green poison mist spread, infiltrating the gaps in the Formation.

The demonic Formation shook violently, and the light screen quickly dimmed.

"No! We can't hold it!"

Poison Lady spat out blood; her poison techniques were completely countered by Ghost Elder Yan.

Yin Jiuyou's Nine Nether Cold Qi also retreated steadily under Ku Chan's blood-colored Buddhist light.

Blood Slaughterer hacked frantically but couldn't even touch the corner of Liu Wuyin's clothes.

White Bone Scholar gritted his teeth and burned his essence blood again, causing Nine Nether Underworld Bone to grow frantically, barely supporting the defense.

But anyone could see... it wouldn't last long.

Xiao Ran's eyes darted around, constantly seeking a way to break the situation.

Just then, the three complete fallen immortal tokens in his robe suddenly vibrated simultaneously, resonating with each other and emitting a strange wave of energy.

When this wave swept over the three Nascent Soul old monsters, their movements all came to a halt!

"Is this... token suppression?"

"The tokens have a natural suppression against intruders who exceed the bone age limit!"

Ku Chan's expression changed slightly as he instantly understood.

"While we have the chance!"

White Bone Scholar seized the opportunity; his bone fan exploded, firing thousands of bone spikes at the three.

Blood Slaughterer, Yin Jiuyou, and Poison Lady also unleashed their strongest attacks simultaneously.

Suppressed by the tokens' resonance, the three Nascent Soul old monsters' strength plummeted by thirty percent. In their hurried defense, they were actually forced back several steps.

"Go!"

White Bone Scholar grabbed Xiao Ran, and the five of them took the opportunity to break through the encirclement and flee frantically.

"Chase them!"

Ku Chan roared, and the three of them pursued relentlessly.

As Xiao Ran fled, sensing the resonance of the three tokens, a thought rose in his mind:

"Complete fallen immortal tokens... perhaps they are not just keys, but weapons themselves to counter those who break the rules?"

He looked at the tokens in his robe, his eyes flashing with deep thought.

The waters of the Ancient Battlefield were deeper than imagined.

And at this moment, in the deepest part of the Ancient Battlefield, at the Fallen Immortal Platform.

Nine blurred phantoms slowly opened their eyes.

"The third one... has appeared in the world."

"The plan can proceed."

The phantoms whispered and gradually dissipated.

As if they had never existed.

But on the Fallen Immortal Platform, nine ancient stone tablets lit up with a faint glow simultaneously.

On three of the stone tablets, a clear character for 'Fallen' emerged.

Corresponding to the three complete fallen immortal tokens that had already appeared.