91: The final showdown: forcibly forming the Golden Core and detonating the secret realm.

"Ugh..."

Jiang Qiong's eyes widened, his Divine Soul felt as if it were being stripped away. Immediately after, he saw a terrifying scene.

Although his Divine Soul was still inside his body, his surroundings were pitch black, like an abyss; he was even unable to control his own body.

Only that single eye-like skylight allowed him to see the scene outside!

[Killed Jiang Qiong, a Foundation Establishment Tenth Layer Cultivator. Obtained experience: 35,000. Obtained life span: 2,000 years. life span: 3,795 years.]

[Current Experience: 21.53%]

[Plundered Jiang Qiong's essence: 0.8]

[Plundered Jiang Qiong's Intermediate Spell: Shadow Phantom]

[Plundered Jiang Qiong's Intermediate Martial Skill: Nine Bone Whips]

[Plundered Jiang Qiong's Intermediate Martial Skill: Whip Soul Slash]

On the other side, Ye Qingfeng and Lu Xing, who were still hunting Su Chen, were dumbfounded. They watched Su Chen disappear before their eyes, only for him to turn into Yu Kejiao in the next moment!

"Not good!"

The two sensed something was wrong and hurriedly flew toward the central resource area.

They had a very bad feeling in their hearts, but when they reached the central resource area and saw the scene below, both were shocked by Su Chen's methods.

Jiang Yan flicked the blood off his Short Blade and looked up at the shocked and furious Lu Xing and Ye Qingfeng in mid-air with a grin.

"Oh my, what a coincidence. It seems you've arrived too late..." Jiang Yan flashed a wicked smile, his tone provocative. "But no matter, it's your turn now!"

"Su Chen! I will skin you alive and pull out your tendons!" Lu Xing roared in fury.

One must know that Su Linglong was the sword dao Cauldron he had been nurturing, yet she had been killed by Su Chen!

Just as Lu Xing was about to explode in rage, Ye Qingfeng suddenly stopped him. "Don't act rashly, be careful not to fall into his trap!"

Seeing that Ye Qingfeng remained so calm even now, Jiang Yan couldn't help but look at him with a bit more respect.

"Since you won't come at me, I'll take the first move." Jiang Yan formed a hand seal with his right hand and flicked three Talismans with his left, which instantly struck the bodies of Su Linglong, Jiang Qiong, and Lü Dong.

Then, an eerie scene unfolded. The three corpses seemed to come back to life, their bones making cracking sounds as they simultaneously locked their gazes onto Ye Qingfeng and Lu Xing in the sky.

The surrounding Blood Sons were so frightened by Su Chen's move that they retreated repeatedly. They now understood that this year's Blood Son Battle would likely see the greatest loss of high-level Blood Sons.

"Sigh, it's over!"

Tang San looked at Gu Mingfeng in confusion. "What's over?"

"No matter who wins or loses, there will only be one Blood Monarch left after this!" Gu Mingfeng explained.

Hearing this, Tang San instantly understood what was happening.

If Su Chen won, it meant both Ye Qingfeng and Lu Xing would die. If Su Chen lost, Ye Qingfeng and Lu Xing would eventually fight to become the sole Blood Monarch!

As Jiang Yan finished the hand seal, the three Talismans ignited with an eerie green fire and instantly sank into the foreheads of the three corpses.

Countless blood-colored threads suddenly sprouted from Su Linglong's neck, weaving into a hideous tumorous head.

Jiang Qiong's broken spine snapped back into place with a crack, and the nails on his hands grew into pitch-black claws.

Writhing Vengeful Spirits bulged beneath Lü Dong's shriveled skin, and thick black blood seeped from his seven orifices.

Although Jiang Yan hadn't turned these three into Puppets like Yu Kejiao, often these simple and crude ones were the most vicious!

"Kill them both!"

As Jiang Yan's voice fell, the three fierce corpses simultaneously let out inhuman howls, once again locking onto the two in the sky from the depths of their memory.

Ye Qingfeng's long sword vibrated, the blade shimmering with frost. "Be careful, these things are extremely eerie."

Before he finished speaking, Su Linglong's remains pounced through the air!

The tumor on her neck suddenly split open, spraying a rain of Blood Needless. Jiang Qiong followed closely behind, crawling with his limbs bent at unnatural angles; plants withered wherever his poison claws touched. Countless Vengeful Spirits surged frantically from Lü Dong's shriveled body, pouncing toward Ye Qingfeng and Lu Xing.

"Boom!"

Ye Qingfeng's long sword was like a Dragon, its edge carrying bone-chilling frost as he slashed at Su Linglong's Corpse Puppet.

However, that corpse eerily twisted its neck, the tumorous head dodging like a snake while its arms elongated, fingers turning into sharp Bone Blades that struck the sword edge, erupting in blinding sparks!

"That beast Su Chen actually dares to use such eerie Spells!"

Ye Qingfeng was shocked. Su Linglong never had such combat power in life, but now her cultivation seemed to have been forcibly raised by some evil power!

"To capture the bandits, first capture the king. Find a way to get close to him."

Lu Xing roared as he swung his sword at Jiang Qiong, but the Corpse Puppet's rotting skin actually took on a metallic luster, tanking the Sword Qi head-on before swiping a claw at Lu Xing's throat!

Clang!

Lu Xing barely managed to block it, but he was knocked back several steps, the skin between his thumb and forefinger splitting open.

He discovered with horror that Jiang Qiong's skeleton was constantly reorganizing and evolving during the battle, and his nails had already turned into black blades like profound iron!

"Lord Ye! We can't hold back anymore!"

Ye Qingfeng's eyes narrowed, his sword stance suddenly becoming fierce. Thirty-six ice crystal Sword Qi poured down like a torrential rain, temporarily forcing back Lü Dong's Corpse Puppet. He took the opportunity to glance at Su Chen at the edge of the battlefield.

At this moment, Jiang Yan was leisurely talking with Chen Jian and the others while constantly playing with four different colored Soul Beads between his fingers, a cynical smile hanging on his lips.

"I'll cover you!" Ye Qingfeng sent a transmission to Lu Xing.

But just as they were preparing to break through, the three Corpse Puppets simultaneously let out ear-piercing shrieks!

Su Linglong's tumorous head exploded, turning into a mist of blood; Jiang Qiong's chest split open, spraying corrosive venom; Lü Dong even self-detonated half his body, with countless Vengeful Spirits flying out from his flesh!

"Retreat!"

Ye Qingfeng transformed his sword into an ice wall while Lu Xing protected himself with Sword Qi. The two retreated hastily.

When the dust settled, the three Corpse Puppets had already reconstructed their bodies. Su Linglong's neck had grown three tumorous heads, bone spikes protruded from Jiang Qiong's back, and Lü Dong had turned into a half-human, half-ghost monster!

In the distance, Jiang Yan turned around and chuckled, "Don't be in such a hurry to find me. The good show has only just begun..."

The three Soul Beads in his hand suddenly lit up with a demonic light, and the pupils of the three Corpse Puppets simultaneously took on the same colors as the beads. In the next instant, they pounced toward the two with speed far exceeding before!

Ye Qingfeng and Lu Xing stood back-to-back, their expressions more solemn than ever.

They knew very well that each of these three Corpse Puppets was now comparable to a Foundation Establishment Great Perfection Cultivator!

"Blood Ice Seal of the Heavens!"

Ye Qingfeng finally brought out his trump card blood-colored sword Talisman and spat a mouthful of Essence Blood onto the blade.

The blade instantly condensed ten thousand feet of ice crystals, freezing the three pouncing Corpse Puppets simultaneously.

Inside the ice, Su Linglong's three tumorous heads were still writhing, Jiang Qiong's bone spikes were still growing, and Lü Dong's ghost body was still moving through the ice, but their actions had slowed a hundredfold!

"Now!"

Lu Xing shouted and pulled out a Purple Thunder Talisman from his robe.

This was his life-saving trump card, originally intended for dealing with the heavenly lightning of Undergoing Tribulation, but now he had no choice but to use it early.

"Heavenly Stellar Thunder Blight, Destroy!"

The Purple Thunder Talisman transformed into a bolt of lightning as thick as a barrel, crashing down onto the frozen Corpse Puppets!

Seeing the effect of this lightning, Jiang Yan clicked his tongue. One must know that to create such a Peerless Grade Talisman, one would need to collect lightning from Undergoing Tribulation. He hadn't expected Lu Xing to actually have one.

'It seems this guy has saved up quite a few good things.'

"Boom...!"

Thunder and frost intertwined and exploded, and under the clash of extreme forces, the three Corpse Puppets finally disintegrated.

Su Linglong's tumorous heads exploded into blood mist, Jiang Qiong's metallic skeleton shattered inch by inch, and Lü Dong's eerie body vanished into ash within the thunder and fire!

As the smoke cleared, Ye Qingfeng knelt on one knee, blood leaking from the corner of his mouth. Lu Xing was in even worse shape, his right arm charred black, clearly a backlash from the thunder Talisman.

The two panted as they looked at each other, both seeing shock and lingering fear in the other's eyes.

A mere three Corpse Puppets had actually forced them to use all their trump cards!

"Oh my... quite a good performance. Unfortunately, this game isn't over yet."

Jiang Yan stood in mid-air, looking at the two mockingly. In his eyes, they were already two corpses.

Ye Qingfeng snapped his head up. Only now did he realize that Su Chen hadn't been refuting him because he was already on the other's death list.

A dog?

An ant?

How laughable. He thought he had calculated everything, but only now did he know that Su Chen didn't care for his schemes at all. Because Su Chen's growth had already surpassed him!

Lu Xing's face was ashen. "We... have all become his stepping stones!"

"I won't accept this!" Ye Qingfeng clenched his fists and pounded the ground, his voice filled with resentment. "Even if I die, I'll drag everyone down with me!"

Lu Xing showed a tragic smile. "Then let everyone disappear with us!"

As their words fell, the aura of the two instantly reached its peak.

"Not good! They're going to forcibly undergo Core Formation and Undergoing Tribulation!"