437: Better to be a broken piece of jade than a whole piece of tile!

Buzz!

The Talisman was instantly activated!

Gentle spatial power enveloped the five of them, and their figures began to blur and become illusory!

“No—!”

For the first time, Han Ruyan's icy blue eyes showed such intense emotional fluctuations.

She looked at Ling Xuzi's resolute and aged back, at the sky-obscuring demonic banner and countless ferocious soul shadows.

An indescribable sense of sorrow and powerlessness surged in her heart.

“Trying to run?! Stay here!”

Hun Ya watched helplessly as the 'fat meat' that was almost in his mouth, especially the silver-haired beauty he coveted, was about to disappear.

He immediately flew into a rage, roaring in anger, “Big Brother! Quick! Stop them!”

“Bastard!”

Hun Jiu, who had been blasted away, struggled to get up, and seeing this scene also filled him with fury.

Especially thinking that Han Ruyan's cold and stunning face was about to slip away, it made his heart itch unbearably!

A trace of madness flashed in his eyes!

“Heavenly Demon Disintegration Great Art!”

Hun Jiu slammed his chest, spitting out a large mouthful of vital blood containing rich Demonic Essence!

The vital blood instantly ignited, transforming into a pitch-black, destructive demonic flame that enveloped him!

His originally weak aura surged wildly like a volcanic eruption.

It instantly broke through the limit of Mid-stage Soul Transformation, reaching the Late Stage Soul Transformation as well!

The price was that his skin cracked inch by inch, seeping black demonic blood, and his aura was violent and unstable!

“Old scoundrel! Ruining my plans! I'll refine you into a main soul and make you suffer the pain of ten thousand souls devouring your heart!”

Hun Jiu, looking like a mad Devil Head, charged with monstrous demonic flames.

Together with Hun Ya, who was also fully activating his soul devouring banner, he frantically lunged at Ling Xuzi!

This time, they not only wanted to keep those five Disciples,

but also to completely annihilate Ling Xuzi, who was suffering from the backlash of forbidden medicine and was at the end of his rope, and absorb him into the soul devouring banner!

The soul devouring banner's power surged under the full activation of the two Soul Transformation Stage Devil Heads!

The sky-obscuring black banner flapped loudly, and countless soul shadows condensed into two giant demonic claws, as if from the Nine Netherworlds.

One claw grabbed at Han Ruyan and the other four, who were about to disappear, while the other, with the might to tear heaven and earth apart, fiercely grabbed at Ling Xuzi!

Ling Xuzi looked at the sky-obscuring demonic claws, at the ferocious faces of Hun Jiu and Hun Ya.

He also felt the rapidly draining power within his body and the surging pain of the backlash.

A hint of relief flashed in his eyes, immediately turning into a resolute determination to perish together!

“You demon brats! My Myriad Sword Valley Cultivators would rather be broken jade than a whole tile! Want to use this old man to sacrifice your banner? Dream on!”

“Let's go together—!!!”

Boom—!!!!

Within Ling Xuzi's body, that violent Late Stage Soul Transformation power,

along with his Primordial Spirit cultivated for hundreds of years, was completely detonated by him without reservation at this moment!

A destructive energy, ten or even a hundred times more terrifying than the previous Sky-Rending Slash, erupted with him at the center!

Blinding white light instantly swallowed everything! Space shattered inch by inch like a fragile mirror!

A massive, destructive energy light sphere rapidly expanded.

It completely engulfed the charging Hun Jiu, Hun Ya, and those two giant demonic claws!

The terrifying explosion's shockwave swept across dozens of miles like a world-ending tsunami!

The dense fog was completely dispelled, and the withered forest below was torn to shreds like paper, turning into dust!

The earth trembled violently, cracking open bottomless ravines!

A gigantic mushroom cloud, mixed with Devilish Qi, Sword Qi, and destructive energy, shot straight into the sky!

After an unknown period, the destructive storm finally subsided slightly.

At the center of the explosion, a terrifying deep pit hundreds of zhang in diameter appeared, its bottom scorched black, emitting wisps of smoke.

At the edge of the deep pit, a disheveled figure coughed violently, struggling to get up.

It was Hun Jiu! His demonic armor was already shattered, revealing his scorched, cracked skin underneath, constantly oozing black blood.

His aura was extremely weak, and his Realm had fallen to Early Stage Spirit Transformation.

Moreover, his Foundation was severely damaged, and his eyes were filled with lingering fear and venom.

Behind him, Hun Ya's situation was slightly better, but he was also covered in dirt and dust, blood oozing from the corner of his mouth.

The soul devouring banner in his hand was much dimmer, and there were even a few faint cracks on its surface.

If Hun Jiu hadn't desperately protected him at the last moment,

and used the soul devouring banner to block most of the core power of the self-detonation, he would have probably been Soul Flying Away and Spirit Scattering by now.

“Cough cough... Damn old scoundrel! That self-detonation was really ruthless!”

Hun Ya cursed with lingering fear, then looked at Hun Jiu, “Big Brother, how are you?”

“Can't die!” Hun Jiu spat out a mouthful of black blood, his eyes terrifyingly sinister.

“That old bastard even self-detonated his Primordial Spirit, Soul Flying Away and Spirit Scattering! He got off easy!”

He then looked in the direction where Han Ruyan and the others disappeared, and lust and greed reignited in his eyes.

“Duck Brother! Quick! Use the soul devouring banner to sense! Those five little brats used Low Grade instant teleportation Talismans, they can't have run far! Especially that silver-haired girl, we absolutely can't let her escape! Chase them!”

“Especially that silver-haired girl, we absolutely can't let her escape! Chase them!”

Hun Ya looked at Hun Jiu, who was gravely injured and on the verge of death yet still obsessed with women.

He grumbled inwardly but dared not disobey, quickly nodding: “Yes, Big Brother! I'll go now! That silver-haired girl is definitely Big Brother's!”

“That silver-haired girl is definitely Big Brother's!”

He suppressed his injuries and once again activated the soul devouring banner. An invisible fluctuation spread out.

It instantly locked onto the direction of residual spatial fluctuations hundreds of miles away.

“Found them! Over there!”

A green flame flashed in Hun Ya's eyes, and he transformed into a faint black smoke, rapidly chasing in the sensed direction!

Although his speed was not as fast as in his prime, it far exceeded that of an ordinary Nascent Soul Cultivator.

Hun Jiu watched Hun Ya leave, coughed out a few more mouthfuls of black blood, sat down cross-legged.

He took out a foul-smelling black Medicinal Pill and swallowed it, beginning to difficultly regulate his breathing and suppress his injuries.

His eyes flickered with venomous light: “Silver-haired girl... once I recover a bit, I will surely make you wish for death but be unable to die!”

Dozens of miles away, in a ravaged mountain hollow.

Space twisted, and five figures stumbled out in disarray. It was Han Ruyan, Lin Feng, and the other three.

Thump! Thump!

Except for Han Ruyan, who barely managed to steady herself by leaning on her sword,

Lin Feng and the other three Disciples all fell to the ground, their faces pale as paper, their auras extremely weak.

Forcibly activating the Five Elements Sword Formation to resist the soul devouring banner, and then experiencing spatial teleportation, their Divine Souls and bodies had suffered heavy damage.

“Junior Martial Uncle... Junior Martial Uncle he...”

Lin Feng struggled to sit up, his tiger eyes filled with tears, his voice choked.

Elder Ling Xuzi, to save them, resolutely took a forbidden medicine and even self-detonated his Primordial Spirit to perish with the enemy!

This kindness was as heavy as a mountain!

The other three Disciples were also filled with grief and indignation, their fists clenched tightly.

Han Ruyan tightly pressed her pale lips together, and in the depths of her icy blue eyes,

was surging grief, anger, and a hint of... confusion that even she herself hadn't noticed.

Elder Ling Xuzi's voice and smile were still vivid in her mind, and his resolute self-detonating figure was deeply imprinted in her heart.

She had never felt death so close, nor had she ever felt so powerless.

“This place is not suitable for long stays!”

She forcibly suppressed the metallic taste in her throat and the surging emotions, her voice carrying a barely perceptible tremor.

Yet, she still maintained her last bit of calm. Her damaged Divine Thought struggled to extend outwards.

Although the range was compressed to the extreme, the sensation of that insidious, evil aura, like a maggot in the bone, rapidly approaching from behind,

was incredibly clear! “That Devil Head... is chasing us!”