314: Chapter 314 My Lord, Come and Play!

Lin Ming evaded rapidly.

With the grace of a swimming Dragon, he dodged the Puppet's storm-like offensive entirely.

The Puppet's attacks struggled to even touch Lin Ming.

At this moment, the Puppet retreated again.

It once again pulled back dozens of paces from Lin Ming, and its twin blades struck the ground.

The twin blades were thrust directly into the floor.

Using the twin blades as a medium, a dark red aura spread across the area, corroding the ground.

In the blink of an eye, this dark red aura reached Lin Ming's feet.

Lin Ming kicked off the ground and leapt into the air.

Just as Lin Ming leapt, the Puppet moved simultaneously.

With the dark red aura coating its blades, it jumped up and rushed before Lin Ming, bringing its twin blades down.

A massive seal immediately condensed in front of Lin Ming.

Spirit Severing Seal

The massive seal crashed onto the Puppet, suppressing it directly.

Although Lin Ming could only display strength at the Spirit Treasury Realm right now, his Spirit Severing Seal was a Spell Art at the genuine Perfection level.

Under the Spirit Severing Seal, the Puppet was pinned to the ground; it tried to struggle, but was unable to break free from the seal's constraints, left only to writhe.

The dark red aura also dissipated under the impact of the Spirit Severing Seal.

Lin Ming walked up to the Puppet and located its energy core, shattering it with a single sword strike.

Losing its supply of Origin Qi, the Puppet instantly ceased its struggling and lay powerless on the ground.

Lin Ming then collected the Puppet as his spoils of war.

Since he intended to study the Dao of Puppetry, he could take this Puppet apart for research; it couldn't be allowed to go to waste.

Following the Puppet's defeat, the stone door ahead opened.

Lin Ming walked through the stone door and arrived at the place where the rewards were kept.

This time, the rewards were clearly more complete and of a significantly higher grade than before.

For instance, the first volume of the Wuji Yin-Yang Sutra was no longer a fragment, but a complete first volume.

However, of the top-tier Sects' Cultivation Techniques, only the first volume of the Wuji Yin-Yang Sutra was stored here.

The techniques of other top-tier Righteous Path and Demonic Path forces were gone, replaced by techniques from first-rate Sects, which were still incomplete fragments.

As for other things like weapon manuals, Pill Formulas, the Legacy of the Dao of Puppetry, and an Alchemist's insights, they had all been upgraded to the sixth rank.

This time, he could still only choose one item.

Lin Ming did not choose the Legacy of the Dao of Puppetry this time, but instead selected a piece of Ore.

Sixth-rank spiritual material—Netherfrost Stone

...

First Floor

The burly man returned to the first floor, slowly walking out of the passage; his gait gave off a sense of uncoordination.

Furthermore, he felt like a completely different person than before.

“Junior Brother Zhao, congratulations,” Tao Jingxuan said with a smile.

Tao Jingxuan said with a face full of smiles.

“Hmph...”

Junior Brother Zhao gave a cold snort in response.

“Junior Brother Zhao, this body isn't bad; the inferior ones were already disposed of in advance,” Tao Jingxuan chuckled.

Tao Jingxuan laughed.

He naturally knew why Junior Brother Zhao had such an expression; it was likely because this body was the worst among the twenty people.

Otherwise, it wouldn't have been Junior Brother Zhao's turn.

But the 'worst' among these twenty was only relative to them; otherwise, it would have been disposed of long ago.

“Among these people, there is a girl with a Nine-and-a-half-segment aptitude,” Junior Brother Zhao said deeply.

Junior Brother Zhao said in a deep voice.

That was a terrifying cultivation Aptitude reaching nine-and-a-half segments.

What Junior Brother Zhao wanted more was her body.

Unfortunately, it wasn't his turn.

“Su Lianxue, a Disciple of a Nirvana Ancestor from Yuanxu Mountain,” Tao Jingxuan said.

Tao Jingxuan said.

He hadn't expected Yuanxu Mountain to send this Prodigy into the territory of their Inverse Demon Cult; they truly weren't afraid of her perishing inside.

However, this played right into their hands.

If such a Prodigy could be used by them, it would be for the best.

This was also why he had intervened in time when the people from Yuanxu Mountain and the Shangji Sect had clashed earlier.

If the fighting between the two sides couldn't be stopped, he would have helped the Shangji Sect.

A talent like Su Lianxue could not be allowed to have an accident; sacrificing a few other talents for her sake was worth it.

Now it remained to be seen which one of them could seize Su Lianxue's body.

“I must congratulate you, Junior Brother, for being the first to step out of the cage,” Tao Jingxuan laughed.

Tao Jingxuan laughed.

“Only you are alive, Senior Brother.”

Seeing only Tao Jingxuan, Junior Brother Zhao understood.

“Yes.”

Tao Jingxuan said with a calm expression.

The five keys had stored the Divine Souls of five people.

Their initial plan was for the five of them to use the Reverse Life Method to reside within their Divine Souls, and after waking up, they would perform Possession on others, then find people with excellent talent to lure here for others to possess.

The idea was good, but they had underestimated the price of the Reverse Life Method.

When he woke up, over eight thousand years had already passed, and his Divine Soul was already extremely weak; he had no choice but to possess a cultivator in the Sea-Opening Realm, slowly recovering his cultivation to the first stage of the Spirit Treasury Realm.

As for the matter of the Sect's treasury, he naturally hadn't revealed it to anyone.

In eight thousand years, the treasury had already appeared before the world.

As for the other four, he had tried to contact them, but there had been no news.

He could now be certain that their Divine Souls had dissipated.

“Wuji Pavilion, hmph.”

From the burly man's memories, Junior Brother Zhao also knew that the Wuji Pavilion had already perished.

It seemed his plan to seek revenge against the Wuji Pavilion had fallen through.

“The Wuji Pavilion is gone, but there is a Shangji Sect that inherited the Wuji lineage,” Tao Jingxuan said.

Tao Jingxuan said.

The Wuji Pavilion was gone, but their lineage still remained.

“The Shangji Sect... we'll deal with them later,” Junior Brother Zhao said deeply.

Junior Brother Zhao said in a deep voice.

In the burly man's memories, there was also the existence of the Shangji Sect.

However, the strength of this Shangji Sect was greater than that of the Wuji Pavilion; wanting to destroy the Shangji Sect would not be a simple matter.

Now, the primary goal was still to escape.

Eight thousand years of time had made them increasingly weak; if not for the protection of this high tower, they wouldn't have lasted until now.

If Tao Jingxuan hadn't come, their Divine Souls would likely have completely dissipated here.

The sound of footsteps rang out.

Another person was seen coming down from the passage.

The feeling they gave off was also completely different from before.

...

A luxurious palace.

Lin Ming sat in a high position.

In his arms to the left and right, there was a beautiful woman with half-bare breasts.

Below was a crowd of gorgeous women in revealing clothes, dancing their bodies before Lin Ming.

A scene of debauchery.

“Husband, eat some fruit.”

The woman in his left arm picked up a grape and brought it to Lin Ming's face with a pitiful look.

“Husband, have some wine.”

The beauty on the right displayed her charm, holding a wine cup up to Lin Ming.

Immediately after, the group of beauties below split into two rows, coming up from the left and right to surround Lin Ming in the middle.

“Husband, come play.”