243: You deserve to be possessed by a ghost?

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When Xie Weilou heard Yan Junlin's familiar words, his expression froze, and his eyes revealed a mix of resentment and jealousy. Was he inviting a ghost to possess him again?

It was bad enough that Yan Wugou's ghostly grandfather possessed him, but now Yan Junlin was playing this game too?

Very good!

Very good indeed!

So everyone's playing like this, huh?

"You really deserve to die!"

Xie Weilou stared at Yan Junlin, his face red with envy, but this was no time for hesitation. He decisively rushed into the distance.

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Yan Junlin was baffled by Xie Weilou's sudden hostility, completely at a loss.

Just as the war halberd was about to strike him, a demonic token flew out from his storage ring, followed by a terrifying soul attack.

He hadn't invited a ghost to possess him; this token contained a wisp of soul power given to him by a senior, which just happened to be able to block the attack.

Boom!

The golden war halberd clashed with the soul attack. The soul attack was shattered, the token exploded, and a powerful shockwave sent Yan Junlin flying.

Yan Junlin's clothes were torn, and a trail of blood flowed from beneath his mask. He didn't pay it much mind, turning and fleeing.

However, the headless corpse seemed to have fixated on him, once again riding its bone warhorse to pursue him.

"What's the meaning of this? There are so many other people around, why is it only targeting me?"

Yan Junlin was also dumbfounded, a bit bewildered.

But the next second, he understood, because eleven ancient corpses instantly appeared in the distance. Like the headless corpse, they were all in the Divine Court Realm. After these corpses appeared, they fiercely charged towards Yan Ruyu and the others.

"Now I feel more balanced," Yan Junlin thought to himself, quickly fleeing for his life.

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Xie Weilou only breathed a sigh of relief after passing through several large mountains.

At this moment, his face was extremely pale, and blood constantly spilled from the corner of his mouth. The power of the headless corpse was wildly destroying his heart, and even with the Nirvana Sutra circulating to its extreme, he found it difficult to recover quickly.

"Divine Court Realm, truly abnormal," Xie Weilou said with a bitter smile. At this moment, he finally understood how lucky he had been to kill Grand Elder Xie Yuan earlier.

"Xie Weilou, you are......"

Just then, Lin Qinghuang rushed over from the front. At this moment, she was covered in blood, her face extremely pale, one arm was already broken, and a hideous bloody hole appeared on her chest.

When Xie Weilou saw Lin Qinghuang, his gaze sharpened, and he said in a deep voice, "I was hunted by a Divine Court Realm expert. What happened to you? You're so severely injured."

Lin Qinghuang's injuries looked extremely serious.

Lin Qinghuang said in a condensed voice, "I accidentally stumbled into a pool and encountered the great fiend of the Void Heaven Sword Arena. I was severely wounded by it, but the problem isn't too big; I won't die. Those floating corpses are chasing after us, so let's escape first!"

As soon as she finished speaking, hundreds of bizarre corpses appeared behind her. Each corpse was dripping wet, emitting a strong stench, and permeated with dense death qi, like water ghosts.

These bizarre corpses were not weak in strength; at the very least, they were at the Dao Repository Realm, and there were quite a few in the Dragon Transformation Realm as well.

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Xie Weilou grabbed Lin Qinghuang's arm, his body turning into an afterimage as he rushed towards another direction.

Lin Qinghuang said in a deep voice, "These corpses are all people from the Void Heaven Sword Arena. After their tragic deaths back then, they transformed into strange floating corpses, all imprisoned within that pool......"

Xie Weilou didn't say much, quickly fleeing, but he vaguely felt something was wrong, because he discovered that the surrounding space was distorting, as if a mysterious grand formation was sealing off the world.

After fleeing for a while.

Xie Weilou suddenly stopped, because a bizarre, ink-black pool appeared in front of him. The pool was circular, three hundred meters in diameter, and sealed by twelve ancient stone pillars around it.

Terrifying death qi permeated from within the pool, making the surrounding world dim and incredibly oppressive.

Xie Weilou looked at Lin Qinghuang with a complicated expression: "You're not talking about... this pool, are you?"

Lin Qinghuang was silent for a second: "It is this pool!"

Their escape direction was completely different from the pool's direction, yet they still ended up here, clearly indicating a maze (maze formation) at work.

On the other side.

Yan Junlin and the others were also chased to this spot by the corpses. There were dozens of people before, but now only Yan Junlin, Yan Ruyu, Yan Qingcheng, Li Qiu, and Chunsheng Jun remained.

As for Ye Gucheng and others, they still hadn't appeared, likely still within the eastern wasteland tower.

"What's going on?" Yan Junlin's pupils constricted when he saw Yan Ruyu and the others. His escape route was completely different from theirs, so how did they all end up in the same place?

He then looked down at Xie Weilou and Lin Qinghuang, his eyes filled with surprise and doubt.

"A formation!" Yan Ruyu's eyes flashed with a sinister light. She looked at the pool ahead, feeling her soul tremble. Something terrifying seemed to be hidden within this pool.

A moment later.

Ye Guhong and the two Grand Elders from the Tai Xuan Sect and Tianyin Temple flew over. They exchanged glances, their eyes also showing surprise; clearly, they had taken different paths but still arrived at the same place!

"It's getting lively now," Xie Weilou said with a faint smile.

Lin Qinghuang transmitted a message: "Did you get the Taixu Spirit Fire?"

"Mm!" Xie Weilou nodded slightly.

Lin Qinghuang's expression was extremely grave: "There's a formation in this area. Later, I'll use the eastern wasteland tower to shatter it. At that time, escape as fast as possible. The thing in this pool is too ferocious; even a Divine Court Realm expert probably can't deal with it..."

"Good!" Xie Weilou's gaze sharpened.

At this point, whatever great fortune the Void Heaven Sword Arena held was secondary. The immediate priority was to preserve their lives.

"Roar!"

Hundreds of floating corpses charged over, directly surrounding everyone present.

Boom!

Just then, the headless corpse appeared, riding its bone warhorse, accompanied by eleven other corpses. At this moment, they didn't attack Xie Weilou and the others; instead, they fiercely charged towards the floating corpses.

The headless corpse and its companions seemed to be the guardians of this place, responsible for slaying intruders and suppressing the great fiends here.

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Yan Junlin and the others looked extremely solemn, not daring to make a move.

The hundreds of floating corpses were no match for the headless corpse and its companions. In an instant, they were completely annihilated, turning into bursts of blood mist, and overwhelming death qi permeated the surroundings.

After suppressing the hundreds of floating corpses, the headless corpse and the other twelve corpses charged directly towards the stone pillars surrounding the pool. They stood on the stone pillars, forming strange hand seals, and poured all their power into the pillars.

Buzz!

The stone pillars vibrated, and powerful energy erupted, forming an ancient grand formation that sealed the pool.

"Roar!"

A roar came from within the pool. The sky-high death qi instantly surged into the pool, frantically eroding the grand formation.

The newly formed ancient grand formation was immediately corroded by the death qi, developing dense cracks.

Boom!

Then, a bizarre gray hand burst out of the pool, shattering the grand formation, and slapped outwards.

The twelve stone pillars immediately exploded, and the twelve Divine Court Realm corpses were directly sent flying.

Pool water splashed and surged continuously, as an ancient, mysterious gray stone figure rushed out from within the pool.

Its body was covered in chains and numerous sealing runes. It held a stone spear in its hand, and its face only had a pair of blood-red eyes, with no ears, nose, or mouth, making it look very bizarre.

The aura emanating from the stone figure was terrifying, incomparably stronger than that of the twelve Divine Court Realm corpses......