451: Rescue Wu Tao

Lu Xingchen shook his head slightly and said in a deep voice, "No. This skeleton is too powerful. If the two of you come out, your lives might be in danger!"

Xiao You said in a deep voice, "Then what will you do? Once your secret technique's duration ends, you won't be able to fight him either!"

Lu Xingchen chuckled, "I still have other methods."

With that, he touched the Storage Ring on his finger, and the Puppet of the Eight-Star Martial Venerable Realm appeared beside him.

This Puppet was once the Yinkui Sect Sect Master's protective Puppet. Later, he was destroyed by a single move from Jiang Taishen, and this Puppet fell into Lu Xingchen's hands.

He never had a chance to use it before, but now it finally came in handy.

Lu Xingchen gave the Puppet an order: "Hold him back!"

Immediately, he retreated backward and used the "Soul Breaking Art."

The Robe-clad Skeleton's body was entirely controlled by Soul Power, and Soul attacks would have a miraculous effect on him. If it hit, it would definitely cause him to become stiff.

A black Soul handprint condensed above Lu Xingchen's head, and at the same time, the Puppet charged toward the Robe-clad Skeleton.

The Puppet only possessed fighting instincts, while the Robe-clad Skeleton was controlled by a complete Soul body, and he was incredibly formidable when he was alive.

The Robe-clad Skeleton's combat power was far superior to that of the Puppet.

But Lu Xingchen didn't intend to rely on the Puppet to win; he only needed it to buy him a little time.

Sure enough, before the Puppet and the Robe-clad Skeleton exchanged ten moves, the Robe-clad Skeleton stabbed its chest with a sword.

It was a chilling feeling, yet exhilarating.

However, the Puppet had no sense of pain. Unless it was destroyed by sheer brute force, its combat ability would not be affected.

The Robe-clad Skeleton was controlled by a complete Soul body inside. After missing the first time, he immediately realized the problem and began to dismember the Puppet.

After the two sides exchanged three more moves, the Robe-clad Skeleton severed the Puppet's right arm with a sword.

Then the left arm.

In just over ten seconds, the Puppet's combat power was reduced by more than half.

But it had no thoughts. Unless it was reduced to a pile of fragments, it would strictly carry out Lu Xingchen's orders.

Just as the Robe-clad Skeleton's spirit sword was hacking toward the Puppet's right leg, Lu Xingchen finally finished charging up, and a black Soul handprint struck toward the Robe-clad Skeleton.

The Robe-clad Skeleton reacted quickly, immediately withdrew its spirit sword, and held the sword horizontally across its chest to block.

However, the black handprint passed directly through the Heaven Rank spirit sword and landed on the Soul body inside him.

The Robe-clad Skeleton's Soul body had also reached Spirit Realm Great Perfection, but it had only just achieved the Breakthrough, and it had been depleted over the long years.

Lu Xingchen was only one step away from the Early Heaven Realm, and his Soul Power far surpassed the other's. Coupled with the low-grade heaven rank Martial Skill, he immediately achieved a result that satisfied Lu Xingchen.

The Robe-clad Skeleton let out a painful groan, immediately stopped moving, and stood motionless in place.

The heaven rank middle grade spirit sword in his hand fell to the ground, making a crisp sound.

Lu Xingchen held a supreme-grade purification crystal in his left hand and the shadow sword in his right, charging toward the Robe-clad Skeleton at extremely high speed.

The six sword sheaths were already in position. If the Robe-clad Skeleton suddenly went berserk, he could immediately retreat to a safe zone.

Lu Xingchen placed the purification crystal in front of the Robe-clad Skeleton, levitated it using his fighting Qi, and activated the purification crystal's power.

Dazzling white light shone from the purification crystal, and then small clusters of light flew out, merging into the Robe-clad Skeleton.

The Soul body that was Sealed inside the Robe-clad Skeleton broke through the Seal and flew out.

It was a handsome young man, with sword-like eyebrows, starry eyes, and upright features, giving off a sense of integrity and seriousness.

At this moment, thick black iron chains tightly restrained the handsome young man's body.

The power of the purification crystal was continuously impacting the black iron chains, causing them to become increasingly illusory.

Seeing this, Lu Xingchen was delighted.

His guess was correct; this Saint of the Chixiao Sect was indeed restricted by a secret technique.

But whether he could break through the secret technique now depended not only on the purification crystal's ability but also on the Saint's willpower.

He could do nothing about the latter, but regarding the purification crystal, if one was not enough, he would use two, five, or even ten.

He wasn't lacking in exchange points!

Stimulated by the external force, the black iron chains suddenly tightened, bringing intense pain to the Soul body.

He saw him clutching his head, constantly roaring, and incessantly shouting, "Kill him! Kill him!"

Lu Xingchen sighed softly and said in a deep voice, "Senior, although I don't know you, I sympathize with your plight. It seems these Four Great Demonic Sects truly aren't good things. Even after death, they use a secret technique to imprison your Soul, preventing you from re-entering Reincarnation."

"I am insignificant, shallow in foundation, and weak in ability. This is all I can do for you. Whether you can break through this secret technique depends on your own capability!"

Lu Xingchen knew the other party couldn't hear his words, but he felt compelled to speak his mind.

The handsome young man struggled constantly. The color of the black iron chains grew fainter, and the light from the purification crystal was also slowly dimming. The three forces were engaged in a continuous contest.

After three minutes, the black chains became almost nonexistent, but the purification crystal also exhausted its energy, shattered with a boom, and dissipated into the world as specks of white light.

Lu Xingchen frowned, opened the System shop, and purchased another purification crystal.

Just as he took the new purification crystal out of his Storage Ring, the black iron chains on the handsome young man rapidly disintegrated, breaking off one by one.

Lu Xingchen sighed softly, thinking, "Darn it, couldn't he have achieved the Breakthrough a little sooner? What a waste of my one million exchange points!"

He gave a wry smile and put the purification crystal back into his Storage Ring.

The black iron chains completely shattered, turning into specks of light and vanishing into the world.

The chains were originally the Incarnation of the restrictive secret technique; once the technique was broken, they naturally disappeared.

The handsome Soul body bowed to Lu Xingchen and said softly, "My name is Wu Tao, the 24th Saint of the Chixiao Sect. Although I was restricted before, I could still perceive the outside world. I know everything the young friend said and did. Thank you, young friend, for saving me. May I know your honorable name?"

Hearing this, Lu Xingchen was inwardly delighted.

It seemed this Wu Tao was quite reasonable and spoke so politely.

Since he had helped him such a great deal, it was time to make a request!

Lu Xingchen also bowed and said solemnly, "Lu Dazhuang, Peak Master of the Lingyun Sect, greets Senior Wu Tao!"

Wu Tao waved his hand and chuckled, "There's no need to call me Senior. I was only 25 when I was killed, not much older than you. Now, I have one question that concerns me the most: What was the result of the Final Holy War? Who won?"

"I have been trapped inside this skeleton for over a hundred years and know nothing about the outside world."