165: The incarnation of the high priest!

Before Li Shengyuan could speak, the black-robed Demon Sect High Priest looked at the Six Demon Lords, who had been ravaged and destroyed by the Divine Demon Sky-Annihilating Imprint, and sighed, "It's impressive enough for someone so young to break through to the Third Rank in two cultivation systems, but to be able to kill a Second Rank with a Third Rank cultivation? You've made such immense progress in just one year that even I find it unbelievable. It's no wonder that the Six Demon Lords has fallen into your hands twice!"

"Shengyuan, your talent is truly unprecedented in my life. I had noticed you before, but I never imagined you would grow to this extent. If it weren't necessary, I truly wouldn't want to be your enemy. It's just a pity that fate is hard to defy!"

Seeing this, Li Shengyuan couldn't help but sneer, "Since you know I'm strong, just commit suicide directly. If you fall into my hands, you'll die a very miserable death!"

"Heh..."

The black-robed Demon Sect High Priest smiled indifferently, "I look forward to our next real meeting."

Li Shengyuan: "???"

He couldn't help but look at him with a puzzled expression. Weren't they meeting right now?

What did he mean by 'next meeting'?

Before Li Shengyuan could think further, he saw a black demonic flame ignite around the black-robed Demon Sect High Priest in the distance.

Li Shengyuan's eyes narrowed. The black-robed Demon Sect High Priest gradually turned into a wisp of black smoke and vanished from his sight...

At the last moment, Li Shengyuan seemed to have seen the Demon Sect High Priest's calm gaze through the black robe.

Li Shengyuan frowned, looking in the direction where the Demon Sect High Priest had disappeared, and asked suspiciously, "An external incarnation?"

This was an ability possessed by cultivators at the Second Rank, allowing them to separate their divine soul and condense a divine soul incarnation that possessed some of the main body's strength.

If the incarnation was destroyed, the main body's divine soul would be damaged, affecting some of its strength.

If the main body's divine soul was destroyed, the divine soul incarnation, though injured, would not die immediately; instead, it could continue to live, but its strength would be greatly reduced, and it would be almost impossible to recover to its peak...

Even so, this powerful survival method was enough to make lower-ranked cultivators envious.

However, this external incarnation of the Demon Sect High Priest knew it was no match for Li Shengyuan. Rather than risk being captured, it was better to simply self-destruct.

How decisive!

But if even this incarnation was comparable to a Second Rank, how strong was the main body of this mysterious Demon Sect High Priest?

First Rank?

Very likely!

The next moment, Li Shengyuan's figure flickered, and he arrived at the location where the Demon Sect High Priest had self-destructed, frowning as he observed.

But suddenly, his heart stirred, and a wisp of spiritual energy, enveloped by Pure Yang Qi, was taken out from his dantian.

He had discovered this when he found Minister Sun's underground world at the well entrance before coming to the Northern Frontier!

To find the person who had informed him, Li Shengyuan had specifically preserved it. He hadn't expected to find something related to it at Shanhai Pass after more than a year!

Li Shengyuan's expression gradually became solemn, "It's not one person..."

"But they share the same origin!"

Was the person who wanted to spread information to him from the lineage of the Demon Sect High Priest?

Li Shengyuan stood frozen. Minister Sun was clearly in the Demon Sect's camp, so why would he do such a thing?

His heart was filled with doubts.

Could it be that the Demon Sect was also in an internal conflict and wanted to use his hand to kill someone?

Li Shengyuan couldn't figure it out and sighed, "The one who truly made a move is most likely someone from the capital. Only by returning to the capital and catching him can I know the truth..."

Putting the wisp of spiritual energy back, Li Shengyuan planned to continue his investigation after the matters at Shanhai Pass in the Northern Frontier were resolved and he returned to the capital.

At this moment, the power of the Divine Demon Sky-Annihilating Imprint, which was ravaging the Six Demon Lords, was also gradually dissipating.

The Five Elements Talisman Array, which had trapped Qingyang Sect Master Sect Leader Fang Xiaolin, no longer had the Demon Sect High Priest's control, and its power was rapidly dissipating. Sect Leader Fang Xiaolin finally broke free from it...

He was somewhat disheveled at this time, his Daoist robe and magical attire were tattered, his face was pale, and his aura was weak.

Clearly, dealing with this Five Elements Talisman Array had consumed a lot of his energy.

Indeed, something produced by a First Rank Demon Sect High Priest was extraordinary!

Sect Leader Fang Xiaolin's expression was solemn as he surveyed his surroundings. The fact that he could easily break free from the Five Elements Talisman Array indicated that the black-robed man had let go.

Could it be that Shanhai Pass already...

He didn't dare to think deeply, but without him blocking the Six Demon Lords, it would have been impossible for the strong individuals of Shanhai Pass alone to stop him!

Just as he was worried, he saw Li Shengyuan not far away. Sect Leader Fang Xiaolin's eyes lit up. When he was trapped in the Five Elements Talisman Array, he couldn't sense changes in the outside world.

Since Li Shengyuan was here, and the black-robed man's trace was gone, there was only one possibility: the black-robed man had been annihilated.

Flying to Li Shengyuan's side, Sect Leader Fang Xiaolin cupped his hands and smiled, "Qingyang Sect Master Sect Leader Fang Xiaolin, Lord Li, this time I salute you!"

Li Shengyuan looked at Sect Leader Fang Xiaolin with a look of sudden realization. He hadn't met him before, as he had been in seclusion breaking through. Now that Sect Leader Fang Xiaolin introduced himself, he knew who he was.

Smiling, he cupped his hands in return, "Thank you, Sect Master Fang, for guarding Shanhai Pass. Sect Master Fang is truly righteous!"

"I am a person of the Northern Frontier, and it is my good fortune to be able to contribute to Shanhai Pass!" Sect Leader Fang Xiaolin said with a gentle smile.

He then looked around with a puzzled expression, as well as at the area ravaged by the gradually weakening Divine Demon Sky-Annihilating Imprint.

Looking at Li Shengyuan, he asked in confusion, "Lord Li, where are that black-robed man and the Six Demon Lords? Did you kill them all?"

"I don't have the ability to kill two Second Ranks in a row..." Li Shengyuan smiled and shook his head, then explained,

"The black-robed man was an external incarnation of the Demon Sect High Priest and has already self-destructed and dispersed. As for the Six Demon Lords..."

Li Shengyuan pointed to the area where the Divine Demon Sky-Annihilating Imprint was gradually dissipating and smiled, "He's probably dead and gone. If he's lucky, there might still be some flesh and blood left!"

Sect Leader Fang Xiaolin looked at Li Shengyuan with a shocked expression upon hearing this, then his gaze became blank as he looked in the direction he pointed.

Waves of shock surged in his heart!

He... no, all Third Ranks who dreamed of reaching the Second Rank their entire lives but failed, had actually been killed by Li Shengyuan, who was only a Third Rank, all by himself?!

This...

Sect Leader Fang Xiaolin felt incomparably bitter inside for a moment, not knowing what to say.

At this moment, Li Shengyuan smiled lightly at him, "The energy aftershocks have dissipated. It will be troublesome, Sect Master Fang, but please come with me to investigate. We can't let the Six Demon Lords escape by some fluke and survive."

Sect Leader Fang Xiaolin felt his mouth and tongue dry, and he nodded with a bitter smile.

"Okay."

The two walked side by side to the center of the destruction, extending their divine souls to prevent the Six Demon Lords from escaping.

Feeling the chaotic destructive aura at the center, Sect Leader Fang Xiaolin felt his heart tremble. It was hard to imagine how terrifying it would have been at its peak.

He wondered how strong the Six Demon Lords would have to be to survive this?

He had most likely already died and turned to ashes...

A moment later, the two arrived before a fragmented heart that was slowly beating.

The black-red heart was riddled with holes, but its beating told Li Shengyuan and Sect Leader Fang Xiaolin that he still had a breath of life.

Li Shengyuan felt the familiar aura on the fragmented heart and couldn't help but click his tongue in wonder, sighing, "This Six Demon Lords's life is truly tenacious. He's even more resilient than an unkillable cockroach; he's not completely dead yet!"

Sect Leader Fang Xiaolin was also very surprised by this, but he looked at Li Shengyuan and asked curiously, "Lord Li, who is this 'unkillable cockroach'?"

"A cockroach is just a 'Xiaoqiang'!" Li Shengyuan replied with a smile.

Ignoring Sect Leader Fang Xiaolin, who was bewildered and confused, he took control of the heart in front of him and chuckled, "A Second Rank Martial Artist's heart, this is a great treasure!"