39: Chapter 39: Suppressing the Enemy in the Bud

Deep within the Nine Nether Soul Burial Valley.

Mo Yuan stood atop the altar, his black robes fluttering without wind, his deep eyes reflecting every inch of the valley.

He shrouded a hundred miles with his Void Refining Divine Thought.

Every Formation pattern and node of the Nine Nether Demon Refining Formation was under his control.

Four Elders of the Soul Transformation Stage guarded the four directions, their auras connecting into one, like four insurmountable mountains.

Eighteen Nascent Soul Cultivators jointly formed the Black Fiend Sky-Locking Formation, completely sealing off the outer perimeter of the valley.

Layer upon layer of Formations.

It could be said that at this moment, even if a Void Refining expert wanted to force their way into the Nine Nether Soul Burial Valley, they would have to break a few teeth doing so.

Xiao Ran stood below the altar, feeling this overwhelming pressure, his heart filled with indescribable shock.

This was the true foundation of the Eternal Night Demon Sect!

To be able to casually mobilize three Soul Transformation experts and eighteen Nascent Soul Cultivators to set up a Void Refining grade killing Formation.

If the Shiyin Sect really dared to come, there would be no chance of survival.

"Hall Master, will they really come out in full force?" Xiao Ran couldn't help but ask.

Mo Yuan gazed at the eastern horizon and said calmly, "The remnant pages of the Ten Thousand Corpse True Scripture are one thing, and the other treasures are the second. The temptation of these two things to the Shiyin Sect is enough to make them mobilize in full force."

"However, if that old ghost, the Corpse Demon, is still alive, he definitely won't come personally."

"That old thing treasures his life the most. The fact that he was able to escape with a remnant soul during that siege years ago was entirely due to this caution."

"Corpse Demon Heavenly Venerate?" Xiao Ran was startled. This was the former Sect Master of the Shiyin Sect, a prime target for both righteous and demonic paths.

"Didn't he fall a thousand years ago?" Xiao Ran asked.

"At the Void Refinement Peak, how could it be so easy to die completely?" Mo Yuan sneered.

"Back then, seven Void Refining experts besieged him, indeed shattering his Physical Body and Primordial Spirit, but that old fellow had trump cards and managed to escape by luck."

"All these years, he must have been lingering on in some Yin Sha forbidden land, waiting for a chance to reshape his Physical Body." As Mo Yuan spoke, his gaze drifted toward Xiao Ran.

Xiao Ran felt a chill in his heart.

Am I a popular target again?

If the Corpse Demon Heavenly Venerate is truly still alive, even if only a remnant soul remains, it is definitely a big problem.

"Hall Master, then this time..."

"Just fishing." Mo Yuan's tone was calm.

"If we can hook a few big Soul Transformation fish and swallow the resources the Shiyin Sect has accumulated for a thousand years, it will be a huge profit."

"As for that old ghost, the Corpse Demon... if he dares to show his face, I will refine him completely to complete my Nine Nether Demon Refining Diagram." His words were filled with chilling killing intent.

Xiao Ran said nothing more and retreated to the side to adjust his breathing.

He was waiting.

Waiting for Wu Yuan, waiting for the Shiyin Sect, waiting for this slaughter that was destined to flow with blood to begin.

Three days later.

A hundred miles outside the Nine Nether Soul Burial Valley, three figures landed quietly.

It was Wu Yuan and those two Shiyin Sect disciples at the last stage of Golden Core.

The three of them looked solemn, gazing at the valley ahead shrouded in dense Yin Qi, their eyes filled with both greed and trepidation.

"Elder Wu, the intensity of the Yin Sha here far exceeds ordinary forbidden lands."

"It's probably no coincidence that Han Li fled here." One of the disciples whispered a warning.

Wu Yuan's eyes flickered upon hearing this. He had followed the instructions of the Corpse Guiding Curse all the way here.

Furthermore, the Corpse Yin Curse showed that the brat Han Li had been motionless in this place for a day. It was clearly healing.

"That brat is just a Loose Cultivator. It's possible he's afraid of our retaliation, which is why he found some dangerous place to make us wary."

"The Nine Nether Soul Burial Valley has extremely heavy Yin Qi, which is indeed the best choice."

As Wu Yuan spoke, he took out a palm-sized black compass from his Storage Pouch. The compass needle spun wildly before finally pointing to the depths of the valley.

"The guidance of the Corpse Guiding Curse is here, there's no mistake." The greed in Wu Yuan's eyes intensified. He would never allow the duck that was already in his grasp to fly away.

"Elder, should we go in directly?" the other person asked, looking up. Wu Yuan thought for a moment before shaking his head.

"You first send a message to the Sect, asking the Elders in the Sect to bring people to support us."

"Although Han Li is seriously injured, he is, after all, in the Middle Stage of Golden Core, and might have trump cards for life-saving, so we cannot be careless."

"It is better to be cautious, in case that brat has an ambush."

"Yes!"

A message talisman turned into black light and broke through the air. Wu Yuan and the others found a hidden cave outside the valley, set up a Restriction, and waited quietly for reinforcements.

They did not know that from the moment they stepped into the hundred-mile radius of the Soul Burial Valley, their every move had fallen under the surveillance of Mo Yuan's Divine Thought.

On the altar, a cold sneer curled the corner of Mo Yuan's mouth.

"The small fish have entered the net, but unfortunately, it is not yet time to close the net."

"Then it shall be left to Xiao Ran." He raised his hand and slashed through the Void Realm.

The eighteen Nascent Soul Elders on the perimeter opened their eyes simultaneously, each forming hand Seals!

"Hum!!!"

The entire Nine Nether Soul Burial Valley shook as the earth veins vibrated!

Nine heaven-reaching magic pillars erupted with blinding black light. The Seal runes on the pillars moved like living creatures, connecting with each other to form a huge magic net covering the entire valley!

The next second, the ground in the cave where Wu Yuan and the others were located suddenly cracked open. Countless pitch-black chains burst out from the ground, wrapping around the three of them like poisonous snakes!

"Not good! There's an ambush!" Wu Yuan's expression changed drastically, and he hurriedly sacrificed a bone shield to defend.

But the chains were formed by the great Formation, containing the power of a Void Refining grade Restriction; how could a Golden Core Cultivator block them?

"Crack!" The bone shield shattered instantly!

Wu Yuan groaned, his four limbs entangled by three chains, binding him tightly to the ground. The other two had no power to resist at all and were captured in an instant.

"Who? Who set the ambush?"

"Han Li, I f*** your *****" Wu Yuan reacted instantly. For a moment, he was both shocked and angry, struggling frantically.

Just at this moment, a black-robed figure appeared silently in the cave. It was Xiao Ran. He had restored his original appearance and looked at Wu Yuan with cold eyes.

"It's you?"

"Han Li... no, you are Xiao Ran. I let you run away back then; I didn't expect you to actually dare to scheme against me?" Wu Yuan's pupils shrank, and he said word by word.

"I have always liked to crush my enemies in the bud."

"Since you thought about killing me, how could I let you live?" Xiao Ran replied calmly.

"So you deliberately set a trap to lure me here?"

"Those three treasures..." Wu Yuan said through gritted teeth.

"Just bait."

"The real treasures are still in my hands, but you won't have the chance to see them." Xiao Ran had already walked in front of him.

Upon hearing this, Wu Yuan's face turned deathly pale, but there was still a trace of madness in his eyes.

"Do you think you've won just by capturing me? The reinforcements of my Shiyin Sect will arrive soon! By then..."

"By then, we will catch you all in one net."

"Do you think that a killing trap personally set by a Void Refining expert is something you rats in the gutter can break?" Xiao Ran interrupted him directly.

Upon hearing this, Wu Yuan trembled violently, and finally, despair appeared in his eyes.

With a Void Refining expert taking action personally, the Shiyin Sect this time... would probably be truly finished.

Seeing this, Xiao Ran stopped talking nonsense and raised his hand to press on Wu Yuan's head.

Soul Search!

He had to obtain as much information as possible before the Shiyin Sect reinforcements arrived.