284: That's a bit too much flattery!

"Useless."

The dharma body's eyes were calm and waveless, indifferent as if looking at dead people.

"Merely a dying struggle."

The next moment, he gripped the human emperor banner with both hands, as if wielding a giant axe that could cleave the heavens, his entire body's magic power surging madly into the banner!

The dark golden banner surface suddenly expanded, turning into a shadow that covered the top of the hall, carrying an aura of death that crushed everything as it smashed down!

Boom!!

The dharma image that had just formed lasted only for an instant before shattering inch by inch like glass!

Feng Qingyang's flaming dharma robe's defensive treasure light completely collapsed, and Ling Canghai's black shield let out a mournful cry, being smashed away and deeply embedded into the broken walls in the distance!

"Pfft!"

The two of them spat out blood simultaneously, flying backward like kites with broken strings, crashing heavily onto the ground.

They did not know how many bones in their bodies were broken, their Meridians were shattered inch by inch, their magic power was scattered, and they could no longer muster any strength, only able to lie there like two piles of mud, their eyes filled with fear and disbelief.

The dharma body carried the human emperor banner and walked closer step by step.

"No... don't, please..."

Arriving close by, the dharma body looked down at them, and before their pleas for mercy could be uttered, he rolled the banner surface over them.

Two phantom shadows were forcibly extracted from their shattered Physical Bodies, struggling as they merged into the dark golden banner surface, and their shrill, desperate pleas for mercy came to an abrupt end!

"Hoo~"

The dharma body took a breath and performed a hand seal to deactivate the secret technique.

The next moment, the dharma body stumbled, almost losing his balance.

However, he quickly adjusted himself and was about to bend down to pick up the two Golden Core Physical Bodies on the ground.

However, at this moment, Lu Ming's main body "whooshed" out, his movements incredibly swift, taking the two corpses along with their dropped Magic Treasures into his possession first.

"Why are you guarding the food?"

The dharma body was speechless; clearly, they were the same person, but at this moment, it gave him a subtle illusion of being "embarrassed."

"Well done! You've worked hard!"

Lu Ming acted as if he didn't notice, patting the dharma body's shoulder with a smile, then with a thought, recalled him back into his Dantian.

The next moment, he activated the Source Tracing and Returning to Truth Method, transferring all the injuries and loss of Origin that the dharma body had suffered from casting the Fate-Reversing Blood Seal onto himself.

A wave of weakness and intense pain surged in, but his expression remained unchanged. The golden book inside his body vibrated slightly, and wisps of pure original golden nature flowed out, slowly nourishing and repairing the damage.

As for the chosen target...

He sank his consciousness into his Sea of Consciousness, landing on the newly appeared name on the golden book.

[Chu Guhong]

Although he didn't know why their own Dao Child hadn't appeared on the list in time after dying, only appearing just now.

Was the golden book lagging, or was this person's reaction arc too long?

Lu Ming shook his head, not paying much attention; as long as it could be used, that was fine.

The mystery of the golden book suddenly activated, and wisps of Origin power emerged from the Void Realm, filling his own consumption.

And the name [Chu Guhong] also began to fade.

Soon, his own state returned to normal.

"Hehe, fought a battle, I made a pure profit, and the dharma body didn't lose out either."

Feeling the abundant power within his body, Lu Ming was happy.

As for who lost out in this, Lu Ming didn't know.

Who could it be? It's so hard to guess!

"However..."

Lu Ming frowned, looking at the faded but still existing [Chu Guhong] on the golden book, falling into deep thought.

"It is a hidden danger after all."

A cold glint flashed in Lu Ming's eyes; he had always believed in cutting weeds and eliminating roots.

Although this person probably didn't even know who his enemy was right now, Lu Ming was not willing to bet on whether the other party had any special means or if there was a larger force involved behind them.

If it attracted the attention of a Nascent Soul old monster, that would be real trouble.

There was no time to lose; it was best to take advantage of the fact that the other party hadn't reacted yet to go to the Luo Huang Immortal Sect first and thoroughly resolve this matter.

However, looking at the broken Teleportation Array, Lu Ming had another headache.

The Teleportation Array in front of him had been affected by the battle; a stone pillar had collapsed, and the Formation patterns were broken in many places, obviously unusable.

"The dharma body is really something, not picking a place to fight!"

He muttered a couple of words, then did not delay any further, immediately sitting cross-legged and beginning to fully activate the human emperor banner.

In an instant, thousands of souls within the banner's space roared in unison, and the main soul, Ji Ruge, even sacrificed that dark golden jade seal, ordering ten thousand ghosts to begin refining the two newly acquired Golden Core soul bodies together.

In just the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, two figures dressed in brand-new dark golden official robes, with respectful and solemn expressions, walked out of the banner and stood on either side of Lu Ming.

They were the two Vice Sect Masters of the Luo Huang Immortal Sect, Feng Qingyang and Ling Canghai!

At this moment, their eyes held only absolute obedience to Lu Ming!

"Can you repair the Teleportation Array?" Lu Ming valued efficiency, so he asked directly.

He did not choose to search their souls; that was meaningless.

To go to the Luo Huang Immortal Sect, having these two guides was enough. Now the priority was to repair the Teleportation Array and take them down in one fell swoop before the Luo Huang Immortal Sect reacted!

"Reporting to Master, this subordinate knows a little about Formations and can attempt to repair it."

At this time, the Banner Spirit transformed from Feng Qingyang answered respectfully.

"Feng... forget it, from now on I will call you 'Red Official'."

Lu Ming thought for a moment; now that the number of Banner Spirits was increasing, he couldn't be bothered to call their names, so he simply gave them code names.

"Thank you, Master, for bestowing the name!"

Feng Qingyang showed joy and bowed respectfully to Lu Ming.

"Alright, go quickly to repair the Teleportation Array, and later we will go to the Luo Huang Immortal Sect."

Lu Ming waved his hand, not paying attention to these things.

Red Official immediately obeyed, floating to the remnant array, where he performed hand seals with both hands, channeling the power of the remaining Formation, and began to methodically repair the broken Formation patterns and stone pillars.

During his lifetime, he specialized in the study of Formations and was quite knowledgeable about Teleportation Arrays. Repairing it now, although slightly less efficient due to his soul body state, was still far beyond what an ordinary Formation Master could compare to.

At this time, Lu Ming looked at the Banner Spirit transformed from Ling Canghai.

"Then you shall be called 'Dark Official'!"

Seeing that Ling Canghai was also about to salute, Lu Ming immediately stopped him, then continued to ask: "Can you bring outsiders into the Luo Huang Immortal Sect?"

Dark Official bowed and answered: "Reporting to Master, as we two are Vice Sect Masters, we naturally have the authority to bring people into the core area of the Sect, and can even temporarily disable some of the alert functions of the Sect-protecting Formation without triggering alarms."

"Very good, this suits me well." Lu Ming nodded with satisfaction, rarely giving a compliment.

A look of "flattered" immediately appeared on Dark Official's face, and he quickly said: "Being able to share the burden for Master is this subordinate's lifelong honor; I will surely give my all until my death!"

"..."

Lu Ming's mouth twitched slightly.

This flattery is a bit too sycophantic!

However... this feeling is actually not bad!

Without thinking too much, Lu Ming brought out the Wonderful Brush Scholar again.

He was still in the appearance of a scholar, but after being nourished in the banner earlier, his soul body was much more solid than before, and his eyes were more lively and focused.

Lu Ming pointed at Red Official who was busy repairing the Formation, and said to the Wonderful Brush Scholar: "Watch carefully, learn well!" Finally, he patted the scholar's shoulder to show encouragement.