That wretched ant dared to deceive him with a fake seal; he would make her wish she were dead.
The old ghost knelt on the ground, trembling, his withered body shaking uncontrollably: "My Lord Demon Lord, please forgive me! That vile woman disappeared in the blink of an eye after falling into the blood pool."
"Useless trash!" With a flick of his sleeve, the Demon Lord sent the old ghost crashing into the rock wall like a kite with a broken string. His skeletal body made a sickening cracking sound, and the restrictions in his soul almost shattered his spirit.
The Demon Lord's divided soul raised his hand and snatched five fragments of the fake seal, his eyes flashing with cold light: "You can't even see through a mere illusion, what use are you?"
Old Ghost scrambled back in terror, his forehead slamming heavily against the ground: "My lord, please be wise! I suspect... I suspect that vile woman is hiding inside the puppet."
He pointed to the group of dazed, evil cultivator puppets, "Her physical body is destroyed, her soul must be..."
The Demon Lord's divided soul swept his sinister gaze across the group of puppets, then suddenly sneered, "Is that so?" A wisp of black light condensed at his fingertips, "Then I will try them one by one."
The black light shot out like a venomous snake, instantly disappearing into the head of the first puppet.
The puppet immediately exploded, turning into a blood mist. Amidst the spreading blood mist, a hint of suspicion flashed in the eyes of the Demon Lord's divided soul.
With a slight twitch of his fingertips, black light pierced through three puppets in succession, each of them exploding instantly.
The Moon Spirit, hiding inside the puppet at the very back, was tense and ready to move at any moment.
The rows of puppets in front disappeared one by one, revealing the row of puppets they were hiding in.
The Demon Lord's divided soul's gaze swept over the last row of puppets, and then, several black beams of light attacked like venomous snakes!
Yue Ling suddenly activated the small secret realm. The moment the puppet's body exploded, under the cover of the blood mist, an almost invisible drop of blood shot out and landed precisely on the old ghost's tattered robe.
"Hmm?" The Demon Lord's divided soul frowned. All the puppets had completely disappeared, but he found nothing.
The Demon Lord's divided soul was furious and searched through the bodies of all the demon spirits, but found nothing.
A blood-red, malevolent hand gripped the old ghost tightly, its voice chilling: "Tell me, where did you hide that little thing?"
A gurgling sound came from the old man's throat, his gaunt face contorted with suffocation. He shook his head desperately, his eyes filled with terror and despair: "My lord... I really... don't know..."
The Demon Lord's split soul suddenly tightened its five fingers, and the old ghost's body instantly exploded, turning into a sky full of blood mist.
A jet-black soul bead was held in the Demon Lord's palm, within which the old ghost's soul, struggling in agony, could be vaguely seen.
"Searching for souls and refining spirits, I want to see what ability that little ant has to escape under your nose."
He suspected that the old ghost coveted the Nine Dragon Seal and deliberately hid the ant or let it go.
Black mist surged in the Demon Lord's divided soul palm, and the old ghost's soul pearl emitted a shrill scream under the Soul Searching Technique.
However, in the memory, Rong Jiaojiao did indeed sink to the bottom of the blood pool without any struggle, and her body had already begun to fester, leaving her with no ability to escape.
However, when the old ghost returned after leaving for about fifteen minutes, he couldn't find the little ant anymore.
The Demon Lord did not believe that the soul of the holder of the Nine Dragon Seal would be so fragile that it could be eroded and dissipated in just a quarter of an hour.
After careful analysis, there are currently only two possibilities.
One possibility is that her physical body has completely turned into blood, while her soul has hidden somewhere in this underground space using some secret method, thus successfully evading her pursuit.
The second possibility is that some forbidden spell was planted on her soul. When she is left with only her soul, a certain mechanism will be triggered, automatically teleporting her soul to a safe place.
The Demon Lord's divided soul's eyes flashed with a cold light. He sneered, "No matter how you evaded it, I will find you and make you wish you were dead!"
He casually tossed the old ghost's soul bead aside, and the soul bead vanished instantly, leaving not even a trace of its remnant soul.
"Useless. Since it's so useless, then there's no need for it to exist."
The Demon Lord's divided soul scanned the entire cave again, trying to find any clues.
However, apart from the blood pool and the destroyed golems, there was nothing here.
"Hmph, do you think you can escape this calamity by hiding?" The Demon Lord's divided soul's voice carried a hint of disdain. "I have plenty of time, and I will find you sooner or later!"
He vanished into the cave in a flash, leaving behind only deathly silence.
Although the Demon Lord's divided soul had departed, the divine consciousness he left behind remained like an invisible spider web, closely monitoring the entire underground space.
Every drop of blood, every wisp of yin energy, and every baleful aura was under his perception.
At this moment, the drop of blood hidden in the fragments of the old ghost's robe—Rong Jiaojiao's little secret realm—was rising and falling with the bubbles in the blood pool.
Yue Ling dared not be careless, constantly sensing the outside world. Sensing the terrifying divine sense blockade from the outside, she dared not make any rash moves and could only continue to hide.
“The Demon Lord’s divine sense blockade is too strong…” Yue Ling frowned. “It seems we can’t leave here for a while, or we’ll definitely be discovered.”
Rong Jiaojiao sat cross-legged, her spiritual energy flowing around her as she worked hard to heal her injuries.
Traces of blood pool corrosion still remain on her skin, but it has stopped festering.
Beside her, a jade toad the size of a millstone was spitting out colorful bubbles, each containing pure life force that slowly merged into Rong Jiaojiao's body, accelerating her recovery.
Outside, Zi Ling could no longer sense its master's location, but its spirits were getting better and better, which relieved everyone.
He was certain that Rong Jiaojiao had been rescued and was slowly recovering.
Despite this, everyone continued to move forward in the direction that Zi Ling had originally sensed.
As Yue Ling gradually expelled the Yin energy from her sea of consciousness, Rong Jiaojiao gradually gained control of her divine sense.
With a thought, the Pure Seal appeared in her hand, and Rong Jiaojiao infused it with her divine sense.
The pure light emitted by the mirror enveloped Rong Jiaojiao.
The Yin energy that had been blocking her dantian meridians was gradually stripped away by the purification seal, turning into black smoke and dissipating.
Rong Jiaojiao's complexion gradually regained its color, and the spiritual energy around her began to circulate again.
Upon seeing this, the jade toad's beady eyes lit up. Suddenly, it opened its mouth wide and inhaled sharply—it swallowed all the Yin energy forced out by the Pure Seal.
Strange black patterns appeared on its skin, but were quickly covered by colorful bubbles and returned to normal.
And its somewhat listless state, which had been somewhat apathetic due to treating its owner, was immediately restored.
Yue Ling breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Master, you've finally recovered! You scared me to death."
The little spirit of the secret realm was shedding tears, which was heartbreaking to see.
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