"Bai Qi, come at me if you have a problem. There's no need for everyone else to die here!" Jiang Yuan was furious, but he was still relatively rational.
The marks of the dead who died at his hands were well preserved, and he did not take away any of their souls or energy. As long as the simulated cycle of reincarnation exists within the underground palace, they still have a glimmer of hope.
"I told you I would make you more determined to follow your path of killing! But what about you? You can't even bring yourself to kill your loved ones. You really disappoint me!" Bai Qi shook his head, his expression full of indifference.
Jiang Yuan's gaze instantly fell on Little Fatty and the others. He knew without a doubt who Bai Qi was referring to as his beloved family and friends.
"Only one person is allowed to survive each time the underground palace riots, and only when one person survives can the sigh of the earth reappear!" the spirit of the palace suddenly spoke, but his tone was full of murderous intent.
"Dianling, aren't you afraid I'll die?" Jiang Yuan threatened.
“There is a destiny in the dark. If you die because of this, it only proves that you are not destined to be the Lord of War!” the spirit of the palace said calmly.
"Now you're finally not hiding it anymore. You want to use me as a vessel for the Lord of War to possess someone else's body. You really have a good plan!" Now that Jiang Yuan had spoken his mind, he decided to leave no room for negotiation.
"Heh, this isn't a question you should be considering right now!" Bai Qi gripped a spear, the deathly aura flowing across it as if it possessed a spirit. Finally, he swung the weapon, and the deathly aura instantly surged into the bodies of Yu Tu and Xiao Tuanzi. "Besides, the weak have no choice but to kill or be killed!"
As soon as Bai Qi finished speaking, even the Desire Rabbit, which possessed a celestial body, was assimilated by the death energy and became a ghost controlled by it; the little dumpling was in a similar situation, its last shred of clarity destroyed by the death energy, completely unleashing the wildness suppressed within it.
"Palace Spirit!" Jiang Yuan roared, as if only in this way could he vent his anger and resentment. This feeling of being manipulated by others was too powerless.
The only one on the field that had not been turned into an undead was Youhuang. This divine beast from the Nine Netherworld could ignore the death aura of the undead and, while strengthening itself, could also avoid Bai Qi's control.
"By the way, the Sigh of the Earth might save a few people, but I don't know if you have the courage to absorb it!" Before leaving, the spirit of the palace turned back and gave Jiang Yuan a meaningful look, then left completely.
"What a coward!" Bai Qi glanced at the spot where Dian Ling had just been standing, then said to himself, "Now you know why that guy left, right?"
Jiang Yuan's veins bulged as he tried to use the fortune of the Nine Provinces to suppress the death energy of the undead, but the environment inside the underground palace was too special, and his efforts were in vain.
Seeing that Jiang Yuan didn't reply, Bai Qi continued, "Because only one person is allowed to leave this underground palace today, and that includes you and me! Of course, I think I should be the one to be reborn, since you are too weak!"
With a snap, the long dragon formed by the fortune of the Nine Provinces was shredded into pieces, and the unrestrained Yu Tu and Xiao Tuanzi attacked Jiang Yuan.
"Fuck you!" Jiang Yuan charged at Bai Qi with the God-Slaying Spear. He had never been so angry, watching helplessly as his teammates were assimilated into undead one by one.
"Trying to kill me?" Bai Qi didn't dodge at all, because when the attack landed on him, it was impossible to target him; this was his privilege as the ruler of the underground palace.
"A hundredfold stealth kill!"
Jiang Yuan refused to believe it and activated his Hundredfold Hidden Kill, heading straight for Bai Qi's spirit body.
“I told you, you’re too weak!” Bai Qi said, then raised a finger with interest. “Since you want to play, then I’ll show you just how weak you are!”
"Seven Killings - Wound!"
An unparalleled force emanated from Bai Qi's fingers and slammed solidly into Jiang Yuan's chest. In an instant, Jiang Yuan, along with his gun, was sent back to the sixteenth floor.
This was a complete crushing defeat of their respective realms. Jiang Yuan couldn't defeat Bai Qi, but Bai Qi could easily injure him.
"After killing these people, I will appear with the Sigh of the Earth! At that time, with the help of the Sigh of the Earth, these people may still have a chance to survive!" Bai Qi's spirit also began to fade away until it disappeared.
Even if he disappeared, Bai Qi's shadow is still everywhere in the underground palace. To be precise, it's not that Bai Qi disappeared, but that he merged into the entire underground palace; this is his world.
Inside the sixteenth level of the underground palace, Jiang Yuan's aura was weak, and his power was showing signs of dissipating.
"It seems this body is really weak!" Jiang Yuan raised his head. At this moment, he finally calmed down. Anger would not solve the problem. For now, he could only follow the path arranged for him by the spirit of the palace.
Jiang Yuan opened his clear eyes and said with a wicked smile, "I can arrange the way for me, but how can I not give you a surprise!"
Several pills appeared, especially one of the blue pills, which was a perfect spirit-grade pill he had refined using three divine pill patterns: multiplication, aggregation, and nourishment—the Soul-Stabilizing Pill. Moreover, a person could only take one of these pills in their lifetime.
As for why only one pill can be taken, it's because this pill has a 100% mortality rate. For half an hour after ingestion, the soul will be firmly fixed within the body, rendering any attempt at possession or will invasion ineffective. However, once the effects of the Soul-Fixing Pill wear off, the fixed soul will disintegrate, instantly dissolving into nothingness. At that point, even if Hua Tuo were alive, he could only offer a funeral wreath.
"Barefoot people aren't afraid of those wearing shoes. Is there anything I, Jiang Yuan, can't afford to play with?" Jiang Yuan swallowed all the pills in one gulp, including the Great Restoration Pill, Snow Ginseng Pill, Green Lotus Pill, and Soul Stabilizing Pill.
With the departure of the palace spirit, Bai Qi merged back into the underground palace. The only people left there were Little Fatty and others who had been assimilated into undead by the death energy, but they were also among the strongest.
Needless to say, Yu Tu possesses a rare physique on the battlefield, coupled with her excellent combat skills, so Jiang Yuan really doesn't have much confidence in a life-or-death battle.
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