Ayao flashed through a canyon like a bolt of lightning. Suddenly, she formed hand seals and cast a series of spells, triggering the traps she had set up in advance.
This trap was originally meant to ambush the flying serpent, but now it was used against Luo Hong. Luo Hong entered the magic array that A Yao had set up beforehand. Red light flashed inside the array, and streaks of red lightning shot out from the array flags, striking Luo Hong.
Luo Hong snorted coldly, and a cold wind swirled around his body, carrying the howls of the dead, blocking the incoming lightning. Seeing this, A Yao made a hand seal again, and the magic array began to change, producing many swords, spears, and halberds. Weapons formed from array runes shot towards Luo Hong like a rain of pear blossoms.
Naro Hong's cultivation level was higher than A Yao's; he was already in the late Nascent Soul stage. However, A Yao's mastery of restrictions over the years was extraordinary, and she had made preparations in advance.
Luo Hong broke one of her trap formations, and she lured him into another trap, constantly depleting his magical power. The two were locked in a stalemate, chasing and fleeing each other for ten days.
Ten days later, Luo Hong was utterly enraged.
Despite being two minor realms higher than his opponent, he simply couldn't defeat her. This little girl employed countless restrictions and traps, not only consuming a large number of his magical treasures but also destroying many of his corpse puppets. Originally, Luo Hong had his eye on A Yao's body, intending to offer it to a Nascent Soul stage female cultivator for possession.
The female cultivator was the wife of the sect leader of the Corpse Driving Sect, who lost her physical body in a battle with the enemy.
The sect leader's wife was originally extremely beautiful, but now that she no longer has a physical body, she has ordered her disciples to search everywhere for beautiful female cultivators to fit her body. The disciples have already found dozens of female cultivators for her, but she is not satisfied with any of them. They either find them not young enough, not beautiful enough, or have low cultivation levels.
When Luo Hong saw A Yao, he found that she was not only young but also incredibly beautiful, and her strength had reached the early stage of the Nascent Soul realm. Only then did he have the idea of seizing her body and going back to claim credit.
That's why he held back at the beginning; otherwise, A Yao wouldn't have had time to lure him into the trap.
Now Luo Hong has forgotten his original purpose. Enraged by A Yao, he now only wants to kill her. Kill this hateful little girl.
"You brat—"
Luo Hong roared and released four corpse puppets, all crafted from the bodies of Nascent Soul cultivators. After being crafted into corpse puppets, their strength was comparable to their original forms. Seeing the four Nascent Soul stage corpse puppets charging towards her, A Yao didn't hesitate and immediately ran away.
Boom boom—
Ice spikes, flames, flying swords, and throwing knives attacked relentlessly from behind. Four Nascent Soul stage cultivators surrounded A Yao, and she was severely injured in no time. Despite her injuries, A Yao hardened her heart and thought: Even if I die, I won't let him get away with it.
So she flew towards an extremely dangerous place, the territory of a Void Refinement stage Wood Spirit.
Ayao has lived in this mountain range for 150 years. She knows exactly where to go and where not to go.
But Luo Hong was just passing by when he discovered A Yao and came to capture her. He didn't know what dangers lay in the place A Yao had escaped to, but he did sense a terrifying aura that made his heart tremble.
Ayao flew ahead, with the four corpse puppets and Luo Hong chasing behind. Suddenly, countless black tree roots pierced through the soil. These roots were thicker than an arm and faster than lightning. Ayao was prepared, so she narrowly dodged the attack. The four corpse puppets were struck by these roots and sent flying like balls. Then their bodies were tightly bound by countless tree roots and dragged deep underground.
Narohong was terrified. After narrowly dodging the attack, he realized he was missing, but found his entire field of vision filled with wriggling tree roots.
After narrowly dodging the attack, Ayao was slammed to the ground by the tree roots, spitting out a mouthful of blood. But she was laughing; even if she died here today, that old man would have to pay with his life.
Perhaps because Luo Hong was stronger, almost all the tree roots were heading towards him. Luo Hong summoned eight skulls burning with ghostly blue flames. These skulls emitted sharp whistles and spewed out a large amount of ghost fire, burning the tree roots to ashes. But there were too many tree roots.
Countless wriggling tree roots coalesced into a giant hand, slamming Luo Hong from mid-air to the ground with a loud bang, creating a large crater. Luo Hong coughed up blood, his entire body wracked with pain, unaware of how many old bones he had broken.
Realizing something was wrong, Luo Hong gritted his teeth and released a coffin from his storage bag, sending out a beam of green light.
The coffin was covered with many talismans, the runes on which were as red as blood. The corpse puppet inside the coffin was the body of a Void Refinement stage expert that he had obtained by chance 150 years ago.
He was overjoyed at the time, but after bringing the body back to his cave, no matter how he refined it, the corpse puppet wouldn't obey him and its resistance was incredibly strong. Several times, he was almost killed by the corpse puppet.
He had considered selling the corpse puppet, but he couldn't bear to part with it. He believed this was because his strength wasn't enough; perhaps when he reached the Nascent Soul stage, he would be able to control the corpse puppet.
Right now, with his life at stake, Luo Hong couldn't care less about anything else.
He shouted loudly, made hand seals, and all the talismans pasted on the coffin flew into the sky. The coffin released a large amount of black mist, and then the lid of the coffin opened.
Ayao hid in a corner on the ground, watching the coffin. The moment the coffin appeared, she felt a chill run down her spine. The corpse puppet inside must be absolutely terrifying.
She watched as a large amount of black mist poured out of the coffin, the lid flew off, and then she saw a corpse puppet wrapped in countless strips of cloth, covered with corpse-driving runes, fly out of it.
This corpse puppet was tall and large. Although it was wrapped in strips of cloth, it was still clear that it was a man at the Void Refinement stage. The corpse puppet exuded a terrifying aura of the Void Refinement stage.
"Take me out!" Luo Hongchao ordered the corpse puppet, whose entire body was wrapped in strips of cloth.
The corpse puppet turned around and looked coldly at Luo Hong. Its eyes were blood red and gleamed with a merciless light. With a wave of its hand, it did not save Luo Hong, but instead smashed Luo Hong's head with a single blow.
A Yao stared in shock as Luo Hong's head shattered like a broken egg, his brains splattering out and his bones cracking, spraying in all directions. His nascent soul tried to leave his body to escape, but the corpse puppet caught up with him and swallowed him whole.
Ayao was terrified.
Countless tree roots were quietly retreating, as if the wood spirit knew it couldn't defeat the cloth-bound corpse puppet and had slipped away.
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