"Let him go!"
The girl's voice became very hoarse, no longer as pleasant as before, and the anger in her tone almost solidified!
With such intense emotions, the dark red area on the main vine seemed to be showing signs of a counterattack!
The Netherfire Curse is actually affected by Mo Yan's state? Or rather, it can become stronger because of Mo Yan's rage?
Shen Yunhao's face darkened, and he said anxiously, "Wisteria, don't rush... um..."
However, before he could finish speaking, dry branches wrapped around him and sealed his mouth shut.
Clearly, not all villains are willing to give the protagonist a chance to turn the tables through words.
"I advise you, young friend Shen, to remain silent. Once I achieve my goal, you will naturally be safe and sound, and may even become a distinguished guest of my Blood Sect!"
"..."
Shen Yunhao lowered his head, looking expressionlessly at the snow on the ground, seemingly resigned to his fate.
"That's the smart choice..."
The snowman smiled slightly, turned to look at the enraged wisteria, and said unhurriedly, "To be honest, after so many years, I would very much like to catch up with you, but unfortunately... if you were to truly lift this Netherfire Curse, my plan would be difficult to carry out, so..."
At this point, the snowman raised his left hand, and the withered branch tied around Shen Yunhao's neck suddenly tightened, instantly choking Shen Yunhao so much that he could hardly breathe and struggled frantically with his face turning red.
"boom!"
With a deafening roar, the main trunk of the wisteria on the ice bridge seemed to swell even larger once more, its violent tendrils lashing wildly and slamming against the surrounding ice with a hissing sound.
Although Mo Yan had regained consciousness, her mind seemed unstable due to the fierce battle between ice and fire within her body. Seeing Shen Yunhao suffering, she found it even harder to suppress her anger!
The dark red area spread out again and continued to expand, seemingly trying to expel the cold air completely from the body!
"Let him go!"
The girl's voice grew increasingly hoarse, filled with a broken, torn quality.
The snowman remained silent, while the withered branches wrapped around Shen Yunhao's neck tightened even more.
"I forgot to tell you, Your Excellency, that I... don't really like being ordered around... and this young friend Shen seems quite fragile, like he'd break at the slightest touch..."
A simple sentence sobered up the enraged wisteria considerably. Seeing Shen Yunhao's disheveled appearance, the thin girl at the top of the wisteria finally lowered her head and whispered, "What are your conditions?"
"That's more like it..."
Ghostwood Snowman's lips curled up, the withered branches loosened, and Shen Yunhao was able to catch his breath, immediately taking deep breaths of fresh air.
However, no one else noticed that a faint golden glint flashed deep within his bloodshot eyes, and the fox tail in his arms had secretly slipped into his sleeve and was quietly grasped by Shen Yunhao.
At this moment, the snowman raised his right hand, placed it on his chest which was covered in snow, and with a little force, actually managed to grab it.
The next second, the snowman took out a crystal-clear branch from its body, which looked like a green crystal.
The branch slowly rose and came to the wisteria.
"This Netherfire Curse can certainly take your life, but I don't like it..." The snowman grinned, as if a demon were whispering, "So... as long as you're willing to put a wisp of your life force into it, I'll immediately release my young friend Shen!"
"!!!"
Soul!
To put it simply, it means that a small part of a person's soul is separated. This does not affect the soul itself, but when the vital soul is damaged, the soul will also perish.
If you control a person's soul, you can easily end that person's life.
Generally speaking, few cultivators would willingly hand over their life soul to someone else. In the eyes of most cultivators, being someone's puppet in this life is often more terrifying than death!
As for Guimu demanding the life soul now, it's similar to the meaning of planting the Netherfire Curse back then—it's also to control Moyan's life and death.
However, unlike the previous curse, the Netherfire Curse can be lifted, but once the life soul is taken, Mo Yan's life and death are truly in Gui Mu's hands. Unless Gui Mu returns it voluntarily, there is no way to save her.
Shen Yunhao's mouth was still sealed shut, and he was unable to speak.
However, he didn't seem to intend to speak at the moment, and even kept his head down, avoiding any eye contact with Mo Yan...
At the top of the wisteria, the gaunt girl's expression shifted constantly, sometimes filled with resentment, sometimes with bitterness, sometimes with a dazed look, and sometimes with struggle.
In the end, it all turned into a soft sigh.
"I'll give it to you..."
"..."
Shen Yunhao trembled, a complex emotion flashing across his eyes, leaving only endless coldness.
"But...how...can you...make me believe you..."
"It's very simple!"
The snowman waved his hand and chuckled, "If he dies, you'll most likely fight to the death. In that case, I'll lose a Void Realm clone and gain nothing, which isn't in line with the Demonic Sect's style... Forcing you to your deaths will do me no good!"
"Empty talk...empty boasting! What you say...is not credible!"
The snowman's expression darkened. "I'm not joking with you!"
"Since that's the case, then let's do it... There's only death to be had..."
The girl closed her eyes, her emotions vanishing as if the chaos that had just occurred had never happened.
After hesitating for a moment, Gui Mu finally smiled. "Alright... I swear by the Heavenly Dao that if what I just said is false, I will willingly accept the Heavenly Dao's punishment, lose all my cultivation level, and be forever condemned to the Asura realm! How about that, is it believable now?"
Whether or not the Heavenly Dao exists in this world, Shen Yunhao does not know, but the oath of the Heavenly Dao is something that very few people would break.
In the words of those highly accomplished beings, disobeying such a command would offend this "heaven and earth".
The retribution may not be as severe as the oath describes, but it will certainly come at a great cost. The most common consequence is that one's cultivation will hardly progress throughout one's life, or one will constantly regress, and so on.
Seeing that the other party had already made a vow, the wisteria did not speak again. A thin crack appeared on the main vine, and a pale purple vine slowly hung down, with a bewitching purple soul fire condensing at the end, pointing towards the branch of the ghost tree.
Just as the soul fire was about to detach from the vine tip...
"Broken vine..."
A low shout came, causing the wisteria in the air to freeze in place.
The girl and the snowman looked over at the same time, only to see that the vines that had been sealing Shen Yunhao's mouth had somehow been freed by him...
A faint smile appeared on the man's face.
"I said I would give you your freedom... so how could I possibly drag you back into the abyss?"
"I told you, you'd better shut up..."
Before the snowman could finish speaking, his expression suddenly froze.
Suddenly, an incredibly intense icy blue light burst forth from Shen Yunhao's chest, and in the next instant, an unparalleled sword aura also spread out!
Immediately afterwards, a ten-foot-long ice-blue sword shadow slowly condensed in front of Shen Yunhao, and disappeared into the snowfield in the snowman's terrified gaze!
"ah--"
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