He was bound by his oath, and the power within him was gradually fading away.
It seems that the mission the sect leader gave him is destined to fail, but Ruan Xiyan shouldn't expect to get anything from him either.
He was ordered by the sect leader to infiltrate the Illusionary Hidden Sect, and he had no intention of returning alive.
It's all or nothing!
Even if he dies, he will still deliver a heavy blow to the Illusionary Concealment Sect and severely injure Ruan Xiyan!
Shen Qiang's body began to swell, and he attacked the many disciples of the Illusionary Hidden Sect below, as well as Ruan Xiyan.
"Oh no! He's going to self-destruct!" Luo Wanyin had barely finished speaking when she saw a figure rushing towards him.
"Xi Yan." Luo Wanyin said with concern as she saw Ruan Xi Yan rushing out.
The power generated by the self-destruction of a ninth-level Supreme Realm expert would leave nothing but barren land around the Illusionary Hidden Sect, let alone the disciples of the Illusionary Hidden Sect gathered here.
Ruan Xiyan looked at Shen Qiang, whose body was rapidly swelling, with a solemn expression.
Shen Qiang cannot die yet; she still needs to get the truth out of him about who the forces behind him are.
If the self-destruction cannot be prevented in the end, Shen Qiang must not be allowed to self-destruct in the Illusionary Hidden Sect, otherwise the casualties would be unimaginable.
Ruan Xiyan used her mental power to quickly pluck the strings of the Xuan Yin Ancient Qin.
The music drifted into Shen Qiang's ears, causing pain to appear on his狰狞 (zhengning - ferocious) face. He slowed down considerably, but his body continued to swell.
It seems that Shen Qiang's self-destruction cannot be stopped; the only option is to take him away from the Illusionary Hidden Sect.
Ruan Xiyan put away the Xuan Yin Ancient Yin Qin, and quickly formed a hand seal, soon a complicated frost mark appeared in her hand.
Ruan Xiyan pushed out the frost mark on her hand.
Shen Qiang gave Ruan Xiyan a maniacal smile. He raised his hand and waved it, and all the fallen undead blocked his way, forming a human wall.
He didn't know what Ruan Xiyan wanted to do, but with a human wall blocking his way, no one could stop his self-destruction.
The frost mark that Ruan Xiyan formed was blocked by the wall of living dead flesh, and the wall of flesh was instantly sealed in ice.
Shen Qiang, hiding behind the wall of undead flesh, was unharmed. Using the wall of undead flesh as a shield, he continued to fly towards the crowd below, shouting, "No one can stop me!!"
Seeing this, Ruan Xiyan narrowed her eyes. This guy is quite shrewd!
He used the human wall to buy time; it was too late to get rid of him.
The only option now is to use the light shield that Xuan Guang gave her to withstand the power of these self-destructions and block the force of the self-destruction within her light shield.
It's just unknown whether the Light Shield can completely block the power of a ninth-level Supreme Realm cultivator's self-destruction.
If she can't stop it, she herself will probably suffer irreparable serious injury, but there is no other way now.
The shield mark on Ruan Xiyan's hand lit up as she prepared to stop Shen Qiang's self-destruction.
Suddenly, a force enveloped Shen Qiang, pulling him backward and away from the crowd.
Sensing this aura of power, Ruan Xiyan's expression hardened; this was a Pseudo-Immortal Realm expert!
She looked at the powerful figure who had made the move; it was the same man who had blocked Shen Qiang's attack for her earlier.
She recalled the man's name in her mind. His name was Ji Xiao, and he was one of the Supreme Realm experts recruited by the Illusionary Concealment Sect.
He has been staying in the sect these days, remaining quiet and unnoticed, with almost no presence.
Unexpectedly, he had been hiding his strength. He was not in the Supreme Realm, but in the Pseudo-Immortal Realm, and the aura emanating from him was even stronger than that of Elder Huo.
Huo Lao is only a low-level pseudo-immortal, so the man in front of him must be at least a mid-level pseudo-immortal, or even a high-level pseudo-immortal.
Why would such a powerful individual conceal their strength and come to the Illusionary Concealment Sect?
However, he is now willing to expose his strength to stop Shen Qiang's self-destruction, so it seems that they have the same goal in this matter.
Ji Xiao exuded the aura of a high-level pseudo-immortal, and he pressed his hand towards Shen Qiang, who had self-destructed.
"Suppress!"
Shen Qiang's swollen body shrank rapidly, as if deflated, and in the blink of an eye, he returned to the size of an ordinary person.
Shen Qiang lay sprawled on the ground, blood flowing continuously from the cracks on his body caused by the self-destruction.
He lay there, barely alive, staring at Ji Xiao with disbelief. "High-level pseudo-immortal realm!"
No wonder it was so easy to stop him, a ninth-level Supreme Realm cultivator, from self-destructing.
"Who are you! You dare to help the Illusionary Concealment Sect? The people behind me will not let you get away with this."
Ji Xiao didn't speak. When he saw Ruan Xiyan walking forward, he took a step back and said, "Sect Leader Ruan."
"Thank you," Ruan Xiyan said.
“Since I am a powerful figure recruited by Sect Master Ruan and have received an eighth-grade pill from him, I naturally have to share his burdens,” Ji Xiao replied, lowering his head and narrowing his eyes.
Ruan Xiyan didn't say anything more, but looked at Shen Qiang.
This person won't last long. First, try to find out the power behind him from his mouth, and then investigate the background and motives of this person named Ji Xiao.
Seeing Ruan Xiyan's gaze fall on him, Shen Qiang glared at her angrily, "Don't think that just because I've lost, I'll submit to you."
The woman didn't kill him because she wanted something from him and had some ulterior motive.
After Shen Qiang finished speaking, he tried to commit suicide, but his limbs were all broken, and he didn't even have the strength to do so.
Ruan Xiyan snorted coldly, "It seems you are quite loyal to your master. It doesn't matter if you're stubborn now; you'll obediently tell me everything I want to know in a moment."
A red light flashed in Ruan Xiyan's eyes as she refined her spiritual power into needles and pierced Shen Qiang's sea of consciousness.
Shen Qiang stood there, frozen, his eyes vacant, like a puppet on strings.
This was a talent skill she learned from the Zerg Queen: she could condense her mental energy into fine needles and leave mental energy inscriptions on them.
It can turn the infected person into a puppet, controlling their consciousness.
Ruan Xiyan named it Soul Control!
Shen Qiang was under the control of the soul, losing all consciousness, and was completely at Ruan Xiyan's command.
"What forces are behind you? Who ordered you to come?" Ruan Xiyan asked.
"The Twilight Thunder Sect's sect leader sent me to infiltrate the Illusionary Concealment Sect and seize the medicinal beast," Shen Qiang said, enunciating each word clearly.
Twilight Thunder Sect! Ruan Xiyan's expression changed slightly. It was one of the top five powers on the continent, which was indeed the worst-case scenario she had guessed.
Ruan Xiyan continued, "The fact that the Illusionary Hidden Sect possesses medicinal beasts has spread throughout the continent, becoming common knowledge. Was this the work of the Twilight Thunder Sect?"
"Yes, the sect leader wants to obtain the medicinal beast, but cannot take action himself. The sect leader cannot fathom the strength of the Illusionary Hidden Sect, only knowing that there are peerless experts in the Illusionary Hidden Sect."
"The sect leader wanted to obtain the medicinal beast without lifting a finger, so he first let the forces on the continent compete with the Illusionary Hidden Sect for it, and then he would reap the benefits." Shen Qiang said blankly.
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