With the boost from the Heaven-Reaching Immortal Treasure, Corpse Evil Daoist’s strength soared.
The Corpse Puppet kept getting knocked backward, its body riddled with holes where the long spear in the Corpse Evil Daoist’s hand had pierced through.
"Yunchu, let’s go, quick!"
Luo Juetian grabbed Guo Yunchu, ready to escape.
Right now, Corpse Evil Daoist was locked in fierce battle with Lin Chang’sheng, and had no time for them.
If they waited until Corpse Evil Daoist or Lin Chang’sheng was free, escaping would be a whole lot harder.
"No!"
Guo Yunchu refused.
This honestly surprised Luo Juetian; Guo Yunchu didn’t seem the least bit interested in leaving?
"If we don’t go now, we’ll miss our chance. I was injured inside the array, my strength is down. If either one of them gets loose, I might not be able to handle it!"
Luo Juetian voiced his concerns.
"If I leave, my father will definitely send people to crush Lin Chang’sheng! If I stay by his side, maybe he’ll be safer!"
Guo Yunchu said softly.
Those words hit Luo Juetian like thunder—was Guo Yunchu falling for Lin Chang’sheng?
"You’re actually worried for his safety?"
Luo Juetian was stunned.
"If he hadn’t saved me so many times, I wouldn’t even be alive. Uncle Luo, go back and tell my father—don’t send anyone to hunt down Lin Chang’sheng, okay?"
Guo Yunchu turned and said, her gaze firmer than ever.
Though she’d hated Lin Chang’sheng at the beginning, after spending so much time together, she realized he wasn’t so bad after all.
Plus, he was loyal and righteous.
"This..."
Luo Juetian found himself at a loss for words.
Was he supposed to go back and announce to the Hall Master, "Your precious daughter got snatched away by Lin Chang’sheng"?
Rumble—
Just as the two were talking, Corpse Evil Daoist knocked back the Corpse Puppet with a forceful strike of his spear, then charged straight toward Lin Chang’sheng.
Lin Chang’sheng knew none of his attacks could do any real harm to Corpse Evil Daoist, so with a wave of his hand, he brought out the Holy Soul Banner.
He’d planned to use this thing to trap Luo Juetian, but now it looked like it’d come in handy against Corpse Evil Daoist.
Corpse Evil Daoist looked at the Holy Soul Banner and was startled.
This Soul Banner was no ordinary artifact; it had sucked in Luo Juetian earlier, after all.
Facing such a treasure, Corpse Evil Daoist didn’t dare get careless. He pushed his Primordial Power to the max, unleashed spear aura, and wails of countless vengeful souls echoed all around.
The cries of those vengeful souls hammered at people’s divine souls. Even Gu Shan, Guo Yunchu, and the others in the distance struggled to stand, their heads spinning.
"Seal!"
But Lin Chang’sheng wasn’t about to be intimidated. He flicked the Holy Soul Banner, instantly drawing Corpse Evil Daoist into the banner’s array space.
"You broke my array. I wonder—can you break mine?"
Lin Chang’sheng sent his divine sense into the Holy Soul Banner’s space, mocking him.
"Cheap tricks. You think that’ll hold me?"
Corpse Evil Daoist dismissed him.
In his eyes, Lin Chang’sheng was just some Mahayana-stage cultivator. What kind of powerful array could he come up with?
Corpse Evil Daoist had devoted years to mastering grand arrays himself; that’s how he created the Corpse Evil World-Ending Celestial Array.
Any array Lin Chang’sheng set up, he could break within an incense stick’s length of time.
"Good! I’ll be waiting!"
Lin Chang’sheng chuckled and left the Soul Banner’s space.
Once outside, he spotted Guo Yunchu and Luo Juetian standing not far off.
Lin Chang’sheng knew that dealing with Luo Juetian again wouldn’t be so easy now.
So he no longer put much hope into getting Guo Yunchu away from Luo Juetian.
"Fate will bring us together again!"
Lin Chang’sheng waved to Guo Yunchu, ready to leave.
"Wait!"
Guo Yunchu called out, running straight toward Lin Chang’sheng.
This caught Lin Chang’sheng off guard.
Was she really not planning to return to Immortal Martial Hall?
"You don’t want to go back?"
Lin Chang’sheng asked.
"If I leave, Immortal Martial Hall definitely won’t let you go. I should stick with you—you’ll be safer that way!"
Guo Yunchu said outright, throwing Lin Chang’sheng for a loop.
"You’re really willing to be my pawn?"
Lin Chang’sheng’s lips curled in a sly grin.
"Pawn, whatever! It’s your fault for saving my life so many times!"
Guo Yunchu replied nonchalantly.
At least now her meridians were healed, and her realm had broken through again thanks to the Divine Liquid. All that was thanks to Lin Chang’sheng.
If not for Lin Chang’sheng, she’d be dead by now.
"You said it; if you regret it later, don’t say I didn’t warn you!"
Lin Chang’sheng laughed, then summoned the Lightning Thunderclap Eagle, ready to set off.
As soon as he finished, Lin Chang’sheng leapt onto the Lightning Thunderclap Eagle’s back.
Gu Shan followed close behind.
Guo Yunchu glanced back at Luo Juetian. "Uncle Luo, go back and tell my father not to worry—I’ll make it back to Immortal Martial Hall safe and sound!"
With that, Guo Yunchu vaulted onto the Lightning Thunderclap Eagle as well.
SKREE—
The Lightning Thunderclap Eagle let out a piercing cry, flapped its massive wings, soared into the sky, and vanished within seconds.
After everyone had left, Luo Juetian stood there for a long while before snapping out of his daze.
"Hall Master, you schemed a thousand times over—bet you never saw this twist coming!"
Luo Juetian chuckled.
He never thought Guo Yunchu would end up falling for Lin Chang’sheng.
If she didn’t, she wouldn’t be so dead set on shielding him.
"Ah, whatever! The kid’s got talent; if they end up together, it’ll be great for the Immortal Martial Hall—a blessing, really!"
Once Luo Juetian sorted things out in his mind, he cut through the sky, heading back to Immortal Martial Hall to report.
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[Corpse Evil World-Ending Celestial Array (Perfection), Soul-Devouring Immortal-locking Divine Array (Perfection), would you like to fuse them into a new array?]