He couldn't disengage from the two puppets' grasp at all; even with the True Dragon Qi, these puppets wouldn't yield. They merely clung on, not intending to fight Lin Xiao seriously, but solely to slow him down and buy Qi Tian time.
The black smoke that appeared from Qi Tian had also taken form.
A Bùhuàgǔ.
It bore a ninety percent resemblance to the Bùhuàgǔ Lin Xiao had seen at the Ning family's that day!
Its massive form, its bloodthirsty aura, and the dense, chilling Yin energy that made one tremble.
This hand could summon a Bùhuàgǔ?
...
"Wúliàng Tiānzūn."
Daoist Chen suddenly chanted a Taoist invocation.
At his utterance, all the disciples of the Celestial Masters' sect rose in unison.
"What is this?"
Ye Chen was taken aback by this scene. Several squad leaders immediately rebuked them.
Then, Captain Chen bowed to Ye Chen, hands clasped: "General Ye, this humble Taoist and my fellow disciples need to depart."
"Depart? For what?"
As Ye Chen finished asking, he abruptly turned his head towards Qi Tian's direction, sensing an icy aura approaching.
Mingyi's brow furrowed first; he was all too familiar with this aura.
"The aura of a Bùhuàgǔ?!" he exclaimed.
"Indeed. We are acting on the Heavenly Venerate's command to subdue demons and eliminate evils. Now that the demon has appeared, it is time for us to go." As he spoke, the Taoist priests led by Daoist Chen were already departing.
The cultivation they had suppressed until now was unleashed at this very moment.
RUMBLE!
Thunder flashed across the sky.
Three individuals among the Celestial Masters' sect contingent instantly broke through to the Divine Realm!
"Holy crap?"
The Liao brothers' jaws dropped upon seeing three Divine Realm powerhouses suddenly appear. They had wondered why their sects' members couldn't compare to the Taoist priests from the Celestial Masters' sect, but with three Divine Realm experts appearing instantly, how could they compare?
The remaining seven were all at the Mingxin realm. With such strength, they could already roam unchecked within the inner realm. As long as the strongest of the three great sects didn't intervene, this group would be invincible anywhere.
However, the Liao brothers also noticed something amiss about the direction they were heading.
Wasn't that where their Eldest Senior Brother was?
This aura felt somewhat like the Bùhuàgǔ body that their Master had treasured for so long in the sect.
They recalled that their Eldest Senior Brother had taken quite a few of these bodies back then... Could it be that the target of the Celestial Masters' disciples for demon subduing was their Eldest Senior Brother?
No. The thought struck Liao Yunxi, and he immediately sidled up to Ninth Senior Brother: "Ninth Senior Brother, Eldest Senior Brother is over there..."
He pointed in the direction the Celestial Masters' disciples were heading and whispered.
"Eldest Senior Brother?"
Zhong Qi froze for a moment, then frowned.
The next second, he loudly declared: "Disciples of the Artifact Sect, follow me!"
With that, he also charged forward!
Liao Yunqing quickly called out, "All junior disciples! Keep up!"
A moment later, only the disciples of the Misty Immortal Palace and the warriors from the Northern Xinjiang remained.
"What's going on?"
Ye Chen hadn't figured it out when Mingyi beside him had already darted away.
Sensing the urgency of the situation, Ye Chen made a swift decision: "Squad captains and vice-captains, step forward! Accompany me!"
"Yes!"
Following that, Ye Chen also led a group of people to charge forward.