Accompanied by a series of eerie cackles, the silk threads on ‘Wang Yue’ snapped apart.

“This Human Race junior’s body is too weak.”

Wang Yue landed, twisted her neck, and stretched her limbs, a series of cracking sounds emanating from her body.

Yang Che subtly moved to Xing Yao’s side.

Xing Yao’s pretty face grew even paler, and she sharply demanded, “You are not Junior Sister Wang Yue. Who are you? Get out of my Junior Sister’s body!”

Wang Yue’s gaze was strange as she stared at Xing Yao, saying with some regret, “Girl, this old one originally wanted to take Possession of you, but your willpower is strong, and this old one wasn’t entirely confident. However, your Junior Sister is far worse. Her inner demons are too heavy, swaying back and forth, making Possession very easy. It’s just a pity that this body’s Aptitude is truly not good.”

“Who exactly are you?”

Xing Yao gripped the Profound Bright Mirror, looking at her former fellow Junior Sister’s familiar yet utterly strange and alien face, her heart sinking little by little.

Clearly, Junior Sister Wang Yue had been taken by Possession, which meant her Primordial Spirit had been completely devoured.

“Who is this old one?”

Wang Yue cackled a few times, then suddenly her expression turned serious: “This old one doesn’t remember anymore. It’s been too, too long, so long that this old one thought there would never be another chance to reappear in this world.”

Yang Che looked at the strange ‘Wang Yue’ before him, knowing that the best strategy at this moment was to quickly seize the opportunity to slip away.

He slowly moved towards the collapsed stone wall, but before he could get close to it, ‘Wang Yue’ suddenly grinned at him: “Little fellow, this old one’s things aren’t so easy to take. What, trying to slip away already?”

Upon hearing this, Yang Che’s heart immediately sank.

Just then, Wang Yue suddenly let out a cold snort, and with a single grab, the Black Jade Spider that had just slipped out of the stone wall was directly seized by Wang Yue from a distance and thrown back into the stone hall.

“So strong.”

Yang Che and Xing Yao couldn’t help but exchange glances, both secretly thinking that things were not good.

With his thoughts racing, Yang Che decided to ‘temporarily’ cooperate with Xing Yao. So, he directly threw a ‘Qingxin Pill’ to Xing Yao and quickly whispered, “Fellow Daoist, antidote pill.”

Xing Yao understood Yang Che’s intention, hesitated slightly, but still took the ‘Qingxin Pill’.

“Fellow Daoist, if you recover more Magical Artifact, can you defeat this person?” Yang Che asked in a low voice again.

At this moment, ‘Wang Yue’ on the opposite side showed obvious disdain in her eyes and sneered, “A Qi Refining Cultivator who’s been poisoned wants to kill this old one?”

She walked to the center of the hall, reached out and touched the Black Jade Spider, which was prostrate on the ground and trembling, then suddenly said, “Black Jade, go kill them.”

Her voice returned to its cold and sinister tone, as if coming from the Hell.

Yang Che and Xing Yao’s expressions immediately changed drastically.

However, the Black Jade Spider showed no reaction, its many blood-red small eyes revealing an expression of pain and confusion.

“Hm? Poisoned?”

Wang Yue confirmed it and found that the Black Jade Spider was actually poisoned with a potent venom. She couldn’t help but suddenly turn her head to stare at Yang Che, sneering, “Good boy, this old one actually underestimated you.”

Yang Che remained expressionless, silent.

But in his heart, he was desperately trying to figure out how to escape.

“Hey, I have something that should help us escape. But I need time to cast a spell. Do you have any way to stall this person for a while?”

Yang Che suddenly heard Xing Yao’s extremely faint voice by his ear.

Yang Che was speechless for a moment, then directly held up four fingers to her and whispered, “I’m only at the fourth layer.”

Meaning, he only had Qi Refining fourth layer cultivation, so how could he possibly stall someone even more powerful than the Black Jade Spider?

Xing Yao understood and couldn’t help but sigh, saying helplessly, “Then let’s just wait for death together.”

Yang Che: “…”

“What, discussing how to kill this old one?”

Wang Yue no longer paid attention to the Black Jade Spider and walked step by step towards Yang Che and Xing Yao, still twisting her neck and stretching her limbs.

With each step she took, Yang Che and Xing Yao’s hearts grew heavier.

“She’s stalling with us, probably to adapt to this newly taken body.”

Xing Yao said to Yang Che, then took a step forward, and her aura suddenly became stronger, vastly different from before.

Clearly, the Qingxin Pill had already relieved most of her poison, allowing her to recover a large part of her cultivation.

“Since we can’t escape, then let’s fight to the death.”

Xing Yao’s gaze was more resolute than ever before.

Seeing this, Yang Che finally made up his mind and no longer hesitated, quickly saying, “You block her and let me Breakthrough to Qi Refining fifth layer cultivation. As long as I Breakthrough to Qi Refining fifth layer, I’ll be confident in holding her back, allowing you to cast your spell.”

“Alright, I hope you don’t go back on your word.”

Xing Yao hesitated slightly, but finally nodded and agreed.

She naturally couldn’t fully trust Yang Che, as Junior Brother Chen’s death was related to this young man.

If it weren’t for facing a life-or-death crisis and the greater possibility of escaping by cooperating with this young man, she would never show mercy once they left this Spirit Medicine area.

Yang Che sensed the meaning in Xing Yao’s words but showed no ripple of emotion. He immediately walked to the corner and sat down, beginning to fully focus on breaking through to Qi Refining fifth layer.

At this moment, he had no better choice but to trust Xing Yao and fight for a glimmer of hope.

Fully circulating the Purple Origin Art, the medicinal power from the red fruit that had remained in his body was re-activated. Yang Che was completely absorbed, fully pushing forward.

“Meaningless and laughable struggles. This old one’s favorite thing is to watch you insignificant Cultivator struggle before death and then finally despair. Hehehehehehe.”

‘Wang Yue’ cackled a few times, then black mist suddenly surged around her. From within the mist, a ferocious ghostly head shot out, opening its large mouth and viciously devouring towards Xing Yao.

Xing Yao’s delicate face was as calm as water. She immediately waved the ‘Profound Bright Mirror’ in her hand, and streaks of blazing light enveloped the ghostly head.

In an instant, the ghostly head was dissolved.

“I almost forgot you had that little mirror, humph.”

Wang Yue snorted coldly, dispelled the ghostly mist, then raised both arms, muttering incantations.

A bizarre scene unfolded: Wang Yue’s arms suddenly glowed with blood-red light, then abruptly split into two, her two arms transforming into four.

Each arm held a long, ink-black blade, which swiftly slashed towards Xing Yao.

Xing Yao flicked her jade hand, and an ice-blue small shield flashed with cold light. It expanded upon meeting the blades, immediately transforming into a huge shield that blocked the four black blades.

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Yang Che was still fully focused on his Breakthrough.

A quarter of an hour later, ‘Wang Yue’ fought even more fiercely, seemingly gradually adapting completely to the control of her new body.

Meanwhile, Xing Yao began to find herself in precarious situations.

Fortunately, she had many Magical Artifacts. Relying on the advantage of the number of Magical Artifacts, although she was temporarily at a disadvantage, her life was not in danger.

Another quarter of an hour passed.

“You better hurry up. I can’t hold on much longer.”

Xing Yao finally called out helplessly to Yang Che, who was still sitting motionlessly in the corner.

“Girl, even if that boy Breaks through to Qi Refining fifth layer, you two have no chance of winning. Why not surrender obediently? This old one might be in a good mood and even leave your corpses intact.”

Xing Yao ignored her, gritting her teeth and continuing to desperately hold on.

The third quarter of an hour passed, and Xing Yao had reached her limit.

Seeing that Yang Che still hadn’t Broken through his cultivation, a fierce glint flashed in her eyes. Just as she was about to forcefully activate the trump card her Master had left her, she saw a powerful aura suddenly burst forth from the young man in the corner.

“Breakthrough?”

Xing Yao’s heart filled with joy.

Yang Che suddenly opened his eyes at this moment.

Qi Refining fifth layer!

He had truly not expected to Breakthrough to Qi Refining fifth layer cultivation in this mysterious place.

After seeing that Xing Yao had clearly reached her limit, he immediately sprang up from the ground and said in a deep voice, “Fellow Daoist, you can now cast your spell with peace of mind. Whatever you see later, do not be distracted. Just focus on casting your spell.”

Yang Che said something strange, then flashed to Xing Yao’s front.

Xing Yao immediately leaped backward, took out a special ‘Talisman’, and began to concentrate on casting her spell.

“Talisman Treasure?”

‘Wang Yue’s’ expression finally changed for the first time when she saw what was in Xing Yao’s hand.

A malicious look appeared in her eyes, and she flashed forward, intending to snatch the ‘Talisman’ from Xing Yao’s hand.

Yang Che, however, blocked ‘Wang Yue’s’ path with a swift step.

“Get lost. A lowly Cultivator at Qi Refining fifth layer dares to block this old one?”

Wang Yue was truly enraged and directly slashed a fierce blade towards Yang Che’s throat.

Yang Che’s eyes were cold. With a flick of his finger, dozens of dark lights streaked across.

The Flying Fire Needles instantly formed a ‘needle net’, forcefully blocking Wang Yue’s black blade.

“How is that possible?”

Wang Yue was stunned for a moment.

Then she saw that what was blocking her black blade were actually thirty-six strange Flying Needles.