Becoming an immortal against the will of heaven

Sharing Chen Tian's surprise was Hou Zhen.

Upon seeing the fat old man summon another skeleton, his expression underwent a dramatic change!

The previous skeleton, whatever it was, had stubbornly withstood his Blood Lord Saber, which had greatly startled Hou Zhen.

Therefore, seeing another skeleton appear, Hou Zhen's heart immediately became wary.

"Something's not right!"

But at this moment, Hou Zhen seemed to remember something. His expression froze, and his gaze fixed on the slightly weathered strange figure, as if recalling something.

Suddenly, Hou Zhen's eyes widened, and he exclaimed in terror, "Could this be the legendary 'Corpse Puppet Soul Severing Art'?"

"What?"

Hearing Hou Zhen's terrified cry, Chen Tian's expression also changed.

In an ancient book, Chen Tian had seen a description of this 'Corpse Puppet Soul Severing Art'.

Legend has it that this technique can separate and preserve a person's forms from three different periods of their life. After refining them, they can even be used as powerful magical treasures.

In other words, if this fat old man had truly used the 'Corpse Puppet Soul Severing Art', then the white jade skeleton that appeared earlier, as well as the grayish-white skeleton now, were all parts of his life. They were just separated from him at different times.

If Chen Tian's deduction was correct, then the half-faced strange man from before should have been separated after the fat old man broke through to the凝海 (Ning Hai) Realm, possessing the strength of the early Ning Hai Realm.

At that time, he was still very young, so his face showed a vigorous and sharp appearance.

And the middle-aged man now displayed before Chen Tian's eyes should have been separated after the fat old man cultivated to the mid-stage of the Ning Hai Realm, possessing the strength of the mid-stage of the Ning Hai Realm.

At that time, after countless years of experience and seeing all kinds of grievances and affections, he had long worn away his sharp personality and become calm and restrained.

The 'Corpse Puppet Soul Severing Art' can preserve three different forms in total. However, only two have appeared so far, which means that there may be another different form hidden within this fat old man.

According to speculation, this form may have been separated when he cultivated to the late stage of the Ning Hai Realm, possessing the cultivation of the late stage of the Ning Hai Realm.

In other words, this fat old man still has a clone hidden within him with the strength of the late stage of the Ning Hai Realm!

Thinking of this, Chen Tian was so surprised that he almost couldn't close his mouth.

Cultivating the 'Corpse Puppet Soul Severing Art' is fraught with difficulties and requires a price that ordinary people cannot imagine. In tens of thousands of years, only a few people have truly understood this technique.

And if this fat old man has really learned this technique, then it is enough to imagine that his strength should be far above Hou Zhen!

"Hehe, I didn't expect that you, a demon clan member, would also be proficient in the supreme magic of our immortal cultivation world. I really underestimated you."

At this time, the fat old man slowly spoke. His words were equivalent to indirectly admitting that the magic he was using now was indeed the 'Corpse Puppet Soul Severing Art'!

This made Hou Zhen and Chen Tian even more horrified.

However, the smile on the fat old man's face quickly disappeared, replaced by a coldness like frost. He stared at Hou Zhen and said coldly, "Being able to force this old man to use the second clone, you are the third person in history! You should feel honored even if you die now. So now, you... go to die!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the second incarnation, which had been closing its eyes all along, suddenly opened its eyes. At the same time, a red ghostly light shot out from its eyes.

Seeing this scene, Hou Zhen was terrified. After quickly thinking about it, he stopped walking towards the jade bed. Instead, he turned around and planned to escape.

"Hehe, thinking of running now? It's too late! No matter what, you will die here today!"

The fat old man's face did not show any expression. As soon as he finished speaking, the second incarnation standing in front of him rushed out like black lightning, chasing after Hou Zhen.

"Sizzle..."

This second incarnation was extremely fast. Before long, it arrived behind Hou Zhen, reached out its hand, and instantly tore off half of Hou Zhen's sleeve, along with a large piece of flesh on it.

Instantly, blood rained down from the sky. Then, Hou Zhen closed his eyes and died, falling rapidly from the sky like a kite with a broken string.

However, in the process of falling, a red light suddenly rushed out of his body and continued to fly towards the cave entrance.

It turned out that Hou Zhen, seeing that the situation was not good, had abandoned his physical body and only escaped with his primordial spirit.

"Hmph, such trivial skills, still want to confuse this old man's eyes? You're simply overestimating yourself!"

The fat old man couldn't help but show a cruel sneer on his face when he saw Hou Zhen's primordial spirit rushing out. Then, with a thought, he guided the second incarnation to continue chasing after Hou Zhen's primordial spirit.

After leaving his physical body, Hou Zhen returned to his original form, turning into a three-inch-long slender lizard. With a flick of his tail, he dashed forward a hundred feet.

Hou Zhen was extremely frightened at this time. He originally thought that the fat old man's cultivation was far below him, but he didn't expect that this person had learned the legendary 'Corpse Puppet Soul Severing Art', hiding all his strength on three incarnations.

Although this second incarnation only had the cultivation of the mid-stage of the Ning Hai Realm, Hou Zhen was seriously injured before and his strength was greatly damaged. He was no longer his opponent, so the only thing Hou Zhen could do at this time was to try his best to escape from here.

The jade bed, the male corpse, and Ji Ao's orders, at this moment, he couldn't care about any of them. He was only thinking about how to escape.

Besides that, he had no other thoughts in his mind!

Fortunately, the exit was less than three hundred feet away from him. As long as he had three more breaths, he would be able to escape safely.

Thinking of this, a gleam of brilliance flashed across Hou Zhen's face.

Hou Zhen thought that after he escaped from here, he must tell Ji Ao about this matter and let this demon god adult who descended from the upper realm avenge him!

Hou Zhen believed that no one on the乾元 (Qian Yuan) Continent would be Ji Ao's opponent. As long as he took action, let alone a fat old man, even ten of them could be easily wiped out.

So as long as he could escape, everything was still hopeful!

It's just...

At this moment, less than ten feet away from the exit, a withered hand like a dried corpse suddenly stretched out and grabbed Hou Zhen's primordial spirit!