Becoming an immortal against the will of heaven

Hearing this voice, everyone was immediately startled and turned their heads in unison, discovering Hou Zhen striding forward from behind, his hair disheveled.

The aura on his body had surged to its peak, seemingly about to reach the critical point and erupt.

Accompanying Hou Zhen's appearance, the previously stable space here actually began to collapse. The palace closest to everyone even developed fine cracks, followed by a "rumble" as it completely collapsed.

"Damn it, a persistent ghost!"

Seeing the palaces collapsing one after another, the fat old man's heart ached as if it were bleeding. Immediately afterward, he suddenly raised his head, his gaze turning sharply towards Hou Zhen, and coldly said, "It seems that if I don't get rid of you first, everything here will be destroyed in your hands. Very well, then I, old man, will eliminate you first!"

Saying that, the fat old man turned to Chen Tian and He Busi again, hurriedly saying, "Once this person self-destructs, not only will I be unable to survive, but even you won't be able to live. Therefore, why don't we join forces to kill him? How about it?"

This fat old man actually wanted to invite Chen Tian and He Busi to attack together.

However, after hearing his suggestion, Chen Tian and He Busi exchanged glances and simultaneously took a step back, distancing themselves from him.

"What does this mean?" Seeing the two's actions, the fat old man's gaze turned cold as he said in a sinister tone.

"Senior, please don't blame us. We are only at the early stage of the凝海 realm. We really can't help Senior in any way. Forcing an attack might even disrupt Senior. Therefore, it's better to watch from the side first and secretly assist when a suitable opportunity arises, jointly killing this thief!" Looking at the fat old man's sinister appearance, Chen Tian replied calmly and respectfully.

Chen Tian wasn't a fool. Of course, he knew that the fat old man's invitation to attack together was actually to use them as bait to restrain Hou Zhen.

At that time, the fat old man would definitely not come forward to help but would retreat in a hurry, waiting for Hou Zhen to truly self-destruct and dissipate all the power before returning to pack up everything here and take it all away. And at that time, Chen Tian and He Busi would definitely perish together in Hou Zhen's self-destruction.

This was a plan to kill two birds with one stone, both resolving the danger of Hou Zhen's self-destruction and taking the opportunity to eliminate Chen Tian and He Busi. And at that time, wouldn't everything here belong to him?

After witnessing the fat old man's insidious intentions before, Chen Tian had already been closely guarding against him. So, how could he fall into his trap at this time?

At the same time, Chen Tian also knew that the fat old man definitely still had a few tricks up his sleeve that he hadn't used. Take the Corpse Puppet Soul Separation Art from before, for example. According to Chen Tian's speculation, the fat old man had condensed a total of three clones, with their cultivation levels being at the early stage, mid-stage, and late stage of the 凝海 realm, respectively.

Now, the early stage 凝海 realm clone had already died, and the mid-stage 凝海 realm second clone had been holding up the jade bed and following by his side, but the last third clone, whose strength had reached the late stage of the 凝海 realm, had never been seen.

This indicated that the fat old man was only outwardly putting on a frightened appearance, but in reality, he was still hiding many methods that he hadn't fully used, including that third clone.

It was precisely because he thought of these things that Chen Tian wasn't in a hurry to rush forward. His idea was to wait for the fat old man to weaken a bit before making a move!

When they were outside just now, He Busi had already joined forces with Chen Tian again, so Chen Tian didn't attack, and He Busi naturally wouldn't attack either, quietly staying by his side and watching the fight!

"Are you two crazy?" At this time, the fat old man's expression became terrified as he shouted loudly, "Do you know that once we let this demonic beast self-destruct, then we're all finished! Only by going up together to deal with him do we have a glimmer of hope!"

"There's no need for Senior to remind us, we naturally know that," Chen Tian grinned, his expression calm, "So, in order to prevent this from happening, Senior, please work hard and be sure to stop this person from self-destructing. We two are weak and can only stand by and cheer for Senior from the bottom of our hearts."

Chen Tian was not provoked by the fat old man's words in the slightest and remained unmoved.

After hearing these words, the fat old man instantly understood what Chen Tian was thinking at this time. He was truly surprised in his heart, not expecting Chen Tian to be so clever, not jumping into the trap he had set.

"You brat, just you wait. After I free up my hands, I will definitely slowly torture you to death!"

After thinking about it sinisterly in his heart, the fat old man's gaze towards Chen Tian became even colder.

However, at this moment, Hou Zhen on the side suddenly began to take the initiative.

A drop of scarlet blood slowly floated out from between Hou Zhen's eyebrows. As soon as it appeared, an incomparably terrifying demonic power burst forth from within, blasting in all directions.

"This aura... is Ji Ao!"

When Chen Tian sensed the aura emanating from this drop of blood, his expression suddenly changed. He immediately recognized that this drop of blood did not belong to Hou Zhen but came from Ji Ao's body.

Chen Tian would never forget that demonic and cunning aura in his life!

The truth was indeed as Chen Tian had guessed. This drop of blood did indeed come from Ji Ao's body.

After creating the Demon God Sect, Ji Ao had bestowed a drop of his lifeblood essence to a total of eighteen powerful demon race experts.

With this drop of blood essence, the strength of these demon race experts could increase day by day, and their cultivation would also be faster.

But besides these benefits, this drop of blood essence actually carried another major purpose, which was to monitor and control these demon race experts.

Ji Ao had placed a restriction in each drop of blood. If anyone wanted to betray the Demon God Sect or mention his name to outsiders, then the restriction would immediately take effect, instantly killing them.

At the same time, in order to prevent these demon race experts from being captured by humans and unable to endure the inhuman torture after being interrogated, they could also actively activate the restriction in this drop of blood, thereby initiating the self-destruction program.

Just now, Hou Zhen was captured by the fat old man, and all the spiritual power in his body was sealed. But even so, Hou Zhen was still able to initiate self-destruction. This was because Hou Zhen used this drop of blood essence.

So, at this time, as soon as this drop of blood essence appeared, its powerful pressure instantly burst out, and the surrounding palaces collapsed at an even faster speed.

Looking back at Hou Zhen, his entire body was immediately covered with a layer of strange red flames, like a living person, only revealing his two eyes, staring fixedly at the fat old man!