Becoming an immortal against the will of heaven

Looking at the bizarre scene around him, a sense of foreboding arose in Chen Tian's heart.

Just as this feeling of unease reached its peak, suddenly, withered hands shot out from beneath the black soil.

"Not good! Retreat now!"

Seeing these black hands, resembling decayed and withered wood, a familiar sensation rushed to his mind. Greatly alarmed, Chen Tian quickly retreated and warned Ji Ao in mid-air.

Hearing Chen Tian's urgent cry, Ji Ao, who had been attacking fiercely, was momentarily stunned. Then, as if realizing something, his expression changed drastically, and he retreated.

However, just as Ji Ao retreated, black shadows, like bolts of black lightning, shot out from the soil and rushed towards him.

When Ji Ao saw the appearance of these black shadows clearly, his heart was filled with endless terror, because he discovered that these black shadows were exactly the same as the 'Corpse Demons' they had encountered earlier.

Clearly, seeing the critical situation, Immortal Lord Ziwei used the 'Thousand Corpse Demon Gathering Formation' to transform the ancient immortal corpses buried underground into Corpse Demons and attacked Ji Ao.

This time, the Corpse Demons he summoned were far superior in number and strength to those Chen Tian and the others had encountered earlier. Obviously, these Corpse Demons must have been famous figures in the ancient Immortal Realm when they were alive.

However, Chen Tian and Ji Ao no longer had the mind to investigate the origins of these Corpse Demons. What they needed to solve now was how to escape from so many Corpse Demons!

Because Chen Tian had discovered them first, he had already escaped hundreds of miles away, beyond the attack range of these Corpse Demons.

However, Ji Ao on the other side was not as lucky as Chen Tian. He had not escaped far before he was caught up by dozens of Corpse Demons closest to him. After some delay, the remaining thousands of Corpse Demons, like locusts, densely surrounded him, completely trapping Ji Ao inside.

These Corpse Demons all possessed considerable strength. Even if Ji Ao was strong, he gradually felt overwhelmed by being outnumbered.

Initially, Ji Ao could crush dozens of Corpse Demons with a swing of his meteor hammers, but there were simply too many Corpse Demons around. Before long, new Corpse Demons replenished the ranks, mindlessly charging at Ji Ao like moths to a flame, wearing down his strength.

Gradually, the frequency of Ji Ao's meteor hammer swings decreased, and the force of each attack also weakened. One hammer strike could only barely deal with three Corpse Demons.

"Ah!"

With a painful roar, the Corpse Demon closest to Ji Ao used its sharp teeth to bite off a piece of flesh from his left hand, exposing Ji Ao's bones.

"Die!"

In extreme pain, Ji Ao, with red eyes, swung his meteor hammer and slammed it down on the Corpse Demon's head, instantly smashing its head into a pulp.

However, although this Corpse Demon died, more and more Corpse Demons continued to rush up, seemingly about to engulf Ji Ao's figure.

"Will of Slaughter, Blood Blade, Sever!"

Just as Ji Ao was almost in despair, suddenly, a cold and absolutely majestic voice drilled into his ears from a distance. Then, Ji Ao, whose vision was blocked by the Corpse Demons, clearly felt an extremely sharp aura rushing towards him.

"Boom!"

As if confirming Ji Ao's guess, before long, a huge blood blade transformed from boundless killing intent fell from the sky. The immense power poured out, immediately crushing the Corpse Demons around Ji Ao into powder.

Seeing this scene, Ji Ao was overjoyed. Then, without any hesitation, he took advantage of this gap and immediately transformed into a stream of light, flying out of the Corpse Demon's encirclement. Although there were still a few sporadic Corpse Demons blocking the way, they were quickly dealt with by Ji Ao's meteor hammers, and he finally escaped danger.

Immediately after escaping danger, Ji Ao saw that Chen Tian was standing about three hundred miles away from him, and above his head, there was a strange scroll floating, with the word 'Slaughter' written on it! It was the mysterious magic weapon Chen Tian had obtained, the Slaughter Character Scroll!

Although he didn't know exactly what had happened just now, Ji Ao understood that the reason he was able to escape was entirely due to Chen Tian's secret help.

Thinking of this, a feeling of excitement surged in Ji Ao's heart. Then, without any hesitation, he accelerated and rushed towards Chen Tian.

To be honest, he was really afraid that Chen Tian would run away alone. If that were the case, he would definitely die here. Fortunately, Chen Tian was a man of his word and did not abandon him, but instead came back to rescue him. This made him extremely excited.

However, what Ji Ao didn't know was that Chen Tian had also considered abandoning him and escaping alone. After all, with Ji Ao attracting attacks, Chen Tian could escape very easily.

However, the reason why Chen Tian didn't do this was because he understood the principle of 'if the lips are gone, the teeth will be cold'. If Ji Ao really died here, he would lose a helper, which would be an extremely troublesome matter for Chen Tian.

At the same time, more importantly, Jin Chi was still hiding in the dark, and Chen Tian didn't know when he would appear. However, one thing Chen Tian was sure of was that after losing Ji Ao, Chen Tian would face the dual crisis of Jin Chi and Immortal Lord Ziwei at the same time. At that time, Chen Tian might fall into eternal doom.

Therefore, from any point of view, keeping Ji Ao was a very beneficial thing for Chen Tian, and he couldn't just let him die here.

"Chen Tian, I owe you this time. In the future, I will definitely repay this favor!" Just then, Ji Ao finally flew to Chen Tian's side and said to him with gratitude.

"Now is not the time to talk about this. There is still a trouble that needs our urgent solution." Hearing this, Chen Tian's expression did not change at all, but his eyes narrowed and he looked into the distance.

Ji Ao was stunned for a moment after hearing this, but soon, his expression instantly turned cold, and he turned around to look into the distance.

At this time, Immortal Lord Ziwei, under the protection of numerous Corpse Demons, was also staring at Chen Tian and Ji Ao with an extremely gloomy expression!

The crisis is far from being resolved!