The Terrifying Path of Immortal Cultivation

The Taoist at Sanchuan Gate looked at the charging pig-headed monster with a hint of indifference on his face.

Holding a talisman in his hand, he infused a trace of Essence Qi into it.

A black handprint permeated from the surrounding restrictions.

This black handprint resembled a ghost's claw, spanning a yard wide, and instantly grabbed the pig-headed monster.

The pig-headed monster struggled with all its might, but it couldn't break free from the giant hand.

"Ah ah ah..."

The piercing screams continued as black smoke corroded its body.

As if countless insects were burrowing through its body, its skin revealed numerous wounds.

In just a few breaths, the pig-headed monster turned into a pile of black bones.

Li Qing, hiding on the side, felt his scalp tingle at the sight.

This cruel scene was the first time he had witnessed it, even more terrifying than the actions of the Blood Spirit Son.

"Darn, caught off guard."

"This is a trap. We must find a way to escape."

Although Li Qing felt a chill in his heart, he remained rational, contemplating what to do.

Looking left and right, he was searching for someone with a calm demeanor.

He couldn't come up with a solution himself, but that didn't mean others couldn't.

His divine eyes could reveal others' true expressions, which was enough.

At this moment, many cultivators arrived at the gate, most of them showing unease in their eyes, and some even flashed with fear, as if they had thought of something unpleasant.

Glancing at the genuine expressions of these people, Li Qing's heart grew heavier.

He didn't see anyone with a confident demeanor; it seemed like everyone was engulfed in fear.

"I have the All Things Escape Technique. I wonder if it can penetrate these restrictions."

With various thoughts flashing through his mind, he quietly headed towards the other side of the ghost city.

Using the "Sun and Moon Divine Vision," he looked underground, his expression growing increasingly grim.

The area three yards underground was filled with eerie restrictions, and he even saw numerous coffins, all containing dangerous corpses.

"It seems that Sanchuan Gate is a group of necromancers."

"If I attempt to escape underground, I'm afraid I'll be detected immediately."

Looking up at the sky, which was also covered in restrictions, the scent of death pervaded everywhere. This place was like a sardine can, with everyone trapped inside.

Li Qing felt like tearing his scalp off; he felt like he had stepped into a huge trap.

"Damn, I'm so unlucky. It seems I need to be more careful in the future."

"Mysteries attract each other, that's probably true, and my unlucky constitution exacerbates it."

Lost in thought, he quietly approached the boundary of the restrictions, using the All Things Escape Technique. He seemed to transform into an invisible gas.

He tentatively touched the misty area formed by the restriction formation.

The moment he made contact, he felt something was amiss, as if an inexplicable force had been triggered.

Countless mists quickly gathered at his location, and a pitch-black hand was taking shape.

Without any hesitation, he immediately chose to retreat, returning to the ghost city without stopping for a moment.

As he left, the largest ghostly hand slowly disappeared.

"The restriction formation is very sensitive to abnormal auras. My All Things Escape Technique is only effective in places without power blockades."

"If there's a power blockade, once I enter, I'll be attacked as well."

Confirming the ineffectiveness of his escape technique, Li Qing's mind was filled with various thoughts.

"However, the area isn't large, only within a three-yard range."

"If I'm fast enough and use the Indestructible True Body to protect myself, there shouldn't be a problem breaking through."

"But it's hard to say what the situation will be like once I break through, and there may be other changes along the way."

At this point, he returned to the boundary of the ghost city, still observing the restriction formation.

Suddenly, a figure rushed past.

It was a monster with a tiger's head, its body emitting a layer of black light, covering it like armor.

Silently, it leaped a yard's distance and instantly charged into the restriction formation.

The entire restriction formation shimmered, and black claws took shape inside, rolling mist reaching out towards the tiger-headed monster.

Faced with such a terrifying attack, the tiger-headed monster showed no fear, wildly wielding a large blade.

The blade was shrouded in black light, like a weapon of the god of death, its radiance extending at least a yard.

The huge blade light struck the black arms around it, blocking them.

Just as it was about to break through, a figure suddenly rose from the ground.

It was a corpse clad in armor, charging directly at the tiger monster.

The corpse exuded a terrifying corpse aura, the Essence Qi emitted by the creatures growing within the corpse.

Through the "Sun and Moon Divine Vision," Li Qing could clearly see the source of the Essence Qi in the corpse.

The corpse was enveloped in countless corpse auras, and the monster wildly swung its arms, colliding with the tiger-headed monster.

The opponent's blade light fell on the corpse, only sparking countless sparks.

It had no other effect, and the armor only showed white marks.

In the delay, countless ghostly hands came from all sides, and corrosive smoke instantly engulfed the tiger-headed monster.

"Ah ah ah..."

Amidst a series of miserable screams, the tiger-headed monster was instantly torn to pieces.

The corpse monster voraciously devoured the tiger-headed monster, absorbing its power.

The corpse seemed to have countless tiny creatures on it, forming a whole new biological system based on the corpse.

This was a different kind of life system, devouring external flesh, absorbing Essence Qi, and transforming it into new Essence Qi.

Various bizarre limbs were growing on the corpse, and it would eventually become an extremely terrifying entity.

Everyone in the ghost city was subdued, no longer daring to act recklessly.

A group of evil demons and heretics could not possibly unite.

At this moment, Li Qing still appeared as the image of the Thunder God in a gray robe, his monkey-like appearance not attracting anyone's attention.

Watching the miserable state of the tiger-headed monster, he shook his head slightly.

"It's probably very difficult to break through head-on!"

"What should I do next?"

"I wonder what the sinister Blood Bone Celestial Maiden and Sanchuan Gate want, trapping these Independent Cultivators here."

He felt extremely anxious, but at this moment, he had no choice but to take it step by step.

...

The people in the ghost city were in a state of anxiety, with many of them squatting on the side, quietly waiting.

Some people began to whisper and discuss something.

Li Qing quietly listened, using his powerful senses.

After a while, he took a deep breath, a hint of contemplation in his eyes as he heard some information from the conversation across from him.

Across from him were two cultivators dressed in black robes, relatively less mutated.

All of them were at the Body Tempering level, emitting a strong aura.

"I suspect the Blood Bone Celestial Maiden might be here for revenge."

I once heard that the Blood Bone Celestial Maiden had some grievances with the Divine Child of the Mo Family in Sanchuan City."