The formation was complete.
Under the dark night sky, the golden light shield was particularly eye-catching.
Fortunately, this place was relatively remote and there were no high-rise buildings nearby. Otherwise, Chen Xi would probably be able to see his great achievements on various short video apps tomorrow …
The light shield was like an inescapable net, firmly trapping the three-headed python that the old man had transformed into.
The python continuously used its huge body to hit the light shield.
However, the light shield seemed to be like a red-hot steel plate. As soon as the python's body touched the light shield, it immediately let out a soft 'bang' sound. Following that, its muscles and scales turned into a wisp of black smoke and dissipated.
After a few fruitless attempts, the python could only coil in the air, raising its three heads and continuously sticking out its scarlet tongue at Chen Xi.
A trapped beast in a desperate situation …
Even if it could not escape, its ferocious and terrifying appearance still made people feel fear from the bottom of their hearts.
The old man was in danger, and Chen Xi's situation was actually not much better than his.
This old monster's battle strength was not very high, but his vitality was extremely tenacious.
Because the old man had turned himself into a soul, he could split into thousands of bodies, and every wisp of black smoke was him …
If Chen Xi missed a wisp of black smoke, then the old man could use this wisp of black smoke to escape, and then continue to devour others.
He believed that as long as his lifespan was not up, there would be a day when the vital essence in his body would accumulate to the point where it could not be contained and could only leak out from his body.
Therefore, Chen Xi decided to take the risk and use himself as the eye of the formation, multitasking seven things at once, using the seven divine swords to replace the formation door, thus trapping the old man in the net.
This was actually a very risky action.
It was like a python wanting to devour another python of similar size. Although the old man's realm was not as high as his, the vital essence in his body was more than Chen Xi's.
Once Chen Xi swallowed the old man into his stomach, as long as the old man broke through the formation, then he would definitely suffer from the backlash.
Therefore, Chen Xi immediately activated the formation, and before the old man regained his senses, he had to end the battle quickly!
He saw that …
A flame floated up.
It blossomed from the void and cascaded down like a world-cleansing red lotus.
Although the flame was small, when it fell on the three-headed giant python, it was like a spark falling on a gas station, instantly setting off a huge fire.
The fire was as quick as lightning, spreading along the python's body.
In the blink of an eye, the three-headed giant python was already on fire. It could only twist its body and madly roll and dance in the sea of fire.
Then, the three-headed python turned into a cloud of smoke and dissipated in the sea of fire.
The giant python had disappeared, but there was still a lot of black smoke gathered below.
Thus, the flames continued to spread downwards.
The flames swept over, and the black smoke couldn't retreat in time.
However, due to the limitations of the light barrier, the places where the black smoke could hide became smaller and smaller. Soon, the flames caught up to it.
When the flames came into contact with the black smoke, it was like a raging fire coming into contact with gasoline, exploding violently.
In an instant …
Sparks flew everywhere, and red light filled the sky!
The flames filled the light shield, and the light illuminated more than half of the sky, so that a large cloud of fire appeared in the sky above Zhonghai City.
The black smoke turned into a black hurricane, crazily colliding with the light shield.
The fire slowly burned from the sky to the ground, not leaving a single gap.
There was nowhere to run.
"No …"
The old man's desperate voice sounded in the light shield.
When the raging fire filled the light shield, the remaining wisp of black smoke could only be completely swept away by the fire.
… …
Because this old man's life was too tenacious, Chen Xi let the fire burn for a full five minutes before he finally dispersed his qi and let everything return to normal.
After the fire, the church had long been reduced to nothing.
In the burnt ruins, Lin Xuan lay on the ground, safe and sound.
Chen Xi came to Lin Xuan's side, and just as he was thinking about whether to wake her up, a wisp of black smoke quietly emerged from the crack in the ground.
Because the wisp of black smoke was too weak, even Chen Xi didn't notice it.
Until … …
This wisp of black smoke floated in front of Li Xiuwen, and directly went into his nostrils. Only then did Chen Xi finally notice the difference in Li Xiuwen's body.
Perhaps because his mental state was better than Lin Xuan, Li Xiuwen was paralyzed on the ground, and saw the entire process of the battle between the old man and Chen Xi.
He stared blankly at Chen Xi, his eyes were empty, as if he had lost his soul, and his mind was blank … …
Li Xiuwen was in a daze.
Until the wisp of black smoke went into his nostrils, Li Xiuwen smelled something foul, and couldn't help but sniff.
This sniff was terrible … …
Li Xiuwen felt dizzy on the spot.
Immediately after, there was a sharp pain in his head.
That pain seemed to come from the depths of his soul, and he couldn't help but cry out in pain.
Chen Xi turned his head to look, and saw Li Xiuwen rolling on the ground in pain.
"It hurts … … Chen Xi … … save me … …"
Li Xiuwen's voice was hoarse, and he let out a barely discernible cry for help.
Seeing this, Chen Xi shook his head slightly, as if he didn't see anything, and calmly retracted his gaze.
"The evils we bring upon ourselves are the hardest to bear."
With that, Chen Xi used his inner Yuan to lift Lin Xuan, and flew straight into the pitch-black night sky with her.
… …
From the perspective of an immortal cultivator …
Even if the physical body died, the soul would still be there.
As long as the soul didn't disappear, it wasn't considered a true death.
Especially after an immortal cultivator condensed Yuanying, even if the physical body was damaged and various functions died, they could still let the Yuanying out of the body, and thus maintain the state of the soul.
Yuanying contained the essence of an immortal cultivator, and other than the cultivation, it also contained the immortal cultivator's three spiritual and seven physical souls.
Thus, as long as the Yuanying didn't disappear, then theoretically speaking, an immortal cultivator wouldn't die.
But unfortunately … …
Yuanying couldn't be separated from the physical body for too long.
The Heavenly Dao was orderly, and this was the law of heaven and earth that an immortal cultivator couldn't violate.
Once the Yuanying left the body, as long as it didn't return to the body after a certain time limit, then no matter how powerful the immortal cultivator was, he would silently perish under the influence of the Heavenly Dao, without leaving a trace.
Because of this restriction, even though the old man was half-human and half-ghost, he still didn't abandon his rotting physical body.
Thus, if the physical body died unexpectedly, then the immortal cultivator had to find a new body before the Yuanying disappeared.
This was also known as:
Possession.
Possessing another person's body to maintain one's own life.
Fortunately, this kind of behavior would be restricted by the Heavenly Dao.
An immortal cultivator could only possess another body once in their lifetime, and if they forcefully attempted a second time, they would only die tragically.
At the same time, the side effects of possessing another person's body were huge.
If an immortal cultivator was compared to a car, then their physical body would be the outer shell of the car, and the Yuanying would be the engine.
The old man used to own a Lamborghini, but because of a car accident, the body of the car was smashed into scrap metal, so he could only take out the engine and find a new body.
If he could find a Lamborghini of the same model and install his engine, then he would naturally be able to unleash one hundred percent of its power.
But the problem was, everyone was a Lamborghini, so why would he let someone else possess his body?
If he couldn't find a Lamborghini of the same model …
For example, if he installed the Lamborghini's engine on a Wuling Hongguang, even if the car could run, it would definitely not be able to unleash its original power.
It might even cause irreversible damage to the engine because the various parts didn't match.
Thus, unless they were at the end of their rope, immortal cultivators wouldn't choose to possess another person's body.
The old man's injuries were too severe, and he had no other choice, so he chose Li Xiuwen …
If it was in the past, Chen Xi would definitely save Li Xiuwen for old times' sake.
But his actions today had angered Chen Xi, so naturally, Chen Xi couldn't help him.
Possession was a life and death game in itself.
The strong would live, and the weak would die.
The old man was only left with a remnant soul, and Li Xiuwen wasn't an ordinary person without any cultivation, since they were on par, then let them fight it out.
Anyway, no matter who survived in the end, that body wouldn't be able to hold on for long.
Chen Xi left.
Li Xiuwen lay on the ground, struggling in pain.
At this moment, a series of urgent sirens suddenly sounded under the dark night sky.
More than ten A6 cars surrounded the ruins of the church.
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