The Quest for Immortality

The Zhang Family Ancestral Master sneered, ”Little devil, you’re still too green to fight me.”

Then he brought his palms together, his voice hoarse and fierce:

”Great Coffin Sealing Skill, activate!”

The bronze giant coffin’s lid flung open, revealing nothing but darkness inside. Yet, from that darkness emerged chains of corroded bronze.

The chains extended in all directions, trapping the surrounding Iron Corpses and pulling them towards the coffin.

The Zhang Family Ancestral Master said with a cold expression:

”I didn’t want to use this move unless absolutely necessary...”

”The Great Coffin Sealing Skill, manifesting the bronze giant coffin, will transform all the Elders back into Iron Corpses. Their Divine Thoughts will be erased, their bodies reshaped, and all methods of control washed away.”

”However, once they lose consciousness, they’ll no longer be Elders of my Zhang Family but merely Iron Corpses under my command.”

”They are Elders of the Zhang Family, my descendants. Refined by the bronze coffin, their consciousness erased, they really are just Iron Corpse puppets...”

”Even though they can still serve my Zhang Family, they will no longer address me as ’Ancestor’...”

The Zhang Family Ancestral Master felt a deep sadness, which soon turned to indignation as he glared at Mo Hua with rage.

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”Once I regain control over the Iron Corpses, I’ll make sure they surround and slaughter you, devouring you bit by bit, until nothing is left!”

”To avenge my Zhang Family and quell the hatred in my heart!”

Hate blazed in the eyes of the Zhang Family Ancestral Master.

This little devil had placed him in deep crisis.

If this standoff continued for too long, it would not be to his advantage.

Better to use his trump card, pay the price, and extinguish this little devil once and for all to eliminate future troubles!

Without control over the Iron Corpses, this little devil is no match for him.

By using the Great Coffin Sealing Skill, he could refine eleven Iron Corpses anew.

One Copper Corpse and eleven Iron Corpses are sure to slaughter this little devil.

This is his Sea of Consciousness; there is no escape!

Mo Hua’s face showed fear.

Delight filled the heart of the Zhang Family Ancestral Master.

But soon, he sensed something was amiss.

The little devil’s gaze was calm and composed, without a hint of worry.

The ”fear” on his face seemed to be feigned?

The Zhang Family Ancestral Master realized something was wrong and abruptly looked down to discover Formation Patterns spreading from beneath his feet all the way to the bronze giant coffin.

They were intricate and overlapping.

When the bronze giant coffin was opened, these Formation Patterns, like creeping vines, crawled up through the edges and directly inside the coffin.

The Zhang Family Ancestral Master instantly understood and angrily exclaimed:

”You little wretch, you’re plotting against me?!”

He had been deliberately talking nonsense to the little devil while secretly executing the Great Coffin Sealing Skill.

Meanwhile, this little devil took advantage of his inattention during the spellcasting to lay down these Formation Patterns under the cover of the bronze coffin!

Mo Hua snorted, ”As the saying goes, one good turn deserves another!”

The Zhang Family Ancestral Master’s complexion changed drastically, and he immediately attempted to close the coffin.

But Mo Hua was one step ahead, and with a movement of his Divine Thought, he crisply commanded:

”Burst!”

An array of dense Earthfire Compound Formations exploded!

From within the bronze giant coffin, the Formation Patterns lit up one by one, extending layer by layer outward, with waves of surging Spiritual Power spreading out wave after wave.

The bronze coffin turned into a Flame Coffin.

The Spiritual Power manifested by Divine Thought exploded and surged within.

The timely activation of the Zhang Family Ancestral Master’s coffin caused the Earth Fire Formation Patterns to extend inside the bronze coffin, thus magnifying its destructive power.

The flames raged and, in a moment, the bronze coffin trembled and fissured, fading into a faint illusion before vanishing completely.

Simultaneously, the Iron Corpses sucked into the coffin were affected by the force of the formation, their forms dimming and rendered immobile.

Within the Sea of Consciousness, spells manifested by Divine Thoughts are the Divine Thoughts themselves.

With the destruction of the bronze coffin, the Zhang Family Ancestral Master also suffered a grave injury. His face pale, he vomited fresh blood, his Divine Thoughts significantly depleted, and his form shrunken by a few inches.

Grinding his teeth in anger, the Zhang Family Ancestral Master said:

”Formation?!”

This little devil, how is he a Formation Master?

And his method of setting up formations, without pen or ink, what served as the medium, and how did he draw the formation?

The Zhang Family Ancestral Master’s gaze shook.

Having lived for hundreds of years, he had never seen a Cultivator who could draw Formation Patterns in the Sea of Consciousness.

Even less conceivable was such an unexpected, pen-and-inkless method of manifesting formations directly with Divine Thought, which was beyond belief.

This child must either have a profound inheritance from his family’s teachings or else he has had an extraordinary encounter and acquired an astonishing legacy!

Mo Hua’s face had also turned rather pale.

In a single effort, he had manifested too many formations, consuming a great deal of his Divine Sense, and he was now somewhat struggling to maintain his Divine Thoughts.

This ancestor from the Zhang Family was even more troublesome than he had imagined.

Copper Corpse, Corpse Poison Technique, White Bone Staff, Great Coffin Sealing Skill.

Had he not taken control of the Iron Corpses, outnumbering the Ancestor in battle, the outcome of a head-on confrontation would have been uncertain.

Thankfully, he played it a bit cowardly...

But at this point, with the Zhang Family Ancestral Master severely injured, there was no way Mo Hua could allow him to escape!

Strike him while he’s down!

Of the eleven Iron Corpses affected by the Earth Fire Formation, six were on the brink of death, leaving only five still functional.

Mo Hua then commanded these Iron Corpses to continue the assault.

At the same time, he kept employing the Water Prison Technique to control and Fireball Technique to wear down the enemy.

”This isn’t good!”

With the Great Coffin Sealing Skill thwarted, Divine Thoughts backlashing, and strength greatly reduced, the Zhang Family Ancestral Master felt a deep chill in his heart.

This was a great calamity!

Even him, Ancestor Founder of Corpse Path, the Copper Corpse incarnate, who had lived for hundreds of years, had never anticipated capsizing in this ”gutter” within Mo Hua’s Sea of Consciousness.

He had never imagined that after the Zhang Family inherited the Corpse Path and controlled corpses for centuries, their Elders would end up being controlled as zombies by someone else.

What’s even worse, that someone else also controlled them to betray and annihilate their Ancestor!