With the Sword of Greed in his hand, every cultivator thrown at him is not a problem; he slashed their attack, absorbing their qi in the process.

He cleaved through their puppet and then proceeded to kill them.

Each kill increased his power more and more. Usually, with this many kills, Yang Fei’s soul should start getting contaminated, but with the Sword of Greed’s help, this contamination is reduced to a minimum. He also has a way to expel the rest of it.

This is the main reason the strongest demonic cultivators at that time created the Sword of Greed. But this doesn’t mean it doesn’t have any risk.

The Taotie soul itself is a danger. Yang Fei knows right now it cooperates because it wants to recover, but as it grows stronger, it will try to take over his body if he has time to reach that.

BANG!

A kick suddenly came from the side, launching Yang Fei’s body into the air. It was then followed by a barrage of poisonous needles, all parried by Yang Fei.

As he regained his bearings, he could see a child standing with two puppets looking at him. Feeling the aura coming from her made him serious.

She is a Golden Core cultivator. And the puppet that attacked him also has similar power.

BAM!

At this moment, the giant frog landed beside him. The celestial beast’s body started turning into her humanoid form.

“To think you cooperate with them? Don’t you have an agreement with us?” LinFang asked.

“Blame yourself for bringing them to me and how your grandfather easily trusts me.

Don’t think, I don’t know what you plan to do. It’s just unfortunate they have something I really want.”

Her celestial aura then started spreading, creating a huge pressure on LinFang.

A distance away from them, MingYue was looking from the rooftop toward the battlefield.

‘Vesa, are you sure I can defeat it?’

[Yes, Queen, don’t underestimate the modern weapon we have. Even though that Celestial beast is strong, with your regeneration and my enhanced strength, we can defeat it. Taking his Rook deal is worth it.]

“Alright, let’s not waste time then,” MingYue replied.

A red smoke started appearing near her, condensing into a bat with two wings. Vesa has regained some of its ability thanks to the deal MingYue made with Rook.

After giving out most of his energy to Lin Fang, he offers the rest for MingYue to absorb on the condition that she helps his clan, despite what Lin Fang chooses.

At first, MingYue wanted to refuse, despite the amount of life force, she doesn’t feel it’s worth it when she can get the whole clan under her. But Vesa interjected.

Despite not being immortal, Rook’s life force quality is high enough to recover part of Vesa’s power, which Alex has used.

It’s not as good as a real immortal, but at least it allows Vesa to materialize in the real world and transfer both of them to hunt for primordial blood.

Other than this, it also enables Vesa to use a small Rune. Vesa started creating some patterns on MingYue’s palm. Since this one is only temporary, it doesn’t take Vesa much energy and time to finish it.

[It’s done, Queen; with this, it should buff your overall ability.]

MingYue could feel her body become even stronger than before; it’s different than using life force to directly enhance her body.

With this rune, the enhancement is more effective; it consumes less of the life force while giving her even more boost. It also helps MingYue to learn by example how to control her energy flow better.

She then flew into the air, and many ice shards started appearing around her, each emanating a cold qi aura as it was boosted with life force.

Swish, it started bombarding toward the Celestial beast.

“I will take her. You face that demonic cultivator.” MingYue said as she landed beside LinFang.

“I don’t need your help.”

“Well, it’s an order from your ancestor, so get off your high horse,” MingYue replied coldly.

“Hmph.” LinFang snorted, but she knew it was not the time to protest.

She started manipulating her father and mother, attacking Yang Feng. Meanwhile, the Celestial beast looked at MingYue’s attack, her qi burst forward manipulating the plants surrounding the area.

Grass started growing into spears meeting the ice head-on. She expected the ice shards to be shattered, but what happened next made her feel baffled. In theory, her realm should be stronger than MingYue’s, but she could feel the energy behind her attack is on a different level than her own.

The ice froze the grass then continued on its way shattering everything. “Seems I need to do this seriously.”

Her qi rose, churning even more, as she leaped toward MingYue. She threw a roundhouse kick toward MingYue’s head.

BAM!

A shockwave exploded as it was blocked by Twin Frostbites.

Unfortunately, the strength behind the Celestial beast is not something MingYue could block; if not because her overall strength was buffed at this moment, the sword would already be knocked from her hand.

Seeing her attack working, the Celestial beast started launching a barrage of attacks, pushing MingYue further away from Blue Lotus Village.

At first, MingYue wanted to go all out using her secret technique imbued with life force to the max, but she realized the Celestial beast didn’t really want to hurt her.

Its attacks never targeted her vitals. And MingYue could read her emotions; the beast had no hostile intentions.

BAM! BAM! BANG!

Each attack created shockwaves, decimating the forest. As MingYue was imbued with frost qi, each time the Celestial beast dodged, the attack would hit the ground, leaving behind a patch of frozen area.

“Just what do you want? Are you fighting or not?”

“I am obligated by a blood oath to help him attack the village, but it doesn’t detail that I need to kill you.”

MingYue frowned. “In that case, why not just attack other cultivators. If I help attack the demonic cultivator, you should be freed from the blood oath.”

The Celestial beast smirked. Their attacks met once more before both of them landed on the ground.

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