Chapter 1024
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The mountain was on the verge of collapse, and the last and most critical force sealing Tian Linzi was about to dissipate. Thus, Tian Linzi was more than willing to answer Ye Wushuang’s doubts.
Ye Wushuang immediately asked, “Whether it be the Taiyi Tian’gang Sealing Demon Formation or the sealing blood chains on this mountain, they should lose their effectiveness in no more than a hundred years. You would be able to break free by then. So why are you so insistent on doing it now?”
Earlier, at the hub of the Taiyi Tian’gang Sealing Demon Formation, Ye Wushuang had already sensed this fact. Moreover, although Tian Linzi’s true body was sealed, the power that had seeped out was already sufficient to control the ancient city and slaughter the martial artists who entered this place. There wasn’t much time left before the seal would be completely broken.
“If you had been sealed for hundreds of years, you wouldn’t want to wait even one more day!” Tian Linzi’s face contorted with ferocity as he said, “Loneliness and solitude can drive a person mad.”
“And…” Tian Linzi’s expression turned bitter as he continued, “This barrier may not last for a hundred years.”
“If I were to wait for the seal to break naturally, I might not be able to escape before the barrier collapses on its own. By then, everyone inside here… would die!” At this moment, Ye Wushuang sensed another meaning in his words.
“You mean, there are more people sealed within this space of the Heavenly and Earthly Gates besides you?” Ye Wushuang inquired.
Tian Linzi just smiled and said nothing.
The cracks in the mountain widened.
The collapse had already begun.
Debris filled the sky, tumbling and scattering everywhere. The entire ancient city was also collapsing and being destroyed at this moment.
Suddenly, beneath the collapsing mountain,
a coffin, entwined by nine iron chains, slowly rose up.
The coffin emitted an ancient bronze glow, with blood continuously flowing over its surface, exuding an ominous aura that struck fear into the heart.
Was this the place where Tian Linzi’s true body was sealed?
Ye Wushuang was now extremely cautious and silent.
Tian Linzi, knowing that the seal was broken, could no longer remain calm at this moment.
His illusory figure suddenly shot forward, merging with the coffin.
Once his figure was completely integrated into the coffin,
the coffin began to tremble violently, and the iron chains made a terrifying clanking sound.
Boom, boom, boom…
Gradually, the nine iron chains binding the coffin began to snap one by one.
Boom!!!
Until finally,
the coffin lid exploded open with a loud bang.
Click.
A hand suddenly emerged from within the coffin.
To be precise, it was a skeletal hand!
The hand had no flesh, only the finger bones, clutching tightly to the edge of the coffin, with blood dripping from the bones.
Then, a head appeared.
It was still devoid of flesh, with only a skull.
Finally, the figure within the coffin slowly stood up.
Its entire body had not a single trace of flesh, skin, or hair; it was nothing but a skeleton.
And yet, blood dripped from the bones.
“Finally… I am free…”
A long, triumphant roar echoed into the sky.
It was the voice of Tian Linzi.
But at this moment,
Ye Wushuang was taken aback.
Tian Linzi was not sealed in his true form, but… a skeleton?
“You… are not a living person!”
Ye Wushuang’s expression was one of astonishment.
“Did I ever tell you that I was a living person?”
Tian Linzi’s skeletal frame moved as he laughed and said, “I was originally turned into a blood puppet!”
However, this skeletal appearance, when laughing, only gave off a chilling sensation.
Ye Wushuang’s expression was somewhat shocked.
“Back then, a person who had reached the Saintly Heavenly realm captured me and turned me into a blood puppet.”
“That person, thinking I was inherently bloodthirsty, punished me in this way and sealed me away, letting me wait for death.”
As Tian Linzi spoke, the blood within the coffin began to climb up his body.
The blood adhered to Tian Linzi’s bones, forming veins and flesh…
Tian Linzi continued, “But he didn’t know that I, Tian Linzi, was originally a master puppeteer. The reason I was so bloodthirsty was precisely because I was proficient in the secrets of blood puppetry.”
“All those people I killed became my puppets, my assistants on the path of advancing my puppetry skills.”
“During the time I was sealed, I finally comprehended a blood puppet secret technique, so I began to prepare and started hunting the martial artists who entered the ancient city!”
“I gave them heavenly treasures and earthly riches, and they were willing to take risks and pay with their lives.”
“Finally, after hundreds of years of accumulation, I succeeded. Although I was turned into a blood puppet, the puppeteer who created me, that person who had reached the Saintly Heavenly realm, he is long dead.”
“I have become a masterless blood puppet. No one can command me. Now, all I need is a fresh body to reverse life and death, to transform from a blood puppet into a living person! A true living person!”
“And this fresh body is you, Ye Wushuang!”
By this point in his speech, Tian Linzi’s entire body, irrigated and covered by the blood, had already transformed back into the elegant and carefree appearance he had before. However, a blood-red robe had coalesced on his body, giving him an added air of sinister ferocity.
“For all these years, I have been examining every single person who entered this place.”
“No one’s talent, strength, mental fortitude, courage, or physical constitution has ever satisfied me.”
“But you have. You are beyond reproach. So… Ye Wushuang, you are the vessel for me to reverse life and death, the perfect vessel!”
Tian Linzi’s body levitated into the air. His hands formed into claws as he looked at Ye Wushuang and laughed maniacally, “By taking your body, I will become a true living person, not just a blood puppet.”
“Rest assured, I will live on in your place!”
“So now, all you need to do is die peacefully.”
Whoosh…
As soon as Tian Linzi finished speaking, his body lunged downward, reaching out to seize Ye Wushuang!
