I quietly looked towards Ying Gou and saw his eyes darting back and forth, as if he was weighing the pros and cons.

If Ying Gou didn't move, we would still have a chance.

The reason we hadn't launched the forbidden technique before taking action was that it required a long time to prepare.

Facing a master like Jiang Chen, using a forbidden technique from the start would mean we'd probably be lying dead before we could even finish preparing.

Only by pressuring him could we seize the opportunity to perish together.

In just a moment, five or six extremely violent auras burst forth from our bodies.

The disciples of Liangjie Tang almost simultaneously began to brew術道 (Shudao) forbidden techniques that would harm both sides.

Jiang Chen not only wasn't afraid, but he also laughed and said, "Ying Gou, this is your best chance. Once their forbidden techniques erupt, even someone as strong as this venerable one will have to drink his hatred on the spot. Aren't you going to make a move?"

Ying Gou immediately knelt down and said, "This subordinate is loyal to the master and has no intention of rebellion. Please, master, see this clearly."

"Hmph! Consider yourself to have escaped a calamity." As Jiang Chen snorted coldly, I suddenly felt a sharp pain in my chest. The true qi that had already been circulating in my body was abruptly interrupted, and I fell backward, weak and powerless.

Before I could even hit the ground, Jiang Chen let out a roar. Everyone who was besieging him was instantly sent flying into the air by the shockwave, crashing down several meters away.

Just as I was struggling to get up, Jiang Chen said in a low voice, "Take them and follow me!"

A zombie controlled by Ying Gou appeared behind me and pressed its hand against my back. As its five fingers slightly contracted inward, the fingertips pierced through my clothes and pressed against my skin.

If it wanted to, it could easily sink a claw into my body and pull out my spine.

As I glanced at the zombie behind me out of the corner of my eye, Ling suddenly transmitted a message to me: "Don't act rashly. Jiang Chen's attack just now was strange."

"The acupoints he sealed are both death acupoints and life acupoints. This seems to be the lost secret technique, the Sheng Si Jue (Life and Death Incantation)."

I subconsciously lowered my head to look at my chest and saw a tree branch, about half a foot long, stuck in my body.

Although most of the branch was already stained red with blood, it was also sending vitality into my body, while the zombie behind me was pouring corpse qi into me.

Life and death.

Could this really be the lost secret technique, Sheng Si Jue?

What exactly did Jiang Chen want to do!

As I looked at Jiang Chen, he struck the gate of the demon tomb with his palm.

The stone gate that even the demon in the tomb couldn't shake was shattered into pieces by Jiang Chen's palm. The huge rubble flew back into the demon tomb, causing rumbling sounds in the tomb, and a thick demonic aura surged out of the tomb.

Jiang Chen stood in front of the demon tomb with his hands behind his back, not afraid of the demonic aura at all. He didn't step into the demon tomb until the dust settled.

After I followed him into the tomb, the first thing I saw was Yue Yingdao (Moon Shadow Thief) standing among the rubble, motionless like an idiot.

To be precise, it was Yue Yingdao's ghost.

The real Yue Yingdao had already become a corpse buried under the rocks. Only a corner of her blood-stained Taoist robe was visible.

Jiang Chen wasn't even interested in looking at her and walked straight past her.

Yue Yingdao looked at me and said, "Li Po, you still lost."

I glanced at the corpse buried under the rocks and said, "Zhao Ci, sacrificed himself in vain."

"Before he died, he even hoped to clear your name, and was willing to be torn apart by a thousand blades in order to give Zhao Yuezhu a chance to escape."

"I promised Zhao Ci that I would save Zhao Yuezhu."

"Zhao Yuezhu is dead. What's alive is Yue Yingdao."

Yue Yingdao lost control of her emotions in an instant: "Why are you telling me this?"

"I'm saying you lost!"

"The demon tomb has been opened, and other tombs will be opened as well. The Heavenly Soul will return ahead of schedule. I have completed the mission given to me by the Holy Lord, but you have lost, a complete defeat."

I looked at Yue Yingdao: "You opened the demon tomb and welcomed back the Heavenly Soul. Are you happy?"

"What do you think your achievement is? What have you gained?"

Before Yue Yingdao could speak, I continued, "Don't talk to me about the great era, and don't talk to me about the world. This is not a chaotic world where people are struggling to survive, and most people are living well."

"What does your Holy Lord want to change?"

"Change this world!" Yue Yingdao said sharply, "To make this world, where villains run rampant, clear as water and bright as the sun."

I laughed loudly and said, "That's the funniest joke I've ever heard. In any era, it's impossible for there to be saints everywhere and gentlemen throughout the country."

"Having black and white, right and wrong, is the real world."

"Will the so-called great era of the Human King that you welcome really be better than this world?"

"It will! It definitely will!" Yue Yingdao said sharply, "The Holy Lord has promised to build a new world."

I didn't refute Yue Yingdao: "What do you want to do when the great era arrives?"

"Your relatives are dead, your companions are dead, and your welcoming of the Heavenly Soul's return will only plunge the world into endless, yet meaningless, slaughter."

"What can you give to the people of the world?"

"The only person who can benefit is probably the Reincarnation Holy Lord. Your so-called grand ambition is just taking the mountains of corpses and seas of blood to satisfy that Holy Lord's personal desires."

"I think there's something wrong with your brain!"