Watching his Corpse King gradually slipping from his grasp,
Lu Chengyun felt both heartache and terror, glaring at Mo Hua and asking through clenched teeth,
"When exactly did you learn the Spirit Pivot Formation?"
Mo Hua, while still controlling the Corpse King, replied with a puzzled expression, "Didn't you teach me?"
Lu Chengyun was taken aback.
Mo Hua, looking innocent, said,
"Have you forgotten? The Spirit Pivot Formation Chart was shown to me by you. You even drew it several times in front of me, and I just... learnt it by watching..."
Lu Chengyun roared in disbelief, "Impossible!!"
"Impossible!"
His expression was verging on madness.
"This is the Spirit Pivot Formation, one of the top twelve-pattern Ultimate Formations!"
"I spent nearly a hundred years, day and night, immersed in its study, enduring endless hardship, and I had to use methods of the Evil Dao, drawing with human bones, dipped in human blood, on human skin, to learn this formation..."
"And you learnt it just by looking a few times??"
"That's impossible!"
Lu Chengyun's eyes turned bloodshot, and his mind was in disarray. Even his Taoist Heart showed signs of cracking.
Mo Hua immediately gave Bai Zisheng a look.
Bai Zisheng understood instantly, and with a flicker of movement, his spear shot forward like a gust of wind, aiming straight for Lu Chengyun's chest.
Because the Corpse King was under control, the surrounding Iron Corpses were motionless.
Lu Chengyun's Taoist Heart was disturbed, his emotions out of control; he was completely unaware of Bai Zisheng's ambush and was struck in the chest by the spear.
But Bai Zisheng, after all, was but at the level of Qi Refinement, while Lu Chengyun possessed the level of Foundation Establishment.
The spear strike was swift, yet it only broke the surface of Lu Chengyun's skin and did not penetrate, let alone manage to kill him.
Lu Chengyun spat out a mouthful of fresh blood, stumbling backward but quickly regained his senses.
He must escape!
His once-reliable Corpse King was about to belong to someone else.
If he didn't flee now, he might really die here.
Lu Chengyun used his movement technique, dodging Bai Zisheng's spearmanship while retreating.
Though Bai Zisheng was only at the level of Qi Refinement, his cultivation was profound and his Taoist skill sharp.
With Lu Chengyun seriously injured and surrounded by formidable enemies, and the Corpse King on the verge of "betrayal," he could only be chased by Bai Zisheng, desperately fleeing among the motionless Iron Corpses like a wooden stake.
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