Chapter 521: The Praying Mantis Stalks the Cicada, Unaware of the Oriole Behind! The Mastermind Revealed! Summoning Wind and Rain! Impervious to Blades!
It then slowly stepped forward toward Li Yanchu. Its movements seemed impossibly slow, yet within the span of a single breath, it was already in front of him.
The Eight Trigrams Mirror, the Jiaoslayer, and the talismanic armor were all ten-thousand-merit-points treasures, and even the ancient alchemy furnace, still active, seemingly did not register the presence of this Daoist corpse. Otherwise, they would have instinctively protected their master.
The robed corpse sized up the young Daoist before it. A satisfied expression appeared on its desiccated face as it raised its shriveled arm, slowly reaching toward Li Yanchu. In the silent valley, this scene seemed particularly eerie and foreboding.
This mummified Daoist had been hiding within the valley all along. Even the third-realm Demon King, the Fire Qilin, wreaking havoc alongside Li Yanchu with earth-shattering blows and mountain-shaking strikes, had no effect on him.
Moreover, the corpse did not appear even while Li Yanchu was refining the Fire Qilin’s body. It wasn’t until Li Yanchu swallowed the Blood-Qi Pill, and his body erupted with dazzling red light, the surging life energy radiating outward, that the mummified figure stepped out from the coffin.
From the start, its target had been clear: Li Yanchu himself! It intended to use this living body to return to life.
The powerful treasures surrounding him weren’t human, and their senses were completely blocked by the robed corpse. Thus, in that moment, no one could stop this.
Just as the mummified Daoist’s hand was about to seize Li Yanchu, he suddenly opened his eyes and let out a cold smile. “I’ve got you!”
The next instant, he swung his blade, and a brilliant flash of steel cut through the air. Yet the mysterious robed corpse remained unharmed, only pushed back two steps.
It lifted its head slightly, looking at Li Yanchu with some surprise, unable to understand how the Daoist, immersed in the pill’s energy, had suddenly regained awareness.
Li Yanchu was slightly surprised that a single strike had not severed the corpse’s body. But with a flick of his hand, a pill imbued with vast blood and qi appeared.
“If I had taken this pill, you would have succeeded. So it seems it’s me you’ve been after.” Li Yanchu’s tone was icy.