This set of Formation Flags and Formation Plate combined to form a Tier 4 array artifact called the Dragon Imprisonment Array Disc.
Among the spiritual items related to Formations in Celestial Evolution Divine Lord's Treasure Trove, besides the Nine Dragons Immortal Slaughtering Formation Legacy, Li Mu also obtained some array artifacts, and this Tier 4 Dragon Imprisonment Array Disc was one of them.
The Dragon Imprisonment Array Disc was successfully activated, generating a massive Formation power that rapidly spread around the entire Spirit Valley.
Soon, a spiritual power mixed with Dragon Qi quickly gathered around the Spirit Valley, instantly condensing into an energy array shield filled with azure spiritual light, enveloping and isolating the Spirit Valley.
Seeing this, Blood Refinement Demon Lord's expression changed drastically, and he immediately flew out of the pit.
Blood Refinement Demon Lord's blood-colored robe was tattered, his face was covered in dirt, and blood overflowed from the corner of his mouth... he looked extremely disheveled, however, he no longer cared about his image, his scarlet blood-red eyes stared fixedly at the azure-robed man floating in the air setting up the Formation, his eyes filled with killing intent.
This guy, who knows where he popped out from, must be a Cultivator from some righteous Sect, catching him off guard!
However, that's as far as it goes!
Blood Refinement Demon Lord grabbed with his large hand, and a Blood Sea Demonic Sword was pulled out from the blood pool within his body, a strong Death Qi surged out from the Blood Sea Demonic Sword, quickly filling the entire world.
Blood Refinement Demon Lord gripped the Blood Sea Demonic Sword tightly with his right hand, and the demonic Sword Intent emanating from the Blood Sea Demonic Sword also steadily rose, a blood-colored Devilish Qi enveloped him.
The next moment, Blood Refinement Demon Lord radiated a shocking Sword Intent, merging with the demonic nature of the Blood Sea Demonic Sword, already reaching the Realm of Man-Sword Unity.
Li Mu's expression sharpened, feeling the astonishing changes in Blood Refinement Demon Lord's Spiritual Pressure, strength, and Aura, and became vigilant.
Blood Refinement Demon Lord's eyes widened in fury, he swung his sword and slashed, a blood-colored Sword Qi instantly formed a half-moon shape, striking sharply.
Li Mu had anticipated this, his Thunder Wings unfolded behind him, transforming into a streak of lightning, dodging the blood-colored Sword Qi.
The next second, Li Mu transformed into a blue lightning streak, charging towards Blood Refinement Demon Lord, with the force of a thunderbolt.
With a loud 'boom', the blood-colored Sword Qi fiercely struck the array shield, however, it was blocked by the array shield, only causing ripples on the energy array shield, the Dragon Imprisonment Formation was as solid as gold.
The Tier 4 Dragon Imprisonment Formation possessed an extremely strong effect of trapping enemies, although it was not as good as the Two Dragons Binding Immortal Formation, it was not something that could be broken by ordinary brute force in an instant.
Li Mu flashed close and punched out at close range.
With a loud 'bang', Blood Refinement Demon Lord was sent flying by Li Mu's punch.
However, Li Mu was not feeling well either, his fist struck the sword body of the Blood Sea Demonic Sword, which Blood Refinement Demon Lord had used to block, and immediately felt a powerful, bloody evil thought invade his Sea of Consciousness along his arm.
Li Mu snorted coldly, the powerful Divine Thought condensed by the Star Cloud Contemplation Method, transformed into a beam of Star Sword and instantly annihilated it.
The Blood Sea Demonic Sword in the hands of this Nascent Soul Demon Lord was quite strange, Li Mu did not want to continue close combat with him.
Intending to test the actual combat power of the star wood Puppet, Li Mu's eyes were cold, and with a thought, his Divine Sense entered the nine storage spiritual pearl.
The next moment, dozens of figures instantly appeared out of thin air, they were indeed Battle Puppets, seven feet tall, with shimmering silver points and wooden bodies, silver stars gathered on their bodies, forming a thin silver energy shield, enveloping their entire bodies, exuding a powerful Aura.
Seeing this, Blood Refinement Demon Lord's face changed, surrounded by dozens of Battle Puppets, each Puppet exuding an extremely strong might, making his scalp tingle!
No! He must escape!
Facing dozens of High Grade Puppets, Blood Refinement Demon Lord no longer dared to linger in battle, he spat a mouthful of essence blood onto the Demonic Sword, and instantly the Demonic Sword emitted a terrifying and horrifying Devilish Qi.
"Want to leave? Can you?!"
Li Mu chuckled, his Divine Sense commanding dozens of star wood Puppets to spread out and surround Blood Refinement Demon Lord to kill him.
Dozens of star wood Battle Puppets suddenly scattered, up and down, left and right, completely surrounding Blood Refinement Demon Lord in the center, dozens of gazes locked onto him, the cold, emotionless Puppet eyes looked at him like a chicken or lamb waiting to be slaughtered.
Blood Refinement Demon Lord's soul was terrified, his scalp tingled, he wanted to escape but it was too late, the trapping Formation was extremely strong and could not be broken in a short time, and dozens of Puppets surrounded him again in an instant, now, he could only brace himself to fight and defeat these Puppets first.
Battle was imminent.
The Battle Puppets surrounded him, purely attacking with their fists, each punch was powerful and heavy as a mountain.
Even Blood Refinement Demon Lord, who had reached the Realm of Man-Sword Unity, facing the punches of the Puppets, fighting in all directions, could only barely parry, neglecting one side for another.
"Bang, bang..." Intense collision sounds, loud thuds of sword and fist clashing, resounded continuously.
The more Blood Refinement Demon Lord fought, the more alarmed he became, under the encirclement of the Puppets, he felt as if he had fallen into a quagmire, sinking deeper and deeper, unable to escape the fate of being ganged up on!
Every strike from these Puppets was far more powerful than an ordinary Early Stage Nascent Soul, their bodies were incredibly hard, and even if the Blood Sea Demonic Sword struck them, it was difficult to cause destructive damage, they were covered with a layer of Star Formation shield, making them difficult to break.
This was truly going to be the end of him!
The previous sneak attack had already caused him serious injuries, reducing his strength by thirty to forty percent, making the battle extremely difficult.
Under the encirclement of so many Puppets, Blood Refinement Demon Lord's two fists were no match for the numerous Puppets, he struggled to cope, his body was frequently struck by the Puppets, adding injury to injury, causing immense pain.
At this moment, Blood Refinement Demon Lord finally understood why a mere Early Stage Nascent Soul True Lord dared to ambush them, it turned out that he was not only a Body Cultivator, but also a powerful Puppet Master, possessing so many powerful Battle Puppets!
It's over!
This time, he was probably going to fall!
Facing dozens of Battle Puppets with Nascent Soul strength, Blood Refinement Demon Lord struggled bitterly, his heart was like dead ash, and an unprecedented sense of crisis emerged.
Blood Refinement Demon Lord was suppressed by a cliff, his back against a giant rock, passively defending against the punches of the Battle Puppets.
Even if Blood Refinement Demon Lord consumed essence blood and used his famous unique Divine Ability such as 'Overwhelming Blood Sea', 'Blood Shadow Escape', 'Blood God Clone', and other damaging Divine Abilities, he still could not escape the encirclement of the Puppets, the Puppet Master's Divine Sense was extremely strong, anticipating and judging his spells again and again, commanding the Battle Puppets to block him in advance.
If he didn't get rid of him first, he wouldn't be able to escape the encirclement of the Puppets, and these Battle Puppets forged from star wood were difficult for the Blood Demonic Sword to damage...
Blood Refinement Demon Lord swung his sword again and again, parrying the fists of the star wood Battle Puppets, staring at Li Mu who was operating the Puppets, his killing intent reaching its peak.
Only by killing him could he possibly turn the tide!
Blood Refinement Demon Lord was certain, he thought so, and he did so, he decided to fight with his life on the line, to gain a glimmer of hope for himself!
Taking advantage of a gap in the Puppets' encirclement, Blood Refinement Demon Lord once again cast 'Blood Shadow Clone' to escape like a cicada shedding its skin, then used the Blood Escape spell, transforming into a streak of blood light, and charged towards Li Mu.
"Succeeded?"
Blood Refinement Demon Lord swung the Blood Sea Demonic Sword, about to kill him, a hint of joy flashed in his eyes.
However, the joy on Blood Refinement Demon Lord's face quickly froze, he saw the smile on the other party's face, revealing a hint of panic.
With a 'swish!', the Blood Sea Demonic Sword in Blood Refinement Demon Lord's hand slashed down fiercely, and with a 'bang!', the opponent turned into a broken piece of wood, it was a substitute wooden Puppet!
Oh no!
Blood Refinement Demon Lord's heart pounded, he turned his head and immediately saw a figure appear before his eyes, a fist shadow rapidly enlarging before him.
With a loud 'bang', Blood Refinement Demon Lord saw stars, and was sent flying by a fierce punch.
The next moment, the Battle Puppets instantly rushed forward, fists and feet flying, the sounds of flesh-on-flesh impacts continuously resounding.
Blood Refinement Demon Lord's screams grew weaker and weaker, under the group beating of the Puppets, Blood Refinement Demon Lord's body was already beyond endurance, not a single part of him was intact.
Blood Refinement Demon Lord decisively abandoned his body, his Nascent Soul left his body, escaping from the encirclement of the Puppets.
Seeing this, Li Mu unfurled his Thunder Wings behind him, and flew out, blocking his path.
Li Mu condensed a large hand of Five Elements Spiritual Fire and grabbed Blood Refinement Demon Lord's Nascent Soul.
Before Blood Refinement Demon Lord could beg for mercy, Li Mu immediately cast several spiritual power Restrictions, sealing his Nascent Soul, and then, took out a soul gathering bottle to contain it.
"A Nascent Soul at the Perfection Realm, Little White, hurry up and wake up! I've prepared some High Grade rations for you!" Li Mu smiled slightly, and received Blood Refinement Demon Lord's storage bracelet from one of the Battle Puppets.
Li Mu used his Divine Sense, violently breaking the Divine Soul imprint on the storage bracelet, and probed with his Divine Sense, searching for the items he needed.
This Blood Refinement Demon Lord cultivated Demonic Technique, and his storage bracelet contained a large amount of Blood Refinement Demonic Artifacts, Li Mu quickly discovered a demonic artifact specifically for storing a large amount of essence blood, in a blood-colored ghost head, it contained terrifying Human Race essence blood and Yao Beast essence blood.
The quantity was so vast, it could almost fill a small lake.
How many living beings must have been harmed for this?
Li Mu's expression was grim, if it wasn't to restore the spirituality of the Bloodthirsty Violent Flood Dragon's bone, he would definitely not use such defiled items.
Just as Li Mu was pondering, a strange scene occurred, the Demonic Sword held by Blood Refinement Demon Lord actually flew towards him on its own.
Li Mu frowned slightly, his gaze falling upon it.
【Blood Sea Demonic Sword】
【Grade: Tier 5 High Grade Demonic Artifact】
【Characteristics: Essence Blood Attraction, Evil Thought Contamination, Bloody Sword Qi, Blood Soul Impact】
【Status: Sword Master deceased, Demonic Sword Artifact Spirit severely damaged, Demonic Sword Blood Slaves resisting and breaking free!】
【Blood Sea Demonic Sword, refined from Tier 5 Soul Transformation bone, Grand Yin True Water, and Blood Fiend Crystals, nurtured and cultivated for a hundred years by devouring endless blood Qi and the souls of living beings, its resentment is extremely deep, the resentment formed by myriad ghosts will form Divine Soul attacks, those wounded by it will be unable to heal, their blood Qi will be devoured, eventually becoming nourishment for the Demonic Sword, their Divine Souls will be absorbed into the Demonic Sword to become sword slaves, this Demonic Sword can absorb enough blood Qi and souls of living beings to upgrade and advance to Tier 6.】
Under the Heavenly Talent - Identify Myriad Spirits, the detailed information of this sword was displayed in the virtual character frame.
At this moment, Li Mu finally understood.
Since the Demonic Sword's master had just died, the Demonic Sword Artifact Spirit was injured and temporarily sealed, the endless sword slaves devoured by this sword, born of resentment, were now without control, the endless wronged souls within the sword body actually came before Li Mu, begging him for help, to be freed from the Demonic Sword's control.
Li Mu immersed his Divine Sense into the Demonic Sword, and immediately 'saw' the dense wronged souls filling the world within the sword body, there were humans and beasts, all showing signs of pain, roaring in agony, scrambling to struggle desperately, seeking to break free from the Demonic Sword's control.
Facing the pleas of so many wronged souls, Li Mu felt a sense of compassion.
Li Mu immediately took out five Tier 5 High Grade Spirit Swords from his storage grid, gathered the power of the Five Elements, the Five Elements Spirit Swords combined into one, forming a Five Elements Giant Sword, and sharply slashed towards the Blood Sea Demonic Sword floating in the air.
With a crisp 'ding', the Five Elements Giant Sword fiercely struck the sword body of the Tier 5 Blood Sea Demonic Sword, shaking the heavens and earth!
The Blood Sea Demonic Sword snapped in response, its demonic patterns broken, no longer having any restraining power, in an instant, a large number of sword slave wronged souls restrained by the Demonic Sword surged out.
Li Mu took out a stack of Evil Expulsion Talismans and Rebirth Talismans, and scattered them, dispelling the resentment of all the wronged souls.
With the resentment eliminated, the bloody evil Qi on the myriad ghosts vanished, their resentment was purified, and all the wronged souls emitted a faint white glow.
The myriad souls were filled with gratitude, they bowed to Li Mu in salute, and then, their figures slowly faded, dissipating between heaven and earth.
Li Mu retrieved the Five Elements Spirit Swords, after being thanked by the myriad wronged souls, he vaguely felt his thoughts become clear and broad, however, regarding everything he had done, Li Mu only felt it was merely a small effort.
Li Mu smiled slightly, not caring about this matter, and began to put away the star wood Battle Puppets one by one, while simultaneously checking their injuries.
Each star wood Battle Puppet was engraved with a Star Protection Array, which protected the Puppet's body very well.
Li Mu inspected them, and the Tier 5 Blood Sea Demonic Sword did not leave any fatal damage on them, however, the consumption of Spirit Stones was a bit high, such an intense battle, 36 High-Grade Spirit Stones, could only last for two or three times.
However, after this practical combat test, the formidable combat power of this batch of Puppets was confirmed, and Li Mu was very satisfied with this.
After replacing the Spirit Stones for the Battle Puppets, Li Mu put them all into the nine storage spiritual pearl, then packed up the Formation Flags and Formation Plate, the Tier 4 Dragon Imprisonment Array Disc was also a very useful array artifact, in future battles, he would first set up this array artifact, and no longer have to fear the enemy escaping.
Li Mu put away the Dragon Imprisonment Array Artifact, while maintaining his Divine Sense outward, he suddenly discovered that eight powerful spiritual energy fluctuations had formed a circle, surrounding this place, rushing towards him at high speed.
Li Mu was slightly startled, his brows tightly furrowed, pondering something.
Through the attire of the approaching individuals, Li Mu roughly knew their origins, and hesitated on what identity to use to deal with them.
Soon, Li Mu made a decision, his Divine Sense landed on the Tier 5 Spirit Fox Mask, removing the disguise, revealing his true appearance, a handsome, young face, looking about twenty years old.
Li Mu floated in the air, his gaze calm, waiting for the approaching individuals.
Soon, eight powerful Auras, all of them Nascent Soul True Lords, arrived swiftly, surrounding the Spirit Valley from all directions, their gazes sweeping across the entire Spirit Valley battlefield, finally curiously scrutinizing Li Mu who was suspended in the air.
"What happened here? Fellow Daoist, where are you from?"
An old man in a green Daoist robe with white eyebrows and silver hair flew in front of Li Mu and asked scrutinizingly. (End of this chapter)