Chapter 1556: Demon Moon Has Arrived

Who was Venerable Xie Ya? He was inherently treacherous, so how could he not sense the Young City Lord's greed? He couldn't help but grow secretly furious: "That damned giant offspring, eyeing what's mine!"

But he dared not show his emotions. As he was merely a soul, if he angered the other party, he would likely be unable to escape their pursuit. His gaze shifted, and a malicious glint flashed in his eyes.

"Fine, you want my treasure, do you?" "Then let you taste its power!" "Coincidentally, I also need a fresh corpse for possession."

Venerable Xie Ya surveyed the Young City Lord's powerful body, his heart blooming with delight. What's that saying about a pillow appearing when you're sleepy? This was it!

He feigned reluctance, hesitantly asking, "Daoist friend, are you interested in this treasure of mine?" The Young City Lord's eyes flickered with amusement: "What, are you very unwilling?"

He secretly clenched his fist, wary of Venerable Xie Ya escaping into the void. With his discerning eye, he could tell the tattered cloth was extraordinary. Since he had encountered such a valuable treasure, how could he not acquire it? As for whether Venerable Xie Ya offered it willingly, that didn't matter. Because he wouldn't leave behind any hidden troubles!

Sensing the other party's intention to silence him, Venerable Xie Ya feigned ignorance and hesitated: "I am but a remnant soul; carrying this treasure is like a three-year-old parading through the market with a gold brick. Even if you don't demand it, others will. I might as well be generous and offer it to you, Daoist friend. I only ask that, seeing as we are both enemies of Jiang Fan, you spare my life."

The Young City Lord smiled and said, "Of course. As long as you offer it, sparing your life is only right."

Venerable Xie Ya no longer hesitated and threw the jade box through the air. The Young City Lord cautiously gripped it from a distance, and only after confirming there were no traps did he confidently take it into his hand. Squinting, he examined the tattered cloth and asked, "Where did this item come from? What is its use?"

Venerable Xie Ya replied honestly, "It was taken from Jiang Fan. As for its effect, it's used like this..." Before the words were fully out, a cruel glint flashed in Venerable Xie Ya's eyes, and he suddenly acted on an impulse. The jade box abruptly exploded! The tattered cloth fragment, enveloped by a wisp of Venerable Xie Ya's soul, slammed heavily into the Young City Lord's chest.

Realizing it was a trick, the Young City Lord hastily swung his right fist, attempting to blast away the incoming cloth fragment. But upon contact, the Young City Lord felt an incomparably terrifying force. Even with his refined body, he couldn't resist it in the slightest. His palm instantly shattered. Then, the cloth fragment pressed against his chest, directly piercing through it. The Young City Lord's face was filled with disbelief; he had actually been ambushed by a tattered cloth!

He tried to recover from his injuries, but how could Venerable Xie Ya give him a chance? He once again manipulated the cloth fragment and slammed it back. This time, it shattered half of his body. And Venerable Xie Ya showed no intention of stopping. If it pressed down further, his soul would be annihilated along with his body. In this critical moment, he gritted his teeth and, filled with hatred, rushed out of his physical body, swiftly burrowing into the void, letting out a venomous roar: "Venerable Xie Ya, this Young City Lord will remember you!!"

A complete Dharma Aspect realm expert was actually ambushed and killed by a mere soul. It was an utter disgrace! Venerable Xie Ya's expression darkened: "That kid is quite decisive!" He had intended to utterly obliterate him, but didn't expect the soul to escape. This was a potential problem. But he couldn't worry about that much.

Looking at the fresh body, which still had half remaining, he decisively burrowed into it. "Hahaha! I'm back!" "Although it's damaged, the Half-Giant inherits half the bloodline of ancient giants, possessing powerful self-healing abilities. It won't be long before it recovers."

At this moment, he instinctively reached into his embrace. A black bone engraved with five small figures was pulled out. "Hahahaha, it's actually a Five-Phase Realm strike!" "Heaven does not wish my demise, heaven does not wish my demise!"

Venerable Xie Ya was ecstatic. Not only had he successfully possessed a body, but he had also obtained a treasure of destructive weapon-level power again! "Even if I have no cultivation after possession, the strength of a Dharma Aspect realm body remains! With the Five-Phase Realm strike, what can Jiang Fan use to fight me? Unless he breaks through to the Soul Transformation Realm and once again uses that domineering domain!"

Thinking of this, he supported his damaged body and quickly departed. To fight Jiang Fan, he needed to be in his prime condition.

Not long after he left, in the void, the Young City Lord's half-dimmed, half-human soul emerged. His face was filled with hatred: "That old bastard!"

He hadn't managed to kill Jiang Fan, and instead lost his physical body and magic treasure. But he had no time to dwell on these things; the most urgent task was to quickly find a suitable body. The Half-Giant's soul was not an ordinary soul from the Central Plains. They couldn't long exist in soul form. Visibly, his dim soul was turning into wisps of black smoke and dissipating into nothingness. If he didn't find a body in time, his fate was predictable. But where could he find a corpse on such short notice? In his current soul state, he couldn't even kill someone for possession.

Just as he was growing anxious, suddenly, a girl's corpse in a pink dress hung on the cliff ahead. Her appearance was very beautiful, her skin tender and flawless. A faint demonic aura lingered on her body. It seemed she had only recently died.

The Young City Lord frowned and muttered, "Was this corpse here just now?" He realized he had no recollection of it whatsoever. Had he simply not noticed? Staring at the girl's corpse, he hesitated for a moment, then shook his head: "She's only at the peak of the Ninth Layer Core Formation; her body is too weak. And she's a woman! Such a corpse is not worth possessing!"

Just as he was about to leave, from the direction of the Heavenly Mystery Pavilion, two female figures cautiously hurried over. They were Shang Shiqiu and Leng Qingzhu, who had remained at the Heavenly Mystery Pavilion. Sensing powerful fluctuations in the area, they rushed over. Upon closer inspection, they realized these were residual fluctuations from a Soul Transformation Realm expert, and their expressions became solemn.

"Senior Sister Leng, a Soul Transformation expert has fought here. We should quickly return to the sect and hide," Shang Shiqiu said gravely. Leng Qingzhu was also frightened and quickly nodded. But as she turned, she suddenly saw the corpse hanging on the cliff. She couldn't help but cover her mouth in surprise: "Isn't that... Yao Yue?" When Jiang Fan had previously abducted Yao Yue, she and Jian Linyuan and others had been present. Naturally, she recognized the Demon Clan's young priestess, Yao Yue.

Shang Shiqiu said, astonished, "How is she here? Never mind that, she and Jiang Fan are connected by the Soul-Linking Divine Worm, making her his wife. Let's hurry and save her."

A sharp glint flashed in the Young City Lord's eyes. This corpse was actually Jiang Fan's woman? He currently had no physical body and no valuable treasures. He couldn't kill Jiang Fan at all, let alone rescue Princess Zijiang. If he could disguise himself as Jiang Fan's woman and strike him from behind, wouldn't that be...

The Young City Lord hesitated repeatedly, then after a moment, gritted his teeth and said: "So what if I become a woman? As long as I can kill Jiang Fan, what does it matter if I endure this humiliation?" Immediately, while the two women weren't paying attention, he swiftly burrowed into the corpse.

Leng Qingzhu, meanwhile, swiftly flew towards the cliff. As she flew, she suddenly paused, muttering to herself: "I think I heard someone say that Yao Yue was an obstacle to Jiang Fan's breakthrough to the Soul Transformation Realm? If we save her and bring her back, will Jiang Fan just cut her down with a sword?" After a moment of hesitation, she shook her head and said: "Never mind. We'll just leave her for Jiang Fan to deal with!"