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Chapter 549 - 488: The Great Battle Arrives_2

Chapter 549: Chapter 488: The Great Battle Arrives_2

Whoosh!

Extracting the Soul Summoning Banner, Wu Mu’s hands transformed into a series of Phantoms, rapidly waving and casting a sequence of complex and intricate handprints.

When the handprints were completed, the Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi above the Five Saints Mountain fluctuated violently, and streams of Evil Yin Qi separated from it, then converged together to form a bone-chilling Yin wind.

"Summon!"

Immediately, Wu Mu uttered a low shout, raising his handprints to the sky. The gathered Evil Yin Qi in the sky, as if beckoned by a call, shaped into an invisible column of Yin Qi that descended from the sky and surged into the Soul Summoning Banner.

As the Evil Yin Qi poured in, the flag of the Soul Summoning Banner flickered with black light, displaying one terrifying pattern after another that appeared devil-like and demon-like, dazzling to the eyes.

Time was lost before the Evil Yin Qi above the Five Saints Mountain was entirely absorbed by the Soul Summoning Banner, transforming it into an invisible vortex of Yin Qi; the flag fluttered without wind, eerily so.

Noticing this scene, Wu Mu silently breathed a sigh of relief, then re-entered a state of meditation cultivation, absorbing part of the Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi stored within his body into Mind Power, before he then performed magic to extract resentful spirits from within the Soul-devouring Blade.

Woohoo! Woohoo!

The resentful spirits burst forth from the Soul-devouring Blade emitting a scream that made Ku Rong’s scalp tingle, and then, drawn by the Yin wind vortex, they plunged into the Soul Summoning Banner.

The Soul Summoning Banner immediately became even darker and more secluded, with an air of Yin Demons seeming to emerge on its surface.

"Hoo~"

Having successfully drawn the resentful spirits from within the Soul-devouring Blade into the Soul Summoning Banner, Wu Mu silently breathed another sigh of relief, and then proceeded as before, triggering magic again to extract the resentful spirits from a black earthen jar.

Woohoo! Woohoo!

Likewise, as the resentful spirits formed by millions of Lonely Soul Resentments emerged from the black earthen jar, they emitted a heart-pounding scream, and then directly lunged at Wu Mu!

Whoosh!

Sensing this, Ku Rong’s face suddenly changed!

Nevertheless, Wu Mu’s expression remained unchanged. His hands moved quickly to form handprints, and he shouted lowly, "Go!"

"Swoosh——"

Restrained by magic, the resentful spirits couldn’t approach Wu Mu more than half a foot, and uncontrollably poured into the Soul Summoning Banner.

Inside the Soul Summoning Banner, the resentful spirits from the Soul-devouring Blade, originally furiously absorbing the Evil Yin Qi, noticed the new resentful spirits integrating, and immediately pounced on them, intending to devour them, only to be counter-devoured instead.

Ultimately, only one immensely powerful resentful spirit was formed within the Soul Summoning Banner, wrapped in Evil Yin Qi, and emitting a terrifying aura.

The aura was so sinister and evil that it made Ku Rong tremble in fear, feeling as if a mere touch from that resentful spirit would obliterate both body and soul.

"Hoo~"

Having successfully extracted and merged the two resentful spirits, Wu Mu was finally done with the first and most crucial step in refining the Soul Summoning Banner, and he sighed in relief once more.

Next, like refining any other Magic Artifact, he would lay one Formation after another inside the Soul Summoning Banner, and finally seal his own Spiritual Imprint, turning the Soul Summoning Banner into his Life-bound Artifact.

Sometime later, under Ku Rong’s watchful eye, Wu Mu repeatedly formed handprints, setting up Formations inside the Soul Summoning Banner, not stopping until the distant sky showed the first light of dawn.

Is it done?

Seeing Wu Mu with sweat on his brow and a somewhat pale face, Ku Rong was a bit worried but more so hopeful.

"Swoosh——"

Ku Rong’s question was answered by a whooshing sound as the Soul Summoning Banner suddenly flew up and landed in Wu Mu’s hands.

"Master, has the Soul Summoning Banner been successfully refined?" Ku Rong couldn’t help asking.

Wu Mu wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and nodded slightly, "Originally, I thought that with my strength, crafting a top-grade high-level magical artifact would be no problem, but now it seems I was somewhat arrogant—if I hadn’t prepared a plant essence in advance, I probably wouldn’t have been able to successfully craft it!"

"Congratulations, Master! From now on, with the Soul Summoning Banner in hand, not to mention Chu Xuanji, even Yan wouldn’t be able to trouble you!" Ku Rong promptly offered a flattery upon hearing this.

"Alright, as your master, I need to meditate to replenish the mind power I’ve spent. You familiarize yourself with the Soul Summoning Banner," he instructed.

Although Wu Mu knew that with the Soul Summoning Banner he could contend against Chu Xuanji, realistically contending against Yan, the strongest person of this era, was unlikely, but he still enjoyed Ku Rong’s compliment and with a flick of his hand, sent the Soul Summoning Banner flying towards Ku Rong.

Ku Rong caught the Soul Summoning Banner and triggered mental perception.

"It’s... It’s really powerful!"

Under its influence, Ku Rong’s complexion drastically changed as he exclaimed incessantly.

Wu Mu smiled and absorbed the essence of Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi stored within his body.

Meanwhile.

Tens of kilometers away, Ye Fan, clad in a sportswear, carrying a backpack, and swift as the wind, hurriedly streaked towards Five Saints Mountain!

"A Mysterious Formation?"

When he was less than five kilometers from Five Saints Mountain, Ye Fan noticed that the mountain was enveloped by a surge of Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi, forming a Mysterious Formation. He abruptly stopped, his pupils contracting!

"Whoosh——"

Just then, a sound of breaking air arose, and Chu Xuanji, who had been secretly following and protecting Ye Fan, suddenly appeared.

"Old... old guy?!"

All this time, Ye Fan had not noticed Chu Xuanji following him and was stunned upon seeing him, unable to close his mouth.

"There are traces of Wu Mu and his major disciple, Ku Rong, on Five Saints Mountain!"

Chu Xuanji didn’t explain why he appeared, but instead frowned and said, "If I am not mistaken, Wu Mu the old thief previously set up a Soul Summoning Array here to absorb the lonely soul resentment for crafting magic artifacts!"

"Absorbing lonely soul resentment to craft magic artifacts? This is Shangganling Martyr Garden, where the heroes of the Volunteer Army from those days are buried. His actions severely violate the Yanhuang Organization’s rules!" Ye Fan’s face changed.

"Not only that, the lonely soul resentment in many places within the North Korea Special Zone has vanished without a trace, presumably all his doing," Chu Xuanji’s eyes narrowed slightly, almost certain of his suspicion.

"Master, since he blatantly violates the Yanhuang Organization’s rules and desecrates the heroic souls who sacrificed themselves to protect our homeland, you can punish him on behalf of Master Yan," Ye Fan suggested.

"Hmm, I will rush over first, lest Wu Mu the old thief escapes!"

Previously, Chu Xuanji was reluctant to strike against his old rival, Wu Mu, as he didn’t want to bully the weak and be ridiculed by those in the cultivation world; he also wanted to give face to Yan. But now, he had an excuse to act.

As his words fell, a surge of Gang Qi appeared beneath Chu Xuanji’s feet. He leapt up, stepping on the Gang Qi, and flew rapidly towards Five Saints Mountain.

Qi Control Flight!

At this moment.

To prevent Wu Mu from escaping, Chu Xuanji, sparing no expense of his internal Gang Qi, proceeded with Qi Control Flight.

Whoosh!

Meanwhile, atop Five Saints Mountain, Wu Mu suddenly opened his eyes, his gaze sharp as a knife sweeping towards the rapidly approaching Chu Xuanji!

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