m easily, so he didn't need it.>At the end of the stone path, there was a staircase leading downward. Qin Sang lightly stepped onto the stone path, her footsteps silent, and walked down the stairs.The..."Qin, senior be careful, this place not only has evil ghosts, but also a humanoid cloud beast, whose strength is comparable to that of a Qi Refining period cultivator. It has been hiding in the dark, waiting for an opportunity to attack. Daoist Chai was attacked by it and nearly seriously injured."

The cultivator surnamed Ning was on guard, transmitting a voice message to Qin Sang.

Upon hearing this, Qin Sang finally understood. A few evil spirits alone wouldn't be enough to leave Ning Chai helpless. It was because they were facing a human-shaped cloud beast and couldn't escape in time that more and more evil spirits were attracted, trapping them here.

Humanoid cloud beasts are not common. They are formed when a cultivator is corrupted by the essence of a cloud beast. Some arise from transformed corpses, while others occur when a cultivator, on their deathbed, is overtaken by the essence of a cloud beast. Without exception, these humanoid cloud beasts are incredibly difficult to deal with. Their strength rivals that of cultivators in life, and some even surpass it. Certain cloud beasts can even wield the weapons used by their former masters.

The divine sense was restricted, unable to probe everywhere. There was no trace of human or cloud beast within the Ten Directions Hell Array. This fellow was well-hidden indeed.

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"Two fellow cultivators, please go out first to treat your injuries and hurry to support Daoist Yun Qiong," Qin Sang winked at the two of them, seemingly defenseless as he turned around and escorted them away.

Just two steps out, a cold and sudden gust of wind struck Qin Sang from behind. It was incredibly fast, heading straight for his heart.

Qin Sang sneered in his heart, secretly urging the Wumu Sword to suddenly stab at the back. The sword energy instantly erupted into several zhang long, greeting that black shadow.

'Bang!'

The shadow had no time to dodge and was pierced by the ebony sword, being sent flying with a tremendous force. It crashed into the stone wall.

'Whoosh!'

The ebony blade followed closely behind, splitting into two sword energies in mid-air as it formed a sword array. Just as the shadow had risen from the ground and was about to retreat back into darkness, it was enveloped by the sword array.

"Run!"

Under Qin Sang's urging, Ning Chai and the others didn't dare hesitate. Staying here would only burden Qin Sang, so they flew away without looking back. After the two of them left, Qin Sang recalled the Sha Shi who was hiding in the dark.

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The Thousand Machine Sword Formation, working in tandem with the Corpse Demon, firmly restrained the humanoid cloud beast. Qin Sang sensed the situation of the Ten Directions Hell Array and saw that the evil spirits couldn't make any waves, which gave him the opportunity to carefully examine this humanoid cloud beast.

It looked humanoid, but that was all. Like someone who had been dried by the wind, with only a layer of skin tightly stretched over their skeleton. To be precise, it was a skeleton covered in a layer of skin.

Qin Sang's gaze shifted, landing on the cloud beast's arm.

On her wrist was a grayish-white metal bracelet, an artifact from her former life. The bracelet was damaged, with several prominent cracks and gaps where only a sliver remained connected. It felt as if it would break at the slightest touch.

Seeing the bracelet, Qin Sang's heart skipped a beat. His figure flashed and he darted to the side of the Ten Directions Yama Array, seizing an evil ghost. After carefully sensing it, he discovered that there was indeed a close connection between the evil ghost and the bracelet.

"A damaged soul-binding magic artifact"

Qin Sang muttered to herself, thinking to herself no wonder.

No wonder the Ten Directions Yama Banner could easily devour evil ghosts without being countered.

It turned out that the magic weapon was already damaged, greatly weakening its control over the evil spirits. And after all, the cloud beast is a cloud beast, its intelligence is far inferior to that of a cultivator in life. After the evil spirit was swallowed, it didn't know how to manipulate the magic weapon to fight back.

Seeing this scene, Qin Sang knew what was going on. The evil ghost wasn't a concern, but the bracelet magic weapon was a good thing for him. As long as the Ten Directions Yama Banner devoured all the evil ghosts in the bracelet, its power would definitely increase by a level.

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This also gave Qin Sang a clear path to follow.

I don't know if other magical artifacts have this characteristic. Since the Ten Directions Hell Banner can directly devour magical artifacts to increase its power, I won't be too demanding about killing and refining souls. I just need to devour other demonic cultivators' soul-refining artifacts.

A perfectly intact magic artifact would undoubtedly be very expensive and difficult to find. Gathering damaged magic artifacts might be easier, after all, he only needs the evil spirits and demons within them.

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Upon thinking this, a smile appeared on Qin Sang's face. He immediately exerted his full strength to drive the Ebony Sword towards the humanoid cloud beast with fierce attacks. The sword energy surged wildly and was incredibly agile, repeatedly slashing at the humanoid cloud beast's wrists until it finally severed one arm.

The humanoid cloud beast roared repeatedly.

With a clatter, the bracelet fell to the ground and rolled far away. The cloud beast lunged to claim it, but was forced back by the Corpse King's heavy punch. Qin Sang's spiritual energy transformed into a large hand, grabbing the bracelet before him.

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Taking it in his hand and examining it carefully, Qin Sang discovered that the bracelet was not completely broken, and some power still remained. He then gathered his divine sense and roughly surged into the bracelet, wiping away the previous owner's imprint and forcibly taking it for himself.

"Got it!"

Qin Sang raised his hand, and the bracelet flew into the air, spinning rapidly. Then streaks of gray-white energy emanated from the bracelet, scattering outwards. The wandering evil spirits let out unwilling roars as they were sucked into the bracelet one by one.

At this moment, a sudden flurry of footsteps came from behind, followed by the voice of the cultivator surnamed Ning, "Senior Mu, Senior Yunqiong, Senior Qin is just ahead..."

"Got it!"

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Mu Yifeng shouted loudly, "Qin Junior Brother, don't let the humanoid cloud beast escape! I'll come and help you!"

Qin Sang frowned, frantically pouring spiritual power into the bracelet and using all his might to activate the magical artifact. He forced all the evil spirits back inside and then, with a flick of his hand, he put the Ten Directions Yama Banner away in his pouch.

After a moment of hesitation, Qin Sang did not put away the corpse puppet. Instead, he ordered it to continue venturing deeper ahead, lingering within his perception range.

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Mu Yifeng blinked, and in the blink of an eye, he activated some kind of spell. His figure resembled a blazing red inferno, resisting the invasion of demonic energy.

Seeing Qin Sang urging his sword energy, easily suppressing the humanoid cloud beast, Mu Yifeng felt relieved that victory was just a matter of time. He hurriedly urged Shenfeng to assist Qin Sang, "I was worried that Junior Brother Qin wouldn't be able to handle those ghostly things, it seems I overthought it."

"I'm sorry to worry Brother Mu."

As they spoke, Yun Qiong and the others quickly followed. Qin Sang swept his gaze across them and found only six people. One called Kuang Li was missing. He couldn't help but glance at Mu Yifeng.

Mu Yifeng sighed and said, "Kuang Li Dao You also encountered a human-shaped cloud beast. Unfortunately, he was attacked and I couldn't save him..."

Qin Sang nodded. Don't look at him easily dealing with the humanoid cloud beasts, for cultivators of the Qi Refining period, he was absolutely a formidable opponent. It was already very lucky that Ning Chai and the others could save their lives.

It's a relief that they only lost one person. They already have eight people, so even if Yin Xingge unfortunately met with misfortune, there's no need to worry about being trapped here.

"How did so many humanoid cloud beasts suddenly appear"

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Qin Sang frowned and asked, "Have you heard any news from Daoist Yin"

"No!"

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Mu Yifeng shook his head and suddenly transmitted a voice to Qin Sang: "The manpower is sufficient to activate the star disk now. I wonder what Qin Shixiong thinks, should we save or leave"tched half his forces to feint an attack on Gu Ling Pass, diverting the attention of the defending army. Qin Sang then led the First Battalion, Eighth Battalion, and Supply Camp along the ancient road...