In the 'Heavenly Coffin Corpse-Driving Technique', the two most important words were 'Heavenly Coffin'.
When Li Dalong was at the Nascent Soul realm and refining Heavenly Zombies, he did not need to exert his own strength; the Boundless Sea of Death on the fourth layer of the Heaven-Piercing Coffin could autonomously use the souls, flesh, blood, and bones of the dead to form a array and refine them.
The same was true even for a Corpse Emperor.
This kind of corpse-refining technique was exceedingly rare, whether among the Wu Clan or in the Azure Dynasty.
The Ghost Division of the Wu Clan was expert at refining corpses and souls; the array that You Baiyin used back then to break through his Nine-Nine Nascent Soul tribulation also used the blood of a million living beings.
Even for cultivators, these kinds of corpse-refining and soul-refining arts were enough to make their scalps tingle with fear.
They were once listed among the world's forbidden arts, but as such taboo shamanistic arts and techniques were gradually lost to time, there were no longer any 'forbidden techniques' to speak of.
It was only because that genius, You Baiyin, possessed the Ghost Division's art of commanding ghosts that the Wu Clan regarded him with such importance.
And now.
A Corpse Driver at the Divinity Transformation stage has appeared, commanding a Corpse Emperor.
The people of this world should now remember why such techniques were once listed among the forbidden techniques!
Soul Duke, who was an expert in the technique of commanding spirits, also felt his hands and feet turn ice-cold at the sight!
"Moon God?!!"
The lid of the Heaven-Piercing Coffin opened, and a graceful figure was seen to slowly emerge, was it not precisely the Moon God?
Her figure was graceful. The Moon God of the past had worn a white dress, but now she was clad in a black dress with openwork.
She used two hairpins that twinkled with the light of stars to put up her hair, making her appear even more poised and magnificent. This long dress was so long it even covered her feet, and from her sleeves, her hands revealed black fingernails, making her look like a black lotus that had manifested before the eyes of men.
All of her exposed skin was frighteningly pale, and upon it were inscribed flower-like runes, making her ice-cold and pure face appear all the more mysterious.
As the Moon God appeared.
Crack, crack, crack!
In the area centered on Moon God, a Domain belonging to the Divinity Transformation realm spread out, forming layer upon layer of frost. It rapidly covered the dual Domains where Soul Duke and Li Dalong were battling, and the spirit bodies commanded by Soul Duke were being frozen solid, one by one!
The frost that Moon God used in the past was more filled with aggressive power, and was also colder than the ice she wields now. But now, after becoming a Corpse Emperor, Moon God's ice possessed a different kind of grim, chilling cold.
It seemed as if the deathly Qi upon the black ice would slowly penetrate through a person's skin and flesh, all the way to the bone marrow, and even to the soul.
[Moon God]
[Realm: Early-stage Corpse Emperor]
[Materials: The blood and bones of several million living beings, a large amount of other materials, the corpse of Lin Yuanshan, Wu Clan corpses, a large amount of Wu Clan totem powder, Rootless Pure Land, a large part of the Boundless Sea of Death...]
[Corpse Emperor's Ghost Technique: Soul-Devouring Eternal Freeze]
[Freezes the enemy's physical body from the outside in, corrodes the opponent's Domain and spiritual power, all the way to the soul. It was transformed from Moon God's Divinity Transformation Shamanistic Technique, 'Thousand-Mile Ice Seal', into a Corpse Emperor's ghost Technique.]
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The truly terrifying aspect of the 'Heavenly Coffin Corpse-Driving Technique' is that under the transformation of the Heavenly Coffin, these zombies can even inherit a portion of the techniques and hand seals they once possessed, even Divinity Transformation Dao Techniques, and because they now possess ghostly Qi, these are transformed into another kind of technique.
Sensing the Moon God's aura.
Lei Dong's expression was already complex. When Li Dalong was breaking through, he had thought that Li Dalong had merely caught up to him. But now, not only could Li Dalong fight a great battle with Soul Duke for a full day, but he had even, somehow, taken the former 'Lord Moon God' and refined her into a Corpse Emperor!
And Luo Xing, who was beside him, was gazing intently at the Moon God. A fleeting killing intent flashed across his body, but then he let out a sigh and made no further move.
One couldn't blame Luo Xing for having some other thoughts.
If before he had merely wanted to use Li Dalong, with the appearance of Moon God, he had now sensed the terror of Li Dalong's 'Heavenly Coffin Corpse-Driving Art' and the profound strangeness of that coffin.
He then knew that this fellow, Li Dalong, was also a heaven-defying existence!
"No wonder, no wonder there are people in the Azure Dynasty who wish for nothing more than the Li family's swift destruction, and that Tian Xing also wants to exterminate the monstrous talents of the Li family and only then be satisfied. Perhaps back then, I should have..."
As he murmured, he glanced at Li Dalong, who showed not the slightest hint of vigilance. At least for now, he did not have the courage to make an enemy of Li Dalong.
And on the battlefield.
Li Dalong and Moon God had no intention of exchanging any more words with Soul Duke!
With the appearance of the Moon God, she and Li Dalong once again began a great battle with Soul Duke. In an instant, within the array that Luo Xing had used to trap them, Moon God's 'Soul-Devouring Eternal Freeze' technique transformed the battlefield into a domain of ice.
The Moon God of the past, on the walls of the Azure Cloud border city, had felt that Wang Jinhu and Daoist Shanchen both suppressed her. But now...
Moon God no longer possessed the consciousness she once had, but with the appearance of her domain of ice, her face was like a blooming white lotus. Her spiritual power may have been inferior to Soul Duke's, but her domain of ice was able to freeze all of his spirit bodies solid. Even Soul Duke's 'Immortal-Slaying Chain' became coated in black frost, like jammed gears.
"Scoundrel!"
Soul Duke cursed furiously. Just moments ago, he had still been pursuing Li Dalong; his spirit bodies were numerous and also stronger than Li Dalong's zombies and dead souls.
Now, with the addition of the Moon Immortal, the 'Immortal-Slaying Chain' could no longer lock onto Li Dalong. What he now faced was a simple and unadorned Li Dalong, who had hoisted the Heaven-Piercing Coffin onto his shoulder and was bringing it smashing down upon him!
Zombie after zombie and dead soul after dead soul crawled out from Li Dalong's Domain, ceaselessly attempting to block his path of retreat.
Moon God's 'Soul-Devouring Eternal Freeze' and Li Dalong's 'Soul Calamity' were constantly corroding his body and soul, and with every incense stick of time that passed, he could feel himself growing weaker.
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