After passing by the Blood Phoenix External Demon Demonic Qi, he had nearly exhausted his protective techniques. If he were to use a Tier Three Top-Grade Talisman again, he could only rely on his final trump card to retreat unharmed.

But that item took him 173 years to refine, and the resources spent were countless. More importantly, it had consumed the souls of seventy thousand battle-hardened Foundation Establishment Spirit Suppressing Army warriors; success was just one step away.

Once successful, it would become a Tier Three Top-Grade Spirit Suppressing Army Puppet with the formidable power of a late-stage Golden Core. Most crucially, the soul of the Spirit Suppressing Army Puppet, formed from seventy thousand Foundation Establishment Spirit Suppressing Army souls, would hold immense Divine Soul Power, unstoppable even for late-stage Golden Core cultivators.

If he used it for protection now and suffered some loss, the price paid for this trip to the Divine Fall Mountain Range would be too high. Time and resources weren’t as concerning, as the Lord of East Pole Immortal City had plenty of both.

But the souls of Foundation Establishment Spirit Suppressing Army warriors were incredibly rare.

What was required was not just strong divine souls. It needed souls hardened through countless battles, resilient and as firm as steel. This type of mighty soul isn’t cultivated through techniques or cultivation but through pure trial between life and death.

Strictly speaking, cultivating these souls is even more difficult than raising a Foundation Establishment Perfection cultivator, and acquiring them is equally challenging. There are few volunteers, as Spirit Suppressing Army members hope to return home in soul after dying in battle. Therefore, he mostly relied on resources and promises, even agreeing to care for their families for a century.

"For this journey, all my expenses must be borne by your Divine Extinction Thousand Peaks!" Seeing the sword array about to break, Zang Qianjian could only make a resolute decision. Under the current circumstances, he had no other choice.

This Fellow Daoist Du was particularly skilled in escape techniques, and escaping from his grasp using such skills seemed hopeless.

As for retreating to Divine Extinction Thousand Peaks.

The hidden Demon Pill cultivators were also a problem, and the damaged Tier Two High-Grade Sect Protection Array of Divine Extinction Thousand Peaks couldn’t last long. Once the array broke, they would still have to face them.

"You..." Yi Nian Guan Shan felt an anger rising when he heard this, but seeing Wusheng Three Gates and Di Shenhan attacking the array more fiercely, he could only grit his teeth and agree, "Rest assured, Fellow Daoist Zang."

Receiving the promise, Zang Qianjian finally made a firm decision. With a wave of his hand, he activated the two Tier Three Top-Grade Talismans he held. With his true trump card in play, he was no longer holding back.

Boom——

The two Tier Three Top-Grade Talismans activated at his command.

As the talismans activated, a massive golden sword appeared with a resounding sword cry, descending like a meteor towards the top of East Spring Undying Bone. Even before the sword fell, its terrifying aura had already locked onto East Spring Undying Bone, making it difficult to even move, and evade was nearly impossible.

Despite East Spring Undying Bone’s rapid attempts to escape, the golden sword still hovered above with unerring accuracy.

The other Tier Three Top-Grade Talisman unleashed bright golden lightning, exploding in thunderous roars, turning thousands of feet around East Spring Undying Bone into a pool of lightning, its lethality surpassing even the Golden Core Thunder Tribulation.

The combined attack exceeded the full force of a typical late-stage Golden Core cultivator. Additionally, with the golden lightning and sword both having evil-banishing attributes, they were even more potent against corpse cultivators and ghost cultivators, increasing their might by another degree.

Yet Wen Jiu remained unperturbed because East Spring Undying Bone had the Postnatal Corpse Technique Divine Power Avoidance and Soul Capture. The avoidance technique within automatically weakened the restraining effect of dark evil techniques by three degrees, so the evil-banishing attributes had no effect on East Spring Undying Bone. As for the combined might of both attacks, Wen Jiu simply didn’t care.

As long as the corpse body remained intact, the expenditure of corpse qi was irrelevant. However, Wen Jiu was surprised at the sudden appearance of a three-zhang Armor Puppet from Zang Qianjian’s storage bag when the golden sword and lightning struck.

Aura of the late-stage Golden Core.

The Divine Soul Power was the strongest Wen Jiu had ever encountered.

Compared to the Three Karmic Demon, it was like a child facing a giant; just the slight probing of the divine sense of East Spring Undying Bone felt like hitting a solid wall, unable to advance further.

It wasn’t obstructed by any Magical Artifact or Divine Soul Technique but purely by the power of the Divine Soul itself.

This Armor Puppet could likely easily suppress a mid-stage Golden Core cultivator, even one with spirit soul defense artifacts and divine soul defense techniques. Truly, the Lord of East Pole Immortal City had resources unmatched by the likes of Qi Qiantian and Jue Xing.

Boom——

The golden sword fell.

Golden lightning spread.

East Spring Undying Bone’s corpse qi was depleted by thirty percent instantly, but Three Thousand Blood Inks and Blood Demon Undying Bone’s corpse qi immediately replenished it.

At this moment, Yi Nian Guan Shan’s expression was filled with delight and anticipation; Zang Qianjian’s desperation was what he most desired to see. Covering Zang Qianjian’s expenses was nothing; if not repaid today, it could be prolonged.

The longer it dragged on, the better for Divine Extinction Thousand Peaks, and for him, as Zang Qianjian couldn’t simply disappear owing him a debt. As for Zang Qianjian’s safety, it didn’t matter; death would be even better.

If Zang Qianjian died, Lin Jiang wouldn’t let it go.

"Two Tier Three Top-Grade Attack Talismans, shouldn’t this Du the Corpse Cultivator be dead?" Yi Nian Guan Shan focused intently on the direction of the Golden Thunder Pool.

Di Shenhan and the others did the same, retreating in shock while using protective spiritual artifacts, nervously watching the battlefield. All of them hoped East Spring Undying Bone would fulfill the promise and kill Zang Qianjian.

But with two Tier Three Top-Grade Talismans unleashed, East Spring Undying Bone was ultimately only at the early stage of Golden Core.