a pair of eyes stared at him, making him feel immense pressure in an instant.One of the Immortal Guards even let out a low growl: "This is the heavily guarded area of the City Lord's Mansion, riffraff...The great battle subsided, but not a drop of blood was spilled.

And at the very instant the enemy died, Lu Ye distinctly felt a mysterious force surging from some direction. It was as if in that moment, his physical cultivation had been replaced by something else entirely.

Stand-in puppet!

Xiao Wai has taken it over.

The five remained in the Xuanwu formation, their array's power unactivated. Each channeled their spiritual energy forward, appearing aimless and without direction.

After a few moments, Xiao Wai suddenly exclaimed in surprise, "This thing is reacting!"al energy being compressed and refined. This must be the root cause of how a cultivator's internal power transforms from spiritual energy to magical power, and once the spiritual energy within is comp...