A constant stream of energy was flowing from Ye Fan's sword into Lin Li's body! With the earlier sword strike, he had killed dozens of Demon Sect members, four Incense Masters, and cleared the remaining outer disciples. This had earned Ye Fan tens of thousands of evolution points!
Now, Ye Fan's evolution points had almost reached 200,000!
Before coming to the Demon Sect's branch, Ye Fan had only been a low-grade magic weapon. But now, not only had he successfully evolved into a mid-grade magic weapon, but he was also only half-way from reaching the 400,000 evolution points needed to become a top-grade magic weapon!
This excited Ye Fan to no end!
Of course, more and more energy was also being funneled back into Lin Li. As Lin Li fled earlier, the spiritual energy he had consumed was long replenished by Ye Fan's returning energy.
And beyond that...
The constant flow of energy back into Lin Li was rapidly increasing his cultivation level!
From barely reaching Foundation Establishment Stage 4, his cultivation was now rapidly stabilizing at that stage.
Then, not long after...
He reached Foundation Establishment Stage 4 Great Accomplishment!
And that wasn't the end!
Just now, Lin Li had slain so many enemies!
The tens of thousands of evolution points allowed Ye Fan to return an immense amount of energy to Lin Li, pushing his cultivation closer and closer to the peak of Foundation Establishment Stage 4!
At this moment, the pursuit led by the Green-Faced Ghost King had finally caught up with Lin Li!
"Attack!" the Green-Faced Ghost King roared.
The Bone and Corpse Hall Masters, along with the Golden Gu and Blood Mosquito Hall Masters, and the eight Incense Masters, all unleashed their corpse summoning talismans and beast-control bags.
Corpse summoning talismans were tools used by the Corpse Control sect of the Demon Sect to summon carefully cultivated zombies, something Lin Li had already encountered before.
As for the beast-control bags, they were similar to storage pouches, containing special spaces where poisonous creatures and demonic beasts were temporarily stored and carried. These beasts were carefully bred and only taken out when needed during missions.
However, since demonic beasts and venomous creatures were living beings, most Demon Sect disciples typically kept their creatures near their residences unless they were out on assignments. This was one reason why when Lin Li destroyed the Demon Sect disciples' lodgings earlier, they were furious—their carefully bred beasts, most of which were left behind, had been wiped out in one fell swoop.
But now, the group pursuing Lin Li was no longer composed of ordinary Demon Sect disciples that he could easily deal with.
This time, the Green-Faced Ghost King, along with four Hall Masters and eight Incense Masters, were all powerful cultivators at or above the Foundation Establishment stage! Each of them was highly skilled, making them formidable foes for Lin Li.
Suddenly, skeletal hands emerged from the ground around Lin Li.
Then, countless skeletons crawled out from beneath the earth, forming a scene as eerie and horrifying as an army of the dead.
At the same time, rotting corpses joined the skeletons, rising together in unison.
It was like a terrifying army of the undead!
"Behold!"
"Our army of skeletons and corpses!" the Bone and Corpse Hall Masters cried in unison.
Meanwhile, the other Hall Masters and Incense Masters continued to approach Lin Li cautiously, not yet attacking.
The other eight Incense Masters were split evenly between the Bone and Corpse Hall Masters, with four specializing in controlling corpses and the other four in commanding demonic beasts.
At that moment, the four Corpse Control Incense Masters also summoned their zombies.
"Come forth, Red Hair Zombies!" they shouted.
Four Red Hair Zombies roared as they burst out of the smoke created by the corpse summoning talismans.
The Beast Control Incense Masters then displayed their abilities as well, summoning beasts from their storage bags.
Demonic frost wolves, venomous centipedes, a swarm of demonized mosquitoes, and a demonic tiger all emerged, summoned by the four Beast Control Incense Masters!
Aside from the Bone and Corpse army, which Lin Li had not seen before, the rest of the enemies' tactics were familiar. He had already encountered most of these creatures while sweeping through the Demon Sect's branch earlier.
Therefore, Lin Li felt no fear—only excitement!
"Hahaha! Excellent!" Lin Li laughed loudly.
In his slaughter mode, Lin Li would never feel fear in the face of a large number of enemies. Instead, he was filled with joy and excitement!
Why? Because it meant...
There were more targets to slaughter!
At the same time, Ye Fan was equally thrilled!
"This is fantastic!" Ye Fan exclaimed. "So many targets! This time, it's going to be a huge harvest! Lin Li's way of doing things really suits me! It seems like my decision to stay with Lin Li as my sword master after evolving was the right choice!"
Although Ye Fan didn't have a physical form, his excitement manifested as a slight buzzing and trembling of the sword.
Feeling the vibrations and hum of his sword, Lin Li smiled. "Oh, magic sword, it seems you're excited too, huh?"
"Hahaha! Alright then, magic sword! Let's kill to our hearts' content today!"
...
Wei Heng and the group from the three sects were rushing toward Lin Li's location.
Seeing the four Hall Masters and eight Incense Masters already making their move against Lin Li, they grew increasingly anxious.
"This is bad!" one of them said in a panic.
"With the Bone and Corpse Hall Masters, Lin Li is trapped! Even if he wants to flee, the skeletons and corpses will block his way!"
"Not to mention the swarm of green mosquitoes—just one bite from those could poison him to death!"
The members from Tianjue Mountain and Zhengmiao Sect shook their heads and sighed, "It looks like Lin Li won't survive long enough for us to reach him."
"Wei Heng, give it up."
"Yeah, if we go in, we won't save Lin Li. Instead, we'll all be surrounded."
The members of Tianjue Mountain and Zhengmiao Sect urged Wei Heng to retreat.
Wei Heng snapped back angrily, "Nonsense!"
"We've come this far, how can we turn back now?"
"Hmph! Are all of you from Tianjue Mountain and Zhengmiao Sect just a bunch of cowards who run at the first sign of trouble?"
"If that's the case, I don't want anything to do with you!"
Wei Heng's harsh words provoked the pride of the Tianjue Mountain and Zhengmiao Sect disciples.
"Rubbish!"
"How dare you say that?!"
"We're not the cowards you think we are!"
"Alright, we're going in—who's afraid of who?!"
Just as they were preparing to charge into the sea of skeletons and corpses to rescue Lin Li, a shocking scene unfolded before their eyes.