Crawled quickly through the tunnel towards the direction of the ancient well.

In no time, Li An felt the eerie coolness emanating from the well, leaped silently forward, and entered the bottom of the well water. He sank to the bottom in one breath, then dug open the well and placed the sealed black box containing the Top Grade Primordial Spirit Pill inside.

This sealed black box is a treasure that can isolate spiritual essence, thus also blocking the scanning perception of Divine Sense. Even if someone investigates, they cannot discover it.

Then, Li An quickly crawled back through the tunnel!

Yes, he did not intend to escape from White Tiger City directly.

First, if he escapes now, once White Tiger City investigates and finds him gone, they will immediately know that he became the biggest winner and likely fled with some treasure.

Even if he silences Xu Qiuhui, it would invite disaster, as White Tiger Mountain would not tolerate him killing to seize treasures.

From then on, he would offend a Golden Core Level major force, which is very unwise.

Secondly, the mysterious Demonic Qi in his body has only been half-refined despite so many years.

If he runs out of White Tiger City, he will immediately be discovered by people from the Demon Sect.

By then, the Top Grade Primordial Spirit Pill on him will also be in danger.

In any case, he cannot leave now.

He must continue acting.

This is also the reason why he does not kill Xu Qiuhui.

Crawling back to the room, Li An first removed all traces of the six-layered killing array he had set up, leaving no traces.

Then he grabbed the corpse of Zhang Deyi and suddenly activated the Blood and Flesh Melting Furnace Skill!

He wanted to refine Zhang Deyi into a puppet!

If Zhang Deyi were at his peak state, daring to do this to him would likely lead to his own demise, as he could become Zhang Deyi's puppet in reverse.

But now, Zhang Deyi had already become a corpse, and controlling him was extremely easy.

The only drawback is that the puppet refined from a corpse can only last for a limited time, as the body will rot and perish, which even the Blood and Flesh Melting Furnace Skill cannot reverse.

But Li An didn't need Zhang Deyi's puppet to last too long.

Just using it for a while is enough.

He gave it his all, quickly becoming drenched in sweat, while Zhang Deyi, who was clearly dead on the ground, suddenly had limbs twitching inexplicably.

"Rise!"

Li An let out a low roar, and suddenly Zhang Deyi sat up directly, looking wooden and hollow.

It worked.

Li An let out a sigh of relief, turned around, and looked at Xu Qiuhui on the other side.

Walking to Xu Qiuhui's side, Li An's gaze was calm.

It would be all too easy to cut off her head now.

But she couldn't die yet.

Li An uncovered her clothes, lightly cut her lower abdomen with a fingernail, and a drop of blood seeped out. Li An caught this bright red blood in his hand and then used the power of the Life Seed to heal her small wound.

No trace could be seen.

Li An slowly manipulated a strand of Demonic Qi to integrate into this drop of blood.

This Demonic Qi was disguised with the Life Seed, simulating to be exactly like her blood, completely undetectable by others.

Once the Demonic Qi and blood essence are refined into one, he uncovered her chest, located the path of her heart, cut open a wound, and buried the drop of blood back.

He took the blood from her Dantian, refined the Yin Yang Demonic Qi, then sent it back to her heart.

When she wakes up, she will also not be able to detect it, but when she tackles Core Formation, in the final moment of her full circulation of blood essence, the Demonic Qi will reveal its true nature. At that time, this flaw will cause her to fail in one move.

Li An does not kill her now, but that does not mean he will let go of such an opportunity.

Once Xu Qiuhui seized his Primordial Soul Crystal Core, obstructing his path, now is the time for revenge.

After finishing all this, he restored Xu Qiuhui's clothing to its original state.

Then, he simply lay down in a place, immediately becoming as weak as gossamer, appearing critically wounded and on the brink of death.

At this moment, Zhang Deyi, who had been controlled into a puppet, suddenly stood up, walked to the Alchemy Furnace, and let out a shrill howl—

The howl conveyed a sense of deep unwillingness, resentment, and indignation.

Upon hearing the howl, Xu Qiuhui, who had been infused with a strand of Primordial Qi by Li An, instinctively awoke from her coma.

"No..."

She struggled to open her eyes, only to see Zhang Deyi going berserk beside the Alchemy Furnace!

"Why, why!"

"I used two sets of materials, but still couldn't refine a Top Grade Primordial Spirit Pill. It was all for naught, all for naught!"

"Ah—"

In utter disappointment, Zhang Deyi muttered, "So be it, so be it—since I can't push for a Golden Core, I'll have to take the regular Core Formation path."

After speaking, he grabbed two pills from the furnace, turned around, and opened the array he had set up, intending to leave.

But just then, Xu Qiuhui, who had already awoken, suddenly took advantage of the array's opening and instantly sprang up from where she was, launching a streak of golden light to attack Zhang Deyi.

Simultaneously, she crushed a Jade Talisman, causing a corner of the Mountain Protection Array at White Tiger Mountain to crash down violently in this area.

The Mountain Protection Array of White Tiger Mountain is a Rank Three Array!

In fact, this was Xu Qiuhui's greatest confidence all along. Within her own sealed territory inside White Tiger City, she was virtually invincible and could call upon the power of the entire array at any moment.

But she hadn't expected that after entering Li An's residence, this place would be thoroughly isolated from the outside world, preventing her from mobilizing the array at all.

Now, the blockade was lifted.

The Rank Three Array roared into operation, and half of White Tiger City was violently shaken, the ground lightly trembled as if an earthquake occurred, and numerous Rank Three spiritual waves burst forth in the sky, attacking Zhang Deyi.

"What?!"

Zhang Deyi abruptly turned to face Xu Qiuhui, his eyes filled with anger, and said, "You bitch—"

Yet the Rank Three Array had already descended, and Zhang Deyi, unable to resist, his eyes filled with anger, said, "You want to plot against me!"

He charged at Xu Qiuhui, but Xu Qiuhui was not afraid, instantly restraining him with the power of the array, rendering Zhang Deyi immobile under the effect of the Rank Three Array.

She did not rashly approach Zhang Deyi but instead launched an attack from a distance, causing Zhang Deyi's storage bag at his waist to fly far away—

Seizing the pills!

That was her most important goal all along.

"You dare to seize my pills!"

Zhang Deyi's face changed drastically, filled with rage, saying, "I'll go down with you—"

As soon as he finished speaking, a fierce power erupted from his body as if a volcano were about to erupt.

He... self-destructed!

Xu Qiuhui's expression changed, but she had taken precautions, so she hadn't gotten too close and immediately distanced herself—

Boom!

A deafening explosion echoed, as the Late-Stage Foundation Establishment expert self-destructed, even shaking the Rank Three Array. Zhang Deyi's mother-and-child array also exploded together.

A radius of several miles shook, streets collapsed, buildings were destroyed, leaving behind a scene of devastation.

Even Xu Qiuhui was affected by the aftershock and spat out a mouthful of blood.

At the same time, a loud shout instantly came from the direction of White Tiger Mountain—

"Who dares to cause chaos within my White Tiger City!"

With this voice, a figure flew over from the direction of White Tiger Mountain!

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