Starting as a Son-in-law to Establish an immortal Family

The middle-aged man’s complexion was pale, his left arm shriveled and lifeless, leaving his sleeve empty.

“This is the Substitute Tribulation Technique?”

Lu Changsheng’s pupils narrowed as he recognized the method.

The principle was somewhat akin to Substitute Talismans.

When faced with an unavoidable assault, one could redirect the damage to another object.

Among Demonic Path secret techniques, it often involved sacrificing one’s own limbs or internal organs.

“Go!”

The sinister man realized it would be impossible to act in the palace and immediately retrieved an ancient jade talisman from his sleeve. Surrounding himself with an invisible layer of spiritual light, he attempted to escape the palace.

However, the palace was forged from special materials, inscribed with array patterns. Even a Nascent Soul Immortal could not rush out directly.

Simultaneously.

“Swish, swish, swish——”

Chu Qingyi’s sword emitted bursts of light, slashing toward the sinister man, suffusing the entire palace with an icy, bone-chilling sword intent, cold as the depths of winter.

“Slash, slash, slash——”

The sword light shattered the spiritual light surrounding the sinister man, leaving blood marks across his body. His complexion grew pale and weak, and he could only rush toward the entrance portal.

The portal too bore prohibitions.

But he had used a talisman earlier with forbidden-breaking effects, forcefully breaking through the portal and vanishing from sight.

“The tunnel outside spans several miles; escaping won’t be easy. Besides, there are likely ambushes waiting outside.”

Lu Changsheng observed this with a quiet sigh, feeling that the Four Great Immortal Sects’ layout was akin to a trap to corner the prey.

Even if Nascent Soul Cultivators entered, they faced only death.

Moreover, he noticed that the white-robed elder and Chu Qingyi hadn’t gone all out earlier.

It seemed that both were wary of the sinister man being driven to desperation and self-destructing his core formation, thus leaving him a sliver of hope.

After all, even if his abilities were average and his core formation of low quality, the self-destruction of a core within a crowd would still cause considerable trouble.

“That man earlier was a Nascent Soul Immortal, yet he couldn’t muster the strength to fight back.”