Following the referee's order, the dark-skinned youth's corpse puppet charged towards me. I stood still and didn't move. The evil sacrificial spirit didn't need my command. It took a step forward and stood in front of me, blocking the path of the corpse puppet.
The dark and skinny youth's corpse puppet didn't seem to care about the Evil Sacrificial Spirit. It didn't stop and quickly charged in front of the Evil Sacrificial Spirit. It raised its palms and grabbed the Evil Sacrificial Spirit's right arm before pulling it back.
Whether it was the movement or the posture, it was exactly the same as when Xu Wei's corpse puppet had torn apart its opponent. I was even more certain that this youth had been bribed by Xu Wei.
It was hard on Xu Wei to find someone from the Purple Zombie Cave to participate in the Large Competition in the Black Zombie Cave. I didn't know how much effort he had put in and how many favors he had used to accomplish this.
In the end, when he found out that everything he had done was for naught … … What kind of mood would he have then?
I had full confidence in the Evil Sacrificial Spirit and wasn't worried about any mishaps happening. I leaned against the railing of the stage and lazily watched the battle between the two corpse puppets.
The reality was exactly as I had thought. The dark and skinny youth's corpse puppet fiercely grabbed the Evil Sacrificial Spirit's right arm and forcefully pulled it back. The Evil Sacrificial Spirit's body didn't budge, but the corpse puppet staggered and almost fell into the Evil Sacrificial Spirit's embrace.
I faintly smiled. On the other side, the dark and skinny youth's expression immediately darkened. He stared at the Evil Sacrificial Spirit with a dignified expression.
At the same time, the smile on Xu Wei's face froze. He couldn't believe what he had just seen.
At this moment, the spectators around the stage were all disciples that were participating in the Great Competition. Each one of them was an elite of the Black Zombie Cave. Even though their strength was far inferior to mine and the dark skinny youth's, their vision wasn't lacking. They had already discovered that our opponents on the stage possessed exceptional strength. Gradually, they began to surround us.
I didn't know who in the middle palace knew about the grudge between Xu Wei and me, but he had leaked the news. Even as I leaned against the side of the stage, I could hear the people below vividly narrate to the people around them the truth of the battle. It was a battle between me and Xu Wei.
From the narration, I also heard the identity of the dark and skinny youth in front of me. He was a disciple of the Purple Zombie Cave's Lower Hall as well as the direct disciple of the Purple Zombie Cave's Upper Hall Master, Xu Yingqu.
I sneered inwardly. No wonder Xu Weineng could find him. He had to rely on his father.
As the crowd discussed the matter, the dark-skinned young man glared at the evil sacrificial spirit. Gritting his teeth, he didn't retreat. Instead, he charged forward with his corpse trooper.
This person was quite ruthless. His corpse puppet's strength was at the middle stage of Glorious Memory, but facing the sacrificial evil spirit that even his corpse puppet had suffered a loss in one move, this person, who was merely a sealed acupoint, actually dared to fight shoulder to shoulder. It could be seen how brave he was.
In reality, this dark and skinny youth wasn't a reckless person. As he rushed over, his speed was unexpectedly as fast as his corpse puppet. The relaxed smile on my face slightly disappeared. 'Could it be that this person has some secret technique?'
Just as I was feeling suspicious, the dark and skinny youth had already reached the front of the sacrificial evil spirit. He didn't stop but his body flashed to the side, passing by the sacrificial evil spirit. At the same time, he raised his right hand and a scarlet powder fell from the top of the sacrificial evil spirit's head, completely enveloping him.
I was shocked. This move by the dark and skinny youth was completely out of my expectations. It was just like how hoodlums in the mortal world would throw quicklime to ambush others. This method was impossible to defend against.
Such a secret method definitely wouldn't be useless. I hastily looked at the sacrificial evil spirit and saw that after the red powder fell, it formed a net-like substance on the sacrificial evil spirit's body. It solidified and completely wrapped the sacrificial evil spirit like a fishing net. Moreover, it was continuously contracting.
In addition to the net's attack, the corpse puppet that came with the skinny youth was not idle either. After the red net had completely bound the evil sacrificial spirit, the corpse puppet's mouth unexpectedly curled into a human-like smile. She pounced in front of the evil sacrificial spirit and, just like before, grabbed the evil sacrificial spirit's arms with both hands. She exerted her strength again and violently tore the evil sacrificial spirit apart.
Obviously, it hadn't given up and wanted to tear the sacrificial evil spirit in half.
However, it was a pity that the sacrificial evil spirit's power was very mysterious, and it wasn't something he could easily estimate. Moreover, the little zombie's Ghoul Corpse Body hadn't collapsed even after being chased by the Heavenly Masters of Mount Longhu. How could it be destroyed by this corpse puppet?
I wasn't worried about the corpse puppet, but I was worried about the red net on the sacrificial evil spirit's body. If I couldn't remove the net, the sacrificial evil spirit could only passively take a beating. No matter how strong it was, it wouldn't be good if it continued to be consumed like this.
I started to hesitate. Should I take action myself?
If I were to take action, I wouldn't be able to seal the five acupoints. I would have to use a higher power.
However, if I revealed too much of my power, the people of the Corpse Sect wouldn't be suspicious.
In the eyes of the Corpse Sect, the sacrificial evil spirit's power came from the host soul in its body. No matter what, they wouldn't suspect anything. However, I was different. The host soul in the corpse puppet's body wouldn't directly increase my power.
While he was hesitating, the Corpse Puppet had already let go of the Sacrificial Evil Spirit's arms and turned around to grab the Sacrificial Evil Spirit's head. It opened its big black mouth and bit down on the Sacrificial Evil Spirit's neck.
The audience burst into exclamations. This corpse puppet was so fierce!
I was also anxious, but it was too late to rush over. I didn't even have time to react before the corpse puppet's mouth bit the evil spirit's neck!
The sacrificial evil spirit wasn't easy to deal with. At this moment, a trace of ferocity flashed across its face. It lowered its head and did the same thing as the corpse puppet, biting the corpse puppet's neck!
The two zombies crazily tore at each other!
All the spectators, including the three judges on the rostrum, were dumbfounded as they stared blankly at the shocking scene in front of them.
I didn't know what to do. I put aside the thought of taking action and decided to observe the situation.
At this moment, the situation suddenly changed. The corpse puppet that had been crazily biting and roaring suddenly quieted down. Its body didn't move. Not long after that, its body went limp as if it had lost its vitality. Its arms that were tightly holding the evil spirit's head also loosened. If the evil spirit hadn't bitten its neck, it would have already fallen to the ground.
What's going on?
I furrowed my brows and looked in that direction. Then, I faintly discovered something.
The evil spirit was biting the corpse puppet's neck and sucking it crazily.
As it sucked, a gray aura continuously gushed out from the corpse puppet's body, entering the evil spirit's mouth.
As the gray aura flowed out, the corpse puppet's body became more limp. Its body even shrank a little, which made people shiver in fear.
Finally, when the corpse puppet's body had shrunk to almost half its original size, the evil sacrificial spirit's mouth finally loosened. The corpse puppet's body softly fell to the ground. A wisp of gray smoke rose from the wound on its neck and dissipated into the air.
At this moment, all the spectators were dumbfounded. Only the evil spirit was calm. It wiggled a few times and somehow got rid of the red net on its body. It lifted its head to look at the skinny, dark-skinned young man and walked toward him.
The skinny, dark-skinned young man finally reacted. He shivered and admitted defeat. He didn't even care about his corpse puppet and jumped off the stage. He stood there with a pale face, his body shivering.
The evil spirit didn't do anything else. It turned around and returned to me.
As soon as it came back, I lowered my voice and asked, "What happened?"
The evil spirit shook its head. It seemed that it didn't want to talk to me. It just kept silent.
Even after I brought the evil sacrificial spirit down from the stage, the spectators were still discussing in whispers. I even heard someone mention Elder Xu Yingqu's black elite zombie.
It seemed that I wasn't the only one who had seen the gray aura being swallowed by the evil spirit.
After leaving the stage, I deliberately lifted my head to look at the rostrum. Temple Master Liu, Lord Hu, and the other Lower Temple Master all stood up and looked at me with burning eyes.