The figure behind him was none other than Wei Shen. At this moment, his body was covered in numerous tiny wounds, and most of his body was stained with blood. The red-scaled inner armor he wore was also tattered. Wei Shen's expression was gloomy, his eyes filled with rage. He had reached the end of his patience after nearly losing his life repeatedly. The force in his hand increased, and the spiritual light on his right hand, which was gripping Zhang Ling's neck, flickered a few times. Zhang Ling's face immediately turned bluish-red from being choked, and he found it difficult to breathe. However, he then felt the force on his neck disappear. Zhang Ling fell to the ground, looking at Wei Shen in astonishment. "Old ghost, I didn't expect these methods wouldn't kill you." Twisting his neck a few times, Zhang Ling coughed lightly, his face pale. This person had suddenly let go, and he naturally wouldn't think it was out of kindness or mercy. There must be something he didn't know about, something shady. "Heavenly Thunder Talisman, soul-based attacks, and the most powerful attack methods, these are enough to deal with ordinary late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivators." Wei Shen walked up to him, seemingly seeing through his thoughts, a mocking look flashing across his face. "If it weren't for me using the Soul-Devouring Worm Mother to block your soul attack at a crucial moment, and wasting a Bronze Armor Corpse whose strength was comparable to a mid-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator, you would have really succeeded." Wei Shen narrowed his eyes, his lips twitching twice. With a wave of his hand, he grabbed the half-severed arm, his face darkening to the extreme. "Heh heh, I told you long ago, you can't escape my grasp! You can be proud that you almost killed me."

Hearing this, Zhang Ling could no longer maintain his composure, and his face immediately turned ashen. "Old fellow, haven't you thought about letting me go? If you want to kill me, then kill me." Zhang Ling's heart was filled with despair. He didn't expect that he would die so soon after breaking through to the Foundation Establishment stage. The trump cards he had prepared were all defused by this person one by one. He really felt powerless against this person. "Don't worry, my good disciple, I have great use for you. You'll know soon enough. I won't let you die easily." Wei Shen cackled sinisterly a few times, and with a wave of his hand, he took out a spirit talisman and slapped it onto Zhang Ling's body. Immediately, Zhang Ling didn't even have the strength to move a finger. Then, he felt around his body and took out two storage bags, from which he retrieved the black jade bottle and grabbed it in his hand. Afterward, he threw the two storage bags aside and carried Zhang Ling towards the Ghost Willow. Arriving in front of the Ghost Willow, Wei Shen threw him to the ground. Then, he stretched out his right hand, and a flash of spiritual light appeared on his finger. He cut a wound on his wrist, and a stream of blood flowed out. The blood condensed into a fist-sized blood ball in the air. Then, this person activated a magic technique, and these blood formed strange blood-colored runes, which flashed and entered Zhang Ling's body. After these runes flew into Zhang Ling's body, Zhang Ling's body underwent a change. The vines on his left arm stretched out and instantly grew to a length of seventy or eighty feet. "Old thing, what are you doing?" Although Zhang Ling couldn't move, he couldn't ignore such strange blood-colored runes merging into his body. He didn't want to die unpleasantly. Thinking of some demonic cultivators' methods of using human blood and extracting souls to refine spirits, his heart could no longer remain calm. Wei Shen didn't say a word, but looked at the strange willow tree in the distance. His hands rapidly formed hand seals, and several spiritual energies struck the Ghost Willow. Then, the Ghost Willow trembled, and the willow branches danced wildly. Next, fine silk threads shot out from it, these threads carrying a layer of gray-green spiritual light. In an instant, these threads flew to the front of the two, and intertwined in the air. Soon, a gray-green vine more than ten feet long appeared.

"Boy, you should be very familiar with what this is." Wei Shen pointed at the gray-green vine, and the vine wrapped Zhang Ling on the ground into the air. "This is the vine parasitic on my body." "That's right, these are the vines drawn from your arm." "Do you know why I was able to imprison your spiritual power in an instant?" Suddenly, Wei Shen asked the doubt in his heart. Zhang Ling looked at this person with gloomy eyes, and did not answer. "Seeing that you have called me master a few times, it doesn't hurt to tell you." Wei Shen showed a smug smile. "When extracting these vines, I played tricks on your body." "A Spirit Sealing Curse was planted on your body by me. This method can only be successfully cast with close contact, and the activation of this curse can only be done close to the enemy." "Whether it is casting the curse or activating it, it is picky and harsh, it is just a useless method. But it is just right to deal with you, as long as you are within five or six feet of me, I can control you instantly." As Wei Shen spoke, he took out a storage bag from his body, and with a flash of spiritual light, a pile of things fell to the ground. These things were mostly black stone slabs. Some incomprehensible mysterious runes were engraved on them. Then he moved these stone slabs on the ground. "Old ghost, with your strength, it is easy to capture Foundation Establishment cultivators alive, why bother staring at me." Zhang Ling's face was gloomy, and he suddenly asked the biggest doubt in his heart. "Over the years, I have found many Foundation Establishment cultivators for experiments. You can be parasitized by a Ghost Vine, which is why I found you." "Everything is for Core Formation, you are the opportunity. Do you know that thirty years ago, I cultivated to the late stage of Foundation Establishment. Originally, with my aptitude, it would be difficult to go further in this life, but I got my chance in a treasure hunt." Wei Shen said, looking at Zhang Ling twice, his eyes full of heat. It turned out that this person found a cultivation method called "Profound Soul Refinement of Demons" in an ancient cultivator's cave, which mentioned a strange secret technique for condensing external pills called "Human Origin Fiend Pill". This Fiend Pill uses a demon core combined with two different fiendish energies, Yin Fiend and Yang Fiend, and can be refined into a Human Origin Fiend Pill after special sacrifices. A Foundation Establishment cultivator at the Great Perfection stage uses secret techniques to absorb these Fiend Pills into the body. After a long period of refining, there is a 30% chance of entering the Golden Core stage. Although this Fiend Pill has great defects, due to its powerful fiendish energy, it will erode the cultivator's consciousness. But after so many years of research by this old man, I finally found a solution. Your body is the medium, which can not only eliminate the fiendish energy, but also help this old man advance. "You should feel honored to be the stepping stone for me to reach the Golden Core stage. Haha…" Wei Shen laughed loudly, talking to himself, his expression a little crazy. "Profound Soul Refinement of Demons", "Human Origin Fiend Pill", "Yin Fiend, Yang Fiend" Zhang Ling had never heard of these, but he also knew that he could not escape death. "Golden Core stage, this old man is only half a step away…" In the following hour, Wei Shen combined the stone slabs into a formation around the Ghost Willow, according to some special arrangement. After doing this, he sat cross-legged on the ground. After another period of time. Suddenly, this person waved his hand, and more than a dozen fist-sized colored spirit stones floated in front of him, these were all middle-grade spirit stones. Under this person's command, the spirit stones flew towards specific directions. Finally, they sank into several stone slab grooves.

"Activate!" Wei Shen shouted loudly, and several spiritual lights hit the ground. Suddenly, the formation under his feet was activated. A layer of five-colored spiritual light罩 rose up. In a blink of an eye, it covered a range of more than ten feet, forming a semi-circular罩, covering the Ghost Willow in it. Then, pointing at Zhang Ling, Zhang Ling's body flew up. The gray-white willow tree branches behind him swayed rustlingly, and several branches flashed and wrapped Zhang Ling in it, pulling him to the willow tree trunk. Zhang Ling naturally knew it was not good, but at this moment he had no resistance. Can only watch all this happen.