Mysteries of Immortal Puppet Master - Chapter 1340 - 527: Sacrificing One’s Life for Righteousness

“Good material, rise for me!” Immediately, a demon cultivator took action, attempting to refine the corpse of the death soldier into a zombie.

“His bones are mine!” This triggered a scramble, as a demon cultivator skilled in the Bone Dao’s eyes lit up, overflowing with evil energy.

“It’s you, you’re Qin De! You aren’t dead yet!!” Song Taosheng roared, charging forward to kill.

It turned out, after Qin De regained mobility, he quietly eliminated Zhou Sumo, eager to seize the opportunity to quickly refine the Blood Fog Demon Seed.

He made arrangements, placing Zhou Sumo’s corpse in his cell and using magic to disguise it.

The “Ten Thousand Methods of Falling Demon Technique” is a top-grade cultivation method, containing exquisite demon dao techniques. During Song Taosheng’s first assassination attempt, he used detection methods but failed to discern the truth.

The “Qin De” that Song Taosheng killed was merely the corpse of Zhou Sumo. Having been crushed into pulp and bone dust, it was impossible to recognize.

After Song Taosheng and others “succeeded,” they intended to escape from Cloud Prison to save their lives. Even the death soldiers, if the circumstances allowed, preferred life over death.

However, as soon as they reached the 8th floor, they were trapped by the formation.

After much effort to break the array and return to the 9th floor, they were utterly despairing.

But now, Song Taosheng was immensely relieved, relieved that they returned to the 9th floor, otherwise how could they have discovered that Qin De wasn’t dead!

Seeing Song Taosheng rushing over, Qin De felt angry yet helpless. In his view, he thought he had perfectly disguised himself, never expecting the opponent to stumble into revealing his true identity.

There was no way out, so he had to fight Song Taosheng.

Boom, boom, boom…

Both sides engaged fiercely, generating surging waves of air.

Wenbao — Righteous Heart Scroll!

Song Taosheng unleashed his Wenbao, gleaming with a jade-like white glow. Two ancient characters — Righteous Heart — were engraved on the jade slip.

The jade slip was particularly effective against demonic qi, capable of subduing and killing all evil demons.

Even with the Blood Fog Demon Seed protecting him, Qin De was forced to retreat repeatedly by the assault of the Righteous Heart Scroll, sustaining several wounds!

“Damn it, I’ve only refined 40% of the Blood Fog Demon Seed. If it were fully converted, with the grade of the ’Ten Thousand Methods of Falling Demon Technique,’ I wouldn’t fear this Wenbao at all!”

Taking advantage of the momentum, Song Taosheng launched a fierce attack, leaving no stone unturned to deliver a fatal blow to Qin De: “Qin De, today you will surely die!”

“That remains to be seen.”

“Hmph, Confucian cultivators are unbearably arrogant.”

“Your righteous appearance is truly nauseating!”

Several demon cultivators suddenly intervened, blocking Song Taosheng, allowing Qin De a chance to breathe.

Song Taosheng’s face darkened: “This is our Confucian matter; you evil demons and outsiders, wouldn’t you rather escape while you still can?”

“Heh, this fellow cultivator is clearly a demon cultivator, how could he belong to your Confucianism?” Ghost-faced Scholar grinned eerily.

Copper Head Tuo looked at Qin De, scratching the scar on his head, and laughed heartily: “Betraying Confucianism for the demons, not bad, little brother!”

As a Buddhist cultivator himself, feeling constrained by commandments and always offensive, he ultimately became a traitor to the Buddhist sect and therefore saw eye to eye with someone like Qin De, who had similar experiences and choices.

The Eagle Claw Butcher fixed his gaze on Qin De, with a cold voice questioning, “Why is Zhou Sumo’s Blood Fog Demon Seed on you?”

Zhou Sumo, unlike most prisoners, was a righteous cultivator, a member of the Myriad Images Sect.

If Zhou Sumo had given the demon seed to Qin De, then Qin De, even as a user of the demon seed, remained a person of the demon path.

“Of course, I’m a Confucian cultivator!” Qin De had always thought so in his heart, but at this moment, he didn’t mind playing along.

Qin De chuckled: “Naturally, Senior Zhou Sumo was too old, and the demon seed had no interest in him. To rejuvenate the demon path, it relies on young people like me, doesn’t it?”

As he spoke, he urged the demon seed within him more vigorously, causing the blood fog around his body to become denser, his body surging with demonic qi.

The Eagle Claw Butcher snorted coldly, turning his gaze towards Song Taosheng.

Copper Head Tuo and the Ghost-faced Scholar glared menacingly at Song Taosheng!

Inwardly, Song Taosheng pondered: “Qin De has completely fallen into being a demon cultivator. If I kill him, it would be for the country and the people, saving countless innocent lives!”

“However, the current situation has become quite tricky.”

Song Taosheng was acutely aware of his and his adversaries’ strengths and weaknesses. His strong point was having a magical treasure and talismans, whereas the others had the advantage of numbers, yet were unarmed.

However, he had already experienced a battle, broke the formation, and was in a poor state.

If a fight truly broke out, the result was indeed uncertain!

“If this drags on, I might lose the final opportunity.” In his Divine Sea, Song Taosheng’s thoughts raced like lightning.

His greatest fear was precisely this.

This time, he abandoned his well-being, with a resolve for death, to assassinate Qin De. Although there were many twists and turns along the way, there was still a chance now.

Qin De, who had previously attempted, was very sure that even if he released numerous demon cultivators, he could not escape.

His fear now was that if he couldn’t kill Qin De, the Myriad Images Sect’s top figures would intervene to stop his final assassination.

The Myriad Images Sect’s leaders were unwilling to see Qin De dead. The latter was the best tool to suppress the Confucian cultivator group within the sect!

“If that’s the case!” Song Taosheng gritted his teeth, resolutely deploying his last resort.

Confucian Skill — Give up Life for Righteousness!

Mencius: “Life is what I desire; righteousness is also what I desire. Since the two cannot be had together, I must give up life to attain righteousness.”

Once the Confucian skill was activated, it could not be stopped.

It was akin to the Heavenly Demon Dissolution, a cultivator’s final swan song in their life’s journey!

Song Taosheng’s aura suddenly shifted.

Then, his body began to emit light.

Initially, the light was faint, like the first light of dawn. But quickly, it grew brighter and more intense, eventually transforming into a blazing white light, enveloping him entirely.