But the moment it touched the edge of the cage, it let out a bloodcurdling scream.

After the scream, the humanoid anomaly’s face twisted with venom and bloodlust as it stared death at Long Lang and the others.

"You are the most human-like anomaly I’ve ever gone to such lengths to capture," Long Lang said, a hint of madness in his eyes.

"I’m stitching these souls together. Once I’m done, I’ll stuff them into your body. Perhaps you’ll become the first anomaly to possess humanity."

"At that point, my research will be a complete success. I can use you as a basis to perfect my Creation Resurrection Technique."

The more he spoke, the more intense the madness in Long Lang’s eyes became.

Nearby, a Copper Member holding a single bead walked up.

"Lord Long, all the fragmented souls we collected are in this bead. What should we do next?"

"What should you do? Do I still need to teach you?" Long Lang’s eyes were like ice. He snorted, then pointed at the corpses on the ground.

"These are excellent cultivation vessels. Pile them together, burn them with fire, and extract the purest souls."

"I will then use those souls as thread to stitch these fragmented souls together, and then I’ll insert them into this anomaly’s body. Then, we will have succeeded."

"Damn that Observatory! I just needed a little more time before they caught me."

The Copper Member nodded hastily.

A few Copper Members then piled the corpses together and lit them with their torches.

The inferno blazed, and within the flames, the bodies were rapidly reduced to ash.

Long Lang looked at the ashes, shook his head, and said, "Ordinary corpses don’t burn to ash like this. Only souls forged through my horrific torture will cause the flesh to turn to dust."

From within the flames, wretched screams could be heard.

Inside the twisting fire, accompanying the screams, were bizarrely shaped souls.

Long Lang took a few steps forward, raising his right hand. He pinched a Silver Needle between his fingers.

He flicked the Silver Needle lightly, and the screaming souls actually formed a single thread, passing through the eye of the needle.

"You were so close to turning into anomalies yourselves. Good thing I’m a Soul Master, capable of completely suppressing you."

Once threaded through the eye of the needle, the connected line of souls miraculously fell silent.

Long Lang looked at the sphere placed not far away and slowly walked toward it.

"Next, I just need to stitch together the fragmented souls within this sphere and inject them into the humanoid anomaly. Then, it will be a success."

"At that time, this humanoid anomaly will be an anomaly with humanity."

"And I will surely be recorded in the annals of Xinhua Academy."

"Perhaps one day, I’ll even enter the pages of human history."

After all, he would be the first person to create an anomaly that possessed humanity.

With these thoughts, the madness in Long Lang’s eyes grew ever more intense.

But just as he was about to get closer, a flash of Blood Red Sword Qi suddenly illuminated the darkness.

Long Lang felt a chill coming from ahead, which quickly spread through his entire body.

The hair on his body stood on end.

Faced with a crisis, Long Lang took a deep breath and retreated at high speed.

But the Blood Red Sword Qi exploded in mid-air.

Immediately after, it split into a thousand strands, surrounding him layer by layer.

Surrounded by the terrifying Sword Qi, Long Lang’s pupils contracted.

Then, he raised the thin needle in his hand.

Streams of Qi emanated from the thin needle.

Terrifying, vengeful souls appeared one after another, swirling around the needle and enveloping him completely.

The surrounding members of Xinhua Academy also noticed at once and drew their Weapons.

But in the next moment, the Blood Red Sword Qi ignored Long Lang, instead scattering and piercing the foreheads of the Xinhua Academy members.

In the blink of an eye, the ground was littered with corpses.

Sweat beaded on Long Lang’s forehead as he roared, "Who! Who is it?! How dare you provoke the people of Xinhua Academy! Aren’t you afraid of playing with fire and getting burned?!"

The only response he received was a volley of agonizing screams.

Immediately after, Long Lang saw Shen Bai approaching from the distance, leading a large group of Observatory members.

Shen Bai held Cold Moon in his hand, its blade glinting coldly under the moonlight.

There was nothing in his eyes but ice.

"People from the Observatory... You didn’t fall for the trap."

"Fall for a trap? As if you’re worthy of setting one for me," Shen Bai said flatly.

A thousand strands of Blood Red Sword Qi appeared, each one visibly growing more menacing and terrifying.

Shen Bai simply flicked his finger, and a single, condensed beam of Sword Qi pierced through Long Lang’s heart.

Long Lang felt a sharp pain in his chest. He looked down to see a hole the size of a human head had been blown through his torso.

He collapsed to the ground, his face a mask of sheer horror.

"How is this possible? My Soul Power couldn’t even block a single one of your attacks... Who are you? There’s no one like you in Xia Yunzhou!"

At that moment, his Life Energy was rapidly fading.

Yang Feng thought for a moment and took a few steps forward, intending to say something, but Shen Bai cut him off.

"When dealing with an enemy, don’t give them a chance to speak. Just kill them." 𝑓𝓇𝘦ℯ𝘸𝘦𝑏𝓃𝑜𝘷ℯ𝑙.𝑐𝑜𝓂

The Blood Red Sword Qi in the sky swooped down again, slicing Long Lang’s corpse into dust.

A drop of cold sweat trickled down Yang Feng’s forehead.

Yang Feng felt the young man standing before him was terrifying beyond measure.

He knew, from the moment the Blood Red Sword Qi appeared, that even he would be powerless to defend against it.