Chapter 57 Evil Spirits
Chapter 57 Evil Spirits
At this moment, the scene became strange.
The Ghost Claw Bird, which had been cut in two, was still struggling. The blood seemed to come alive, emitting wisps of black mist, trying to glue the Ghost Claw Bird's body back together.
"What the hell is that?" Shen Tu Ren's expression changed, and he immediately cast a spell, throwing out several fireballs in succession.
After the demon bird's corpse was burned by the flames, it finally stopped moving.
But just when Shen Tu Ren thought it was finally over, a black aura suddenly burst out from the flames, passing over Shen Tu Ren and rushing straight at the Beast Spirit Sect disciple.
The Beast Spirit Sect disciple had no time to dodge. The black energy entered his mouth and nose, and he immediately howled in pain. His skin turned grayish-white to the naked eye, just like the skin of a dead person.
The ground then cracked open, and a stone statue's arm reached out, grabbed his arm, and dragged him underground.
Meanwhile, this bizarre scene was also unfolding in other areas, with people being repeatedly ambushed.
One by one, black stone statues emerged from the ground, some old, some young, some male, some female. Although their appearances varied, they all showed the same eerie smiles on their faces, making them appear exceptionally sinister.
Zhong Xing brandished a blood-red whip, shattering the black ghost statue in front of him, and immediately wisps of black energy emerged.
Zhong Xing activated his spiritual power, trapping a wisp of black energy in his palm, and frowned slightly.
"This bizarre attack method, is it something your Soul Society is up to?"
"You're talking nonsense! I'm busy picking medicinal herbs, I don't have time to set traps here," Ling Tianyu retorted immediately.
"Is that so? Aside from your Corpse Soul Sect, who among normal people would cultivate this kind of Yin Sha spiritual energy?"
"Fool, if I could cultivate Yin Sha spiritual energy of this purity, I would have been a Foundation Establishment cultivator long ago. I would have slapped you to death without wasting my breath." Looking at the black ghost statue that pounced on him, Ling Tianyu pointed a finger and then used his spiritual power to pull out a wisp of black energy.
As the black energy was extracted, the black stone statue immediately stopped moving, then shattered inch by inch, revealing the black blood and broken bones inside.
"Senior brother, this is a real treasure." Another disciple of the Corpse Soul Sect took out a Soul Summoning Banner, and as he cast a spell, a ghostly figure immediately flew out from the banner.
The ghostly figure opened its mouth and inhaled, causing all the black energy from the surrounding shattered stone statues to converge upon it.
After absorbing the black energy, the ghostly figure became more and more solid, and two horns grew on its head.
"This short time is worth at least ten years of my hard work. I'm about to complete my demonic cultivation!" The Corpse Soul Sect disciple laughed excitedly.
"Stop, be careful, it might be a trap," Ling Tianyu quickly warned.
However, it was too late. At that moment, a black pregnant woman statue shattered, and a black baby flew out from it. It turned into a black light and entered the demon's body.
In an instant, the demon's aura surged.
It looked down at the Corpse Soul Sect cultivator, its blood-red eyes, usually filled with savage violence, now revealing a hint of cunning.
"What's going on?" The Corpse Soul Sect cultivator manipulated the Soul Summoning Banner to retrieve it, only to find that the other party did not react at all.
A foul stench swept in, and the next moment, the demon suddenly stretched out its claws, piercing through the cultivator's chest and tearing out his bloody heart.
The demon chuckled and swallowed the heart whole.
Another disciple of the Corpse Soul Sect standing nearby also changed his expression and turned to flee, but it was too late.
The moment he turned around, the demon's ghostly claws reached out again and stabbed him in the back.
"You're courting death!" Ling Tianyu was enraged when his two junior brothers were instantly killed in a sneak attack. With a flick of his sleeve, several black chains flew out and bound the demon's limbs and body.
However, the demon was not afraid at all. It chuckled and its body once again disintegrated into countless black wisps. These black wisps quickly reformed into the demon beside Ling Tianyu. It used the same trick as before and stretched out its ghostly claws to reach for Ling Tianyu's chest.
However, how could Ling Tianyu make the same mistake again? He put down the red coffin behind him and used it to block in front of him.
When the demon's hand touched the red coffin, his expression suddenly changed, revealing a hint of fear.
It quickly created distance, flew into the air, and emitted a series of sharp screechs.
As it shrieked, the ground trembled, and skeletons and dried corpses of monsters burst from the earth, attacking all living things in front of them.
Surrounded by these strange beings, the group was forced to band together again.
"Hey Ling, you're a disciple of the Corpse Soul Sect, do you even know what this is?" Zhong Xing was getting impatient.
These demonic beasts and ghosts were quite powerful in life, at least at the Foundation Establishment level. Under the suppression of their aura, the spirit beasts controlled by the Beast Spirit Sect either became uncontrollable and violent, or were so frightened that they lay on the ground and dared not move.
This resulted in the deaths of several Beast Spirit Sect disciples in a short period of time.
"Everyone be careful, this is not an ordinary ghost, but an evil spirit." Ling Tianyu's expression was rather grim.
Evil spirits should appear in places of yin and evil, and they are often born alongside powerful ghost kings. How come they exist in places like this?
"Whether it's evil spirits or ghosts, they all fear thunder and fire. I'll shatter them with a single spear strike." Wu Yun suddenly rushed out, brandishing his spear. Lightning and flames spread across the spear, and each strike could destroy a ghost.
"Indeed, lightning magic is extremely effective against evil spirits, but attacking the ghost puppets controlled by these evil spirits is useless; we must first capture the king. Besides this fellow Daoist, I wonder if there are any other fellow Daoists who also know lightning magic?" Ling Tianyu said, looking at everyone.
"I have a little knowledge of thunder magic," Xiao Ming stepped forward at this moment.
"Although I don't know thunder magic, my coiled dragon staff is made of lightning-struck wood, so it does have some thunder power," Qu Zheng said, waving the long staff in his hand.
"Very good, I can use a secret technique to temporarily bind this evil spirit. At that time, listen to my command and attack with all your might." After Ling Tianyu finished speaking, he looked at the others.
"As for the others, could they help us hold off these evil ghost puppets?"
"What's so difficult about that?" Shen Tu Ren waved the black knife in his hand.
"Stop talking nonsense and get started," Zhong Xing urged.
As Ling Tianyu cast his spell, six more black chains flew out from his wide sleeves.
He bit his tongue and spat out a mouthful of blood essence, which landed on the four black chains.
After absorbing the cultivator's blood essence, the black chains immediately began to flash with blood-red light and became more agile.
"go!"
With a low shout from Ling Tianyu, six blood-red chains shot out rapidly, pointing directly at the evil demon.
The evil spirit dodged, only to find that the six chains seemed to be alive, automatically locking onto and pursuing it until it couldn't dodge in time and one of its arms was entangled.
The other crimson chains immediately surrounded him and bound him tightly.
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