"Ah!"
Seeing this, Xiao Xiao let out a startled scream. Silver light surged from her body, and she pushed her hand towards the old ghost.
"Bang!~"
The silver light erupting from Xiao Xiao's body actually sent the old ghost flying.
"Hiss~"
The old ghost, standing in mid-air, looked at the scorched and smoking mark on his right arm with evident surprise on his face. "I didn't expect it to be angel power after all. It's a bit tricky... It's a pity..."
"What? Angel power?"
"Isn't that the power only angels possess?"
Hearing the old ghost's words, Wang Batian was stunned. "No wonder. I thought the energy from this little lady's armor was very strange, and it actually restrained my ghoul power!"
"Ye Feng!"
Shen Yun Yao stepped forward, and together with Ye Feng and Xiao Xiao, they formed a triangular formation, facing off against the old ghost and Wang Batian not far in front of them.
"Hey, old ghost, angel power... Is this little lady from the angel race?"
"Although I've heard of it before... I didn't expect angels to actually exist..."
The old ghost's intervention had eased Wang Batian's mind considerably. He walked to the old ghost's side and pointed at Xiao Xiao, who had a serious expression.
"No!"
The old ghost glanced at Xiao Xiao and shook his head. "She doesn't have wings of an angel, and her control over angel power is very crude, like a child..."
"The angel power in her body should come from that angel armor... such a perfectly preserved angel armor... a truly unexpected gain!"
As he spoke, the old ghost's shadow flashed, and he attacked again. However, this time his target was not Ye Feng, nor Xiao Xiao, but Shen Yun Yao.
The old ghost's speed was extremely fast. In the blink of an eye, he was behind Shen Yun Yao, and a black saber in his hand was about to strike Shen Yun Yao's neck.
"Hmm?"
Ye Feng, holding his Tang dao, was about to make a move when suddenly, a golden light erupted from Shen Yun Yao's entire back, instantly forming a wall-like barrier that protected her.
"Buzz!"
The old ghost's black saber struck the golden light squarely, and ripples spread outwards from the point of impact.
The golden light that appeared on Shen Yun Yao's back slowly formed an eye pattern. Above the eye was a eyebrow line parallel to the eyelid, and a vertical teardrop. There were also mysterious runes around the eye, giving a sense of peace and tranquility.
"Eye of Horus?! The Eye of Protection that emerged from the underworld!?"
"Although I guessed long ago that Shen Lang would make some arrangements for his most precious daughter, I didn't expect it to be this thing!"
The old ghost leaped back several meters, looking at the golden, rune-covered eye pattern on Shen Yun Yao's body. His expression was quite surprised, but not overly shocked.
"Since the Eye of Horus is here, then the Book of Darkness that Shen Lang stole back then... was it after that portal you opened before?"
As he spoke, the old ghost glanced at Shen Potian, who was lying on the ground not far away, and then towards the direction of the City Lord's Mansion.
"Eye of Horus? Book of Darkness?"
Ye Feng looked at Shen Yun Yao with a questioning gaze, only to find that she also had a look of confusion.
"Speak, Shen Potian, where is the Fire Seed Record?"
Suddenly, the old ghost looked at Shen Potian in the distance and asked a question that made Ye Feng's heart pound.
"The Fire Seed Record is just a fire seed for you to forge mechs. It's a complete waste. You have no idea of the true value of the Fire Seed Record!"
"Tell me, and I'll give you a quick death!"
As he spoke the last words, the old ghost's gaze towards Shen Potian turned icy. However, Shen Potian did not reply, his expression growing even more grim.
"Hmph, old man, do you really think this Eye of Horus formation can protect your granddaughter?"
As the words fell, the old ghost's shadow flashed. He didn't attack Shen Yun Yao, but instead instantly appeared beside Shen Potian.
The old ghost pulled out the demonic dagger from Shen Potian's chest, and at the same time, a dense black light shot out again, striking Shen Potian's chest.
"Pfft!!~"
Shen Potian spat out a mouthful of fresh blood.
Having done this, the old ghost did not stop. His shadow flashed again, and in the blink of an eye, he was behind Shen Yun Yao. The demonic dagger, covered in strange black runes, was aimed directly at the golden, shining Eye of Horus on Shen Yun Yao's back.
"Clang!~"
A metallic impact sound rang out. The black runes on the old ghost's demonic dagger emitted a strange black light, and the Eye of Horus formation protecting Shen Yun Yao instantly shattered.
"Screech!~ Ah!~"
A bloody wound instantly appeared on Shen Yun Yao's back. She screamed and fell forward.
"Whoosh!~"
The old ghost, holding the demonic dagger, moved like a phantom again. This time, his target was none other than Xiao Xiao.
Seeing this, a surge of arcane energy flashed from Ye Feng. He moved at his maximum speed, flying to Xiao Xiao's side and pulling the still-shocked Xiao Xiao away.
"Clang!~"
A crisp metallic cutting sound instantly echoed.
Although Ye Feng pulled Xiao Xiao aside, avoiding a fatal blow to her back, the old ghost's demonic dagger still sliced diagonally into the angel armor on Xiao Xiao's shoulder. The once indestructible angel armor was instantly cut in half and fell to the ground.
"Hmph!"
At this moment, the old ghost, who had failed to pierce Xiao Xiao as he wished, snorted. He twisted the demonic dagger in his hand and then thrust it towards Ye Feng's neck.
Ye Feng's eyes narrowed. He gripped his Tang dao and blocked the old ghost's demonic dagger, while the somewhat mysterious arcane energy within him rapidly gathered towards the Tang dao.
"Clang!~ Screech!~"
"Ugh~! Ah~!"
After a crisp metallic collision, Ye Feng's scream of suppressed agony rang out.
Because his arm had been touched by the old ghost's shadowy body, his skin and flesh were instantly torn open, blood flowed profusely, and even the outermost layer of skin and flesh had been carbonized and scorched...
"What kind of ghost is this guy's body? It seems to have no substance, yet it has such a strange killing power?!"
"But that Tang dao just now seemed..."
Ye Feng clutched his aching arm and pondered in secret.
"Big brother!"
Xiao Xiao, who had been sent flying back with Ye Feng, looked at him with great concern. Angel power surged from her body, wanting to attack the old ghost, but Ye Feng stopped her.
Ye Feng and Xiao Xiao, and the old ghost not far in front of them, looked at Ye Feng with some surprise, or rather, at the Tang dao in Ye Feng's hand...
"That knife in your hand is quite special!"
The old ghost narrowed his eyes. The next second, his figure flashed, and he attacked Ye Feng again with the demonic dagger.
This time, the black runes on the old ghost's demonic dagger seemed to come alive, writhing incessantly, giving Ye Feng a sense of extreme danger.
Without time to think, Ye Feng instinctively communicated with the mysterious and powerful force he had sensed within the Tang dao before.
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