A talisman was invoked, and the "break" formation was used.
More Dao Qi was consumed, but the power was greater.
The talisman exploded with a "boom," instantly scattering the water ghost into nothingness, not even a speck left.
But I didn't feel happy about it; there were still several more specters.
They had already lunged from another direction.
I swept away two with my peach wood sword, but Mo Ting's reminder sounded from the side:
"Brother Qin, be careful!"
Hearing Mo Ting's warning, my heart tightened, and I sensed a chill creeping up from behind.
I rolled forward with the momentum, and the ghost's claws missed entirely.
However, a ghost I had just swept aside pounced directly onto me.
It opened its mouth and tried to bite my neck.
My right hand held the peach wood sword, but it was too long.
At such close range, it was useless.
However, it wasn't that easy for this water ghost to kill me.
On the way here, I had already put on the fox claw.
Like ghost money, it was tied to my left wrist.
Seeing the water ghost lunging to bite,
I clenched my left hand, grabbed the fox claw, and thrust it directly into the water ghost's mouth.
With a "swoosh," the fox claw pierced directly into the roof of its mouth.
"Sizzling" sounds erupted, with black smoke constantly billowing out...
"Ah..."
The water ghost, with its mouth agape, wailed continuously, its body trembling.
It was now trapped, unable to advance or retreat.
The fox claw in my hand was the middle finger claw of the old fox.
It was imbued with strong magical energy.
Aside from being a bit inconvenient to use, its lethality was surprisingly potent.
Amidst its screams, the water ghost completely lost its combat ability.
I kicked it away and stood up again.
The ghost curled up on the ground, trembled for a moment, and then was utterly destroyed.
I had killed another water ghost.
But two more ghosts charged from my left and right.
They intended to attack me from both sides.
I didn't flinch, holding the fox claw in one hand and the peach wood sword in the other, and slashing at one of them.
Relying on the magical artifacts in my hands and my own cultivation,
I prevented these two ghosts from getting any opportunities.
Finally, I killed one with my sword and the other with the fox claw.
At this point, I had personally dealt with four water ghosts.
On the other side, Mo Ting, wielding his double axes, had also killed the last water ghost.
The six water ghost slaves were now all dealt with by the two of us.
Mo Ting and I exchanged a glance and smiled at each other.
Mo Ting even gave me a thumbs-up:
"Brother Qin, this is it!"
I chuckled, "Heh heh."
"Let's go, we need to check on Master and the others..."
"Okay!"
With that, we two quickly ran towards the small pond.
Master and Daoist Tang were still fighting the demonic priest.
That demonic priest was also formidable; even though he had been injured by my Master earlier,
He was still able to fight two at once, which showed his strength and cultivation.
He was now radiating a dense black aura, appearing powerful.
Even from a distance, we could feel the ripples of energy emanating from their battle.
But their fight had already reached a fever pitch.
Clearly, our arrival wouldn't be of much help.
Furthermore, with our cultivation levels, we weren't strong enough.
I saw my Master restraining the demonic priest.
Daoist Tang suddenly seized the opportunity, delivered a flying kick, and knocked him down.
My Master followed up immediately, and three talismans flew towards him.
He let out a low roar:
"Open!"
The three talismans exploded in succession with "bang bang bang."
The demonic priest let out a scream, and before he could steady himself,
My Master leaped forward and pointed his sword at the demonic priest's neck.
The battle was over.
Seeing this, Mo Ting and I were overjoyed.
We hurried forward.
From afar, we heard my Master's cold interrogation:
"Tell me, do you have any accomplices? Where is the Holy See?"
The demonic priest, with the peach wood sword at his throat,
Lay motionless on the ground, glaring fiercely at my Master:
"Hmph! You have some cultivation, but you want to kill me and know about the Holy See? You are not worthy."
Daoist Tang heard this, his expression turning cold:
"Pah! You're still so arrogant even when facing death."
Saying that, Daoist Tang's broadsword pierced the demonic priest's thigh.
"Sizzling" sounds arose, black smoke billowed out, and black blood seeped from his leg...
Mo Ting and I watched, finding it strange.
How could a person's blood be black?
And wasn't it said that this demonic priest was not human?
If he could bleed, he clearly had a physical body.
The demonic priest, however, did not cry out in pain.
Instead, he coldly smiled at my Master and Daoist Tang:
"With such meager skills, you dare to offend our Youming Sect.
This debt, I shall remember.
In one month, I will return to take your lives."
After saying that, the demonic priest suddenly took a breath.
As this breath was continuously inhaled into his body,
His already withered yellow face suddenly sprouted black veins, one after another.
Densely packed, they spread from his eyeballs throughout his body.
Especially his abdomen, which began to swell and enlarge like a balloon.
In a blink of an eye, it reached the size of a woman's abdomen in her tenth month of pregnancy.
Mo Ting and I watched, finding it very peculiar.
We didn't understand what the demonic priest was doing; even facing death, he dared to make threats!
But upon seeing this, my Master and Daoist Tang's faces turned pale with shock.
Suddenly, they shouted:
"Everyone, get away quickly!"
With that, my Master and Daoist Tang pulled me and Mo Ting, and we retreated rapidly.
The four of us had only retreated four or five meters before we were thrown to the ground.
The swollen abdomen exploded with a "bang."
A plume of black smoke billowed out.
Simultaneously, from the exploding abdomen,
Corrosive, foul-smelling black water splashed everywhere...