The headless ferocious spirit had already broken through the Eight Trigrams formation connected by the town evil rope.
Mo Ting and I couldn't help but feel nervous.
After all, the straw effigy lying on the ground was not moving, apart from emitting white smoke.
I frowned and continued to circle the straw effigy.
Seeing me continue to circle, Mo Ting, ignoring the pain in his abdomen, directly stood in front of me.
But in his hand, besides clutching the peach wood sword, he also took out the red leather tape he had used to deal with the wood spirit last time, guarding me.
"Old Mo, this guy is too fierce, don't clash with him head-on."
I watched the headless fierce spirit continuously approach and reminded him.
As a result, Mo Ting, still using two-dimensional anime lines, replied to me with chuunibyo:
"Death is like the wind, always with me.
Don't worry!
I have a protective amulet from Master, I won't die.
I am the Child of Light."
I opened my mouth, wanting to say something but holding back.
In this situation, it seemed we could only let Mo Ting stall for time.
Otherwise, the ritual Master had performed might be aborted before it even took shape.
In the blink of an eye, the headless ferocious spirit flickered through several illusions and appeared five or six meters away from us.
Its pitch-black eyes kept rolling, scanning the two of us. It saw the smoking straw effigy.
The saw-toothed mouth on its abdomen spoke in a deep voice:
"You two brats, what other tricks are you trying to play?"
I frowned and remained silent.
Mo Ting, who was blocking me, replied coldly:
"What tricks are not important.
What's important is that you won't get away with it tonight!"
"Heh heh! Then I'd like to see what abilities you two greenhorns still possess!"
As soon as the words fell, the headless ferocious spirit raised its hands and lunged at Mo Ting.
Mo Ting hesitated no longer, throwing the red leather tape in his hand into the air.
He formed a single-handed sword finger seal, and uttered a low roar:
"Demon Binding Technique, Hurry as the Law Commands, Decree!"
As the incantation was uttered, he pointed his sword finger.
The red leather tape suspended in the air seemed to come alive, coiling towards the headless ferocious spirit.
Seeing the red leather tape approach, the headless ferocious spirit raised its ghostly claw to tear at it.
As a result, the red leather tape coiled around its body along its ghostly claw.
With a few "swish" sounds, the tape directly wrapped around the entire body of the ferocious spirit.
Finally, it tightened with a snap, and the headless ferocious spirit was bound into a headless human stick.
However, both Mo Ting and I knew in our hearts.
It was basically impossible to restrain this headless ferocious spirit solely with this red leather tape.
This was because the Demon Binding Technique could not even fully control that wood spirit, let alone control this headless ferocious spirit with profound cultivation.
As expected, before Mo Ting could make his next move.
The headless ferocious spirit erupted with a dense aura of Yin and malevolence.
With a "bang."
The red leather tape snapped, breaking into seven or eight pieces scattered on the ground.
"So, so strong!"
Mo Ting couldn't help but exclaim.
I was also shocked and simultaneously paid attention to the straw effigy on the ground.
I noticed that the white smoke had turned a grayish-brown.
But the straw effigy still showed no signs of movement.
I sped up my circling, not knowing if it was effective.
I kept praying in my heart; faster, faster…
After breaking the red leather tape, the headless ferocious spirit let out a cold laugh:
"These meager tricks, you think they can restrain me? Wishful thinking, your life is mine!"
The headless ferocious spirit spoke fiercely.
It raised its ghostly claw and lunged again.
Mo Ting knew that I couldn't stop now.
He had to block in front of me and guard me.
At this moment, he gritted his teeth and, enduring the pain, let out a low roar:
"The soul of a warrior never perishes."
With that said, he raised his peach wood sword and slashed at the headless ferocious spirit.
I saw this and was very worried.
Were either Mo Ting or I a match for this headless ferocious spirit?
As a result, in the first clash, the peach wood sword in Mo Ting's hand was directly batted away.
Mo Ting was sent staggering back by the impact.
The headless ferocious spirit's ghostly claw did not stop, aiming for Mo Ting's chest and stabbing forward.
"Your life, I shall claim…"
The sharp claws glinted coldly under the moonlight.
They were like curved blades and daggers; if struck in the chest, the heart could be gouged out.
"Old Mo!"
I cried out anxiously, watching helplessly as the headless ferocious spirit's claw stabbed into Mo Ting's chest.
Just as his chest was about to be pierced.
Something strange happened again.
The平安符 (peace amulet) hanging on Mo Ting's neck suddenly flashed with yellow light.
With a "boom," it exploded.
Immediately after, the headless fierce spirit let out a scream of agony.
Its entire body was blasted more than five meters away.
The ghostly claw that had been reaching for Mo Ting also broke at the explosion of the amulet and fell to the side.
After rolling a few times on the ground, it turned into black smoke and disappeared, leaving scattered bits of straw…
On the other hand, Mo Ting only stumbled back a few steps and was not harmed by the power of the amulet.
Could this be the personal life-saving amulet from Mo Ting's master?
I looked on in astonishment.
Mo Ting was also pale with fright, feeling a sense of lingering fear.
After all, his chest had already been cut with several bloody gashes, and it was still oozing blood.
The headless ferocious spirit lying on the ground in the distance seemed not to be dead yet.
Its body trembled a few times, and then I heard it emit an extremely enraged voice:
"Damn it, damn it.
My hand, give me back my hand.
I will kill you, kill you…"
The voice was not only angry but even conveyed a sense of gnashing teeth.
As it spoke, it struggled to its feet again.
However, its severed hand did not grow back.
The headless fierce spirit remained utterly enraged.
A more potent black aura emanated from its body.
The terrifying aura made Mo Ting and I feel as if our breathing had turned icy.
It was the height of summer, the dog days, yet we felt as if we were in a world of ice and snow…