Yun Qing Zhenren once again used his Wind Manipulation Technique, and a strong gust of wind swept towards the groups of corpse cats.
The speed was incredibly fast and highly targeted.
Each stream of wind formed a blast of pure energy, like a wind blade.
Upon contact, the two to three hundred corpse cats that lunged forward were all flipped over, scattered and disoriented by the wind.
The energy blades further sliced open the bodies of the corpse cats, creating numerous wounds.
Dark blood splattered everywhere.
For a time, the low wails of "Meow, meow, meow" were incessant.
In the blink of an eye, hundreds of corpse cats were directly killed by the wind blades.
Another hundred or so were either blown over or wounded by the wind blades, crying out in agony on the ground.
We stood behind Yun Qing Zhenren and were all stunned by what we witnessed.
"So, so strong!"
I exclaimed in astonishment, my eyes wide.
As expected of the Great Elder of the Qingcheng Sect, his cultivation, his Taoist practice, his mystical arts.
It truly opened my eyes.
"My heavens! Senior Yun Qing, this is, this is just too fierce."
Old Mo also remarked in shock beside me.
After Yun Qing Zhenren performed this technique, with the hundreds of corpse cats dead or wounded scattered everywhere, they could no longer pose a threat to us.
The large black cat at the entrance of Lao Zhu Gou also retreated in fear after seeing this.
Yun Qing Zhenren remained calm and said:
"Let's go in!"
With that, he led the way.
Yun Xia Gu also waved to us.
Only then did we snap out of our astonishment.
Previously, we felt we were quite powerful. Although not comparable to transcendent beings like Qing Dai or Hu San Tai Nai, we thought we could roam freely in the martial world.
After all, our respective masters had only reached the early stage of Zhen Guang, and Yun Xia Gu was only at the peak of Xuan Dan.
We thus assumed that the various sects of the Taoist path might generally be at such levels.
But now, having seen Yun Qing Zhenren.
We realized that this Taoist martial world was far vaster than we had imagined.
The fluctuations of Taoist energy released by Yun Qing Zhenren were extremely intense.
So intense that, with our cultivation, we couldn't possibly gauge his level of Taoist practice.
It felt like Yun Qing Zhenren's cultivation had at least reached the middle to late stage of Dao Shen, or even higher.
Amidst our surprise, we quickly calmed ourselves down.
The main task was important; first, we had to deal with the corpse cats of Lao Zhu Gou.
Following behind Yun Qing Zhenren, we soon entered Lao Zhu Gou.
There was a heavy presence of corpse energy within.
Around us, we could see the figures of wild cats leaping about.
However, these corpse cats did not attack us, merely "meowing" around us.
Before long, we had entered the depths of the ravine.
Here, it was a bamboo forest, with no discernible path.
Walking through it, we couldn't even distinguish east from west.
Turning left and right, one could easily get dizzy.
At this point, Yun Qing Zhenren stopped.
Squinting his eyes, he scanned his surroundings.
We all stopped as well, waiting to see Yun Qing Zhenren's next move.
Just then, the sound of "Meow, meow, meow" echoed from the surrounding woods again.
Numerous feline silhouettes suddenly flashed from the gaps in the surrounding bamboo forest.
"Everyone, be careful!"
Yun Qing Zhenren shouted.
With a raise of his hand, he unleashed a palm strike.
With a "hum," a wave of energy vibrated, and a corpse cat, as large as a leopard, that leaped from the front left, was killed by Yun Qing Zhenren's palm strike.
Its flesh was mangled, and its entire body was shattered.
Corpse cats also began to rush out from all around us.
"Meow, meow, meow," they started to attack us.
I raised my peach wood sword and began to slash at these corpse cats.
Old Mo, Qiu Xi, Yun Xia Gu, and Xiao Mei also joined the fray.
Old Mo wielded a pair of peach wood axes and began to chop.
Qiu Xi and Yun Xia Gu, with their excellent movement techniques, coordinated their attacks from left and right with perfect synergy.
Xiao Mei revealed her fox claws and continuously slashed at the corpse cats.
However, there were too many bamboo trees here, and wielding the peach wood sword was somewhat difficult to maneuver.
It greatly restricted our combat abilities.
From time to time, we would accidentally strike the bamboo.
And many of the corpse cats were relatively small.
They continuously darted out from the gaps between the bamboo, launching sneak attacks on us.
Some even climbed onto the bamboo, attacking us from above.
Yun Qing Zhenren was powerful, but the geographical constraints made it difficult for him to fully utilize his Wind Manipulation Technique here.
Although he blocked most of the sneak attacks from the corpse cats,
He couldn't protect all of us or kill every single corpse cat.
It was Xiao Mei, the fox spirit, who showed strong offensive capabilities in this complex forest terrain.
At this moment, I had continuously killed seven or eight corpse cats.
Suddenly, I felt a gust of foul wind attacking from above.
My heart sank, sensing something was wrong.
Looking up, I saw a corpse cat, as large as a domestic dog, descending from the sky.
It opened its wide maw and lunged to bite my head.
"Careful!"
Qiu Xi suddenly shouted.
Before I could react,
Qiu Xi raised her hand and threw a steel needle. With a "swoosh," it flew through the air.
The steel needle was inscribed with runes, and it struck the head of the corpse cat precisely, without missing its mark.
The corpse cat let out a pained cry and its body shifted.
I seized the opportunity, raised my hand, and slashed, splitting the corpse cat in two.
At the same time, I looked at Xia Qiu Xi and nodded slightly, expressing my thanks.
Xia Qiu Xi merely curved her lips into a slight smile before continuing to fight the corpse cats with Yun Xia Gu.
For safety's sake, I also moved closer to Old Mo and Xiao Mei.
This ensured that there were no blind spots for the corpse cats to exploit during the battle.
In this manner, Yun Qing Zhenren stood at the forefront.
He continuously cast spells, and the sound of "buzzing" winds echoed through the bamboo forest.
The bamboo cracked and broke, countless times.
Corpse cats were killed, one after another.
Led by Yun Qing Zhenren, we fought our way through the bamboo forest for over ten minutes.
Along the way, we killed an unknown number of corpse cats.
The ground was littered with bodies and black blood.
It was truly a cat's den; everywhere the eye could see, it was covered with corpse cats.
And they constantly attacked us.
Although there were many corpse cats, their individual strength was quite low.
With our caution and vigilance, they did not pose a significant threat to us.
Thus, after forcefully pushing forward for twenty minutes.
Just as we thought we would fight all the way to the end.
A low cat meow suddenly sounded from the depths of the valley.
"Meow..."
Following this meow,
The surrounding corpse cats, without hesitation, began to retreat.
In the blink of an eye, they vanished without a trace...