Although the female ghost was powerful, she had just emerged from her seal and was not at her peak. She had also underestimated the Seven Star Formation.
The sudden appearance of the formation shield made the female ghost collide headfirst into it. With a scream, her entire body sprawled onto the ground. The sound alone made one wince in pain. However, the female ghost soon got back up, shaking her head. Fortunately, she was a ghost; if she were human, she would have definitely sustained a large bump.
At this moment, however, she appeared extremely angry, glaring fiercely at us, especially at the martial uncle who had just cast the spell. "Damn you, I'm going to tear you apart..." The female ghost, who had been smirking earlier, was now ferociously enraged. Yinsha energy surged out from her body. The waves of chilling wind and oppressive aura made me feel uncomfortable but also allowed me to regain control of my body.
The female ghost's cultivation was about as predicted. She was a high-level formidable spirit of the Red Clothes rank, somewhere between the peak of True Light and the initial stage of Dao Body. She also possessed special abilities, so we needed to be cautious. In terms of sheer power, she was beyond what Old Mo, Xiao Mei, and I could contend with together. Only our martial uncle, after performing the Summoning of the Divine technique, could match this vengeful spirit.
Normally, it might have been manageable. But now, we had just barely escaped the Black Demon Palace, our bodies riddled with injuries, and yet we had to face this red-skinned female ghost. The difficulty was immense. Our only hope was to use the formation to wear her down first.
Our martial uncle did not respond to the female ghost. Seeing her rage as she lunged at him, he simply let out a cold snort. He pointed his sword-finger at her, saying, "Chi!" Instantly, the seven large formation flags flew out with a whistling sound. Although the female ghost dodged them one by one, the seven flags began to spin above her head, forming a cage. They silently confined her within an area of five square meters and started to extract her Yinsha primordial energy.
The smaller formation flags around her continually stabbed towards the female ghost, like flying daggers. At the same time, the formation flags were connected by special red threads that possessed the ability to bind spirits. Even if the female ghost was powerful, being entangled by hundreds of such threads would significantly affect her. Even if it couldn't fully restrain her, it would drain a considerable amount of her spectral energy, giving us more opportunities and possibilities to kill her later.
At this moment, the small formation flags, along with the red threads, continued to strike the female ghost. The bells hanging around the formation rang incessantly, disturbing her mind. The female ghost was now extremely agitated, finally realizing the potency of the Big Dipper Formation. Seeing the formation flags lunging towards her, she roared and waved her ghost claws. "Shua shua shua..." she snarled continuously, "I will kill you all, kill you all..."
Seeing the female ghost temporarily trapped and being worn down by our martial uncle, I knew an opportunity had arrived. Without further ado, I formed seals with my hands and let out a low roar, "Heaven and Earth without limit, Heaven and Earth borrow the law, Chi!" As the word "Chi" left my lips, the Six-Star and Eight-Star swords, stuck to my right, flew out with a "swoosh." Under my command, they darted towards the red-skinned female ghost bound within the formation, aiming directly for her back.
Just as the two swords were about to strike, the female ghost's head, as if possessing eyes, suddenly whipped her hair. With two "bang" sounds, the two flying swords I controlled were directly knocked to the ground. I was filled with shock and a hint of dismay. Meanwhile, Old Mo on the other side had taken out his Demon-Binding Tape Measure. He threw it into the air and formed a seal, chanting, "Demon Binding Technique; Lin, Bing, Dou, Zhe, Jie, Lie, Qian, Xing, Chi!" With a "shua!", the tape measure flew straight towards the female ghost, starting from her feet and wrapping around her body.
Seeing this, Old Mo exclaimed with delight, "Hahaha, it worked!" However, before he could celebrate, the female ghost's body trembled. Not only did his tape measure break, but the dozens of spirit-binding red ropes on the female ghost were also snapped. "Damn it, this is too fierce," Old Mo exclaimed.
On the other side, our martial uncle loudly reminded us, "Don't try to finish this female ghost in one go. Wear her down first. Maximize her loss of spectral energy. We'll take it step by step and wear down this malevolent spirit..." After speaking, our martial uncle continued to form seals, controlling the formation flags to attack and absorb her spectral energy. It was visible that streams of the female ghost's Yinsha primordial energy were being absorbed by the seven formation flags. Each absorption was small, but as time passed, as long as the female ghost could be contained long enough, she would be maximally drained. Without spectral energy, it would be like us Taoists having no spiritual energy in our dantian. A weakened force would make killing her much easier.
Hearing our martial uncle's reminder, Old Mo and I nodded in agreement, regrouping. I used the "Chi" command to recall my two swords and continued to launch surprise attacks on her. Old Mo, holding talismans, would throw one at the female ghost from time to time. It didn't matter if it stuck; as long as it was thrown near the female ghost, a curse would be uttered. Upon releasing the talismans, they would, to some extent, deplete the female ghost. Even Xiao Mei would occasionally exhale a puff of green gas. This gas had a mesmerizing effect; it was uncertain if it worked on ghosts. In any case, we all employed our own methods, using Eight Trigram Mirrors, ancestral incense ash, ghost-subduing nails, and other items, all directed at the female ghost. We kept our distance, launching sneak attacks from the periphery to wear her down, using our numbers to our advantage and acting as shameless scavengers.
The female ghost let out a few roaring cries, filled with uncontrollable rage. She, a formidable spirit of the Red Clothes rank, was capable of slaughtering legions of spirits wherever she went. Now, having just emerged, before she could even taste a drop of human blood, she was being tormented like this, her primordial energy constantly drained. Coupled with being sealed for ten years, her resentment was abundant, and she was now at the peak of her fury. Her body began to tremble, and she muttered continuously, "No, you still want to burn me to death. No, you won't. I want to, I want to avenge myself, kill, kill you all..." Her face was exceptionally ferocious, her voice trembling, her mouth filled with sharp teeth, as if she wished to bite us to death immediately. Her ferocious visage watched us as we continuously attacked her from the periphery. Suddenly, an extreme surge of Yinsha energy erupted from her entire being. The Yin energy surged, the Sha energy pierced the heavens. A gust of chilling wind spread outwards in all directions. She then roared, "Don't try to harm me again, I will burn you all to death..."