Huang Qiniang gripped both our necks, her voice icy.
Her words were filled with killing intent.
Her eyes radiated a chilling, cold light.
With a tightening of her hands, she prepared to use her sharp claws to snap our necks.
At that moment, I felt my neck constrict further, reaching its limit.
Xia Qiuxi and I were completely powerless to resist.
Once our necks were seized, all strength drained from our bodies.
Seeing that she was about to deliver a killing blow, I felt a part of me turn to ice.
Xia Qiuxi’s face was ashen.
Perhaps neither of us had anticipated.
That her methods were so potent.
And that we would fall into her hands so suddenly.
I hadn't even had time to reveal my trump card.
But there were no "ifs" now; we could only accept our fate...
"Damn it, is this how it ends?"
I thought to myself, filled with a sense of injustice.
At the same time, I tried to circulate my qi, to activate the Wuchang Talisman in my right palm.
But Huang Qiniang's demonic energy suppressed me.
It prevented me from channeling my qi and breaking through the sealed meridians.
Consequently, I couldn't convert it into Dao qi to activate the Wuchang Talisman in my palm.
In other words, at this very moment, all I could do was watch as she crushed us to death...
Old Mo and Xiao Mei, not far away, witnessed the situation of Xia Qiuxi and me.
Their faces were etched with terror.
Old Mo stood up, clutching his chest.
"Let them go!"
He shouted, rushing forward with an expression of urgent concern.
Xiao Mei also let out a fox’s howl, ignoring her own injuries and lunging towards us.
However, both of them were blocked by the surrounding evil spirits.
The evil spirits were difficult to kill and numerous.
They struggled immensely to deal with them.
Huang Qiniang, who had us by the necks and suspended in mid-air.
Now looked at us as if we were prey.
But she had no intention of crushing us both at once.
Instead, her claws continued to contract, gradually tightening, wanting to watch us die in agony, bit by bit.
Thus, fulfilling her perverse desire to kill.
"You killed my child, and I won't let you die easily..."
As she spoke, she applied more pressure with her hands.
The suffocating sensation was unbearable.
All I could manage were choked sounds of "Ooh, ooh."
My face turned purple and blue, my eyes beginning to roll back.
A trickle of blood also flowed from my nostrils.
My body was completely immobilized.
The feeling of my head lacking oxygen and struggling to breathe was truly agonizing.
Huang Qiniang, watching us twitch and teeter on the brink of death.
Spoke with a cold voice:
"You two.
One killed my little sister's family, the other killed my child.
I will make you suffer a slow, agonizing death.
And then I will extract your souls, refine you into evil spirits, never to find peace..."
Huang Qiniang said fiercely.
"Go, go to hell. Even if I die, you won't live long either."
I managed to force out these few words with great difficulty.
I knew my life was hanging by a thread.
But I refused to yield to this demon.
Even in death, I wanted to die with dignity...
But who would have thought that as soon as I finished speaking.
Xia Qiuxi, whose neck was also being held, retorted fiercely:
"If, if you want to kill us, then kill us. If, if I don't die, then you, you will die."
Hearing this, my peripheral vision instinctively flickered towards Xia Qiuxi.
I never expected her to be such a heroine.
Facing death, she possessed such spirit and composure.
An ordinary girl would likely have fainted from fear by now!
Huang Qiniang's fury intensified upon hearing our words.
"You two little brats.
Facing death, you still dare to be defiant!
Then I shall grant your wish."
With that, she tightened her grip on my neck again.
"Ah..."
Xia Qiuxi and I both let out hoarse cries.
Our bodies trembled once more, the world spinning.
Specks of light appeared before my eyes; my life was entirely in her hands, liable to be crushed at any moment.
"Lao Qin!"
Old Mo shouted from afar, engaged in a desperate battle with the evil spirits alongside Xiao Mei.
He then bit his finger and drew two circles on his chest.
Clearly, he was preparing to use a "spirit summoning technique" to save me.
But the evil spirits gave him no time, offering him no space to chant.
Xiao Mei attacked ferociously, her fox roars constant.
But facing a horde of evil spirits.
And with these spirits being unkillable, she was helpless.
Her eyes were filled with anxiety...
Xia Qiuxi and I had clearly reached our limit.
A darkness began to surge towards me.
My meridians were completely sealed by demonic energy, and I was powerless.
In such circumstances, the darkness began to consume me, and death loomed...
However, man proposes, but heaven disposes; my fate was not yet sealed.
At that critical juncture, just as I was about to be crushed by this ancient demon's grip.
Faintly, I seemed to hear a low roar:
"How dare you, vile demon, harm my disciple!"
The voice was indistinct, and I couldn't tell if it was male or female.
The next second, I heard a "boom."
As if a burst of energy erupted before us.
Immediately after, I heard Huang Qiniang, who was holding our necks, let out a scream of pain.
With a cry of "Ah."
The claws gripping our necks instantly released.
Our bodies plummeted to the ground.
The blocked airways instantly cleared.
The darkness that was about to engulf me suddenly halted, then receded like a tide.
I gasped for air, but my mind did not immediately clear.
I was groggy, and after a while.
I dimly heard Old Mo's voice, and someone was patting my face.
"Lao Qin, Brother Qin. Qin Ze, wake up, damn it..."
At that moment, I felt as if I was being pulled from the darkness once more.
Groggily, I opened my eyes.
I saw Old Mo looking down at me, shaking me, and patting my face.
Continuously calling my name.
Beside him was the anxiously worried fox spirit, Xiao Mei.
Seeing me open my eyes, both Old Mo and Xiao Mei.
Showed smiles at that instant.
Old Mo spoke excitedly:
"Hahaha, he's awake, he's awake! I told you, we are the children of destiny, chosen by fate.
We have strong lives, we won't die..."
Hearing this, I finally came back to my senses.
I took a deep breath:
"Lao, Lao Mo, Xiao Mei."
Xiao Mei nodded with a smile.
She let out two "ying ying" fox cries. Though I couldn't understand, her emotions were clearly joyful.
Old Mo also spoke excitedly:
"Yes, it's me. Are you alright!"
I felt an intense pain in my neck, a burning sensation.
"I'm, I'm fine. My neck hurts a bit. Wh-what about that demon?"
I quickly sat up, my mind not on my own condition but on the ancient demon Huang Qiniang.
After all, if that demon lived, none of us would survive.
But Old Mo pointed behind him:
"No major problem. A senior arrived, incredibly powerful."
"A senior arrived?"
I blinked in surprise.
Following the direction Old Mo pointed, I looked over.
I saw, not far away, the ancient demon engaged in battle with a middle-aged Taoist nun dressed in plain robes.
The nun was shapely, holding a whisk, and extremely formidable.
She was driving back the female demon Huang Qiniang and seven or eight evil spirits.
With a single sweep of her whisk, she could dispatch an evil spirit.
They were crying out in pain.
Even Huang Qiniang, the ancient demon, was battered and bleeding.
Clearly on the verge of collapse.
Judging by her skill, she was likely on par with our master, perhaps even superior.
"This senior is so powerful, who is she?"
I exclaimed in astonishment, filled with awe.
Beside me, Xia Qiuxi's voice rang out:
"She is my master, Daoist Master Yunxia."
Hearing this voice, Old Mo and I both looked towards her.
We saw Xia Qiuxi clutching her neck, her condition similar to mine, a deep scratch mark and claw marks on her neck.
Looking somewhat pained, she walked towards us step by step.
Before we could speak further.
A scream echoed from afar.
Xia Qiuxi's master, Daoist Master Yunxiao, unleashed a whisk strike.
Talismans flashed, and qi surged.
With a single whisk, she knocked the ancient demon Huang Qiniang to the ground, spitting blood and unable to rise.
A few surrounding evil spirits attempted to rush forward to her aid.
But Daoist Master Yunxia struck them down with her whisk, each impact a resounding "bang."
In the blink of an eye, the remaining evil spirits were all annihilated, their souls scattered, vanishing from the spot.
Witnessing this, all of us couldn't help but gasp.
Earlier, the few of us working together hadn't gained any advantage.
We had even come close to being crushed to death by this ancient demon.
But now, Xia Qiuxi's master appeared.
With just a few whisk strikes, she killed a horde of evil spirits, severely injured Huang Qiniang, leaving her near death.
Her cultivation was truly profound.
Her strength was undeniably immense.
It commanded respect and admiration from all...