The entire road was almost dyed red with blood. Most of those on the road were practitioners, many taking out talismans and magical artifacts, intending to directly destroy the evil spirits causing trouble in the car. However, they encountered the same situation as I did; all their Daoist techniques were useless. Taking out talismans and magical artifacts not only didn't help them but also delayed their escape, and they were almost all crushed and trampled to death.

After they died, the evil spirits didn't let them go. One by one, they pounced on the corpses and began to feast.

Occasionally, a few who were skilled managed to escape to the side of the road, but they didn't dare stop. They quickly ran for their lives, wanting to escape far away. But the evil spirits had already rushed out of the car, how could they let them escape like that? One by one, they bared their fangs and brandished their claws, pouncing on the fleeing people, not even giving face to the sunlight, directly eating people under the bright sun.

The evil spirits naturally didn't intend to let me go either. Several pounced on me.

Knowing that Daoist techniques were useless now, I didn't waste any time. I directly pulled into a fighting stance, throwing punches and kicks, snapping the abacus, and whipping the rope. Relying on my solid foundation in martial arts, I successfully repelled several evil spirits, but soon more evil spirits surrounded me.

It felt like the more I resisted, the more excited they became, determined to eat me.

I also became ruthless. Although my Daoist techniques couldn't be used, my abacus was made of pure iron, and it still had some fighting power. I relied on the five elements overcoming each other to directly kill several wood-attributed evil spirits.

"Idiot, you can't kill them all, run!" Someone shouted at me, it was Ding Kan.

However, Ding Kan didn't stop to help me. He just shouted and quickly passed me, running away.

After killing a few ghosts, I also understood that I couldn't kill all the ghosts in this siege. After repelling a wave of approaching ghosts, I also quickly fled.

On the way, I saw many dead practitioners. Some were being eaten by evil spirits, and some were just left there, as if there were too many dead practitioners and the evil spirits couldn't eat them all.

Ding Kan also encountered obstacles ahead, spending time repelling a wave of evil spirits. I happened to catch up with him.

"What the hell is going on? Did the Celestial Master Mansion release all these ghosts?" I shouted, asking Ding Kan.

"Do you have any common sense? Don't even mention that this is just a branch of the Celestial Master Mansion. Even if it was the headquarters, do you think they have the ability to imprison so many evil spirits? It's as if the gates of hell have been opened," Ding Kan shouted while fighting.

I didn't help Ding Kan. It wasn't that I didn't want to, but I didn't have my hands free. I was quickly surrounded by evil spirits.

These evil spirits seemed particularly interested in the two of us. When other practitioners fled, they would only chase one or two, but there must have been hundreds surrounding the two of us. They were really giving us face. Did they think our meat would be more nourishing?

"What about the Celestial Master Mansion?" I shouted.

"Almost everyone is dead. Those outside can still run, but those inside don't even have a chance to run."

"What about your master?"

"Are you asking about Qin Tianming? He was eaten by ghosts. Those junior brothers were also eaten by ghosts. I'm the only one from our group who got out. I haven't seen anyone else, so I don't know the situation for now. Aren't you supposed to be smart? Do you have any ideas? There are so many evil spirits, we'll be exhausted to death even if we're not beaten to death."

Indeed, the number of evil spirits was constantly increasing. Many of the killed practitioners had also turned into evil spirits, and they were all fiercely pouncing on us. It turned out that those evil spirits had greatly improved their fighting power because they had eaten many practitioners' corpses, and there were still many evil spirits constantly pouring over.

And there was the most unreasonable thing: when those unlucky practitioners were alive and fighting the evil spirits, their Daoist techniques couldn't be used, but after they turned into ghosts, their Daoist techniques were restored.

Now Ding Kan and I had to face not only the original evil spirits but also a bunch of evil spirits who knew Daoist techniques, while both of our magical powers were sealed. And there were so many of them fighting the two of us.

It was so unfair, yet I was still alive. I was a little impressed with myself. It turned out that my fighting power was so much higher than those guys. They had all kinds of advantages, but they still couldn't take down the two of us.

"Can you handle things on your own for a while and cover my escape?" I shouted at Ding Kan.

"What the hell? Why? Am I your dad? Do I need to sacrifice myself for you?" Ding Kan shouted irritably.

I said, "It depends on whether you want to get out of this damn group of evil spirits alive. If you don't want to die in the group of evil spirits, you should cover me first. Otherwise, we'll both die here."

"Why don't you cover me and let me run first, and I'll come back and save you later."

Ding Kan shouted while fighting.

I said, "That depends on whether you've come up with a solution now? If you haven't come up with a solution, it's useless for me to cover you. There's no safe place now. Even if you run a few dozen meters further than me, it won't make any difference."

"That seems to be true. So, have you come up with a solution now?"

"Nonsense, hurry up."

Ding Kan didn't say any more nonsense and really came over to help me block the evil spirits around me. This kid's fighting power was indeed彪悍(biāohàn – fierce/robust), although he was covered in blood, that blood wasn't his own. Moreover, this person had a very heavy killing intent, which I didn't have. So, in a situation where the two people's skills were similar, he was fiercer than me.

Ding Kan fully opened his aura, directly resisting eighty percent of the attacks, allowing me to break out a bloody path at the fastest speed, disassembling the iron abacus and hitting it into the soil and tree trunks according to the directions.

After doing all this, I shouted at Ding Kan, "The small house in front, hurry in."

Before Ding Kan could respond, many evil spirits had already rushed towards the small house, and even more were blocking the road between Ding Kan and the small house.

Ding Kan was so angry that he cursed: "Damn it, Wan Qian, do you have any brains? Would you die if you didn't shout? Are you just afraid that these ghosts won't have time to ambush me?"

Ding Kan cursed while charging. Although there were many ghosts on the road, this kid was really猛(měng – fierce/powerful). Enduring being scratched a few times by the ghosts, he forced his way into the small house from the group of hundreds of ghosts, only one step slower than me.

"Repeat after me."

I didn't wait for Ding Kan to catch his breath and started chanting the incantation. Ding Kan obviously didn't know this set of incantations, and he chanted it with great difficulty, just like an elementary school student reciting English. Fortunately, he finally managed to memorize the incantation with me.