A Night of Desperation

Chapter 336: Variation Four

"The current situation in Taizhou is hostile towards Qingchen Temple, and even with Senior Brother Zheng Ruyi’s reputation, the people daring to make a move against me... are likely from the Mud Doll Sect and Seven Evil Alliance!"

Having guessed the identity of her adversaries, Zheng Ying felt an even heavier sense of oppression.

She must escape immediately!

This thought swiftly rose in her heart. Zheng Ying quickly rushed to the window, about to open it.

But then, she suddenly remembered Qing Yun and Qing Ding. Both of them had followed her here.

Images of Qing Ding’s sister entrusting her came to mind... recalling Qing Yun’s parents pleading with her.

Zheng Ying’s hand, which was about to forcefully open the window, suddenly relaxed its grip.

"This place is the epicenter of a Spirit Disaster, and even the experts from the Mud Doll Sect wouldn’t dare to act recklessly here, for fear of provoking greater danger. Hence, it will be far more dangerous out in the courtyard with a wide view and no cover.... It’s better to wait here, possibly for an opportunity to arise while they are entangled with the Spirit Disaster!"

She gritted her teeth and let go of the window.

Staying inside the house could provide some visual cover, while going out into the open grassland will make her more vulnerable to danger. That was her judgment.

"I still have one last strike..." she reached for her Inheritance Dao Artifact pendant, turned back into the room, and listened closely to the door.

In the corridor, the bandages turned into black fog that entered, disturbing a half-human, half-spider shadow spirit and the two entangled in combat again.

The shadow spirit seemed to be able to easily nibble on the black fog as if it was cotton candy, forcing the fog to transform back into bandages and engage in a physical confrontation.

Throughout the estate, the complicated and twisted bizarre vibrations interfered with Ning Ruofei’s Spiritual Technique surveillance, making it impossible for them to locate Zheng Ying precisely.

Zheng Ying took the opportunity to quietly move to the second floor from another staircase.

The second floor was a massive circular structure with an empty crystal chandelier in the center of the ring.

Around the circle were various functional rooms: bedrooms, studies, playrooms, home theatres, etc.

Zheng Ying moved forward without making any footsteps, taking off her shoes, but...

Hiss!!

Suddenly, a black bandage shot out from the ground beneath her, grazing her calf and shearing off a chunk of flesh.

"Found you!" The voice of Yuan Ruhai, cold with hatred.

Following this, more bandages burst from the ground, continuously stabbing at Zheng Ying, who was dodging swiftly.

As she sprinted forward, a hazy white halo suddenly emerged around her.

Within the halo, one could see countless minute silver particles twirling and dancing as if a swarm of tiny bugs.

"Thousand Insects! Go!"

With her low shout, the halo left her body and flew towards the black bandages rising from the floor.

The halo and the black bandages entangled for a few moments before rapidly dispersing, torn apart.

The disparity was too great; even the Divine Intent of the Fear Shadow of the Inheritance Dao Artifact could only hold on for a few short seconds.

The black bandages once again lunged at Zheng Ying, striking directly upon the white halo that had reappeared on her body.

Boom!

Her entire body was struck as if hit by lightning. She spat out a mouthful of blood, flew backward, crashing through a wooden door of a room, and heavily fell onto the carpet inside.

As she lay dazed from the fall, black bandages shot into the room, unexpectedly crashing into a long-armed, long-legged black human-shaped monster clinging to the ceiling.

Roar!

The monster roared in anger, plunging down, its hands transforming into scythes, swiftly slashing at the black bandages.

Clang clang clang clang!

Yuan Ruhai and the newly-appeared Spirit Disaster Monster clashed once again.

Zheng Ying took advantage of the situation to drag her badly wounded body, struggling to crawl to the window of the room.

"This is it, I have to leave here, or there’s no doubt I’ll die!" At this point, after a few encounters, she realized the vast gulf between herself and her adversary, shattered her illusions, and decided to decisively leave and seek help.

She stretched out her hand, grabbed the window handle, turned it down, and then pulled it to the right.

Bang!

Suddenly, an immense invisible force firmly grabbed the back of her collar.

Heeheehee.

A sinister giggle like that of a baby sounded.

Zheng Ying’s body went numb, and she looked back.

She saw a clay-yellow baby over a meter tall, wearing a ghastly white diaper, its skin covered in bloody wounds, standing not far behind her.

The baby seemed like an infant magnified many times over in size.

One of its eyes was a hollow blood socket, and the corners of its mouth bore stitched, bloody scars.

The chubby hands were even missing skin in some areas, revealing the bloody red flesh beneath.

"I told you, you can’t escape." The voice of the Mud Doll Sect Hierarch Ning Ruofei, cruelly resounded within the room.

Zheng Ying’s mouth gaped open, wanting to scream.

But an immense invisible force instantly sealed her mouth and nose and dragged her away from the window, toward the terrifying baby.

The vast disparity between Temple Master Level and lower tiers left Zheng Ying completely stripped of the power to resist.

She hung limply in mid-air, her mouth desperately trying to open, the corners splitting as she let out her final, silent scream.

Ah!!!!!

The will to live, at this moment, heightened her mental resolve to the highest peak it had ever been.

In that instant, the waves of her desperate Spiritual Fluctuations broke through the house’s interference, reaching the outside of the window.

Silence...

As if in a trance, the entire second floor suddenly became quiet. It seemed as though all sound at that moment was muffled, becoming distant and indistinct, and the volume was also weak and deep.

Ning Ruofei and Yuan Ruhai, at the same moment, seemed to sense something.

Boom!

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In an instant, the window of this room, along with the entire wall it was set in, exploded like a crushed biscuit.

"Agrius!! The invincible Dragon of Xianglv!!"

"Immutable as eternity! The immortal Dragon!!"

The air was filled with chants of praise, echoing like the sounds of Buddhist mantras.

The shattered walls burst inward, exploding into pieces.

At the center, a black behemoth, like a dump truck, roared in, colliding with the room.

This monster was covered in pus-filled boils, with a single golden eye on its head and sharp black blades as limbs. Its enormous body stretched over thirty meters long, with only a small part charging into the room, heading straight for Ning Ruofei.

Its massive head was like the front of a train, with a width of four to five meters. Even the seemingly fragile golden eye dripped with a thick, highly corrosive transparent liquid.

The wild gust of air instantly disrupted the balance of every living being in the room.

Be it the long-limbed Spirit Disaster Monster, Yuan Ruhai, Ning Ruofei, or that bizarre infant-like creature taller than a person.

In the violent shaking of the house, every individual struggled to keep their footing.

"I....!!!???" Ning Ruofei was shocked, raising his hand by instinct to shield himself, barely managing to react before being hit head-on by the Dragon of Xianglv.

Boom!!!

A hazy yellow light barrier radiated from his body, blocking the impact for a moment.

The barrier shattered instantly, followed by Ning Ruofei’s hand, which broke instantly under the force of the assault, like withered branches.

Agrius, who could once confront Yu Hong head-on, released a terrifying force of several hundred tons in its full-power assault.

This strike was almost fatal for Ning Ruofei, whose body was just slightly more durable than that of an ordinary person, roughly at the level of a Level Two or Three enhanced human.

Not to mention, Ning Ruofei was already injured and had not fully recovered.

Thud!!!

Ning Ruofei was sent crashing through the door behind him, breaking the corridor railing, flying through the ornate chandelier, and slamming into the opposite wall of the house, deeply embedded in it.

In the blink of an eye, he was motionless.

Ah!!!

The gigantic bizarre infant exploded, releasing a terrifying transparent Spiritual Shock.

Agrius also rolled in pain, bursting instantly, turning into a surge of black mist that quickly dissipated.

’What... in the world was that?!’ Yuan Ruhai knew well how strong the Temple Master Level Sharpness spiritual power was, and because he was so familiar, he was even more aware of how astonishing it was for the creature that had just appeared to send Ning Ruofei flying with a single hit.

Because the spiritual premonition of a Temple Master Level was very strong, even being targeted by a sniper rifle would trigger an automatic sensing response.

But that creature just now... Did the Sect Hierarch not get any pre-warning before the impact? Or was the creature itself special?

He couldn’t understand.

Seizing the opportunity, Yuan Ruhai didn’t dare to entertain any other plans and turned pale as he turned to run.

He stepped through the broken wall, landing steadily on the soft grass outside.

Pfft.

As soon as he steadied himself, dozens of dark red flame streams shot from all directions, instantly engulfing him in a torrent of fire.

Moments later.

When the flames had dispersed, only a patch of charred ash remained in his place, nothing else.

Inside the house.

Zheng Ying, still shaken, struggled to stand up and looked at the gigantic holes that had almost pierced through the entire second floor of the building.

For a moment, her mind was in disarray.

"I... I’m going to kill you!! I’ll kill you!!"

Ning Ruofei’s voice echoed with venomous hatred.

He was actually still alive!

His body, embedded in the wall, had been flattened like a pancake.

But the immense and exaggerated spiritual power allowed his spirit to leave his body, relying on his own techniques to survive temporarily.

Zheng Ying hurriedly climbed down from the hole in the wall and escaped to the empty grassland outside.

Behind her, the black monster that had just appeared unexpectedly was nowhere to be seen.

Only Ning Ruofei’s crazed screaming kept echoing and spreading, but there was no target to found.

The voice continued for over ten seconds, then gradually weakened. It seemed to trigger the Spirit Disaster Power residing in the rest of the building.

One by one, eerie and vast cold Spiritual Fluctuations rose slowly, covering and burying Ning Ruofei’s spirit, and then... devouring it.

Zheng Ying watched the scene in a daze, finally not daring to stay, she turned and hobbled towards the iron gate outside.

She didn’t know what had happened, but she knew if she didn’t take this chance to run now, she would assuredly die.

As she reached the manor’s iron gate with a splitting headache,

One by one, half-human, half-spider monsters silently emerged, letting out a shrill laugh, blocking her way.

"...still coming..." Zheng Ying took a step back.

Behind her, dozens and dozens of red eyes slowly lit up. Those were Dragon Lizards silently confronting the threat.

Black mist gradually enveloped the deep mountain estate, and the intense Spiritual Fluctuations inside slowly calmed to a halt.

Soon, as the mist dispersed, so did everything else, Zheng Ying, the Dragon Lizards, all disappeared without a trace.

The previously destroyed holes in the building began to silently absorb black particles from the air, repairing the damage.

In less than ten minutes, all traces were wiped clean.

The entire manor was restored to its original state.

Even the footprints of Zheng Ying and the others had completely vanished.