A Night of Desperation

Chapter 396: posture 2

"So weak, yet daring to impersonate a Heavenly Master? Haha, you really thought I didn’t know how powerful a Heavenly Master is??"

Yu Hong didn’t bother to respond to his nonsense; this guy had already shown his remarkable talent for trash-talk.

Against such an opponent, the best course of action is to punch first, talk later.

Originally, Yu Hong had planned on sparing this man’s life to use him for other purposes, but given his scheming nature, along with the constraints of Spirit Light, trouble might still arise.

Might as well kill him off to avoid him fooling anyone else like Ku Chan.

Standing up, Yu Hong didn’t delay any further, swiftly searched through his belongings, stuffed them into his own and turned to leave.

Because of Ku Chan and this man, he had already wasted quite a bit of time.

One minute later.

In the forest, a male corpse, already half-decayed, slowly rose from the ground looking around.

Boom!!

A purple light shot from afar, accurately blowing the corpse’s head to pieces.

Yu Hong’s figure appeared on the side, watching quietly as the headless body.

"I was thinking earlier, just like Long Qingzi who can exchange bodies continually, you might also be able to do so... Seems I was right."

This time, he waited a bit to confirm there was no other movement before departing once again.

Minutes later.

Yu Hong reappeared nearby, looking around, extending his senses to detect any suspicious activity.

Again, he found no moving creatures.

He flicked his finger.

Suddenly, numerous heads of black Dragon Lizards emerged, beginning to sweep through and consume all the corpses around.

Every corpse, whether human or Spirit Disaster, was devoured by them.

Within a hundred meters, Yu Hong was clearing all the bodies in this area.

Only half done,

a male corpse dressed like a mountain hunter suddenly leaped up, a powerful Dao Breath exploded from his body, instantly dispersing the minds of two nearby Dragon Lizards, making them fall dead suddenly.

"Yu Hong, are you truly intent on killing us all!?" The roar of Zuo Yunfeng echoed piercingly through the forest.

"I am simply eliminating all unstable elements," Yu Hong’s figure flickered, rapidly closing in with a faint purple trail.

"And you, are one of those instabilities."

In the blink of an eye, he was less than a meter from Zuo Yunfeng.

Almost at arm’s length.

"Thunderbolt, one move."

Boom!!

Purple lightning flashed, Yu Hong’s massive fist, like a cannonball, hit Zuo Yunfeng right in the chest.

At the same time, purple Inner Strength formed a huge net, enveloping the surroundings into a cocoon.

"Young man! You!" At this moment, Zuo Yunfeng truly felt the shadow of death.

He thought he might die surrounded by multiple Taoist Sect Magicians or in a proper duel, killed by a supernaturally gifted newcomer.

He never anticipated this kind of ending.

He didn’t even get a chance for a fair duel, instead, continually worn down in battle, ultimately killed by someone whose level wasn’t even close to the Heavenly Master Realm.

He could feel how meager, how lacking Yu Hong’s spiritual power was compared to his own, not to mention any high-level member of a Taoist Sect, it was like comparing a firefly to the radiant moon.

Yet in such a Dao Breath realm, somehow, under some unknown power’s amplification, he was able to fight him this long and even gain the upper hand…

A strong sense of unwillingness arose from his heart, accumulated.

Boom!!

The cocoon exploded internally, instantly turning the body to shreds.

This time, within a hundred meters, there was no other body for him to inhabit.

The explosion ceased, the purple net retracted into his body.

After waiting a few more minutes and ensuring no more disturbances, Yu Hong turned and swiftly left towards the distance.

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Tongning City.

Quan He was inside a gigantic crane, floating in the air, looking towards the enormous Cai Jing Taoist in the distance.

"If you really manage to devour successfully, you could likely achieve the Immortal Buddha status on the spot."

She pointed her sword downward with her hand.

"Unfortunately, you met me."

Sss!!!

Instantly, pure white lightning converged onto the sword held in her hand.

The light solidified slowly into an exaggeratedly long, ten-meter thin sword.

Engraved with mysterious silver Spirit Light runes on the sword surface, these lit up one by one from the hilt to the tip.

"Spiritual Domain: Clear Call."

A circle composed of numerous crane feathers spread out from her, instantly covering the surrounding space.

In just a second, it had completely enveloped the distant Cai Jing Taoist.

The next second, both figures completely disappeared from the sky, traceless.

After a few breaths.

The figures of the two reappeared.

The body of Cai Jing Taoist, which was intact moments ago, now had countless dense holes.

Large amounts of golden blood leaked from these holes, dispersing into the surrounding air.

Accompanied by the flow of blood, the celestial music in the air seemed to transform into a somber, mournful style.

It was as if heaven and earth were mourning the severe injury of Cai Jing Taoist.

"Nonsense." Quan He remained expressionless as she raised her hand again, the ten-meter-long thin sword in her hand glowing with silver runes once more.

Crack.

Suddenly, a blazing bolt of lightning flashed from the sky overhead.

Thunder struck down violently, hitting the protective technique on her body.

The massive, terrifying current instantly pierced through Quan He’s two layers of techniques, but was thoroughly blocked by the third layer that melded with the Spirit Light in a passive technique.

"Hmm?!" Quan He looked up at the sky.

"What is that??"

In the black clouds above, where the South Heavenly Gate had just dissipated, two figures in brocade robes topped with colorful lights were slowly drifting down towards this place.

Shockingly, they were both Cai Jing Taoists, each with a golden halo at their backs.

Even, the halos behind them were clearer and larger than the one in front of Quan He.

"Fish that slipped through the net when we were busy??" Quan He’s expression became serious.

She gripped the sword handle tightly again.

Hiss!

Simultaneously, the three Cai Jing Taoists stretched out their hands and flicked their fingers at her.

Three invisible streams of finger power crossed the distance and materialized in the air in front of Quan He, stabbing towards her face.

With a "pfft," the finger power was blocked by the passive technique, dissipating into nothing.

But...

Boom!!!

Almost simultaneously, three large hands from three different directions grasped towards Quan He.

Boom! The first large hand accurately grasped Quan He, enveloping her.

Then the second and third hands covered the outermost layer.

One hand wrapped around another, the three hands layered like an onion, enveloping Quan He at the center.

The other two Cai Jing Taoists simultaneously used instantaneous movement, appearing beside Quan He in mid-air, and then coordinated with the third to strike.

"Divine Crane!!" Suddenly, a crane’s clear call exploded from the center of the three large hands.

Swipe.

A series of pure white sword lights pierced through the backs of the hands, and within two seconds, the three large hands were forcibly burst apart, exploding into fragments.

The Cai Jing Taoists quickly dispersed, pulling away to form a triangle enclosing Quan He, each forming a seal with one hand.

Behind them, the halos like small suns emitted three golden beams of light, illuminating Quan He.

At the same time, a massive black cauldron phantom appeared out of nowhere around Quan He.

The cauldron shifted from ethereal to tangible, seemingly being summoned, gradually emitting stronger and stronger pressure.

The next second, just as the cauldron was about to suppress Quan He inside,

A flock of small white cranes burst out from the center of the three beams, one of the cranes flying out of the encirclement, diving down and transforming into the figure of Quan He.

Her thin sword was broken, only half remaining, as she once again looked up at the three Cai Jing Taoists in mid-air.

"Things are really getting troublesome now... Golden Light, go clear the perimeter, take out those newly evolved colorful light heads first! If two more of this caliber show up, it’ll become even harder," she quickly transmitted her voice.

"Understood!" The three Golden Light Taoists responded in unison, dispersing downstairs, each rushing towards the smaller-sized Cai Jing Taoists outside the city area.

At this moment in Tongliao City, there were people everywhere unconscious, collapsed on the ground, not dead yet, still with faint signs of life.

But if more time passed, there might indeed be massive casualties.

After confirming her three subordinates were hunting down the remaining Cai Jing Taoists, Quan He again looked towards the three fully-formed Cai Jing Taoists coming from the sky.

"This level... is very strong... it seems we can’t quickly finish them off..."

Her hands began quickly forming seals, a complicated white light array started to condense in the air beside her.

Not only that, as soon as one array was formed, she continued with another.

Layers of arrays continued to stack, continually thickening.

Before long, she had set up over thirty different arrays by her side.

The faint lights from the arrays, combined, were almost as dazzling as the light from the halos behind the Cai Jing Taoists.

"To thoroughly grind them to death, at least fifteen minutes... can only refine them with arrays now..." Quan He sighed lightly, estimating the approximate time in her mind, then pointed with one hand.

"Purple Transformation Thousand Lotus Array! Activate!!"

Over seven million terrifying Dao Breaths surged into the Inheritance Dao Artifact, the golden Jade Pendant, at that moment.

The Jade Pendant, like an amplifier, instantly enhanced the Dao Breath more than tenfold, then poured it into the surrounding arrays.

A typical Inheritance Dao Artifact’s amplifying effect is often cumulative and additive, meaning the Magician’s own Divine Intent added to the Inheritance Dao Artifact is the total explosive Dao Breath.

But with Quan He, it was a hard proportionate increase, strengthening amplification.

Furthermore, not only that.

At this moment, the array further amplified the Dao Breath emitted by the Inheritance Dao Artifact, transforming it into a kind of peculiar special force, prompting space.

Boom!

A pure white light abruptly appeared from within the array’s space, swiftly rising to form a white column of light, breaking through the clouds above.

Simultaneously, this white light also engulfed the three approaching Cai Jing Taoists, forcibly encasing them.

The array’s light column seemed to possess an unparalleled pulling force, forcibly binding the three Cai Jing Taoists inside, preventing their escape.

"Solidify!" Quan He formed a sealing gesture below, maintaining the blockade of the light column.

"Looks like it’s time to endure again...." she sighed lightly.

This level of Spirit Disaster, she had already tried in the Spiritual Domain. Even if she completely crushed and destroyed their spiritual bodies, they would regenerate quickly.

According to Ancient Books from the Taoist Sect, dealing with Black Disaster involves eliminating their spiritual core to negate their revival ability.

But the method for handling Spirit Disasters seems to be just one.

From the Sky Stabilizing Plate, it is clear that facing high-level Spirit Disasters, what a Magician can do is only to seal.

That is, first wear down their power, then take advantage of their weakness to lock them up.