Chapter 55

Before we could rejoice, Quxi roared again, waves after waves. Liu Danchen and I blocked the first few waves, but were eventually blown away. Only Linglong completely blocked Quxi's attacks. It seems that once this demon transforms, its strength is much stronger than us humans.

I quickly stood up, dusted myself off, condensed a thunder and fire bead in my hand and threw it at Qu Xi.

But this can only stop it for a while and cannot cause any harm to it.

I pulled Liu Danchen and Linglong and wanted to run away first, but Linglong ignored me and kept saying, "Hurry up and leave. If I don't save my sister this time, she will become her puppet forever."

Looking at Linglong's resolute expression, Liu Danchen and I looked at each other.

After so many years of fighting side by side, we could understand each other's thoughts with just a glance. Abandoning our friend and running away was simply out of our control. If it truly came to a life-or-death situation, the two of us could drag Linglong along with us and escape. Since she refused to give up, we could only lend her a helping hand.

But if we go head-to-head with Qu Xi like this, even if the three of us join forces, we have no chance of winning, so we must play to our strengths.

Every disciple of the Tianshi Mansion is proficient in talismans and formations, something demons cannot achieve. As for me, I only have the sacred artifact of my ghost clan, the Feather Stone.

Just as Liu Danchen and I exchanged glances, Linglong and Quxi engaged in another fight. Having already been battling for a whole day and night, they showed no signs of fatigue.

"You quickly set up the formation, I will go forward to help her!" I said to Liu Danchen, took out the feather stone and rushed towards the battle group.

Liu Danchen didn't hesitate, holding his sword and began to set up around us.

I took the Yuhao Stone and used it as a medium to inject my own ghost spirit into it, and then attacked Quxi together with Linglong. With the blessing of the Yuhao Stone, I found that I could barely exchange a few moves with Quxi.

I urged the Feather Stone to shoot two golden arrows, piercing Quxi's eyes. Just as he was shielding his eyes, my exquisite tail transformed into a spear and pierced his chest. With the combined efforts of the two of us, Quxi lost his initial composure and became increasingly injured.

We both suffered, though. Linglong was fine; as a monster, her physique was much better than mine. But I was struggling. Every time I made contact with Quxi, I felt excruciating pain. If it weren't for the feather stone absorbing the force, I wouldn't have lasted more than a few rounds.

But I gritted my teeth and persisted. After Liu Danchen finished setting up the formation, I pulled Linglong out and then activated the formation with Liu Danchen. When the three of us work together, we might be able to seriously injure Qu Xi.

Qu Xi felt the pressure and roared again. Then a figure appeared beside him, who was 80% similar to Linglong, but much more mature and beautiful than Linglong.

"Sister!" Linglong shouted.

But Linglong's sister seemed not to have heard it, and her eyes were dull.

Judging from her appearance, she has been controlled by Qu Xi.

Qu Xi suddenly spoke: "With just the three of you, you want to save people from me?"

I thought it couldn't talk, but it turns out it just didn't want to talk to us before.

"Concubine Ling, I'll leave her to you." Qu Xi pointed at Linglong and said.

"Yes, master." Lingfei flew towards Linglong, and what surprised me was that Lingfei actually had seven tails.

My heart sank. The situation was taking a turn for the worse, and I was even starting to think about retreating. Ling Fei's abilities were undoubtedly far greater than Ling Long's, but due to her mental control, they were somewhat diminished. Because of their sisterly relationship, Ling Long couldn't possibly attack Ling Fei with all her might, forcing her to resort to defensive tactics. Compared to the two, Ling Long had no chance of winning.

I faced Qu Xi alone and almost crushed him.

As expected, after a few rounds of fighting, it was clear that Linglong was defeated.

"Bang!" A fist as big as a mountain of flesh smashed towards me.

"I remember you, little girl." Qu Xi said.

I quickly jumped away, attacking his fist with my feather stone. A silver ghost was released, and now I didn't care what tricks I had, I just used whatever came to mind and attacked Qu Xi.

After a burst of heavy bombardment, a little black smoke came out of Qu Xi's body. A big hole appeared on his body, his skin was torn and his flesh was exposed, and blood was flowing.

I marveled at the fact that the Feather Stone was worthy of being a sacred object, as it could actually enhance my strength to this level.

Qu Xi was furious. He hadn't expected to be injured by me. A steel fork appeared in his hand. He attacked me with it. I dodged left and right, but he couldn't avoid it and stabbed my arm. If I hadn't reacted quickly, he would have cut my arm off.

Seeing that I was in danger, Liu Danchen shot the sword in his hand directly at Qu Xi.

Thanks to his delay, I successfully escaped from Qu Xi's attack range and kept a distance from it.

Seeing that his attack was successful, Liu Danchen continued to set up the formation quickly and accurately without any hesitation.

Looking at his formation, I could tell it was the Nine Palaces God-Slaying Formation. Speaking of formations, the Tianshi Mansion is undoubtedly the best. While I can also create formations, and even employ ghost spirits to create them with miraculous effects, their true power is far inferior to that of a true Taoist formation.

Seeing that he was almost done with the arrangements, I thought we could delay for another ten minutes, then we could escape from here and make plans.

"Ah!" Linglong let out a scream.

I looked at Linglong. She had been injured by Lingfei, and her breath was rapidly weakening. Just as Lingfei was about to kill her, Linglong must have sensed her death, and tears streamed down her cheeks. As her tears fell to the ground, Lingfei's hand hesitated.

Linglong saw this hesitation and knew that she still had her own consciousness, so she shouted, "Sister!"

Linglong hugged Lingfei and put the Huiyang Pill into her mouth while she was still hesitating.

This time, the Yang Dan was obtained when we collected the Resurrection Grass and killed the giant snake. I didn't expect it would be used to save Ling Fei. They must have a deep sisterly love, otherwise Ling Long wouldn't have risked her life to save her sister, and Ling Fei wouldn't have retained a trace of consciousness even when her mind was controlled.

Over there, after Concubine Ling took the Huiyang Pill, wisps of purple air emerged from her body, and her eyes began to become bright.

Qu Xi saw something was wrong and threw a steel fork at Ling Fei. Ling Long saw that Ling Fei couldn't dodge in time, so she hugged Ling Fei and turned around, blocking the steel fork with her back.

Just as the fork was about to pierce Linglong, it suddenly stopped in mid-air. After a moment, the fork turned around and headed straight for Quxi.

Concubine Ling hugged Linglong and said, "Sister."

Linglong cried and murmured when she saw her sister regain consciousness.

Qu Xi caught the steel fork that Ling Fei had bounced back and said, "I didn't expect you to have found the Huiyang Pill. However, the ending is the same. Since you're seeking death, I'll send you on your way."

With that, he raised his steel pitchfork above his head. A purple moon suddenly appeared above the dimly lit mountains. The purple moon shone upon Quxi, and he began to transform. First, his two large horns fell off his head, transforming into two large scimitars. Then, armor began to cover him. His eyes glowed with a terrifying bloody light, and his body began to swell.