Exorcise if possessed by a demon

Bang!

The monster crashed into the magic shield again, and cracks spread like a spider web.

At this moment, one of the Yingtian Sect disciples who had previously been unconscious crawled over, grabbed Yuzhu's hand, and pressed it to his brow. "Senior Sister Yu, let me do it first."

Yu Zhu's hands trembled uncontrollably. Before her, the demonic beast was gathering its strength for another attack, but her mind went blank.

The village chief reached out to push away the Yingtian Sect disciple, but the disciple voluntarily channeled his spiritual energy into Yuzhu's body.

Seeing the demonic beast charging towards her, Yu Zhu seemed to lose control of her body in an instant. She gripped the disciple's forehead tightly with her fingers, and dark demonic power overflowed from her palm, devouring the disciple's spiritual power and life force.

As one disciple fell, another disciple who had been maintaining the formation took his place, but they had already exhausted too much spiritual energy and had very little left.

The monster continued its rampage, sustaining considerable damage from the violent impacts, yet it seemed oblivious to the damage, focusing solely on attacking.

The village chief crawled to Yuzhu's side, pleading, "Fairy, it's not enough. Please, fairy, save us. We are willing to give up our lives to protect the lives of everyone in the hall."

As he spoke, the village chief and the people behind him kowtowed deeply to Yuzhu.

"Please, fairy, we are willing."

Yu Zhu closed her eyes and stretched out her palm towards the village chief. The village chief was a demonic cultivator, and his demonic power easily flowed into Yu Zhu's body.

Having absorbed the magic power of five people, Yu Zhu didn't look at them. She summoned Qing Shuang back, and the magic power spread out, erecting an ice wall in front of the hall.

Yu Zhu leaped out, seemingly losing her mind. The monster kept ramming at her, while Yu Zhu just kept slashing with her sword.

The flying shards of stone slashing from the monster tore at Yu Zhu's clothes and cut her skin, but she ignored them all and didn't even flinch, meeting each of the monster's attacks head-on with her sword.

With her magic power depleted, Yu Zhu was forced back to the front of the hall. Several villagers willingly allowed Yu Zhu to absorb their power, and Yu Zhu fought against the magical beasts again.

boom!

A sword-shaped peak descended from the sky; it was Qiongfang who had returned.

Yu Zhu was able to catch her breath. She didn't watch Qiong Fang's battle with the demonic beast. Instead, her gaze fell on the hall, on those who had died because she had absorbed their power.

Their eyes were closed, blood was flowing from their seven orifices, and their cheeks were sunken, like flowers and plants that had lost their moisture and were carelessly thrown on the ground.

Yu Zhu stared intently at them, her eyes bloodshot, her breathing rapid. Magic entwined around her like vines, and she heard the cries of the people inside and outside the hall.

She took a step forward, but a white figure blocked her way. Qiongfang frowned deeply. "Azhu? Are you a demon? Did you kill these people?"

Qiongfang raised her sword.

Pfft!

Yu Zhu's sword pierced through Qiong Fang's abdomen, and Qiong Fang instantly vanished into nothingness.

“You still don’t understand Immortal Venerable Qiongfang enough. He won’t blame me.”

The surrounding scenery gradually faded away; the collapsed houses, the corpses on the ground, and the villagers' cries all disappeared.

Yu Zhu was still on the empty streets of the capital city. "Is this your Mirage Array? To recreate the painful memories of others."

The man in the black robe chuckled softly, "Indeed, although you've seen through the illusion, you don't seem completely unmoved; your magic is almost bursting out of control."

Indeed, Yu Zhu was surrounded by magic power, and even Qing Shuang was not entangled with external magic power.

Yu Zhu leaped into the air, Qing Shuang pointed at the black-robed man, who drew his heavy sword to defend. The two exchanged blows more than ten times, their swords clashing and sparks flying.

"You're even more formidable than I thought." The man in the black robe finished speaking and let out a whistling sound.

A group of black-clad monks appeared.

With a light tap of her toes, Yu Zhu unleashed a burst of deep blue spiritual energy, instantly freezing the entire street.

With a swing of his sword, the wind from the sword, carrying icy blades, attacked the people of the Immortal Peak Pavilion. The frost would occasionally pierce their chests and abdomens, slicing through their throats.

Between offense and defense, Yu Zhu also developed several bloody marks on her body.

Using spiritual and magical power alternately, Yu Zhu became increasingly adept at it. With a stab of Qing Shuang, the black-robed figure narrowly avoided it.

Seeing that he could not catch Yuzhu, the man in black robes tried to retreat, but two ice chains emerged from the ground and pulled him back to the surface. He immediately struggled.

Yu Zhu charged straight at the man in black robes. A knife suddenly plunged into her left abdomen. Yu Zhu grabbed the blade, swung Qing Shuang to slit the man's throat, pulled out the knife, and collapsed to the ground.

Her strength was about to run out. She closed her eyes, looked at the person attacking her, raised her hand to chop away his weapon, and grabbed him with her left hand to absorb his magic.

A few more people followed Yu Zhu's method, and the rest hesitated.

Before anyone knew it, fog had rolled in on the streets, and now it was even affecting people's visibility. People standing on the outer layer of the Immortal Pavilion fell to the ground silently without anyone noticing.

Yu Zhu brandished Qing Shuang, seized an opening, and rushed to the black-robed man. Qing Shuang pierced his abdomen, and Yu Zhu infused his magic power to shatter his soul, leaving no possibility of resurrection.

Yu Zhu drew her sword and turned around. The remaining members of the Immortal Peak Pavilion had already fallen, and no one could be seen standing in the vast white mist.

Yu Zhu frowned, "Jing Xu?"

She took a few steps forward, and suddenly, she felt a slight movement in the air behind her.

Yu Zhu spun around to dodge, then raised Qing Shuang, revealing a familiar figure in the mist.

What are you going to do?

Jing Xu stood a few steps away, his expression obscured by the swirling white mist.

Yu Zhu put down Qing Shuang and took a step forward. "What's wrong? Were you affected by the Mirage Array?"

"Run..." Jing Xu mumbled.

"What?"

With a whoosh, Jingxu thrust his sword at Yuzhu. In the heat of the moment, Yuzhu grabbed the tip of the sword with her hand, causing the wound on her left hand to reopen and blood to fall to the ground in a thin stream.

Yu Zhu brandished her sword. Jing Xu's cultivation was inferior to hers, and he was quickly suppressed by her. Qing Shuang was just touching the side of his neck, and Jing Xu blocked it with his sword.

"What's wrong with you?" Yu Zhu asked through gritted teeth.

Jingxu looked up and met Yuzhu's eyes. Yuzhu was taken aback. Jingxu's eyes were always gentle and smiling, not so indifferent as they were now.

She had just seen that look in the black-robed mirage.

"Master?"

Yu Zhu murmured, her strength waning slightly in her hands.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, Jingxu pushed her away and attacked her again. For a moment, Yuzhu's mind was in turmoil, and her defense became slightly flustered.

As the sword light sliced ​​across her arm, Yu Zhu snapped back to reality and instinctively unleashed her magic. Unexpectedly, this action seemed to have provoked Jing Xu, whose attacks became even more ferocious, subtly exceeding his own cultivation level.

Yu Zhu was initially worried about not hurting Jing Xu, but now she could only subdue him first.

Clang! Yu Zhu knocked the sword out of Jing Xu's hand, Qing Shuang was placed in front of his throat, and Yu Zhu reached out to probe Jing Xu's soul.

*Swoosh!* A dagger pierced Yu Zhu's abdomen.

Yu Zhu opened her eyes wide and suddenly realized that it was just an ordinary dagger.

Jing Xu's face showed astonishment.

Yu Zhu struck him with a palm, sending him flying. The dagger fell to the ground, and Jing Xu spat out a mouthful of blood as the mist dissipated.

Picking up the dagger, Yu Zhu carefully examined it and found it to be an ordinary dagger without any added power.

Hurried footsteps approached, and Changyou and Jingshu arrived with their men.

"Senior sister..."

Yu Zhu looked into Jing Xu's eyes and blinked; the worry in his eyes was genuine.

"Ah Zhu, are you alright?"

Looking at the mess on the ground, Jing Shu asked with concern.

"I'm fine, senior sisters, you can handle this. I need to...think about it."

Jing Shu looked at Yu Zhu, who was covered in blood, and asked, "Aren't you going to treat your injuries?"

"It's just a superficial injury. I'll be going now." Yu Zhu left.

On the other side, Changyou helped Jingxu up, looking at the frosty aura of his wounds, "Was your injury inflicted by Azhu?"

"It's nothing, just a superficial injury."

Jingxu picked up the sword that had fallen to the ground and returned to Changyou's side. "I'll have to trouble Senior Brother Changyou to handle the follow-up matters."

After saying that, Jingxu followed the path that Yuzhu had taken.

Yu Zhu walked onto a bridge, gazing at the flowing river below, and gradually became lost in thought.

A few steps away, Jingxu silently approached.

Yu Zhu placed the dagger on the stone bridge railing. "Tell me, what's the story behind this dagger?"

After a while, Jing Xu spoke up, "It was given to me by the sect leader."

"What's it for?" Yu Zhu turned her head to look at Jing Xu.

Jing Xu didn't look at her, but lowered his head slightly, "If Senior Sister shows signs of demonic possession..."

Even without Jingxu saying it, Yuzhu understood what he meant next: "Did the sect leader just give you an ordinary dagger?"

"This dagger was given to me by my senior brother. It is an extremely cold object. It can kill a person instantly when it pierces the human body, without causing any pain."

Jing Xu recalled what the sect leader had said, "No, it can take a person's life in an instant."

"Where did that dagger that could kill me instantly go?"

"I left it in Kanju."

"You got the dagger before you went to Kanju?"

"no."

Yu Zhu recalled that when she received the mission from Manyie Valley, the sect leader had kept Jing Xu behind alone. "Was that before Manyie Valley?"

Jing Xu paused slightly, then said, "Yes."

"So early?" Yu Zhu said softly, "Why did you forge an identical dagger?"

"I don't want anything to happen to my senior sister."

"If that's the case, just throw it away. Why bother making another one?"

Jingxu did not speak.

Yu Zhu chuckled, "Because you know that the wisp of your soul that returned to you wasn't just your own soul, but also the lingering will of my master, right? And that dagger might even have been given to the sect leader by my master, right?"

Jingxu remained silent.

Yu Zhu chuckled again, "It seems you won't answer my next question either. What is my master's lingering regret?"

Jing Xu remained silent as expected.

"I can guess even if you don't say it. It's nothing more than that if I become possessed by a demon, you'll try to kill me."

After a long silence, Yu Zhu said, "I understand. If I were Master, I would do the same. A potentially out-of-control cultivator with demon blood is indeed someone to be wary of."

She took a deep breath. "Thank you so much. If it weren't for you, I would be dead tonight."

As soon as she finished speaking, Yuzhu turned around, and Jingxu grabbed her wrist.

"Senior sister, I'm sorry. I just wanted to resolve these matters before you found out. In my memory, you held Qiongfang Immortal Venerable in high esteem. I don't know how to tell you this, and I'm afraid it will hurt you."

"Sad? A little. But more than that, I'm probably..."

Yu Zhu smiled bitterly, "I don't know what it is either. I was just wondering if you've been following me all this way to spy on me, to see if I'll fall into demonic possession, and then..."

"No, senior sister, no!"

Jing Xu walked around to Yu Zhu's side and grabbed her shoulders. "I followed Senior Sister because I wanted her to use less magic, but I never thought of killing her. Senior Sister has helped me so many times, and we've been through life and death together for so long, how could I kill her?"

She was pulled into Jing Xu's arms, and she heard him repeatedly say, "Senior sister, I'm sorry. I really never thought of killing you. Not even for a moment."

Yu Zhu pushed Jing Xu away forcefully. "I know. I'm just very confused right now and need to calm down."