At that moment, one of the guards kneeling at the front was suddenly sucked into the vortex.
In the blink of an eye, he became a dried-up corpse, without even a chance to resist.
As the mummified corpse was thrown to the ground, everyone came to their senses.
"Commander, what's going on? Could it be that Master Bai Shuo is the murderer who drained the living people into mummies?"
Jiang Qingwan urged him urgently.
"Commander Yan, what are you standing there for? Find a way to interrupt him."
Although Yan Yunqing was full of doubts, she knew that something was wrong.
He immediately shouted, "Master Bai Shuo, what are you doing?"
The person in the vortex of spiritual energy stretched out a large hand, and another guard was sucked in.
Yan Yunqing's eyes darkened, and he instantly drew his longsword, leaping to the rescue.
The title of the number one expert in the Great Zhou Dynasty is not something he earned by boasting.
As the sword slashed down, its sharp blade energy created a swirling current of air.
The two forces collided, and a huge shockwave reverberated within the empty tomb chamber.
There were loose stones falling from the surrounding rock walls.
If it were a contest of pure martial prowess, Bai Shuo would be no match for Yan Yunqing.
But now, all the circumstances are in Bai Shuo's favor.
With the suppression of Xuanmen Taoist techniques, Yan Yunqing wouldn't be able to hold out for long.
Jiang Qingwan has very little spiritual power left, making it impossible for her to break through the formation.
After a moment's thought, she took out all the blank talisman paper from her purse, huddled in a corner to block the wind from the airflow, and quickly drew talismans by biting her finger.
As she expected, Yan Yunqing was quickly parried back, and he barely managed to maintain his balance by plunging his longsword into the ground.
In the blink of an eye, two more guards were sucked away and turned into mummies.
This time, all the people who came were skilled fighters personally selected by Yan Yunqing, who had followed him for many years.
Seeing that the situation was not right, they immediately formed a semi-encirclement to protect Yan Yunqing.
"Commander, we'll hold them off, you go quickly."
As they were talking, another person was sucked away.
Yan Yunqing's eyes were red with anger.
"Bajin, Liuhe, take the Ninth Princess away. Tell Zhang Hengshui to order all the guards to quickly rescue the imperial mausoleum! Hurry!"
Bajin and Liuhe cursed in unison, but without hesitation, they immediately turned and ran to Jiang Qingwan's side.
At this moment, Jiang Qingwan had finished drawing the talisman, and her face was whiter than a ghost.
People can only lean against the stone wall and cannot stand up.
The two men, Ba Jin and his companion, assumed she was frightened and both looked at her with disdain.
Liuhe has a quick temper and simply reached out and grabbed her.
"I really don't know what the Emperor Emeritus sent this woman for?"
Jiang Qingwan turned away and shouted at Yan Yunqing, who was not far away.
"Commander Yan, come here."
Eight-pounder stomped his feet in frustration.
"You don't care about your life, but we still want to live. Can you please stop dragging us down?"
As he spoke, he tried to lift Jiang Qingwan up on his back.
Jiang Qingwan slapped him on the head, not with much force, but with great force.
"Yan Yunqing, come here!"
As they were talking, another person was sucked away.
Yan Yunqing's face had turned as black as the bottom of a pot. He rushed over and shouted angrily, "What time is it and you're still making trouble? Look at the situation right now. I don't have time for you. If you don't want to die, get out of here."
Jiang Qingwan ignored his attitude and handed over the talisman.
"You can't win by force alone. Try to throw these into the storm vortex; that might break the formation."
This is the only way she can think of to break the deadlock.
Although her spiritual power was depleted, her blood was different from others.
The master said that he used a lot of good things to save her life back then.
Even when she was a child and couldn't yet learn to draw talismans with spiritual power, she could use her own blood mixed with cinnabar to carve talismans, which were extremely effective.
The spiritual array surrounding Bai Shuo is impenetrable from the outside. If Yan Yunqing can create a gap and send these talismans in, it should be able to disrupt the balance of the spiritual array and break it.
A flicker of hesitation crossed Yan Yunqing's eyes.
He didn't entirely trust Jiang Qingwan.
Jiang Qingwan's lips were white, and fine beads of sweat appeared on her forehead. She glared at him anxiously.
"What are you standing there for? If you all die, I'll die too. Go now."
The mummified corpse fell to the ground again.
Yan Yunqing said nothing more, grabbed the talisman, and flew off again.
Jiang Qingwan took a breath and reached out her hand to the two people beside her.
"You two, weren't you supposed to protect me and help me leave?"
Ba Jin looked completely bewildered.
"Didn't you say that talisman could break the formation?"
Jiang Qingwan rolled her eyes.
"I was saying that we might be able to break the formation, the chances are fifty-fifty. Staying here will just turn me into a dried-up corpse. Even if I die, I don't want to die such a gruesome death."
The two, who had just been impressed and admiring of her calm decision to give out the talisman, both showed expressions of disgust, yet they couldn't ignore it, and both wore expressions of misery.
Jiang Qingwan completely ignored her and raised her hand to urge her on.
"Help me up, my legs are weak."
Bajin and Liuhe wished they could turn back and charge into battle right now.
They could only resign themselves to their fate and extend one arm to help Jiang Qingwan.
She had just struggled to her feet when she suddenly paused, quickly turning her head to look in the direction of the vortex of spiritual energy.
The box, which had been locked by a mechanism, had been opened at some point.
A blinding light exploded instantly.
With a powerful surge of spiritual energy, it tore through the airflow around Bai Shuo. At that moment, Yan Yunqing had already closed in and, without saying a word, slammed the talisman into Bai Shuo's face.
Bai Shuo let out a shrill scream, and countless red talismans swirled around his body.
The vortex of spiritual energy shattered into pieces, unable to support him, and he fell straight towards the mercury pool.
Yan Yunqing lightly touched the ground with her feet, ripped off the belt around her waist, and flung it out, wrapping it around Bai Shuo's waist.
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