Qi Lan seized the opportunity, her sword strikes suddenly becoming fierce: "Extreme Ice Slash!"
The sword light was like a rainbow, carrying a chilling aura as it aimed straight for the throat of the leading demon spirit.
The demon hastily dodged, but still had half of its shoulder sliced off, and black blood gushed out.
"You're courting death!" the demon roared, and the flesh at the wound began to writhe and heal rapidly.
With a wave of his hands, a monstrous sea of blood surged toward Qi Lan.
Facing the sea of blood that seemed poised to engulf them, Qi Lan neither dodged nor evaded. He lightly touched the air with the tip of his sword and uttered a low shout: "Frost Barrier!"
In an instant, an ice-blue light curtain slowly unfolded before him.
The blood waves crashed against the barrier, making a series of hissing sounds, and instantly condensed into blood-red ice crystals.
"Break!" Qi Lan turned his sword, and the barrier shattered with a roar, sending countless ice crystal fragments flying towards the demon spirit like sharp arrows.
The demon hastily dodged, but was still hit by several ice crystals, leaving several bloody holes in its body.
The other demon spirit roared, its feet unleashing waves of bloody energy that lashed out at Qi Lan like countless crimson vines.
Qi Lan's sword light split, forming the "Ten Thousand Swords Ice Sealing Formation," with millions of rays of light enveloping the two demonic spirits.
Sword energy crisscrossed, transforming into countless ice swords that rained down, freezing the demonic spirits' bloodthirsty aura and slowing their movements.
Mo Zhizhou was not to be outdone. He quickly pulled out a golden talisman from his pocket and chanted, "Heavenly Thunder Breaks Demons!"
The talisman transformed into a bolt of purple-gold lightning, striking the demon spirit's vitals. The powerful lightning instantly sent it flying backward, letting out a shrill scream.
At the same time, the golden seal in Mo Bai's hand shone brightly, and he shouted, "Nine Dragons Subduing Demons - Strangle!"
Nine golden dragon phantoms descended from the sky, encircling the demon spirit and emitting deafening dragon roars.
The golden dragon phantom's claws gleamed with golden light as it rampaged and grabbed at the remaining puppets, turning them to ashes wherever it went.
With the support of the Thunderstorm Domain, Zi Ling is even more powerful.
Its agile form moved swiftly among the demons, each attack carrying powerful lightning force, scorching the puppets to a crisp.
Rong Jiaojiao was not to be outdone. She continuously threw out various talismans, such as Flame Talisman, Thunder Talisman, and Ice Seal Talisman. Each talisman transformed into a powerful attack force, constantly taking away those puppets.
In the end, all the low-level puppets were wiped out, leaving only about ten skeleton puppets at the Earth Master level.
Meanwhile, Qi Lan had already eliminated one demon spirit and was now focusing all her efforts on attacking another, which was also about to be defeated.
Mo Zhizhou gradually gained the upper hand, and a bronze ancient sword appeared in his hand at some point, its blade engraved with intricate runes.
Each sword strike brought forth a golden light, forcing the demon spirit to retreat steadily.
"Slay the evil!" Mo Zhizhou suddenly roared, and the runes on the bronze sword shone brightly. A dazzling golden light, like a rainbow piercing the sun, directly pierced through the demon spirit's chest.
"Ah—" The demon spirit let out a shrill scream as its body began to disintegrate, turning into wisps of black smoke that condensed into a human figure in the air, but it only had the strength of a peak Earth Master.
Just as the two seniors were about to win, Rong Jiaojiao, Mo Bai, and Zi Ling were chased by more than a dozen Earth Master Realm puppets.
As Rong Jiaojiao retreated rapidly, she threw out several talismans, which intertwined with flames and lightning, barely forcing the two puppets back.
However, the remaining puppets continued their relentless pursuit, their eye sockets glowing with a bloodthirsty light, their bone claws menacing, and their speed astounding.
As Rong Jiaojiao ran, she set up talisman arrays. Soon, she had set up the Three Talents Soul Extinction Array with three Heavenly Thunder Soul Extinction Arrays, trapping more than a dozen puppets inside.
Rong Jiaojiao made a hand seal with her fingertips, and the Three Talents Soul Extinction Array was activated instantly. Three purple light pillars shot into the sky, trapping more than a dozen Earth Master Realm puppets firmly in the array.
"boom--"
The purple lightning summoned by the Heavenly Thunder Talisman raged within the formation, causing the puppets to emit piercing shrieks and black energy to surge on their skeletons as they attempted to resist the bombardment of the lightning.
"Zi Ling!" Rong Jiaojiao called out softly.
"Master has arrived!" Zi Ling flashed and flew into the sky, unleashing her full Thunderstorm Domain. The power of the Thunderstorm Domain combined with that of the Heavenly Thunder Talisman, instantly transforming the area into a sea of thunder!
"Snap—"
Several puppets could not withstand the bombardment of lightning; their skeletons shattered, and they dissipated into black smoke.
Seeing this, Mo Bai suddenly threw out the golden seal in his hand and cast a spell on it: "Nine Dragons Subduing Demons - Burn!"
"roar--"
Nine golden dragon phantoms roared and charged into the formation, intertwining with lightning. The puppets were crushed like withered branches and burst one after another.
"Boom!"
Within the Three Talents Soul-Destroying Array, lightning and dragon shadows raged, and the last puppet turned to ashes amidst a mournful roar.
"Phew—finally it's over." Rong Jiaojiao breathed a sigh of relief, fine beads of sweat appearing on her forehead.
Mo Bai withdrew the golden seal, his face pale: "These puppets are much more troublesome than the previous ones. If it weren't for your talisman array, they would have been really difficult to deal with."
"What kind of talisman array is this? It's amazing!" Rong Jiaojiao turned her head and saw Qi Lan and Mo Zhizhou standing not far away watching them.
The one who asked the question was Qi Lan. Rong Jiaojiao replied, "Reporting to Senior, it was the Three Talents Heavenly Thunder Soul-Destroying Formation arranged by my master."
Qi Lan frowned: "Isn't your master Qing Xuanzi?"
Rong Jiaojiao nodded, proudly puffing out her chest: "That's my master!"
Her master was proud to have her as his disciple, and she felt equally proud to have him as her master.
Qi Lan was speechless, not understanding what the little girl was so proud of. Everyone here was either stronger or had more potential than his master.
He nodded lightly and hummed in agreement, then slipped back to the cave entrance and sat cross-legged to meditate.
Zi Ling jumped back onto Rong Jiaojiao's shoulder and swished her tail triumphantly: "Master, my Thunderstorm Domain combined with your rune array is a perfect match!"
Rong Jiaojiao smiled and rubbed its little head: "Yes, a perfect match!"
Mo Bai looked at the bones scattered on the ground and said, "Let's burn them all to prevent the demon spirit from using them again."
Rong Jiaojiao nodded, used magic to gather them together, piling them into small mountains, and then burned them with a spirit fire talisman.
Looking at the more than twenty bone weapons in her hand, Rong Jiaojiao asked Mo Bai, "Do you want them?"
Mo Bai shook his head in disgust: "No, no matter how well these are refined, they will only be low-level magic weapons. What's the point of having them?"
Hearing him say that, Rong Jiaojiao didn't hesitate to put them all away. She figured she could give them as gifts to her fellow disciples when she returned to the Immortal Mountain.
She asked Mo Bai, "Where to next?"
Mo Bai said, "We'll follow you. Wherever you say we're going, we'll go."
"Let's ask Senior Qi Lan later. Elder Li used to lead the way."
Mo Bai had no objections, nodded, and went back to the cave entrance to recover.
Because Rong Jiaojiao used talismans throughout the process, she didn't consume too much energy. Instead of cultivating to recover, she seized the time to draw talismans to make up for the deficiencies of the Heavenly Thunder Talisman.
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