The man roared, and the black energy around his body instantly condensed, forming a black shield.
But Rong Jiaojiao's target was no longer the Lingyuan Sword, but the Soul-Burning Talisman that had already been drawn in the air.
Just as the man thought he had succeeded, the Soul-Burning Talisman had already been implanted into his brain.
After the Soul-Burning Talisman entered the man's brain, it instantly erupted with a ghostly blue flame, burning within his mind!
The man let out a heart-wrenching scream, black smoke spewing from his seven orifices, and he staggered and fell to his knees.
Beneath his skin, the black lines writhed wildly as if alive, as if something was struggling inside him.
"The demon is about to emerge!" Leng Muya warned sharply, her copper coin sword trembling as golden flames ignited on its blade.
Zhang Zekai quickly formed hand seals and set up a spirit-locking array around the area to prevent the demonic spirit from escaping.
Chen Pengfei then threw out several talismans to suppress evil spirits. The talismans transformed into golden chains that wrapped around the man's limbs, further suppressing the demonic spirit.
"Aaaaaah—!" The man's body convulsed violently, a non-human roar emanating from his throat. His mouth suddenly opened to its maximum, and a viscous, dark shadow slowly emerged from it—
The shadowy figure twisted and contorted, vaguely resembling a human shape, but its features were indistinct, with only a pair of scarlet eyes standing out.
It emitted a piercing shriek, the sound of which was like thousands of insects crawling around your ears, sending chills down your spine.
"Lock it up!" Leng Muya shouted, and the copper coin sword slashed down from the air, golden flames turning into a cage that trapped the demon spirit inside.
Rong Jiaojiao unleashed eighteen Heavenly Thunder Talismans, instantly forming the Lesser Heavenly Thunder Soul-Destroying Array.
"Heavenly Thunder Slays Evil!" Rong Jiaojiao activated her spiritual power, and the eighteen Heavenly Thunder Talismans instantly transformed into chains of lightning, weaving into a thunderous net in the air.
The purple lightning and Leng Muya's golden flame cage echoed each other, trapping the demon spirit firmly in the center.
The demon let out a shrill roar, its black mist-like body twisting and deforming, splitting into three smaller black shadows before everyone's eyes, each breaking out in a different direction.
However, a large golden net descended, and it was Zhang Zekai who made the move.
Zhang Zekai formed a hand seal, and the golden net suddenly contracted, forcibly gathering the three dark figures together.
The network cable was inscribed with Taoist mantras, and with each inch it shrank, the demonic spirit let out an even more shrill scream.
Zhang Zekai sneered: "Trying to pretend to split up and escape? Let's see where you can run now."
Leng Muya seized the opportunity and placed two Soul-Destroying Talismans on the golden net. The demon spirit could no longer escape and could only be slowly destroyed by the Soul-Destroying Talismans within the golden net.
Rong Jiaojiao didn't intend to capture Mo Linglingmei this time, otherwise, since Mo Linglingmei would run away every time they fought, it would arouse suspicion.
The demon struggled frantically within the golden net, black mist churning, its scarlet eyes fixed on them, letting out a venomous roar: "You...can't escape...the master will...come out..."
Before the words were finished, the golden light of the Soul-Destroying Talisman suddenly burst forth, and the black shadow of the demon spirit crumbled inch by inch like paper being burned by a raging fire, eventually turning into a wisp of black smoke and dissipating.
Silence returned to the surroundings, leaving only the man's limp body on the ground, bleeding from his seven orifices, already lifeless.
Leng Muya sheathed the copper coin sword and frowned, saying, "The 'master' it mentioned before it dissipated was probably the main soul of the evil spirit."
Zhang Zekai squatted down to examine the man's body and said in a deep voice, "His soul has been completely devoured by the demonic spirit, and there's no chance to even search for his soul."
Rong Jiaojiao looked at the corpse on the ground, feeling a vague unease in her heart.
The demon's dying words were clearly not a bluff—there is likely an even more powerful being behind them.
After bringing Zi Ling out of the secret realm, Zi Ling sniffed the air and suddenly transmitted her voice: "Master, something's strange! This person's corpse... is still emitting the aura of a demonic spirit!"
Rong Jiaojiao's heart skipped a beat, and she immediately warned, "Be careful! There's something wrong with the corpse!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the man's corpse suddenly convulsed violently, and the black lines under his skin began to writhe again, as if something was about to burst out of his body!
"Step back!" Leng Muya shouted sharply, and the copper coin sword in her hand ignited with golden flames once again.
Rong Jiaojiao immediately set up a spatial barrier for this small area.
In just two or three breaths, the corpse's chest suddenly exploded, and a ball of black liquid sprayed out, which transformed into countless tiny black insect shadows in mid-air, trying to pounce on the group!
"Soul-devouring demonic seed!" Zhang Zekai's expression changed drastically. He quickly threw out three talismans, and golden light transformed into a barrier to protect everyone.
Rong Jiaojiao immediately activated her spiritual power, condensing a ball of spiritual fire at her fingertips and flinging it towards the swarm of insects.
The flames collided with the black insects, producing a sizzling sound, and a putrid smell filled the air.
Leng Muya quickly formed hand seals and uttered a low shout: "Purifying Heaven and Earth Divine Mantra!"
A beam of clear light spread from her palm, and wherever it passed, the black insects turned to ashes.
However, a few insects managed to escape and burrow into the ground.
"Damn it! They escaped!" Chen Pengfei's face turned grim. "If these insects were to burrow into a living person's body, the consequences would be unimaginable!"
But then Rong Jiaojiao's lips curled up slightly as she lightly tapped the edge of the barrier with her fingertip: "I was prepared for this!"
The spatial barrier suddenly rippled, and the black insects that had burrowed into the ground were bounced back by the invisible barrier.
Taking advantage of the opportunity, everyone burned the last few demonic insects to ashes.
Leng Muya breathed a sigh of relief: "Luckily, Jiaojiao reacted quickly."
She turned to the corpse, found the dark red bead on it, examined it for a while, then kicked the corpse and said, "What a piece of trash, its soul has been absorbed."
She cast a freezing spell, trapping him inside a spatial talisman.
Rong Jiaojiao frowned and asked, "Master Uncle, why are you collecting his body?"
Zhang Zekai answered for Leng Muya: "This person works in the town government department. Keeping him around will give the government an explanation."
Rong Jiaojiao asked worriedly, "Won't there be any problems with the body?"
Leng Muya smiled and said, "It's just a formality. In the end, the body will still be handed over to us for disposal."
"If you encounter the same situation in the future, you should handle it this way, understand?"
Rong Jiaojiao nodded, and Leng Muya added, "Alright, let's go to the car and wait for instructions from headquarters."
Back in the car, the telegraph machine was beeping incessantly.
Chen Pengfei quickly received the document, his fingers flying across the paper as he wrote down lines of coded symbols.
A moment later, he picked up the codebook and began to decipher it word by word, his expression gradually becoming serious.
Once the message was deciphered, he handed the notebook to Leng Muya, who took it and read the message aloud: "Once all the goods have arrived, take control of everyone in the warehouse and await takeover."
Zhang Zekai asked, "Does that mean we wait until all the goods arrive and the enemy has made contact before we take control of the people?"
Rong Jiaojiao said, "The focus should be on those who have been marked with the demonic spirit, and we should be careful to prevent any changes to the marks on them after they die."
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