Chapter 172 Ghostly Peak
At this moment, the black flag suddenly burst out with a faint light, breaking through the flames to form a barrier. Then a group of black ghosts flew out from it and rushed towards Gu Shihan and the others.
Gu Shihan's expression remained unchanged as he increased his output of spiritual power. The red lotus fire burned more and more vigorously, turning into a red fire net to block the ghost.
Yu Tong took the opportunity to condense a huge fire phoenix and rushed straight towards the leader of the black-robed men.
The leader was unable to dodge and was hit by the fire phoenix. He screamed miserably in the phoenix fire.
Seeing that the situation was not good, the other men in black robes fled in all directions, trying to escape the fire net. How could Gu Shihan and Yu Tong let them escape?
In less than twenty breaths, the eight men in black robes were all turned into ashes. They drove the monks out of the Qiankun House and fed each of them a detoxification pill.
A quarter of an hour later, more than a dozen cultivators woke up. Gu Shihan glanced at them and asked, "Do you know the origin of the man in black robe? Have you ever encountered a demonized monster?"
One of the monks said tremblingly: "I only know that they seem to be looking for a mysterious relic, but I have never encountered any demonic beasts."
Gu Shihan and Yutong looked at each other, and both felt that there must be something fishy about this matter.
"Thank you for letting me know." Yu Tong clasped her fists to thank everyone, and then planned to leave the place with Gu Shihan to explore.
Just after walking a short distance, the air around me suddenly became bitterly cold, and a strong evil aura hit me in the face.
I saw a huge demonized black panther appearing in front of me. Its eyes were red and thick black mist was emanating from its body.
Gu Shihan clenched the sword in his hand and whispered, "It seems that the matter of the man in black robe is indeed related to the demonized monster."
Gu Shihan threw out a formation plate, protecting a dozen cultivators inside. The faint red lotus fire covered her whole body. She and Yu Tong stood in front and behind, surrounding the demonized black panther.
The demonized black panther roared and pounced towards them. Gu Shihan rushed forward first, wielding his fierce swordsmanship, each of his swords was blessed with the power of the red lotus fire.
Yu Tong assisted from the side, using Phoenix Fire to interfere with the black panther's vision and attract its attention.
After a hard fight, they finally worked together to kill the demonized black panther.
A fragment of a map was revealed where the black panther disappeared, with faint traces of ruins on it.
"Sister, what is this?" Yu Tong asked as she picked up the fragment of the map.
Gu Shihan took a look, but couldn't figure out what was going on, so he put it away. Then he put away the formation and said, "Everyone, it's safe now. Goodbye!"
"Fellow Daoist, my name is Cheng Peng. Thank you for saving my life. May I know if you are from Wuhua Sect?" A male cultivator in a blue robe asked politely.
"Fellow Daoist Cheng, it's Gu Shihan from Wuhua Sect!" Gu Shihan returned the greeting in a friendly manner.
"Are you Brother Gu? Nice to meet you. A few days ago, we met a Brother Shi. We traveled together for a few days and only parted ways the day before yesterday. I heard him asking about you!" Cheng Peng said with a smile.
"Shi Qinghan? Do you know which direction he is going? Does he have any companions?" Gu Shihan took out a water mirror, outlined Shi Qinghan's appearance, and asked.
"Yes! It's him! He was injured and should still be recuperating at Axe Hill a hundred miles away." Cheng Peng thought for a while and said.
"Thank you for letting me know." Gu Shihan said and was about to leave.
Cheng Peng hurriedly stopped him and said, "Fellow Daoist Gu, please stay. What is the demonized monster you just mentioned? How to deal with it? Please tell me something!"
Gu Shihan paused, thinking that the matter of the demonized monster really concerned the safety of many cultivators, so he stopped.
"I only know a little about this demonized monster. The reason for its demonization seems to be related to a mysterious dark force, which is eroding the living beings on this continent." Gu Shihan said seriously.
Everyone looked worried when they heard this. "As for the countermeasures, ordinary spells cannot harm them. Only fire with purifying power or Yang can restrain them. However, this is only a temporary solution. If we want to solve it completely, we must find the source of the dark power and eliminate it."
After giving the instructions, Gu Shihan did not stop and rushed towards Axe Slope, with Yutong following closely behind.
Soon, they arrived at Axe Slope and looked around for Shi Qinghan.
Finally, he was found in a hidden cave with his eyes closed, healing his wounds.
Seeing Shi Qinghan’s pale face, Gu Shihan felt distressed and walked forward quickly to check his injuries.
Shi Qinghan felt someone approaching, he opened his eyes and saw it was Gu Shihan, a weak smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.
Gu Shihan took out a top-grade healing pill and fed it into Shi Qinghan's mouth, and asked with concern: "Brother, how did you get hurt? It looks like a new injury!"
"Sister, it's a long story. After parting with several cultivators a few days ago, I planned to find a place to heal my wounds, but I ran into two men in black robes. Although I killed them, I was also seriously injured. The most unfortunate thing is that I accidentally got into trouble. My spiritual power was sealed, and I was weak all over. I couldn't even open the magic storage tools, so it was difficult for me to save myself.
If you hadn't come, I would have been seriously injured and died, or I would have been killed by monsters or other cultivators."
"I understand. You should go into the mustard seed space to heal your wounds. Senior Brother Mo Yu was also injured while trying to save me. He is healing in the Qiankun House. We will act together from now on!"
"good!"
After Shi Qinghan entered the mustard seed space, Gu Shihan and Yu Tong settled down in the cave.
Suddenly, an eerie aura emanated from the surroundings, and hundreds of demonized monsters slowly surrounded them.
If he had come later today, Shi Qinghan would have been in real danger.
Yu Tong nervously clenched the sword in her hand, "Sister, do it!"
Gu Shihan took a deep breath and summoned the red lotus fire in his body to surround him.
The demonized monsters were afraid of fire and only wandered around the periphery. Gu Shihan narrowed his eyes slightly, formed seals with his hands, and a fireball rushed towards the group of monsters. It exploded above their heads, and fire lotuses fell into the group of monsters.
Many monsters were instantly reduced to ashes, and the remaining monsters fled in all directions in fear.
Yu Tong stood guard at the periphery while the phoenix fire raged all the way, quickly burning hundreds of demonized monsters to ashes.
Two days later, Mo Yu and Shi Qinghan's injuries had healed. The four of them discussed it and headed east.
The journey was relatively smooth, and we soon arrived at a place called Guichu Peak. According to records, this is the only forbidden area in the Tianshui Secret Realm, a dangerous place that one can only enter but not exit.
"Junior sister, are you saying there is something wrong here?" Mo Yu looked at Guichu Peak and frowned.
"Shh!" Gu Shihan quickly pulled Mo Yu and Shi Qinghan over and retreated behind a big tree. After a while, he saw three men in black robes walking out from under a vine on Guichu Peak.
They looked around nervously, and one of them said in displeasure: "Third brother, I said no one was following us. Why are you always suspicious? How many people can be lucky enough to avoid the traps set by our ancestors? Let's go!" The three of them returned again while muttering and went behind the vines.
(End of this chapter)
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