Chapter 398: Remains of the Zhou General (10)
Midnight
Dong—dong! A bell rang out from nowhere, echoing throughout the city.
Countless ghosts became excited at this moment. They all looked at the same place with greed flashing in their eyes.
At this time, an army also opened their eyes and looked towards that place from afar.
"Deputy General, when will you come?"
The leading ghost calmly watched the ghosts rushing over there and said, "Go over there in an hour."
There was no need to save a cultivator who couldn't even survive an hour. The ghost deputy general led his subordinates to other places and no longer paid attention to the situation over there.
Tao Zi and his group felt their scalps tingling as they looked at the ghosts surrounding them from all sides.
Yue Qingya and the other two were relatively okay, after all, it wasn't their first time.
The three Nascent Souls formed a triangle to protect Tao Zi and the other two, especially Li Xiu, the unarmed medical practitioner.
Tao Zi looked at the evil spirits outside the barrier and asked calmly, "Can we retreat to some other place?"
Her spiritual consciousness is at the out-of-body stage. If she takes action, she might be able to open a way, but this is her trump card and she does not want to show it in front of an outsider like Wangxu, not to mention that this is just the beginning.
A string of Buddhist beads appeared in the hands of the Flower Monk. His voice was unusually calm and reliable: "We have retreated several times, and it is the same no matter where we are. All the ghosts are staring at us."
Yue Qingya said, "Hold on. After midnight, their strength will drop significantly. We can retreat then."
But things were not as smooth as they had hoped.
The first person to get into trouble was Tao Zi.
She was using a hammer to beat away the evil spirits that occasionally stuck their hands, legs, or even heads in, when her legs suddenly tightened. Looking down, she saw a bloody hand firmly gripping her ankle.
Li Xiu also noticed it, but before she could open her mouth to remind her, the blood seeped into Tao Zi's skin bit by bit.
Cheng Wuchou and Yue Qingya attacked almost at the same time and cut off the hand.
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief as they watched the hand disappear.
Hua Monk frowned, and was the first to notice something was wrong. He asked, "Tao Zi, what's wrong with you?"
Li Xiu followed his gaze and immediately took a few steps back. Her eyes were full of bloodshot and her expression looked strange and terrifying. Her gaze swept across Cheng Wuchou, Yue Qingya, Li Xiu and others, and finally fell on Wang Xu.
The next moment, Tao Zi smashed over with the hammer in his hand.
"Azi!"
"Azi!"
"Tao Mei!"
"Tao Zi!"
These four voices sounded at the same time, and Wangxu reacted immediately and avoided the attack from behind.
Originally, the barrier was already on the verge of collapse when Yue Qingya and the other man tried to kill the ghost hand. When Wang Xu dodged again, the barrier suddenly shattered and countless ghosts rushed in.
The Flower Monk reflexively protected Li Xiu to his side, and the Buddhist beads shone brightly, protecting both of them.
Strangely enough, these ghosts did not attack Tao Zi, but instead attacked Wang Xu and others.
Cheng Wuchou's expression darkened. He wanted to get closer to Tao Zi but couldn't: "What the hell is going on?!"
No one has the time to think about this matter, so naturally no one can answer this question.
Wang Xu was dodging Tao Zi's attacks while dealing with the evil spirits around him, and he was actually in a difficult situation.
The weakest of these evil ghosts are at the Xuanzhao stage, and the most powerful ones have even reached the Yuanying stage, and have the faint strength of the Out-of-Body stage. Wang Xu and Yue Qingya find it difficult to resist, but fortunately the swords in their hands are immortal swords, and for a while those ghosts cannot get close to them.
Although Cheng Wuchou does not have any magical weapon, he is the strongest and most unpredictable one in terms of strength. Even Yue Qingya, the son of destiny, is inferior to him.
The bloodshot in Tao Zi's eyes grew thicker and thicker, and everyone became more and more frightened as they watched.
Hua Seng brought Li Xiu closer to Yue Qingya with great difficulty. With Yue Qingya's help, he finally had time to observe Tao Zi's situation.
Just when Wangxu was about to collapse, Hua Seng finally realized the problem and said, "That hand is the Heart Ghost Hand. Tao Zi is now in the illusion created by that ghost hand and can't tell friend from foe!"
Wang Xu was startled, having nearly been successfully attacked by a ghost. He quickly attacked and killed an evil ghost, saying, "Doesn't the Heart Ghost Hand only work on cultivators with inner demons?"
The Flower Monk nodded and said, "Indeed, the solution is not difficult. As long as we know the reason for the inner demon's birth and who it is most closely related to, we can use this to lure her out of the illusion set by the inner demon."
He immediately looked at Li Xiu and the others, especially Li Xiu, who was always by Tao Zi's side. "What exactly is her inner demon?"
Cheng Wuchou and Yue Qingya were silent for a moment. Li Xiu, the idlest and most useless one, started thinking quickly and said as calmly as possible, "I don't know whether Sister Tao has an inner demon or not, and what caused it."
He frowned, dodging attacks again and again with difficulty, and said, "Give me a definite explanation, otherwise how can we deal with this matter?"
Li Xiu's eyes flickered. He really didn't know much about the inner demon, but he could guess a little from their daily interactions. But he didn't dare to speak carelessly. The inner demon was something that could be exploited by others if not handled properly.
Cheng Wuchou directly sent a message to Hua Seng: "Is Ah Zi's life in danger?"
Seeing that he was specifically transmitting the message, Hua Seng did not answer directly without any hesitation, but shook his head slightly.
He suddenly calmed down. The safest person now was his sister, after all, the evil spirits would not attack her.
Wang Xu noticed their sudden silence, and his heart sank. He asked, "If we don't resolve this matter now, do you think Tao Zi will be safe?"
The Flower Monk replied without hesitation, "It is indeed safe. After all, the Heart Ghost Hand is not fatal, and the illusion can only last for one to two hours. The most she will pay is weakness for three or four hours afterwards, but she won't die."
His face turned dark, and he was really angry about the monk's straightforwardness.
Li Xiu suggested hesitantly, "Master Wang Shao, why don't you hold on for a while longer?"
Wang Xu was so angry this time that he laughed. He was even attacked by an evil ghost. He swallowed the blood in his throat and said coldly, "How long do you think I can hold on? Moreover, the strength of these evil ghosts will only continue to increase during this period of time until the ugly hour arrives."
To be honest, even if he is the weakest of the three Nascent Souls present, it doesn’t mean that he will be in such a mess. After all, isn’t it for the sake of Tao Zi’s life?
Yue Qingya was the most familiar with him, so he naturally knew this. However, Tao Zi's inner demons were probably related to the Minglan Sect, so he couldn't say it out loud. He could only look at Hua Seng again: "Junior Brother Hua, is there any other solution?"
He nodded and said helplessly: "Yes, a cultivator at the Out-of-Body Stage can do it, but we don't have any cultivators at the Out-of-Body Stage here."
Upon hearing this, Yue Qingya immediately asked, "Does it require a consciousness at the Out-of-Body Stage to pull Tao Zi out of the illusion?"
"Yes, this Heart Ghost Hand is specifically designed to target the Sea of Consciousness, and can only be dealt with by those in the Out-of-Body Stage."
At this moment, he, Li Xiu and Cheng Wuchou all made eye contact, and then looked away tacitly.
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