The killing realm has many branches, and if it weren't for Wusheng Tongzi's injury, Lan Hua would have been like a headless fly, not knowing where to go.
After crossing a river, there are three forks in the road, three deep, eerily quiet passages.
Lan Hua said softly, "The bloodstains have disappeared here. Brother Ba, what do you think?"
"If you don't want to see it, let's take the middle road, no detours!"
Lan Hua hummed in agreement. Being straightforward was good, but the deeper they went, the more unusual the atmosphere became.
"Brother Ba, have you sensed anything unusual?"
Baxia raised its head, sniffed, and said, "Indeed, this aura is very sinister!"
Lan Hua nodded and said, "That's right, I've encountered this aura before. It's the aura of evil spirits from the Death Continent, the power of filth!"
"How can there be such a strong aura of evil spirits in this place?"
Baxia said, "We'll find out when we reach the end!"
After climbing countless steps, Lan Hua finally arrived at the end, in a rather large stone chamber.
The stone chamber contains many pillars, connecting the ground and the ceiling, each as thick as three people could hug.
As a dragon's son, Baxia had an extremely keen sense of smell. Suddenly, he jumped down and ran to a stone pillar.
"Brother Hua, there's someone here!"
Lan Hua walked over quickly and was shocked to find an ugly person tied to a stone pillar, blindfolded and emanating a foul aura.
The man's ears were unusual; they were pointed and covered with thick, short hair, like fox ears.
Lan Hua whispered, "This isn't a human, it's an evil spirit, an evil spirit that has taken human form!"
Baxia exclaimed, "So this is an evil spirit! Why is it here?"
Lan Hua shook her head, puzzled, and said, "That's what I want to know too!"
The evil spirit was bound by a golden chain covered with restrictions. It was a chain that could not only seal its cultivation but also its soul, preventing the evil spirit from transforming into its true form.
"Strange, evil spirits usually only appear on the eastern coast, guarded by the Immortal Talisman Sect. Every time they appear, they are quickly eliminated. How did this evil spirit get here?"
Lan Hua was puzzled.
Baxia leaped onto the evil spirit's shoulder, stretched out its short legs, and suddenly ripped off its blindfold. Lan Hua tried to stop it, but it was too late.
Suddenly, the evil spirit opened its eyes, and a beam of green light shot out, sweeping towards Lan Hua and Ba Xia's eyes.
The speed was incredibly fast, and Lan Hua had no chance to dodge it. Her eyes were directly exposed to the green light, but nothing unusual happened.
The evil spirit tilted its head, looking at Lan Hua with a face full of confusion.
Lan Hua smiled slightly, "Bewitching techniques? Trying to ambush me? Don't you know who I am!"
As a fifth-grade talisman master, his mental strength was already powerful, and having cultivated the Thousand-Mile Vision technique, he was already somewhat immune to bewitching techniques.
Now that he possesses the Consciousness Bead, such evil arts are even more difficult to approach.
Lan Hua exclaimed in surprise, "I didn't expect that even with your cultivation sealed, you could still use the Bewitching Technique. You're really amazing. No wonder you were blindfolded!"
The evil spirit opened and closed its mouth repeatedly, but made no sound, clearly because it was sealed.
Suddenly, the evil spirit let out a sinister laugh, revealing a hideous face, which startled Lan Hua and made her heart skip a beat.
A terrifying aura emanated from her. Lan Hua turned her head and saw that it was Baxia about to unleash his fury. That aura came from Baxia's dragon energy.
Baxia's body was growing rapidly, and its aura was also rising quickly.
Lan Hua thought to herself, "Oh no, how could I have forgotten about this little guy?"
"roar!"
A dragon's roar exploded in Lan Hua's ears, followed by a powerful burst of dragon energy that shot out from Baxia's mouth and unexpectedly towards Lan Hua.
Lan Hua dodged to the side, and the dragon's breath struck a stone pillar, blasting it in two.
"This little guy has the strength of the Danxia Realm, how come he fell for it so easily?"
Lan Hua flipped her right palm, summoning the Consciousness Bead, and a soft light burst forth, enveloping Baxia.
Pure spiritual energy seeped into Baxia's mind, dispelling the confusion and gradually clearing his mind, allowing him to calm down.
After a moment, Baxia returned to normal, but its eyes were still dazed as it looked at Lanhua.
"Brother Hua, what happened to me just now?"
Lan Hua recalled the Consciousness Bead and laughed, "You've fallen for the evil spirit's trick. You almost fought me to the death, but luckily I had the Consciousness Bead, which brought you back to your senses in time!"
Baxia scratched his head and muttered, "This evil spirit is really quite capable!"
Lan Hua sneered, "It's more than just having some skills. This evil spirit's true form should be a member of the Nine-Tailed Fox clan, right?"
After speaking, Lan Hua looked at the evil spirit, whose eyes revealed a hint of horror.
Lan Hua laughed and said, "The art of bewitching is a divine power of the fox clan. The fact that you can still use it when your cultivation is sealed means that your bloodline is extraordinary, belonging only to the Nine-Tailed Spirit Fox clan!"
The evil spirit opened its mouth again.
Lan Hua snorted, "The only reason I know this is because I've encountered a branch of your clan!"
After speaking, Lan Hua's face turned cold, and she drew a sword with her right hand, making continuous strokes in the air.
A talisman quickly took shape, flashed with light, and disappeared into the evil spirit's body.
What he just drew was a Heart-Eating Talisman, capable of ending evil spirits at any time and preventing them from causing harm to the world.
Although she didn't know why the evil spirit had appeared, Lan Hua felt that this matter was not simple. Letting the evil spirit live might bring unexpected gains.
The two continued traversing the stone pillars and found two more evil spirits, their true forms being a grassland wolf and a lynx, both at the Yuan Dan realm, their limbs bound to the stone pillars.
Suddenly, Baxia pointed ahead, "Look there, there's another evil spirit!"
Lan Hua looked over and saw another ugly person with a deformed head and many pustules on his face, as if he had been exposed to radiation, and he also exuded a foul stench.
"Huh? This isn't an evil spirit, it's a human, a mutant!" Lan Hua exclaimed in surprise.
Baxia asked in surprise, "If it really is a human, how did it become such a grotesque thing?"
Lan Hua said, "Isn't it because of the war between the Four Emperors ten thousand years ago that destroyed the Yuhuang Continent and caused them to mutate due to the rampant filth?"
"However, what I'm more curious about is, where did these mutants come from? The Immortal Talisman Sect has never recorded anything about mutants!"
"You'll know as soon as you ask!"
Before Lan Hua could respond, Ba Xia unleashed a burst of dragon energy at the man, breaking through part of the restriction.
Lan Hua said with a wry smile, "Brother Ba, can we discuss this before we work together next time?"
Baxia nodded its little head, looked at the mutant, and asked, "How were you captured and brought here?"
The mutant was slightly startled. "My name is Mo Fei. I was captured in the Eastern Region thirty years ago. The evil spirit that was imprisoned with me was captured around the same time!"
Perhaps because he hadn't spoken for a long time, his voice was hoarse and he spoke very slowly.
Thirty years ago?
Lan Hua exclaimed in surprise, as if she had realized something.
"Thirty years ago, the vanguard of the evil spirits launched a massive invasion of the Eastern Region. The Immortal Talisman Sect fought a great battle against the evil spirits. Was it during that time that they were captured?"
Mo Fei said, "That's right. In that battle, the Evil Spirit Vanguard was sealed away. I originally wanted to retreat back to the Death Continent, but I was ambushed by a group of experts and captured here!"
Lan Hua said, "As expected," and then asked, "Why did they capture you but not kill you?"
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