Soul Devouring the Mountain and the Remaining Body Awakening
A column of black smoke unfurled in the wind, like a long, inky snake devouring its prey. Wherever it passed, birds in the forest fluttered and fell. Tree trunks lost their greenness at a visible rate, their bark cracking into charred fragments. Xiaowan's soul threads could actually devour the very life of vegetation. The once lush green of Fengwu Mountain was instantly stained with a grayish hue.
"Stop her! Don't let the soul threads get close to the altar!" Su Xiao threw the Scarlet Sun Gu Box into the air. A burst of red light erupted, weaving a crimson web across the mountainside. But when the smoke column struck the web, it instantly split into countless fine threads, slipping through the cracks like a fish slipping through a net and continuing its journey toward the altar.
The Evil Witch God's black robe rustled in the wind. He reached up and scrambled through the air. The withered vines surrounding the altar suddenly sprang to life, like countless black arms, grasping at the incoming soul threads. The moment the vines and soul threads touched, a sizzling sound emanated. The soul threads were entangled in the vines and slowly merged into a black stone tablet at the center of the altar. The surface of the stone tablet was covered in twisted runes, and now it glowed dark red, like a beating heart.
"Su Xiao! This stone tablet is the core of the seal! He is using human soul threads to activate the stone tablet!" Chen Mo's bronze compass vibrated wildly, and the light pattern on the pointer began to fade. "If this continues, the spiritual power of the compass will be sucked away by the stone tablet!"
Before he could finish his words, the stone tablet suddenly cracked, and a thick black liquid oozed out, flowing along the runes on the stone tablet, and gathered on the ground to form a strange array. The moment the array illuminated, the ground of Fengwu Mountain began to shake violently. Stones on the mountainside rolled down, revealing countless bones embedded within them—those bones were actually human skeletons, each entwined with soul threads similar to Xiaowan's, and now trembled slightly with the light of the array.
"These are... the people who suppressed the Evil Witch God!" Meng Meng led the villagers to the foot of the mountain. Seeing this scene, his voice trembled. "Ancient texts say that the people voluntarily sacrificed themselves to strengthen the seal. Who would have thought that their bones would be used by the Evil Witch God to nourish his soul threads!"
Xiaowan's soul threads finally merged with the stone tablet. The cracks in the stone tablet widened, and a dull heartbeat echoed from within, as if some enormous creature was about to burst forth from the stone. From the black mist, the Evil Witch God's triumphant laughter echoed: "Three hundred years have passed, and I have finally waited for this day! I will nourish the soul with the bones of the sacrificed, break the lock with the power of the evil core, and then use this soul-transmitting thread to awaken the remaining body—you are all sacrifices for my rebirth!"
"Don't even think about it!" Lin Xi rushed to the edge of the formation diagram, holding the bronze bell and pouring all his strength into it. A low humming sound exploded like thunder in the mountains. The light on the formation diagram dimmed slightly, but the heartbeat within the stone tablet grew louder. A hand covered in black scales suddenly stretched out from the crack of the stone tablet!
The hand's nails were like sharp black claws. As soon as they touched the air, the surrounding temperature plummeted, and the blood on the ground instantly froze into ice. Su Xiao immediately recalled the Red Sun Gu, shrouded in a red light. The insect flew towards the hand, slamming fiercely into the scales. With a sizzling sound, black smoke billowed from the scales, and the hand suddenly retracted. A painful roar echoed from the cracks in the stone tablet.
"The Red Sun Gu can hurt him!" Su Xiao's eyes lit up. He was about to continue directing the Red Sun Gu's attack when he heard Xiao Wan's voice coming from the stone tablet, accompanied by a crazy smile: "Su Xiao, do you think you can hurt him? I have already integrated the soul thread into his remains. If you hurt him, you are hurting me - and I am no longer afraid of pain!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the stone tablet suddenly exploded, sending a shower of debris flying. Amidst the rubble, a massive figure rose from the rubble. The figure stood three feet tall, its body covered in black scales. Its head was a twisted skull, green flames burning in its eye sockets. Two pairs of tattered black wings stretched from its back—the remains of the Evil Witch God! Embedded in its chest was a black crystal, entwined with countless soul threads. This was where Xiaowan's soul resided.
The evil witch god raised its claws and clawed at the villagers at the foot of the mountain. Zhao Yu immediately rushed forward with his knife. The dagger slashed at the claws, but only left a shallow mark. Instead, the evil witch god's power knocked him back, hitting the tree trunk hard and spurting blood.
"Everyone, stand back!" Su Xiao unleashed the full power of the Scarlet Sun Gu Box, enveloping everyone in a red glow. "Chen Mo, use the compass to locate his weakness! Meng Meng, can your Gu-repelling fabric block the soul threads? Lin Xi, continue using the copper bell to disrupt his consciousness!"
Chen Mo's compass needle spun frantically, finally pointing to the black crystal on the Evil Witch God's chest: "The weakness is in the crystal! That's the core of his body, and also where Xiaowan's soul resides! As long as we destroy the crystal, we can severely damage them both at the same time!"
But before anyone could act, the evil witch god suddenly opened its mouth and spewed out a black mist. The mist landed on the ground and instantly transformed into countless black insects, crawling towards the group. Meng Meng immediately unfolded the Gu-repelling fabric. The blue light blocked the insects' attack, but the blue light on the fabric was gradually weakening—the insects were devouring the fabric's spiritual power.
The Evil Witch God flapped its wings, and countless black feathers shot towards the crowd like arrows. Su Xiao commanded the Red Sun Gu to block the feathers, but the Evil Witch God took the opportunity to fly towards the top of Fengwu Mountain, where the light of the third evil core could be vaguely seen.
"He's going to unlock the third lock!" Su Xiao's heart tightened, "We must stop him before he gets the third evil core!"
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