Chapter 516 Crisis
"Haha, you're quite knowledgeable," Master Zeng laughed wildly. "Do you think that soul-summoning banner is my trump card? You really underestimate me. This Ghost King is my trump card."
"Little girl, let alone you, I wouldn't be afraid even if a few more people with the same abilities as you came. However, it's a pity. I was almost able to cultivate a corpse king, but it was ruined by someone."
Hearing the word "Corpse King", Zhong Nianyao suddenly looked up and looked at Master Zeng with a cold look in her eyes. "So, you were the one who did what happened to Ling Chao? Are you the so-called True Person Zixia?"
She thought of Ling Chao's incident. If she and Lu Yichen hadn't stopped him in time, Ling Chao might have been transformed into a zombie. Such a thing was very rare. There was no doubt that the Master Zeng in front of her was the Zixiao Zhenren who had deceived the Ling family.
"It's you—"
Master Zeng still had something to wonder about. A chill emanated from his entire body. "It was you who destroyed my Corpse King, wasn't it?"
As he spoke, his eyes were filled with murderous intent when he looked at Zhong Nian Yao.
At first, he had finally valued such a promising talent and persuaded the Ling family to do this willingly. Everything was going smoothly, but who could have imagined that at the last moment, it would fall apart.
After his spell was broken, he suffered severe backlash and internal injuries. It was also because of that incident that his cultivation reached a bottleneck and his life came to an end.
Now that he saw the culprit, he really wanted to kill him directly.
"I destroyed it." Zhong Nianyao sneered, "You did something so detrimental to your moral integrity for your own selfish reasons. When do you think God will punish you with a bolt of lightning?"
"You won't be able to see my retribution." Master Zeng's face was filled with gloom, and even said, "However, your retribution will definitely come today."
After saying that, Master Zeng directly ordered the Ghost King to attack Zhong Nian Yao.
The Ghost King was very powerful. If she were in her prime, she would definitely be able to fight. However, after what had just happened, she had consumed too much spiritual energy and suffered a lot of injuries.
Facing the attack of the Ghost King, Zhong Nian Yao quickly dodged, then a talisman was thrown out, and a golden light flashed, hitting the Ghost King directly.
This Ghost King had been completely refined by Master Zeng. She no longer had any consciousness and only followed orders. Therefore, when facing Zhong Nianyao's attack, she not only did not dodge, but continued to meet it.
The talisman hit the Ghost King and a black gas gushed out.
However, the Ghost King did not slow down at all. She had already come to Zhong Nian Yao's side again. Her five fingers turned into long claws and grabbed directly towards Zhong Nian Yao's throat.
The pointed long armor flashed with a cold light and was filled with a dark aura. If caught, the consequences were unimaginable.
Zhong Nianyao dodged quickly, but was still a step too slow, and a piece of flesh was directly torn off from her shoulder. The blood that flowed out of the wound was not bright red, but black blood with a fishy smell.
She knew she had been poisoned by the corpse. However, the current situation did not allow her to detoxify. She was no match for the Ghost King and could only try to hold out until reinforcements arrived.
The ghost king kept attacking Zhong Nian Yao. Unlike Zhong Nian Yao, she had no consciousness, so she would not dodge any attacks.
The Ghost King and Zhong Nian Yao continued to fight, and Zhong Nian Yao suffered more and more injuries.
Although a lot of ghost energy was dispersed from the Ghost King, it was just a drop in the bucket.
As time passed, Zhong Nianyao gradually became exhausted, and her vision began to blur. She felt as if her hands were not her own, weighing a thousand pounds, and could barely lift them. Most importantly, she felt as if her spiritual energy had almost dried up. The corpse poison in her body had also spread throughout her body, making her condition even worse.
Master Zeng watched Zhong Nianyao battle with his Ghost King, a hint of satisfaction crossing his face. It seemed he had been tricked by this little girl earlier. Although many of the spirits within the spirit-summoning banner had been destroyed, the little girl had also sustained significant injuries, so she was probably on the verge of collapse.
At this rate, Zhong Nianyao would definitely not be able to hold on in a matter of moments. At that point, he would take all of Zhong Nianyao's cultivation and use it for himself. As for that body, there was no need to waste it; it could be refined into a puppet and become a powerful weapon.
Thinking about it this way, he felt less heartbroken about the loss of so many evil spirits from the soul-calling banner.
Seeing everything happening in front of them, if you were to say who the most excited person was, it would definitely be Meng Rou.
Just now, she was still afraid of Master Zeng. However, after seeing Zhong Nianyao's miserable condition, the excitement in her heart overwhelmed her fear.
If things continued to develop at this rate, she could almost see Zhong Nianyao's tragic death.
If the occasion wasn't wrong, she would have really wanted to laugh out loud.
Zhong Nian Yao no longer had time to care about what other people were thinking at the moment. She had almost lost all consciousness, and all her actions were based on instinct.
However, even so, she was still no match for the Ghost King.
With the ghost king's fierce attack, Zhong Nian Yao was knocked to the ground. She felt a pain in her chest, and then a fishy and sweet smell rushed into her throat, and she spat out a mouthful of blood.
Then, she felt a flash of white light and lost consciousness.
Seeing Zhong Nianyao finally fall to the ground, Meng Rou's excitement almost burst out. She kept shouting in her heart, "Kill her, kill her."
Master Zeng stood there calmly, not seeming anxious at all. Perhaps it could be said that at this moment, she already had the demeanor of a winner.
The ghost king did not stop attacking Zhong Nian Yao because she fell down. Instead, he stretched out his long armor as hard as steel and stabbed it hard at Zhong Nian Yao's exposed throat.
Just as the nail was about to pierce the throat and cause a bloody scene, something unexpected happened.
A golden light suddenly flashed from Zhong Nian Yao's body.
The golden light enveloped Zhong Nian Yao completely, and the dazzling light made it impossible to see the situation inside.
The golden light was very dazzling, and at the same time it brought a warm atmosphere, which greatly alleviated the gloomy and cold atmosphere in the house.
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