Geng Qi clenched his right hand in mid-air, and the long whip reappeared in his hand. He slashed aside a person blocking his way, moved closer to Rong Yu, and took a moment to ask, "What do you think these people are?"
Rong Yu didn't look at the living dead, but stared at the long whip in Geng Qi's hand. Thinking that it had emerged from this man's flesh and blood, he couldn't help but frown. He raised his hand to use the scabbard to block the thing that rushed at him and said in a deep voice, "Not a member of a family of immortal sects."
These people are all cultivators, but their aptitude is not high and their spiritual power is very weak. Moreover, their moves are chaotic and disorderly, without any coordination. If they were from a sect, and fellow disciples practiced swordsmanship and martial arts together, they would not crowd and bump into each other even if they were not conscious.
"Then it can only be a self-taught rogue cultivator?" Geng Qi asked.
Another person rushed forward, his palm radiating intense black energy. His wrist was entangled by the golden whip, and the black energy quickly dissipated. Geng Qi pulled the person closer to look, and saw that the person's eyes were filled with bloodshot veins.
With the spiritual energy in their bodies, they shouldn't have such strength. Now, it's as if the cultivators have gone mad from their cultivation.
The man caught that night in the Li family compound also seemed to have suddenly gone mad in the same way.
A flash of silver light appeared before his eyes, followed by a muffled groan. The person rushing towards him was knocked away by the scabbard of the Drunken Shadow Sword, while he was pulled back by someone. Rong Yu protected him, saying, "Be careful."
His slightly furrowed brows revealed his dissatisfaction with the man's sudden lapse in concentration during the fight.
Geng Qi pulled back the phoenix kite, flicked the whip's tail, and the people tied to it were thrown back into the crowd, instantly collapsing, but then struggling to get up as if they felt no pain.
Without anger or joy, without sorrow or happiness, without fear or pain, even without being summoned, one knows that, like Li Yao, seven of his souls have been extracted.
"What should we do? Kill them or not?"
He turned his head and asked Rong Yu, "If you can't kill someone who isn't afraid of being hit, you can only cripple them!"
Rong Yu pondered. If these people, like Li Yao, were captured and had three souls remaining in their bodies, then they would have to bear the burden of murder if they killed someone. While hesitating, his expression changed slightly, and he suddenly turned his head.
A harsh bird call came from behind, and Geng Qi turned around as well.
Trapped in the spirit array and unable to move, the Guhuo Ghost inexplicably began to struggle, its huge body violently shaking and breaking through a corner of the array.
"One of the spiritual seals has been destroyed."
Geng Qi followed his gaze and saw that near the second stone door, a spiritual seal was indeed missing. During the chaotic battle, he hadn't noticed where those people had gone; they must have bumped into it by chance.
Spirit seals, when connected in an array, possess immense power. However, if outside of an array, a single spirit seal is as fragile as dissipated spiritual energy.
"When you're down on your luck, even drinking cold water can cause problems," Geng Qi cursed under his breath, then said to Rong Yu, "Go and trap it. Leave these things to me."
Rong Yu said, "It's too late."
Once the spirit seal is destroyed, the formation will be in chaos. It's not as simple as just adding another spirit seal. Sure enough, as soon as he spoke, all the spirit seals surrounding Guhuo Ghost vanished in an instant. Guhuo Ghost flapped its wings twice and broke free of the spirit formation in a flash. Without even looking at them, it turned and ran into the secret passage.
Seeing it about to escape, Gengqi threw out his phoenix tail bone whip and chased after it. Just as the whip was about to wrap around the huge body, Guhuo Ghost suddenly stopped, turned around and opened its mouth wide. Bright flames blew towards him like a fire dragon. The fireball grew bigger and bigger in his eyes. He subconsciously raised his hand and waved his wide sleeve. The fire dragon crashed into the dam like a flood. It lingered at the entrance of the secret passage for a while and then disappeared.
"Hey, you..."
Before the heat had dissipated, his wrist was pulled down. Rong Yu looked at his unharmed face and hand, his anxiety still evident, and his expression suddenly became very strange.
Geng Qi said, "It actually tried to burn me?"
"..."
His face was filled with disbelief, and he was still holding the golden whip in his hand. He suddenly swung his hand and said, "I've played with fire my whole life and I've never been burned by anyone. You dare to burn me with fire!"
"..." The sensation in his palm was still there. The red figure had already angrily entered the secret passage. Rong Yu's empty hand paused in mid-air for a long time, his five fingers slowly curling up, his face full of helplessness.
Just as his hand dropped down, the man's head popped out of the secret passage again and hurriedly said to him, "Forget about what's inside, hurry up and follow me!"
Rong Yu: "..."
The Guhuo ghost was too big, and fearing that they would catch up, it dared not break through the roof of the secret chamber and fly out. Instead, it went into the secret passage. The passage was winding and not very sturdy. The Guhuo ghost would collapse soon after it went through. It was also narrow and difficult to maneuver, making the chase very difficult.
Geng Qi chased after it, his face covered in mud. That beast could fly, yet it ran so fast on just two claws. He wondered if the three people who left ahead had reached the exit yet. He hoped they wouldn't be caught up with!
Worried about what was ahead and what was behind, Rong Yu was slow to catch up. The secret passage was collapsing faster and faster, and large chunks of wet mud were hitting his head. Geng Qi cursed and swore all the way, tearing the Gu Huo ghost and the mastermind behind it to pieces hundreds of times in his mind!
I don't know how long I ran with my head down, but the secret passage was shaking noticeably. I finally caught up with it. A light shone down ahead, and I realized that I had reached the entrance of the secret passage. There was another bird call, which seemed to be an excited cry. It spread its wings and took off, flying out of the secret passage.
Geng Qi's eyes were blinded by the constantly falling dirt, but he didn't forget to keep moving forward and quickly chased after it. As soon as he reached the entrance of the secret passage, he shouted, "Qing Han, catch that beast!"
The Tianzhi Sect disciples who had been waiting anxiously outside the secret passage heard the three people who came out first say that there was a Guhuo ghost inside, and they all moved closer to Qinghan, intentionally or unintentionally. Several female disciples even couldn't wait to rub against him.
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