Chapter 38: The Consecutive Killing of Two Ghosts
A divine light flashed in Xiao Mu's eyes as he tightened his grip on the Peach Wood Sword in his hand, his momentum quickly rising to its peak.
However, the divine light in his eyes quickly faded, his momentum weakened, and the hand clutching the Peach Wood Sword gradually loosened.
With the Blood Ghosts busy fighting Daoist Qing Yan, he saw no need to intervene. He would let Qing Yan deal with the Blood Ghost first and then make a move when the former was at a disadvantage.
The abrupt transformation of Old Man Xu into an Evil Ghost sent Qing Yan into panic.
In his panicked state, seeing a green Evil Ghost, shrouded in Blood Qi, shooting towards the altar table across the Yin-yang Bridge, Qing Yan hastily grabbed his Peach Wood Sword and with his other hand, threw his Bagua Mirror at the Blood Ghost, yelling, "Evil Ghosts, stay back!"
As the Bagua Mirror was thrown, a dim light was projected from the mirror's surface.
This was the divine light of the Bagua, intended to slaughter Yin Spirits.
Puff!
The divine light hit the Blood Ghost, emitting a dull sound as if it had hit something solid.
Sizzle!
The divine light was powerful, as soon as the Blood Ghost was hit, its body began to purify, with part of its skin vaporizing into smoke.
Aoow!
The attacked Blood Ghost howled in anger. Its dark claws stretched out to seize Qing Yan's Bagua Mirror.
The moment the Bagua Mirror was grasped by the Blood Ghost, the corrosive Blood Qi within the ghost's claw was released, instantly corrupting the mirror, causing its spiritual energy to vanish.
"Chuckles!"
Laughing sinisterly, the Blood Ghost tightened its grip on the now despiritualized Bagua Mirror, reducing the corroded artifact to dust.
The complexion of Daoist Qing Yan changed, "Evil Ghost, die!"
Simultaneously, he hurled Peach Wood Swords, Dusters, Law Bells, and Taoist Charms, one after another, at the Blood Ghost.
"Chuckle!"
Had the already prepared Blood Ghost let him hit it a second time?
The Ghost claws continuously stretched out, swiftly destroying Qing Yan's magical implements one by one. Under the corrosive Blood Qi, the magical implements all turned into black ash.
"Chuckle!"
The Blood Ghost let out a more sinister laughter, its bloodthirsty gaze fixated on Daoist Qing Yan.
"Damn it!"
Evidently terrified, Qing Yan instantly started to shiver and, without hesitation, turned around and ran.
The Blood Ghost was too strong; he realized he simply couldn't compete. If he didn't escape, he would die.
"Chuckle!"
Would the Blood Ghost let this human, who had attacked it, escape? The Ghost Claw suddenly stretched out, directly reaching for Qing Yan's back.
"Leave my robe behind!"
Scared out of his wits, in his desperate state, Qing Yan removed his Taoist robe and used it to cover the Blood Ghost. Taking advantage of this opportunity, he rushed out of the temple without looking back.
As soon as he got out, he immediately flung the Yin-yang Crown he was wearing towards the Blood Ghost.
Caught in a dire situation, his only thought was to escape, even if it meant discarding all of his treasures.
"Daoist, come back quickly!"
Village Chief Hao frantically called for Qing Yan to return.
But how could Qing Yan, who had been scared out of his wits, dare to return?
If he came back, he would die!
Qing Yan didn't dare look back, using all his strength to keep running towards the outskirts of the village.
Xiao Mu silently shook his head. He already knew Qing Yan wouldn't be able to hold out, but he didn't expect Qing Yan to not even last a minute in front of the Blood Ghost.
"Trap!"
Now that Qing Yan had left, deeming it a voluntary forfeiture, Xiao Mu acted without any hesitation towards the Blood Ghost.
He pointed his Peach Wood Sword and simultaneously issued a loud command.
A Golden Light shot out, and a golden Great Array materialized out of thin air.
In an instance, the golden Great Array drew shut and transformed into a Golden Net.
Trap formation, as its name suggests, is used to trap. It can manifest in many forms; reshaping into a net was only one of the basic applications. As Xiao Mu's power grows, different types of usage can be unlocked.
"Aargh!"
The emerald green Blood Demon, its whole body emitting a strong Blood Qi, which had just destroyed Qing Yan's Yin-Yang Crown, was covered by a golden net, bound within it.
"Quick!"
Without hesitation, Xiao Mu stuck a Fire Talisman on his Peach Wood Sword, and with a point of the sword, spiritual flames burned towards the Blood Demon.
"Aargh!"
The Blood Demon screamed in agony as it was being burnt. However, it was tangled with the golden net and unable to break free.
It reached out its ghost claw towards the golden net, rolling out blood Qi from the claw, attempting to rot Xiao Mu's golden net.
"Quick!"
Xiao Mu was about to attack the Blood Demon with another Fire Talisman when he suddenly turned his attention to the altar table where Qing Yan was.
"Hehe!"
The lingering grievances of Old Man Xu transformed him into an Evil Ghost after his death, who immediately devoured the Yin spirits of Granny Zhou and Old Man Zheng.
His strength increased rapidly as he devoured the Yin spirits of Granny Zhou and Old Man Zheng.
After devouring Granny Zhou and Old Man Zheng, the Evil Ghost - Old Man Xu pounced on the Spirit Tablets of the other three people.
Xiao Mu's face changed dramatically.
If Evil Ghost Xu was allowed to swallow the Yin Spirits of the remaining three Spirit Tablets, although his strength wouldn't reach the level of a Blood Demon, it wouldn't be far off.
Facing two Blood Demons was beyond Xiao Mu's current capabilities.
Without hesitation, Xiao Mu immediately redirected his Peach Wood Sword, shooting spiritual flame towards Evil Ghost Xu.
At this moment, Evil Ghost Xu's strength was still relatively weak, making it easier to kill.
"Aargh!"
This Evil Ghost Xu was not yet very powerful, having just devoured Granny Zhou and Old Man Zheng.
Facing the Lingyan released by Xiao Mu's Peach Wood Sword, Evil Ghost Xu got incinerated without trying to dodge.
With a scream, the Evil Ghost Xu vanished in thin air.
Meanwhile, Xiao Mu heard a prompt: Power +2.
"Hehe!"
However, during this brief pause, the Blood Demon's claw emitted a strong Blood Qi, the stinky blood flowing out from its claw, rapidly corroding Xiao Mu's golden net.
Sizzle!
A huge hole was corroded in the net.
"Hehe!"
The Blood Demon cackled, grabbed the net with its claw, and tore it fiercely, trying to break it open and escape from within.
If it could escape, Xiao Mu, who was not as good at close combat as he was at distance, would undoubtedly die given its terrifying speed.
Xiao Mu's face turned solemn, and he immediately applied a Suppressing Evil Talisman.
The power of Suppressing Evil Talisman was released, causing the Blood Demon to freeze briefly.
Immediately afterward, Xiao Mu applied three talismans on his Peach Wood Sword without hesitation.
He wanted to unleash 'Furious Flame - Burn' again to deliver a fatal blow to the Blood Demon.
This, so far, was the most powerful method he could deploy.
"Aargh..."
The Blood Demon obviously sensed the danger, and the moment the Suppressing Evil Talisman disappeared, it began to tear the golden net frantically with its claw.
Ghost blood gushed out, released from its claw, madly corroding the golden net.
An even larger hole was gradually being torn open.
"Furious Flame - Burn!"
Regrettably, Xiao Mu was faster and quickly stuck all three Fire Talismans onto the blade of his Peach Wood Sword.
With a swing of the Peach Wood Sword, a fire dragon roared and burnt the Blood Demon.
"Aargh!"
The whole body of the Blood Demon caught fire. With a scream, it vanished.
And Xiao Mu, once again, heard a prompt: Power +5.