Chapter 95

The path of the soul-devouring beast to break through its current stage had just begun, but it was forced to halt because Xie Jingxuan activated the Eight-Pole Fire Array.

All the soul fragments that were about to be purified, with the roar of the beast, continuously condensed in the sky, transforming into ferocious and violent evil spirits.

Each of these evil spirits was several meters tall, their bodies as black as ink, carrying waves of madness, oppression, and brutality, continuously rushing down from the sky, aiming to tear apart and engulf the instigator.

Xie Jingxuan, with her eyes closed, continued to focus on igniting the sunstones in the other grooves, unaffected by the evil spirits descending from the sky.

However, Liang Zhong, Ban Hong, and the other Wu warriors of the Senluo Hall were on high alert.

They all had solemn expressions, releasing their spiritual energy to the fullest, forming various colorful light shields, building a tightly sealed defense to prevent the evil spirits from penetrating.

"Kill! Kill! Kill! Kill!"

Gao Yu's face was twisted, and he suddenly stood up, his pupils filled with a疯狂 and violent look, with怨 spirits condensing and appearing on his ghost face ring.

He suddenly attacked Ban Hong, who was closest to him.

"Whoosh!"

A gray river formed by the gray怨 spirits flew out from his palms, heading straight for Ban Hong's chest.

Ban Hong, who was fully concentrating on summoning the purple spiritual snakes to form a purple light shield, his expression turned cold, and he raised his hand to prepare to crush the annoying gray river.

If Ban Hong, at the Myriad Phenomena stage, attacked without considering the severity, Gao Yu would be severely injured even if he didn't die.

"No! Leave it to me!"

Qin Lie cried out, not waiting for Ban Hong to truly act, and quickly blocked in front of him, swinging the wooden carving in his left hand.

Green and ghostly electric currents shot out like needles, intercepting the gray river heading for Ban Hong's chest. The怨 spirits, upon touching the fierce lightning, screamed and retreated, retreating into the ghost face ring on Gao Yu's finger.

"Gao Yu! Wake up!"

Qin Lie took a step forward, a streak of green and ghostly lightning flashed from his fingertips and disappeared at the back of Gao Yu's neck.

Gao Yu's body trembled as if electrocuted, the confusion in his eyes slowly fading, gradually regaining consciousness.

A few seconds later, Gao Yu fully woke up, nodded lightly to Qin Lie, and suddenly sat down again, focusing on adjusting himself.

"Those evil spirits and ghosts cannot break through the light shield defense, but the evil mental consciousness they gather is not affected by the light shields." Liang Zhong interjected at the right time, "The defense we formed cannot stop the mental invasion, so you two must be extra careful. Avoid being controlled by its evil consciousness and turning to attack us."

The spirit tool called "Qingyue" by Liang Zhong hovered above everyone, like a crescent moon, emitting a hazy green light.

The green light spread like ripples in the sea, layer by layer, forming a green and ghostly light shield.

This was also the outermost light shield.

The existence of the green and ghostly light shield was like an ice-clear green cover, enveloping everyone inside.

The evil spirits charged at the green light cover, making it rumble, but failed to break through and enter.

Below the green light cover, there was a purple light cover formed by the purple spiritual snakes, which Ban Hong was responsible for.

Further down, there were also ice-blue and dark-green light covers, formed by the combined efforts of other Wu warriors of the Senluo Hall.

At this moment, Liang Zhong, Ban Hong, and the other Wu warriors of the Senluo Hall were all glowing, continuously releasing spiritual energy from their dantian, using spirit tools to amplify and release it, continuously providing energy to the light shields.

"Our spiritual energy can only serve as protection and cannot harm those evil spirits," Liang Zhong frowned, "These evil spirits, derived from the soul-devouring beast's soul fragments, are not affected by physical attacks such as blades, swords, or spears. The spiritual energy shields can only prevent their rapid penetration. Only intense flames and violent thunder and lightning are its true nemesis."

As he spoke, the roar of the soul-devouring beast in the stone cave within the valley grew louder.

The stone pillars in the valley shook violently, and a terrifying aura gradually spread out as the icy cold air from the stone cave overflowed.

"Not good! Its main body is about to come out!" Liang Zhong's expression changed.

Qin Lie and the others also became tense.

"Continue to defend against the evil spirits' attacks on Miss Xie with the shields. I will deal with its main body." Liang Zhong's expression tightened, and he instructed everyone before suddenly walking out of the layers of light shields.

As soon as he came out, the evil spirits in the sky went wild, all rushing toward him.

"Zzz!"

The green crescent moon hovering above Liang Zhong suddenly shone brightly, beams of cold green lightning shot out in all directions, sparkling.

All the evil spirits rushing toward him, as if trapped in quicksand, screamed under the green light.

Liang Zhong did not look at the evil spirits, his eyes fixed on the stone cave emitting a cold aura, quickly approaching the cave.

"Liang Sir, be careful!" Ban Hong cried out in alarm.

"Roar!"

A strange and ferocious beast, about five to six meters tall and ten meters long, suddenly leaped out of the cave, roaring.

This soul-devouring beast, which had escaped from the Nether Battlefield, at first glance resembled a giant toad, with a dark brown body covered in deep wrinkles, and on those wrinkles were ugly lumps the size of fists.

As it breathed, the lumps swelled, spewing out thick black gas.

Three eyes, each as large as a human head, were arranged in a triangular pattern on its tumor-like head, each emitting a cold, sinister, and evil gaze.

It opened its mouth and roared, revealing a row of sharp teeth like broadswords, the cold light making one's heart tremble.

The toad-shaped soul-devouring beast, as soon as it emerged, its three cold and sinister eyes simultaneously looked toward Xie Jingxuan and immediately charged in her direction.

"You won't go anywhere!"

Liang Zhong, with a cold face, pointed at the green moon, which suddenly transformed and grew larger, like a millstone.

"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!"

The rotating green crescent moon, with its sharp edges, emitted sword-like beams of light, heading straight for the soul-devouring beast's head.

The soul-devouring beast, extremely enraged, its ugly lumps swelled, and suddenly shot out green water jets like water arrows, each with a pungent and toxic smell.

The green moon, hit by the green water arrows, was stained with green poison, and its green and ghostly light suddenly dimmed.

Liang Zhong's expression was solemn, his pupils turning green, and clusters of green light bloomed from his body, instantly merging with the light of the green moon.

The green moon's light shone brightly again.

Qin Lie and the others, at this moment, were all focused on Liang Zhong's battle with the soul-devouring beast's main body, then suddenly heard a loud rumbling in their ears, and upon looking up, they saw the evil spirits fiercely attacking the light shields.

"Don't look at me, fully protect Miss Xie!" Liang Zhong shouted from the other side. "Before the soul fragments are recovered, the soul-devouring beast's main body is very weak, and I can handle it. You all just protect Miss Xie, ensuring she is not invaded by the soul-devouring beast's evil spirits before the array is fully activated!"

"Understood!" Ban Hong said solemnly. "Everyone, focus your energy on the light shield above your head. Even if you die, do not let any evil spirits enter!"

"Yes!" The warriors of the Senluo Hall responded in unison.

"Over there! Quickly, over there! What? It's the Senluo Hall, people from the Senluo Hall!"

"Finally escaped the pursuit of the spirit beasts!"

"Everyone, look! What kind of spirit beast is that inside?"

"..."

At this moment, from the outskirts of the valley, surprised voices and the sound of disordered footsteps gradually rose.

Qin Lie and Gao Yu, the most relaxed, noticed that Nuo from the Shuiyue Sect and Xiong Ba from the Chiyang Association had quietly approached.

Further away, Yan Ziqian from the Shuibing Manor and Tu Ze from the Xingyun Pavilion were also approaching from another direction.

Most of these people had varying degrees of injuries, many were mentally exhausted, and Nuo from the Shuiyue Sect and others had dark and lifeless faces, as if they had not yet recovered from the grief of losing their sisters.

Upon seeing the situation in the valley, they all looked shocked and instinctively tried to approach.

"You are not allowed to enter the valley!" Ban Hong immediately stopped them. "The outskirts of the valley are also the territory of the soul-devouring beast. Its presence prevents other spirit beasts from entering. Go to the position of our unicorn horses; that area is safe, and no spirit beasts will dare to come."

"Do not enter the valley!" On the other side, Liang Zhong, while battling the soul-devouring beast's main body, also sternly reminded them.

At this moment, the Eight-Pole Fire Array in the valley had been activated. The bowl-shaped valley had red-hot stone pillars on the periphery, emitting flames that connected to the grooves, forming a giant fire net in the sky.

The existence of this fire net not only prevented the soul-devouring beast's soul fragments from escaping, trapping its cold and evil consciousness, but also burned away the oppressive, gloomy, and maddening evil emotions that were everywhere.

As long as Nuo, Xiong Ba, and the others did not enter the valley, the giant fire net would prevent the soul-devouring beast's evil consciousness from fully escaping the valley, thus preventing it from quickly invading their souls.

However, if they disobeyed and entered the valley, they might quickly be influenced by the negative waves, stirring up evil thoughts in their hearts, and be controlled by the soul-devouring beast, like Gao Yu earlier, losing their self-control and turning into mad beasts to attack their companions—this would cause too many variables in the valley.

"We won't come in," Nuo said first, leading her sisters to the position of the unicorn horses, her brows deeply furrowed, watching the great commotion in the valley from a distance, seeing the evil spirits charging at the light shields formed by Ban Hong and others, and watching Liang Zhong's intense battle with the soul-devouring beast's main body, muttering, "Only fools would come in to die."

Tu Ze also approached, he and Zhuo Qian, Kang Zhi, and others were covered in dry blood, the bloodstains unknown if they were from their own bodies or the spirit beasts they had killed.

"Qin Lie, are you okay?" he asked.

"I'm fine, what about you?" Qin Lie countered.

Tu Ze grinned, "We are all severely injured, but none of us died. We are all alive, as you can see, none of us are missing."

Upon hearing this, Nuo from the Shuiyue Sect, Xiong Ba from the Chiyang Association, and Yan Ziqian from the Shuibing Manor all looked uneasy.

"Humph!" Yan Ziqian said coldly.

"Whimper!" A young girl from the Shuiyue Sect, thinking of her dead sisters, couldn't help but sob.

(To be continued)

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