Chapter 374: Chapter 374
374: Chapter 362: Assassin 374: Chapter 362: Assassin Only Li Beifeng of the Sea Expansion Realm stood ten steps away, holding a flute horizontal to his mouth, blowing out a shrill and mournful tune, as if he was controlling Lin Guiyuan’s consciousness and movements.
However, Baili An saw clearly that the naivety in Lin Guiyuan’s pale pupils hadn’t faded, indicating he still had his own consciousness.
At that moment, a light laugh came from beside him, and Fang Geyu, stroking his chin, said, “Just as I expected, the Wandao Immortal Alliance really did spare no expense on Lin Hanhan, they even used the Xuanwu Wandao Talisman on him.”
Baili An’s eyes twinkled with hidden amusement, “Is that your aim?”
Li Beifeng was a spy sent by the Wandao Immortal Alliance into Shifang City, aiming to assassinate Fang Geyu; they had already known this.
However, those within the Wandao Immortal Alliance were unaware that Li Beifeng had been exposed.
Fang Geyu’s gaze swept over Lin Guiyuan, then retracted contentedly, saying, “The Immortal families of the present Mortal World openly tolerate no hint of Evil Ghosts; a mountain ghost such as Lin Guiyuan, who’s transformed from a demigod body, is counted as the first of its kind in the Mortal World.
For a massive Immortal Sect power like the Wandao Immortal Alliance, he is of great research value.
Using Li Beifeng’s hand, I delivered him right into the heart of the Wandao Immortal Alliance, and they naturally accepted him with open arms.
They believed they had grasped the handle on me for raising a mountain ghost; even if they lost this highly potential ghost, they had to swallow their frustrations like a dumb person swallowing bitter coptis.
Don’t be fooled by Lin Guiyuan’s current unremarkable strength; after all, he is the one who inherited old Mountain Father’s half-life Divine Power.
Dying and becoming a ghost, he possesses both the forces of gods and ghosts in one body.
If the Wandao Immortal Alliance is willing to spend the money and cultivate him properly, it wouldn’t be difficult to nurture him into a Ghost Immortal capable of transcending calamity and ascending.”
Fang Geyu clicked his tongue twice, the corners of his mouth curling up like a little wild cat who had done something bad without being discovered.
“However, the Wandao Immortal Alliance really surprised me; they invested such a huge sum, even using the Xuanwu Wandao Talisman on this silly boy.
Who knows how many talisman masters and array masters within the alliance balded their heads perfecting it.”
The Xuanwu Wandao Talisman was created using the core techniques of both talismanic and array arts.
Exquisitely crafted array techniques lock the talismanic force of heaven and earth onto a blank Purple Talisman.
Then a Divine Talisman Master carefully sketches and breaks down the talisman force with a talisman pen within the world of paper, and amidst the chaotic and various talisman forces, outlines the image of a Xuanwu.
The process is exceedingly long and arduous.
A single Xuanwu Wandao Talisman could exhaust the energy and dedication of a Divine Talisman Master and a grand array master in their lifetime.
Inside Shifang City, two Wandao Talismans were employed on her eldest and second brothers.
The Xuanwu, bearer of thick support and virtue.
Infused with the Wandao Talisman force, the esteemed Xuanwu provides defense—with this, myriad enemies find it difficult to breach.
Now, Lin Guiyuan’s body is likely impenetrable even for ordinary practitioners of the Chengling Realm.
To say his body has been forged into bronze skin and iron bones would not be an exaggeration.
The Wandao Immortal Alliance has really suffered a loss to its grandmother’s house this time.
They thought they had gained a mountain ghost to suppress their Immortal Alliance and become the first Ghost Immortal war general since the founding of their alliance.
Little did they know that behind the scenes, Fang Geyu had made his arrangements clear as day, truly making an empty-handed grab at a white wolf.
Although Baili An didn’t know how Fang Geyu managed to turn Li Beifeng, he could vaguely guess that it had something to do with Chai Ye.
Indeed, with Fang Geyu’s vindictive nature, how could he let others bully him without retribution?
Lin Guiyuan’s own strength was not weak, and after being besieged by the powerhouses of the three forces for so long, the Ghost holding up under great pressure.
Despite several battles, there was no sign he was at a disadvantage.
Even as a Fierce Ghost, being in the Second Realm of Ghost Mountain, he seemed to have special methods to Summon yin spirit ghosts from this place, temporarily obeying his command and joining the battle.
Ying Xiu, who had been patiently watching the battle, finally couldn’t help but make a move.
A flurry of cool and stern rain stirred!
On the spinning blades of talisman paper from the sealing demon’s longsword, thousands of blood-red runes suddenly emitted light.
The talisman papers that sealed the blade blew away chaotically, leaving the flickering runes to wriggle and stick to the back of the blade, forming patterns of scarlet lightning.
Because of these patterns, Ying Xiu’s three-finger-wide longsword instantly seemed a hundred times heavier.
The pitch-black sword tip tore through layers of rain, with the thundering scarlet lightning like Yin Thunder blooming on his blade at an intricate angle, slashing out fiercely.
The Ghost, his eyes twitching wildly, knew Ying Xiu was undoubtedly the strongest among them.
He dared not be careless, beat a small drum, and summoned directly three huge horned ghosts to block the side.
He could not afford the slightest delay; using the force of Lin Guiyuan’s punch, he released his fist’s momentum and withdrew urgently from the battlefield.
But those three horned ghosts were sliced through by Ying Xiu’s sword tip, devoured by electric fire, and didn’t even have the chance to scream before turning into a pile of black ash.
In life, the Ghost was a martial cultivation prodigy, battle-hardened with extraordinary experience in life-and-death struggles and numerous lifesaving methods.
Missing with his strike, Ying Xiu felt considerable regret.
Just then, an unforeseen change occurred.
A wispy figure, as if anticipating the Ghost’s retreat, appeared noiselessly behind him.
Everyone was too slow to react; that figure, enveloped in a purple Sect Robe, drew out a huge bone-chopping knife.
Without any extra movements, the figure simply stood there, brandishing the bone-chopping knife, almost imperceptible in presence.
Inevitably, the Ghost’s retreating body crashed straight into the knife, pierced from back to chest.
Everyone stood stunned in place.
Even Lin Guiyuan slightly tilted his head, finding it somewhat incredible.
The Ghost, cunning as a rabbit with three burrows and keen to survive, could not even be injured by Ying Xiu.
But the figure hovering silently behind the Ghost was quite petite, even shorter than the Ghost’s shoulders, with an extremely delicate wrist holding the knife handle, conveying a sense of fragile frailty.
Clearly, it was a woman’s hand.
The purple Sect Robe she wore came from the Wandao Immortal Alliance.
She was a Loose Cultivator from the Immortal Alliance.
Once Ying Xiu confirmed this, his breathing suddenly grew heavy.
The Crown Prince of the Central Netherworld, who cultivated laboriously for a hundred years, was outdone by an outsider female Loose Cultivator?
Although not overly disconcerted, there was still a trace of unwillingness.
His sword tip turned, stirring a soft current of sword wind.
However, no matter how gentle the sword wind, it seemed somewhat impertinent when used to lift a woman’s hood to glimpse her face.
The sword wind brushed over the hood.
Yet, it still didn’t reveal the woman’s face.
She wore a half moon mask on her face, covering it from her forehead to her jaw, concealing even her mouth’s corners, revealing only one eye and half a face.
Undoubtedly, the dress of an assassin.
Li Jiujiu, watching the battle from the carriage, suddenly exclaimed, “This girl from the Wandao Immortal Sect also likes to play the game of half-hiding, just like Jing Mei.”