newbobooks Chapter 209 1 Devouring Everything
Chapter 209 1 Devouring Everything
Countless vengeful spirits rushed out of the jungle, followed closely by an army of puppets, screeching and charging toward any living thing they saw.
"Roar--"
"The army of vengeful spirits and puppets is here!!!"
"Kill!!"
"Kill them!!"
The disciples of the four sects were no strangers to slaying vengeful spirits and skeletons, so they quickly reacted, grabbing their weapons and engaging in battle. Only a few timid disciples were terrified by the unprecedented number of skeletons and retreated in panic.
Gu Changhuai immediately jumped down from the tree, slashed with his sword, and wherever the sword light touched, there were shattered skeletons. "Disciples of the Ten Thousand Swords Sect, listen to my command, form the sword formation!"
The disciples of the Ten Thousand Swords Sect snapped out of their daze and immediately replied, "Yes!"
Soon, the disciples of the Ten Thousand Swords Sect set up a massive sword formation, which formed a huge encirclement, directly keeping the vengeful spirits and puppets outside the encirclement.
Bai Jinyan stood on the tree and looked in the direction where Su Luo and the others were. He saw that although a large number of puppets rushed over there, they couldn't seem to get past the very center. Only then did he feel a little relieved.
He then pursed his lips, jumped down from the tree, and with a wave of his longsword, the vengeful spirit and the puppet vanished into thin air in an instant.
After Gu Changhuai cleaved most of the nearby vengeful spirits in two, he immediately turned to the people from the other three sects and said, "Everyone, enter the sword formation!"
Upon hearing this, the members of the other three sects immediately began killing the vengeful spirits and puppets while moving closer to the sword formation of the Ten Thousand Swords Sect.
After everyone had entered the sword formation, Gu Changhuai finally rushed in, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
Just then, a sharp-eyed disciple noticed that someone in the crowd was injured and immediately cried out, "Someone is injured!"
"Ah, Senior Sister is injured too!"
"Me too, I just got caught by a puppet by accident..."
Everyone's expression immediately changed drastically.
Wounds inflicted by vengeful spirits and puppets will be poisonous. If not treated promptly, the person may go mad due to severe poisoning and attack their companions!
Ye Zheng immediately said, "All injured disciples, please sit down. Let's count the number of people and then treat your wounds as soon as possible!"
Gu Changhuai and the others quickly followed suit and gave instructions.
Just as Ye Danqing was busy taking out antidote pills, Ning Wanshuang suddenly grabbed his sleeve, her face streaked with tears, and said anxiously, "Senior Brother Ye, Senior Brother Qin is injured! You need to heal him quickly!"
When Ye Danqing saw Qin Xiu sitting on the ground, pale-faced and clutching his blood-soaked arm, his expression changed drastically.
"what happened?!"
Upon hearing this, Ning Wanshuang's lips trembled slightly, and she unconsciously lowered her head, whispering, "Senior Brother Qin was injured while saving me..."
The situation was so sudden that she was caught off guard and almost got grabbed by a skeleton. In the end, Qin Xiu sacrificed one of his arms to save her from disaster.
Ye Danqing frowned immediately, surprised by Ning Wanshuang's carelessness. "Didn't you have a protective magic item? Why didn't you use it then?"
Ye Danqing knew that Ning Wanshuang had two protective magic items, so he wasn't too worried. Little did he know that she would still almost get injured! And she even caused Qin Xiu to suffer such a serious injury!
Ning Wanshuang lowered her head and remained silent, but her crying became even more pitiful.
She didn't dare say that she was too scared to admit it...
Qin Xiu, who was sweating profusely from the pain, felt sorry for Ning Wanshuang when he saw her crying so sadly, and immediately spoke up for her.
"Senior brother, please don't ask Junior Sister Ning anymore. The situation was so critical that it's normal that she couldn't take out her protective magic item in time. Ouch... it hurts so much, please apply some medicine for me quickly..."
Ye Danqing glanced at Ning Wanshuang, who was still crying, and sighed helplessly. In the end, she had no choice but to quickly apply medicine to Qin Xiu.
However, during the process of applying the medicine, he inevitably became very depressed.
For some reason, a thought suddenly popped into Ye Danqing's mind: if Su Luo were here, she would not only be unharmed, but she could even wreak havoc!
Thinking of this, Ye Danqing suddenly paused, then shook his head violently, trying to shake off the idea.
Soon, the headcount was tallied: a total of 76 people from the four sects, including 28 injured disciples.
When Ye Danqing learned that most of the 28 injured people were disciples of the Tianyi Sect, his face turned as black as charcoal.
Disciples from other sects had already paired up under the orders of their senior brothers or sisters, cooperating to kill the vengeful spirits and puppets, so few were injured. However, the disciples of the Tianyi Sect acted differently. They didn't coordinate immediately, instead hesitating until the army of vengeful spirits and puppets suddenly appeared, catching them off guard and resulting in so many injuries!
Compared to the other three sects, the Tianyi Sect disciples performed terribly!
Soon, the wounded were treated, but seeing the vengeful spirits still lingering outside the sword formation and the ever-surging puppet army, everyone's hearts sank.
"This is truly bizarre. How did so many vengeful spirits and puppets suddenly appear in this perfectly good oasis?"
"Yes, there are so many! We haven't encountered this many along the way!"
"There are just too many of them! We can't kill them all no matter how hard we try! And we can't escape either! What should we do now?"
Seeing the increasingly pale faces of the Wanjian Sect disciples, Gu Changhuai felt a growing anxiety. He immediately looked at Bai Jinyan and the others and asked, "Fellow Daoists, this sword formation can only last for another quarter of an hour at most. What do you think we should do next?"
Upon hearing this, Ye Zheng and Bai Jinyan frowned and pondered.
Ye Danqing's eyes flickered as if he had thought of something, but he ultimately lowered his head and said nothing.
The atmosphere suddenly became heavy.
Just then, Ning Wanshuang suddenly suggested, "How about we go find Fellow Daoist Su?"
Instantly, everyone turned to look at her.
Ning Wanshuang thought about it more and more and felt that her suggestion was good. She couldn't help but puff out her chest and continued, "That Fellow Daoist Su has a Soul-Devouring Beast. As long as her Soul-Devouring Beast can help us eat these vengeful spirits, then the remaining puppets will be nothing to fear."
Many people immediately understood upon hearing this, and then their faces lit up with joy.
"That's right! Let's go find Fellow Daoist Su and the others! They have Soul-Devouring Beasts!"
"If it's a Soul-Devouring Beast, then we're saved!"
"Great!"
However, some people felt it was inappropriate.
"The Soul-Devouring Beast belongs to Fellow Daoist Su. We are not related by blood or marriage, so why should he help us?"
"Yes. Besides, it was someone who kindly reminded us just now, which prevented us from suffering more casualties. How could we have the nerve to bother them again?"
Upon hearing this, some people immediately objected.
"We're all in this together now, so we have to stick together! What's wrong with borrowing the Soul-Devouring Beast? They need it too!"
"Ha! Borrow? You guys are so shameless! Did they even agree? And you just say that!"
Who are you calling shameless?
The two sides argued endlessly and even started fighting.
"That's enough! Quiet!"
Ye Zheng coldly rebuked the quarreling people, then looked at Ning Wanshuang with icy eyes, "Fellow Daoist Ning, Fellow Daoist Su owes you nothing, nor does she owe us anything! It's her business if she has a Soul-Devouring Beast, we have no right to force her to use it to help us!"
Ye Zheng really didn't like Ning Wanshuang. She acted all affected and pretentious just because she was favored by the sect disciples, crying at the drop of a hat – she was so weak and unlike a cultivator!
She didn't even consider that Fellow Daoist Su disliked the Tianyi Sect so much, how could he possibly be willing to help?!
Gu Changhuai disagreed, saying, "Fellow Daoist Ning, Fellow Daoist Ye is right. The Soul-Devouring Beast belongs to Fellow Daoist Su. We have no right to ask for her help without her consent."
Bai Jinyan's expression was calm, but his tone was sharp, "Fellow Daoist Ning, you're overhyping the Soul-Devouring Beast. It is indeed the nemesis of vengeful spirits, but no matter how powerful it is, there's only one. Do you really think that one Soul-Devouring Beast can wipe out all the vengeful spirits?"
When Bai Jinyan said those words, everyone who had been eager to try suddenly felt like they had been doused with cold water, and their minds cleared up.
Yes! There is only one Soul-Devouring Beast, but there are tens of thousands of vengeful spirits here. The Soul-Devouring Beast simply cannot devour them all!
After being so rudely criticized by the three of them, Ning Wanshuang felt her face burning. She bit her lower lip, choked back tears, and lowered her head to apologize, "I'm sorry, I didn't think it through..."
Ye Danqing lowered her eyes and sighed almost imperceptibly.
Actually, he had just thought of asking Su Luo for help, but then he remembered how much Su Luo disliked them, so he gave up on the idea.
Since borrowing the Soul-Devouring Beast from Su Luo was not an option, the group had to reconsider how to deal with the large number of vengeful spirits and puppets.
Before we knew it, the dark clouds in the sky gradually dispersed, and the moon revealed itself. The bright moonlight shone down on the earth, allowing people to see everything around them clearly.
Suddenly, a clear, melodious cry echoed throughout the oasis, and everyone looked up sharply.
A colossal whale soared freely through the sky, then turned and swept through the dense forest, passing by the stunned onlookers. Its mouth opened wide, swallowing countless vengeful spirits and puppets whole. Only when its belly could hold no more did the whale turn and shoot straight into the clouds, its body gradually expanding in the night sky before finally exploding violently!
Su Luo withdrew her gaze, looked at the Myriad Manifestations Brush in her hand, and couldn't help but smile.
It truly lives up to its reputation as a whale that can devour everything.
She only drew one whale, and it swallowed nearly a hundred vengeful spirits and puppets. This is truly an unprecedentedly huge weapon of mass destruction!