As a sound of gold and iron mingled together, surging energy spread in all directions, blowing away heavy dust and smoke.
Ji Yuan raised the long sword in his hand horizontally. At the critical moment, he barely managed to block the falling blow. However, blood bleeded from the corner of his mouth as a result, and the internal injuries that had been temporarily suppressed in his body tended to explode again.
At this time, nearly half of his legs were sunk into the black mud. The wound on his right calf burst open, and blood poured out like a gush of blood, which was quickly absorbed by the high platform under his feet.
Behind him, Xu Qiqi was half-kneeling on the ground with a pale face, looking up weakly at the two people in front of him.
In addition to Ji Yuan's back, there is also the middle-aged man with scarlet eyes, who is holding a sword with both hands at the moment, maintaining a head-on slashing posture, constantly exerting pressure.
Seeing this scene, Xu Qiqi immediately wanted to stand up, but his body swayed and he almost fell to the ground.
At this time, let alone taking action, even the long sword in her hand was as heavy as a stone. She could not lift it at all, and there was no trace of energy left in her body.
The previous blow had obviously completely consumed all her strength.
Just when Xu Qiqi was anxious, heavy footsteps suddenly sounded. She turned her head with difficulty and saw a figure running towards her.
That figure was none other than the middle-aged nurse. He was holding the long black knife that Ji Yuan had thrown on the ground. He crossed a distance of about ten feet in a few steps. In just seven or eight breaths, he had already rushed here.
"Death!"
He roared with splitting eyes and waved the long black knife in his hand with all his strength.
A black shadow flashed past, and soon a head flew into the air, with a look of aggrievedness on its ferocious face.
The other party seemed to have never thought that he would be decapitated by a flesh-level martial artist without being seriously injured and with most of his cultivation level preserved!
Full of anger and resentment, his thoughts immediately moved, and then the body that had lost its head actually started to move again!
This body gave up on suppressing Ji Yuan, and instead wielded a sword to slash at the middle-aged guard on the side, intending to do the same thing!
However, at this time, the middle-aged nurse was still panting due to the forceful blow he had made earlier, and had no extra strength to dodge the fatal blow.
At the critical moment, Ji Yuan pulled his legs out of the ground, slammed into the arms of the headless body, and rolled more than a foot away on the ground while holding him in his arms.
Then he jumped to the side with all his strength, stumbled and ran far enough away, and then fell to the ground, whispering: "Explode!"
With the next breath, seven or eight talismans suddenly bloomed on the headless body, followed by flames containing abundant yang energy, which immediately engulfed the body.
Countless thick gray evil spirits spurted out, but the headless body could not control it, so it had to be forced out of the body by the flames, and finally dissipated in the world.
"You are like this!"
In mid-air, there was only one middle-aged man with his head left. Not only did he not die on the spot, he was even able to roar as if nothing had happened.
At this moment, he saw his body being quickly burned in the raging sun fire, and his face suddenly showed overwhelming anger. Although as an evil creature, he would not die because of losing his body, but he would also fall because of it.
At least a realm!
At least for more than a hundred years in the future, he will not be able to restore his original state, and it will even be difficult for him to regain his body.
How can this middle-aged man not be angry?
"Noisy!"
Ji Yuan fell to the ground, glanced at the head in the air, and immediately used his last bit of strength to throw the long sword in his hand.
The long sword that he had replaced with an ingot immediately turned into an afterimage, flying past almost instantly, so fast that the middle-aged man had no time to react.
The next moment, even though the long sword pierced the opponent's head, there was no brilliance or sharp sword energy. The head quietly turned into little crystal lights in silence.
The thick gray-white mist in the sky disappeared immediately after the middle-aged man's head was annihilated, and translucent shadows emerged among them, which were the souls of the deceased members of the Zhao family!
After their death, the three souls and seven souls were detained here by the middle-aged man and blended into the gray-white mist, constantly guarding against the endless pain of evil spirits entering their bodies and squeezing their soul power.
This kind of pain is beyond imagination. It is not reflected in the body, but directly affects the soul. Compared with this, the pain in the heart is nothing.
Now, as the middle-aged man is annihilated, the gray-white mist dissipates, and the souls of these dead people finally get the peace they long for.
They all looked at the people on the ground, and finally their eyes focused on Ji Yuan.
More than a hundred soul shadows, their movements somewhat messy, saluted in a familiar way.
Some clasped their hands in fists, some bowed their bodies and bowed in thanks, some gave a blessing, and some knelt tremblingly in the air and performed a sincere kneeling ceremony.
Seeing this scene, Ji Yuan struggled to stand up with the returning sword, then shook his body and bowed to the many souls in the sky, and softly recited: "Blessings and Infinite Heavenly Lord."
For a moment, the ghost shadows slowly dissipated, as if they felt the call from heaven and earth, and then escaped to a place in the void that could not be explored.
When the last soul disappeared, a layer of golden light suddenly appeared on the bodies of the four people present, but it disappeared quickly, no matter what they did, they could not perceive it again.
"This is……"
The middle-aged nurse looked at his hands and murmured to himself.
Ji Yuan sat back on the ground, gasping for air, and glanced at him: "That's merit."
No matter whether their original intention is to save these souls, heaven and earth will still give them a merit.
It doesn't even have anything to do with saving souls. It's just because their actions eliminated the huge resentment between heaven and earth that this merit came to them.
"How is Jiang He?"
After taking out a few healing pills and taking them, Ji Yuan regained some strength, and then looked at the young man who was as dead as a dead tree in the distance.
Xu Qiqi, who had just recovered some strength at this time, was already squatting beside Jiang He. She shook her head to indicate that it was okay and took out a porcelain bottle from her arms.
The light green liquid dripped from the mouth of the bottle, and then landed accurately on the wound in the young man's heart. In an instant, vitality surged, and the body like dead wood was healing the wound bit by bit.
Seeing this, Xu Qiqi nodded slightly, then took out a green pill and put it into Jiang He's mouth.
As soon as the elixir entered his mouth, it turned into a stream of liquid and flowed down his throat into his body. Then, a richer vitality containing special fluctuations suddenly emerged from the young man's body.
"Is this the inherited technique of Jiuxuanmen Deadwood Peak?"
With the support of the middle-aged nurse, Ji Yuan slowly walked to the two of them. After looking at them for a while, he asked with a slightly surprised tone.
Even though it is several counties away, the name of Jiuxuanmen is still very resounding, and its nine inherited techniques are the topics that many monks often talk about.
Each of these nine techniques has its own mystery, among which Lei Zefeng, who holds the power of law enforcement, and Deadwood Peak are the most well-known.
The former is a powerful killing technique, and the latter is a life-saving technique that every monk dreams of.
Hearing this, Xu Qiqi nodded and admitted very simply: "Junior brother is the direct descendant of Kumu Peak. He has used this life-saving secret technique in life and death situations before."
What she was using at this time were the necessary items that Jiang He had placed with her in advance to restore her injuries and awaken her when she entered the state of dead wood.
Nearly a quarter of an hour later, when all the wounds on Jiang He's chest were healed, he let out a soft hum and then slowly opened his eyes.
It was just as his eyes opened that the traces of dead wood on his body began to fade away quickly, and his body returned to the appearance of a normal person.
"Did we...succeed?"
He sat up from the ground, looked around blankly, and then asked with some uncertainty: "Has that evil creature been killed by you?"
Xu Qiqi nodded and roughly explained what happened before.
After a long time, Jiang He suddenly hugged his head with an annoyed look on his face, as if regretting that he did not participate in this 'exciting' fight.
"You have done a very good job. Without your help, we would not have been able to successfully kill the evil creature later on."
Seeing him like this, Xu Qiqi comforted him patiently.
"It's a blessing that no more people died."
On the side, Ji Yuan suddenly sighed.
At this time, there were bronze oil lamps and jet-black swords placed beside him. Even the scabbard inserted in the ground had been picked up by the help of the middle-aged nurse, and the Yuanbao sword was carried on his back again.
But there was no joy on his face, instead there was an indescribable and complicated look.
Hearing this, several people present couldn't help but fell silent for a while, especially the middle-aged nurse standing aside. When they came, they were fifteen companions who had been together day and night, but in the end, only one of them was left.
He didn't even know how to tell the other companions who stayed behind after returning to the wooden building.
"Since you have survived, it is always a good thing. If you can't let go of those people, then live a better life with them."
Ji Yuan glanced at him, and then solemnly comforted him.
I don’t know whether it was his words that had an effect, or whether he thought of living with his companions. The middle-aged nurse’s expression looked better. Then he cupped his fists and said respectfully to the little Taoist priest sitting on the ground.
Big gift.
Seeing the serious look on his face and the complicated emotions in his eyes, Ji Yuan accepted it generously.
"Now that the evil creature has been killed, let's leave this place quickly."
He thought for a moment and then spoke.
Although the evil creatures here have been killed, it is still a place where evil spirits are entrenched and is still filled with a lot of evil energy. For them, who are all injured, it is not a good thing if they stay for a long time.
So the middle-aged nurse apologized, carrying Ji Yuan, who was unable to move, on his back, and holding Xu Qiqi, who didn't have much energy left, on his side, along the protrusions on the edge of the high platform, and carefully descended to the ground.
As for Jiang He, who had awakened from the deadwood state, he no longer had any injuries on his body, and his body was even full of energy, which was stronger than before the fight. Naturally, he had to rely on his own legs to leave.
Soon after, when the four of them climbed out of the underground space along the roots of the old locust tree and returned to the ground, they breathed a sigh of relief.
What happened tonight was full of twists and turns, and life-and-death crises that were rare in the past came one after another like a tidal wave, almost killing them all on the spot.
Fortunately, everything has passed. Zhao Wuhen, who had evil intentions, and several of his close servants died, and the evil beings who were plotting here have also been killed.
After a lot of hardships, they finally had a good time.
"By the way, have any of you seen the young master of the Zhao family? When I was wandering around the city a few days ago, I heard people say that he looks very cute and lovable, but I don't know what he is like."
As soon as Xu Qiqi was put down, she stretched out her waist and muttered.
However, these unintentional words were like a bolt from the blue, exploding in Ji Yuan's heart. Many fragments emerged in his mind one by one, and then they were all spliced together.
He lay on the back of the middle-aged nurse, turned his head stiffly, and looked at the old locust tree not far away.
The old locust tree that was supposed to be used to ward off evil spirits was actually filled with something strange at the moment. The dense branches and leaves swayed in the wind, and the sound they made was like a permeating laughter. This chapter has been completed!