"Humph, you overestimate your own abilities."
I snorted coldly and released the spiritual energy in my body.
The pressure generated by the rising spiritual energy fell directly on the cultivator Chen Hongshen.
Chen Hongshen's body froze and his movements became slow.
At the same time, a look of fear and panic appeared on his face.
"You, you, why is there spiritual energy on you?"
Chen Hongshen was so shocked that his voice became stammering. The muscles on his face and cheekbones were trembling.
The corners of my mouth formed a small smile, and I sneered coldly: "Why, are you scared?"
After saying that, I pointed my finger outside, and a sharp spiritual energy suddenly burst out.
With a "puff", the spiritual energy hit Chen Hongshen.
His body flew backwards like a kite with a broken string.
With a "bang", he hit the stone table behind him.
“Crash!”
The stone table shattered and Chen Hongshen fell to the ground.
His face turned pale, and all the spiritual energy in his body disappeared in an instant.
Just now, I released an extremely rich spiritual energy, which hit Chen Hongshen without him being prepared. He felt very uncomfortable at this moment, and his internal organs seemed to be upside down and misplaced. He quickly became weak.
"You actually reached the stage of fasting. Ah! ... How could this happen?"
Chen Hongshen's mouth tilted to the side and he suddenly spat out a mouthful of bright red blood.
The blood sprayed onto the ground, looking black and red.
An unwilling look emerged in Chen Hongshen's eyes, his head drooped, and he fainted.
Wang Jiuyang, who was fighting with my master Jiang Jiuzhen, saw this scene and his pupils shrank. It was hard for him to imagine that Chen Hongshen, the cultivator he had high hopes for, could not even block a single blow and was knocked to the ground by me.
"Stinky boy, how come you suddenly become so powerful?"
After swinging the magic sword and slightly forcing my master back, Wang Jiuyang questioned me in surprise.
I sneered and said, "Why, you are surprised. There are all kinds of strange things in the outside world. Only the cultivators on Tiger Leaping Mountain can absorb the spiritual energy in the spirit stone, so why can't I, Yang Tianyi, absorb the spiritual energy? Besides, I am different from this Chen Hongshen."
After I finished speaking, I rushed towards Wang Jiuyang with the Seven-Star Dragon Abyss Sword in my hand.
My master stared at Wang Jiuyang intently and told me, "Tianyi, don't let this guy go, kill him. Eliminate the scourge for the Tianzheng Sect."
Wang Jiuyang knew that he was no match for me and my master, and a timid look appeared on his face.
"Brother, nephew, why do you have to treat me like this? I have already left the Tianzheng Sect and am no longer a ghost-catching Taoist priest of the Tianzheng Sect. There is no need for you to eradicate me. Please let me go this time."
Wang Jiuyang actually had the audacity to plead for himself.
ridiculous.
My master's eyes were filled with murderous intent. He said angrily, "Bullshit, Wang Jiuyang, you still have the nerve to say that. Although you have left the Tianzheng Sect, you are still swindling people everywhere under the banner of the Tianzheng Sect. Don't think I don't know. Also, you have a grudge against me and have always wanted to seize the position of the head of the Tianzheng Sect. You won't deny this, right?"
"Moreover, you have raised ghosts to do evil and killed innocent people. Just these various sins are enough to make you die hundreds of times. Even the ancestors will not let you go. Today, we will represent the Tensho Church and eliminate this harm for the people."
After saying that, my master took some steps, with the good energy and "spirit" in his body surging, and he reached out to grab Wang Jiuyang.
Wang Jiuyang’s level of Taoism is similar to that of my master, but because my master has a “spirit” in him, he is still no match for him.
However, he has a lot of Yin energy in him and his attacks are quite tricky, so my master didn't get rid of him just now.
"Damn it, Jiang Jiuzhen, Yang Tianyi, you guys are determined to kill me. I won't accept this, I won't accept this! I'm going to fight you!"
Wang Jiuyang roared, took out several thunder beads from his body, and threw them towards me and my master.
Seeing this, my body shook and pure yang aura was released.
“Puff, puff, puff… Boom, boom, boom!”
Several explosive beads exploded at the same time, and suddenly, the whole cave began to shake as if there was an earthquake.
"Ouch! Damn it."
It was Wang Jiuyang's voice.
Obviously, the pure yang aura suddenly appeared and directly triggered the thunder explosion bead.
The distance was so close that Wang Jiuyang did not expect it, so he was also affected.
“Clatter, clatter!”
Debris kept falling from the top.
A rock nearly hit me.
I hurriedly said, "Master, let's retreat for now and seal the cave entrance. There are so many rubbles in the cave now, it's inevitable that we will get hurt. As long as we guard the cave entrance, Wang Jiuyang will never be able to escape."
My master also thought what I said was right, and nodded, saying, "Okay, retreat, exit the cave."
After blocking a few rocks with the Seven-Star Dragon Abyss Sword, I followed my master Jiang Jiuzhen and ran out of the cave quickly.
“Clatter, clatter—”
The stones kept falling.
But soon we went outside the cave.
The flames outside were still swaying in the whistling mountain breeze.
The closer the distance, the more warmth I could feel.
We waited at the entrance of the cave for a while, and the sound of falling rocks had stopped a little.
But Wang Jiuyang didn't come out. I guess, most likely, he was hit by a rock. Or, he didn't dare to come out and hid in the cave.
There was a lot of rubble piled up in front of the cave entrance, but the cave had not completely collapsed.
We waited for a while, and my master said, "Let's go in and take a look. Maybe Wang Jiuyang has been killed by the rubble. He threw the lightning bead himself at such a close distance that it touched your pure yang aura as soon as he threw it. I'm sure he must have felt bad too."
I nodded and followed my master into the cave.
But Wang Jiuyang was not seen in the cave. This guy seemed to have disappeared all of a sudden.
The monk Chen Hongshen was still lying on the ground, and his body was hit by a lot of stones.
A stone hit his head hard, and I saw a lot of red and white things flowing out of his broken skull.
This guy couldn't be deader. It was really pitiful that he was buried with Wang Jiuyang.
"Hey, Wang Jiuyang is not here."
My master muttered, "Let's go, Tianyi, let's chase him into the cave. That guy can't hide."
However, I did not immediately follow my master Jiang Jiuzhen, but turned around and went to the dead monk Chen Hongshen.
I reached into Chen Hongshen's pocket and soon found a small cloth bag.
The inside of the cloth bag was bulging with many yellow ridges.
I opened the cloth bag and was overjoyed.
Just as I thought, the cloth bag contained spiritual stones. There were six in total.
This is not the ancient times, getting a spiritual stone is very good. I didn't expect that the monks on Tiger Leaping Mountain actually have so many spiritual stones. But now it's a bargain for me.
I chuckled, shook out the spirit stones in the cloth bag, and stuffed them all into my own cloth bag.
Then I followed my master and chased into the cave.
My master Jiang Jiuzhen has never been to this cave.
The ground was very damp, and the stones were all black. Many of the damp ground and stones were covered with moss, making them very slippery to step on.
The entrance of the cave is not very wide, but it becomes more spacious as you go deeper inside.
My master and I even saw quite a few stalactites.
In addition, my master found a bloody handprint on a stalactite. The handprint was very clear, and the blood on it was sticky, which obviously meant that it had been left there not long ago.
Fortunately, although the depths of the cave are open, there is only one road and no forks.
Following the blood trail on the road, my master and I chased after him.
Not long after, a whistling sound of wind appeared ahead.
My master complained, "Damn it, I didn't expect that this cave in the back mountain actually has an exit. It seems that Wang Jiuyang ran outside."
My master and I quickly chased towards the exit. We couldn't waste any time and let Wang Jiuyang escape.
After coming out of the opening at the back of the cave, I felt a chill.
The wind here was much louder than the one before, blowing darkly and making my face hurt.
In the distance, it was pitch black and there was only a forest.
The moon was very round and big, hanging high in the sky, and I could vaguely see the scenery in front of me.
"Let's go! That bastard Wang Jiuyang must have gone into the woods."
My master is right, that forest is the only place where we can hide.
The two of us quickened our pace, with the energy of good deeds surging through our bodies, and we took mighty steps and gave chase quickly.
Sure enough, as soon as I got there, I found a bloody handprint on a tree.
That's what Wang Jiuyang left behind.
The sound of a nightingale could be heard from the woods.
The trees here are much shorter than the forest we encountered in front of the back mountain. Moreover, the trees are relatively loose, not dense, but sparse.
Soon, we found another bloody handprint on the trunk of a tree.
But not long after we set out to chase them, several gusts of cold wind blew in from different directions. It was not a cool breeze, but a cold wind that made me feel bone-chilling. I felt cold all over and shivered continuously.
I hurriedly stimulated my spiritual energy and at the same time focused my eyes on it.
Suddenly, I saw a black shadow flash in front of me and pass by.
"Over there."
I raised my finger and pointed, then rushed out and chased after him.
My master was not as fast as me and fell behind me.
But as soon as we got there, the black shadow disappeared.
Just when I was wondering, I suddenly heard "Yiya Yaya" sounds all around.
Those sounds were definitely not human voices or bird voices.
My eyes suddenly focused, and my spiritual eyes noticed that there was a lot of eerie ghostly aura around me, and many ghosts appeared everywhere.
They were suspended there, their ghostly eyes fixed on me.
I turned back to look for my master Jiang Jiuzhen, but he was gone.
Moreover, I found that the trees around me had disappeared.
There was nothing but darkness all around, and the sounds of ghosts crying and wolves howling.
"Wuwuah... It's a human, a living person. I want to eat him. I want to eat him."
"He is mine. I want to suck the blood from his body."
"Hahahaha, after so many years, someone finally comes in. Hahaha..."
The ghosts kept screaming and roaring.
I was a little frightened, not knowing what was going on. Logically speaking, no matter how powerful Wang Jiuyang was, he couldn't control so many ghosts at once. I sensed that the number of ghosts around me was incalculable.
What's going on? I'm confused!
(to be continued)
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