Chapter 503: Not What Was Expected
“Stop him! ”
A woman's roar echoed through the area. There was no fear in her voice, no desperate plea, only a defiant resolve, a spirit ready to face death.
The woman who spoke was clad in the black robe unique to the Night Watchers. She appeared quite young, perhaps only seventeen or eighteen, yet the energy fluctuations emanating from her were the strongest among all the Night Watchers present.
Even with the battle dragging on, she remained the one in the best condition, with the most imposing aura, and the greatest power among the Night Watchers on site.
She was a trusted subordinate cultivated by Xu Meijing after Xu Meijing became the Ancheng Emissary of Death, her status in the Ancheng Underworld Division equivalent to Old Master Wu's position in the Lecheng Underworld Division.
It was clear that Xu Meijing had invested heavily in this young girl; otherwise, at her age, it would have been impossible for her to possess Spirit Power surpassing that of other Night Watchers.
Looking across the entire Lecheng Underworld Division, save for Xu Meijing, the Emissary of Death, she was the strongest presence.
However, her strength was only remarkable when compared to other Night Watchers. Facing these three Spirit Mediums now, her power seemed rather insignificant.
The woman, too, was not idle. Even as her roar escaped her lips, she channeled her own Spirit Power to attack the encroaching Evil Spirit.
With their current strength, even at their peak, dealing with a single Evil Spirit would be incredibly difficult. Now, each of them was wounded, with precious little Spirit Power left, making it even more impossible to contend with an Evil Spirit.
Few Night Watchers remained capable of fighting; only a handful were left. While other Night Watchers were still alive, they had completely lost their combat effectiveness. The Evil Spirit's primary target at this moment was precisely these Night Watchers who, though living, were no longer able to fight.
Chains of Spirit Power assailed the Evil Spirit's Yin Qi manifestation from all directions. However, the power of their Spirit Power-formed chains was limited. Upon hitting the Yin Qi that constituted the Evil Spirit's Spirit Body, they not only failed to affect the Evil Spirit in the slightest but instead shattered inch by inch, dissolving into Yin Qi and vanishing.
The few of them, combining their forces and exerting their full strength, couldn't hinder the Evil Spirit in the slightest. The disparity in their powers was simply too vast, so immense that they weren't even on the same level. It felt like eggs trying to smash against a stone.
How could a few eggs possibly contend with a stone? Even if they shattered completely, they wouldn't inflict any damage on the stone, especially since these eggs were raw.
This was hardly surprising. The trio's operation was originally aimed at Xu Meijing; they had come prepared, their objective to eliminate her and then completely wipe out the entire Ancheng Underworld Division. With Xu Meijing absent, these Night Watchers naturally couldn't withstand the formidable strength of the three Spirit Mediums.
If it weren't for their goal of forcing Xu Meijing out, these Night Watchers would have been instantly annihilated by the trio long ago, never surviving until now. The decision to eliminate all remaining Night Watchers stemmed from the leading woman's belief that Xu Meijing wouldn't appear today, and thus she didn't want to waste any more time.
The Evil Spirit shattered the incoming chains, then enveloped a Night Watcher. Although this Night Watcher had lost his combat effectiveness, he was not yet dead.
Wrapped by the Yin Qi forming the Evil Spirit, a look of horror appeared on his face. Then, his body was seized by the Evil Spirit.
“No. . . no! Don’t! ”
The Night Watcher's face was contorted in terror. Under the Evil Spirit's control, his hand plunged violently into his own chest, and a agonizing scream tore from his throat.
His hand then sharply pulled out, spraying blood as his own heart was ripped from his chest, and with that, he lost his life.
The Evil Spirit's laughter emanated from the Yin Qi. Immediately afterwards, wisps of white smoke were forcibly drawn from the mouth of the deceased Night Watcher, then absorbed by the Yin Qi that composed the Evil Spirit.
These wisps of white smoke forcibly extracted from his mouth were precisely the Night Watcher's Soul. However, this Soul hadn't even fully coalesced into a Spirit before it was directly devoured by the Evil Spirit.
This Night Watcher no longer had any Spirit Power within him, so what this Evil Spirit could devour was merely his Soul.
All of this transpired in but a moment. After dealing with this Night Watcher, the Yin Qi that constituted the Evil Spirit immediately lunged towards its next target.
Although the other Night Watchers still capable of fighting tried their utmost to stop it, their efforts yielded no effect whatsoever.
In a short span of time, three Night Watchers had met a gruesome end at the hands of this Evil Spirit.
As the Yin Qi forming the Evil Spirit lunged towards a fourth Night Watcher, the woman who had been watching from the side had a slight change in expression. As if sensing something, her gaze flickered in one direction.
Simultaneously, the other two Spirit Mediums also sensed a powerful energy fluctuation and cast their gazes towards the direction the woman was looking.
“Heh heh, a fluctuation of Spirit Power. Has she finally decided to show herself? ” A smile bloomed on the woman’s face as she chuckled delightedly.
Her smile enhanced the charm she exuded.
No sooner had her voice fallen than the Yin Qi that formed the Evil Spirit once again enveloped a Night Watcher, aiming to dispatch him using its previous method and forcibly devour his Soul.
However, at that very moment, a black chain, as thick as an arm, appeared out of thin air above the Evil Spirit’s head and fiercely lashed down onto the Yin Qi that comprised the Evil Spirit’s Spirit Body.
Unlike the chains controlled by the other Night Watchers present, this chain possessed immense power. With a single violent whip, not only did the chain itself remain unbroken, but it even sent the Evil Spirit flying away from the Night Watcher's body.
The Night Watcher was still reeling in shock. He had believed this was surely his end, but he never expected a miracle to occur at the last possible moment.
Filled with internal shock, his gaze turned towards a certain direction.
It wasn't just him; every Night Watcher still alive and conscious in the area at that moment turned their gaze towards the same direction.
They did so not because of any shared understanding, but because all of them had sensed a powerful energy fluctuation rapidly approaching their location—an energy fluctuation that, like their own, was Spirit Power.
A figure appeared in their line of sight. With a few flashes, the person arrived directly in front of them.
This person was none other than Yang Haoran.
Yang Haoran's appearance naturally drew everyone's gaze.
However, everyone present, whether Night Watchers or Spirit Mediums, displayed expressions of doubt.
This was because it was completely different from what they had expected.
In their minds, the one rushing to the scene should have been Xu Meijing. They never imagined it would be a man, and an ordinary-looking one at that.
Those present felt surprise and confusion, but only the Evil Spirit, which had been whipped away by Yang Haoran's chain, showed a ferocious side to him.
“You hurt me! ”
The Yin Qi that formed the Evil Spirit morphed into a terrifying ghost face. The face was filled with extreme anger, and as it spoke, it lunged at Yang Haoran.
“Come back! ”
The young man’s expression shifted slightly, and he immediately tried to stop it. However, the Evil Spirit did not halt its charge despite its master’s warning; it continued to lunge at Yang Haoran.
Yang Haoran’s expression remained unchanged, and he made no discernible movement. Yet, several chains simultaneously appeared from all directions, lashing furiously at the Evil Spirit's body like whips.
Crack, crack, crack!
The chains were swift and merciless, continuously striking the Evil Spirit’s Spirit Body. The Evil Spirit let out a series of pained screeches, the lashing chains inflicting considerable damage upon it, causing the Yin Qi that formed its Spirit Body to recede repeatedly.
Seeing this, the young man’s expression immediately turned grim. Without hesitation, he channeled the Communication Power within him, and a large black hand materialized out of thin air, reaching out to grasp the black chains.
The chains were seized by the black hand, which then violently yanked them as if pulling vines, directly tearing them from the void.
The chains dissolved into Yin Qi. The young man was highly cautious; he did not use the opportunity to attack Yang Haoran. Instead, he controlled the black hand to quickly pull his Guardian Spirit back.
Yang Haoran's attack not only failed to instill fear in the Evil Spirit but instead ignited its ferocity. It was an Evil Spirit by nature; if a few lashes could make it fearful, then it wouldn't be an Evil Spirit at all.
However, this time, before the Evil Spirit could lunge at Yang Haoran again, it was stunned by a single sentence from the young man.
“Do you want to die? ”
The young man’s voice was icy. As the words left his mouth, the Evil Spirit seemed to recall something terrifying, and an expression of fear appeared on its face.
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