Chapter 512: You Look Absolutely Adorable Sticking Your Tongue Out
At this moment, the woman found herself in an impossible position. She had dared to lead her people to attack the Death God Temple today, and she wouldn't have been so audacious without absolute certainty of victory.
She had been absolutely confident that if Xu Meijing dared to appear today, she could kill her and raze every Death God Temple in Ancheng to the ground!
Yet, what she hadn't anticipated was that instead of Xu Meijing, she had waited for Yang Haoran, that eccentric.
She had already gathered targeted intelligence on Xu Meijing's strength from various channels before arriving, so she had a clear understanding of Xu Meijing's capabilities.
As for Yang Haoran's strength, she believed it shouldn't differ much from Xu Meijing's, considering they were both appointed as Emissaries of Death around the same time. It was precisely this consideration that kept her calm when Yang Haoran appeared.
On the contrary, at that moment, she even had the leisure to toy with Yang Haoran.
Not encountering Xu Meijing was indeed a minor regret, but killing Yang Haoran would serve the same purpose; after all, Yang Haoran was also an Emissary of Death.
After eliminating Yang Haoran, she would raze all Death God Temples in Ancheng, then immediately move on to Lecheng. Without Yang Haoran, the Emissary of Death, the Lecheng Underworld Division would be effortless to conquer, and all its Death God Temples would similarly be leveled in a snap.
If that were the only issue, it might have been manageable. Even if Yang Haoran's strength completely surpassed her expectations, they weren't without means to counter him.
However, Yang Haoran, this fellow, had absolutely no integrity. The moment the battle began, he not only launched a sneak attack but also used a self-damaging, life-for-life tactic to take out the young man.
What followed was even more shameful and hateful: Yang Haoran actually stooped so low, disregarding the dignity of an Underworld Official, to make promises to their Guardian Spirits, enticing them to betray and devour their masters!
As an Underworld Official, one was inherently a sworn enemy of malevolent ghostly entities like evil spirits. Yet, he, Yang Haoran, discarded all integrity, instead making promises to win them over. Such behavior was not only scorned by Spirit Mediums like them but would likely be despised by most Underworld Officials as well!
However, what infuriated the woman even more was that Yang Haoran had actually succeeded! The three Guardian Spirits present had successively decided to follow Yang Haoran, and the very first one to betray was her own Guardian Spirit!
Currently, although she had successfully manifested the Spiritualist Ghost Tree and even gained the upper hand, only she knew that her situation was quite dire.
Though the Spiritualist Ghost Tree was formidable, it also consumed a vast amount of the caster's Communication Power. While she still had a considerable amount of Communication Power within her, it couldn't withstand the Spiritualist Ghost Tree's prolonged expenditure.
Once her Communication Power was depleted, the Spiritualist Ghost Tree would collapse. If she failed to deal with Yang Haoran before that happened, then she would be the one to die.
Eliminating Yang Haoran was no easy feat, which was why she had manipulated the Spiritualist Ghost Tree, intending to first deal with the rebellious Guardian Spirits. Compared to fighting Yang Haoran, dealing with the Guardian Spirits was considerably simpler.
As long as she dealt with the three Guardian Spirits, it would be akin to removing Yang Haoran's claws. Only then would she stand a slight chance against him.
Otherwise, she had no chance of victory whatsoever.
Originally, everything had been proceeding according to her plan. Aside from the newly involved Guardian Spirit, Tang Shi and another Guardian Spirit had already suffered several attacks, and their Spirit Bodies were significantly weakened. If things continued like this, it wouldn't be long before she could make Tang Shi and the other Guardian Spirit undergo Soul Transformation!
As for the newly joined Guardian Spirit, Lu Laotou's Guardian Spirit, it would undoubtedly meet the same fate.
Unfortunately, Yang Haoran's timely warning at this moment had foiled her plans.
Watching the three Guardian Spirits retreat backward, the woman's face turned grim. She poured all her strength into activating the Spiritualist Ghost Tree before her.
Under her full activation, the Yin wind in the area intensified immediately, and the Spiritualist Ghost Tree before her began to shake violently. The human heads hanging from its branches swung with increasingly wider arcs.
“Yang Haoran, do you think they’ll be safe just by retreating to the back? You’re being naive! ”
The woman spoke in a low voice, then her hands swiftly formed a hand seal, and she let out a deep shout!
“Go! ”
Snap! Snap! Snap!
One by one, human heads suddenly detached from the Spiritualist Ghost Tree, falling continuously from the branches like ripe fruits unable to withstand the assault of the Yin wind.
However, these heads didn’t fall to the ground after detaching from the branches. Instead, they let out eerie ghost laughs and swarmed towards Tang Shi and the other two Guardian Spirits, as thick and numerous as locusts.
It seemed the woman was adamantly determined to deal with Tang Shi and the two Guardian Spirits first!
“I’ll hold them back. You guys, keep pummeling her from the rear. ”
Yang Haoran said with a laugh, his Remnant Moon transforming into a black streak of light, meeting the gruesome, blood-soaked heads.
The heads possessed strong offensive power but limited defense. Wherever Remnant Moon passed, every single head was sliced apart without exception. However, due to the sheer number of heads, even with its incredible speed, Remnant Moon couldn't block all of them.
Furthermore, there was another difficulty: after these heads were sliced by Remnant Moon, no blood flowed out, nor did brains spill. Instead, they transformed into clumps of Yin Qi, which then coalesced and restored them to their original state.
Remnant Moon's attacks seemed to have little effect beyond temporarily halting them.
“The Spiritualist Ghost Tree is a Spiritualist Secret Art, unlike ordinary Spiritual Arts. If it could be broken so easily by you, then it wouldn’t be called a Spiritualist Secret Art! ” the woman’s voice echoed as a large number of heads closed in on Yang Haoran.
Facing this situation, Yang Haoran gave up on attacking with Remnant Moon. He recalled Remnant Moon, then waved his hands, summoning a multitude of black chains.
If these heads didn’t know how to maneuver, it would have been fine; he could enlarge Remnant Moon to block their assault. But these heads seemed to possess their own intelligence, not only turning corners but also dodging attacks and launching assaults from tricky angles. In such circumstances, even enlarging Remnant Moon wouldn't be very effective.
Therefore, he decisively recalled Remnant Moon, then used chains forged from Spirit Power to intercept the heads.
A clattering of chains echoed through the area as countless chains shot out from thin air, launching an assault against the incoming heads.
Among all of Yang Haoran's current methods, for area-of-effect attacks, the chains formed from Spirit Power were still the most effective.
Remnant Moon was fast and powerful, definitely the first choice for single-target combat. But for group attacks, the chains condensed from Spirit Power were indispensable.
After a large number of chains appeared, they immediately blocked the vast majority of the heads. These heads could turn corners, and the chains Yang Haoran controlled could also turn corners.
Just like before, when a head was struck, it immediately exploded into Yin Qi, only to reform itself shortly after.
However, the chains were numerous. Whenever a head reformed, it was shattered again by a chain before it even had a chance to move.
Apart from a small number of heads that broke through the encirclement, the vast majority were blocked by the chains.
One head, having broken through the encirclement, darted towards Yang Haoran. Yang Haoran initially thought this head would attack him after escaping, but it didn't; instead, it intended to fly right over his head.
Under the woman’s control, the head’s target was never him, but rather the three Guardian Spirits behind him. Thus, after breaking through, the head merely sought to bypass him by flying overhead.
“Hah, looking down on me, are we? ”
Yang Haoran's figure flickered, blocking the head's path, then he moved with lightning speed, grabbing a handful of its hair and lifting it into his grasp.
Caught by Yang Haoran, the head didn't hesitate in the slightest. Its crimson tongue shot out from its mouth like a drawn sword, stabbing towards Yang Haoran's chest!
The tip of the tongue stopped just outside Yang Haoran's chest. No matter how much force the head exerted, it couldn't push its tongue forward even a millimeter, because its long tongue was now firmly gripped by Yang Haoran's other hand.
“Heheh, you look absolutely adorable sticking your tongue out like that,” Yang Haoran said with a benevolent smile, then he gave a powerful tug, forcibly ripping the astonishingly long tongue from the head’s mouth.
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