Chapter 766: Howling Ghosts and Wailing Wolves
Boom! ! !
With a thunderous crash, the very space trembled, and Xu Meijing was once again sent flying. Under the force of her blade, the evil spirit's entire arm instantly exploded, dissolving into Yin Qi.
The enormous black spiritual ghost tree, growing in the void, was now gradually dissipating, its guardian spirit body having shattered.
As for the Grand Spirit Master, he paid no mind to the spiritual ghost tree's disappearance. After all, it was merely a construct of Spiritual Art; its vanishing was of no consequence.
However, he could not afford to ignore his Guardian Spirit. He had invested far too much effort into it, and it had only just reached a realm approaching that of a Ghost King. For Xu Meijing to simply capture it, and right before his very eyes, was an outcome he could never accept.
After the evil spirit swallowed several hearts, the Grand Spirit Master knew it would recover some of its strength in a short time. His original intention was to let the evil spirit attack Xu Meijing on its own, while he seized the opportunity to unleash other Spiritual Arts.
But Xu Meijing suddenly targeted his Guardian Spirit, intent on capturing it. Panic surged in his heart, forcing him to immediately change his plan. He had to stop Xu Meijing first and save his Guardian Spirit.
After sending Xu Meijing flying with a punch, the evil spirit, despite losing half an arm, still made him breathe a sigh of relief.
Though the Guardian Spirit's soul body had dispersed, her consciousness remained. She knew she was saved. The streams of Yin Qi her dispersed soul body transformed into immediately fled in the opposite direction from Xu Meijing, creating as much distance as possible while staying within her attack range.
Seeing his Guardian Spirit escape, the Grand Spirit Master withdrew his gaze. He no longer controlled the evil spirit's attacks on Xu Meijing, letting it act freely.
As for himself, he now wore a grim expression and quickly formed hand seals again, preparing to unleash other Spiritual Arts!
The evil spirit was already "an arrow at the end of its flight. " Although swallowing a few hearts had somewhat restored its strength, it was merely a temporary surge. Once this burst of excitement passed, it would revert to its original form and become even weaker. At that point, Xu Meijing could easily dispatch the evil spirit with a casual strike, breaking his Spiritual Art.
As the caster, the Grand Spirit Master naturally understood this. Therefore, he had to successfully deploy other techniques and ensure a seamless transition before this Spiritual Art was broken, so he wouldn't fall into a passive position and would still have a chance to kill Xu Meijing.
Now that the evil spirit lacked his direct control, the time it could endure against Xu Meijing naturally shortened significantly. However, his hand seals wouldn't take much time. By his estimation, if nothing unexpected happened, the evil spirit might not even be completely destroyed by Xu Meijing by the time he successfully cast his Spiritual Art!
The evil spirit, previously quite fierce, suddenly found its power significantly diminished, and its attacks became erratic. Xu Meijing felt a flicker of confusion. Only after glancing at the Grand Spirit Master did she suddenly realize that he was no longer controlling the evil spirit; instead, he was rapidly forming hand seals.
She knew what the Grand Spirit Master intended. So, she cleaved the evil spirit in two with a single strike, then attempted to rush towards the Grand Spirit Master to interrupt his hand seals. But the evil spirit clung to her like a tenacious plaster, preventing her escape.
Frustrated, she could only fend off the evil spirit's relentless entanglement while gradually approaching the Grand Spirit Master's location, though her speed was far from swift.
At this rate, by the time she successfully reached the Grand Spirit Master, he would likely have already completed his hand seals.
Considering this, she immediately channeled a massive amount of Spirit Power, continuously injecting it into her Soul Armament, Life Ender.
Empowered by the immense Spirit Power, Life Ender hummed. The Yin Qi emanating from its blade instantly intensified severalfold, billowing into thick black smoke.
Xu Meijing no longer approached the Grand Spirit Master's position. Instead, her body flickered, appearing beside the evil spirit. The evil spirit, incapable of discerning Xu Meijing's intentions, saw her evade to its side and, without a second thought, immediately slammed a fist down towards her.
From Xu Meijing's current position, one could clearly see that the evil spirit and the Grand Spirit Master were perfectly aligned.
Xu Meijing had intentionally flashed to the evil spirit's side precisely to place it and the Grand Spirit Master in a straight line.
Before the evil spirit's fist even landed on her, she fiercely brought her blade down! Ra)NobЕs
At the same moment, the Grand Spirit Master in the distance suddenly snapped his eyes open, a roar erupting from his lips!
"Spiritual Art! Howling Ghosts and Wailing Wolves! ! !"
As the Grand Spirit Master's voice rang out, at another location, the Guardian Spirit, whose soul body had dispersed into streams of Yin Qi, once again re-coalesced into its soul body.
Xu Meijing's blade swing, the Grand Spirit Master's successful casting of his Spiritual Art, and the Guardian Spirit's re-coalescence — all three events occurred almost simultaneously!
Xu Meijing's blade descended, its force cleaving through the evil spirit's fist, then continuing, unabated, towards the evil spirit's body.
The blade energy struck the evil spirit's body with a resounding boom, tearing its massive form to shreds!
This charged attack consumed a vast amount of her Spirit Power, making its might exceptionally formidable. The evil spirit, already "an arrow at the end of its flight," was thus torn apart with a single strike.
With the evil spirit's massive body shredded, the blade energy, though greatly diminished, still retained enough residual power to slash towards the Grand Spirit Master behind it.
Xu Meijing had adjusted her attack position to align the evil spirit and the Grand Spirit Master precisely so that a single blade could deal with both of them!
Unfortunately, her speed was ultimately a little too slow. By the time she swung her blade, the Grand Spirit Master had already completed his hand seals and unleashed another Spiritual Art!
The blade energy, rapidly slashing towards the Grand Spirit Master, hadn't yet successfully struck him when he reacted just in time, waving his hand to release a burst of Spiritual Power that dispersed the residual force of the blade energy.
At the same time, an indescribably ear-piercing shriek suddenly echoed throughout the area!
This ear-piercing shriek did not emanate from the Grand Spirit Master's mouth but rather materialized out of thin air in the area, allowing him time to strike at the incoming blade energy.
As the shriek spread, the unluckiest entity was undoubtedly the Grand Spirit Master's Guardian Spirit. She had only just re-coalesced her soul body, and without a word or action, her soul body was once again dispersed by the sudden, ear-piercing scream.
What was most significant was that this scream had been unleashed by her own master's Spiritual Art!
The "Howling Ghosts and Wailing Wolves" Spiritual Art unleashed by the Grand Spirit Master was an indiscriminate sonic attack. Other than the caster himself, both physical bodies and soul bodies were targets of this technique.
However, compared to physical bodies, soul bodies received significantly less damage.
Yet, for a dispersed soul body, such as when the Guardian Spirit's soul body shattered and transformed into scattered Yin Qi, in that state, the soul body would not be harmed by this technique.
But by a stroke of ill luck, the Grand Spirit Master's Guardian Spirit chose that very moment to re-coalesce its soul body. Before she could do anything, her soul body was once again shattered, and by her own master's Spiritual Art at that. It was, one might say, a truly tragic outcome.
As the caster of this Spiritual Art, it was impossible for the Grand Spirit Master not to know that it would affect his own Guardian Spirit. Yet, to defeat Xu Meijing, he still decided to unleash this technique.
The Earth Soul Armor on Xu Meijing was simply too formidable, far exceeding his imagination. From the moment their engagement began until now, he had been unable to breach her Earth Soul Armor, naturally preventing him from delivering a fatal blow. Hence, he decided to employ a sonic attack!
While a sonic attack would harm his own Guardian Spirit, at the time, his Guardian Spirit hadn't yet re-coalesced its soul body. After he successfully unleashed this move, he was confident that his Guardian Spirit wouldn't be foolish enough to re-coalesce its soul body just to "seek stimulation."
What left him speechless was that his Guardian Spirit chose neither to re-coalesce early nor late, but precisely at the same moment he unleashed this technique, resulting in its soul body being shattered once more.
Of course, as her master, he bore some responsibility, for he had forgotten to warn his Guardian Spirit.
Fortunately, this Spiritual Art's destructive power against soul bodies was significantly weaker than against physical bodies. Otherwise, this single strike wouldn't have just dispersed his Guardian Spirit's soul body; it would have directly caused his Guardian Spirit to "Soul Transformation!"
Although his Guardian Spirit didn't suffer the fate of "Soul Transformation," it was completely crippled, rendering it almost useless in this struggle.
Comments