Chapter 387: The Resentful Spirit's Rebound |
The moment Resentful Spirit disappeared, not only did Old Man feel that Resentful Spirit would attack Yang Haoran, but Yang Haoran himself also thought this Resentful Spirit was going to attack him.
Since Resentful Spirit was summoned by Old Man, it was very normal for her to follow Old Man's orders.
However, what he didn't expect was that after Resentful Spirit disappeared, she didn't attack him, but suddenly appeared behind Old Man.
Old Man was about to stop talking because he sensed a bone-chilling chill coming from behind him, and he had a bad feeling, so the first thing he thought of was to dodge immediately.
However, before this thought even formed in his mind, and before his limbs could make any movement, he felt a chill on his neck, and then his brain became dizzy, and his consciousness became blurred.
The scene before them made Yang Haoran and the others look incredulous. Under their watchful gaze, not only did Resentful Spirit not attack the three of them, but she appeared behind Old Man and bit into his neck, gnawing vigorously.
Not just Captain Luo and Bai Xue, even Yang Haoran didn't expect the situation to change like this.
He had already prepared for a fierce battle with this Resentful Spirit, but he didn't expect Old Man to become Resentful Spirit's first target.
Old Man also knew that he had been hit, and he knew that the one who hit him was none other than the Resentful Spirit he had released!
The dispersed Resentful Spirit condensed again behind Old Man, looking unaffected, with a bloodthirsty, horrifying grin on her face, and she bit towards Old Man again!
The previous bite had taken a large chunk of flesh from Old Man's neck, but this time, Resentful Spirit didn't bite Old Man's neck, but went for his entire head!
Just like the ghost infant that Yang Haoran had collected into the soul gathering bead, once this Resentful Spirit opened her mouth, she could also envelop an adult's entire head!
The huge mouth full of sharp fangs engulfed Old Man's head, and then, just like biting into sugarcane, it bit off Old Man's entire head!
Blood gushed out, and Resentful Spirit wolfed down Old Man's entire head, then opened her mouth wide and sucked in all the spraying blood.
In the end, still unsatisfied, she even grabbed Old Man's headless body and, like a wild beast, ignored everyone else and ate ravenously.
At this point, Old Man was completely and utterly dead, killed by the Resentful Spirit he had released himself. Seeing this scene, Captain Luo couldn't help but gasp in shock.
"This... what exactly is going on?"
Watching the Resentful Spirit savagely gnawing on Old Man's corpse, Bai Xue's snake eyes were full of confusion.
"The old man was probably unable to control this powerful Resentful Spirit, so he suffered a rebound and ended up in this state," Yang Haoran explained.
In fact, Yang Haoran's analysis was not wrong. Old Man was attacked by Resentful Spirit because he could not control this powerful Resentful Spirit.
Just like other ghost infants, this Resentful Spirit was also a product refined by Old Man. Because of the different "materials" used in the refining process, this Resentful Spirit had an extremely formidable power after being successfully refined.
It was precisely because this Resentful Spirit's power was so astonishingly powerful that Old Man could not fully control her, so he could only seal her into a talisman and carry her with him.
The root cause of his inability to fully control this Resentful Spirit was that Old Man's own strength was not enough. Forcibly summoning this Resentful Spirit meant he was very likely to suffer a rebound.
Old Man himself was well aware of this, so he would not summon this Resentful Spirit to battle unless absolutely necessary.
That was why, before Yang Haoran appeared, although the two sides fought to a standstill, Old Man did not release this Resentful Spirit.
Not releasing this Resentful Spirit was one reason he could handle Bai Xue and the others. The other reason, of course, was that he could not fully control this Resentful Spirit.
If he could truly control this Resentful Spirit, why would he be entangled with Bai Xue and the others here? He could have simply released Resentful Spirit to kill everyone cleanly and completely.
After Yang Haoran appeared, the situation changed. If he did not release Resentful Spirit, death awaited him. He was very clear about his own strength - he had no chance of survival against the combined forces of Yang Haoran and the others.
So, after a moment of hesitation, he decided to release Resentful Spirit. Although he could not fully control Resentful Spirit, he was not completely without control either.
Moreover, Yang Haoran was an Underworld Envoy, with heavy Yin Qi on his body, and the Yin spirit power within him was a favorite of ghosts. Therefore, once Resentful Spirit was summoned, Yang Haoran was very likely to become Resentful Spirit's primary target.
Once Yang Haoran became Resentful Spirit's target, the subsequent matters would be much easier to handle. Resentful Spirit would deal with Yang Haoran, while he dealt with Bai Xue and Captain Luo. In the end, victory would still belong to him.
However, something he had never even dreamed of happened. After Resentful Spirit was released, he became Resentful Spirit's first attack target!
This had never happened before. In the past, although he could not fully control this Resentful Spirit, at least it would not easily attack him. If Resentful Spirit treated him as the first target to attack every time it was released, how could he be so foolish as to release Resentful Spirit?
The reason why the situation was different this time was that when Old Man released Resentful Spirit, his strength was vastly inferior compared to his peak period. Hence, after appearing, Resentful Spirit viewed him as the first target to attack because it sensed that Old Man's control over it had weakened significantly. Resentful Spirit then attacked Old Man, instinctively wanting to break free from Old Man's control.
Resentful Spirit was determined to devour Old Man, and Old Man was caught off guard, resulting in the current scene.
"This Resentful Spirit is powerful. Let's give her a fierce blow while she's gnawing on Old Man's corpse. It would be best if we could resolve her in one go!"
Yang Haoran spoke solemnly, and then received responses from Captain Luo and Bai Xue, who naturally supported Yang Haoran's approach.
In simpler terms, Yang Haoran wanted to seize this opportunity to launch a sneak attack on Resentful Spirit. Although the words "sneak attack" didn't sound very good, against a Resentful Spirit without any intelligence, acting solely on instinct, the three of them wouldn't care about whether it was shameful or not.
After receiving their responses, the three of them almost simultaneously attacked the Resentful Spirit, who was gnawing on Old Man's corpse!
Captain Luo's peach wood sword, wrapped in a layer of force, thrust towards Resentful Spirit. Bai Xue condensed her demonic spiritual power at the end of her tail and whipped it fiercely at Resentful Spirit.
As for Yang Haoran, he controlled his soul weapon Waning Moon and slashed at Resentful Spirit's body.
The three attacks were swift, but Resentful Spirit's reaction speed was equally fast. Sensing the threat, she threw the corpse she was gnawing on towards Captain Luo's peach wood sword.
Then, she bared her teeth and clapped her hands towards Bai Xue's snake tail.
As for Yang Haoran's Waning Moon, she couldn't spare her hands to deal with it and could only endure it.
Old Man's corpse collided with the peach wood sword, and the corpse was shattered by the sword's tremendous force, which then hit Resentful Spirit's body without losing any momentum.
At the same time, Resentful Spirit's hands clashed with Bai Xue's snake tail, and with a tremendous sound, Bai Xue's snake tail was successfully blocked by Resentful Spirit's hands.
Meanwhile, Yang Haoran's soul weapon Waning Moon also slashed into Resentful Spirit's body at this moment!
Boom!!!
With a tremendous sound, Resentful Spirit's body could not withstand such immense force and immediately shattered, dispersing into Yin Qi towards the surroundings.
However, her body then condensed and reformed nearby.
"Resentful Spirit's body can be substantial or insubstantial, different from ordinary ghosts in this aspect, making it somewhat troublesome to deal with. However, Resentful Spirit lacks any intelligence, just like a bloodthirsty, flesh-eating beast. Just now was a clear example – facing our three attacks, she didn't even consider dodging. So we can approach it from this angle; it will be much simpler to exhaust her to death." Yang Haoran reminded them.
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