Rumble in the Trap
“Those two are fiends from Green Dragon Kingdom; you shouldn’t have stolen his body,” Ocean Archfiend Yujiang stated, fully aware of all of the events that took place on the floor prior to this.
“Blood Domain Demon Skull is in my hands. You’re a mere skeleton; you must obey me,” cockily asserted Gui Ximing, unable to tell how Archfiend Yujiang was feeling since a skeleton couldn’t display emotions on their face.
“It’s pointless to control me unless you can defuse Xuan Jizi’s formation here.”
“I admit I can’t dismantle Open Marsh Shore; however, I have four sacrifices that can get around it. I can use souls to open a path and release you. You should be thankful,” claimed Gui Ximing, switching the subject of his gaze to Mu Yu and the others.
“Sacrifices?” Mu Yu uttered.
“I was going to use the human souls I stashed, but your souls are more potent. You want to do as I say, or shall I personally kill you?”
“I’d prefer to slice your blood souls.”
“I don’t even need them. Gui Bao and I are more than plenty. The fiend king you wish to save is right in front of you, so I’ll take pleasure in butchering you right before you succeed, kekeke,” declared Gui Ximing, waiting for Gui Bao to join his side.
Mu Yu took Qiao Xue’s hand. “You trust me?”
Upon receiving Qiao Xue’s nod, Mu Yu instructed, “Lower the temperature again, and I’ll protect you.”
“It’s just… After Xuan Ming’s ability was sealed using Nine Heavens Demon Sealing Formation, I need Grandpa Green Dragon’s scale to forcibly use the ability. The issue is that its life essence is limited, meaning there’s a time limit?”
“How long can you maintain it?”
“About half an hour.”
“We’ll work with what we have then.”
Mu Yu transferred his black and white spiritual energy to Qiao Xue as a means of protecting her meridians. She began lowering the temperature of the vicinity. To her surprise, there was a green seed planted within each droplet of water she formed. Neither of them understood the mechanics. Nevertheless, they could ascertain the seed contained potent life force.
“I’ve seen this before. It’s Death by Wood and Water,” informed Mu Yu, recalling what happened when the two turned fire demons into magma pots at Mist City.
“And you call me unoriginal. That’s not going to work,” sledged Gui Ximing, confident he could use Long Xingyun’s body and his own cultivation to combat the cold.
Gui Ximing shielded himself using Gui Yuzi’s soul item while firing blood souls as arrows at the duo enhanced with soul energy to go through Mu Yu and Qiao Xue’s immunity to blood souls.
“Frozen Thousand Miles!” shouted Qiao Xue, catching the arrows in her ice spheres, then deleting them.
The seeds in the water droplets suddenly sprouted into various plants, yet remained within the confines of the droplets. The leaves on the plants would drain out the arrows to utilise as nourishment, astonishing Gui Ximing.
“Death by Water and Wood is designed to counter evil beings. Water nourishes wood. Wood protects water.”
At long last, the ice droplets were able to force Ghost Gate’s duo back.
“Xuan Ming and Ju Mang’s abilities? Aren’t they human?” Archfiend Yujiang pondered.
Although their spiritual energy circulation started to turn sluggish, Gui Ximing and Gui Bao didn’t let it slow them down. They summoned a red ghost broadsword with a skull design carved on each and released red energy from the blades, keeping the cold at bay. Meanwhile, they summoned a ghost hand to pulverise the ice spheres that they couldn’t stop. Nonetheless, the ice spheres multiplied as a result of being crushed, leading to the plants within resizing themselves to fit into the smaller spheres.
“Ghosties, let me show you how plants in bloom look!”
The plants broke free of their containers, leaves and branches, extending toward Gui Ximing and Gui Bao. The black branches and leaves with a white line punctured the red barrier the duo erected, driving them back further. Qiao Xue cut their escape route off with ice picks as soon as they moved.
“North Sea Nine Evils’ Ghost General Summon!” Gui Bao roared, spawning the ghost general inside a black tornado from nine streaks of sinister qi, a technique Gui Yuzi passed on.
That’s a more complete version than the one Gui Xuanyue tried to use at Moyun Mountains back then, Mu Yu noted to himself.
The ghost general redirected all of the branches and leaves himself, taking them head on without accumulating damage.
Cultivators always locked on to their opponent’s qi in combat as it was the only way to ensure strikes were aimed at the enemy when fighting at high speeds. The ghost general’s ability defied rules of nature since it was able to redirect attacks that had been locked on to a specific target to himself. Hence, Mu Yu would have to walk down Gui Ximing and Gui Bao faster than they could react. Alternatively, he would have had to fight in the pocket.
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