Pinch! (Part 2)
Although the red blotches of mist that the blood souls left behind to mark places they had searched weren’t harmful, they could detect movement in the atmosphere, thereby possessing the potential to reveal Mu Yu’s whereabouts.
“Damn it, both paths are smothered in red mist now,” cursed Mu Yu, coming to a fork in the road.
“The area where have to manoeuvre in is reducing by the second. It’s only a matter of time before they catch us,” pointed out Qiao Xue.
“To the right!”
Calm Mu Yu, calm. Think, think, think. Ah, since the freaks are so enthusiastic about catching us, why not use their enthusiasm against them? Mu Yu thought. “Qiao Xue, I have an idea….”
“Will it really work?”
“It’s that or be sitting ducks until they flog us.”
Mu Yu summoned a bunch of dark, sesame-sized beans and asked Qiao Xue to place them inside bubbles. Though it didn’t cost much spiritual energy to spawn seeds from Wood Spirit, at a certain volume, it would be apparent, which was why the two gingerly proceeded. Mu Yu and Qiao Xue stuck the seeds to their feet so that they could plant them on the ground whenever they stepped.
Using his will, Mu Yu had one planted seed sprout a mobile linden tree, alarming their enemies.
“Over here!”
As Gui Yuzi rushed over, he heard, “Here, as well!”
“Gui Yeming, head that way, and I’ll take the other one. They must’ve split up.”
Within moments, they were hearing “over here” from every location. When Gui Yuzi grabbed one of the running figures, he discovered it was just a linden tree assuming Mu Yu’s appearance. Nobody could tell which ones were the real Mu Yu and Qiao Xue since all of the linden trees carried a trace of their spiritual energy. The more Gui Yuzi and Gui Yeming destroyed, the more cropped up.
“Gui Yeming, guard one of the exits and kill anyone who shows up!” commanded Gui Yuzi, flying around to eradicate the clones.
Mu Yu, who already hid inside a grass blade version of Wood Spirit with Qiao Xue, slithered along the ground. “Have fun.”
Water started coming from every direction, gradually flooding the paths, albeit unable to get through the iron rails.
“Fall back!” thundered Gui Yuzi, using his red mist to evaporate the water and clear the paths of linden trees.
“Gui Yuzi’s breathing is strangely erratic,” Xiaoshuai notified.
“I… suspect he hasn’t had enough time to get used to Ocean Archfiend’s body, thus is unable to handle the toll it’s taking on him to use his skills.”
“Is the fiend king dead or what?” asked the dragon vine.
“What do you think, Mu Yu?” questioned Qiao Xue, extra worried because of the dragon vine’s question.
“I doubt Ocean Archfiend is that fragile; he survived being locked up for five thousand years, after all. I’m pretty sure it’s just Blood Domain Demon Skull that’s controlling him.”
“Any way we can bring him to his senses?” the dragon vine inquired.
“According to him, his blood and ocean water are needed. Qiao Xue can cover the ocean water, so we need to find Elder Lu for the fiend king’s blood. I feel that’s a pointless endeavour, though, because we don’t have the slightest clue what his status is or where he is. Anyhow, though they’ve wiped out our seeds, we’ve managed to get inside Wood Spirit without giving off our location, so mission accomplished so far.”
Gui Yuzi’s red mist was unable to identify Wood Spirit and Water Spirit as foreign entities on the prison ceiling.
Returning to Gui Yuzi, Gui Yeming queried, “Elder Gui Yuzi, how are we going to force them out of hiding now?”
Gui Yuzi snickered once he was done deliberating their next move. He summoned Ghost Banner and ejected Helian Kong to his feet. Because the souls on the island had come under the control of Blood Domain Demon Soul, they were able to bypass the stipulations of Fiend-Sealing Pagoda.
“Mu Yu, see the two chains in Helian Kong’s shoulder? I hear you’re a man who protects bonds. Will you prove it wrong?”
“Argh!” grunted Helian Kong, as Gui Yuzi twisted the chains digging into Helian Kong’s shoulders. “Mu Yu, protect yourself. I was seeking death, anyw-, argh!”
“Helian Kong, you’re dreaming. You’re not dying until I let you, which means that I will torture you until I’m satisfied,” interrupted Gui Yuzi, tightening the red threads on Helian Kong. “If you don’t come out, I’ll keep making him scream. Trust me: I’m an expert on torturing souls. I wonder how long you can hide for, hahaha.”
“Argh!” Helian cried again, curling up as Gui Yuzi relished his misery.
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