The three-headed Nether Serpent flicked its massive tail, wrapping the Ghost Seal he had swatted away within it. "Red Lotus, isn't this your Rakshasa Seal?" With another flick, the Ghost Seal flew towards the red-clothed female cultivator.
The red-clothed woman didn't respond, gazing blankly at the Ghost Seal. The red flower mark on her forehead flickered, as if she remembered something. She gently beckoned with her hand. The Ghost Seal flashed red, shrinking rapidly as it fell into her hand.
Yan Shimin's face stiffened, and a surge of ghostly energy erupted from his body. He instantly activated his Celestial Ghost Body, opening his mouth to spit out a ball of green light, merging it into the Ghost Seal, clearly unwilling to let his treasure fall into enemy hands.
The Ghost Seal paused in mid-air, red and green lights appearing upon it. But in the blink of an eye, the green light was suppressed, and the Ghost Seal flashed, landing in the red-clothed woman's hand.
Yan Shimin, in his Celestial Ghost form, let out a ghostly wail and charged towards her. He had refined this treasure with his lifeblood for many years, and he couldn't accept it being taken so easily.
The three-headed Nether Serpent twisted its body, spewing out a torrent of Yellow Spring Netherwater, like a waterfall from the sky, blocking Yan Shimin's path.
The Yellow Spring Netherwater crashed against the Celestial Ghost, instantly corroding large holes in Yan Shimin's ethereal body.
Yan Shimin was shocked and summoned a gust of Yin wind to envelop himself, bursting out of the Yellow Spring Netherwater. His aura had weakened significantly, and it seemed the Celestial Ghost Body had been broken.
The Nether Serpent grinned hideously, the blood-colored single eye on its middle head blinked, and a beam of blood light shot out, striking Yan Shimin directly.
Yan Shimin screamed in the blood light, and his entire Celestial Ghost Body dissolved. A black bead flew out from within, disappearing in a flash.
It reappeared a hundred feet away, this bead also capable of using the Nascent Soul spirit body's teleportation technique.
The three-headed Nether Serpent seemed to have anticipated this, and another snake head spewed out a gust of Yin wind, swirling towards the black bead.
Zhang Ling saw clearly that this bead was not a magical treasure, but a Ghost Soul Bead condensed from cultivating the Celestial Ghost Body. Once destroyed, this person would truly be dead.
He felt a chill in his heart. This person was very strong; he had fought him before, and even with his Xuanwu, they were at most evenly matched. He didn't expect that in such a short time, he would end up in such a state.
This showed the terror of the three-headed Nether Serpent. This monster had been fighting the Ghost King Sect's four people for only half an hour.
Now, besides the Ghost King Sect's people, including High Priest Luo Ming and Old Devil Baihua, there were only eleven or twelve people left here.
Even if they all joined forces to fight the three-headed Nether Serpent, they might not be able to win. Moreover, the red-clothed female cultivator had not yet made a move.
Zhang Ling couldn't help but feel anxious. What surprised him next was that Yan Shimin's Ghost Soul Bead was not caught by the black wind.
Suddenly, a red light flashed. The red-clothed woman had arrived next to the Ghost Soul Bead at some point, grabbed Yan Shimin's Ghost Soul Bead, and returned to her original position in a flash.
The single eyes on the three heads of the three-headed Nether Serpent glared, and they turned to look at the red-clothed female cultivator.
"This person is useful to me," the red-clothed female cultivator responded. A red flower grew in her hand, and she placed Yan Shimin's Ghost Soul Bead inside, imprisoning it.
"Is it the influence of that remnant soul?" The three-headed Nether Serpent seemed to want to say something. But then they heard the Ghost King Sect Leader, who had retreated to a distance, laugh.
"Hong'er, I knew your divine soul hadn't been completely devoured by the Nether Maiden. Do you still remember Shi'er?" The Ghost King Sect Leader laughed madly and took out the Soul-Nurturing Wood Tablet again.
At this time, this Soul-Nurturing Wood Tablet had turned black-green, and the originally blood-red spiritual patterns on it flickered with a strange green light.
"I will help you control your body and regain control. Senior Brother Guiche, activate the Celestial Ghost Formation and protect me for a moment. I will be able to control the Nether Maiden."
"Sect Leader, rest assured, this old man will risk his life to buy you time to cast the spell."
The Celestial Ghost transformed from Elder Guiche, his eyes flashing with a fierce light, turned into a cloud of black gas, merging into the Ghost King Banner.
Instantly, this magical treasure shone brightly. The green and gloomy banner transformed into a jet black one, and the evil ghost patterns on the banner all opened their ghost eyes. As if they were all alive, they all surged out of the Ghost King Banner.
Tens of thousands of ghost shadows appeared in the air, and ten thousand ghosts wailed together. Ghost laughter and ghost cries echoed throughout the space, dimming the light in this space as if they were in a ghost realm.
These ghost shadows were like an army of Yin soldiers, guarding the Ghost King Sect Leader. The Celestial Ghost transformed from Elder Guiche also increased his momentum by several times, becoming a hundred-foot-tall white flame ghost, holding a long black scythe in his hand. But he did not attack, just staring fixedly at the red-clothed female cultivator and the three-headed Nether Serpent.
This appearance clearly meant he was stalling for time.
The three-headed Nether Serpent was not afraid at all. The three heads hissed and launched an attack again. One snake head spewed out a gust of black wind, turning into countless wind blades, slaughtering many ghosts.
Another head spewed out Yellow Spring Netherwater, turning into a dozen water snakes, and entangled with Elder Guiche.
Elder Guiche had witnessed the power of the Yellow Spring Netherwater before, so he naturally did not dare to let the water snakes get close. He wielded the black scythe, slashing out black saber lights.
The Nether Serpent's last head spat out balls of dark green Yin fire. It also had a strong suppressive effect on Yin souls.
If it weren't for the Ghost King Banner releasing more Yin and evil ghost energy, creating gusts of Yin wind to block it, the formation would have been broken long ago.
Even so, the Ghost King Banner was not omnipotent, and the gathered Yin and evil ghost energy was rapidly being consumed. It wouldn't last long.
The Nether Serpent's giant tail swept over, and a single strike could shatter large swaths of Yin wind.
At this time, Zhang Ling noticed that the Ruolan girl next to the red-clothed female cultivator suddenly moved.
Ruolan girl released the Quiet Heart Azure Lotus, directly merging it into the red-clothed female cultivator's body.
The red-clothed female cultivator's body immediately showed red, azure, and black lights, three strange spiritual lights. This made her own spiritual power fluctuations even more unstable.
This strange change only lasted for a breath or two. The red light on her body flourished, suppressing the black light all at once.
The aura on the red-clothed woman's body stabilized, and she became even colder than before. The woman raised her hand, and the Ghost Seal, or rather the Rakshasa Seal, flew up.
This treasure did not turn into a huge seal to smash the enemy as it had in Yan Shimin's hands.
Instead, it flew to the top of her head and shook gently, lighting up countless tiny strange runes. These runes were black-green, and like butterflies, they flew out. They turned into a sky full of streamers, rushing towards the Ghost King Sect Leader.
A magical scene appeared.
The fierce souls and evil spirits released by the Ghost King Banner, upon seeing these rune lights, all made sounds of fear and no longer launched attacks.
These Yin souls and evil ghosts were mostly unconscious remnants. At this time, they showed obvious fear. As if their intelligence had been awakened, as the spiritual light impacted them, these Yin souls and ghost creatures turned into ashes in screams.
The Ghost King Banner shook even more violently, and countless openings appeared on the banner surface, as if it had been torn to pieces, becoming tattered and losing its spirituality.
Elder Guiche was also swept by a spiritual light, and his Celestial Ghost Body was also broken. A Ghost Soul Bead also flew out in terror, wanting to escape.
A giant snake head had already appeared next to him, swallowing the person's Ghost Soul Bead in one bite. It even seemed to hear a crisp cracking sound.
At this point, this great cultivator died and his Dao disappeared.
The Ghost King Sect Leader naturally noticed this scene and was frightened pale. He didn't bother to cast the spell anymore, turning into a black shadow and fleeing towards High Priest Luo Ming.
The three-headed Nether Serpent's huge body shook, and its big tail swept over.
"You still don't attack, they are great demon ghosts from the Netherworld. If you are defeated one by one, you will all die here." The Ghost King Sect Leader shouted, and a flash of spiritual light in his hand, he also took out a black copper plate and threw it out.
The direction was still towards Old Devil Baihua. He wanted to drag everyone into the battle, diverting the trouble.
With a loud bang, the Ghost King Sect Leader was swept away by the snake's tail, directly smashing into the ground.
The Nether Serpent's body was huge, and this tail attack also affected the cultivators on High Priest Luo Ming's side.
High Priest Luo Ming's expression also changed slightly, and he quickly released a purple light, wrapping around the people beside him, and hiding several miles away.
The copper plate was the size of a palm, with star and moon patterns on it, and engraved with mysterious immortal texts, covered in a layer of gray light. Looking at it, you could seem to see thousands of stars.
Old Devil Baihua's expression changed slightly when he saw the flying copper plate. He hesitated whether to catch it or not. Then he saw a flash of red light in front of him, and the red-clothed female cultivator appeared not far in front of him, reaching for the copper plate.
The three heads of the Nether Serpent twisted, and they were also attracted by the copper plate.
The Ghost King Sect Leader, who had been smashed to the ground, had a chance to breathe. He was in a sorry state and quickly turned into a green light and disappeared.
Everyone present could see that the copper plate was not an ordinary treasure, and some people also showed greedy expressions. Some even had spiritual light flashing in their hands, wanting to snatch it.
But the red-clothed woman had already arrived next to the copper plate and was about to grab the treasure. Even if they wanted to, it was too late to attack.
Of course, the main reason was that they were afraid of the strength of the three-headed Nether Serpent and the red-clothed woman, and they did not dare to act rashly.
However, there was still an accident.
The red-clothed woman reached out and grabbed the copper plate, but her fingers slid past the copper plate, making her stunned. She didn't grab a real object, and the copper plate in her hand was just an illusion.
The real copper plate appeared several feet away, and its position shifted inexplicably. A ball of fire also appeared next to the copper plate, turning into a blue bird, and holding the copper plate in its mouth.
The red-clothed woman's face turned icy, and she shouted sharply. "Put down the Star Moon Plate." She instantly appeared above the bird's head, grabbing down with her red-glowing hand.
This bird, snatching food from the tiger's mouth, was naturally Bluebird.
Bluebird spread its wings, a blur, turning into hundreds of blue birds flying in all directions.
The red-clothed woman grabbed out blood-colored claw lights, instantly tearing fifty or sixty birds into powder. Her face did not look much better, because she did not catch the main body of this demon spirit.
She scanned the remaining birds, none of them were the main body.
The red-clothed woman frowned, and immediately realized something, turning her head to look at the pool. She lifted her foot and crossed thousands of feet in an instant, returning to the sky above the pool.
At the same time, Bluebird also appeared next to the pool, plunging into the water.
The red-clothed woman also rushed into it without hesitation. "Red Lotus." Then the three-headed Nether Serpent also turned into a ball of black shadows, entering the pool. It exploded a hundred-foot-high wave of water. A crashing sound of water fell, like a heavy rain.
After a moment, the pool returned to calm.
Ruolan girl also disappeared, apparently entering the ground as well.
This scene happened very suddenly, and everyone reacted, looking at each other, somewhat dumbfounded. What was the blue bird that suddenly appeared, they all had questions in their hearts.
Only Zhang Ling stared at the pool with a somewhat complicated expression. Bluebird's sudden action was not instructed by him.
After the Void Insect sensed a space crack in the pool, he was thinking about how to sneak into the area and enter the space crack to escape.
But after thinking of several ways, he felt they were unreliable. The strength of the three-headed Nether Serpent and the red-clothed woman was too strong. Any cultivator approaching the area would be discovered.
Of course, being trapped here would definitely not end well. After the three-headed Nether Serpent solved the Ghost King Sect cultivators, they would definitely suffer as well.
So he decided to take a risk. The Ghost King Sect Leader suddenly throwing out the copper plate, attracting the attention of the three-headed Nether Serpent and the red-clothed woman, was a good opportunity.
When he was about to act, Bluebird suddenly took action without any warning, and actually tried to snatch the compass.
As for the reason, Bluebird secretly transmitted a voice to him before entering the pool, only saying that the Star Moon Plate was very important, a very special exotic treasure. As for what it was used for, it did not say in detail.
And it took Xuanwu away, saying that it would try to lure the red-clothed woman away, and they would look for an opportunity to leave this space.
At this time, luring away the red-clothed woman was indeed beneficial to their current situation.
"Fellow Daoists, what should we do now? This seems to be another independent space." After a moment of silence, Elder Tian next to Old Huo spoke first. He looked at High Priest Luo Ming and Old Devil Baihua.
"The giant snake and the red woman have both entered the pool. Is there an exit below?" A cultivator with a figure-eight mustache stared at the pool, his eyes revealing a gleam.
This person's words immediately attracted everyone's attention, and they all looked at the pool.
But then, a flash of blood light appeared on the edge of the pool, and the Ancient Demon with heavy Blood Fiend energy suddenly appeared there, opening his mouth and spitting out a golden light, hitting a void space a few feet away.
It was empty there, and there was no figure, but the golden light hit the air, but was blocked by a white bone shield. High Priest Luo Ming's icy voice sounded, "Fellow Daoist Yan, where are you going?"
A deafening drum sound rang out, and a layer of red sound waves radiated over. It directly knocked the white bone shield away.
A green light flashed behind the white bone shield, and a staggering figure appeared, it was the Ghost King Sect Leader with a look of embarrassment.
This person didn't dare to delay at all. A flash of green light on his body, he rushed towards the pool again.
Two flying swords, one blue and one red, slashed over, carrying a sharp sound of breaking through the air, forcing him to deal with it. A flash of sword light passed, and the Ghost King Sect Leader responded in a panic. Although he blocked the attack, his body was directly forced back fifty or sixty feet.
"What are you waiting for, everyone? Sect Leader Yan brought us here, and now it's time to settle accounts." Old Devil Baihua snorted coldly, and with a wave of the flower fan in his hand, a fragrant wind swept over.
High Priest Luo Ming released a dozen or so dark blue Holy Demon Insects, and the Ancient Demon grinned, waving his fists and punching out countless fist shadows.
The others also reacted, all looking unkindly at Sect Master Yan. One by one, their bodies shimmered with spiritual light, surrounding him in the center. Spells and magical treasures erupted in unison, attacking him.
