Chapter 14: Escape from Death
In just a moment, Chen Ming's temperament changed drastically. His originally masculine face became more feminine, and an evil smile appeared at the corners of his mouth . He stared at Li Yu and Zhou Zixuan grimly.
Li Yu and Zhou Zixuan looked at each other and saw helplessness in each other's eyes.
Even Li Yu didn't expect that a mere mission of exorcising ghosts would lead to such a twist.
He vaguely felt that the accidents in these two missions were definitely not coincidences.
But now is not the time to think about these things. The cultivation level of this ghost seems to be even stronger than the last female ghost. Li Yu felt tremendous pressure from Chen Ming.
This fire ghost is probably equivalent to the second level of Qi Refining...
He was already cursing people...and ghosts in his heart.
Whether it was the female ghost before or the current one, they were obviously stronger than them, but they were so insidious. They first let these little ghosts consume their mana, and then took advantage of their lack of mana to possess them, causing their companions to kill each other...
No matter whether Li Yu wins or Chen Ming who is possessed by a ghost wins, at least one of the three people must die today.
The moment he was thinking, the evil and crazy Chen Ming disappeared.
Li Yu's hair stood on end. His long-standing fighting instinct made him roll forward on the spot without thinking. At the same time, the sound of air tearing came from where he had just stood.
The evil Chen Ming appeared there. He grabbed nothing with his claws and a look of surprise appeared on his face.
But soon, his figure disappeared again.
Li Yu's face changed and he wanted to remind Zhou Zixuan, but it was too late.
Possessed by a female ghost at the second level of Qi Refining, Chen Ming 's speed was ridiculously fast. Zhou Zixuan had no time to react. She dodged the fatal blow by leaning sideways, but her shoulder was accidentally injured and instantly stained red with blood. The remaining Yin Qi in the wound was still constantly eroding her body, and she could only barely mobilize her magic power to block it.
"Chen Ming" tried to grab Zhou Zixuan's throat again, but failed. Li Yu arrived in time and knocked his body away.
Li Yu and Zhou Zixuan, the latter was obviously the weak point, and the ghost was also very aware of this. It attacked Zhou Zixuan frantically, wanting to get rid of her first, and then focus on dealing with Li Yu.
But Li Yu stood in front of Zhou Zixuan and protected her very well, so its several attacks all missed.
This also made it realize that it had to deal with the man in front of it first.
While Li Yu was resisting "Chen Ming" and preventing him from hurting Zhou Zixuan, he was frantically thinking of countermeasures.
Since this ghost chose to possess a human body, it means that it does not understand true ghost magic. It is what Elder Sun called a wild ghost. It can exert its greatest strength by possessing a cultivator.
This is a good thing for Li Yu.
If he chooses to fight with his physical body, he can at least remain invincible, but this ghost is more powerful than him. If he delays, when his magic power is exhausted and his speed and strength decrease, he may not be able to avoid its attack, and he is afraid that he will die.
Although the incense burner is useful, it requires his body to be in direct contact with the soul. The ghost is possessed by Chen Ming, and Li Yu cannot absorb it away.
His mind raced. At a certain moment, after Li Yu repelled him again, he pointed at Zhou Zixuan and said to "Chen Ming": "If you let her go, I will give you my soul. Otherwise, I will kill myself here and you will get nothing..."
There is a counterintuitive thing in the world of immortal cultivation, that is, compared with immortal cultivators, mortals are more likely to become ghosts after death.
This is because immortal cultivators are so powerful that they basically do not die of natural causes. Most of them die at the hands of stronger beings. The death of a mortal is nothing more than the death of the physical body, but the spells of immortal cultivators can make a person's soul fly away, making it impossible for a soul to be left behind, and they themselves will not form a ghost.
"Chen Ming"'s attacking movement paused. The person opposite him was an immortal cultivator. If he committed suicide with magic, his soul would truly be destroyed, which went against his original intention.
After all, the souls of immortal cultivators are a great tonic for them.
Zhou Zixuan's body trembled, not even caring about her own injuries, and shouted: "Li Yu, no, I don't allow you to do this, we must die together!"
Chen Ming fell silent instead. The evil look on his face disappeared. He looked at Li Yu deeply with his red eyes and said in a hoarse voice, "If he could be like you at that time..."
It didn't say anything more and slowly floated out of Chen Ming's body, and Chen Ming fell to the ground.
Only then did Li Yu see clearly that it was a female ghost in red.
The red-clothed female ghost looked at Li Yu and said, "I don't know if the master will let her go, but I will persuade the master. Are you ready to die?"
Li Yu closed his eyes, stretched out his arms, and said resolutely: "Come on."
Zhou Zixuan's eyes were blurred with tears, and she shouted at the top of her lungs: "Li Yu, don't!"
The female ghost in red turned into a red shadow and flew into Li Yu's body. Zhou Zixuan was heartbroken, her mind lost, her eyes went dark, and she fainted.
Li Yu stood there, and the female ghost entered his body like a drop of water falling into the sea, without causing any ripples.
Without wasting any time, he quickly took two steps forward, put his left hand around Zhou Zixuan's waist, held Chen Ming's leg with his right hand, and used all his magic power to fly towards Fengzhou City.
At this moment, he burst out with unprecedented speed.
That female ghost is so powerful, and it actually has a master. If they don't run away, they will really have to stay here.
At the same time, a few miles away from here, on a barren mountain, another figure quickly crossed the sky and fled in the opposite direction of Li Yu.
He had only trained two new spirit ghosts. A few days ago, the water ghost's soul tablet shattered, and just now, the fire ghost's soul tablet also shattered.
The Taoist was angry and regretful. What on earth was going on at Baiyun Temple? How could a new disciple who had not yet entered the sect be so powerful? Without the two spirit ghosts, his strength was less than 30% left. Once he was discovered, he would be dead...
A moment later, Fengzhou City.
In the temporary inn, Li Yu threw Chen Ming into his room, and then came to Zhou Zixuan's room. Chen Ming was possessed by a female ghost, which only injured his vitality. Zhou Zixuan was injured by the female ghost and the situation was more serious.
One of her shoulders was already stained with blood, and blood was still oozing out of the wound.
When injured by a ghost, negative energy will remain in the wound, constantly eroding her body. If she doesn't do something, her life will be in danger.
Li Yu could only say: "The situation is urgent, Senior Sister Zhou, I'm sorry."
Tear!
Li Yu tore the clothes on her shoulders and covered her wound with his right hand. The remaining Yin energy in her wound was attracted by the incense burner and poured into Li Yu's body and disappeared.
As if her wound was disturbed, the woman on the bed cried out in pain and slowly opened her eyes.
Seeing Li Yu beside her, she said with some sadness: "Junior Brother Li, are we dead?"
Li Yu focused on healing her wounds and said, "She's not dead. I've killed the female ghost . Senior Sister Zhou, I'm healing you. Don't move or talk."
"We're not dead?"
Zhou Zixuan's face showed joy. Li Yu's hand slowly left her body and covered her naked body with the quilt. He said, "The situation was critical just now, so I had to tear off Senior Sister Zhou's clothes. Please forgive me, Senior Sister Zhou."
Zhou Zixuan felt an empty space in her chest and finally realized something. A blush appeared on her pale face and she whispered, "How could I blame you? If it weren't for you, we would all be dead now..."
Li Yu said: "Senior Sister Zhou's wound is no longer serious. You should have a good rest. We will return to the mountain tomorrow morning."
It was very uncomfortable to have dirty blood sticking to my body, and it also had a bloody smell. Zhou Zixuan frowned slightly and said, "Can you help me get some water? I want to clean my wound."
"Okay, wait a moment."
Li Yu brought her some hot water, wet a towel, and handed it to Zhou Zixuan. She reached into the quilt and tried several times before saying helplessly, "I can't mobilize my magic power now, and I don't have any strength at all..."
Then, she looked at Li Yu pleadingly and asked, "Junior Brother Li, can you help me?"
Although the location of her injury was somewhat special, she herself did not care. Li Yu did not act pretentiously and nodded, "Senior Sister Zhou, I am sorry..."
His palm was covered with a layer of water film. He gently touched Zhou Zixuan's skin. Wherever his palm passed, the blood stains were attracted and wrapped by the water film, and her skin became clean and white.
Zhou Zixuan felt a coolness and a special touch on her skin. She closed her eyes, her heartbeat quickening, and the sunset glow on her face rose visibly.
Soon, she asked again: "Junior Brother Li, how is my wound?"
The wound was covered in blood and she didn't know the exact extent of the injury. She was worried that it would leave a scar that would be difficult to heal.
Li Yu subconsciously said: "Very white..."
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Li Yu looked away, coughed lightly, and said, "What I mean is, don't worry, your injuries are not that serious. After you return to the temple, you can use your spirit coins to exchange for some healing pills. It shouldn't leave scars..."
