Chapter 1208: Evil Spirit

The Mortal World

The Mortal World

Beside the Serpent King were two other figures.

One was a human cultivator, graceful and elegant, while the other was a Cold Lizard, which had already revealed its true demonic form.

A Mid-Nascent Soul stage cultivator and two transformed great demons.

Among them, the Cold Lizard had the lowest cultivation, only at the early stage of transformation.

Witnessing this, Qin Sang realized these two were the helpers the Serpent King had mentioned. The human cultivator's surname was Lu, and the Cold Lizard was likely the one who discovered the great demon's cave.

Despite their combined efforts, the situation was severely unfavorable to them. They were under siege, unable to break free, and gradually falling behind. The Cold Lizard was even forced to reveal its true form.

Qin Sang was greatly startled. He stopped at a distance to observe, quickly turning his gaze to their opponents.

Participating in the encirclement were two people and a strange entity.

These two were undoubtedly Nascent Soul cultivators from Sin Abyss.

Although Qin Sang had never seen them in person, he had read about them and recognized the black-robed cultivator as surnamed Ma, and the gray-robed elder, Daoist name Jiang Chenzi, both long-established Nascent Soul Grandmasters.

Both wielded peculiar large flags, but they were only at the early Nascent Soul stage. Furthermore, being one person short, the Serpent King's side was significantly stronger and should not have been trapped.

However, the true opponent of the Serpent King's side was not them, but that strange entity.

Qin Sang found it strange because it was his first time encountering such an existence.

Its appearance was that of a colossal green python, immense in size, with its tail coiled and upper body upright, towering a hundred zhang high. Yet, its figure was as illusory as a soul, resembling a serpent spirit.

The Serpent King, also a serpent demon, appeared as small as an ant compared to the serpent spirit.

The serpent spirit was neither human nor demon. Its eyes shone like stars, yet its gaze carried intense resentment, anger, and madness—a collection of all negative emotions, devoid of any rationality.

It didn't resemble a living creature but rather an evil spirit knowing only slaughter and destruction.

From afar, catching sight of the evil spirit's gaze, Qin Sang couldn't help but feel a secret dread. It was hard to imagine how such an evil spirit, filled with hatred for everything in the world, could have formed.

He wondered what the Serpent King and his companions had done to provoke the evil spirit.

The evil spirit focused solely on attacking them, completely disregarding the two from Sin Abyss.

"Blood Lake!"

Inside the Primordial Concentric Ring, the fat chicken let out a cry of alarm, as if it had seen something incredible.

Hearing this, Qin Sang shifted his gaze and noticed that behind the battlefield, boundless dark clouds were parting, and a thick, heart-pounding bloody light was piercing through.

The source of the bloody light was a vast lake, its waters shimmering with an eerie crimson hue.

At that moment, the Blood Lake was calm and still, with no ripples. Qin Sang wondered if the evil spirit originated from it.

After its cry, the fat chicken fell silent. Qin Sang had no mind to bother with it and continued to focus on the battlefield, his gaze flickering.

He found the treasure that had attracted the Fire Jade Centipede: a head-sized mass of white metal, resembling a type of white copper. Its essence seemed to be flowing, not solid.

Its shimmering white light was like raging flames, as intense as the scorching sun, making it impossible to look at directly.

Qin Sang had never seen such a spiritual material before.

Both the Fire Jade Centipede's reaction and the white copper's external appearance indicated that this item was extraordinary!

However, that mass of white copper was surprisingly inside the evil spirit!

Next to the white copper were two other items: a broken stone axe and a blood jade. Both clearly had significant origins and were likely no less valuable than the white copper.

To retrieve these treasures, they would undoubtedly have to attack the evil spirit, which was tantamount to seizing treasures from its heart.

"Roar!"

The evil spirit bore deep hatred for the Serpent King and his companions. Seeing that it couldn't kill these three pesky annoyances even after a long time, it became enraged, its malevolent aura shaking heaven and earth.

It opened its mouth wide, and amidst a roar, a ball of green light formed, carrying an aura of destruction, and shot out like lightning.

Seeing the green light, the Serpent King and his companions' expressions changed drastically.

Among them, the Serpent King's combat strength was relatively intact, though his breathing was somewhat hurried.

Cultivator Lu was bleeding from all seven orifices, with no time to wipe away the blood on his face, clearly indicating significant injuries.

The Cold Lizard's demonic body was over ten zhang long; it was a fierce giant lizard capable of wielding cold energy. Yet, it still appeared small against the serpent spirit, and its cultivation was the weakest. Although it frequently exhaled cold air, it could only manage to protect itself.

As the green light approached, they tried to evade it.

On the Sin Abyss side, the two Nascent Soul cultivators smiled coldly upon seeing this, and immediately activated the treasured flags before them.

Instantly, runes shimmered on the treasured flags, and a chaotic vortex appeared on their surfaces. Two streaks of bloody light shot out, converging into a torrent in the void, fiercely striking towards the Serpent King and his companions, sealing off their escape routes.

The two Nascent Soul cultivators had powerful control; the torrent only targeted the Serpent King and his companions, absolutely never accidentally harming the evil spirit.

At first glance, one might even think the evil spirit was a helper unleashed by the two Nascent Soul cultivators.

In fact, the evil spirit had indeed been helping them deal with their enemies.

"Fellow Daoist Lu," Jiang Chenzi said coldly, "our Sin Abyss originally had no intention of being enemies with you. But since you've stumbled into the Abyss Ruins and walked right into our trap, you can't blame us for being ruthless!"

The black-robed cultivator, surnamed Ma, cackled strangely, "Hehe, you foreign cultivators trespassing into the Abyss Ruins are simply asking for death! This serpent spirit was tormented for who knows how long in its lifetime; its consciousness has long been erased, leaving only resentment and obsession, turning it into a pure evil spirit. By provoking it, you're bound to face a fight to the death. Even we have to carefully set up formations and call upon allies just to deal with this evil spirit. It's just bad luck for you three fellow Daoists; if not for encountering this evil spirit, perhaps you truly could have pulled off a deception and taken the treasures."

As they attacked, they mockingly taunted the Serpent King and his companions, their expressions unusually relaxed.

After all, the evil spirit wouldn't attack them. The two of them didn't need to directly confront the Serpent King's side. They only needed to seize the right moment to strike, cutting off the Serpent King's retreat and preventing their escape.

Then, at their leisure, they could wait for the evil spirit to deal with the Serpent King and his companions one by one, easily reaping the benefits. Afterward, they would deal with the weakened evil spirit and seize the treasures within its body.

Indeed, they ought to properly thank the Serpent King and his group, not only for bringing the treasures but also for bearing the evil spirit's wrath on their behalf.

As the crisis descended, the three — the Serpent King and his two companions — were speechless in the face of the taunts. They stared intently at the evil spirit's movements, their minds racing, desperately trying to figure out a way to escape.

"Cold Lizard!"

Cultivator Lu shouted loudly.

The Cold Lizard opened its mouth and spat out the snow pearl.

Instantly, a chill emerged, and around the snow pearl, heavy goose-feather snow appeared, forming a snow domain. Almost simultaneously, Cultivator Lu acted, holding a thumb-sized gourd. As he slightly tilted the gourd, endless river water poured out.

The river water flowed into the snow domain, instantly congealing into thick ice, forming a massive ice sphere on the surface of the snow pearl. Inside the ice sphere, a deep blue light glowed, incredibly mysterious, and the extreme coldness seemed capable of freezing one's very mind.

A Nascent Soul Grandmaster and a transformed great demon actually used such a method to merge their powers.

"Go!"

The snow pearl, still controlled by the Cold Lizard, shot straight towards the green light.

Meanwhile, Cultivator Lu coughed violently a few times, a trace of crimson appearing on his face. This cooperative effort with the Cold Lizard had clearly aggravated his injuries.