bdsm-fiction 538. Offering a helping hand to save lives
538. Offering a helping hand to save lives
The needle was incredibly fast; Ling Zhuo barely reacted before it struck him. He had no time to speak; the near-death threat had instantly chilled him to the bone.
Soul power surged forth, forming layers of protection. Ling Zhuo also tried his best to retreat, wanting everyone to protect him.
The needle tip pierced through the defenses released by Ling Zhuo, but the traces of the Hidden Shadow Needle itself were still revealed due to this change, and then the needle tail trembled and split into hundreds of soul threads.
"Retreat!" Ling Zhu shouted.
Those soul threads burst forth from the cracks in the needle, each thread trailing distorted spatial ripples at its end. Dan Chen's protective soul shield bore the brunt of the attack; the barrier, no less formidable than battle qi, was instantly eroded into honeycomb-like holes like thin ice meeting boiling water. As Cao Ying pulled her back hastily, a strand of thread grazed the hairpin beside her ear, instantly turning the jade hairpin into dust that fluttered down.
Lingluo and Lingyu, being stronger, also joined forces and together knocked down all the silk threads that came towards them.
"boom--"
The moment the needle exploded completely, Yi Xu couldn't dodge in time. His left shoulder was pierced by the flying threads, which then slithered wildly along his meridians like snakes after entering his body. He screamed and tore open his clothes. His left shoulder was already a bloody mess. He had to use all his soul power to barely stop the threads from spreading.
Ling Zhuo was facing the most threads, but fortunately he reacted quickly. In addition, he had already advanced to the late stage of the Spirit Realm Soul before the Pill Gathering, so apart from being a little disheveled and having his clothes pierced, he was not greatly affected.
"I am the Black Soul Venerable of the Soul Palace. You inexperienced brats, step back now, lest you waste your lives!"
Black smoke billowed, obscuring Yao Qingyu, making her look somewhat like someone from the Soul Palace.
Ling Zhuo immediately reacted and shouted, "Make way! No matter who it is, we can't let Yao Qingyu get away. Be careful of this person's sudden attack!"
Yao Qingyu stared blankly at the black smoke around her. Suddenly, a figure appeared from the smoke. His fingertips brushed across the wound on Yao Qingyu's waist, where a hidden soul mark that only he could perceive was visible. His frivolous and improper voice rang out: "Qingyu's waist is indeed more worthy of picking than the spiritual herbs on the mountaintop."
Yao Qingyu looked at Wei Jiangyuan in front of her, bewildered and very surprised: "How could it be you?"
"There's no time to explain. We can't fool them for long. Hurry up and get on my back so I can carry you away."
Yao Qingyu looked at Wei Jiangyuan with a slight hesitation in her eyes. The next moment, Wei Jiangyuan grabbed Yao Qingyu's forearm and put her on his back. With Yao Qingyu on his back, Wei Jiangyuan leaped into the air.
Seeing this, the other five people, excluding Yi Xu, also acted together to block his movements. Wei Jiangyuan grinned, revealing his signature canine teeth: "Ling Zhuo, here's another needle for you, get ready!"
Hidden Needle is back!
Wei Jiangyuan also obtained the Hidden Shadow Needle soul skill from the Soul Skill Pavilion of the Pill Tower. His cultivation speed was even faster than Xiao Yan's, and he had already successfully condensed it before entering the Pill Gathering Space. He had stored three of them in his mind, and now the second one was being drawn!
Having learned from the previous sneak attack, Ling Zhuo reacted immediately. The source spirit pattern crystal in his hand shone with a bright green light, and the inside of the crystal seemed to be boiling and surging like liquid life source.
"Absorb!"
At Ling Zhuo's command, countless spiderweb-like green patterns spread from the surface of the Origin Spirit Crystal, and vine-like energy veins emerged from the cracks in the ground—these veins frantically burrowed into the surrounding vegetation, instantly withering the moss and withered grass that had stubbornly grown in the crevices of the misty mountain into dust. A surge of immense life force flowed back into the crystal along the emerald veins, and a faint vortex of battle aura appeared around Ling Zhuo!
"Absorbing the power of life?" Upon seeing this scene, Wei Jiangyuan was somewhat unsettled.
Facing the Shadow Needle, Ling Zhuo neither dodged nor avoided it. He pointed his index finger, and a beam of emerald light, accompanied by a muffled thunderous hum, blasted out, releasing all the life force that had been drained.
The life force, as raging as a dragon, and the numerous soul threads released by the Shadow Needle collided in mid-air, causing the aftershocks to tremble throughout the entire Mist Mountain.
As the shockwave spread, Wei Jiangyuan seized the opportunity to try and escape. He only had one Hidden Shadow Needle left, and he watched as the Source Spirit Crystal in Ling Zhuo's palm continued to draw out the emerald green life energy after unleashing its terrifying attack. The only saving grace was that it seemed the energy would take some time to fully gather.
Wei Jiangyuan seemed to have planned this all along, using the aftershocks to head in the direction Yi Xu was. Yi Xu had just been injured by a Hidden Shadow Needle and was barely managing to use his soul power when Wei Jiangyuan unleashed a powerful soul attack that sent him flying, his fate unknown.
Yi Xu's efforts did have an effect; his obstruction did buy him some time.
Lingluo and Lingyu reacted quickly, standing one in front of Wei Jiangyuan. Their positioning was clearly intended to prevent Wei Jiangyuan from leaving quickly.
Wei Jiangyuan turned his head and said softly to Yao Qingyu on his back, "Hold on tight."
Yao Qingyu nodded subconsciously, her hands gripping the clothes on Wei Jiangyuan's back. Although she was in danger, a sense of peace suddenly arose in her heart.
Then, black smoke billowed out again. Faced with this situation, Lingluo and Lingyu remained firmly in their positions, seemingly oblivious to the smoke. As twin brothers born of the same mother, they understood each other perfectly well without any communication.
Then they simultaneously noticed that Wei Jiangyuan's aura within the black mist had split into three streams. The two of them attacked together, their soul power condensing into a net, seemingly with no intention of letting any of his auras leave this place.
With the three auras activated simultaneously, the two were unable to distinguish which was an illusion and which was the real entity. They could only join forces to expand the area of soul interception, and all three auras were completely enveloped.
However, after those three auras came into contact with their soul power, they all dissolved into nothingness, leaving only the drifting black mist. All three auras were fake!
Lingluo immediately shouted, "Young Master, I'm going to rush you!"
Wei Jiangyuan actually charged towards Ling Zhuo, seemingly trying to break through Ling Zhuo's blockade. Ling Zhuo, having not expended much of his soul power, immediately blasted down with the intention of killing Wei Jiangyuan in one blow. However, he did not expect that Wei Jiangyuan would still turn into afterimages and disappear after the attack landed.
all fake!
Finally, Wei Jiangyuan's figure, carrying Yao Qingyu on his back, appeared in the dissipating black smoke, having already passed Ling Luo and Ling Yu, and disappeared into the misty mountain.
Seeing the scene before them, Lingluo and Lingyu knew they had one last chance to make a move!