Chapter Sixty-One: The Holder of the Ling Tai Purification Fragment
Under the night sky.
On the high ground of the Eternal Night Street, three shadows pursued the direction in which Luxianbei had left, moving forward continuously.
“Are you sure? Is it really Gu Qiqi investigating Senior Brother Gu?”
“Confirmed.”
“Hmph! Then tonight, she can only stay here with Wu Yutang forever; the secrets she learned must not be leaked!”
As soon as the voice fell, a howling sound suddenly erupted in the air.
The person quickly turned around and saw a gleam of silver light, resembling a crescent moon, flying straight toward his neck.
Without time to think, he quickly ducked, avoiding the ambush, his anger intensifying in his eyes.
Immediately afterwards, a light sound of “whoosh!” came from behind, and a Persian curved blade embedded itself into the stone platform on the roof.
“Who is it?!”
As he shouted, he saw an old man and a young person flying over. They landed silently and swiftly began to cast a spell, dashing forward.
They were ruthless and spoke little, charging in without discussion—that was the style of the Miracle Cult!
Three parts depended on strength, seven parts on confidence, and the remaining ninety parts were left to miracles!
Thus, dazzling blades and sword shadows clashed, and spells and symbols intertwined.
“d*mn! Who the hell are you?!”
Under the fierce attack, someone shouted in shock and anger.
Sheim and Salih exchanged a glance, remaining silent as they continued their assault.
Hearing that these guys wanted to harm the Holy Son, they were left with just one thought—take them down!
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“Boom——!” The air suddenly compressed and emitted a loud bang.
In that split second, a fierce wind rushed through, swirling Fang Ji and piles of trash, tossing lettuce leaves, broken bones, bottles, and cans… various kinds of garbage collided with his body like bullets.
At the same time, Luxianbei, hit squarely in the abdomen, flew backward like a cannonball from the dark, damp alley, tracing a small arc in the air.
In the fractions of a second before she began to fall, her peripheral vision caught glimpses of pedestrians whose heads were just visible and heard a cacophony of sounds, her mind jolted back to reality, her pupils slightly trembling.
At that moment, seeing the bustling street less than two hundred meters away, Luxianbei realized that if a battle broke out here, it could very likely harm innocents.
When she had just arrived, that urban legend was about to pounce on Fang Ji; in that critical moment, she hadn’t even had time to care about the three mysterious spirit energy fluctuations trailing behind her and had swung her sword down without a second thought.
But now, things were different…
With a flutter of thought, not having time to predict the next spell enhancement multiplier, Luxianbei immediately began to softly chant the incantation.
“Jade Tower and Golden Palace, iron-cast walls, dragon roar, lion growl, tiger’s roar, hundred-foot railings, land of banishment, three beasts restrain!”
“Play the python flute, strike the turtle drum, moon shoots coral, pine produces amber… Seal spell fifty-three, python turtle amber manifestation!”
In a skillful and swift manner, two spells were completed in an instant.
“Buzz——!”
As Luxianbei finished the final line of the incantation, the air produced a low humming sound, and golden, silver, and copper lights flashed by, shooting like meteors toward three directions in the alley, vanishing into the walls.
At the same time, amber, formed from condensed spirit energy, rapidly “grew” along the walls of the alley from the ground up, coating the entire alley with a thin layer of tea-colored crystal.
Both spells had enhancement multipliers over two times. At the moment after completing the spell casting, Luxianbei felt a wave of severe exhaustion from spirit energy consumption wash over her; her whole body felt weak, and for a moment, she had no strength to regain balance, letting her body do a parabolic motion in the air.
“Boom——!”
As Luxianbei fell back into the alley, the tea-colored crystal fused above the alley with a low thud.
In just two seconds, this alley, approximately fifty meters long, was sealed off from the main road of Eternal Night Street by Luxianbei using her spells.
I’ve sealed myself; this really is my first time doing this! Luxianbei thought.
“Boom——!”
Her petite body crashed to the ground, rolling and bouncing.
It felt as if the entire world was in turmoil, her internal organs misaligned, colliding within her body.
Then.
As she seized the moment when her body bounced back up, Luxianbei instinctively thrust her sword into the ground, swiftly stepping back with both legs, creating a trench with a metallic ripping sound, finally stabilizing her form.
The wind died down.
With a series of muffled “clanging” sounds, Fang Ji and the flying garbage fell head first to the ground like wooden stumps being pounded.
At the moment his face met the cold, damp ground, Fang Ji clearly heard a light “crack!” sound that traveled through his bones to his ears.
Then, he felt a surge of warmth at the dislocated region of his lower back, fiery yet oddly comfortable, as if overcooked water had scalded him.
His dislocated spine, through the collision with numerous pieces of trash and intimate contact with the ground, miraculously returned to its original position.
“Hey!? I can move!” Fang Ji stood up, exclaiming in surprise, then glanced ahead at the girl blocking the path between him and the urban legend, hesitating for a moment before weakly asking, “Miss, are you the rescue sent by the guide?”
Luxianbei, “……” No, I’m the rescue sent by a monkey.
“Th-that thing is too terrifying. Now that I can move, how about we run quickly?”
“……”
While I absolutely love your style of doing things, we really can’t run this time!
If we run, the bystanders on the street nearby will suffer…
So not only can we not run, but we also have to service that ghostly thing with a full package of “k*ll, cremate, and scatter the ashes!”
Luxianbei thought, opening her mouth only to be interrupted by a low growl from ahead.
“Roar——!”
The low growl mixed with a cracking sound, like a worn-out bellows being pulled.
Looking in the direction of the sound, the half-chest of the urban legend, shredded by sword pressure, had mysteriously repaired itself significantly, with thick, pale liquid oozing continuously from the wound.
That liquid was bubbling almost violently, producing a viscous sound as it repaired its body.
With its body, it darted like a ghost through the dimly lit alley, racing toward them, sometimes crawling on all fours, sometimes briefly lifting into the air as if it were a bird, moving with astonishing speed.
Seeing this, Luxianbei’s gaze fixed on the urban legend.
However, her anticipatory thoughts did not surface as she had hoped; instead, as her eyes stayed on that urban legend, her vision was inexplicably drawn to the damaged folding fan it held.
As if that folding fan was its true form… this strange thought flashed through Luxianbei’s mind.
Tsk, since I can’t intercept it precisely, then I’ll just cover it with firepower!
Luxianbei thought, pushing off the ground with her toes and sprinting toward the end of the alley, grabbing Fang Ji with one hand and pulling out three alchemical grenades with the other, tossing them toward the approaching urban legend.
“Cover your head.”
Luxianbei whispered to Fang Ji, and as soon as she caught sight of him cradling his head, she immediately activated the handprint left on the alchemical grenades.
“Boom——!”
A violent explosion suddenly erupted, and the fiery red light instantly engulfed the entire alley.
The terrifying wind pressure swept in along with an incredible heat, causing the spell seal over the alley to flicker, with cracks occasionally appearing and tiny arcs dancing across the surface, seeming as if it would collapse at any moment.
A strange smell, arising from the explosion of strange water and alchemical remnants, filled the air. Fang Ji inhaled just a little, and under the intense hallucinogenic effect and slight malicious world influence, his eyes rolled back, frothing at the mouth, and he convulsed into unconsciousness.
In the second before losing consciousness, he seemed to see countless stars in the deep night sky.
“Whoosh——!”
Watching the flames ahead, Luxianbei slowly exhaled a breath of foul air, glancing back at Fang Ji, her brows slightly furrowing.
Why did he faint? Is his endurance so poor?
Well, as long as he’s not dead, it’s not a big problem!
Retracting her gaze from Fang Ji, Luxianbei turned her attention to the firelight that had yet to dissipate, taking advantage of the explosion to temporarily delay the urban legend while quickly analyzing the current situation.
The spirit energy fluctuation of that urban legend was approximately 0.8 new rabbits, rounded off to be about B+ to A-one level, and it possessed impressive self-healing abilities…
Just now, when it ambushed me, not only was the power it released physically strong, but it also triggered air compression and explosions, very likely having the ability to manipulate airflow…
Although I don’t know why Huasang is stopping me from killing that urban legend, she might very well affect my actions again, and that three mysterious fluctuations of spirit energy that followed me earlier could show up anytime; I must be careful…
Though both sealing spells were enhanced, enduring the explosion of four to five alchemical grenades would already be at the limit; I can’t use abilities that are too powerful…
“……”
A boss with high damage and high healing, an unpredictable “freeze” debuff, random elite monsters interrupting, and locked skills…
What the hell are these hellish “attributes”?
If this were in “Love and Magical Girls,” the planners’ mothers would have been driven out and exiled to the Kuiper Belt by the angry players long ago!
Luxianbei didn’t believe that three alchemical grenades could k*ll that urban legend; after arriving here, she had already sensed with her spirit perception that the urban legend’s spirit energy fluctuation was about 0.8 new rabbits, rounded off to be B+ to A-level.
Even though the alchemical grenades had been upgraded several times, increasing their lethality significantly, along with a debuff effect that reduced defense and luck, it was still too precarious to k*ll an A-level urban legend.
Mainly, the amount wasn’t enough.
If it were [Flower Thousand Trees] or the newly created [Fallen from Heaven], it would be more feasible.
“……”
So, I have to find a way to skip class!
Once the temperature from the explosion drops to a bearable level, while that guy is still dazed, I’ll use [Royal Authority] to intimidate it, causing it to experience a brief freeze, and then use Jun Tian Zou to instantly end the battle.
That way, as long as I try to compress the sword energy into a straight line, even if the spell is torn apart by the sword energy, it won’t cause widespread harm or affect the innocent, Luxianbei thought.
After planning her next course of action, she didn’t let her guard down even a bit.
After all, an enemy that could push her to use most of her abilities at once was already extremely tricky; she couldn’t afford to be careless!
Then…
Up ahead, the firelight in the alley began to dissipate.
Now’s the time!
Luxianbei willed it, stepping forward, her leg muscles tightening, and her body flashed like an arrow, approaching the charred urban legend with incredible speed.
As she looked up at the urban legend, which stood two heads taller than her, a faint golden glow flickered in her eyes, and a brilliant, dignified aura expanded.
Catching sight of the urban legend’s body becoming momentarily stiff, she twisted her wrist, creating a dazzling array of sword blooms, and without hesitation, sent forth her Ling Tai Purification that had been ignited by her innate skill.
[Taihe Gentleman Sword · Jun Tian Zou] High-concentration compressed innate skill enchanted version!
“Whoosh——!”
With one sword strike, Ling Tai Purification pierced through the urban legend’s chest, emerging from its back, accompanied by a piercing shriek, as radiant red sword energy shot out from the end of Ling Tai Purification, colliding with the spells on the other end of the alley.
In an instant, the spell shattered like a mirror, and flashes of gold, silver, copper, and tea color raced through the alley.
It felt as if several mischievous children were playing with shiny orbs in the alley like they were kicking a soccer ball.
Silently, the sword energy shredded outward from within, breaking down the urban legend’s body as the wound from Ling Tai Purification began to shatter, crumble, and dissipate.
As if devoured, the colossal body was reduced to just a head and one arm, falling heavily to the ground.
Staring at the head and arm connected by thick, white viscous substance, Luxianbei’s eyes involuntarily trembled.
What the heck is going on? Even if the vital part is hidden somewhere, it shouldn’t be able to survive this, right?
Surprised to discover that after eighty percent of its body had been destroyed by the sword energy, the urban legend’s spirit energy fluctuation only weakened slightly, Luxianbei’s heart sank, and she instantly tightened her grip on Ling Tai Purification, unhesitatingly driving the sword tip forward, ready to deliver the finishing blow of justice.
However.
Just as the sword tip was about to touch the urban legend’s head, a shadow suddenly flashed past, intercepting the momentum of Ling Tai Purification.
“Clang——!”
The sound of metal clashing suddenly erupted.
Luxianbei’s palm went numb from the shock, her gaze fixed, her pupils contracting sharply.
The long ruler-like shape with a black iron hue and no obvious markings was none other than the Ling Tai Purification fragment described by Qing Ji!
Following that delicate pale hand gripping the ruler, Luxianbei looked up and saw a beautifully delicate face devoid of makeup, showing a hint of displeasure, and was momentarily taken aback before gradually comprehending everything.
The Ling Tai Purification fragment was actually in Huasang’s hands?
So, all my efforts exploring Dachunyang Palace for half a day were in vain?
Does this mean that my “frequency jump” with her might be because she has been carrying a part of Ling Tai Purification with her for a long time?
While Luxianbei was deep in thought, Huasang’s questioning voice entered her ears, interrupting her musings.
“Who exactly are you? Why do you want to k*ll my senior brother?”
Luxianbei, “???”
That ghostly thing is your senior brother?
Has Dachunyang Palace become so indiscriminate that even urban legend disciples are accepted?
Do you think this adorable and charming urban legend has a chance?
As she pondered, her gaze shifted past Huasang to the urban legend behind her, where she then saw a human head slowly rising, watching Huasang’s back with a dark expression while raising the arm connected to the damaged folding fan…
