Chapter 87: Struck Xie Yan

The Nightmare Beast immediately raised its huge hand, wanting to pinch Yuan Yao in its palm.

But as soon as it moved, Ying Wuji blocked it.

"Youngest Senior Brother, help me buy some time!" Yuan Yao knew she couldn't defeat the Nightmare Beast, but she could gradually devour its spiritual power, making it weaker and weaker.

Hearing this, Ying Wuji turned his head and gave her a deep look.

"Good."

The Nightmare Beast naturally could hear their conversation and also guessed Yuan Yao's intention; it panicked, wanting to retract the spiritual power it had released, but it didn't expect that this human little pervert's spiritual power cluster would tightly entwine itself.

Furious, the blood light at its hollow eyes grew brighter and brighter, as if it wanted to burn through Yuan Yao and everyone.

"Courting death!"

It let out an angry roar, then immediately opened its mouth and wildly spat corrosive slime toward Yuan Yao's position.

Just as the slime was about to fall on Yuan Yao, Ying Wuji swiftly dodged, stepped in front of her, and then swung his long sword.

Countless sword qi were unleashed, shaking the slime back.

At this moment, Xiao Lingwei, Cang Li, and Xue Jin arrived.

"Buy time for Yao Yao." Ying Wuji said without extra words.

Xiao Lingwei and the two others gave Yuan Yao a complex look, then nodded at Ying Wuji.

They summoned their weapons and moved to surround and attack the Nightmare Beast.

You should know, the Nightmare Beast's greatest strength lies in its terrifying spiritual power attack, but due to Yuan Yao's deployed spiritual power actually managing to bind as much as fifty percent of its spiritual power, the Nightmare Beast thus lost nearly half of its combat strength.

Moreover, prior to this, the Nightmare Beast had already been forcibly devoured by Yuan Yao of a full thirty percent of its spiritual power; plus, not long ago it also suffered a ruthless slaying of one of its avatars by that mysterious figure, causing its strength to greatly diminish!

Nowadays its strength is not only far inferior to its peak a thousand years ago, but even falls short of what it had when it just broke the seal and escaped!

It's all because of this human pervert!

That's what made it end up so miserable!

The Nightmare Beast wants to quickly dispose of these humans, then reclaim its spiritual power!

It madly charged at Ying Wuji and the four others to attack.

Boom—boom—boom—

Ying Wuji and the four did not clash head‑on with it, because they knew the current goal was to buy time for Yao Yao!

So, they dodged when they could, defended when they could.

While the Nightmare Beast struggled to kill them, it also sensed its spiritual power being devoured by Yuan Yao.

Its heart grew increasingly anxious and uneasy.

At this moment, it also discovered a large group of people rushing from afar.

In a mix of shock and fury, the Nightmare Beast stared fixedly at Yuan Yao.

It wanted to expel Yuan Yao from its Nightmare Space!

Hum—

Yuan Yao felt her consciousness sink, as if sinking into water.

Meanwhile, in reality, her eyeballs beneath her eyelids twitched slightly, as if showing signs of imminent awakening.

This scene happened to be seen by the ghost‑faced boy not far away.

The ghost‑faced boy approached, looking down at her pale face from above, her brows tightly knit, as if she were struggling with something.

Everyone present had fallen into a deep slumber.

Only she, at this moment, showed a reaction.

The ghost‑faced boy slightly squatted, about to check her pulse.

But just as his fingertip touched her pulse—

Yuan Yao's consciousness struggled violently, then with a crisp 'pa' sound, a solid slap landed squarely on the cheek of the boy wearing the mask, directly knocking the object on his face askew to one side.

The boy faintly felt pain from the corner of his mouth, and a flash of gloomy, vicious cruelty instantly appeared between his eyes and brows.

He stared sharply at Yuan Yao.

Yet he discovered that she, like everyone else, had once again fallen into deep slumber.

He reached out his hand, probing toward her neck.

Even before his fingers touched her skin, he could sense a faint warmth emanating from there.

The boy's palm covered her soft, slender neck, pressing closely against her warm skin.

An indescribable strange feeling welled up in his heart.

An unfamiliar yet subtle sensation.

He nonchalantly withdrew his hand, slowly rose to his feet, and coldly glanced at Yuan Yao lying unconscious on the ground.

With a movement of his body, he headed toward a certain direction in Yunming City.

He came to the Ninth Province this time for an item sealed in Yunming City.

He knows the reason everyone in Yunming City fell into a coma is because the Nightmare Beast sealed by the Immortal Sect a thousand years ago.

The Nightmare Beast specializes in devouring human souls and gouging out eyes.

Having committed countless evils a thousand years ago, the Immortal Sect sealed it with an object.

That object is his goal in coming to Yunming City.

Actually, Xie Yan had long prepared to enter the Nightmare Space constructed by the Nightmare Beast; it's just that now…

Xie Yan looked at the ground full of people fallen into a coma, his expression inscrutable.

He guessed the Nightmare Beast must have run into trouble, leaving it no spare attention for the outside world.

Xie Yan hurried to a certain spot, then his hand conjured a long sword.

He gripped the sword with one hand and swung it downward.

Clang—

…

In the Nightmare Space.

Yuan Yao realized the Nightmare Beast wanted to expel her consciousness; she began to struggle and resist, and, following the opponent's spiritual power, she gradually 'pulled' it back.

Yuan Yao suddenly opened her eyes, gasped a breath, then immediately lifted her head and locked gazes with the Nightmare Beast.

"Don't even think about driving me away!"

Having said that, Yuan Yao began to erode the opponent's spiritual energy mass.

The Nightmare Beast hadn't expected that even this wouldn't drive her out; it was nearly exploding with rage.

At the same time, Zong Rao and the others arrived, and without further ado they launched an attack on the Nightmare Beast.

Dozens of people surrounded it, leaving it no spare attention.

It furiously swung its massive claws, lunging at the crowd!

Each strike carried immense power, as if it would crush them!

Those disciples whose strength was slightly weaker couldn't withstand it; they consequently vomited blood from severe injuries, heavily collapsing to the ground, unable to even crawl up.

Zong Rao, Yan Lao, Elder Fang of the Double Extreme Sect, Elder Feng of the Rushing Void Sect, and the other strong ones quickly joined forces and fiercely attacked the Nightmare Beast.

Each elder's cultivation is at the Spirit Transformation Realm; together with the elite disciples, they are enough to trap the Nightmare Beast, whose strength is continually waning.

The Nightmare Beast sensed the danger and conceived the intention to retreat.

It let out an angry roar.

In an instant, the terrifying spiritual power pressure instantly sent everyone flying.

Yuan Yao was also sent flying along with them.

The black mist on the Nightmare Beast's body instantly spread like a thick fog, sweeping over everyone present.

"Not good!" Yuan Yao realized its intention and immediately said: "It wants to drive us away!"

Upon hearing the two words "drive away", everyone's expressions varied.

But they first wanted to resist this black mist.

However, the black mist, mixed with powerful spiritual power, instantly broke through the defenses of many elite disciples present, driving their consciousness out of the Nightmare Space!

One after another, people were sent away.