Chapter 417

The insects were everywhere, making one's scalp tingle.

Everyone finally saw what they looked like.

They were similar to cicadas in shape, but had the bodies of centipedes, extremely similar to the insects inside the "Solitary Living Divine Coffin" they had seen before.

But their bodies were much smaller, and their colors were different.

They were grayish-white, covered in salt foam, flying everywhere, and the salt powder also mixed into the thick fog.

These salt powders were also their weapons.

No matter how powerful the poisonous bee swarm was, after killing enemies several times their own number, they were also covered in salt powder, falling to the ground and dying.

Not only that, these salt powders were also attached with Yin Sha Qi, rolling with the insect swarm, surging toward everyone like a poisonous barrier.

"Retreat, don't get any on you!"

Lu San's expression changed suddenly, and he reminded them loudly.

He had heard Li Yan describe Xie Xie Chengzu's appearance at that time; after dispelling the Yin Sha, he immediately vomited a large amount of salty, foul-smelling pus.

Now that he saw it, he already had a guess in his heart.

Performing arts cannot be separated from a medium; these salt powders are likely the means by which the "Guest in the Mist" controls the villagers.

Whoosh~

Just at this moment, a fierce Yin wind suddenly blew up all around.

It was the "Five Directions Luo Feng Flags" that Li Yan had deployed in advance that began to exert their power; the Yin soldiers moved out, stirring up wild winds and Yin fog, blowing away all the surging salt powder.

In the dense forest, cold air overflowed.

Trees, branches, and leaves were all covered with a layer of white frost.

The insect swarm that was rushing over was also affected and could not get close.

The immediate crisis was resolved, but everyone remained vigilant.

In the thick fog, figures had already appeared; they gathered and dispersed from time to time, appearing to be composed only of black fog, without physical bodies.

But everyone could vaguely see clearly that the clothing of those black shadows was very simple, like animal skins and linen, and they also wore various feather crowns on their heads.

They gathered more and more in the fog, looking very much like dead souls returning from ancient times, surrounding them from all directions.

"Fast Boat Zhang" was already pale with fright.

He remembered the words of Xie Xie Chengzu's disciple and muttered: "The 'Guest in the Mist' is not one person; they are not Ba people, they are the wronged souls of the Salt Water Tribe..."

"What nonsense are you talking about!"

Sha Hearing Sha Lifei's scalp was also tingling, but it instead stirred up his ferocity.

His current attire was a military robe, a wide leather belt with copper buckles, and a large cloak on the outside, looking like a great hero of the martial world.

He was only missing a flower pinned next to his hat.

Among the entire team, he could be said to be the most flamboyant.

But the reason for this style was also to conceal his weapons.

Seeing him shake his cloak, he took out two flintlock pistols directly from his wide belt; both were new types of firearms.

In the battle between Inside Shennongjia and the Longxiang Army, they captured quite a few; they suffered a little loss because they didn't have time to refit them, so they exchanged them with the Yunyang Prefecture Yamen.

Being able to do this was also thanks to the intercession of the people from the Ministry of Works.

These two flintlock pistols were short fire guns; of course, they could not compare to the refined ones Li Yan specially customized, but their power was not bad.

Bang! Bang!

Two loud noises, smoke scattered.

The black shadows in the thick fog exploded, but quickly gathered again.

"It's useless, don't waste gunpowder!"

Lu San gave a low shout, "Those things are formless, retreat a little, don't get tricked!"

"Hmm."

Sha Hearing Sha Lifei was helpless and had to retreat.

This kind of thing was really not something he could deal with.

Lu San was also worried, but when he turned his head and saw the luggage Wu Ba had put down, his eyes suddenly lit up, "Quick, bring the Cloud Thunder Divine Drum!"

"Can you use it?"

Sha Hearing Sha Lifei was a little surprised.

Li Yan's Cloud Thunder Divine Drum, although rarely used, could always play a role at critical moments, so no matter how troublesome it was, he kept it by his side.

But this magical artifact was made of high-grade lightning-struck wood, with rhinoceros skin for the drum surface; striking it was extremely strenuous, and if one was not careful, it would shake and injure the spirit.

Even Wang Wang Daoxuan found it difficult to use.

And Lu San's cultivation was still one level lower than theirs.

"I'll try using the Shaman Drum technique."

Lu San stared fixedly at the surroundings, his face firm.

Like Sha Hearing Sha Lifei, he was a bit unorthodox, good at controlling beasts, and his arts were incomplete; facing this situation, he could only take a risk.

Wang Wang Daoxuan had to perform the spell and had no intention to take care of anything else; the Five Directions Luo Feng Flags were completely driven by the formation; if they didn't find a way, they would be broken sooner or later.

Sha Hearing Sha Lifei gritted his teeth and immediately brought the drum over.

Lu San swayed his body, stepped on the primitive Shaman steps, exerted dark force, and slapped it hard.

Boom!

The drum sound was like thunder, and a counter-shock force came.

The power was not as good as Li Yan's, and the method of striking was wrong, shaking Lu San's palms until they were a little numb.

However, those insects that were approaching were affected and retreated one after another; even the black shadows in the thick fog did not approach anymore.

It works!

Lu San's eyes lit up, and he immediately exerted his full strength.

He concentrated his spirit and chanted the Shaman spell, the rhythm of his palms changing in speed.

Li Yan's drum beating was the drum rhythm of the Qin and Han dynasties, with magnificent power, while Lu San's Shaman drum rhythm carried a trace of joy.

He chanted the Shaman spell and kept striking.

The drum sounds were continuous; no matter if it was the insect swarm rushing over or those black shadows that gathered and dispersed, as long as they got close, they were all shaken away.

However, the consequences also began to appear.

Lu San had never practiced lightning arts, and this Cloud Thunder Divine Drum carried a trace of lightning rhyme; concentrating his spirit to strike it also shook his spirit.

He only felt chest tightness and dizziness, and his vision went black, but he still gritted his teeth and persisted, gradually his forehead was covered with blue veins, and cold sweat flowed down.

The little fox Qichu on the side saw this, its eyes full of heartache; although it had spirituality since birth, its cultivation was still shallow, and it only knew some simple fart-based confusion arts.

So, it simply jumped up and down, following along and howling at the sky.

The fox's cry and the Shaman drum's ringing, seemingly chaotic, inexplicably had a kind of harmony, as if returning to that barbaric era.

Lu San's mouth bled, his eyes were blurred, and he entered a wonderful state, as if running in the wilderness with a group of beasts.

Gradually, those bone strings also began to shake, the mountain wind blew up all around, the energy of the mountains and rivers gathered again, and the wild wind whistled, as if there were fierce beasts jumping up and down in the thick fog.

Even the insect swarm and black shadows in the distance were scattered.

Although Lu San was injured, he also bought more time.

In front of the altar behind them, Wang Wang Daoxuan finally picked up the third magic arrow, bit his fingertip to apply blood, then pinched the spell and chanted, thrusting it into the straw man with a puff, stepped back two steps, shook his Daoist robe, took square steps, and suddenly bowed.

"Roar!"

In the thick fog, a roar suddenly sounded.

It was no longer the sharp screech from before, but more like some kind of wild beast.

Boom!

The originally gathered insect swarm exploded with a bang, and those dense black fog figures also collapsed at the same time.

The "Seven Arrows Secret Spell" is widely circulated, and being able to perform the first three arrows is already the limit that ordinary people can bear.

Once the three arrows are out, most evil spirits will also have their souls scattered.

However, Wang Wang Daoxuan's face remained solemn.

If the opponent were cursed to death, the straw man on the altar would burn instantly, but now the straw man is still intact.

And on the other side, Sha Hearing Sha Lifei originally had a happy smile, but soon, his face became stiff.

Seeing in the thick fog, the scattered insect swarm gathered again, merged with those black fog monster shadows, and turned into a huge figure.

This figure had insects wriggling on its body, black smoke overflowing, about seven or eight meters high, striding toward them.

Lu San gritted his teeth and continued to strike the Cloud Thunder Divine Drum.

He exerted his full strength, his vision went black, and he foamed at the mouth; his spirit had been shaken and injured, but he still refused to give up.

Boom boom boom, the drum sound was like thunder.

Visible ripples spread, stirring up white fog, hitting the huge black shadow, but only causing it to drop some insect corpses. "Squeak—squeak!"

The black shadow also let out a shrill and strange screech.

Puff!

The counter-shock force came, and Lu San could no longer hold on, spitting blood and falling to the ground.

Sha Hearing Sha Lifei hurriedly took out Wang Wang Jingxiu's elixir, stuffed it into Lu San's mouth, and then raised the short fire gun with the magazine changed.

Bang! Bang!

Two loud noises, the insect swarm on the upper body of the monster shadow exploded.

Without waiting for it to recover, Sha Hearing Sha Lifei picked up the divine fire gun on the side.

Boom!

The divine fire gun was more powerful, directly scattering the monster shadow.

This "Guest in the Mist" finally revealed its true form, but using the insect swarm to gather a physical body also gave it a weakness.

But soon, the scattered insect swarm gathered again, turning from a human shadow into a black whirlwind, Yin Sha Qi spreading, whistling toward them.

Whoosh~

Around the altar, Yin wind whistled, frost spread, and Yin soldiers moved out to entangle with the monster.

!.

Two strange winds collided up and down, and the grass and trees around flew wildly.

Sha Hearing Sha Lifei looked on in despair, while quickly replacing the magazine, he turned his head and shouted: "Daoist, are you done yet?"

However, Wang Wang Daoxuan could not take care of responding to him.

Performing the "Seven Arrows Secret Spell" also requires enduring the erosion of Yin Sha power, and even the backlash of the opponent's power.

At this moment, Wang Wang Daoxuan was already covered in white frost, cold air overflowing, pinching the spell and chanting, holding the last arrow, but his whole body was trembling, unable to thrust it down no matter what.

"Ah—!"

Sha Hearing Sha Lifei let out an angry roar and fired three more shots in a row.

The monster shadow was scattered again, but gathered again quickly, constantly moving toward the altar.

Clatter!

A battalion of Yin soldiers was damaged and beaten back to the Five Directions Luo Feng Flags.

One of the flags that had been inserted also suddenly tilted...

…………

On the other side, in the relic valley.

"Roar!"

Wu Ba roared repeatedly, his large board axe waving up and down, hacking all the old bacon zombies rushing over into pieces.

If it were other Yin souls and ghosts, he might not have a way.

But these zombies, hard as iron, posed no threat at all to Wu Ba, who had amazing divine power; there were just too many of them.

And Li Yan, ignoring everything, under Wu Ba's protection, performed his supernatural powers, carefully investigating along the valley.

"Found it!"

Finally, Li Yan's eyes lit up, and he suddenly darted out.

He ran at high speed and came to a relic on the north side.

It was a bit different from other places; there was no brine salt pool here, but an open space, overgrown with weeds, somewhat sparse.

Li Yan quickly pushed aside the floating soil, and underneath it was all yellow sandstone.

It looked no different from ordinary stone ground, but Li Yan could smell that inside was the source of that strange Yin Sha Qi.

It's a coffin!

Li Yan took a look and understood instantly.

If others saw it, they would mostly not recognize it, but he had seen this object in a museum in the southwest in his previous life.

Some ancient tribes often used local sandstone to carve stone coffins, burying important tribal figures, such as sacrificial leaders, in them.

Like tree burials, this is also the most primitive form of coffin burial, completely different from the coffin and outer casket structure of today; it is square, flat, and after the top and bottom are closed, it is bonded with sandstone powder, seamless.

If one didn't know, one would really miss it.

"Wu Ba, smash it!"

Li Yan gave a low shout, meeting those zombies.

He had no blunt weapons, and relying solely on the strength of his physical body, it was difficult to do.

Wu Ba did not hesitate and turned to rush onto the stone coffin.

He didn't understand why Li Yan wanted him to chisel stone, but he knew clearly in his heart that he must obey Li Yan's orders in the team.

"Roar!"

Wu Ba let out an angry roar, his muscles bulging, and he swung his large board axe, hacking hard at the ground.

Boom!

With one axe, gravel splashed everywhere.

Boom!

With the second axe, large cracks appeared.

On the mountain top where Wang Wang Daoxuan was, a shrill howl sounded at the same time, the thick fog and insect swarm rolled, actually giving up attacking the altar directly, but turning back to the valley.

Obviously, Li Yan's actions had threatened it.

Unfortunately, everything was too late.

Boom!

With another axe, the sandstone coffin finally shattered.

Black, foul-smelling pus surged out, revealing a corpse inside, wrapped in a thick layer of white salt crust, only vaguely showing a human shape.

"Move aside!"

Li Yan hacked a zombie away with his blade and rushed to the corpse.

At the same time, the thick fog outside the valley also whistled over.

Li Yan clenched his fist, electric arcs crackled, and he directly smashed the salt crust with one punch, hammering the head of the corpse inside to pieces.

Crackle, electric arcs crackled, and the salt crust exploded with a bang.

Boom!

The thick fog that came whistling over also scattered, leaving only a trail of black smoke, rolling over.

"Still not dead!"

Li Yan turned suddenly, two soul-hooking ropes whistled out, entangling the black smoke in the air.

This trail of black smoke was the main body of the evil spirit.

"Evil spirit," this kind of mutated Sha Qi, is ever-changing, capable of turning into a Rakshasa demon or a Fei Yi, but in the end, its essence remains unchanged.

The thick fog and insect swarm were all its external cover.

Once the soul-hooking rope came out, it was immediately trapped.

And on the opposite mountain top, Wang Wang Daoxuan also felt the resistance disappear, turned the magic arrow in his hand, and thrust it hard into the straw man.

Subsequently, he chanted the spell and bowed again.

"Roar—!"

The black evil spirit trapped by Li Yan surged up and down, emitting a shrill roar, but it became weaker and weaker, and the black evil spirit no longer moved around.

At this point, Li Yan was already vaguely clear about some things.

This should be some kind of terrible witchcraft from ancient times, fusing oneself with the "black evil spirit" strange energy, eventually turning into a "Guest in the Mist."

It was not any longevity art, but more like some kind of curse.

Now that the consciousness inside had been cursed away by Wang Wang Daoxuan, the "black evil spirit" naturally had no movement.

Li Yan originally wanted to release the heavenly thunder stored on the soul-hooking rope, but with a thought in his heart, he didn't rush to take action, but stood in place waiting.

On Mount Huashan, the supervisor of the Chunyang Palace, Jing Gu Xuzi, had told them that "evil spirit," this thing, although it is a terrible Sha Qi, has its own creation between heaven and earth, and under certain circumstances, it can also be turned into a blessing.

For example, the corpse of a Fei Yi is the nemesis of all Gu curses in the world.

That thing is very useful.

Better wait for Wang Wang Daoxuan to see it before deciding.

Not long after, Wang Wang Daoxuan and the others hurried over; looking at Lu San carried on Sha Hearing Sha Lifei's back, Li Yan's heart suddenly jumped.

"Don't worry."

Wang Wang Daoxuan seemed to know what he was going to say, shook his head directly and said: "The elixir protected the internal organs from bleeding, the injury is not heavy, and it will recover after a period of quiet recuperation."

He looked at the black evil spirit again, his face full of embarrassment, "This thing is hard to deal with; even heavenly thunder cannot scatter it. Better seal it first and send it to a blessed land to be suppressed."

After speaking, he took out a black altar from his luggage, pinched the spell and chanted, wrapped the black smoke with yellow cloth covered in talismans, tied it into a dead-knot bundle, stuffed it into the black altar, and pasted a suppression talisman on it, tying it with a red rope and an evil-warding coin.

After doing all this, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

These magical artifacts were all purchased on Mount Mount Wudang, specifically used to suppress Yin souls and Sha Qi; as long as the jar is not broken, that thing cannot run out.

After finishing, Wang Wang Daoxuan began to wander around, his eyes gradually becoming surprised, "This place, could it be the ruins of the Salt Water Tribe..."

Second update in the afternoon

(End of this chapter)