Chapter 166: Meritorious Service

Seeing that they had finally managed to suppress Lu Yuanfeng and the other, and another helper had come to support, the red-robed man had to temporarily give up the attack and turn to defense, and the two sides reached a stalemate again.

As soon as Ye Tan left, before Song Qingming could make a move, Han Tongshan, who was hiding in the black mist of the Soul-Gathering Banner, quickly reacted, directly turning the black mist in the Soul-Gathering Banner into several black tigers and pouncing toward Song Qingming.

Seeing this, Song Qingming smiled lightly without changing his expression and took out a high-grade Demon-Expelling Thunder Talisman, throwing it at the several black mists pouncing over. With several flashes of green thunder light, the wronged souls in these black mists were instantly wiped out completely.

The Soul-Gathering Banner magic tool mainly relied on the numerous wronged souls of living beings collected inside to launch attacks. These soul bodies were not real living things, and it was very difficult to be effective against them using ordinary methods. This was also the powerful point of this magic tool.

After dealing with this group of demonic cultivators of Yang Wuqi a few times, Song Qingming already knew most of their methods. In the few days he returned to Qinghe Market, he also spent a lot of time preparing for the upcoming battle. Just these Demon-Expelling Thunder Talismans, he had prepared more than a dozen on his body, which was enough to deal with the Soul-Gathering Banner in Han Tongshan’s hand.

"Damn it, you actually dare to damage my magic tool."

Seeing that dozens of wronged souls detained in his magic tool were wiped out at once, Han Tongshan instantly felt a sense of foreboding and hurriedly put away the Soul-Gathering Banner. There were only a few hundred wronged souls refined in this banner in total. Losing dozens at once had already caused quite a bit of damage to this magic tool. If this happened a few more times, this magic tool would basically become a useless object.

After putting away the Soul-Gathering Banner, Han Tongshan gritted his teeth and took out a big hammer made of white bone, smashing it directly toward Song Qingming at close range.

Compared to the Soul-Gathering Banner, although the power of this magic tool was much smaller, Song Qingming did not take it lightly. After dodging this attack sideways, he retreated several zhang away and took out the Golden Light Mirror again, shooting a golden light at Han Tongshan, forcing him back several zhang again, and the two sides returned to the standing position before the battle just now.

Seeing that Song Qingming intended to pull away from him, Han Tongshan felt suspicious in his heart. After dodging several attacks from the Golden Light Mirror, he quietly took out a Swift Wind Talisman from his body, stuck it on his leg, and then, taking advantage of the gap in Song Qingming’s Golden Light Mirror attack, instantly accelerated and turned into a gust of wind, rushing directly toward him.

Seeing that Han Tongshan’s body speed suddenly increased by a factor of one, Song Qingming was also very surprised. Seeing that the bone hammer in his hand was about to fall on him, Song Qingming wanted to dodge but found it was already too late, so he could only stand blankly on the spot.

"Haha! Kid, no place to hide this time!"

Just as Han Tongshan thought he was about to succeed, a spiritual light appeared in front of Song Qingming, and a giant bear puppet beast as tall as a person appeared, directly taking the bone hammer smashed down by Han Tongshan.

Only a cracking sound was heard, and one of the giant bear puppet beast’s arms was broken by Han Tongshan’s bone hammer. Afterward, Song Qingming hurriedly retreated several zhang again, pulling away the distance between the two again.

Fortunately, one of Han Tongshan’s hands had already been injured earlier and couldn't exert ten percent of his strength just now, otherwise his puppet beast would definitely have been smashed to pieces.

Seeing that the giant bear puppet beast had been beaten to disability and temporarily lost its function, Song Qingming had no choice but to put it into the storage bag.

Compared to the small skirmish on Song Qingming’s side, the other two battles were much more intense, especially Chen Xuanxin and Yang Wuqi, the two of them. The aftermath of their spell-casting, if encountered by ordinary Qi Refining cultivators, would likely cause them to be seriously injured and unable to get up immediately.

"It’s true, this kid is just like me, someone who has just reached Foundation Establishment. The only second-grade spiritual object on his body is that Golden Light Mirror. No wonder he didn't dare to attack me at close range before."

Confirming that Song Qingming really had no other offensive means besides the Golden Light Mirror, Han Tongshan hardened his heart and directly took a blood-colored spirit pill. He saw a burst of blood mist suddenly rise all over his body, and his momentum was a few points stronger than before.

"Song Qingming looked at him and couldn't help but frown. Could this guy have used some secret technique again?"

Before Song Qingming could think more, Han Tongshan, who was still standing in the distance, suddenly disappeared from the spot. As Song Qingming looked up, Han Tongshan, who should have been a distance away from him, had already appeared high in the sky. The bone hammer in his hand had become even larger and was smashing toward the side of his body.

This time, the speed Han Tongshan erupted with was three points faster than just now. This time, Song Qingming wanted to dodge directly, fearing it would be a bit difficult.

Seeing that Han Tongshan’s bone hammer had already reached in front of him, Song Qingming hurriedly put away the Golden Light Mirror in his hand and released the Sky-Covering Umbrella to block in front of him, and his eyes looking at Han Tongshan also became somewhat nervous.

"Kid, hehe, you’ve been fooled!"

Seeing Song Qingming about to forcibly block this attack, Han Tongshan’s figure changed again, flying directly into the sky. The bone hammer in his hand also became huge, smashing directly toward Song Qingming’s head.

With a loud noise, after the white light lit up, a white light shield appeared in front of Song Qingming again, firmly blocking Han Tongshan’s bone hammer outside the light shield.

"This is, a second-grade defensive spiritual talisman. How can you still have this on you? You really underestimated me, but how many such defensive spiritual talismans can you have on you? Haha... let’s see how many waves of my attacks you can block next."

Han Tongshan laughed sinisterly twice and wanted to retreat, but at this moment, Song Qingming, who had not spoken in front, suddenly came out with a sentence.

"Actually, I only need to block this time. You won't have a chance to attack again next." After speaking, a cold smile spilled from the corner of Song Qingming’s mouth.

Upon hearing this, Han Tongshan felt a sense of foreboding in his heart, but for a moment, he couldn't see what Song Qingming meant by saying this now.

Just as he had retreated a few steps, he suddenly felt something wrong all over his body, and several invisible arrows were flying toward him at close range.

Han Tongshan hurriedly released his protective Qi, and the white shield magic treasure appeared in his hand, yet before he could even deploy it, he suddenly felt that something was wrong with his entire body.

"Invisible Jade Wind Needle!"

Following Song Qingming’s final crisp sound, more than a dozen transparent holes suddenly appeared on Han Tongshan’s body, which also caused him to lose control of most parts of his body instantly. After a miserable shriek, he collapsed directly to the ground.

"Not only did he break my puppet beast, but he also made me use a second-grade defensive spiritual talisman. This time, even if it counts as meritorious service, it’s estimated to be a somewhat losing business."

After collecting the things on Han Tongshan, Song Qingming muttered to himself a few times and was about to go to support the other two battlefields, but saw that the battle above had also just been decided.

Sleep early, I’ll fix it later.