Earlier, Zhang Daozhang had attacked alone. This time, there were eighteen Celestial Masters. Their combined power wasn't something that Zhang Daozhang's Taoist sword could compare to.
Last time, the sword's aura had made me feel as if I was in a semi-solid state. This time, I felt as if I had been buried in thousands of kilograms of concrete. The boundless pressure made all the joints in my body creak, as if they could break at any time. There was no breath in my nose. No matter how hard I tried, I couldn't take in a single breath of air.
This time, the evil sacrificial spirit finally moved his eyes away from my face, but he didn't look like he was going to die. He could only watch the situation unfold helplessly. Moreover, he knew clearly that he could be killed by the shockwaves of their battle … It wasn't an exaggeration to say that this feeling was the feeling of death.
This time, the evil sacrificial spirit's eyes finally moved away from my face.
His movements were very slow. Compared to the Yang Spirits and the Celestial Master Seals, he looked like an old man. He slowly stood up from the ground and slowly turned around to face the Yang Spirits that filled the sky. Then, he slowly lifted his hand and pushed the cloak that was wrapped around his head down, revealing his terrifying head.
After he had done all that, the Yang Spirits and the Celestial Master Seals, which were extremely fast in my eyes, finally arrived in front of him.
At this moment, the pressure around my body had reached its peak. Not only was I unable to breathe, but even the air in my lungs and trachea was squeezed out. Even the oxygen in my blood seemed to have left me.
At the same time, there were several crisp sounds coming from my chest. It was the sound of my sternum breaking.
"Xi!
Xi! "
At this moment, the evil sacrificial spirit's shriveled mouth, which looked like tree bark, suddenly opened and chanted two mysterious syllables that were difficult to distinguish.
As he chanted, he raised his arm and placed it in front of him. From left to right, he simply drew a horizontal line.
The moment he finished all these movements, the pressure and restraint on my body suddenly disappeared. Not only that, the Yang Spirits and the Celestial Master Seals that were rushing forward suddenly stopped a few meters away from the evil sacrificial spirit.
The Celestial Master Seals with weak light were fine. After hovering in the air, they didn't move. On the other hand, the Yang Spirits of Zhang Daozhang, President Gu, and President Ren of the Taoist Association were dazzling. After a slight pause, they violently flew backward. Like children, they shrieked in unison. The most miserable one was Zhang Daozhang's Yang Spirit.
The most miserable one was Zhang Daozhang's Yang Spirit, who was rushing at the front. His Yang Spirit was the most mystical. He held a sword in his hand, which seemed to have an illusory brilliance and was very magical. But at this moment, as the Yang Spirit flew backward, the sword in his hand also broke into two pieces. The upper part disappeared after it was broken, and the lower half of the sword had some white crystal juice flowing out. Although the color was different from blood, at first glance, it seemed that the Yang Spirit had been injured and was bleeding. It was obvious that he had been seriously injured.
It was true. Among the eighteen Celestial Masters, the Celestial Masters whose cultivation base was less than half of the Yang Spirit Realm only swayed a little.
The other half of the Yang Spirit Celestial Masters retreated a few steps, and blood trickled down the corners of their mouths.
The one who suffered the most was Zhang Daozhang. His entire body collapsed on the ground. His face was purplish-gold, and blood was flowing out of his seven orifices. He was half-crawling on the ground like a ghost, spitting blood and twitching. It was an extremely miserable sight.
I dropped my jaw as I looked at the scene in front of me. I was dumbfounded.
How could it be?
There were eighteen Celestial Masters, and half of them were Yang Spirit Celestial Masters!
Even with such a powerful lineup, they couldn't even defeat a Yin Deity or evil spirit?
I was surprised, but the eighteen wounded Heavenly Masters were frightened. The first to break down were the Heavenly Masters who hadn't had a Yang God yet. Almost at the same time, they retrieved their Heavenly Master Seals back into their bodies. They looked at the evil sacrificial spirit with vigilance and fear on their faces. It seemed they would turn around and run away at any moment.
Then, the other Yang Spirit Celestial Masters followed suit. They immediately called back their wounded Yang Spirits and looked at the evil spirit with vigilance and fear. They slowly retreated.
Only President Gu and the three Celestial Masters from Longhu Mountain didn't retreat. President Gu was so shocked that he forgot to run away. The other two Celestial Masters from Longhu Mountain supported Zhang Daozhang to check his condition. Zhang Daozhang seemed to be severely injured. He couldn't even absorb the broken Yang Spirit into his body. He anxiously hovered above his head, and the light on his Yang Spirit had dimmed.
I had to say that the people of Longhu Mountain had a stronger bond than the Metaphysics Association. The other two Celestial Masters didn't run away. They took the risk and took out a jade box from Zhang Daozhang's body. They took out a red pill the size of a fist and put it into Zhang Daozhang's mouth. They also injected Taoist energy into his body to help him recover. Zhang Daozhang's gray eyes glowed again. He didn't twitch anymore. He gritted his teeth, sat cross-legged on the ground, and slowly absorbed the broken Yang Spirit into his body.
All of this took a long time. During the whole process, the evil spirit didn't attack again. It just looked at everything indifferently.
Perhaps it was because the evil spirit didn't intend to take the initiative to hurt them, the other Celestial Masters who were ready to escape didn't leave. They just hid far away and watched the situation unfold in panic.
Finally, Zhang Daozhang's Yang Spirit was completely absorbed into his body. When he opened his eyes, he had obviously recovered a lot. While staring at the evil spirit, he asked President Gu in a trembling voice, "What the hell is going on?"
President Gu had already come to his senses at this time, but his expression was still dull, and he had long lost his usual hypocritical smile. He replied in an extremely low voice, "His cultivation … Maybe I'm wrong. Even if this evil spirit doesn't have a Yin Spirit Rush, I'm afraid it's not far away …"
"Cultivation … Impossible. It's the law of heaven and earth. If he had a Cultivation of Ascension, wouldn't he be an Earth Immortal when he was in the underworld?
It's impossible! "
Zhang Daozhang's expression became incomparably gloomy as he rambled on. It was hard to tell if he was venting his anger or trying to comfort himself. After a while, he finally managed to squeeze out another sentence. "So what do we do now?"
President Gu's mind slowly returned to normal. He immediately answered, "This evil spirit doesn't seem to have any malicious intentions towards us. The two attacks it made were counterattacks, and it doesn't show any signs of taking the initiative to attack us. We'd better retreat. After we go back and report the details to the old president and Celestial Master Zhang, we'll decide what to do next."
Zhang Daozhang didn't think for long. Soon, he nodded and said, "All right then … Let's go!"
Then, he and President Gu took action at the same time.
Unlike the other Celestial Masters who had stared at the evil spirit and retreated little by little, they directly turned around and ran back the way they had come at full speed.
Seeing their actions, the other Celestial Masters who were still watching from the sidelines immediately sprang into action as well. The eighteen of them ran away in a chaotic manner like a swarm of bees.
I was dumbfounded again.
What should I do if they run away?
Nangong, Zhang Kanwen, and the little zombie were still behind the evil spirit. If we wanted to run away, we would have to go around him!
What's more, our cultivations are either sealed, or we're seriously injured, so we can't use our Taoist Qi at all. The only ones who still have some strength are the little zombie and me, but our cultivations are far inferior to those Heaven Masters. Even if the evil sacrificial spirit doesn't stop us, I'm afraid those Heaven Masters will have already blocked the way in by the time we reach the entrance …
What should I do?
While my heart was burning with anxiety, I suddenly heard the loud and clear sound of a bell.
This bell sound was much louder than the last time. Hearing this sound, my entire head buzzed. After a while, I recovered my consciousness. I lifted my head to look at the empty sacrificial hall in front of me. Suddenly, there was a lot of white smoke rising in the air.
The white smoke wasn't thick, so it didn't affect my vision. On the contrary, the light in the surroundings seemed to be brighter. At first glance, I saw a group of Celestial Masters running in the distance.
It was strange that they were standing next to a high wall, looking for something like headless flies.