The Dwarf Ghost and the Green-faced Female Ghost

Fresh blood still flowed from the male cultivator's seven orifices. As he fled, his features contorted in constant spasms, as if he were enduring immense agony.

Lao Chun had a Swift Movement Talisman affixed to his body, and a strand of red silk was tied around his waist. The other end of the silk was gripped tightly in Zi Yi's hand.

Zi Yi was pulling Lao Chun along as she ran.

However, because the male cultivator trailing behind them was in terrible condition, his speed was a fraction slower than the two in front, leaving him unable to catch up.

No sooner had Song Wen spoken than he followed up rapidly.

"They are fleeing for their lives."

"There are two wraiths chasing them."

"Not good. They're turning toward us."

"Move!"

Song Wen spun around and bolted deeper into the cavern, with Xuan Ye following right at his heels without a moment's hesitation.

The wraiths pursuing the trio were clearly immensely powerful; otherwise, the three of them would not have been driven into such a pathetic flight.

As soon as Song Wen and Xuan Ye moved, panic seized the Liu father and daughter. They did not even pause to verify Song Wen's words before rushing out of the cave behind them.

The cave they had been hiding in was only a few meters deep. If the wraiths noticed them, a casual wave of a hand would obliterate them; there would not even be a place to hide.

The commotion from the cultivators fleeing ahead immediately caught the attention of the three running for their lives behind.

"Fellow Daoists ahead, can you stop and join us to resist the wraiths? Fleeing is no solution!" the eighth-layer Qi Condensation cultivator suddenly shouted.

Xuan Ye and Song Wen remained completely unmoved. Only a fool would stand and fight with him.

The moment they engaged the wraiths, that man would likely turn and flee, leaving them to bleed and die just so he could reap the benefits.

However, this brought misery to the Liu father and daughter. Their strength was simply too weak. Especially Liu Mu, who was only at the third layer of Qi Condensation; even with a Swift Movement Talisman, she severely dragged down her father's escaping speed.

Within a mere few breaths, the two of them were overtaken by the trio behind.

Zi Yi and Lao Chun shot past the father and daughter without a glance.

When the eighth-layer Qi Condensation cultivator saw them, his eyes filled with pure disgust.

"Dammit, what rotten luck! I finally run into two living people, thinking I could use them as scapegoats to block the wraiths behind, but it turns out to be you two. With your pathetic strength, you won't even delay them for a second!"

This male cultivator was precisely one of the three who had previously held the Liu family captive.

After advancing several dozen more meters, the male cultivator discovered that Xuan Ye and Song Wen, who had been running at the very front, had suddenly come to a halt.

"Stop running. It's a dead end ahead,"

Song Wen shouted to everyone in the passage.

A hundred meters forward, the tunnel came to an abrupt end, blocked by solid rock.

Unwilling to accept this, Song Wen had already sent his Beetle Gu to search the surroundings, but there was truly no way out.

Song Wen felt deeply frustrated. They had been advancing according to the map, and it was only because they discovered the Liu family that they had entered this detour. He had not expected to be trapped here.

"If you don't want to die, everyone prepare to face the enemy."

Zi Yi and Lao Chun walked up to Song Wen and Xuan Ye, giving a slight nod as a brief greeting.

Meanwhile, the eighth-layer Qi Condensation cultivator let out a harsh, cackling laugh.

"Hahaha... Heaven has truly smiled upon me, Yan Gu! In this moment of crisis, I encounter four fellow Daoists one after another. It seems today is not the day Yan Gu dies!"

As it turned out, Zi Yi and Lao Chun had also crossed paths with the fleeing Yan Gu midway.

After parting ways with Song Wen's group, they lacked someone familiar with the terrain like Xuan Ye. Relying on nothing but a simple map, they had quickly become lost in the labyrinthine tunnels.

It took them a considerable amount of time to find the correct direction again, only to run straight into Yan Gu after walking a short distance.

Yan Gu, who had believed himself doomed, immediately thought of shifting the trouble onto others the moment he saw Zi Yi and Lao Chun. He had fled straight toward them, dragging them into the mess.

"Do not worry too much, everyone. Those two wraiths had a significant portion of their Yin Qi drained by me and two other fellow Daoists. Their strength is at less than half of its peak. If we join forces, we stand a chance of slaying them."

No one paid Yan Gu any mind. Everyone was busy preparing their means to face the enemy.

The Soul Piercing Awl hovered before Song Wen, roiling with baleful Qi. One could tell from its name alone that the Soul Piercing Awl was a magical artifact specifically designed to target ghosts and spirits, making it perfect for dealing with these two wraiths.

Xuan Ye summoned both the Goat-headed Ghost and the General Wraith, letting them float to his left and right.

Zi Yi and Lao Chun each released two corpse puppets. Surprisingly, like Song Wen, they were both corpse cultivators.

The magical artifact Yan Gu produced was the most bizarre of all. He wore a necklace of eighteen human skulls around his neck, and in his hand, he held a wooden fish, which was also crafted from a human skull.

This Yan Gu was actually a rare cultivator of the Evil Buddhist Dao.

As for the Liu father and daughter who arrived last, they shrank into a corner of the rock wall, completely lacking the courage to join the battle. No one bothered to pay them any attention either.

By now, the two wraiths had closed the distance, and everyone could finally see their appearances clearly.

The two wraiths were one large and one small.

The larger one stood over ten feet tall, a slender, green-faced female ghost with the strength of the seventh layer of Qi Condensation.

The smaller one was less than a meter tall, with short limbs and a form like a dwarf. It was a white-faced male ghost with the strength of the eighth layer of Qi Condensation.

The green-faced female ghost crawled on all fours, Yin winds swirling around her limbs as she propelled herself forward at high speed.

The Dwarf Ghost sat astride the back of the green-faced female ghost, a bizarre grin plastered across its snow-white face while it let out occasional wailing sounds.

"Go."

Song Wen was the first to strike. The Soul Piercing Awl shot out like an arrow from a bowstring, flying straight for the Dwarf Ghost's head.

The grin on the Dwarf Ghost's face never wavered. It thrust a short hand in the direction of the Soul Piercing Awl, and while the awl was still half a meter away, it was swatted aside.

Xuan Ye's two ghosts, along with Lao Chun and Zi Yi's corpse puppets, also arrived.

The General Wraith wielded a great blade, slashing down at the green-faced female ghost on the ground, while the Goat-headed Ghost lunged with its claws toward the Dwarf Ghost.

The two corpse puppets flanked the Dwarf Ghost from the left and right.

The Dwarf Ghost suddenly threw its head back and howled. Instantly, a violent Yin wind erupted, sending sand and rocks flying through the cavern.

The attacks of the two ghosts and two corpses were entirely blocked by the howling gale, and all four were blasted backward by the powerful force.

This raging Yin wind seemed to consume a vast amount of energy, as the Dwarf Ghost did not sustain it for long and quickly ceased its casting.

Right at that moment, Yan Gu's attack arrived.

He tossed the wooden fish into the air, took the skull necklace from his neck into his hands, and began to turn the beads rapidly.

These two items were actually a paired set of magical artifacts.

At the same time, his mouth moved rapidly, chanting complex and arcane scriptures.

The wooden fish hovered in midair, emitting beams of white light that enveloped the two wraiths below.

The white light seemed highly effective against the wraiths, causing their ghost Qi to melt away rapidly. Within just a few breaths, the bodies of both wraiths appeared to have diminished slightly.

However, Yan Gu's condition was far too poor. The white light from the wooden fish flickered violently, looking extremely unstable.

Yan Gu's current state clearly indicated that his Sea of Consciousness had suffered a severe trauma.

The Dwarf Ghost looked up, its eyes fixed venomously on the wooden fish in the air, suggesting it had already suffered greatly from this artifact before.

With a sudden leap, the Dwarf Ghost sprang off the back of the green-faced female ghost, braving the white light as it charged straight for the wooden fish.

It seemed determined to destroy the wooden fish entirely, even if it meant sustaining injuries.

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