At this moment, Li Hongze was on the brink of collapse. He could only feel his consciousness growing increasingly hazy, and the pain coursing through his body had pushed his mind to the edge of breaking down.
"Don't die here! I need to escape, I want to live!" As he saw the exit drawing closer, Li Hongze struggled to lift his legs, moving forward step by step. Suddenly, he spotted a familiar figure running toward him from a distance. A glimmer of hope flashed in his eyes as he exerted all his strength to shout, "Jiang Ling, come save me! I'm over here!"
Ge Bing also noticed my presence. His expression changed instantly as he hurriedly commanded the two Evil Spirits, "You two, kill them. I'll go first."
Although Ge Bing had never fought me directly, he was deeply afraid of the Dog Treasure I possessed. He knew he was no match for me and planned to leave the two Evil Spirits behind to hold me off while he made his escape.
The two Evil Spirits glanced disdainfully at Ge Bing. Although they had not shown themselves before, they had witnessed everything happening outside. With a sneer, one of them said, "Heh, Ge Bing, you're truly pathetic, scared stiff by someone like that. If you want to run, then hurry up; we'll handle these two."
With that, the two Evil Spirits flickered and transformed into shadows, charging toward me and Li Hongze.
"Hmph, as long as there's still green hills, I need not fear a lack of firewood." Ge Bing coldly snorted at the sight of the two Evil Spirits. Ignoring their words, he quickly made his way toward the factory's back door, hoping to sneak away unnoticed.
Upon hearing Li Hongze's cry for help, I immediately turned my gaze in his direction. When I spotted him, I froze for a second but quickly regained my composure. A joyful smile broke across my face as I exclaimed, "Haha, Li Hongze, you're alive! That's fantastic!"
Before I could finish my sentence, I suddenly saw the two Evil Spirits preparing to strike at Li Hongze. My smile vanished instantly because I was still a bit far from him; it was too late for me to intervene. All I could do was quicken my pace and shout at the two Evil Spirits, "Stop right there! As long as you don't harm my brother, I promise I'll let you go."
"Heh heh, Stinky Taoist, with your strength, do you really think you can take us on?" The two Evil Spirits laughed coldly at me. One of them charged toward me to block my path while the other brandished a Ghostly Blade and lunged swiftly at Li Hongze's chest.
Li Hongze sensed the danger approaching from behind and turned to look. He then shouted loudly, "Damn it! I'll fight you!"
"Heh heh, kiddo, what do you think you can use to fight me? In front of me, you're just an ant. Killing you is as easy as pie." The Evil Spirit sneered as it continued its relentless thrust with the Ghostly Blade toward Li Hongze's chest.
As the Ghostly Blade in the hands of the Evil Spirit was about to pierce into Li Hongze's body, the female ghost Lin Wei Yin rushed out from her hiding place. She stood in front of the Evil Spirit and pulled Li Hongze aside, saying, "You need to get away; I'll hold it off here."
Seeing Lin Wei Yin's actions, I finally breathed a sigh of relief. However, I knew that her cultivation was far weaker than that of the Evil Spirit before us. At most, she could only hold it off for a minute. Therefore, I needed to quickly deal with this Evil Spirit so that I would have time to save Li Hongze and the others.
I withdrew my gaze and focused all my thoughts on the Evil Spirit in front of me. I could clearly sense the powerful cultivation emanating from it, but I had also broken through to Master Rank. With the exceptional artifact in my hand, I still had a fighting chance against this Evil Spirit.
After formulating my plan, I bit my tongue and sprayed a mouthful of Tongue Blood onto the Rusty Sword in my hand. Then, I activated the Taoist Magic within me and infused it into the Rusty Sword. With my left hand, I quickly cast several spells while chanting aloud: "Ultimate Earth, Mystical Arts Have Methods! Supreme Three Pure Ones, Daoist Guardian! Grant me Daoist Arts, bestow upon me Blood Demon! Exorcism Technique, Dao Blood Extermination! Sacrificial Dao Blood, eradicate Evil Spirit! Supreme Old Lord, hasten as per the law!"
As soon as my words fell, a sharp sword aura erupted from the Rusty Sword in my hand. Without any hesitation, I swung the Rusty Sword toward the Evil Spirit.
If the sword aura I had previously unleashed was only as thick as two fingers, then now it was as wide as four fingers, and its power had multiplied several times. This was the change in strength after my promotion to Master Rank.
My speed was too fast for the Evil Spirit to evade. Although it was wary of my sword aura, it could only gather its Eerie Aura and brace itself to take my attack head-on.
The Evil Spirit concentrated all its Eerie Aura onto its Ghostly Blade, enhancing its power significantly. It swung the Ghostly Blade at my sword aura while shouting loudly, "Shatter!"
A loud bang echoed as my sword aura was shattered by the Ghostly Blade in the hands of the Evil Spirit. However, a deep wound appeared on its arm, causing its aura to become somewhat chaotic.
The Evil Spirit adjusted its breath and glanced at me disdainfully before sneering, "Heh heh, Stinky Taoist, you're not all that impressive. What other tricks do you have? Feel free to show them."
"Ha ha, you truly are ignorant. You may have blocked one sword aura, but do you know how many more you can withstand?" I replied calmly. The sword aura I had just unleashed was merely my strongest technique at that moment; it didn't mean that I could only use it once. Now that I was a Daoist Master, I could unleash dozens of such sword auras.
"Ultimate Earth, Mystical Arts Have Methods! Supreme Three Pure Ones, Daoist Guardian! Grant me Daoist Arts, bestow upon me Blood Demon! Exorcism Technique, Dao Blood Extermination! Sacrificial Dao Blood, eradicate Evil Spirit! Supreme Old Lord, hasten as per the law!" I recited the spells again as I swung the Rusty Sword seven times in quick succession, unleashing seven sword auras that completely sealed off its escape route and left no chance for the Evil Spirit to flee.
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