Joohyun struggled to get up from the ground. Without bothering to check her injuries, she worriedly looked toward Lisa. Lisa was wielding the Bronze Sword and drove the drought demon one retreat after another with each strike.
"Girl, are you okay?" Just then, Elder Wu caught up with her. He first swept a glance in Lisa's direction, and then checked Joohyun's injury with concern.
"I'm fine." Joohyun shook her head.
Elder Wu checked her up and down, and found that except for some scratches on her palms, she really wasn't seriously injured. Almost immediately, he let out a sigh of relief, and only then gave Lisa some attention: "Why is Lisa here?"
"I don't know." Joohyun looked at Lisa's increasingly evil qi and could not help but worry. "Grandpa, Third Brother's evil qi is getting heavier and heavier. Will he be okay?"
Elder Wu naturally also found that something wasn't right with Lisa. He was still conscious now, so he was helping them to suppress the drought demon, but once he lost control of his mind, the consequences would be even more disastrous.
At this time, all the big brothers also rushed toward them. They looked at the person fighting with the drought demon, and each stared in wonder.
"Who is that?"
"What a dense evil qi. Is there another drought demon?"
"No, he has spiritual power on him. Underneath the evil qi, there's a layer of spiritual power shielding him."
Joohyun smiled, turned her head to check again, and saw that Lisa's body was wrapped in a faint layer of spiritual light. Beyond the spiritual light was the blood-red evil qi.
"Lisa?" Only Master Mao vaguely guessed why Lisa was acting so. A memory in Lisa's past life must have awakened.
"Boom!"
The drought demon's long saber and Lisa's Bronze Sword collided, and the Sword Qi wrapped in evil qi burst out, detonating a massive qi that spread in all directions. Yellow sand swirled up with the wind and stuck on the spectators' faces.
"Withdraw." The two drought demons' aura were getting stronger and stronger. Elder Wu pulled Joohyun and tried to get her way from the battle circle.
"But... Third Brother." Joohyun struggled, not wanting to move.
"No one can get close to him now." After Elder Wu finished speaking, he dragged Joohyun and stepped back.
"Boom! Boom!"
The drought demon suddenly took a few steps backward, brandished his long saber, and attacked Lisa three to four times. The force of the saber was wrapped in evil qi, and each slash carved a deep trace on the ground.
Lisa retreated sharply, and after a few backflips, he evaded the series of attacks from the drought demon. He stuck his sword on the ground and stabilized himself.
"Who are you?" The drought demon never thought that there would be someone in this world who could confront him head-on. When this man suddenly attacked him, he couldn't react for a while, and was caught off guard.
Lisa didn't answer. He had to control the spirit qi in his body to resist the erosion of the evil qi on him, and at the same time, he had to deal with the drought demon's attacks. Not long after, his mental strength was at its limit.
His series of fatal attacks just now did not cause any substantial damage to the drought demon. It was then that Lisa realized he had missed the best time to kill his enemy.
If Lisa's evil qi were to break out completely, it would not necessarily be weaker than the lethality of the drought demon. Perhaps if he wasn't carrying evil qi, it wouldn't have been too difficult to subdue the drought demon with his recovered past life memory along with the power of the other nine Celestial Masters present. However, he was stuck between the two.
He couldn't let his evil qi completely erupt, because he couldn't control his behavior once his evil qi burst.
He couldn't get rid of the evil qi either, because it was too late, not to mention... "Nggh!" The spiritual light on Lisa flickered, and a red glow in Lisa's eyes flashed at the same time. Although it was fleeting, the moment his eyes were flooded with red, it still didn't escape the drought demon's eyes.
"A living person turning into a drought demon?" The drought demon laughed, "I never thought that a Celestial Master would also become a drought demon. Well, what's the use of being a Celestial Master? When you turn into a drought demon, you will forever be immortal and have the power to destroy heaven and earth."
"Shut up!" When the drought demon guffawed, Lisa was afraid that Joohyun might hear him, so he ignored the already somewhat uncontrolled evil qi in his body and wielded his Bronze Sword. He launched another attack.
"Whoosh! Whoosh!"
The drought demon blocked Lisa's sword strikes while poking fun at him, "You haven't fully turned into a drought demon yet, so you're not at all my opponent. Seeing that you may be my only companion in this world, I won't kill you."
Of course, Lisa knew this very well. With his current prowess, there was no way he could be a match for the drought demon. The drought demon didn't need to do anything further at all. All he needed to do was to keep up this battle and stimulate the evil qi he possessed.
"Young Master?" Tian Fei hurriedly ran up the hill with a suitcase in his hand. When he saw the vigorous figure who was fighting fiercely with a zombie, he almost didn't recognize him. No, it should be said that since Lisa suddenly ordered them to stop; when he took a Bronze Sword from the trunk and sped all the way to the mountain; when he was lightning fast that the car barely kept up with him; Tian Fei knew that his Young Master was different.
"Assistant Tian." Joohyun saw Tian Fei and couldn't help but ask, "Didn't you and Third Brother go to the airport? Why are you back all of a sudden?"
"Miss Joohyun, are you all right?" Noticing how disheveled Joohyun was, Tian Fei couldn't help but worry.
"Yeah." Joohyun shook her head and said, "Third Brother arrived in time and saved me."
Tian Fei froze for a moment and instantly understood why the Young Master wanted to get out of the car and run all the way up the mountain: "When we were halfway down the road, Young Master suddenly ordered us to drive back."
"The Ling Ji sword!" A female voice suddenly echoed in Joohyun's mind.
"What?" Princess Ling Ji existed within Joohyun's soul in the form of a memory, and she needed specific conditions to appear. Hence, although Joohyun would occasionally feel something extra in her head, she had never yet spoken to Princess Ling Ji while awake.
"I mean the Young Master ordered us to drive back when we were halfway through," Tian Fei thought Joohyun didn't hear clearly and repeated himself.
Joohyun waited for a while, but Ling Ji's voice no longer sounded in her mind. She hesitated for a moment, and then her eyes fell on the suitcase Tian Fei was carrying in his hand.
"Zzzz..."
With a sizzle, Lisa's right hand was scratched by the saber. The crimson blood quickly soaked his white clothes.
"Blood, I haven't seen blood for a long time." The drought demon suddenly became a little excited. "Let me help you, and you will no longer bleed soon. Even if you are injured, you won't suffer pain."
The drought demon dissolved into laughter. Thereafter, the restless evil qi in the entire Qingmang Mountain suddenly quaked because of the drought demon's emergence, and then shrank back into his body at an unbelievable speed.
"Is the evil qi disappearing?" Yan Chongming wondered, pointing to the sky.
"What's going on?" Shen Qingzhu asked in confusion.
Elder Wu had been staring closely at the direction of the battle between Lisa and the drought demon. He noticed that while the drought demon's evil qi was growing, Lisa's evil qi was also growing at the same time. A thought flashed in his mind, and he exclaimed, "Shoot, the drought demon is trying to stimulate the evil qi inside Lisa."
"What?" Master Mao's face turned pale, and when he turned to check Lisa, he found that his body was growing at an alarming rate. The intensity of his evil qi had already exceeded the intensity of his previous outbursts.
At the same moment when Elder Wu and the others noticed this, Lisa naturally also felt the changes in his body. No, it should be said that he gave up restraining the evil qi inside him. Because he knew very well that if he lost to the drought demon here, there was no way that the rest of the people present would be a match for the demon.
Lisa's eyes turned glacial. He thrust his Bronze Sword at the drought demon, who immediately swung his saber to block it. The two rapidly growing evil qi collided again, not yielding to each other.
"Hehehe... your eyes are slowly turning red." The drought demon laughed excitedly. Soon, the Celestial Master in front of him, who desperately wanted to kill him, would transform into his kind.
"Do you know... where the evil qi in my body came from?" Lisa spoke to the drought demon for the first time.
"How did it come about?" He was able to transform into a drought demon after first experiencing a tragic death and using his resentment to turn into a zombie. Afterward, he cultivated into a drought demon with the help of the favorable geographical location. If he had known the method of transforming a living person into a drought demon, he wouldn't have wasted so much time and ruined the world long ago.
"My evil qi... was absorbed from another drought demon." While Lisa was talking, he suddenly stretched his left hand and captured the demon's hand.
"What are you doing?" Noticing that the evil qi in his body was flowing into the man in front of him little by little, the drought demon tried to shake off his grip in panic. But Lisa, who had completely abandoned himself and let his evil qi explode completely, was suddenly surprisingly strong. He tightly tugged on the drought demon's hand, not letting go of it for even a split second.
"Let go, you let go of my hand, will?" The drought demon had gone through countless years to cultivate. When he just woke up, that woman sealed him up before, but he finally woke up again. Was he going to be killed again this time? Extremely panicked and unwilling, the drought demon roared, and his evil qi surged maniacally, forcing the surrounding Celestial Masters to back off.
"What's happening?" Everyone asked in confusion.
"Lisa's evil qi is out of control," Master Mao exclaimed.
"Lisa has given up controlling his evil qi." When the layer of spiritual light around Lisa disappeared, Elder Wu understood what Lisa wanted to do.
"Lisa..." Master Mao looked at Lisa incredulously. However, he soon understood the reasons behind his actions. The only way to kill the drought demon was to do so.
Lisa's eyes have completely turned blood red. His evil qi was swallowing up the evil qi of the drought demon bit by bit, and at the same time his reason was also disappearing bit by bit.
He wanted to look back at Joohyun, because he was not sure if his own merit and virtue could still support his reincarnation after absorbing two drought demons' evil qi. If there was no next life, then he and Joohyun would never see each other again.
But he did not dare to look back. He was afraid that if he saw Joohyun, he would waver from taking death calmly.
"Are you crazy?!" The drought demon roared and struggled but could not break free from Lisa's grip.
When Lisa's sanity was about to be completely lost, the golden engraved mark deep inside his soul flashed, and Feng Luo slowly opened his eyes.
Meanwhile, outside the battle circle, Joohyun drew out the Ling Ji Sword in the suitcase.
After a thousand years of absence, the Ling Ji Sword once again returned to its owner's hand. She excitedly emitted a pleasant beep and emitted a faint dragon power that penetrated the evil qi.
"Dragon Qi?" When Elder Wu perceived the dragon qi, he immediately turned and found his granddaughter holding a long sword with a flashing dragon power, the tip of which was cold and shining with a silver gleam.
"The Ling Ji Sword?" Master Mao, who found that Joohyun drew the Ling Ji Sword was also taken aback. You should know that he searched far and wide for many masters of the Metaphysics world. Everyone concluded that the Ling Ji Sword was sealed, and only the master could draw it out. Why did Joohyun draw it all at once?
The one who recognized the Ling Ji Sword, besides Master Mao, was also Feng Luo.
Joohyun sensed the call of the Ling Ji Sword. She unconsciously injected spiritual power into the sword and turned his head to Elder Wu and said, "I'll go help Third Brother."
"Woo-wooo~~"
The moment Joohyun injected spiritual power into the Ling Ji Sword, the Bone Flute that was lying quietly in the suitcase suddenly whimpered and flew out of it.
In the car at the foot of the mountain, the lance popped out through the trunk, and on the top of the mountain, the Spiritual Pearl that Joohyun sent down the ground once more to reinforce the seal also broke through the ground again.
Feng Luo's gloominess eased, and then revealed a light smile: The six spiritual artifacts have gathered!
Feng Luo's hands formed a seal. This seal, which had been in preparation for thousands of years, was finally formed today. The evil qi in Lisa's soul was immediately divided into six strands and flew towards the six spiritual artifacts.
"Huh???" The monstrous evil qi was forced into Joohyun's body at an incredible speed, and even Joohyun couldn't stand it anymore. This kind of feeling was completely different from when she took the initiative to absorb the evil qi in Lisa's body. It made her feel as if she were a balloon, constantly sustained by the evil qi and could explode at any moment.
Joohyun gritted her teeth and held on for a few minutes. Finally, when she couldn't withstand it anymore, she collapsed to her knees with a bang.
"Girl, what's wrong?" Elder Wu asked in disbelief. He looked at Joohyun and then looked at the constant downpour of the evil qi. "Why is the evil qi constantly pouring into your body?"
"Hmm!" Joohyun whimpered uncomfortably. There was buzzing in her head, as if a sledgehammer was constantly beating it, making her feel like she might faint at any time.
"Grandpa... I'm so uncomfortable..." Joohyun raised her head with difficulty and said intermittently, "I-I'm not...Aren't I immune to evil qi?"
Joohyun, Princess Ling Ji, was a drought demon in her previous life, so her reincarnation bore a special physique that was immune to evil qi, but even if her physique was special, any reincarnated being would always be a mortal. When the real source of a drought demon's evil qi gushed into the body of a mortal, even a Celestial Master with great merit might not be able to withstand it, not to mention Joohyun, who was one of the spiritual artifacts used to separate Lisa's evil qi.
The moment Feng Luo separated the evil qi, Joohyun's body, like the rest of the five spiritual artifacts, would absorb the evil qi in Lisa's body without any resistance and regardless of the cost.
"What is that?" Perfected Hua Xie pointed toward Lisa and exclaimed. As the crowd turned their heads to look, they let out a series of exclamations.
Elder Wu turned his head to look. He saw a golden light suddenly emerging from the top of Lisa's head, and with Lisa as the center, the majestic evil qi was divided into six and scattered out.
Is this separating the evil qi? Are the six spiritual artifacts gathered together?
Could it be... is Irene the sixth spiritual artifact?
Elder Wu couldn't believe his conjecture, but the facts in front of him forced him to believe it.
"Miss Joohyun, what happened to you?" Tian Fei was no longer surprised when he saw the spiritual artifacts flying again, but when he saw that Joohyun was suddenly in pain, he couldn't help but reach out to help her.
"Don't touch her!" Elder Wu pushed Tian Fei away. With Joohyun's current evil qi, even he did not dare to touch her, let alone an ordinary person like Tian Fei.
At this point, it also dawned on Master Mao. His face was pale as he turned his head to look at Elder Wu. Although he also hoped that Lisa's evil qi could be completely eliminated, but not at this time, let alone on the premise that Joohyun was the sixth spiritual artifact ah.
"What should I do?" Master Mao asked helplessly.
Elder Wu's face was terribly ugly. If he knew what to do, he would have gone and done it. Would he still be here watching?
Because the light of merit and virtue enveloped Lisa, aside from eliminating a lot of evil qi in him, his consciousness also gradually returned. Even his bloodshot eyes regained their clarity. After he came to his senses, he found the Drought Demon looking at him in fright, after he had drained half of his evil qi.
The drought demon was still struggling frantically, trying to break free from Lisa's grip, but he couldn't break free at all. It was to no avail, let alone now that Lisa had already absorbed half of his evil qi.
Why did I sober up?
This was Lisa's first reaction, and then he felt a warm force flowing in his soul. This incomparably soothing power made Lisa shiver because he felt that under this soothing and warm power, the evil qi in his body was disappearing bit by bit.
"Feng Luo, Feng Luo," Lisa shouted loudly.
Feng Luo, who was separating the evil qi, heard Lisa's shout, and floated out of Lisa's body. He frowned at the drought demon in front of Lisa and said worriedly, "I can't guarantee if the six spiritual artifacts can absorb the evil qi of two drought demons."
"Stop, stop it!" Lisa confirmed his conjecture the moment he saw Feng Luo. As expected, Feng Luo woke up and separated his evil qi. He said anxiously, "Don't separate the evil qi. Quick, stop separating the evil qi."
"Why? This has been our long-cherished wish for over a thousand years." Feng Luo did not understand.
"Irene, Irene is the sixth spiritual artifact," Lisa shouted.
Irene? Feng Luo frowned in confusion.
"Qing Ling, do you remember Qing Ling? Qing Ling is Irene in this life." Lisa was not very sure if Feng Luo still remembered Qing Ling. It was because more than thousands of years ago, to ensure that Feng Lou could completely absorb Qing Ling's evil qi, only a tiny part of his soul power left the mark, and this mark only kept a clear note on the technique in separating his evil qi.
"Qing Ling?" Feng Luo asked twice in confusion. The name was vaguely familiar, but he couldn't remember anything.
"Hurry up and stop!" Lisa knew in his heart that it was impossible for the six spiritual artifacts to contain the evil qi of both him and the drought demon.
"It's impossible to stop it. The seal spell has already formed and cannot be interrupted unless a spiritual artifact shatters." Feng Luo shook his head.
"What?" Can't be interrupted? Is Irene really going to die under my own hands?
Perhaps Lisa's despair was too profound, so profound that his soul trembled. Feng Luo searched for the location of the spiritual artifacts and found the most special existence among the six spiritual artifacts, a girl who was somewhat familiar.
This inexplicable familiarity ignited Feng Luo's desire to protect. His brow wrinkled, and his gaze fell on the drought demon in front of Lisa.
At this time, the evil qi around Qingmang Mountain became much thinner because the spiritual artifacts absorbed most of it. Elder Wu condensed the spiritual power in him and walked towards Lisa in anger.
"I can transfer the evil qi from that girl to the drought demon," Feng Luo suddenly spoke, "But then, the drought demon will become even stronger than before."
Lisa originally thought he was about to kill Joohyun with his own hands, but now when he suddenly heard that Feng Luo could transfer the evil qi from Joohyun to the drought demon, he immediately responded without hesitation, "Transfer it."
"What about the drought demon?" Almost out of the instinct of a Celestial Master, Feng Luo asked out loud.
"Transfer all of my remaining evil qi to the drought demon. As long as there's no more evil qi in me, I can use the Profound Fiend Purification and Destruction Technique," Lisa had long thought about it.
As long as he no longer had evil qi, this light of merit and virtue within his soul could just be used to activate the Profound Fiend Purification and Destruction Technique.
Feng Luo swept a glance at Elder Wu, who had already come close, then moved his gaze away. His white robe sleeve stroked the evil qi that was flowing towards Joohyun, and it instantly changed direction, pouring into the drought demon's body in turn.
Joohyun, who had already entered a semi-consciousness, suddenly felt a relief all over her. She gradually woke up as the evil qi in her slowly receded.
"Why does the evil qi seem to be getting stronger again?" The bigwigs who were paying close attention to the movements of the drought demon immediately realized that something was wrong.
"Roar!" The drought demon, who had regained his strength, roared, and broke free from Lisa's grip. Feeling the constant influx of power in his body, he laughed rampantly. "What a mighty power! Hahaha..."
Lisa did not go after the drought demon. He stood in place, waiting for Feng Luo to separate the last remaining bit of evil qi in his body.
10% left, 5%, 3%, 1%, 0!
Lisa threw away the Bronze Sword, took a look at the drought demon whose aura was much stronger than before, raised his hands, and quickly formed the pattern of a magic seal between the flowing spiritual power.
The Profound Fiend Purification and Destruction Technique!
Elder Wu couldn't be mistaken. He even took it out last night and practiced it again.
As Lisa's magic seal was formed, Feng Luo's figure gradually became illusory. The golden light around Lisa shone, and the light of merit and virtue overflowed from within his soul.
"Ring-ding-ding..."
With the crisp ringing of a bell, a huge golden bell made of spiritual qi suddenly fell from the sky and illuminated the drought demon inside. This sudden change made Lisa stunned for a moment: Soul Summoning Bell?
Whoosh!
Taking advantage of Lisa's stupefaction, Elder Wu quickly charged within the range of the bell. His hands quickly formed seals, and the Profound Fiend Purification and Destruction Technique was completed in an instant.
Elder Wu's off-white sweater was shrouded with a layer of golden light of merit. Although this light of merit was a little worse than the golden light around Lisa, it was also extremely dazzling.
"Elder Wu?" The sudden turn of events in front of Lisa obviously stunned him. Then, his expression drastically changed. He exclaimed, "Elder Wu, quickly stop."
"Hmph, do you think you're the only one who mastered this kind of high-level spell?" Elder Wu said disdainfully without stopping the movements of his hands. The light of merit around him transformed into a sharp sword and flew toward the drought demon.
"Roar!" The drought demon roared in pain. He felt the pain that he had never experienced in such a long time. "Impossible. What else in the world can hurt me?"
"Elder Wu, please stop. You can't kill him." In addition to his own evil qi, the drought demon also absorbed Lisa's. Elder Wu's merits could not hold him down at all.
"I know I don't have enough merit and virtue. If you don't want me to sacrifice for nothing then lend me yours," Elder Wu replied between gritted teeth, while struggling to sustain the spell.
Lisa froze, and for a moment did not know what to do. He did not want anything to happen to Elder Wu, but he had no way to help.
"He's right!" Just when Lisa was hesitating, Feng Luo, who was floating aside, suddenly spoke up. As Feng Luo's voice fell, the light of merit and virtue on Lisa began to drift towards Elder Wu uncontrollably.
With Feng Lou's help, the sharp sword made from the light of merit immediately became powerful, and a puff of black smoke gushed out from the drought demon's chest.
"Grandpa, grandpa!" Joohyun also recovered her senses at this time and found the stalemate between Elder Wu and the drought demon. When she saw Elder Wu sustaining a magic spell, her face that had just recovered some blood turned pale in a blink.
"Old Man, what are you doing?!!!" Joohyun rushed like mad toward Elder Wu, wanting to separate him and the drought. Seeing this, Lisa rushed forward and dragged her back.
"Let go of me. Third Brother, the Old Man is killing himself. He's committing suicide!" Joohyun struggled to stop Elder Wu.
"I know, but... it's too late." Lisa wrapped his arms tightly around Joohyun.
"Impossible. That won't happen. The Old Man cherishes his life the most. He won't do such a thing," Joohyun cried out.
"Roar!" Sensing her fear, the drought demon roared, and absorbed all the evil qi still floating around Qingmang Mountain back again in a frenzy and fought against the light of merit.
"Oh no, there's not enough merit!" Feng Luo cried out in alarm.
The second Feng Lou cried out in alarm, a streak of light flashed out of Joohyun's body, and a long-haired woman in ancient costume floated out of her.
"Qing Ling?" Lisa's eyes widened.
Qing Ling smiled at Lisa, then turned her head at Feng Luo again. This glance spanned a thousand years. Qing Ling's eyes glittered, and the corners of her mouth curled up as she eventually turned into a wisp of breeze and flew toward the drought demon.
She has survived to this day on Joohyun's merits, and now that Feng Luo's evil qi has been eliminated, there was no need for her to exist anymore.
"Qing Ling?" Almost instinctively, Feng Luo turned around and chased after her.
A green and a white figure simultaneously merged into the Sword of Merit. The sword suddenly radiated a dazzling golden light, accompanied by the drought demon's mournful screams. Soon, thick black smoke started to dissipate between heaven and earth.
"Jing-ding-ding..." Without the spiritual power supporting it, the Soul Summoning Bell fell to the ground.
Elder Wu's slender frame also fell with it.
"Old Man!" Joohyun broke away from Lisa and pounced toward him like crazy.
"Elder Wu!"
"Wu Li!"
"Perfected Lou He!"
The bigwigs also rushed toward him.