frightfiction Chapter 557 Save me
Chapter 557 Save me
To Jiang Liqian's surprise, these sword strikes failed to kill the black shadow. Although it was bleeding, it showed no sign of pain. Apart from its movements not being as fluid as before due to the sword wounds, it acted as if it were completely uninjured. Its attacks on her were fast and fierce, and puffs of black gas kept spewing towards her from its mouth. Even from some distance, she could smell the disgusting stench in it, indicating that it was extremely poisonous.
It seems this monster not only resembles a bird of prey, but also prefers to use venom.
Jiang Liqian's vigilance intensified, and she immediately deployed a protective barrier around herself. At the same time, she formed a hand seal and attached it to the Shitian Sword. The sword hummed, and as she raised the sword to stab, the arcs of electricity hidden in the formation followed her like a shadow, entangling the black shadow and aggravating the sword wound on it by seven-tenths.
The shadowy figure howled, and the black aura surrounding it instantly thinned by half.
This time, Jiang Liqian could see its weakness more clearly. The Shitian Sword in her hand was like a silver dragon being unsheathed, shaking the heavens and the earth.
The crumbling house could no longer withstand the collision of sword energy and demonic energy, and collapsed with a loud crash after a violent and ear-piercing sound.
Jiang Liqian reacted quickly, flying out almost the instant the house collapsed. At the same time, she saw the dark figure about to emerge, and Shi Tianjian seized the opportunity to aim at its neck.
A merciless sword strike, imbued with a righteous and righteous intent.
The monster roared and collapsed under the layers of eaves and walls, but she sent it deep into the ground with a single sword strike, its body shattering into pieces.
Jiang Liqian landed unsteadily on the half-collapsed corridor. She thought it was over, but unexpectedly, after the demon died, a surge of demonic energy overflowed from the ruins and spread rapidly towards the surviving people in the building.
She knew something was wrong. The Spirit Suppressing Pearl flew up from her waist. She dared not be careless. She ran a finger across her palm, and blood was splattered into the Spirit Suppressing Pearl. She immediately shouted "Suppress!" and a huge golden character "Suppress" enveloped the demonic energy, locking it tightly in golden light. In just three breaths, the demonic energy was completely purified by the golden light of the Spirit Suppressing Pearl.
Jiang Liqian was a little stunned. Her original intention was to trap the demonic energy first and then find a way to get rid of it. She never thought that the Spirit Suppressing Pearl could actually purify—or rather, devour—the Spirit Suppressing Pearl could actually devour the demonic energy!
Is this the kind of power a magical artifact could possess?
She had long felt that something was off about the Spirit-Suppressing Pearl; it felt too familiar and gentle to her, and it was too easy to use, as if she had used it hundreds of times before.
If such spiritual beings were not truly subjugated, how could they be used so freely?
But now is not the time to think about that. She first searched through the ruins to see if she could find the remains of that monster, and maybe she could study them properly. However, the monster seemed to have disappeared along with the vanishing demonic energy.
Left with no other choice, she could only go and check on the unconscious girl first.
Climbing out of the badly damaged window, she waved away the golden bead, took her pulse, and sensed the rampant demonic energy within her body. She frowned, first feeding her a pill to treat external injuries, then placing her finger on her abdomen and forcefully using her own spiritual power to penetrate her dantian, helping her to mobilize her own spiritual energy and slowly try to expel the cold demonic energy.
Unfortunately, the girl's cultivation level was too weak, barely reaching the second level of Qi Refining. Her spiritual power was thin, and before she could even fight off the invading demonic energy, it had already dissipated completely.
Seeing the girl's forehead covered in cold sweat and her face as pale as paper, Jiang Li sighed, took out the Tranquilizing Pill that her third senior sister had given her, and fed her one.
A cool breeze entered her body, and the little girl groggily opened her eyes a crack. She weakly grasped her sister's hand and murmured in pain, "Help...help me, I don't want to die, sister, I...I don't want to..."
Feeling the body heat rapidly dissipating from under her fingers, Jiang Liqian's expression changed. Ignoring the chaotic crowd and the rising and falling screams of panic, she immediately set up a barrier around them. She formed hand seals and used twelve golden beads to create a spirit-guiding array under the girl. Through the array, she continuously channeled her spiritual power into the girl's body. Then, within the limits that the girl's body could withstand, she protected the most vital meridian while quickly and restrainedly expelling the demonic energy, annihilating it strand by strand.
This entire process took a considerable amount of time and consumed a tremendous amount of mental energy. The difference between the Nascent Soul stage and the Qi Refining stage was too great; if she made even the slightest mistake, this young girl would surely perish!
The girl in the formation gradually regained her normal color. Jiang Liqian did not relax her vigilance for a moment until she had completely expelled the demonic energy from the girl. Only then did she breathe a sigh of relief and wipe the fine beads of sweat from her forehead with her sleeve.
Even though she was careful enough, her lightning spiritual power was too domineering and fierce. Hopefully, it wouldn't leave any damage to the little girl.
She got up, checked the little girl's pulse again, carried her to a safe inn, and then immediately returned.
Following the piercing scream, Jiang Liqian and her second senior brother arrived at Liu'an Tower, a place filled with singing and dancing. Inside, there was a night banquet with music and flowers, and graceful dancers amidst the changing lights.
Willow Tower is not just one building, but four connected by long corridors, a place where music and dance resound. It is a melting pot of all sorts of people, and they could not tell which building the scream came from, so they had to split into four groups.
Xu Youan was originally going to come with her, but she felt that she could search the entire building by herself in a short time, so she let him go with Qing Mu. After all, based on her observation, Qing Mu was fierce in battle, but he might not have done the kind of work that required patience and observation, such as searching people. She felt more at ease having her junior brother present.
Finding someone is a big deal, and although Xu Youan hesitated to speak, he still did as she asked.
She found the people, but then encountered the demons. She couldn't pay attention to them for a while. This time, she rushed over and two of the other three buildings, which were originally intact, collapsed. One of them was even cut in half from top to bottom by the sword energy.
Jiang Liqian tossed a magical artifact for lighting into the sky, which flew towards the nearby building that had collapsed halfway.
The warm yellow light of the array had not yet faded, and one could still faintly see the twisting and struggling demon in the center of the array.
"Second Senior Brother, Third Senior Sister!"
Luo Qing'an turned around: "Junior Sister!"
"Did you also encounter monsters?"
After purifying the dissipated demonic energy, Fu Wennian turned around, his brows slightly furrowed: "This is demonic energy?"
Luo Qing'an asked, "Junior Sister, you encountered it too? How are you? Are you injured?"
Jiang Liqian shook her head, not having time to say anything, and said, "Second Senior Brother, Third Senior Sister, we'll talk about it later. I'll go take a look over there first."
As she spoke, she flew swiftly on her sword towards the pavilion that had been cleaved open by the sword energy.