Dashing Student
Chapter 1424: Luring the Enemy Alone
In Fengdu City, many ghost clan members have already woken up. They start repeating yesterday’s events, as if following some fixed program, walking along predetermined paths.
As for why this happens, even they aren’t clear; there’s just a voice inside telling them it must be done.
"Strange, why hasn’t Granny Qian delivered the essence energy? How can I make the soup without it?" A vendor selling hot soup grumbled discontentedly, for without essence energy, there is no hot soup.
Hot soup is food for the ghost clan in Fengdu City, essential for their survival, much like humans need food, without which they’d starve to death.
When there were no living beings available, they relied on a plant living at the bottom of the Heavenly Cutting Abyss to make the hot soup, which contained a small amount of essence energy.
Since capturing the demon clan, the ghost clan no longer needed to laboriously pick plants, just waited for someone to deliver the absorbed essence energy for soup-making.
In recent days, that vendor received essence energy from Granny Qian to make hot soup, but this time Granny Qian was late.
On the mountain peak in the corner of the city, outside a cave, several ghost clan members were chatting and laughing for a while, each becoming sleepy; the ghost clan is a sleepy race, much like humans.
If they don’t sleep at night, they’ll be listless all day.
Just as they relaxed their vigilance, a shadow suddenly leapt up from the ground, with a touch of seductive red glow, exuding piercing coldness, and sword qi immediately enveloped one of the ghost clan!
With a swish, the sword blade cut through, and the ghost clan member, caught unawares, had his arm severed by a single slash!
The arm fell to the ground, transforming into the purest yin energy, which was then absorbed by the Demon Suppressing Sword, making the red glow on the blade intensify even more.
The Demon Suppressing Sword’s restraint on the ghost clan was overwhelmingly apparent; its blade could effortlessly slice through the ghost clan’s skin and flesh, as easily as cutting tofu.
Although their physique was formidable, comparable to the demon clan, under the Demon Suppressing Sword, all creatures stand equal, giving Chen Nan a tremendous advantage when confronting the ghost clan.
Unfortunately, there’s only one Demon Suppressing Sword; if there were more to distribute to the demon clan’s Demon King, perhaps they could really wipe out the ghost clan in Fengdu City.
The incident happened too suddenly; the ghost clan member, having had his arm chopped off, was stunned momentarily before letting out a series of shrill screams: "Ah, my arm!"
Although he could regenerate his arm with yin energy, the pain of losing an arm was still palpable.
The screams startled the surrounding ghost clan, who awoke abruptly, only to see Chen Nan and widen their eyes, glaring angrily!
"Hmm? It’s actually you, a human clan member. To think you found your way here and hurt my kin. You’re seeking death!"
A ghost clan member roared furiously, suddenly plunging his hand into his chest and violently yanking out a wolf fang club from within.
The wolf fang club was surrounded by yin energy, ghostly and sinister, and as it came crashing down, it emitted a dizzying demonic sound.
Chen Nan quickly regained his composure, and with a flick of thought, the Demon Suppressing Sword flew to his front, blocking the descending wolf fang club, although the immense power still pushed him back.
Without any hesitation, he turned to flee, and several ghost clan members hurriedly chased him.
The injured ghost clan member screamed repeatedly, shouting: "We must catch him, I want to drain his essence energy dry!"
Inside the cave, the demon clan heard the commotion outside, uncertain and anxious, with a demon king frowning: "Could it be... someone has come to rescue us?"
"Impossible, didn’t those ghost clan bastards say there were only two humans who entered the city? How could the human clan rescue us?"
"That might not be the case. If their strength is insufficient and they want to escape, they might need us for help."
"Humph, who would want to help the human clan? That would be a traitor!"
Ao Hao coldly gazed outside the cave; although unaware of what had occurred, instinctively he felt this might be their opportunity for escape.
"Silence! The Luan Kong Great Saint proclaimed that after our entry into the Heavenly Cutting Abyss, all past grievances should dissipate. Do you wish to pass on your hatred to the next generation?"
"Let’s wait and see. If it truly is the human clan rescuing us, this favor cannot go unreturned!"
Though the Great Saint of the demon clan had spoken, many demon clan members remained disdainful, having harbored intense animosity towards the human clan after the battle on Dragon Fall Island.
Hatred isn’t something easily cast aside.
At this moment, outside the cave, the injured ghost clan member was cursing continuously, with yin energy constantly repairing his severed arm, but suddenly he raised his head, sensing a surge of danger.
Above him, a blinding thunderbolt unexpectedly appeared, descending straight down!
Thunder and flame are methods of restraint for the ghost clan, sparking a sense of danger in the ghost clan upon sight.
Crack!
Unable to evade, the ghost clan was struck directly by the thunderbolt, the violent energy nearly tearing his body apart.
As the thunder dispersed, the demon clan member was all charred, his hair standing erect like a carbon statue collapsed on the ground, bearing traces of the lightning strike.
At the severed arm’s site, the gathering yin energy was also shattered by the lightning, significantly diminishing the yin energy on him.
The Divine Calculator walked out from a short distance, wielding a compass with an air of smug satisfaction: "Hehe, it still requires the Daoist’s intervention to deal with these demon ghosts!"
Yuan Sensen didn’t speak, instead he quickly ran into the cave; upon seeing the suffering state of his demon clan compatriots, tears unwillingly welled up.
"Sensen? How are you here? We thought you’d already been killed!"
Yuan Sensen wiped his tears and hastened to Ao Hao’s side to explain: "The Great Saint hid my aura, or I’d have been captured by the ghost clan long ago."
"But this rescue mission was planned by the human clan, there’s little I can do."
Saying this, she proceeded to remove the iron nail from Ao Hao’s chest.
"Indeed, you should all thanks be given to the Daoist...and my brother!" Divine Calculator shouted loudly at the entrance, eager for recognition.
Numerous demon clan members regarded Ao Hao with curious eyes because even being imprisoned here, Ao Hao had never mentioned Yuan Sensen’s whereabouts, and they didn’t know she was still outside.
Now Yuan Sensen had come to rescue them; perhaps Ao Hao planned this all along, no wonder he could become the demon clan’s Great Saint.
Seeming to sense his kin’s confusion, Ao Hao smiled and shook his head: "Just a casual move, unexpected fruiting, a testament that our demon clan is not doomed."
"But, since the human clan saved us, we should temporarily set aside our hatred because now we have a common enemy: the ghost clan!"