The Pastoral Life of a Cultivation Master

Chapter 3310 Everything is normal

After confirming that everything outside the door was prepared, Qian Ying turned her head and whispered to Zhou Zixing beside her, "Go!" Before she finished speaking, she leaped over the burning ring of fire and stepped out of the small house.

Zhou Zixing followed closely behind, and before leaving, he subconsciously glanced at Chen Mo, who was sitting still. Chen Mo still had his eyes closed and was completely still, as if the roar of the shadowy figure outside and their series of actions had nothing to do with him.

Zhou Zixing frowned slightly, his doubts deepening, but he dared not linger. He immediately followed Qian Ying and stepped out of the house together, standing at the doorway.

"Roar--!"

A series of ferocious roars echoed throughout the square, reverberating through the empty hall, extremely piercing. Shadows lurking in the darkness from all directions sprang forth at the sound, swarming towards Qian Ying and Zhou Zixing.

As they rushed closer, layers of fire blocked their path, forcing the dark figure to stop. They either had to circle around the fire to outflank the enemy, or leap into the air and swoop down to launch an attack from above.

"Hold off the rest of the beasts!" Qian Ying shouted in a low voice, his innate short sword gleaming brightly. His gaze locked onto a black shadow leaping through the air, and he unleashed his innate domain with all his might. The invisible pressure of the domain instantly enveloped the black shadow, forcefully imprisoning its airborne body, leaving the beast suspended in mid-air for several breaths, unable to move.

The merged shadow was already far faster and more agile than ordinary beasts, and its reaction was extremely quick. However, its body was firmly locked by the domain, and it had no time to dodge the sword blades coming straight at it.

"Pfft!"

The innate short sword pierced the shadowy figure's chest with precision, but the shadowy figure's physical defense, enhanced by the fusion with the mutation, surged, and the sword only penetrated a shallow layer before stopping, failing to strike a vital point. Before Qian Ying could exert more force to deepen the penetration, the shadowy figure had already broken free of the domain's restraints, completely disregarding the short sword embedded in its chest. Its sharp, black claws, carrying a gust of wind, hurtled straight towards Qian Ying's face.

Another shadowy figure seized the opportunity and launched a flanking attack from the side, its claws aimed straight for Qian Ying's vital side.

At the critical moment, Zhou Zixing acted in time, spreading out his innate domain and kicking out with powerful innate force, sending the black shadow that attacked from the side flying several meters away, crashing heavily onto the stone ground.

Qian Ying seized this fleeting opening, once again activating her innate domain to lock onto the injured shadow in front of her. She poured all the innate power accumulated in her dantian into the short sword, let out a low shout, and suddenly pressed her wrist down.

"puff--"

The entire innate short sword was plunged deep into the shadowy figure's chest, and thick, dark blood gushed out along the blade.

"Shout!"

The dark figure let out a bloodcurdling howl, its body convulsed violently a few times, and its life force rapidly dissipated. In a short while, it collapsed to the ground, motionless.

"withdraw!"

Qian Ying swiftly drew her blood-stained short sword, retreated rapidly, and kicked away another approaching shadow.

Zhou Zixing attacked simultaneously, his sword flashing, knocking away the two black shadows that were following closely behind, and quickly retreating back into the wall of fire behind Qian Ying.

The two fought back and forth for only a dozen seconds, cooperating very well. They killed the black shadow with their swords and used their innate power to control it. With Zhou Zixing helping to restrain it, they killed a fused black shadow on the spot in a short time.

If the two hadn't worked together so smoothly, they wouldn't have been able to kill the shadowy creature so easily. After all, although the shadowy creature's strength was close to that of a pre-heavenly being, its defense was extremely high; they could only injure it, not kill it.

However, this brief exchange had already depleted a significant portion of Qian Ying's innate energy. A quick assessment revealed that, given the current capacity of her innate energy, at her current level of all-out attack, she could only kill a few dozen black shadows at most, and even then, she would need Zhou Zixing's assistance. If the number of beasts increased further, her own true energy would be exhausted, leaving her with no choice but to flee.

These merged black shadows had incredibly thick physical defenses, making them difficult to penetrate with ordinary slashes. Only by precisely piercing vital points such as the heart and head, combined with the innate domain's confinement and sealing, could they be completely killed. Each kill required a significant expenditure of true essence.

The dark figures outside the door were blocked by the wall of fire, roaring and crashing back and forth at the edge. The act of two innate powerhouses joining forces to kill their own kind did not deter them, but instead aroused their even deeper ferocity. The entire square was filled with piercing roars, and danger was still ever-present.

snort!
Qian Ying snorted coldly, then used his innate short sword to stab the burning wood, and then threw it at the roaring and howling black shadows around him.

Sparks flew everywhere as the log crashed to the ground, breaking into several pieces. Nearby shadows scattered in disarray.

Qian Ying was somewhat surprised. The piece of wood she had just thrown was originally intended for a dark figure, but the figure was too fast and dodged it in an instant, so it didn't hit the figure at all.

As the burning wood fell to the ground, the shadows that had just dispersed surged back into the empty space, filling it up once more.

The shadowy figure continued to howl and roar. It began to probe again, attempting to break through the wall of flames.

"Hmph! Let's see how you dodge now." Qian Ying said, stabbing a burning piece of wood with her innate short sword again and throwing it at the dark figure closest to the wall of flames. She also opened her innate domain to control the dark figure.

The suppression, lasting only a few breaths, left the shadowy figure helpless as flames landed on its body and ignited its entire form.

The shadowy figure screamed, breaking free of the innate domain, and then rapidly retreated. But unexpectedly, another piece of flaming wood was thrown at it, and its body was once again controlled.

Suddenly, the flames on the black shadow burned even more intensely, causing it to wail incessantly as it tried to retreat into the darkness, but it was still controlled by the innate domain.

Then, as the shadowy figure was completely engulfed by flames, its body expanded and then exploded!

The black blood on the shadowy figure instantly turned into droplets of water, scattering in all directions.

Instantly, the walls of the small house were corroded by black blood, making a hissing sound.

Fortunately, there was a protective barrier on the walls of the house, which caused the barrier to flash continuously.

"Phew!" Qian Ying wiped the sweat from her forehead. It wasn't just because she was close to the wall of flames, but also because time was too tight. In just over ten breaths, she controlled the black shadow several times, which consumed one-twentieth of her innate power in a short time.

It seems that even with all his strength, he can only kill about twenty of the shadowy figures.

Sigh! It seems we really need to think of another way to deal with such a large number of shadowy figures.

"Elder Qian, can you deduce the circumstances of the disappearance over six hours?" Zhou Zixing asked quietly, noticing Qian Ying staring into the darkness outside.

Qian Ying shook her head. "I just killed two shadowy figures and found that everything was normal, with nothing unusual. So, I still haven't figured out the reason for their disappearance of more than six hours."