Immortality Cultivation: I can use my clansmen’s energy and blood to add points.

More importantly, their attack methods are weird. Not only can they cause physical impacts, but they can also directly attack the soul. If you are not careful, you will be caught.

"We can't go on like this. There are too many soul shadows. We can't kill them all!" Luo Qingchen said in a deep voice, "This fog is their breeding ground. We must find the source or break out of the range of this fog!"

He once again activated the power of chaos, carefully sensing the flow of energy in the mist. This time, he was more focused, trying to penetrate the layers of interference and find the core of the abnormal energy fluctuations.

After a moment, his eyes turned to a certain direction. "Over there! The Yin energy there is the most dense and the fluctuations are the most violent. The source is likely to be there!"

"Okay! Let's rush over!" Lin Wan'er responded immediately, pointing her sword diagonally to protect Luo Qingchen's other side.

The four of them formed a simple defensive formation, with Luo Qingchen and Lin Wan'er taking the lead in opening the way, Su Xiaowan supporting in the middle (mainly responsible for screaming and occasionally throwing talismans), and Luo Qingchen protecting the weak Bai Ling'er in the middle and rushing in the direction they sensed.

However, they seemed to have underestimated the danger of this ghost fog.

The closer they got to the place with dense yin energy, the thicker the fog around them became, as if it had turned into a real quagmire, hindering their steps. The lewd music that corroded their souls also became sharper and more frantic, like countless evil spirits howling and cursing in their ears, constantly attacking their defenses.

What’s even more terrifying is that the soul shadows that emerged from the depths of the thick fog are becoming more and more powerful, and more and more... condensed!
Some soul shadows even began to reveal vague outlines, some shaped like twisted human figures, some shaped like ferocious ghost claws, and the aura they exuded was far colder and more evil than the ordinary soul shadows before. They no longer attacked in a disorderly manner, but began to coordinate, launch sneak attacks from tricky angles, and even use fog to hide their bodies.

"Puff!" Lin Wan'er was caught off guard and was hit on the arm by a soul shadow like a black poisonous snake. Although she was protected by the power of Linglong Grass and suffered no substantial damage, the chilling energy still made her arm numb and her movements paused slightly.

"Wan'er!" Luo Qingchen slashed the soul shadow with his sword and his face became even gloomier.

The situation was getting worse and worse. They seemed to have fallen into a huge trap, and were moving step by step towards the core area carefully laid out by the hunters.

At this moment, the dense fog in front suddenly spread to the sides, as if it was pushed away by an invisible hand. A figure that was larger and more solid than all the previous soul shadows slowly emerged from it.

It was a huge soul shadow that was several feet tall, and its entire body was as black as ink. One could vaguely see the outline of a human figure wearing a tattered cloak. It had no facial features, and its face was just a mass of darkness that was constantly twisting and spinning. But everyone could clearly feel that a pair of eyes full of resentment, greed, and cold malice were projected from that mass of darkness, and were fixed firmly on... Bai Ling'er who was protected by Luo Qingchen in the middle!
This gaze seemed to penetrate Bailing'er's weak appearance and see something more tempting and more desired deep in her soul!

"Jie——!"

A roar that was not like a human voice and was filled with endless pain and resentment came from the mouth of the huge soul shadow. It turned into a black sound wave visible to the naked eye and swept towards Bailing'er like a tsunami!

This was not a simple sonic attack, but an extremely powerful soul attack that condensed the resentment of countless souls in the mist! The target was directly aimed at Bai Ling'er's soul origin that had just begun to recover but was still fragile!
"Not good!" Luo Qingchen's pupils suddenly shrank, and without thinking, he instantly pushed the power of chaos to the extreme, and a thick chaos shield blocked Bailing'er!
However, the black sound wave seemed to ignore the physical defense, directly penetrated the chaos shield, and hit Bailing'er's soul fiercely!
The black sound wave that condensed endless resentment, like an invisible poisonous thorn, penetrated the chaos shield hastily laid down by Luo Qingchen and rushed straight to Bailing'er's soul!

"Ugh!" Bai Ling'er felt as if her head was hit hard by a huge hammer. An indescribable pain and coldness came from the depths of her soul. Her eyes went dark in an instant, and her consciousness seemed to be swallowed up by endless resentment and despair! The vitality in her body had just gathered, but it almost collapsed again under this blow!
"Bai Ling'er!" Luo Qingchen's heart tightened. Although the Chaos Shield failed to completely block the soul impact, it also weakened some of its power. He immediately separated a stream of pure Chaos Power and carefully transferred it into Bai Ling'er's body, trying to stabilize her shaking soul. At the same time, murderous intent surged in his eyes, staring at the culprit - the huge leader's soul shadow!

"Looking for death!" Luo Qingchen shouted angrily, the chaotic power in his body surged like a tide, the Black Dragon Sword hummed, and the gray light on the sword body became stronger. It was no longer a simple light of dawn, but carried a trace of the coldness and deathly silence from the Nine Netherworlds. This was the subtle change in the chaotic power that occurred after he absorbed and refined the water from the Nine Netherworlds Blue Sky Pond, which increased its lethality to evil things by three points!

"Chaos Sword Technique: Reincarnation Slash!"

His figure was as fast as lightning, and he did not retreat but advanced, slashing out with a sword! This sword no longer pursued the ultimate purification, but contained a trace of the artistic conception of reincarnation of life and death that he had comprehended from the Nine-turn Resurrection Grass and his own experience. Where the sword light passed, it seemed as if a vague rotating phantom flashed by, not only destroying, but also carrying a kind of domineering power that dragged everything into the cycle of extinction!

"Jie?!" The leader's soul seemed to have noticed the difference in this sword, and for the first time, a trace of doubt appeared in the twisted darkness. It let out a sharp whistle, and the black mist around it surged and condensed into a thick shield that seemed to be made up of countless wailing ghost faces, blocking in front of it!
"boom!"

The sword of reincarnation slashed on the ghost shield! There was no earth-shattering roar, only a tooth-grinding sound of annihilation! The ghost shield trembled violently, and the countless ghost faces on it screamed miserably, and quickly became dim and blurred, and finally shattered into pieces! However, the sword of reincarnation was also offset by the shield that condensed a huge amount of Yin power. The remaining sword energy slashed on the leader's soul, but only made his figure shake a few times, and did not cause fatal damage.

What a strong defense! Luo Qingchen's heart sank. The difficulty of this leader's soul shadow was far beyond his expectations. It seemed that it could mobilize some of the power in this fog for its own use!

At the moment when Luo Qingchen was temporarily blocked, the leader soul shadow screamed again, and the ordinary soul shadows around it seemed to have received an order. They rushed towards Lin Wan'er and Su Xiaowan even more frantically, trying to restrain them and give the leader soul shadow a chance to attack Bailing'er again!
"Get lost!" Lin Wan'er yelled, a fierce look flashing in her eyes. Seeing Bai Ling'er's painful expression, her worry turned into strength. The blue mark on her wrist glowed brightly, and a pure and majestic breath of life spread out from her!
"Tianyuan Sword Art: Rising Tide of the Blue Sea!"

She was no longer a shower of stars, but a continuous blue sword curtain like a tide! This sword curtain was not only sharp, but also had the power to cleanse filth and nourish vitality. As soon as the ordinary soul shadows that rushed over came into contact with this blue tide, they were like ice and snow encountering the scorching sun, and they screamed miserably, melting and purifying in pieces!
Lin Wan'er's sword power actually formed a small "purification field" that blocked most of the soul shadows outside, relieving a huge amount of pressure on Luo Qingchen!
"Wow! Sister Wan'er is so powerful!" Su Xiaowan hid behind the sword curtain, her eyes wide open. At the same time, she was not idle, and continued to throw talismans randomly, muttering: "Demons and ghosts, please leave! Demons and ghosts, please leave! Hurry up and obey the order!" Although there was no actual effect, the momentum was very strong.

The battlefield was temporarily divided. Luo Qingchen faced the powerful leader soul alone, while Lin Wan'er relied on the power of the Linglong Grass Mark to resist the endless army of souls. But Luo Qingchen knew that this was only temporary. Lin Wan'er's energy consumption was extremely high and it was impossible for her to last. And the leader soul seemed to be integrated with the mist, with endless power, and it was extremely difficult to kill!
We must find a way to break the deadlock!

It's no use fighting head-on, this soul shadow seems to be immune to most physical attacks, and its soul attacks are extremely strange and powerful. Where is its weakness?

Luo Qingchen waved his sword to block the leader's soul's attack, which was like a ghost's claw and contained strong negative energy, while thinking rapidly.

The source! This fog, these souls, must have a core source! As long as we destroy the source, or disrupt the energy balance here, maybe we can weaken it!

His eyes once again swept across the dense gray mist that was constantly gathering towards the leader's soul. The power of chaos quietly spread, carefully sensing the energy nodes in this area.

At this moment, Bai Ling'er, who was protected by Luo Qingchen behind her, slowly opened her eyes.

Her face was still pale, but her eyes were no longer weak and blank. A faint golden light, as if it came from the ancient times, quietly lit up in the depths of her eyes.

She saw Luo Qingchen fighting bloody battles, saw Lin Wan'er struggling to hold up the sword, saw Su Xiaowan who was afraid but still refused to back down... An indescribable emotion, a mixture of anger at being attacked, worry about her companions, and a majesty that came from deep in her blood and could not be desecrated, surged in her heart!
Why...would you hurt my friend?

Why... dare you offend my majesty?

A faint but incomparably pure and noble thought, like a dormant volcano, quietly awakened in the depths of her soul.

She did not let out an earth-shattering dragon roar, nor did she burst out with destructive power. Instead, a low, humming sound that seemed to come from the depths of the ancient stars, a unique dragon clan sound, began to emanate from her.

The humming sound is very light, so light that it is almost inaudible, but it seems to contain some ultimate truth of heaven and earth, acting directly on the soul level!

"Om..."

As the dragon soul chirped, the ordinary soul shadows that were attacking frantically suddenly froze! Their empty eye sockets seemed to reveal an emotion called "fear" for the first time, and some weaker soul shadows even collapsed directly!
The leader's soul was struck by lightning! Its huge and solid body trembled violently, and the black mist surging around it became chaotic, and the speed of gathering power suddenly dropped! Its twisted dark face clearly projected a horrified emotion for the first time, as if it had encountered a natural and irresistible nemesis!

"Now!" Luo Qingchen keenly captured this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!

He no longer tried to kill the soul shadow with brute force, but suddenly changed the way the power of chaos operated! It was no longer a simple destruction, but a simulation of the characteristics of "devouring" and "disturbing"!
"Chaos Countercurrent!"

He thrust the Black Dragon Sword into the Gobi Desert beneath his feet! The gray chaotic power spread like a tree root, no longer attacking the soul shadow itself, but forcibly disrupting and reversing the direction of the evil energy in this area!
The gray mist and evil energy that had been flowing into the leader's soul shadow was suddenly interrupted by the interference of this countercurrent force, and even began to roll back! The leader's soul shadow was like a drowning person with his neck strangled. The power supply was cut off in an instant, and his breath rapidly declined!
"Tian Yuan: Break the Evil!"

At the same time, Lin Wan'er also seized this fleeting opportunity! She poured the power of the Linglong Grass in her body into the long sword without reservation! The dark blue sword light surged, no longer a defensive tide, but condensed into a dazzling light column full of endless vitality and purification power, like the light of dawn that cuts through the eternal night, piercing the leader's soul shadow with incomparable precision!
“Jie——!!!”

The leader's soul gave a final, shrill and unwilling roar! Under the shock of the dragon soul's faint cry, the severance of the chaos countercurrent, and the fatal blow of Tianyuan Poxie, its huge body could no longer hold on!
Like snow exposed to the sun, its dark figure quickly became transparent and thin, and finally with a slight explosion, it was completely annihilated, turning into the purest yin energy and bits of residual soul fragments, and dissipated in the air.

With the death of the leader's soul, the thick gray fog that permeated the surroundings seemed to lose its support and began to fade and dissipate at a speed visible to the naked eye. The ordinary souls lost their leader and energy source, and they also let out unwilling hisses, retreating like a tide and disappearing into the shadows of the Nine Netherworld again.

After a short moment, the gray fog dissipated, and the desolate and silent Gobi Desert appeared before their eyes again, except that there were some more traces of fighting on the ground, and a cold breath in the air that had not yet completely dissipated.

"Huh... Huh... Finally... It's solved..." Su Xiaowan sat down on the ground, gasping for breath. Although she contributed the least in the previous battle, she was just as mentally tense and frightened as before.

Lin Wan'er put away her sword and panted slightly, with more sweat on her forehead, but her eyes were shining with excitement. The cooperation with Luo Qingchen just now and the use of the power of Linglong Grass gave her a new understanding of her own strength.

Luo Qingchen drew out the Black Dragon Sword and looked at Bai Ling'er with complicated eyes. (End of this chapter)