The Ninth Lady is a rebellious person.

Chapter 443 Hidden Dangers

The water demon's main power comes from the soul power of the dead. Once the dead souls it has bound are freed from its control, the source of its power is lost, the Myriad Souls Demon it wants to cultivate begins to crumble, its own form is destroyed, and the ghost realm it has constructed no longer exists.

The ghost realm disappeared, and reality returned. Those who had been lured into the ghost realm immediately fell onto the riverbank. The most unlucky one was Lang Jiuchuan, who was immediately swept away by the underwater currents as soon as he entered the water.

The undercurrent swirled like a waterspout, driving her to the brink of madness. The sand, pebbles, and tree branches in the water tore at her clothes, and a piece of stone grazed her cheek, drawing blood.

damn it!
"Water Spirit, if you keep playing dead, get out of here!" Lang Jiuchuan made hand seals, steadying himself as he spun around with the water, while simultaneously cursing the Water Spirit to the bone.

The water spirit reluctantly jumped out; it truly despised the filth in the river, finding it too unlucky and heavy with yin energy.

But Lang Jiuchuan's tyranny was even greater!
The water spirit enveloped Lang Jiuchuan completely, bursting out of the waterspout and surging to the surface, before immediately returning to the bone bell to feign death.

Lang Jiuchuan rolled her eyes in anger. If she hadn't used her spiritual power to activate the Emperor Bell and recited the Great Compassion Mantra, which had depleted her true essence, she would have definitely fought it to a standstill.

Just as she was about to wade out of the water, she suddenly felt a chill down her spine as a cold, icy force attacked her from behind. She was startled and dodged to the side, but was still grazed on the shoulder. Her blood surged, and she spat out a mouthful of dark blood.

Before she could react, something pulled her feet, dragging her back underwater and towards the waterspout.

Lang Jiuchuan's heart skipped a beat. She steadied herself and quickly recited the incantation. A golden light flashed in her eyes, and she looked over, her vision becoming clear.

This time, the water spirit appeared on its own without her having to call it, enveloping her and allowing her to move freely and breathe freely underwater.

Lang Jiuchuan drew the copper coin sword from his waist and shot it towards the object.

The creature reacted extremely quickly, flicking its tail to knock away the copper coin sword, and its true form was completely revealed to Lang Jiuchuan.

Human head and snake body.

This is a half-human, half-snake monster. Its body is covered with blue scales, and its vertical pupils are like knives. Its upper body has the appearance of a young boy, while its lower body is a snake tail that is a full ten feet long. The scales covering the snake tail are all as sharp as blades, especially the very bottom of the tail, which is like a long thorn blade that emits a cold, eerie light.

If you were to be stabbed by it, it would probably be even more poisonous than Yin Sha Poison!
Such a thing can only be a half-demon!
Lang Jiuchuan looked at the boy, whose face was contorted and twisted, filled with a cold and fierce aura, and whose body was entangled in karmic obstacles.

This is……

Lang Jiuchuan gripped the bone bell, and a bold idea popped into his mind.

The boy stared intently at her movements with his vertical pupils. When he saw her movements, his ferocity surged, and his serpentine tail trembled violently, making a rustling sound underwater and causing ripples to spread outwards in concentric circles.

It stared intently at the bone bell hanging from her waist, let out a hiss, and revealed a pair of sharp, venomous fangs.

Lang Jiuchuan's heart sank slightly. It really was that half-demon child born from Liu Xian and the old man of the Bai family. It was actually alive, and its bloodlust was thick. Looking at its bloodshot eyes, it only had demonic nature. It was probably that its humanity had been extinguished by killing.

Who has been raising him all these years, turning him into a killing machine, and now he suddenly appears here, attacking him with pinpoint accuracy?

I came for her!
Lang Jiuchuan sneered. It didn't matter who kept him, but she was certain that he was definitely related to the Rong family. If the Rong family kept him, ha, hiding a half-demon for their own use, she wondered how they would explain it to the world.

She recalled the unease she'd sensed earlier, the feeling that someone was watching her, and realized it must be here. If this demon was truly sent by the Rong family, then they had laid a brilliant trap, intending to keep her on the banks of the Qiong River, both openly and secretly, to become food for the water demons!
Lang Jiuchuan looked around but found no other presence. He didn't know where that person was hiding to control the demon, but no matter where he was hiding, since he had gone to such lengths, he wouldn't be able to escape unscathed!

The half-demon seemed to sense her murderous intent, or as if it were being controlled from afar. It suddenly roared, swung its tail, and darted towards Lang Jiuchuan like lightning.

So fast!

It was originally a half-demon born from the union of a human and a snake, possessing half a snake's body. It was incredibly agile underwater, moving with remarkable speed. Over the years, it had killed countless people, its murderous aura becoming extremely ferocious, causing its demonic nature to be fully unleashed.

The copper coin sword, which had long since returned to Lang Jiuchuan's hand, was once again summoned by her to stab him, but it was swatted away by his sharp claws. With a clang, the blade vibrated and hummed.

"Such powerful demonic energy." Lang Jiuchuan's eyes were deep, and he was shocked. This thing's power was even more ferocious than that of the water demon.

The water demons, having lost their source of power—the souls of the dead—immediately crumbled. So what became of this half-demon's source of power?
Lang Jiuchuan was secretly on guard.

The clash between the two stirred up the surrounding water, causing the waterspout to grow larger and larger, like a giant funnel vortex, threatening to suck people in and swallow them whole.

On the riverbank, Taoist priests who had fallen into the water and were shivering as they climbed ashore stood up and looked back. When they saw the huge whirlpool, their expressions changed.

The vortex was so large, and the black energy was surging. Could it be that the water demon still had some power left, or did it have accomplices?
jingle.

The sound of bells came from somewhere, and the half-demon's eyes grew colder and more ferocious, especially when she saw the swaying bone bell at her waist. It emitted a shrill wail, her demonic aura surged, and she slapped her snake tail hard.

A water jet shot towards Langjiuchuan.

Lang Jiuchuan desperately dodged by channeling her true energy. With a flick of her wrist, the Jade Bone Talisman Brush transformed into a spear at her command, piercing towards the half-demon.

The talisman pen possessed divine power, causing the half-demon to look on with fear. It swept its snake tail, attempting to sweep it away, but was still burned by the golden divine power on the spear, letting out a miserable howl.

Struck by the attack, his anger surged. He spun around and his snake tail swept towards Lang Jiuchuan. The attack was ruthless and frenzied, showing no regard for his own safety or fear, and attacking indiscriminately.

This is a monster without humanity, yet it has been tamed and only knows how to kill.

As the saying goes, "a master can be beaten to death by a flurry of blows," Lang Jiuchuan, who had already exhausted his true energy, was inevitably overwhelmed by its chaotic attacks, and his body was covered in more and more wounds as he could no longer keep up.

Suddenly, the half-demon lashed out with its long tail, seizing the opportunity to coil around her. Its hard, sharp scales tore her clothes to shreds, blood gushing from her skin as she leaped out of the water, the long, sharp venomous barbs of its snake tail standing erect.

The sky was beginning to lighten with the first hint of dawn. The person who had fallen into the water climbed ashore and, upon hearing the commotion, exclaimed in surprise, "What's that?"

Is it a snake?
Could this be the true form of the water demon, the one being strangled by the snake's tail...?

Oh no, it's Fellow Daoist Lang!
As the long spear, gleaming with a chilling light, viciously pierced down towards Lang Jiuchuan, everyone closed their eyes in fear.

It’s over.

(End of this chapter)