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The barrier trembled violently, teetering on the brink of collapse, unable to hold out for even a moment. Knowing her cultivation was limited and she couldn't confront it head-on, Ye Shuang decisively crushed the communication talisman with a flick of her finger!

A thin beam of golden light shot into the sky, piercing the dark night—her distress signal to Shen Jingshu.

Meanwhile, the abandoned old street in the west of the city.

Having locked onto Shen Jingshu's skinning evil spirit and realizing that his companion on the east side had already made his move, he completely abandoned all restraint and stopped probing.

Thick black fog surged and gathered deep in the alley, and a humanoid evil creature, completely black, without facial features, and wrapped in wisps of blood, slowly emerged.

Its form was elusive, surrounded by countless fine black mists. Within the mists, the faces of girls, twisted in pain, were vaguely reflected—the lingering souls of victims who had been cruelly murdered by it.

What's most chilling is that its skin and flesh are completely hollow, as if they have been stripped away. The empty body drips black, malevolent water, which corrodes the ground and produces hissing white smoke.

He is the mastermind who brutally murdered and skinned many young girls!

The evil spirit made no sound, yet it possessed overwhelming ferocity. With a claw strike in the void, carrying a powerful wind that tore through the air and a venomous aura that peeled away skin and corroded the body, it went straight for Shen Jingshu's head!

Its target is extremely ruthless; it aims to kill its enemy with a single strike.

Faced with the fierce killing move, Shen Jingshu's expression remained unchanged. She gracefully shifted half a step to the side, barely avoiding the fatal claw.

Sharp claws grazed past her ear, and a strong stench of blood and decay assaulted her senses. The old walls along the street were struck by the malevolent energy, instantly cracking and peeling off, with a layer of mottled plaster being scraped away!

Its strength was extremely fierce.

A cold glint flashed in Shen Jingshu's eyes, and she stopped passively dodging.

She swiftly formed the Xuanmen Exorcising Seal with her fingertips, and a clear and righteous light suddenly burst forth from her palm, its golden light sharp and its righteous energy vast, specifically designed to suppress evil spirits and demons in the world.

"To harm the innocent, to skin them alive and torture them, is an unforgivable crime."

As her cold voice fell, Shen Jingshu raised her hand and waved it. The mysterious light in her palm transformed into a sharp golden blade, which shot out and cleaved straight into the hollow body of the evil spirit!

Sensing the restraining power of the righteous energy, the evil spirit let out a sharp, piercing screech and hastily retreated, its black mist body twisting and dodging wildly.

The golden blade grazed its body and slashed down, striking the ground hard. A thin groove instantly cracked open in the bluestone ground. The surrounding dark and malevolent mist was swept by the golden light and instantly melted and disappeared without a trace.

The power of this strike stunned the entire audience!

The evil spirits lurking in the shadows were utterly terrified. They had roamed many places and committed evil for a long time, but they had never encountered an opponent with such profound cultivation.

It dared not launch a reckless attack again, and its body transformed into a sky full of black mist, trying to scatter and escape, hiding its form and fleeing.

Shen Jingshu had seen through its thoughts long ago. Her cold eyes narrowed slightly, and she hissed, "Trying to run? Too late."

She raised her hand and flung out several soul-locking talismans. The golden talismans swirled in the air and instantly formed a four-directional evil-locking array, enveloping the entire old street.

The golden light array took shape as it landed, with countless runes flashing and flowing, sealing off all escape routes. The countless Yin spirits were imprisoned by the array and could no longer dissipate even a fraction.

Meanwhile, the battle on the mountain path became increasingly dangerous.

Ye Shuang's protective barrier was already on the verge of collapse, and her blood and qi were churning under the oppressive pressure of the Yin energy, almost suffocating her. The black shadow's attacks became increasingly ferocious, its dark claws repeatedly targeting vital points, each move ruthless and deadly.

Just as Ye Shuang was about to give up, a sharp golden light pierced the night, carrying a vast and righteous aura, and instantly swept across the mountains and forests!

After dealing with the evil spirits on the west side, Shen Jingshu instantly crossed the distance and rushed to their aid!

A vast expanse of golden light swept across the entire mountain forest, instantly suppressing the biting, malevolent energy.

Caught off guard, the black shadows attacking Ye Shuang were pierced through by the golden light. They let out a sharp, piercing shriek, the black mist churned violently, and their bodies shrank by more than half.

It and the skinning demon of the old street in the west of the city are twin evil spirits of the same origin, one main and one auxiliary, working together to do evil and hunting for many years. This is why police and Taoist sects in many places have been unable to find complete clues.

The two evil spirits resonated across the distance, both falling into fear.

Shen Jingshu landed beside Ye Shuang, her cold gaze sweeping over the dissipating black mist before her. Her fingertips continuously channeled profound energy, and the Locking Array extended, encompassing the entire mountain path within its confinement range.

There is nowhere to escape, nowhere to hide.

"So you two are symbiotic twins." Shen Jingshu's voice was cold and clear, seeing through all the secrets. "One of you lures and restrains the enemy outside, while the other secretly skins and refines the evil spirits. You commit crimes separately and confuse your tracks. No wonder all the cases seem to be the same, but we can never find the killer's complete trajectory."

The two dark figures were forced to reveal themselves.

Compared to the faceless, skinning demon in the west of the city, this evil spirit in front of us was smaller and had a slightly weaker aura, but it was also covered in blood, with a hollow, pale body and fine, bloody skin-like evil energy wrapped around it.

The two evil spirits stared at each other, unwilling to surrender. They unleashed all their remaining ferocity and pounced on Shen Jingshu from the left and right!

A thick black mist rose into the sky, and a foul wind swept over them. The combined power of two deadly and malevolent forces was extremely terrifying.

Ye Shuang's face paled, and she subconsciously clenched her fists, preparing to cover for the death.

Shen Jingshu stood tall and straight, showing no sign of panic. She quickly clasped her hands together, and a great golden light shone brightly around her.

"The righteous laws of the Xuanmen sect are impervious to all evil! Suppress!"

As the word fell, countless golden runes soared into the sky, weaving together into an impenetrable net of righteous law, which crashed down with a deafening roar!

Two loud explosions occurred simultaneously!

The overwhelming Yin energy collided with the supreme Yang righteousness, and instantly melted away like ice and snow meeting a raging fire.

The two malevolent black mist bodies were tightly locked in the net of law, struggling violently and roaring wildly, but they could not break free in the slightest. The evil power accumulated on their bodies was stripped away and purified layer by layer by the righteous law.

The skinning evil energy they relied on to commit their murders completely disintegrated and collapsed when it encountered orthodox Xuan power.

In just a few breaths, the originally ferocious and bloodthirsty twin evil spirits became increasingly transparent and dim.

Shen Jingshu looked down coldly: "You have harmed dozens of young girls, skinned them, and extracted their skin essence to nourish your evil body with the beauty and vitality of living people. Your crimes are heinous and unforgivable."

These twin evil spirits do not practice ordinary ghost arts, but instead cultivate the Yin and Evil Skin Demon Technique.

Young girls are naturally pure in spirit and their skin is imbued with spiritual energy. The more beautiful and pure a girl is, the more concentrated the spiritual energy in her skin. When evil spirits peel off the entire skin of their victims, it is not out of senseless cruelty, but to extract the spiritual energy from the skin, condense their yin energy, and nourish their own evil cultivation.

Over the years, they have traveled to many places, committing crimes in succession, constantly devouring the beauty skin demons, and their cultivation has improved layer by layer. As a result, they have become more and more elusive and more and more difficult to deal with.

Countless vibrant lives, in the prime of their youth, were brutally skinned and killed simply because of their beautiful appearance, becoming nourishment for evil spirits to cultivate.

How cruel, how absurd.

As the Heavenly Net of Righteous Law continued its suppression, the roars of the two evil spirits gradually weakened, and their black mist bodies continuously crumbled and dissipated.

With a final, mournful cry, the suffocating evil spirits were completely purified, and the twin, skinned demons were utterly annihilated, with no possibility of reincarnation.

The biting chill of the mountains and old streets vanished instantly, the evening breeze returned to the warmth of a summer night, and the oppressive, menacing atmosphere that had lingered all night was completely cleared away.

The surroundings returned to complete calm.

Ye Shuang breathed a sigh of relief. Her back was already soaked with cold sweat. She said with lingering fear, "What a vicious evil spirit. If it weren't for you, I'm afraid I would have been in real danger tonight."

Not far away, Lin Feng drove up quickly and rushed to the two. Seeing that the surrounding yin energy had dissipated and there was no longer any evil aura, he was immediately relieved and exclaimed in amazement, "It's resolved?"

"Hmm." Shen Jingshu nodded slightly, her gaze fixed on the depths of the dark forest, her eyes still carrying a hint of solemnity. "But things are not over yet."