Villain Master, my disciples all want to backstab me

At that moment, what she saw weren't human faces at all, but rather two pale paper masks. Painted on the masks were two eerie faces, one crying, the other laughing, in vermilion paint. As for the area below the eerie faces, there was nothing at all, only a wriggling mass of black mist, forming their bodies!

This appearance gives people a sense of horror!

"whee……"

The masked man laughed shrilly.

Along with this creepy laughter, the black mist on their bodies began to stir restlessly, turning into wisps and spreading towards the half of the room where Bai Yuan was.

At the same time, Bai Yuan also heard a difficult and obscure sound, like a mixture of sharp ghost cries and the sounds of metal torture instruments such as guillotines and shackles rubbing against the ground. When it first appeared, it was low and hoarse, and it was impossible to hear it clearly without listening carefully; but it soon turned into a loud sound like a Huangzhong Dalu, rushing towards her!

Clang——!

Bai Yuan pulled out [Chi Xiao] without thinking.

The bright firelight lit up in the house, temporarily dispelling the surrounding darkness and slowing down the rough friction sounds around.

At the same time, when he drew his sword, Bai Yuan suddenly discovered a problem:

Her spiritual power seemed to be restrained by some force.

This house… no, more accurately, the entire world within it was filled with some inexplicable force, suppressing her spiritual power within her dantian. Forget casting spells, even extracting a tiny bit of it was extremely difficult.

This is not surprising.

Because when Bai Yuan and his party had just entered the [Cangwu Abyss], they had encountered a similar situation, but the suppression effect at that time was not as strong as it is now. It seemed that it only suppressed a large realm.

And now, she, a cultivator who was originally close to the Nascent Soul stage, has directly become the Foundation Establishment stage, or even the Qi Training stage. This level of suppression is basically only slightly better than the [Netherworld Sea of ​​Bitterness] in the Eastern Wasteland.

"Sure enough, we're finally here in Cangwu County..."

Bai Yuan sighed in his heart.

She had originally thought that the debuff from the "Cangwu County Incident" would have been mostly eliminated after she passed through the "Bone Wasteland." Unexpectedly, it was still exerting its power, actually bringing her directly here from near the Jiang family's ancestral land!

I don't know where Ye Shuang'er, Ji Lingyun, and the others are now. As a Return to Void Realm leader, the latter should be able to retain a certain degree of strength, but Ye Shuang'er is not sure...

We must solve the current trouble as soon as possible and find a way to go out and have a look!

In the moment when Bai Yuan was thinking, the two paper figures seemed to have seen through her strengths and weaknesses and took action again!

"Wow—!"

A shrill scream suddenly exploded!

At this moment, the two paper men made a loud noise at the same time, and a large amount of black mist burst out from their bodies, condensing into the shapes of guillotines, shackles, grappling irons... and other torture instruments, heading towards Bai Yuan!

If the person standing here at this moment was an ordinary Jindan cultivator - after being suppressed, he would probably be at the Qi training stage, and he would be crushed into powder by this black fog in an instant!

Bai Yuan immediately raised her hand and swung her sword. The flames of the Chixiao Sword exploded into a ring of fire in the room, blocking her from the paper figure. At the same time, glittering starlight also emerged, enveloping Bai Yuan's body in a galaxy.

——【Galaxy Fantasy Yarn】

Although his spiritual power was restricted, these magical weapons could still be used. For Bai Yuan, this was a blessing.

Of course……

Because [Galaxy Fantasy Veil] has been used many times during this trip, it has not been able to absorb the power of the stars and recover as before; and they are not completely immune to the suppression of [Cangwu County], but the degree of suppression is relatively small, so the starlight that appears at this moment is not as gorgeous as when Bai Yuan first entered [Cangwu Abyss].

But there is no problem in using it to defend against these paper people.

“…clang!”

While the torture instruments formed by the black mist were blocked by the Star Track Talisman Array, the blade of the [Chixiao] sword in Bai Yuan's hand also chopped off the head of one of the paper men with astonishing momentum.

The head, seemingly formed from gathered mist and casually obscured by a white paper outline, was surprisingly as hard as rock. When it collided with Chi Xiao, it emitted a clear sound of metal clashing. And the faintly rising flames showed signs of being swallowed by the black mist.

Seeing this, Bai Yuan swung his sword once more, while simultaneously drawing [Clean Wind to Dispel Evil] with his other hand. Crossing the two swords, one blue and one red, he placed them in front of him and slashed at the two paper figures in front of him!

Unlike the [Red Sky] he had used not long ago, the [Clear Wind Dispelling Evil], worn by Bai Yuan at his waist for some time, had already developed considerable power. At this moment, its evil energy erupted, instantly leaving deep gouges on the surrounding ground and walls. It then merged with the flames of [Red Sky] and slashed forward!

"kill--!"

The firelight illuminated the entire room, and the wriggling black mist made a sizzling sound in the flames.

Just when Bai Yuan was about to take advantage of the situation and pursue.

A deafening roar came from outside the house, followed by a huge body rushing over, directly smashing the outer wall of the house, and then rushing in with evil spirit!

It turned out to be a huge white tiger!

now.

As soon as the white tiger came in, its sharp claws turned into afterimages and slapped the two paper men. The tiger's tail even swept across with great force, directly smashing the two masked men into pieces.

However, the paper man's body, originally composed of black mist, shattered and split into dozens of smaller shadows, which gathered from all directions like children. The paper mask with a wry smile also transformed into dozens of masks, covering each of the split shadows.

From Bai Yuan's perspective, it can be clearly seen that the Gengjin evil energy surrounding the White Tiger is very thin, only a shallow layer.

——Obviously, the laws here are also suppressing its power!

"Dabai, let's go!"

It seemed that the White Tiger was going to fight again.

Bai Yuan spoke quickly, then jumped up. Baihu used his arms to support her at the right time, allowing her to turn over and jump onto the tiger's back.

Then, Bai Yuan casually slashed out several sword energies that flew in different directions, temporarily forcing back the black shadow on the side.

The white tiger pounced towards the other side of the house, smashing the window and half of the wall, and brought Bai Yuan to the street outside.

thump--!

The man and the tiger fell to the ground, breaking a piece of blue brick.

Bai Yuan hadn't paid much attention when she was inside the house. Now that she was outside, she realized the room she had been in was actually an attic, located at the corner of a street. Coming out, she saw two long streets illuminated by the bright moonlight, with countless figures walking along them.

Among them, only a few wore paper masks, while the others were just a black monster with only a human outline.

now.

They were doing their own things like humans: the vendor selling candy men was stringing eyeballs onto bamboo sticks; the waiter in the teahouse was adding oil to a human-skin lantern - there were basically one or two of these human-skin lanterns hanging outside every building, and the wicks were made of unknown stuff, emitting a faint green light, which looked particularly creepy.

A little further away, there were seven or eight "people" sitting around the well, drawing water from it...

If you ignore their bodies shrouded in black fog, they look no different from ordinary towns.

The appearance of Bai Yuan and Bai Hu only attracted the attention of several nearby dark figures. Those in the distance were like deaf and blind people, ignoring her presence and doing all kinds of weird things on their own.

A bit...

strangeness.

But it seems familiar.

It seemed that when the Blood Kite first entered this place, it had also witnessed a scene similar to the underworld, with only a few differences in the details.

"Dabai, did you see Shuang'er and the others when you came here?"

Bai Yuan held a sword in each hand, and swung the sword energy to chop into pieces several black shadows that wanted to approach. Then, while looking around vigilantly, he urged the white tiger to run towards the direction where there were fewer "people" nearby.

Baihu shook his head.

Then, Baihu tried to sense the location of the [Pet Collar] again, but found nothing as expected.

The [Pet Collar] was merely something you pulled from the lucky bag. Its "remote positioning" function only worked when both parties were in the same space and without external interference. Furthermore, even if one was in the real world and the other in the secret realm, they wouldn't be able to sense the other's location, let alone a haunted place like [Cangwu County].

"...Let's go to the western tower first!"

Bai Yuan looked around and quickly locked onto a building in the distance.

Although she was not quite sure what was going on with these human-like figures around her, at this moment, she still planned to follow normal thinking, first find a commanding height to observe the situation, and then decide on the next course of action.

Upon receiving the order, the white tiger spread its bone wings, took off from its original position, and soared into the air.

At this time, Bai Yuan felt that the light and shadow in his sight changed.

She looked up and found that the "moon" in the sky flickered, and a light red color appeared in the originally bright moonlight.

"Ok?"

Bai Yuan frowned, and that familiar feeling appeared again.

But she didn't have time to think about it, she just patted the tiger's back:

"go!"

Bai Yuan took off riding on the white tiger.

Almost immediately, as the man and the tiger soared into the air, a thick black liquid oozed from the cracks in the bluestone slabs the white tiger had just stepped on. The surrounding buildings began to slowly deform. Some eaves buckled like intestines, and some window frames cracked open... And the strange pedestrians began to show signs of agitation, pouring into the houses in an unnatural manner.

As if avoiding something.

As for the moonlight high in the sky, it was turning red at an accelerated rate.

“…Faster!”

Bai Yuan inserted [Chi Xiao] into the scabbard, held [Qing Feng Hua Sha] in one hand, and tightly grasped the white tiger's mane with the other hand, and whispered orders.

Although the relevant memories were a little hazy, she still vaguely anticipated one thing - when this bright moon turned completely red, something quite terrifying would probably happen!

Therefore, we must find Ye Shuang'er and Ji Lingyun before that!

……

"Well... my head hurts..."

On the other side of Cangwu County, on a small bluestone bridge.

Ye Shuang'er woke up with a pounding headache. She felt like she'd been tucked into a washing machine, churned for half an hour, and then fished out again. Every bone in her body felt as soft as cotton.

"where is this place?"

"I remember that I should have been with Master, and then..."

Ye Shuang'er frowned, and the scenes of her previous experiences flooded into her mind in fragments, making her unable to help but let out another soft moan, and she covered her forehead with her small hands.

For a while.

The little girl's expression gradually relaxed, as if she had finally remembered where she came from. "So that's it, it's the 'Yellow Spring Tide'... That's not surprising."

"From what Sister Ji said earlier, we must have encountered a serious abnormality in that passage, which prevented us from reaching our destination and caused us to be thrown here midway..."

This is not a big deal - at least in Ye Shuang'er's current opinion, it is not a big deal.

After all, she and Bai Yuan were sent from the same place, and they should be not far from each other. As long as they start looking for them, they will soon find where they are!

This is what Ye Shuang'er thinks now.

Chapter 137 Ghost Kite: "Come~"

With this thought in mind, Ye Shuang'er immediately climbed up from the bridge, first reached into her storage ring, took out a long bone whip, and held it in her hand.

——This thing was the weapon used by Shentu Jialuo before. After his death, it exploded as a trophy and fell into Bai Yuan's hands, and she casually gave it to Ye Shuang'er.

It just came in handy right now.

after that.

Ye Shuang'er looked in several different directions, then chose a direction based on her feeling and prepared to leave.

"Wow--"

There was a sound of splashing water.

Ye Shuang'er paused when she heard the sound and subconsciously looked under the bridge.

The color of the river water wasn't its normal clear or colorless color, but a scarlet red, like blood. When Ye Shuang'er looked down, a pair of eyes seemed to appear from the depths of the river, staring back at her from afar through the thick curtain of water.

At first glance, it looks like a passerby who accidentally fell into the water and wants to seek help.

But at the moment their eyes met.

Ye Shuang'er suddenly had an illusion, as if she was not standing on the bridge, but was at the bottom of the river, in a turbulent blood-red vortex, looking through the water at another self outside.

"……etc?"

Ye Shuang'er was stunned for a moment.

Wasn't I just...standing on the bridge? How did I suddenly appear here?

Wait a minute, “I”…who is it?

Is that me standing on the bridge?

Because of the withdrawal of consciousness, Ye Shuang'er's thoughts became disordered, and a dizzy feeling surged into her heart, making her feel that everything around her was moving away, and she was in a trance and didn't know where she was.