Su Xi knew that facing these endless vile creatures, relying on her own efforts to slay them one by one would only exhaust her and achieve nothing.
Therefore, she now directly used the Meteor God Sword in her hand as a medium to draw celestial talismans.
Only through group damage could these filthy beings be quickly eliminated.
As Su Xi moved her hands, the sky instantly turned dark and overcast. Lightning flickered incessantly across the sky, giving the impression of an impending storm.
Even before these lightning bolts fell from the sky, one could already feel the contained energy. It made one have no doubt that a single strike would send them directly to the underworld.
By forcefully activating the formation, Su Xi herself suffered a backlash. A strong pressure emanated from her body, accompanied by a feeling of weakness.
Under the onslaught of various uncomfortable sensations, she almost lost her grip on the Meteor God Sword.
But Su Xi knew she only had this one chance, so she endured the physical discomfort and gritted her teeth to persevere.
With the Meteor God Sword as the medium, the advanced talismans that were originally impossible to cast were now within reach.
Su Xi knew that ordinary means could not deal with the formation spirit, so she immediately used a level four talisman.
"Annihilation!" Su Xi shouted, and a black light shot from her eyes towards the formation spirit not far away.
All the wandering souls along the path were instantly consumed by the black light, without any ability to struggle.
Seeing this, the formation spirit's eyes revealed a hint of solemnity. It began to take Su Xi seriously.
Clearly, it had not expected Su Xi to possess such potent abilities, capable of unleashing such powerful techniques.
However, even so, it harbored no worries.
Although Su Xi was formidable, it had lived for tens of thousands of years and was not made of paper.
How could it be so easily intimidated by Su Xi's methods?
Therefore, facing the oncoming black light, it raised its hands, and a blood-red shield materialized before it, blocking the black light that shot towards it.
After neutralizing Su Xi's attack, the formation spirit revealed an anthropomorphic smile, "What other tricks do you have now?"
Since it understood that Su Xi's attack was ineffective, it was now in an unassailable position.
Su Xi had not expected her attack to be neutralized by the formation spirit, and her expression turned grim. This was her most powerful move, and it still couldn't deal with the formation spirit. What should she do next?
Seeing Su Xi's silence, the formation spirit smiled.
It raised its hand and slowly released clusters of black energy.
The black energy spread with incredible speed, quickly surrounding Su Xi, leaving her no chance to escape.
Within the black energy, numerous ghastly faces emerged, beginning to advance towards Su Xi.
Before these menacing faces could reach Su Xi, they let out wails and howls, forming peculiar musical notes.
Hearing the sounds, Su Xi trembled all over. Her entire body felt bound by iron chains, and her magical power was instantly imprisoned, as if she had transformed from a cultivator into an ordinary person.
As the sounds intensified, not only could Su Xi not use her magical power, but she also lacked any strength. She could only watch helplessly as the skull heads charged towards her.
"What should I do?" Su Xi's skin crawled, and cold sweat broke out on her forehead.
She had not expected the formation spirit to be so difficult to deal with, and at this moment, Heavenly Star True Person was busy setting up formations and seemed unable to come to her rescue.
"Cackle cackle cackle~"
Various ghosts approached Su Xi and began to gnaw at her limbs.
Each ghost bared its fangs in a gaping maw.
Even before being bitten, Su Xi could feel the aura of death emanating from their mouths. If she were bitten, not to mention bleeding to death, the necrotic energy entering her body would be unsurvivable.
Yet, despite knowing how dangerous these ghosts were, she was utterly helpless.
Her body was tightly bound by white chains, and she could not break free, only watch as the chains wrapped around her.
"Roar!"
Just as a ghost was about to bite Su Xi's neck, a series of lights erupted from her body, expelling all the surrounding ghosts.
The feeling of confinement on her body vanished with the appearance of a red light.
Feeling the shackles on her body disappear, Su Xi immediately examined herself.
Everything that had just happened was too bizarre; she didn't know what on her person could have saved her life.
When Su Xi finally saw clearly, she realized that everything that had just happened was entirely due to the Fire Spirit Pearl she had obtained earlier.
"This thing actually has the power to ward off evil," Su Xi looked at the Fire Spirit Pearl in her hand with disbelief.
If she had known this, why would she have worried?
Without further hesitation, she poured her spiritual energy into the Fire Spirit Pearl, activating it to deal with the evil entities before her.
As Su Xi's magical power was infused, the Fire Spirit Pearl became increasingly potent, engulfing her in a powerful light that then radiated outwards in all directions.
All the ghosts that did not manage to escape were instantly purified by the Fire Spirit Pearl.
In just a breath, a significant portion of the black energy surrounding Su Xi vanished.
Witnessing the red light emanating from the Fire Spirit Pearl, the formation spirit showed a look of terror.
As a spiritual treasure of heaven and earth, the Fire Spirit Pearl inherently possessed a restraining effect on such wicked beings.
A thought of retreat began to form in its mind.
It did not possess the ability to contend with a sacred artifact.
Su Xi, sensing the formation spirit's intention, would not let it leave so easily.
With a surge of effort, she prepared to further activate the Fire Spirit Pearl. However, the Fire Spirit Pearl proactively left Su Xi's hand and flew towards the formation spirit.
Su Xi was taken aback by this turn of events and tried to grasp it with all her might, but found she couldn't. Seeing the Fire Spirit Pearl charging directly at the formation spirit, Su Xi gave up trying to stop it.
Regardless, resolving the immediate crisis was paramount.
Heavenly Star True Person, watching Su Xi's actions from the side, couldn't help but twitch at the corner of his mouth.
He had truly never encountered such a combat style before.
However, the outcome was the same, and he had achieved his objective.
His intention in deliberately letting Su Xi confront the formation spirit today was not to have Su Xi truly confront it, but rather to allow Su Xi to legitimately gain the Fire Spirit Pearl's recognition.
Now, it seemed, the Fire Spirit Pearl did not reject Su Xi; in fact, it was so sentient that it attacked proactively. This meant that the plan that had been dormant for years was now ready to commence.