In the sky, all the black flying swords that had passed through the Guoshi’s body were connected by a thin black thread at their tails.
The Dog Daoist could feel that the flying swords had slipped from his control.
After all the flying swords had pierced through the Guoshi’s body, the Guoshi slowly spread his wings.
His body was already riddled with holes, but the Guoshi did not care.
The wounds were rapidly healing.
“Dog Daoist, you have indeed surprised me, but you are only a surprise.”
The Guoshi looked down at the Dog Daoist from above and sneered coldly.
Then, he flapped his wings, and all the surrounding flying swords turned their directions, pointing at the Dog Daoist on the ground!
“Not good!”
The Dog Daoist’s expression changed drastically, and he quickly threw out another stack of talismans.
The talismans arranged themselves in front of the Dog Daoist, forming a wall of talismans. They seemed to resonate with each other, swaying gently like ripples on water.
The Guoshi waved his hand, and all the flying swords transformed into a rain of swords, rushing towards the Dog Daoist!
*Ding ding ding ding ding—*
The flying swords struck the talisman wall, but it was as if they had plunged into a quagmire. Although they pierced through the talisman wall, their strength was absorbed, and they fell to the ground powerlessly.
The Dog Daoist’s face was pale as he hid behind the talisman wall, his heart filled with lingering fear.
If he hadn’t prepared beforehand, these flying swords could have pierced his body back and forth a thousand times. He did not possess the body of a Heavenly Fiend Corpse Puppet; even one hit would have led to his demise.
However, before the Dog Daoist could rejoice for long, the flying swords that had already passed through the talisman wall began to tremble and fly up again.
“What?!”
It was then that the Dog Daoist discovered that the ends of the flying swords were still connected by black threads, and they were still controlled by the Guoshi!
“A mere trick, and you think you can kill me?!”
The Guoshi roared with laughter, controlling the flying swords to stab at the Dog Daoist!
The Dog Daoist had no choice but to perform his strange footwork again to evade. However, he was old, and his stamina was no match for his younger days. After dodging for only a short while, he was already panting heavily.
Yet, the Guoshi controlled the flying swords with ease!
Jiang Qingxue could not bear to watch any longer. She borrowed the Caiwei Sword from Longfei City and stepped forward with Yan Shouyi to protect the Dog Daoist.
After severing the black threads at the ends of the flying swords, they fell to the ground and dissipated into talisman ash.
However, the Dog Daoist still inevitably took several hits, his body as bloody as Miaoji, and his condition was not good.
“Damn it!”
The Dog Daoist cursed, reluctantly admitting that he was defeated.
His heart sank to the bottom, and he began to consider his next move.
Even the two of them had been defeated by the Guoshi. Now, the only ones still able to fight were Jiang Qingxue and Yan Shouyi. Even if they joined forces, they would not be a match for the Guoshi…
“Shouyi.” The Dog Daoist called out to Yan Shouyi, seeming to want to say something.
But he was interrupted by Yan Shouyi: “Uncle Gou, please don’t talk about sacrificing yourselves. We both know very well that no matter who sacrifices themselves, the others will not be able to leave alive.”
The Dog Daoist sighed softly. He had indeed wanted to drag Miaoji along to fight the Guoshi to the death, to allow Yan Shouyi and Jiang Qingxue to escape.
But he also knew what the outcome would be.
“Fine… Since that’s the case, we will fight to the death together. At worst, our souls will be scattered!” The Dog Daoist gritted his teeth.
Miaoji also braced himself again.
He reached into his Dantian with his bare hands and dug out a golden Sarira from the blurry flesh and blood.
“Amitabha, this is all I can do!”
Then, he threw the Sarira, and the Arhat Dharma Form behind him, which had already been shattered, condensed once more!
The Dog Daoist endured the pain of his wounds, took out a blood-red talisman, and looked at Old Huang beside him.
He grinned with his blood-covered mouth and said to Old Huang: “Master, this is your ultimate trump card talisman. This is truly a matter of life and death. Either you go, or I go.”
Old Huang sighed softly, then slowly stepped forward.
Seeing this, the Dog Daoist immediately knelt before Old Huang and kowtowed deeply three times.
The Guoshi was not afraid that they had any more tricks up their sleeves, so he did not rush to stop them, but watched them mockingly.
The Dog Daoist ignited the talisman. His life force was absorbed by the talisman, and he aged visibly.
After the talisman burned, it turned into a stream of light and drilled into Old Huang’s body.
Old Huang coughed uncomfortably, shook his head, and then hugged his body, as if enduring immense pain.
Suddenly, Old Huang roared upwards, his body instantly growing tens of times larger, transforming into a thirty-meter-tall ferocious hound!
It grew six heads, was engulfed in black karmic fire, and its eyes glowed with bloodlust!
With the combined efforts of the Dog Daoist and Miaoji at this moment, they could probably easily destroy a first-rate sect!
Jiang Qingxue no longer held back. She stomped on the ground, summoning sixty-four compasses. The wind and clouds changed around them, and everything was under her control.
At the same time, a flock of wooden birds flew again from the direction of Tianchi, with silver lightning snakes coiling around them!
“Are you ready?”
Yan Shouyi looked back at everyone. After receiving their affirmative answers, he gripped his Zanpakuto and charged forward!
“Guoshi, I’m going to fight you to the death!!!”
Yan Shouyi, Jiang Qingxue, Old Huang, and Miaoji attacked together, all for the sake of killing the Guoshi!
The Guoshi still did not take them seriously.
He retracted all his tentacles and wings, gathering his malevolent aura into his palm, forming a black sphere.
This black sphere was like a miniature black hole, capable of devouring everything around it, from which even light could not escape.
Seeing Yan Shouyi and the others charge, the Guoshi casually threw the black sphere.
The black sphere landed and instantly exploded, transforming into countless black threads that traversed the sky and earth at high speed!
These black threads were like continuous fine rain, yet as sharp as knives, easily cutting the wooden birds in the sky into countless pieces. Old Huang also turned into a blurry mass of flesh and blood in moments, and the Arhat Dharma Form summoned by Uncle Miaoji using the Sarira also vanished in an instant!!
Yan Shouyi, charging at the forefront, was covered in dense wounds. There was not a single intact piece of flesh on him, and his body was entirely coated in viscous blood!
“It’s over!”
Er Ya plopped onto the ground, her face filled with terror: “Everyone fought with their lives, but they still couldn’t defeat the Guoshi. We are doomed!”
Although Shan Ji and Shan Pao were very reluctant to admit it, the facts were laid bare before them.
All they felt was despair.
Yan Shouyi charged a few steps, then finally knelt on the ground.
He still had strength within him, but his heart was utterly exhausted.
Facing an opponent who could not be defeated, no amount of effort or desperate struggle was useful; it could not change the outcome.
The Dog Daoist had fallen, Uncle Miaoji had fallen, Old Huang hadn’t even left a complete corpse, and his mother had also done her best.
Me… do I still have hope?
Yan Shouyi lowered his head, looking at his trembling hands and the Zanpakuto that had accompanied him for many years, which now shone dimly.
The Guoshi descended from the sky and landed in front of Yan Shouyi.
His face still carried a mocking expression.