The martial uncle pulled Lao Mo and me back rapidly.
The lizard spirit, having transformed again, changed its body drastically at this moment.
It lay on the ground, struggling uncomfortably, its eyeballs wide open, its mouth agape.
Its belly began to bulge high, its neck swelling, as if something were about to crawl out of its mouth.
We retreated four or five meters in succession.
Then, we saw a small green-skinned lizard crawl out of the lizard spirit's mouth.
As soon as the lizard emerged from the lizard spirit's mouth, it hissed and snarled at us.
Around its neck, a curved organ was raised.
Resembling a fan, its purpose unknown...
With a kick of its hind legs, it lunged at the three of us.
Seeing this, the martial uncle shouted urgently:
"Don't get hurt by these beasts."
With that, he unleashed a palm strike.
A gust of vital energy vibrated, and the green lizard was instantly torn into pieces in mid-air.
But it wasn't over yet. From the lizard spirit's mouth.
Lizard after lizard began to crawl out, one after another, a dense swarm...
After crawling out of the lizard spirit's mouth, the small green-skinned lizards began to charge at us ferociously.
They let out constant "zizi" noises from their mouths.
Not only that, but the lizard spirit's belly grew larger and larger.
It felt as if it were carrying ten babies; in just this short time, it had bulged over a meter high.
The lizard spirit's eyes widened, and it let out pained "ah ah ah" sounds.
Finally, with a "bang," it exploded.
The lizard spirit's belly burst open, revealing a belly full of small green lizards.
The small lizards rained down, a dense multitude, falling all over the ground.
At least six to seven hundred...
And every lizard was incredibly fast.
Red eyes, green skin.
Their tongues flicked like snake fangs.
They made "zizi" noises from their mouths, enough to make one's heart turn cold.
Not only that, but the lizard spirit's head also began to expand rapidly.
Followed by a flash of green light.
With another "bang," a burst of green light erupted.
The lizard spirit's head exploded into pieces.
The pervasive green mist quickly condensed above the lizard spirit's corpse.
It formed a green eyeball.
The green eye, the size of a washbasin, gathered without dispersing.
It could even turn.
Its gaze fell upon us, filling our hearts with dread and terror.
However, the eyeball formed by the green mist vanished into nothingness within a second or two.
All that remained were the small green-skinned lizards littering the ground, and the lizard spirit reduced to scattered remains.
These small lizards, besides their incessant hissing, were now constantly devouring the flesh and bones of the lizard spirit.
With every bite, their bodies grew larger.
In mere moments, the tiny lizards, no bigger than a little finger, had grown to the size of fists.
The lizard spirit's corpse was completely consumed, leaving no trace of bone.
All of this happened in an extremely short period.
Around seven or eight seconds in total.
The three of us were shocked by the bizarre scene.
"Martial uncle, what's going on? Does it have Gu worms?"
The first thing that came to my mind was Gu sorcery.
But the martial uncle frowned and said:
"This is Eastern sorcery, flesh and blood creation.
The lizard spirit had an evil incantation within its body.
These beasts are all highly poisonous.
Be careful not to get bitten!
Let's go..."
With that, the martial uncle unleashed his full cultivation.
Lao Mo and I were also shocked to hear this.
Eastern sorcery.
The last time we encountered it was the "evil horse entwined snake" wood carving curse that harmed Chu Yue.
Today, we had encountered something called "flesh and blood creation."
As we spoke, the enlarged small lizards were already swarming towards us.
Their numbers were overwhelming, and their speed was incredibly fast.
With our cultivation, Lao Mo and I could barely track them.
"Zizi zizi..."
The small lizards hissed incessantly and lunged forward.
We had no way to escape.
In a flash, we were completely surrounded.
We could only fight and retreat...
Moreover, these small lizards could leap several meters high with a single bound.
Like arrows, they rushed towards us in a dense mass.
We unleashed our full cultivation, drawing our swords to strike.
The martial uncle unleashed wave after wave of palm strikes.
The sounds of "boom boom boom" continued, yet it was still not enough to hold them back.
Their numbers were too great, and they came too fast.
"Master, we can't hold them off!"
Lao Mo exclaimed, narrowly avoiding a bite.
They were all around us, up, down, left, and right, with no escape route.
More importantly, the small lizards were too fast to defend against.
"If you don't want to end up like that lizard spirit, you have to hold them off even if you can't.
They won't live much longer, just hold on for a bit."
The martial uncle reminded us again.
He even cast three talismans in succession.
The sounds of "boom boom boom" from the talisman explosions echoed through the forest.
The power of the talismans vibrated outwards...
They killed a large swath of small lizards, but it was still futile.
Just as we were fumbling, constantly fending off these peculiar small lizards.
A clear shout rang out:
"Martial uncle, senior brother, I'm here to help you!"
Hearing the voice, we turned our heads to look.
It was our junior sister, Chen Yao, who had arrived fashionably late.
Seeing us surrounded by a horde of lizards, she drew her Scarlet Phoenix Peach Wood Sword, sliced her palm, and let the sword be stained with her special blood before charging forward.
The small lizards seemed to fear the smell of Chen Yao's blood, repeatedly evading her.
Chen Yao saw this and frowned slightly.
She bit her tongue and spat out a mouthful of blood.
"Pfft," the blood splattered.
The surrounding small lizards, upon contact with her blood, let out "zizi" screams.
To these small lizards,
Chen Yao's expelled blood was like highly corrosive sulfuric acid.
Once touched, these small lizards would instantly lose their ability to move.
And within a short time, they would rapidly dissolve into a pool of blue blood...