"The Assassin's Alliance sent you alone? You're quite bold. Attack!"
Su Fan chuckled, reminding Mu Yuanying before charging at Sean.
Su Fan's sudden move caught Sean off guard.
"Fire Shield!"
Sean, the Flame God, hastily erected a shield of flames in front of him.
Su Fan's blade struck the shield of fire, only to be blocked by the flames.
The intangible flames had been condensed by the opponent into something as solid as an object. Su Fan could feel the resistance from his blade tip.
Mu Yuanying followed closely, her spear, laced with chilling energy, thrusting towards Sean's face.
Sean transformed into a streak of fire and retreated rapidly, instantly widening the distance between himself and Su Fan.
"Attacking me by surprise! Despicable!"
Sean roared in anger, then fired a fireball into the sky with his right hand. The fireball bloomed like fireworks in the sky.
Su Fan frowned slightly.
"Not good! He's calling for backup! We need to finish him first!"
Su Fan immediately realized this was a signal to his companions and charged at Sean again, intending to finish him before reinforcements arrived.
Whoosh!
Two figures instantly appeared beside Sean.
Kate arrived before Sean, accompanied by the wail of the second-ranked vengeful spirit.
Su Fan hadn't expected them to arrive so quickly.
"Activate the formation!"
Su Fan shouted loudly.
As expected, there were reinforcements. They appeared instantly, implying one of them possessed spatial abilities.
Upon receiving Su Fan's command, Dongfang Xiong and others, who had been ambushing nearby, emerged from hiding and began activating the formation Su Fan had meticulously prepared.
The Spirit Trapping Formation sealed the surrounding space, rendering long-range communication spells and secret arts that mobilized the power of heaven and earth unusable within its confines. Spatial abilities like teleportation were completely nullified.
Su Fan's plan was to trap them here, preventing them from leaving or sending any messages, ensuring they would die quietly.
Kate had intended to bring the vengeful spirit and take the Thunder God with them, otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to sense the spatial imprint he had left behind. Teleportation... was cut off!
Su Fan's allies had all revealed themselves – six of them against their three. A two-to-one advantage.
The reason for six was that Fang Yunzi hadn't yet ascended the mountain.
Kate's heart sank. They had fallen into a trap!
"Second Brother, let's get serious!"
Kate said to the vengeful spirit beside him.
The vengeful spirit, shrouded in a black robe, glanced at the martial artists encircling them and knew it was no time for holding back.
He grabbed the collar of his robe and ripped it open. Countless ferocious spirits within the robe let out piercing shrieks.
"Ah!!!"
As the black robe was torn open, a multitude of vengeful spirits poured out from within.
Suddenly, the entire mountaintop seemed to be enveloped by a cloudless sky, with countless vengeful spirits filling the air, swirling and circling overhead.
"What the hell is this?!"
Su Fan exclaimed in surprise, looking at the scene before him.
Everyone present, except for the members of the Assassin's Alliance, was astonished. They had never witnessed such a horrifying spectacle.
"To refine souls into such wicked entities, this is truly an evil practice!"
An elder from Baiyun Temple recognized these beings and snorted indignantly.
"Uncle-Master, what are these things?"
Su Fan asked him curiously.
"These are vengeful spirits, the souls of those who died unjustly. They inherently carry resentment. Certain wicked individuals can use special methods to capture them and use them for their own purposes. Because this practice is immoral, our China has long since outlawed it. I never expected anyone to still use such methods for soul cultivation!"
The elder was furious. Such wicked practices were already condemned by the righteous path, and those who practiced them were annihilated by righteous individuals centuries ago. He never imagined such methods would spread abroad!
"Vengeful spirits?"
Su Fan now knew who the black-robed figure was.
It was likely the second-ranked "Wail of the Vengeful Spirit."
Now, only their leader was missing from the Assassin's Alliance.
After releasing the vengeful spirits, the black-robed figure re-covered himself, as if the robe were some kind of magical artifact.
With a wave of his hand, the vengeful spirits, like a dark cloud in the sky, surged towards Su Fan and his companions according to his will.
Su Fan saw a ferocious vengeful spirit charging at him and slashed down with his blade.
Su Fan's sword passed through the vengeful spirit's body but inflicted no damage.
As the vengeful spirit reached Su Fan, it clawed at him, leaving a bloody gash on his chest.
Su Fan frowned.
"These things can't be hit, but they can hurt you. That's quite unfair, isn't it? It's like they have invincibility!"
"Use your true qi! True qi can harm them!"
The elder from Baiyun Temple reminded everyone.
With his guidance, everyone quickly reacted, their true qi coiling around their weapons or hands as they attacked the vengeful spirits.
Su Fan wrapped his true qi threads around his blade and cut down a vengeful spirit charging at him.
The elder from Baiyun Temple's method was indeed effective.
Su Fan's use of true qi threads was equally potent, not only increasing his power but also reducing his consumption.
"Take the Thunder God and break through!"
The black-robed figure instructed Sean and Kate.
Their current mission was to rescue the Thunder God, not to engage in a deathmatch with these people.
Kate moved the fastest. Although he could no longer teleport long distances, short-range flashes were still possible.
Kate seized the opportunity while everyone's attention was focused on the vengeful spirits, and with a flicker, he vanished.
Although the appearance of the vengeful spirits had caught Su Fan and his group off guard, and most were distracted by them, Mu Yuanying had kept her eyes on the members of the Assassin's Alliance.
Mu Yuanying's hatred for the Assassin's Alliance made her constantly monitor their every move. Even though their ambush had failed, she couldn't let the Thunder God, whom they had captured, be rescued. Therefore, she stayed near the Thunder God, while also observing the actions of the Assassin's Alliance.
When Kate disappeared, Mu Yuanying had a premonition.
Without hesitation, she thrust her spear in anticipation towards the Thunder God's location.
Kate had just flashed to the Thunder God's side when he saw a spear tip lunging towards his chest. He had no time to react.
Kate could only narrowly dodge his vital areas.
Mu Yuanying's pre-emptive thrust pierced Kate's body, passing through his chest. Fortunately, Kate had managed to avoid his vital organs, and the spear did not penetrate his heart. Although severely wounded, he was not dead.
Kate grabbed Mu Yuanying's spear, enduring the intense pain as he retreated and pulled the spear from his body.
He then flickered again, vanishing from his original spot.
"I'm injured, let's retreat."
Kate returned to the black-robed figure, clutching the wound on his chest, but it was futile; the wound on his back continued to bleed.
The black-robed figure's face, hidden within his robe, creased slightly.
"Retreat, my foot! Watch me kill them all!"
Sean, the Flame God, succumbed to his manic rage again, his flames burning ferociously as he charged towards the group resisting the vengeful spirits' attacks.