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Chapter 19: The Great House Demolition Battle
Wan Ruicai heard He Youzhou’s words and didn’t know whether to laugh or be angry.
But he used his feather fan to cover his face, not letting the other party see his emotions.
There were many people on their side, what on earth was Tianyan Sect doing!?
Feeling underestimated, Wan Ruicai somewhat angrily fanned his feather fan.
The feather fan stirred up a gust of wind, blowing forward with a howling sound, the force enough to topple a precarious building.
Although Wan Ruicai’s target seemed to be Zhishi, in reality, he aimed to take Yulan’s life.
He originally thought Yulan hadn’t told anyone about the matter, as he would have sensed it once Yulan spoke out.
Unfortunately, he trusted his senses too much and never considered that something could block them.
Zhishi and He Youzhou’s words made him realize his secret had been exposed.
Since that was the case, he could only find a reason to eradicate this dilapidated Tianyan Sect.
After all, as a disciple of Qingshan Sect, if the matter of him taking blood pills got out, even his father couldn’t protect him.
Now, the matter of Tianyan Sect harboring a demoness was a good excuse, and he could completely destroy Tianyan Sect.
The question was what that tall woman would do.
“Let’s see what you will do.” His initial attack, even if it couldn’t hurt Yulan, could test the other’s combat power.
Noticing the gust of wind infused with spiritual energy, Zhishi raised her hand.
“Fancy tricks.” As soon as she finished speaking, the bell tied to her wrist rang softly.
In a duel, such overly ostentatious spells as Wan Ruicai’s were always meaningless.
To truly maximize power, one must concentrate the spiritual energy.
There are countless spells, but no one ever said that these “molds” driven by spiritual power couldn’t be altered.
Wan Ruicai’s wide-area attack spell could clearly be condensed into a wind blade.
But Zhishi wasn’t anyone to Wan Ruicai, so she had no obligation to tell him these things.
“Teng Snake.” Zhishi looked indifferently at the disciples of Qingshan Sect.
“Hiss——” The giant snake flicked its tongue, and the gust of wind that Wan Ruicai had just stirred up suddenly disappeared.
Then, in the thick fog, the giant snake with red wings rolled its body and spiraled towards Wan Ruicai.
Although the snake’s body was so huge, it gave a very light feeling in the thick fog.
Only the word “glide” could describe its every movement.
Wan Ruicai was startled when he saw the giant snake rushing towards him.
He recognized that this thing was a shikigami, and it was precisely because he recognized it that he was so surprised, “Why is there a shikigami!?”
The combat power of this thing is completely proportional to the strength of the summoner, which means that the shikigami used by Zhishi, who is in the Core Formation stage, is also at the Core Formation stage.
However, the spell to summon shikigami should have been lost long ago. How could it appear in the dilapidated demonic sect of Tianyan Sect?
“Beast! Go back!” Wan Ruicai shouted, completely disregarding his usual gentlemanly image.
A wall of wind mixed with spiritual energy suddenly stood in front of Wan Ruicai, blocking the path of the Teng Snake.
The Teng Snake slammed into the wind wall but couldn’t break through.
Although it was just a wall blown up by the wind, when the Teng Snake hit it, it felt like hitting a steel plate.
“Not worth mentioning!” Sensing that the Teng Snake couldn’t shatter his wind wall with one hit, Wan Ruicai’s mouth slightly curled up.
But before he could fully enjoy his happiness, the Teng Snake suddenly raised its head again, holding the thick fog that accompanied it in its mouth.
This time, the moment the spiritual energy on the wind wall touched the thick fog, it vanished.
Without the spiritual energy, the wind wall was just an ordinary wind, unable to stop the Teng Snake’s impact.
Wan Ruicai wanted to use his feather fan to block the Teng Snake, but the spiritual energy he used as a shield also disappeared the moment it touched the thick fog.
As a cultivator specializing in spellcasting, he couldn’t do anything without spiritual energy.
With a flick of its tail, the Teng Snake sent Wan Ruicai flying out of the main hall, vomiting blood.
“Spiritual energy… why is my spiritual energy dissipating?” He looked at the giant snake swimming in the fog in disbelief.
He had heard of methods to reduce others’ spiritual energy, but the Teng Snake didn’t just reduce it; it made it disappear completely.
Seeing their senior brother being so easily defeated, the other disciples of Qingshan Sect retreated.
“Heretical ways!” Wan Ruicai cursed, climbing up from the ground.
He found that the spiritual energy only disappeared for a moment and then returned.
It seemed that the opponent’s shikigami only transferred the spiritual energy away for an instant, rather than devouring or erasing it.
If that was the case, he didn’t need to be afraid, as long as he didn’t touch the fog.
He got up and heavily slapped his feather fan with the back of his hand.
After being slapped, the feathers on the fan scattered.
Each feather transformed into a spiritual bird in mid-air, flying towards Youlan, bypassing the Teng Snake.
Wan Ruicai’s target was still Youlan, because he knew that directly attacking Zhishi would not be very effective.
If Zhishi wanted to protect Youlan, she would have to expose a huge flaw to him.
Come on! Go save that woman! Then expose your weakness fiercely!
These birds formed by spiritual energy were extremely agile, easily dodging the mist around Tengshe.
In a while, they could take the life of Youlan, a practitioner in the Qi Refining stage.
Zhishi saw through Wan Ruicai’s plan at a glance, but she still needed to protect Youlan.
“Tengshe!” she whispered, “Return!”
Following the order, Tengshe twisted its body and swept away a large number of birds condensed from spiritual energy.
At the same time, Zhishi leaped up and punched Wan Ruicai.
Unlike Wan Ruicai, Zhishi not only practiced magic but also physical cultivation.
However, facing Zhishi’s aggressive attack, he was not afraid at all.
He was only afraid that the opponent would make his spiritual energy disappear. As long as he had spiritual energy, why would he be afraid of close combat?
He used his fan as a sword, meeting Zhishi’s seemingly slender fist.
“Boom!” Two seemingly powerless things collided, creating an impact that almost cracked the walls of the hall.
Tengshe, in its effort to knock down the birds, almost shattered the floor.
He Youzhou watched as the cushion beside him was blown away by the impact, feeling a bit uneasy, “Will it be okay?”
If they keep fighting like this, won’t they destroy the entire Tianyan Sect? It was hard enough for him to become the sect leader, it would be too sad if the sect was demolished.