The moment the lantern flame was lit, everyone heard a sharp scream, and at the same time, the black mist that filled the surroundings retreated away, revealing a clearing, as if they were afraid of the light.
Seeing this scene, Liu Jun and the surrounding guards were overjoyed.
"Boss, you baby is so powerful, not even Black Mist dares to get close to you."
"This is a magic weapon, of course it is powerful. With the protection of this lantern, we will definitely be able to deal with the evil spirit first."
"Everyone, look at the footprints on the ground. It turns out that we have been walking in circles just now. No wonder we walked for so long."
"Okay, let's move on."
Liu Jun said, raising the lantern and clearing the way in front. With the protection of the lantern, everyone no longer needs to be as worried as before.
On the other side, Lu You was also holding a golden bell and moving quickly through the black fog. Every time the bell rang, the surrounding black fog would disappear.
The two groups soon met unexpectedly in front of a broken statue of the earth god.
The two sides looked at each other, and Liu Jun immediately activated the lantern to attack the statue. Inside the lantern, the light, which was only the size of a broad bean, suddenly swelled and turned into a fire snake as thick as a bucket and rushed towards the statue.
"Boom!" With a sound, the fire snake suddenly hit the statue, directly smashing the clay statue into pieces. The high temperature carried by the fire snake also turned some of the gravel into magma.
After the statue was destroyed, a human-shaped black mist with two points of scarlet flame appeared in front of everyone.
"The evil spirit has appeared!"
With an exclamation, Lu You also took action, throwing the bell in his hand towards the evil spirit.
On the way, the bell suddenly grew in size, becoming several feet high in the blink of an eye, and pressed down on the evil spirit.
"Dang!"
The bell, which weighed several tons, hit the ground hard, causing the hard ground to sink several feet.
"Success!"
There was a hint of surprise in Lu You's eyes. He didn't expect that things would go so smoothly. The evil spirit refused to dodge and allowed his magic weapon to cover it. However, after the bell was thrown out, the surrounding black mist suddenly surged over again.
All his people were submerged in it.
"Dang!"
At this moment, the huge bell suddenly swayed and made a loud noise, and the surrounding black fog disappeared again.
"Um!"
Lu You was startled. After his vision recovered, he quickly walked a few steps, then jumped up and jumped to the top of the bell, using a heavy weight pendant to suppress the shaking bell.
"Dang! Dang! Dang!"
But not only does this serve no purpose, it actually makes the bell shake even more.
"Everyone, go help!"
But before anyone else could come over to help, the bell rang a few times and was lifted open by a huge force.
Lu You's legs were numbed by the force from the bell. He quickly jumped back and landed on the ground. He took several steps back before he could stand still. At this time, the evil spirit that escaped from the trap also took action.
It turned into a ball of black mist and rushed directly towards the Si Wei under Lu You's command.
"Hurry up and form a defense!"
Lu You shouted hurriedly, and at the same time drew out his sword. His figure flashed and appeared beside the evil spirit, and the long sword pierced it like a bolt of lightning.
Logically speaking, the evil spirit is an invisible and insubstantial thing. Even if a general sword cuts on it, it will be difficult to cause any harm to it.
But after Lu You stabbed the sword, the lines on the sword suddenly lit up slightly, and the evil spirit suddenly let out a shrill cry, dispersed, and then reunited in the air not far away.
"Ouch!"
At this moment, a pillar of fire shot up from the ground and directly enveloped the evil spirit.
It was Liu Jun who took action. In order to kill the evil spirit, he poured almost all his energy and blood into the lantern in exchange for this blow.
Seeing the evil spirit being shrouded in a pillar of fire, Lu You felt anxious, but before he could take any action, the burning pillar of fire suddenly exploded, and the black mist on the evil spirit not only did not weaken, but instead increased a lot, almost condensing into
General in substance.
Liu Jun was shocked and didn't understand why the evil spirit was not hurt by this blow, but instead became stronger. He quickly took a few steps back with the lantern and hid in the ten-man formation formed by his subordinates.
"hiss!"
The next moment, the evil spirit swooped down towards Liu Jun and others.
"kill!"
The leader of the ten-man formation, a second-level man, stretched out his hand and wiped the blade. The blade mixed with special metal cut his skin, and hot blood was smeared on the blade.
He then raised the knife with both hands, shouted loudly, and slashed at the charging evil spirit.
The moment the blade touched the evil spirit, the blood on it suddenly turned into black frost, and the evil spirit's body was like a black waterfall, hitting the ten-man formation directly.
The golden light covering their bodies shattered one after another, and the jade talismans exploded into powder. Without the golden light to protect their bodies, the cold evil energy instantly invaded the body, and the billowing energy and blood quickly condensed.
If it weren't for the lantern in Liu Jun's hand that still had a faint light, helping them resist part of the evil force and protecting their souls, I'm afraid they would have turned into corpses by now.
But even so, after leaving, Liu Jun and others were severely injured, and cracks began to appear on the surface of the originally cyan lantern, as if it would crack in the next second.
Not far away, Lu You was about to come over to help, but after seeing the cracks on the lantern in Liu Jun's hand, he suddenly stopped and led the people to evacuate outside.
"Quick, send a distress signal!"
Liu Jun was trembling all over, with a look of despair in his eyes.
He urged while injecting the little energy and blood remaining in his body into the lantern to maintain the light.
The Siwei on the side quickly took out a bamboo tube, and then pulled the rope at the bottom. Suddenly a ray of light rose into the sky, breaking through the black fog blockade, and rushed out.
"Sir, this is a distress signal. They are in trouble."
Outside, seeing the light shining above the black fog, Qiu Qianqian said hurriedly.
"Should Supervisor Tiansi have seen this signal, right?"
Niu Xiaosheng asked.
"You should see this, but the other side doesn't know the actual situation here, unless Master Baihu comes here in person -"
"Forget it, you stay outside, I'll go in and take a look."
Niu Xiaosheng said as he walked into the black mist. The jade gourd on his body heated up slightly and instantly emitted a ray of light, dispersing the black mist that came around him.
After walking in for more than ten steps, Niu Xiaosheng met Lu You and others rushing out.
"My lord, please leave quickly. That evil spirit is too powerful. Only by asking Lords of the Hundred Households to take action can we have a chance to suppress it."
Lu You was slightly startled when he saw Niu Xiaosheng coming in, and then said hurriedly.
"You guys go out first."
Niu Xiaosheng's eyes flashed, and his steps suddenly quickened, passing Lu You and others, and headed deeper.