Chapter 14: Fickle Heart, Broken Bones
Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
Qingxu shook his head with a sigh at the nauseating scene.
“Junior Brother, oh Junior Brother, you just had to rely on your petty wits to pursue such profane techniques.
“Don’t you know that you’ve already abandoned the true path to greatness?
“If you had not taken the wrong path, why would you be here today?”
Wuwei’s miserable state made Qingxu sigh with emotion.
However, the most important thing now was to subdue the Bloodfiend skeleton.
This was an extremely dangerous existence, and the sect was obligated to prioritize its destruction above all other pursuits.
From what Qingxu could see, Wuwei had already exhausted his tricks.
…
“The Bloodfiend skeleton has many abilities. One of them is to melt into the darkness.
“You should be more alert. Don’t die at the hands of the demons. I still have to bring you back for justice.”
Qingxu took out a compass and started to operate it silently.
Wuwei’s face darkened, but he did not reply.
After being chased for such a long time, he only had about a fifth of his strength.
What was worse was that the five elements corpse puppet that had just been refined not long ago had fallen into silence again.
His already greatly weakened strength had been reduced by half…
Wuwei knew that if he had been alone, he would definitely die in the hands of the skeleton!
However, he would still die after Qingxu subdued the ghost!
If he wanted to live, he had to think of something.
Wuwei’s eyes rolled around as ideas came to his mind.
On the other side, Su Mu and Qingxu were fighting.
The ancient compass in Qingxu’s hand released a strange Dao aura that dispelled a large amount of Yin qi in the broken temple.
The needle on the compass was spinning wildly, unable to lock onto the direction.
Seeing this, Qingxu frowned.
This newly-born ghostly being seemed to be more difficult to deal with than he had imagined.
At this time, Su Mu, who was hiding in the shadows, was also having a headache.
The compass in Qingxu’s hand had a strange power.
After the needle pointed at him, he felt as if he was being bound and chained.
Although he didn’t know what would happen if he allowed it to hold him, Su Mu knew that he couldn’t let that happen.
Therefore, he kept changing his body shape to shake the compass off.
However, he couldn’t keep hiding like this.
He had to find a chance to counterattack!
…
A ray of cold moonlight shone down through the hole in the roof of the ruined temple.
It covered Qingxu and Wuwei with a layer of silvery-white gauze.
The two of them seemed to be motionless, but in reality, their minds were tense and they were ready to attack at any moment.
In fact, as long as he removed the formation that Wuwei had set up, it would be much easier to deal with Su Mu.
This was because the formation he had set up was a Yin formation, which would enhance the ghosts and demons within it.
However, neither Qingxu nor Wuwei had the intention of removing the formation.
Outside the formation were countless starving people.
Qingxu was afraid that the evil ghost would hurt the poor people after he removed the formation.
At the same time, it would be far easier for it to escape and continue to wreak havoc in the human world.
In comparison, Wuwei’s thinking was much simpler.
He didn’t care about starving people or bringing disaster to the human world.
He only cared about himself.
Wuwei knew that he was the weakest of the three.
The formation was his only geographical advantage.
Both Qingxu and Su Mu were his enemies.
Without this geographical advantage, how could he still have the chance to live?
…
The human heart was fickle, and ghosts were unpredictable.
Just as Wuwei was slightly distracted, he felt a chill coming from above his head.
The chill instantly filled his entire body, making him feel as if he had fallen into an ice cave!
“Up there!”
Wuwei shouted as he looked up.
Sure enough, a ferocious blood-red skull came at him from above.
The ghostly fire in the empty eye sockets seemed to want to burn his soul!
Qingxu knew that Wuwei was already severely weakened, so he immediately threw out a talisman.
“Freeze!”
He cast a Divine Art, and the talisman immediately burned to ashes.
As Qingxu pointed his finger at the skull, a surge of nature essence bound the skull, making it unable to move.
Seeing this, Qingxu was shocked instead of happy.
The bloody skeleton was extremely brutal.
Normally speaking, the immobilization talisman would at most slow its movements for a moment. How could it be immobilized?
Could it be…
As soon as a bad feeling came to Qingxu’s mind, he felt a chill on his back that was as sharp as needles!
“Not good! As expected, it’s a trap!”
Qingxu’s expression changed drastically.
In the darkness behind him, a headless skeleton suddenly appeared.
The ten finger bones extended several times longer and turned into ghostly claws that stabbed at him.
Qingxu was right.
That skull was just a decoy to distract him.
Su Mu’s target was Wuwei.
However, he was not stupid. He knew that Qingxu was the greater threat.
Therefore, Su Mu’s head was separated from his body.
He used the skull as a feint to attract Qingxu’s attention.
After that, the headless body would launch a real attack, which would surely wound Qingxu!
…
Although Qingxu had figured out Su Mu’s plan, he had just cast the spell and didn’t have time to make a second move.
Moreover, Su Mu was extremely fast, and he had arrived behind him almost at the same time he had cast the spell!
“These days, are even newly born demons so cunning?”
An extremely helpless thought came to Qingxu’s mind.
In the next second, ten blood-colored bone claws stabbed into his body.
“Hiss~~~”
After the bone claw struck, a buzzing sound rang out.
The jade pendant that Qingxu was wearing emitted golden light, which enveloped him.
This was a protective magical treasure that would automatically activate the golden light spell when it sensed danger.
In the face of the golden light, Su Mu’s blood bone claws felt a huge resistance.
However, it was not impossible to break through!
The pain of death was ten times more than that of a normal person, causing his mind to be in a half-crazy state after he turned into a demon!
Right now, Su Mu only wanted to vent his endless anger, resentment, and killing intent!
“Wuwuwu!!!”
Under the influence of his mental state, Su Mu’s skeleton let out a series of wails, like the howl of a ghost!
At the same time, the skeleton glowed with blood.
The dense baleful yin force corroded all things and killed all living beings!
Finally …
“Bang!”
With a crisp sound, Qingxu’s jade pendant exploded, and the golden light protecting him flickered away.
Without any obstacles, Su Mu’s 10 blood-red bone claws continued to attack Qingxu.
However, the jade pendant had bought Qingxu a fraction of a second.
This was more than enough!
Qingxu teleported to a corner of the ruined temple, putting some distance between him and Su Mu.
Soon after, he formed an incantation gesture with one hand and reached into his bosom with the other, as if he wanted to take out some magic treasure.
Su Mu’s heart grew anxious!
This middle-aged Daoist priest had a very high cultivation level.
The Bloodfiend skeleton was ferocious and terrifying.
However, he was still a newborn and had yet to fully understand his own abilities, let alone the abilities of the enemy.
If he allowed this to drag on any longer, he was going to lose!
This opportunity that he had painstakingly created might very well be Su Mu’s only chance.
When this Daoist recovered, it would be his death!
…
At that moment, anxiety, anger, pain, and unwillingness…
All sorts of emotions surged like a tide, constantly attacking Su Mu’s mind.
While his thoughts were surging, a thought suddenly appeared in su MU’s mind.
“Crush his hands!”
“Rip his arms off!!!”
“Without his hands, the spellcaster can’t cast spells!!!”