In a flash of lightning and fire, even a disciple's hand landed on the burning incense.
A elder beside him suddenly realized and pressed his shoulder, pulling him backward abruptly!
The moon in the sky seemed to be enveloped in a thick, black mist, making it almost indistinguishable.
The twenty-odd sentences of the mountain disciples from the Jiuqu Mountain stopped in front of the array. Like the other disciples, they realized the problem and were uneasy. They looked around in all directions, seemingly trying to discover who among them had been swallowed up by the earth's energy and had become an earth ghost.
The disciples and elders of the remaining Dao schools mainly looked back with fear and shock.
Tang Wu's expression was the most solemn, and his demeanor the coldest.
Of course, although emotions are emotions, all the disciples and elders of the various Dao schools were displaying a posture as if they were about to cast spells and incantations, preventing the disciples from leaving Jiuqu Mountain.
"You were swallowed up by the earth's energy just now! You are already an earth ghost!"
Suddenly, a Jiuqu Mountain disciple shouted loudly in alarm. His expression fierce, he exclaimed, "Disperse these earth ghosts! Don't let them take advantage of the chaos to destroy the array!"
In the instant of speaking, he reached out his hand and grabbed something in front of him!
The disciple in front of him was taken aback and wanted to explain, but his reaction speed was slower than the person who made the move.
A hiss, the sound of flesh being pierced.
A normal Daoist's hand, unless their strength reaches a certain level, would not be able to directly puncture the human body.
Black earth qi swirled around the disciple who had made the move. He laughed maniacally and yanked his hand, which was dripping with blood, to attack another person!
Suddenly, a bronze sword shot out!
After piercing through his head, the black earth qi detonated, and he suddenly dissipated and disappeared.
The group of Jiuqu Mountain disciples suddenly became chaotic. They were all on high alert, trying to find their fellow disciples acting suspiciously, or noticing the strangeness around them. The presence of earth ghosts further caused confusion, leading to chaotic fighting among them.
Even though the number of earth ghosts was only one-third, it was impossible for them to confuse everyone. Yet, they couldn't discern right from wrong or truth from falsity; they could only act based on their own instincts!
Tang Wu's face turned ashen, and he held a bronze sword, but unsure of how to proceed.
At the moment, the rest of the disciples and elders became disoriented and at a loss, with no idea what to do.
The Plague Ghost can eat humans and then disguise itself as that person.
Earth Ghosts are actually the same person, not pretending. It's even more difficult to discover.
I have already chased it close. At this moment, the female jade tablet will not be very useful, while the Si Guo Ming Jing can better discern between people and ghosts! Initially, it was the Si Guo Ming Jing that discovered the strangeness of the Plague Ghost in me!
Therefore, I raised the Si Guo Ming Jing again, and its mirror directly shone upon those disciples of the Si Guo Mountain.
The Si Guo Ming Jing once again became hot, and the copper light flashed suddenly. Among the remaining disciples of the Si Guo Mountain, several people were exposed in an instant. Their bodies emitted a thicker aura, and it kept oozing out of their skin!
This scene, for a moment, caused some elders to realize the situation. Tang Wu simultaneously took action, along with the methods of the elders, shattering the earth ghosts, leaving only thirteen disciples from Jiuqu Mountain.
"Come out!" Tang Wu bellowed, and with a flick of his sleeve, the burning incense that was sealed in place was moved a short distance.
All the disciples of Jiuqu Mountain filed out in a row.
Subsequently, without exception, they took deep breaths, revealing expressions of narrow escape.
I also heaved a sigh of relief, though there were still quite a few disciples who had died. These were the elite of Jiuqu Mountain. They hadn't even encountered the Plague Ghost yet and had already suffered heavy losses.
I bowed my hands and arms towards Tang Wu, but instead of going outside, I turned around and rushed back into the community.
The diffuse earth qi floating in the air made the entire environment overwhelmingly somber.
Not far from the surroundings, there were several motionless earth ghosts standing still. They had discovered my prowess and were not approaching.
I immediately spotted the renewed formation of Wu Yong, the Book Matriarch, and some members of the Huan Si, all of whom were also a considerable distance away from me.
The reason for not going out is simple.
The Plague Ghost is still trapped in the realms of He You Tian and other true immortals. They haven't discovered the problem yet.
I must enter the Infernal Prison, find He You Tian and join forces with him to break the entire Infernal Prison and compel the Plague Ghost to appear! Entering the Infernal Prison will undoubtedly have a node. As long as I find the current node, the methods of the Plague Ghost will be shattered!
Recalling the places I had passed when I came in, I basically followed the same path to the unit door, heading towards the elevator.
Ding! The elevator arrived at the third floor, and in the instant the door opened, I sensed a strange presence!
Hesitantly, I noticed that at the place where the elevator door was contracted, there was a stream of earth qi that seemed to have solidified, more concentrated than the rest.
Since the earth qi coexisted with me, I could detect it. In fact, if I weren't paying attention, I would overlook it, and others would certainly not notice the difference in this faint aura.
As long as this thread of earth qi, acting as a node, touches us when we entered before, it can pull us into the Infernal Prison, invisibly!
In that instant of realizing all this, I reached out and pressed directly on the elevator door frame, touching the earth qi.
There was almost no sensation.
Nothing changed in front of me. It was still an empty third floor.
I stepped out of the elevator door, my brows furrowed.
But I knew that I had entered.
Because everything around me became quiet, as if there were no external sounds.
I took a step back and was about to go to the elevator on the upper floors to find He You Tian and others.
But the elevator lights suddenly dimmed.
The heavy footsteps and the crisp, resonant sound of pops could be heard.
In front of me, a person slowly emerged from a corridor.
The man was tall, with skin that glowed with a purple hue, and he was dressed in a Daoist robe!
A bald head, furrowed eyebrows, and a face without any hair.
His eyes were very clean, as if a newborn baby's.
He wore a faint smile on his face, mixed with a touch of astonishment.
This was none other than the Plague Ghost that had taken possession of the body of Guan Shi Shu!
I hadn't at all expected that he would appear directly in front of me!
I choked out a spell with my fingertips, stepped forward, and shouted, "Thunder God and Earth Goddess, bestow your divine powers! Let us destroy the ghost together, thud-thud-thud!"
I pushed my hands forward with force, and a red light detonated on the Plague Ghost's body!
At the same time, a continuous dull sound echoed through the negative third floor!
Using this technique isn't because it's particularly powerful; it's just a basic palm strike of thunder, but the noise is loud enough!
With such noise, He You Tian and the others will immediately locate me!
Even if this elevator doesn't work, what then?
Even if the stairs are sealed off, can they really block true immortals like us?
Stopping again, maintaining a certain distance from the Plague Ghost, I coldly observed him.
The Plague Ghost still hadn't made any other moves; he was simply clapping his hands. The applause, mixed with the rumbling thunder, should have been overshadowed, but the sound was unusually loud and kept echoing in my ears.
"You, you'll be caught." I opened my mouth with a low voice, maintaining my dignity.
"Is that so? The noise is quite loud. Are you calling those old men down?" The Plague Ghost spoke up, his tone carrying an odd hint of amusement. He continued, "You're sure they can hear it? You're sure it's that I'll be caught, or that you'll be caught instead?"
"God of Luo Xian, as my host, you have today's achievements, and it's only natural."
"When you entered here again, they had already left."
