Chapter 28: Fierce Battle

"This poison is extracted from the pollen of the Golden Datura Flower and will not only spray on enemies, but the remains will also spread to the surroundings as well, in my case, as long as I am not directly hit by the poisonous pollen, dealing with the remains shouldn't be a problem".

"However, you are still a Spirit Master, so you will have to flee immediately as soon as you throw that bottle, remember to hold your breath while doing so".

"For the time being, we'll use these bottles only as a last resort, concentrate on rescuing as many villagers as you can first".

Putting on a mask, Lu Yuan nodded and put away the jade bottle with his right hand, his body flickered as he moved using the Phoenix Dance Six Illusions aiming at the branches of a tree, quickly and silently.

Phoenix Dance Six Illusions was a really subtle body technique, and Lu Yuan had mastered its essential, so when he used it, even Xu Fei, a Spirit King, would have some trouble distinguishing him.

While watching Lu Yuan hide, Xu Fei stared at the group in front of him, a hostile aura emerged from his body, and with a stomp, his body rushed like lightning towards the leader of the group in the back.

Tang Qi was at the back waiting for the group to capture the girl when suddenly his heart leaped, a sense of impending crisis surged in his heart, and without thinking, his body turned to the right, only to see a wind blade slash the place where he had been standing a moment ago, leaving a deep mark on the ground!

"Everyone, attention, we're being attacked in the back!" Tang Qi shouted in alarm, causing all the Spirit Masters ahead to react.

"Roar!" With a ferocious lion roar, Xu Fei had already possessed his martial soul, his entire body increased in size to over two meters in an instant, his arms bulging with muscles, sharp claws coming out of his hands, with a wild lion behind him. Five spirit rings glowed under him; 1 white, 2 yellow, and 2 purple.

'Spirit King?' Tang Qi's heart was filled with disbelief, how did another Spirit King appear in this Village? The blood red colored soul power rose from his body, and a blood-colored human-shaped figure appeared behind him, it was his Blood Puppet Martial Soul, and under his body, four spirit rings appeared; 1 white, 2 yellow, and 1 purple. He was a rank 45 Spirit Ancestor.

In the group ahead, hearing Tang Qi's cries, except for two Spirit Grand Masters who continued the pursuit of the girl, the remaining Spirit Elder, 2 Spirit Grand Masters, and 8 Spirit Masters, they all took a battle stance and surrounded Xu Fei together with Tang Qi. The surviving villagers carried by the Spirit Masters were thrown to the ground like trash, to prevent them from hindering their movements in battle.

With multiple flashes of white and yellow light, in an instant, dozens of spirit rings appeared below them.

Xu Fei's face was grave, this group was a force that even a Spirit King like him would have to use all his strength.

Both sides stepped forward and a major confrontation began.

Clang Clang Clang!

After fighting against them for a few minutes, Xu Fei looked towards the group of Spirit Masters, and after noticing something, he smiled slightly and stepped back as one of the Spirit Rings under his body suddenly lit up.

<Second Spirit Skill, Wind Gust> Xu Fei let out a mighty roar, and the 100-year spirit ring in the second place lit up as violent gusts of wind appeared, whistling nonstop and cutting down all the surrounding Spirit Masters!

"Quickly, dodge!" Tang Qi quickly shouted; the Spirit Skill of a Spirit King was impossible for an ordinary Spirit Master to block.

Wind Gusts was the Second Spirit Skill of Xu Fei's Raging Lion Martial Soul, and it was also a group attack skill, most suitable for clearing part of the battlefield.

"Damn it!" Tang Qi couldn't help but curse as he thought, 'Why did the other party indiscriminately attack without caring about the lives of the villagers in our hands?' As he turned to look, he noticed that the Spirit Sect and the 2 Spirit Grand Masters were only slightly injured, although they suffered some light wounds, what surprised him was that the 8 Spirit Masters not only didn't survive the attack, but even the villagers they had been carrying with them just a moment ago were nowhere to be seen.

'There's someone else with him!' This thought suddenly appeared in Tang Qi's mind, as a sense of greater crisis flooded his mind.

"You will pay with your lives!" <Third Spirit Skill: Blood Rain> The third Spirit Ring which was purple in color, lit up, and from its surroundings, a heavy rain of blood emanated that carried a strong corrosive toxin, and once it touched the opponent, all of the opponent's skin would rot.

The Spirit Masters who were still alive did not dare to approach the battlefield, they also noticed the disappearance of the villagers, so they all stood at a safe distance while keeping on guard.

Xu Fei did not dare to underestimate him, and hurriedly activated his <Fourth Spirit Skill, Wind Swirl>

The wind whistled and collided with the rain of blood, and under the effect of the wind, the rain of blood quickly swerved to Tang Qi's side. Xu Fei was a Spirit King after all, and he had the upper hand at this moment.

<Blood Sea Rising> Tang Qi's Second Spirit Skill activated, and a smell of blood permeated the air, suddenly, a stream of blood surged from under Tang Qi's feet towards Xu Fei, the blood carried a deadly toxin, making anyone could easily be poisoned by the blood if they weren't careful.

<Wind Gusts> <Blast Shield> Xu Fei's Second and Fifth Spirit Skills activated at the same time, and the strong gale of wind was enough to stop the momentum of the blood stream, the fierce gale even showered the blood rain on Tang Qi.

"AHHH!" Tang Qi let out a miserable cry, although his Martial Soul was a blood puppet, the power of the blood rain did not distinguish between ally or enemy, Tang Qi's cheeks quickly began to rot as he was sprayed by the blood rain.

Xu Fei's heart leaped at the sight of the power of the toxins contained in this blood rain.

Finally, with the rain of blood dissipated, the Spirit Masters who had moved away from the battlefield stepped forward and activated their Spirit Skills one after another.

<Black Chains> <Phantasmal Blade Cut> <Soul Devouring Bloody Claws> The Spirit Masters surrounded Xu Fei as they bought time while Tang Qi recovered.

Xu Fei did not dare to underestimate them and preferred to avoid direct confrontation. The battle soon came to a stalemate. For the Spirit Masters on the other side, a mistake meant being seriously injured or even dead, so they began to attack and defend as a team, not letting Xu Fei take any advantage.

This forced Xu Fei to maintain the stalemate, otherwise, if he used all his soul power and failed to completely eradicate the opposing side, he would only become a lamb waiting to be devoured.

After several minutes, as Xu Fei battled against the four of them, suddenly, Lu Yuan's figure silently moved and approached from behind a Spirit Grand Master, stabbing him directly in the back until he pierced his heart with the spear in his hand.

"It's here.." The Spirit Grand Master tried to use his last breath to warn the others as the spear came back and pierced his throat this time, ending his miserable life.

Looking at the Spirit Grand Master and the Spirit Elder who were still alive, Lu Yuan managed to control the nauseating feeling this time and charged back towards the battlefield with the spear in hand.

<Stormy Waves> looking at the last Spirit Grand Master left standing beside, Lu Yuan aimed his spear and threw it using one of the moves of the Hanhai Spear Technique.

The spear heading towards the target gave off a strange feeling as it moved in the air as if the body of the spear rippled just like the waves of the sea.

The Spirit Grand Master was startled, however, as he saw the spear heading towards him, he fell into a strange trance-like state, and seemed to hear the sound of the ocean tide.

After coming out of the small trance, for some reason, he felt that this small ability of a Spirit Master was something he could catch perfectly, so he just stretched out his hand in front of his head, hoping to catch the spear while revealing a confident smile.

The confident smile on his face soon turned into a stiff grin, the spear pierced straight through his heart. And when the spear came out the other side of his body, blood spurted out, and this Spirit Grand Master could no longer be any more dead than he already was.

"Well done, boy!" Xu Fei sighed in admiration and retreated a few steps back with a smile on his face.

"Uncle Xu, how are you?" Lu Yuan stared at the wounds on Xu Fei's body. Xu Fei's Deacon robe was full of cuts and became unrecognizable, his wounds were also many, and on one of them, the blood was still flowing.

"These guys are really something, one Spirit Ancestor, one Spirit Elder, and two Spirit Grand Masters, and they managed to injure me, a Spirit King." Xu Fei's face was grave. The abilities of these Spirit Masters were all strange and caused a lot of damage.

"Luckily, you took the villagers away quickly, otherwise, I wouldn't have been able to finish off the Spirit Masters in a short period of time." Xu Fei said in admiration of Lu Yuan's effectiveness.

Indeed, it had been Lu Yuan who had moved quickly to rescue the villagers who had been left on the ground when the Spirit Masters began to attack.

"Uncle Xu, not only did I rescue the villagers, but I also noticed that the other party was on guard. So the moment they used the blood rain, I headed towards where the other two Spirit Grand Masters had gone and saved the girl who was being chased by them. From her, I learned a lot of valuable information! Actually, one of the Spirit Kings who is fighting in the distance is one of her guards, and its cultivation is higher than the other party!" Lu Yuan said as he walked towards a tree, where a girl of about 10 years old, with waist-length black hair and a doll-like appearance showed herself and nodded with teary eyes.

Xu Fei finally understood why all these Spirit Masters were after the girl. She must be the young miss of an important clan. So, if they managed to capture her, it was possible that the Spirit King accompanying her would either surrender or start to have reserves to attack, making it easier to finish the battle.

This also meant that it was thanks to the girl's guards that these Dark Spirit Masters were reduced in number and even the other party's Spirit King had been held back, which made it so that Lu Yuan and he could face them in the first place, otherwise...

Thinking about this, Xu Fei looked at the girl with gratitude, but before he could say anything else, he heard a loud shout.

"Stinky brat, you're looking for death!" Tang Qi was furious. The person who had been hiding and practically turned the tide in the battle was a mere Spirit Master! On top of that, he had rescued the girl, which meant that the two Grand Spiritual Masters who had been left to pursue her had most likely died.

"Ding Yin, take care of that brat!" Ding Yin was none other than the rank 38 Spirit Elder under Tang Qi's orders.

"You guys made me do this!" <Fourth Spirit Skill: Bloodthirsty Berserk> Tang Qi let out a roar. His face filled with blood-colored lines, and his eyes turned scarlet as a brutal aura burst out from his body. The aura was so powerful that it was no longer weaker than Xu Fei's.

Tang Qi's scarlet eyes widened, and the blood-red ghostly claws on his hands darted towards Xu Fei. While to the side, Ding Yin moved towards the direction where Lu Yuan and the girl were standing.

"Uncle Xu!" Knowing that things had turned ugly, Lu Yuan and Xu Fei looked at each other in understanding. Lu Yuan covered the girl with his body and put a mask on her. At the same time, he took out a bottle with a yellowish powder from his soul guide. Lu Yuan threw that bottle at the same time as Xu Fei, and the yellowish powder spread out, enveloping Tang Qi and Ding Yin.