Chapter 66
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Chapter 66: Facing the Night Fiend
“Choosing Chu Lingluo as a teammate was definitely right.”
Soon, Mu Lin realized Chu Lingluo’s battlefield contributions matched his own.
Amid the brutal fighting, injuries were unavoidable.
Demons wielded sinister powers—poisoning foes, corrupting them with deathly fumes, demonic energy, or vicious auras. Soldiers also collapsed from sheer exhaustion after relentless combat.
This was when Chu Lingluo shone like a guardian spirit.
Her rejuvenation spell mended wounds. The Purification Spell wiped away negative conditions. The vitality spell reignited stamina in drained fighters.
With these three spells, she saved a dozen near-dead warriors, cured dozens of poisoned allies, and restored combat power to twenty-odd battle-hardened soldiers.
This shift in advantage turned the tide of battle decisively in Mu Lin’s favor.
Witnessing her impact, Mu Lin flushed with shame for ever doubting her mindset. A Chu Lingluo like this didn’t just belong on the battlefield—she became indispensable. Any commander would cherish a teammate who healed, cleansed, and revitalized.
Injured, poisoned, or exhausted? That meant death. But with Chu Lingluo nearby and friendly, survival odds soared by eighty percent. Who’d risk alienating her? Even schemers would face backlash from those relying on her gifts.
*A pure heart might endanger others, but Chu Lingluo faced no such peril.*
As Mu Lin reflected, his earlier schemes combined with Chu Lingluo’s healing had already reversed the battle’s flow. Sensing defeat, some demons began retreating. Once the first fled, their ranks shattered like rotten wood.
“Charge!”
Humans gave no quarter. Qi Practitioners, warriors, generals—all hunted the fleeing demons ruthlessly.
Mu Lin joined the pursuit. His cursed paper effigies ensnared stronger foes one by one. Yet when demons scattered beyond the battlefield, his true body stayed behind. Instead, he unleashed dozens of paper cranes from Chu Lingluo’s pouch to track them.
Kneeling on bloodied soil, Mu Lin studied demonic bloodstains. His enhanced memory linked each stain to a specific fiend. Then, folding crimson-stained paper into effigies, he began his curses anew.
As Mu Lin’s curse took hold, the fleeing demons discovered in terror that their escape was useless.
While running, their legs suddenly gave out as if hacked by blades.
Some suffered heart pain or dizziness—all these misfortunes hindered their retreat.
Stumbling like this, they were easily caught and hacked to death by the pursuing soldiers.
Curse after curse…
Using the treacherous Paper Figure Curse, Mu Lin ambushed the fleeing demons one by one.
Even the Flying Night Demon wasn’t spared.
It was strong, skilled in combat, and unafraid of Life and Death. Its scars were seen as badges of courage.
Normally this was admirable, but against Mu Lin, it became its downfall.
During the fight with the human soldiers, its indifference to pain made it ignore attacks, letting blades slice its flesh.
Using the demon’s spilled blood, Mu Lin crafted a Cursed Paper Figure of the Night Demon.
He then pulled out several rusty coffin nails marked with ominous bloodstains.
—The nails were paper, painted red to look aged.
In his Mind Image world, identical coffin nails pierced a coffin board, corrupted by the power of Heaven’s Funeral.
Mu Lin exhaled a breath of the vitality of the living.
“Haa…”
The Vitality of the Living merged with spiritual thoughts from his Mind Image world, transforming the paper nails into temporary cursed artifacts.
Gripping seven coffin nails, Mu Lin aimed to drive them into the paper figure’s head, chest, and feet.
But before he could act—
“Whoosh!” A shadow riding fierce winds charged toward him.
The Night Demon had returned. Its primal instincts sensed danger, and its bloodline of flight let it escape its pursuers.
“Shit!”
“Messed up—shouldn’t have revealed myself!”
“Brother Mu, watch out!”
The Flying Night Demon’s sudden return trapped Mu Lin in danger.
Though Chu Lingluo’s Soul Resonance was strong and her presence-fading ability mystical, it couldn’t make them vanish under the demon’s watch.
They’d stayed hidden earlier only because the chaotic battlefield drew no attention to them.
“B-Brother Mu, go! I’ll stop it!”
Trembling, Chu Lingluo still stepped in front of Mu Lin.
He yanked her behind him instantly.
“Don’t spout nonsense. We’re not running. This isn’t over yet.”
While cheering Chu Lingluo on, Mu Lin sighed:
"We must resort to direct confrontation… Let’s hope others sense the trouble and return swiftly."
While praying, Mu Lin swiftly commanded his six Yellow Turban Might to intercept the Flying Night Demon.
"Swish!"
Instantly, the Flying Night Demon pierced through all six Yellow Turban Might with ease.
Its overwhelming power and blinding speed marked it as a formidable foe even within the Spring Fountain Realm.
Mu Lin’s Yellow Turban Might, mere Awakened Realm constructs with warrior-level awakening, stood no chance against such might.
During their first clash, two Yellow Turban Might were impaled by the Steel Fork.
Yet the demon suddenly froze mid-strike, face contorting in agony –
Mu Lin’s coffin nail had stabbed through the paper figure demon’s forehead.
"You… die!"
The effective strike enraged the demon into abandoning the Yellow Turban Might and lunging at Mu Lin.
Though death loomed near, Mu Lin’s mind remained ice-cold, sensing a sliver of counterattack opportunity.
"Not defeated yet!"
"Hssss…"
With cold focus, Mu Lin activated his innate ability – Transforming into a Serpent.
Vertical pupils replaced human eyes as dark scales armored his body.
The transformation boosted his physical strength dramatically.
Still, his awakening-level cultivation meant close combat remained suicidal.
This metamorphosis served only to empower his next move.
Inhaling deeply through serpentine lungs,
Mu Lin expelled his breath in explosive force –
A torrent of black fog erupted from his mouth,
Thickening until it swallowed everything within ten meters.
Relentlessly expanding as Mu Lin poured his energy:
[Black Water Mystic Serpent’s Transformation Method · Swallowing Clouds and Puffing Fog · Black Fog]
