Chapter 388

Chapter 388: Gasping for Breath

Even though the dark spirit had no intelligence and showed no expression on its face, Jiang Yun knew he had succeeded when it came towards him without hesitation.

Lifelessness may not be the same as ghostly energy, but they have similarities that can attract dark spirits!

However, the level of lifelessness he released was too weak to spread far.

Naturally, it couldn’t be sensed by more spirits of the dead.

"It seems like I need to be more thoroughly dead, but before that, I have to make some preparations!"

After killing the dark spirit, Jiang Yun took out nine spiritual stones and laid down the first formation of the Nine Snow Loop Array within a three-yard radius around himself.

Because he couldn’t fight while releasing lifelessness, and if it attracted a lot of dark spirits, he needed to ensure the safety of himself and his two companions first.

After setting up the formation, Jiang Yun told Tang Yi and Lu Yourong how to enter and exit the formation through telepathy.

Next, he started continuously weakening his life force.

As the life force weakened, a strong scent of death started to emanate from Jiang Yun’s body more and more.

As for himself, his breath naturally became weaker and weaker.

His once incredibly strong vitality, much more powerful than others, was disappearing at a visible speed.

Seeing this scene, Bai Ze couldn’t help but feel emotional once again.

Meeting Jiang Yun and deciding to help him, Bai Ze didn’t know if it was his luck or misfortune.

Jiang Yun’s decisiveness and boldness, especially his fierceness, not only towards others but also towards himself, were qualities that most cultivators did not possess.

The path of cultivation is about defying the natural order and contending with all things in the world.

Those who are cowardly and afraid of death cannot achieve anything. Only people with characteristics like Jiang Yun have the potential to go further on this path.

But Bai Ze also worried if one day, Jiang Yun would be too fierce towards himself and directly turn into a ghost…

As Jiang Yun’s breath grew faint, Tang Yi and Lu Yourong, who were searching for spirits in different directions, couldn’t help but stop in their tracks.

Both of them could clearly see spirits appearing from all directions.

They had no idea where these spirits had been hiding before, as if they had come out of the ground.

Among these spirits, there were not only human-like ones but also some monstrous ones.

The spirits were very fast, some running on the ground and some even flying in the sky, coming towards them one after another.

Despite the strange appearance of the spirits, it was a good thing. Without hesitation, they immediately turned around and hurried back to where Jiang Yun was.

When they saw Jiang Yun’s condition, both of them were shocked.

Jiang Yun at the moment was pale as a ghost, barely breathing.

Though they were not spirits, they could feel the strong aura of death emanating from Jiang Yun’s seated figure.

Tang Yi quickly ran to Jiang’s side and anxiously asked, "Martial Brother Jiang, what’s wrong? Are enemies coming?"

As he spoke, he took out a bunch of bottles and jars from his hands and hurriedly pulled out various pills, preparing to give them to Jiang Yun.

Lu Yourong’s face also hardened, he opened his eyes again and looked around.

In their minds, they had only been away for a short while, and Jiang Yun had become like this, it must be that a strong enemy had appeared and severely hurt Jiang Yun.

However, when Lu Yourong’s eyes scanned around, apart from seeing the black death energy constantly emanating from Jiang Yun’s body like billowing smoke, they couldn’t see anything else at all.

In fact, there wasn’t even a single wound on Jiang Yun’s body!

At that moment, Jiang Yun struggled to open his tightly shut eyes and weakly said, "I’m fine, I’m releasing death energy!"

The simple sentence seemed to drain all of Jiang Yun’s strength, forcing him to close his eyes again.

Tang Yi and the other person looked at each other in confusion, completely not understanding what Jiang Yun meant.

Lu Yourong suddenly pointed at the ghosts that had appeared in their view and said, "I understand now, Martial Brother Jiang found a way to attract ghosts using death energy!"

Tang Yi also understood naturally, and the more he understood, the more admiration he saw in Jiang Yun’s eyes.

Even though they couldn’t see Jiang Yun’s life force, they could tell that he wasn’t using any magic, but rather forcing out his own vitality.

To attract ghosts, he was willing to be so harsh on himself. Tang Yi sighed and then bowed deeply to Jiang Yun, saying, "I, Tang Yi, have never submitted to anyone, but now, I submit to you!"

With those words, Tang Yi stood up straight, a determined look in his eyes. He suddenly tore his clothes, raised his hand, and was about to strike his own heart.

"What are you doing?" Lu Yourong quickly grabbed Tang Yi’s hand.

"Only Martial Brother Jiang can kill these ghosts with his hands to enlarge his vortex, so I release death energy to attract the ghosts and let Martial Brother Jiang take action."

Lu Yourong fell silent.

Because what Tang Yi said was true, but she was also worried. Tang Yi didn’t have Jiang Yun’s strong cultivation. By using self-harm to weaken vitality and release death energy, if not controlled properly, he might really die.

Luckily, at that moment, Jiang Yun, who had been listening to the two arguing, spoke again in a weak voice, "No need, we’re protected!"

The two then realized that Jiang Yun had just set up a formation, obviously considering the current situation.

However, they couldn’t help but feel a bit doubtful whether the formation Jiang Yun had set up in such a short time could really block the increasingly fierce evil spirits.

Nevertheless, out of trust in Jiang Yun, they decided to believe him.

Standing on either side of Jiang Yun, they focused their attention and looked towards the large number of approaching evil spirits.

Just a moment later, both of their eyes lit up.

When these evil spirits were about three zhang away from the three of them, which was where the nine spiritual stones were buried, they truly couldn’t move forward even an inch.

Instead, like headless flies, they kept circling around the three of them.

In fact, many evil spirits even raised their hands to release various spells and attacks, but they all failed.

Joking aside, even though Jiang Yun hurriedly set up the formation, this formation is actually the strongest one created by the top monster in the mountains and seas, Xue Mucheng.

It’s not something these mindless ghosts can easily break through.

In this way, more and more ghosts gathered around the three of them, layer upon layer. Looking around, it was densely packed and endless.

Moreover, from all directions, a large number of ghosts were still constantly rushing towards here.

Although Tang Yi and Lu Yourong were no longer worried about ghosts rushing in, they now had to worry about Jiang Yun’s arrival.

Because in Lu Yourong’s spiritual eyes, the death aura emanating from Jiang Yun was as fierce as a raging fire reaching the sky.

It even vaguely formed a substantial black death aura storm!

As for Jiang Yun himself, he had become gasping for breath.

The life fire only had a few faint sparks left, even a light breeze could easily extinguish it!

As Jiang Yun felt like a flickering candle in the wind, everything in front of him turned pitch black, and his awareness began to blur gradually.

Suddenly, a string in his mind was gently touched!