Chapter 404

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Chapter 404: Fire Puppetry Art

Obviously, under such intense and frantic killing, every member of the Seeking-Tao Sect finally killed enough evil spirits to satisfy the requirement of forming the vortexes.

Fifty-nine small vortexes, along with Jiang Yun’s colossal vortex, all appeared neatly above the heads of the Seeking-Tao Sect members.

This scene was truly spectacular.

Naturally, it deeply shocked all the cultivators except those from the Seeking-Tao Sect.

As the spiritual energy vortex gathered, it supplied pure spirit qi to replenish the exhausted spirit qi within the bodies of the Seeking-Tao Sect members, giving them the strength to fight again.

By continuing to kill the evil spirits, the spiritual energy vortex grew larger and fed them with spirit qi, creating a beneficial cycle where they became more courageous and excited to fight.

Even their cultivation levels unconsciously improved to different degrees.

At this point, Huo Duming, along with two others, finally understood Jiang Yun’s intention to delay the time.

He wasn’t waiting for others to rescue them, but to help all the members of the Seeking-Tao Sect gather the vortex.

Suddenly, Gui Li let out a long shout and waved the black flag in his hand, releasing black energy that surged towards the overwhelming evil spirits.

Huo Duming turned abruptly and faced the other cultivators from various sects behind him, saying coldly, "Now you have two options: either wait for us to defeat the Seeking-Tao Sect and then come after you, or join us in defeating them."

These sects were small forces within the Mountain-Sea World and dared not provoke the united Three Great Powers of Ten Thousand Demons Cave. After exchanging glances, they naturally chose to join the battle and kill the Seeking-Tao Sect.

With this, the enemies surrounding the Seeking-Tao Sect were quickly reinforced.

The number of cultivators alone reached three hundred again, with nearly forty of them in the Sky Reaching Realm!

It can be said that, in the world today, most cultivators from the Mountain-Sea World have gathered, except for the Grand Medicine Sect and Samsara Sect who have not yet arrived.

As for the number of Yin spirits, they were countless, in the tens of thousands!

Especially with Gui Li’s black energy rushing into the Yin spirits, they were controlled by him and stopped attacking the cultivators from other sects, turning to attack the Seeking-Tao Sect instead.

In this way, the Seeking-Tao Sect truly found itself surrounded.

But then, Jiang Yun’s voice rang clearly from the crowded sea of people, "Listen, all taoist friends from the Mountain-Sea World, I don’t want to start a massacre, so this is your last chance."

"If you retreat one hundred steps now, I will spare your lives, otherwise, don’t blame me for being ruthless!"

Upon hearing Jiang Yun’s words, many of the cultivators surrounding him felt a shiver in their hearts.

Before this battle, no one had heard of Jiang Yun’s monks and no one paid attention to Jiang Yun. But Jiang Yun’s actions greatly shocked them all.

Who would have thought that only sixty people could hold out for so long under attack by so many others.

Therefore, Jiang Yun’s warning made them take it seriously.

Nearly fifty monks from those small forces quietly retreated back a hundred feet.

Huo Duming laughed coldly again, saying, "At this point, Jiang Yun, you’re still talking big here. I really can’t see what you have to threaten us with!"

The Sea clan man also said sternly, "All of you taoist friends, he is just fear-mongering. Even if he is just a Blessed Land Realm cultivator, let alone a Tao Spiritual Realm cultivator, at this point, there is no turning back!"

"Even with our numerical advantage, we can easily wipe them out. Kill him, and we can leave this realm together!"

Although Gui Li didn’t speak, the monks from the Ghostly Samsara Hell were under his ghostly control, making it impossible for them to retreat even if they wanted to.

With these three people speaking up, and what they said was also true.

No one could figure out what Jiang Yun had that could threaten the safety of so many people.

Therefore, the remaining monks not only did not retreat, but also intensified their attacks, aiming to kill Jiang Yun and destroy the Seeking-Tao Sect in the shortest time possible.

Jiang Yun’s voice once again echoed from deep within the crowd, "I have given you the chance, it’s your own fault for giving up, you can’t blame me!"

With a wave of his hand, Jiang Yun produced a lantern!

Through the crowded gaps, Huo Duming immediately recognized it as the Flameless Puppet Lantern that his father had given him for self-defense.

Now in Jiang Yun’s possession, it was clearly his greatest asset.

However, after much thought, Huo Duming couldn’t figure out how the lantern could help Jiang Yun turn the tables, so he remained confident.

"Jiang Yun, you stole my things, how’s the lantern working for you? Haha, if you manage to escape this time, I’ll give you Overcast as well!"

Jiang Yun coldly glanced at Huo Duming and said, "I don’t need you to give it, I’ll take Overcast myself!"

As Jiang Yun opened his mouth, a fierce flame burst out and shot towards the Flameless Puppet Lantern!

"*Buzz!*"

With Jiang Yun’s flame entering, the Flameless Puppet Lantern broke free from Jiang Yun’s hand and trembled as it floated in the air.

Soon after, flames lit up from the lantern base, turning into human-shaped flames that dashed in all directions towards countless… spirits!

In an instant, thousands of human-shaped flames surged into the bodies of countless spirits, rushing into the Soul Stone within them, causing them all to freeze in place!

Even the spirits previously controlled by Gui Li’s ghostly energy were affected in the same way.

This situation caused a slight change in Gui Li’s expression, but he wasn’t too panicked, knowing Jiang Yun could devour his ghostly energy.

Yet, he still couldn’t figure out what Jiang Yun intended to do next.

In the next moment, the spirits, now motionless and devoid of consciousness, suddenly lit up with flames in their hollow eyes, adding a hint of liveliness to them.

Inside the flames, a face formed – it was Jiang Yun’s face!

"This is…"

Huo Duming was stunned by what he saw.

He knew it was the effect of the Flameless Puppet Lantern, but he never knew it could be so magical.

What he didn’t know was that the original owner of the Flameless Puppet Lantern was not him, but his father Huo Yanghui.

Unlike Jiang Yun, who was now the true owner of the Flameless Puppet Lantern and knew all its uses, what Jiang Yun was using now was one of the most powerful techniques – Fire Puppetry Art.

The Flameless Puppet Lantern didn’t just control fire, but could also use it as a medium and thread to manipulate everything as puppets.

Even Huo Yanghui could only control a few living beings at most, as creatures with minds could resist control.

However, spirits were different – they had lost their minds and relied on life-affirming objects, making them perfect targets for the Flameless Puppet Lantern.

"Now, who has more people?"

In Jiang Yun’s mocking voice, at that moment, thousands of dark spirits suddenly opened their mouths and uttered the same word – kill!

The sound of killing was deafening, even the omnipresent mist was all shaken apart.

And these tens of thousands of dark spirits suddenly turned around, their eyes showing Jiang Yun’s face, filled with a fierce killing intent, rushing towards the more than three hundred cultivators!