bookbashuk Chapter 105 Fierce Battle! Chase and Reversal! Hunter and Prey!
Chapter 105 Fierce Battle! Chase and Reversal! Hunter and Prey!
Chapter 104 Fierce Battle! Chase and Reversal! Hunter and Prey!
The overwhelming swarms of rats, a horrifying sight comparable to a locust plague, sent chills down the spines of everyone present.
In the distance, a group of kidnapped girls were stunned with fear, and some of the more timid ones fainted on the spot.
"Wishing you a vacancy—"
Tang Ke stared blankly at Zhu Que. After being kidnapped last time, she found this young man increasingly unfathomable.
"————"
This horrifying scene left Zhan Yunhe utterly shocked.
He never expected that this lowly fifth-class commoner could produce so many "Ten Thousand Soul Banners".
This completely overturned his understanding.
However, being a man of experience, he quickly regained his composure and coldly retorted, "Hmph! A bunch of inferior counterfeit goods. I don't believe each of them has the same power as the first one!"
After saying this, he suddenly waved the Myriad Soul Banner in his hand, and the human soul servants roared in unison, transforming into a gray-white tsunami that surged towards Zhu Que.
at the same time.
While holding the Spirit Storage Ring and frantically replenishing his spiritual power, Zhu Que simultaneously activated ninety-nine Thousand Soul Banners.
"Buzz"
One hundred Thousand Soul Banners trembled in unison, and an overwhelming swarm of rat soul servants rushed madly toward Zhan Yunhe.
"Boom!"
The two soul servants clashed and fought in mid-air.
On one hand, their individual combat strength is not strong, but their numbers are overwhelming.
On one hand, their numbers are far fewer, but their individual combat power is extremely strong.
The two sides fought a fierce battle.
After the battle with Dai Yi and the other two, Zhan Yunhe's human soul servants were reduced by about 50%.
Therefore, it is basically twenty rat soul servants attacking one human soul servant.
Just at the beginning.
The two sides fought fiercely and were evenly matched.
However, as human soul servants died one by one, the numerical advantage of rat soul servants began to grow.
The rat servants, like a pack of wolves, attacked from the front, flanked from the sides, and sneaked in from behind.
Gradually.
After a brief stalemate, the two sides reached an impasse.
The number of human soul servants began to decrease rapidly.
"Oh no—"
Upon seeing this, Zhan Yunhe's expression turned somewhat unpleasant.
The Ten Thousand Souls Banner is his greatest asset at present. If he loses even this, he will truly be in dire straits.
"Hold on!!"
Zhan Yunhe desperately urged the Myriad Soul Banner to try and turn the tide.
But a moment later—
"Snap!"
With the death of the last human soul servant, the Banner of Ten Thousand Souls finally collapsed, the flagpole snapped, and the banner lost its luster.
"Damn it! You stinking rat—"
Zhan Yunhe gritted his teeth.
But Zhu Que didn't give him a chance to speak at all.
Although he controlled a hundred Thousand Soul Banners, more than seventy of them were lost in the battle just now.
But the number of rat soul servants was still large; they transformed into a gray tide and surged madly toward Zhan Yunhe.
"Whoosh!"
Seeing the countless rat soul servants swarming in from all directions.
At this moment, Zhan Yunhe finally experienced the true terror of the "Ten Thousand Souls Banner" as a victim.
Even a pirated magical artifact used to refine rats.
Even if their individual combat strength is inferior to that of human soul servants.
However, when the numbers reach a massive scale, their terrifying power is enough to send chills down anyone's spine.
"There's no other way—"
A mad and fierce glint flashed in Zhan Yunhe's eyes.
"I can't die! The experiment isn't finished yet! I absolutely can't die! Nobody can kill me today!!"
He finished speaking.
He raised his right hand, palm facing upwards, and plunged it straight into his own heart.
"Pfft!"
Zhan Yunhe groaned, his face turning deathly pale, and a strange fluctuation erupted from his body.
Streaks of dark spiritual runes spread out from his heart and covered his entire body in an instant.
His eyes also turned completely black.
At first glance, it looks like a terrifying demon that crawled out of hell.
"annihilate them all!!"
Zhan Yunhe roared, his aura rising steadily.
He stretched out his left hand, and the Five Elements Source Book appeared. The pages began to flip automatically at a frantic speed, almost too fast to see.
With each page turned, a Five Elements spell is released, blasting towards the surging rat soul servants.
"What kind of bizarre method is this?"
Zhu Que frowned slightly.
Zhan Yunhe stabbed himself in the heart, an act tantamount to suicide, yet it caused his strength to increase dramatically.
His aura was completely different from before, as if he were a different person.
It's probably ————
Perhaps it's some kind of forbidden spell that burns life force.
Zhu Que secretly made a guess.
However, since Zhan Yunhe has been forced to use this kind of magic, it means that he has been completely trapped in a desperate situation.
In mid-air.
Zhan Yunhe unleashed his Five Elements magic like a lawnmower, annihilating the countless rat soul servants.
For a time, Zhan Yunhe had actually gained a slight advantage.
After a while.
As the rat soul servants perished one by one, the Thousand Soul Banners broke and collapsed.
Finally, a "click!"
The last Thousand Soul Banner broke and was destroyed, and the countless rat soul servants in the sky completely disappeared.
Zhan Yunhe grinned maliciously: "You think you can kill me with a bunch of pirated magical artifacts? Kid, you're still too green!"
"I'm curious, how long can your life-threatening technique last?"
Zhu Que continued to replenish his spiritual energy. He was simultaneously activating one hundred Thousand Soul Banners, which consumed an enormous amount of spiritual power.
"It can continue until—I crush every bone in your body!" Zhan Yunhe sneered.
"Is that so?
Zhu Que lowered his eyes, took out a magical grenade with his right hand, and threw it at Zhan Yunhe.
"Then let's give it a try."
I saw the grenade flying straight in from the sky.
Zhan Yunhe was stunned for a moment, feeling that it was somewhat absurd.
If he wasn't mistaken, it was an ordinary magical grenade.
The 100,000 rat soul servants just now killed him, and this kid actually dares to try to attack him with a grenade?
Has this run out of ideas?
wrong!
We absolutely cannot be careless!
Zhan Yunhe narrowed his eyes slightly.
Although this kid's cultivation level is not high, the fact that he can produce a hundred pirated Ten Thousand Soul Banners at once shows that he is definitely not an ordinary person.
Despite his severe injuries, Zhu Que was just as troublesome as Dai Yi and the other two.
We must kill him with all our might!!
This moment.
Zhan Yunhe completely abandoned his contempt.
Although it may seem like just an ordinary magical grenade, Zhu Que certainly wouldn't have thrown it over for no reason.
It must never be allowed to explode at close range!
Thinking about this...
Zhan Yunhe flipped through the Five Elements Source Book, preparing to release a Five Elements spell to destroy the spiritual lightning from a distance.
however.
Just as he turned the pages of the book.
Zhu Que clenched his right hand tightly.
"Click!"
The grenade's pin snapped open, its speed suddenly increasing as it flew towards Zhan Yunhe like an arrow released from a bow.
At the same time.
An unusual ripple came from the ground beneath Zhan Yunhe's feet.
"What is that—"
Zhan Yunhe instinctively looked down.
Suddenly I saw—
"call!"
A metal hull suddenly emerged from the ground.
The hatch opened wide, like a gaping maw, swallowing him whole before he could react.
As the hull fully emerged, its complete form was finally revealed—
It is the Time-Sequence Secret Realm Pod that Zhu Que imitated!
What brought it up from the ground were twelve little ghosts.
They were clinging to the edge of the cabin, floating in mid-air, with smug smiles on their faces.
"Big brother! We did it!"
The little monkey waved excitedly.
"Well done!"
Zhu Que grinned with a sinister smile.
This was a tactic that Zhu Que had already discussed with the little ghosts.
Little ghosts can carry items and travel underground, which is why they can become elusive "ghost snipers".
Those hundred Thousand Soul Banners were given to him by the little ghosts from underground; otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to carry so many spiritual artifacts.
The entire tactic just now was—
The little ghosts dragged the Time Capsule underground.
After Zhu Que threw out the spiritual lightning, the little ghosts received the signal and dragged the Time Sequence Pod to Zhan Yunhe's feet.
Then, using the hatch facing upwards, Zhan Yunhe was "loaded" into the void from bottom to top.
So far, this tactic appears to be very successful!
"Whoosh"
After Zhan Yunhe entered the void space, the spiritual lightning bolt that Zhu Que had thrown out also flew into the hatch.
The next moment—
"Boom!!"
A deafening explosion resounded from the void, causing the Time Sequence Chamber to tremble slightly.
Immediately afterwards, a terrifying pillar of fire suddenly erupted from the chaotic ball of light at the hatch.
The column of fire shot over a hundred meters, piercing right through the adjacent building.
The walls collapsed, the steel bars twisted, and half of the hall collapsed, causing the entire plaza to tremble violently.
Seeing the power of this explosion.
Zhu Que was not surprised at all.
A single lightning bolt could not possibly achieve such an explosive effect.
He had laid down more than 10,000 spirit thunderbolts in the void beforehand, which were carefully arranged into a chain explosion array.
If even one of them explodes, all the spirit thunder will be detonated.
Such terrifying power.
This immediately shocked everyone present.
The kidnapped girls were shocked, their mouths agape, seemingly unable to comprehend their current situation.
"Is that person dead? Are we... saved?"
The girls were stunned, all thinking that Zhan Yunhe was dead, and they all burst into tears of joy.
"Great! We're saved!"
"Waaaaah, I thought I was going to die!"
"Thank God! Thank God!"
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""
Amidst the crowd, Tang Ke stared blankly at Zhu Que in the distance, feeling utterly unfamiliar with this young man.
"With his Qi Refining stage cultivation, he managed to kill a Foundation Establishment peak cultivator, his strength is truly terrifying—"
Just then, the barrier trapping the girls was removed, further convincing them that they had been rescued.
As a result, almost everyone ran towards Zhu Que.
On one hand, they felt that they would be safer at the Black Lotus Guild headquarters if they stayed with the boy who had saved them.
On the other hand, it is a heartfelt gratitude towards Zhu Que.
The girls wept, their faces streaked with tears, choking back sobs as they expressed their gratitude to Zhu Que for saving them.
"Thank you for saving us—"
"Waaaaah, I thought I was going to die, thank you so much————"
"Could you leave your contact information? My parents will definitely repay you."
""
More than three hundred girls chattered around Zhu Que, expressing their gratitude in various ways.
"Keke! Thank goodness, Keke, I'm so glad you're alright—"
Tang Dongfang gritted his teeth and got up from the ground. When he saw that his daughter was safe and sound, tears welled up in his eyes instantly.
"Zhu Que! Thank you so much! You saved Ke Ke's life, and you saved mine too!"
"I was rude to you before, and now I really feel bad about it—"
"If you ever need anything in the future, just say the word. I, Tang Dongfang, will go through fire and water for you without batting an eye."
Tang Dongfang spoke with heartfelt sincerity.
However-
"Shut up, all of you! That guy's not dead yet!"
Zhu Que's eyes were icy as he stared intently at the Time Sequence Container, extinguishing everyone's joy with a single sentence.
What?
How could Zhan Yunhe still be alive after such a huge explosion?
"Let's go!"
Zhu Que didn't have time to explain to them. After replenishing his spiritual energy, he led the little ghosts into the Time Realm Chamber.
Void space.
As soon as Zhu Que entered, he saw Zhan Yunhe, who was badly injured.
At this moment, Zhan Yunhe's body was broken and mangled, almost unrecognizable as human.
The body, which was originally covered with dark spirit patterns, had its flesh and blood blown away, revealing pale bones.
He lay in a pool of blood, his body trembling violently.
even so.
He is still alive.
"call----"
Zhan Yunhe stood up with a twisted posture, his eyes filled with a violent, venomous, and murderous intent.
"You stinking rat! I'm going to kill you!"
As he spoke, he raised his hand and summoned the tattered Five Elements Source Book.
"Sizzle!"
However, as soon as the pages were turned, the Five Elements Source Book shattered, and all the pages turned to ashes.
"I have a suggestion."
Zhu Que spread his hands and smiled, "Why don't we sit down and talk? Maybe we can find a win-win solution."
.
"Talk? Talk about what?"
Zhan Yunhe grinned, revealing a row of bloodstained teeth.
"Kid, I have nothing to talk to you about. There are only two outcomes today: either you kill me, or I kill you!"
He finished speaking.
Zhan Yunhe suddenly sprang up, having lost the Five Elements Source Book, he decided to engage Zhu Que in close combat.
Seeing that stalling for time was futile, Zhu Que put the Ningxin Qingguan on his head and fled for his life in the distance.
In the void.
He possesses a major hidden advantage: immunity to the allure of bewitching magic sounds.
Zhan Yunhe is now seriously injured, all his magical artifacts are destroyed, and he only has the ability to fight in close combat left.
All you have to do is waste time with him!
"Stop right there!!"
Seeing Zhu Que escape, Zhan Yunhe gave chase.
But Zhu Que kept running away without giving him a chance to engage in direct combat.
Then.
The two were caught in a chase in the void.
Meanwhile, the little ghosts were not idle either. Holding spirit-patterned sniper rifles, they kept shooting at Zhan Yunhe.
But Zhan Yunhe completely ignored these attacks.
Because he knew very well in his heart—
Those little ghosts are not important; we must kill Zhu Que as soon as possible so that all this can truly end!
His speed was astonishing.
Although his injuries were extremely severe, other Foundation Establishment cultivators would probably have died several times over.
However, he used a secret technique that burned his life force, so even though he was seriously injured, he could still maintain a strong fighting ability.
At this moment, Zhu Que was also fully armed, wearing several pirated magical artifacts that could increase his movement speed.
However, even with this shift in power, Zhan Yunhe could still catch up with him and launch continuous attacks.
But Zhu Que's tactics were very clear—
They only ran away, defended, and dodged, never engaging Zhan Yunhe in direct combat, and did their best to delay time.
The longer he stays in the void, the more advantageous the situation becomes for him.
Time is his greatest weapon!
Zhu Que suffered numerous injuries during his escape.
Although none of them were fatal injuries, they accumulated and eventually slowed him down.
"You stinking rat! All you know how to do is run away, right? Running away like this won't kill me!"
Zhan Yunhe continued his pursuit while taunting Zhu Que, attempting to provoke him.
"Can't we really talk?" Zhu Que completely ignored the offer.
"Talk about your mother!"
Zhan Yunhe sneered, "I understand completely now. All of this was your scheme!"
"No, these were my master's plans."
"What kind of bullshit master is this! I don't think this person even exists!"
Zhan Yunhe sneered, "However, I roughly understand why you said you're determined to fight me to the death."
"Although I don't know how you managed to evade the Blood Pact's attack, you don't have much time left, do you?"
"For you, the current situation is—if I don't die, you will definitely be killed by the blood pact!"
"Am I right, little mouse?"
While mocking Zhu Que, Zhan Yunhe intensified his attacks, continuously inflicting damage on Zhu Que.
"Hahaha! Let's see how long you can hold out!"
"What a coincidence, that's exactly what I wanted to say too."
Zhu Que's eyes remained calm, showing no sign of panic.
Regarding Zhu Que's words.
Zhan Yunhe didn't take it to heart, thinking that Zhu Que was just putting on a brave face.
however.
He quickly realized something was wrong—
From the moment he started to ignore those strange, demonic sounds, those he had been deliberately ignoring began to become clearer and clearer.
It had reached a point where he simply couldn't ignore it.
All sorts of chaotic sounds flooded his mind with complicated information, greatly disrupting his thoughts and consciousness.
"Damn it! What kind of hellhole is this?!"
Zhan Yunhe shook his head vigorously, trying to shake off the bewitching demonic sound, but it was all in vain.
"This is where you'll die," Zhu Que sneered.
"Why are you so smug? These demonic sounds aren't just interfering with me!" Zhan Yunhe sneered.
He had already observed that Zhu Que was shaking his head from time to time, and his mental state was also somewhat poor.
Clearly, Zhu Que was also affected by those demonic sounds.
"How about we stop and see who can last longer?"
Stop your mother's!
Zhan Yunhe gritted his teeth and cursed, his men attacking without mercy.
He knew it very well.
If we can kill Zhu Que quickly, that would undoubtedly be the best outcome at present.
But even if he can't kill him, he absolutely cannot lose to Zhu Que in terms of endurance amidst this demonic sound.
then.
The chase continues.
Time passed by, second by second.
The bewitching, demonic sounds continued to haunt the two of them, like countless ghosts whispering in their ears and murmuring in their minds.
Sometimes stern, sometimes gentle, sometimes seductive, sometimes terrifying, it makes it impossible to concentrate.
Zhu Que was also affected by the bewitching demonic sound, and his ability to withstand it was also affected while he was injured.
However, because he was wearing the Ningxin Qingguan (a type of headdress), he wasn't worried at all.
Moreover, in the void, the higher a person's cultivation level, the stronger the bewitching demonic sounds they are subjected to.
As a peak Foundation Establishment cultivator, Zhan Yunhe endured at least ten times the intensity of the bewitching demonic sounds that Zhu Que experienced.
If this drags on, Zhu Que will inevitably be the final winner!
Time continued to pass.
ten minutes.
twenty minutes.
Thirty minutes.
Finally, after almost an hour—
"thump!"
Zhan Yunhe's consciousness blurred for a moment, his body lost its balance, and he fell to the ground in a very disheveled state, rolling more than a dozen times before stopping.
At the same time, Zhu Que also collapsed to the ground with a thud.
The two fell down almost simultaneously.
Upon seeing this.
The twelve little ghosts were not idle either.
As soul entities, they can even consume bewitching demonic sounds, so bewitching demonic sounds have no effect on them.
-
Upon seeing Zhan Yunhe fall, they immediately raised their spirit-patterned sniper rifles and began to beat him mercilessly.
"what!"
Zhan Yunhe roared in agony, his eyes flashing with a fierce killing intent, "You damned little bastards!"
He suddenly raised his right hand, and a surge of spiritual energy erupted from his palm, instantly enveloping all the little ghosts.
An invisible force of attraction erupted instantly.
The little ghosts were uncontrollably pulled together, huddled together, unable to break free.
"You bunch of little brats—"
Panting, Zhan Yunhe stood up unsteadily.
"From the moment we started, you've been like flies. Since you're so eager to die again, then I'll grant your wish!"
He gathered a surge of spiritual energy in his palm and suddenly blasted it into the midst of the little ghosts.
"Bang!"
The gathered little ghosts were blasted apart by the blow, all of them severely injured, letting out a painful scream.
"Whoosh—"
Zhan Yunhe was panting heavily and did not continue attacking them.
He knew that he couldn't waste his strength on these little ghosts now; he had to save his strength to kill Zhu Que!
He looked at Zhu Que, who was lying on the ground, and immediately staggered over to him.
however.
After Zhan Yunhe took two steps toward Zhu Que.
Zhu Que suddenly swayed and slowly stood up from the ground.
"Kid, I'm sure I can last longer than you in this place, you know why?"
Zhan Yunhe sneered, "Once upon a time, my cultivation path also went through countless difficulties and setbacks. My willpower was forged into a rock through countless hardships."
"A mere whisper of demonic noise is nothing to me—"
"What?"
However, Zhu Que seemed not to have heard him clearly. He shook his head and interrupted him, somewhat confused.
"What are you babbling about?"
"you----"
Zhan Yunhe was about to speak, but suddenly froze.
Because he discovered something strange—
At this moment, Zhu Que's eyes were clear, his expression was calm, and his breathing was steady, showing no signs of confusion or pain.
They didn't look like they had been disturbed by demonic sounds at all.
"Why—"
Zhan Yunhe paused, a sense of foreboding washing over him.
"?"
Zhu Que looked puzzled.
At this moment, he had just experienced the side effects of the "Heart-Clearing and Visceral Cleansing" treatment.
While clearing the cluttered information in his mind, the artifact also erased his memories from the past hour.
At this moment, his memory was still stuck on the time when he entered the Time Sequence Chamber, preparing to ensure that Zhan Yunhe was completely dead.
but.
Zhu Que had used the Mind-Clearing Crown technique countless times and was already used to the amnesia side effect.
He glanced around and immediately deduced the current situation.
"Although I don't know what we just talked about—"
Zhu Que twisted his neck and grinned, "But Zhan Yunhe, your mental state seems a bit off."
"His eyes are unfocused, his expression is distorted, and he's starting to speak incoherently—didn't you notice?"
"How did you do that?!"
Looking at Zhu Que's current mental state, Zhan Yunhe was filled with disbelief.
"That's not right! You should have been affected by that demonic sound too, so why—why are you acting like nothing's wrong?"
"That's exactly right!"
Zhu Que's smile became even more hearty.
"you?!"
Zhan Yunhe's eyes widened. He finally understood that Zhu Que had used some method to completely eliminate the demonic sounds that were bothering him.
My mental state has immediately returned to its peak!
"I see----"
Zhan Yunhe's face was grim. He gritted his teeth and said, "So, this is why you dare to stall for time with me here—because you have a way to recover your mental state!"
This moment.
Zhan Yunhe felt as if he had fallen into an ice cave.
A chilling fear shot up my spine and into my brain.
During his confrontation with Zhu Que, even though he was severely injured by the explosion and lost all his magical artifacts, he did not feel the slightest bit of despair.
Because he firmly believed he could win.
But at this moment.
He truly felt a sense of despair.
no----
We can't play cat and mouse with him anymore!
Don't stay here for long!
We must escape this eerie place immediately!!
Zhan Yunhe's heart stirred. After making up his mind, he had no psychological burden or concern for dignity or face. Without hesitation, he turned around and ran away.
Although we had been chasing for an hour and had no idea how far we were from the hatch, staying here meant certain death.
We must escape, no matter what!
"Trying to run away?"
Zhu Que sneered, and three ice flame swords materialized around him. Without hesitation, he chased after them.
This moment.
A dramatic scene unfolded—
The situation has completely reversed, from Zhan Yunhe chasing Zhu Que to Zhu Que chasing Zhan Yunhe.
The roles of hunter and prey have been completely reversed!
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