Fellow Daoist Fan... He Made a Move!!

While Xie Jiuyi was desperately fighting the evil spirits, Shen Jiyue on the other side also decisively took action.

In such a critical moment, one had to give their all.

A single mistake could cost them their life!

Shen Jiyue held a heavy Xuanhua Axe in her right hand and casually threw out three talismans with her left.

The talismans stuck firmly to the blade of the Xuanhua Axe, emitting a faint golden light.

She charged towards the evil spirits!

Under the watchful eyes of the evil spirits, Shen Jiyue gripped the axe handle tightly with both hands.

Suddenly, she leaped!

"Evil spirits! Die quickly!!!"

With a fierce shout.

She effortlessly leaped over ten feet into the air, then brought the axe down with both hands!

The Xuanhua Axe, emitting a faint golden light, cut through the night in a golden arc.

An evil spirit she had targeted clearly didn't expect a woman to be so ferocious, charging at them with a giant axe.

Shen Jiyue's speed was also very fast.

Before the evil spirit could react or make any further moves...

The axe blade...

came down.

Swish--!!!

Shen Jiyue split the evil spirit in two with one swing of the axe. The Xuanhua Axe smashed heavily onto the ground, shattering the bluestone slabs.

Extremely violent!

Shen Jiyue spun around abruptly, exerting force with both hands. The heavy Xuanhua Axe felt as light as cotton in her grip.

She raised the axe and swung it towards another evil spirit.

This evil spirit reacted in time and dodged to the side, but still had a palm severed.

The intense pain made the evil spirit scream.

Its pale face was contorted in agony.

Shen Jiyue stepped forward, swinging the Xuanhua Axe horizontally across the ground, and the evil spirit's head exploded.

She charged into the horde of ghosts alone, axe in hand...

It was a complete rout!

These ordinary evil spirits were no match for Shen Jiyue.

After all, she was a chief officer of the Imperial Astronomy Bureau.

Her strength was undeniable.

After killing several evil spirits in quick succession, Shen Jiyue's face showed no joy, only increasing solemnity.

There were too many evil spirits; killing a few now meant nothing.

Moreover...

The ghost bride in the big red sedan chair had not made a move from beginning to end!

This made Shen Jiyue extremely vigilant.

Her subconscious told her that the ghost bride in the big red sedan chair was incredibly powerful!

She was a malevolent spirit of the highest order!!

She felt she could handle the ghost bride, but the troublesome evil spirits weren't limited to just her.

She had many helpers.

This was the real problem!

And how did so many evil spirits manage to sneak into Baihe County unnoticed?

Shen Jiyue couldn't figure it out.

Suddenly.

She seemed to sense something, and then heard a scream.

It was Xie Jiuyi's voice.

His voice was too unique for Shen Jiyue to mistake.

In a rush.

She looked back.

She saw Xie Jiuyi spitting blood from his nose and mouth, flying backward like a kite with a broken string.

He slammed hard into a wall.

The wall developed a large dent from the impact, with fine cracks spreading across it.

Finally, he fell to the ground in a sorry state.

"Cough, cough!"

Xie Jiuyi coughed heavily a few times. A talisman in his hand turned to ash.

He whispered with lingering fear, "If I hadn't used the Body Protection Vajra Talisman in time, I would have been done for."

He struggled to his feet. Though he looked terrifying, his injuries weren't actually severe due to the protection of the talisman.

Xie Jiuyi quickly dodged to the side as a vengeful spirit tried to take advantage of his weakened state.

Fortunately, his reaction was swift, and he managed to evade it.

A fierce look flashed in Xie Jiuyi's eyes.

He bit his fingertip, quickly chanted an incantation, and formed a sword-finger with his hand, thrusting it at the charging vengeful spirit.

The vengeful spirit let out a scream.

Its soul scattered!

Seeing that Xie Jiuyi was temporarily out of mortal danger, Shen Jiyue shifted her gaze from him to the terrifying ghostly figure beside the eight-bearer sedan chair.

That must have been the ghost groom who had sent Xie Jiuyi flying just now!

This was the "bride-receiving" ghost groom!

Shen Jiyue noticed that as she looked at the ghost groom, it was also looking at her.

Her expression turned grim. "If it were just those ordinary vengeful spirits, Xie Jiuyi's cultivation would be enough to handle them. But with that incredibly malevolent ghost groom added..."

"Xie Jiuyi probably can't hold on."

Dealing with so many vengeful spirits, plus the ghost bride who hadn't made a move yet, and Xie Jiuyi not being much help...

The combination of these factors made Shen Jiyue feel exceptionally troubled.

Moreover, there were only the two of them.

She could stop a few vengeful spirits, or even a dozen, but any more than that...

She wouldn't be able to.

Shen Jiyue acted quickly, swinging her axe horizontally and sending a vengeful spirit that was charging towards the inn flying.

However, quite a few vengeful spirits bypassed her and headed straight for the inn.

This made her anxious.

But there was nothing she could do.

The ghost bride inside the large red sedan chair remained motionless, which made her extremely wary.

The ghost groom behind her was also watching menacingly, and she didn't know when he would attack her.

Shen Jiyue realized she couldn't disengage!

She could only watch helplessly as vengeful spirit after vengeful spirit surged towards the inn.

"This is bad!"

Shen Jiyue was burning with anxiety. "They probably don't want to fight me; they just want to stall me so they can take the Heavenly Mechanism Coffin!"

She clearly saw several vengeful spirits quickly float into the inn.

This made her grit her teeth in frustration!

Ever since she became a Banner Officer in the Imperial Astronomy Bureau, she had never felt such a sense of powerlessness.

There was nothing she could do!

However...

The next instant!

Several sudden screams came from inside the inn.

Shen Jiyue couldn't help but freeze.

Soon, as if she had seen something incredible, the anger on her face turned to astonishment, and her eyes widened.

She saw.

Those few vengeful spirits that had floated into the inn were now letting out incredibly piercing screams and were rushing out of the inn at an even faster speed!

No.

They weren't rushing out of the inn on their own; they were being forced back!

The vengeful spirits that screamed as they were sent flying slammed hard into the building opposite the inn.

Their souls seemed to have suffered some heavy blow...

Before even a breath passed...

scattered!

The Heavenly Mechanism Coffin was inside the inn. Both the malevolent spirits who wanted to snatch it and Shen Jiyue and Xie Jiuyi, who wanted to protect it, had their attention drawn by the commotion elsewhere.

Immediately after, both sides saw... a tall, burly figure slowly walk out of the inn.

That figure was holding an exaggeratedly long and unique greatsword in one hand.

In the other hand, he was carrying a struggling malevolent spirit!

Bang!!!

A sound like something exploding rang out, and Shen Jiyue's eyes widened even further.

She saw the head of the struggling malevolent spirit simply explode!

The malevolent spirit stopped struggling.

Because it had turned to ash and smoke!

"Fellow Daoist... Fellow Daoist Fan?"

Shen Jiyue recognized the figure. Wasn't that Daoist Fan Wu from Qiulong County?

He...

had made a move?!