The other side's laughter was wanton and arrogant, as though we had already become turtles in a jar, fish on the chopping block.
At the same time, I noticed that the jade slip was glowing brighter and brighter red, indicating that the Red Protector was rapidly approaching us.
We had to break the Heart-Locking Curse on me before the Red Protector arrived.
Up ahead, Master looked at the mutated Kong Lingqi before him.
"What a Kong Lingqi. You actually got involved with the Great Fiend. I was wondering how a ghost cultivator like you could reach this level of cultivation in such a short time."
With that, Master swung his iron hook at him again.
Amid the crackling of electric arcs, Kong Lingqi raised a steel whip and swept it forward.
Bang! It blocked Master's iron hook.
"How could mere mortals like you understand the power of the Evil God? When the Protector arrives, just wait for death!"
Kong Lingqi let out a roar, and a strange, hateful energy erupted from him.
It blasted Master backward several steps.
His strength had forcibly risen to the mid-stage Heavenly Surge Realm, even suppressing Master slightly.
On top of that, he possessed Ba energy and the ability to become incorporeal from time to time.
Forget waiting for the Red Protector to arrive—with things as they were now, Master might not even be able to hold him off...
At the same time, I had already reached Uncle Yu.
Uncle Yu swiftly took out three bamboo tubes sealed with talismans.
"Quick, Xiao Jiang!"
Without wasting words, I tore open my shirt and exposed my chest.
Under normal circumstances, the curse mark was hidden beneath my skin and could not be seen from the outside.
But as I tore open my shirt, I instantly activated the