As he spoke, Shi Yuan brought out the Myriad Transformations Profound Nether Bell.
The corpses of several Illusoryless Ancient Sect cultivators on the ground were drained by him in an instant, shriveling and withering.
An unending stream of Witch Gu Qi suddenly roiled out of his body.
Countless skeletons letting out piercing cries gathered into a cloud before the two women's eyes.
"Myriad Spirits Unification Technique!"
Shi Yuan shouted the name of the spell.
Yin souls of flowers, birds, fish, insects, and human cultivators surged out of the black cloud of skeletons.
When those yin souls saw Zong Ya and Nan Shang, it was as though they had spotted some rare treasure.
They let out greedy howls, their flickering figures accelerating once more.
Zong Ya fired three shots in succession, scattering three yin-soul rhesus macaques rushing toward her.
Then she reversed her grip on the butt of her firearm, swinging its heavier end into a gyrfalcon.
Nan Shang's expression shifted slightly, a trace of surprise flashing through his beautiful eyes. "Senior Sister Zong Ya, this is a Divine Ability seventh-layer spell of the Illusionless Gu Sect."
"If these yin souls scratch your body, they will injure your divine soul and infect it with yin damp poison."
"Once enough accumulates, you will become part of this cloud of yin souls."
Zong Ya recalled her core flame, forming a Flame Barrier around herself, and shouted, "Nan Shang, then let's stand back to back and use this Fire Wall as our shield."
"Make sure these yin souls cannot get close."
As she spoke, the fire shield lit up, and those yin souls vanished like smoke at the sight of its light, like snow in early spring.
Bows and arrows fashioned from core flame formed on the barrier's surface.
Fiery red arrows shot in