Crisis

"Clang!"

"Clang!"

Beneath the iron staffs of the two glaring escorts, two metallic clashes abruptly rang out from Guo Ding's body, and the faces of the two escorts who had finally gotten close to an immortal changed drastically.

"How could..."

"Not good!"

They saw the layer of black light gleaming over Guo Ding's body and felt the terrifying force rebounding through their iron staffs. An intense sense of danger rose in both their hearts.

But the chance to get close to an immortal was far too rare. This was the first time in their lives!

So they exchanged a glance, neither intending to withdraw, and raised their iron staffs to strike Guo Ding again.

They refused to believe that the shell around this immortal could last forever!

However, Guo Ding, who had begun gathering his devastating move a dozen or so breaths earlier, suddenly revealed a sinister smile.

"You two damned ants, your resistance ends here!"

"Thud!"

As Guo Ding's words fell, a pitch-black coffin suddenly materialized before him and landed heavily on the ground.

A dense, sinister chill immediately emanated from the black coffin.

Not only did the two escorts right beside it sense the intense threat of death, but even Lu Mingyue, more than ten zhang away, distinctly felt every hair on her body stand on end.

"Wooden Caltrops!"

Without hesitation, Lu Mingyue circulated the Origin Power within her, controlling the vines wrapped around Guo Ding's legs in an attempt to fling him away along with the black coffin.

But although Guo Ding's body was flung away, the black coffin remained rooted to the spot, utterly motionless!

Thrown high into the air, Guo Ding looked at Lu Mingyue with a sinister expression and said smugly:

"This is my trump card, the Yellow Springs Ghost Coffin. Do you think you can still protect these mortal ants?"

"Bang!"

The instant Guo Ding finished speaking, the black coffin, more than a zhang in size, abruptly shuddered. Its lid fell toward the ground, revealing the pitch-black space within, like an abyss waiting to devour its prey.

"Fifth Brother!"

"Third Brother!"

The two escorts beside the black coffin shuddered in unison. Reacting at that moment, they exchanged a glance and held their iron staffs across their chests.

The next instant, each planted his feet against the iron staff in front of the other's chest, preparing to push off and retreat.

Even Lu Mingyue could not help marveling at such a swift response, feeling all the more that practicing martial arts was essential.

But!

Almost the instant the two escorts pushed off each other and retreated, a surging devouring force suddenly erupted from within the black coffin.

"No!"

"Ah!"

The two escorts felt their bodies slip beyond their control, forcibly reversing direction in midair and flying straight into the black coffin together.

"No!"

"Bang!"

Amid Lu Mingyue's cry of alarm, the coffin lid lying on the ground abruptly slammed shut, and the two escorts vanished from sight.

"You deserve to die!"

Fury filled Lu Mingyue's heart. Although she had killed before, the two people she had killed had clearly had plenty of blood on their hands.

She knew she could not slaughter innocents without batting an eye like Guo Ding before her.

If she had been acting to protect herself before, then at this instant, her desire to kill Guo Ding surged to its peak.

"Rustle, rustle, rustle!"

"Whoosh!"

With Lu Mingyue's fury, the vines wrapped around Guo Ding immediately dragged him toward her, while she opened her mouth and spat out a fireball four or five meters across.

Not just one, but another!

Lu Mingyue unleashed the Fireball Technique three times in succession, merging them into a fireball more than ten meters across in midair before finally stopping.

By then, little Origin Power remained within her. At most, she could cast another one or two spells of diminished power!

Yet before her furious strike could even reach Guo Ding, it was swallowed by the black coffin, whose lid had opened once again.

"Bang!"

"Clatter!"

The black coffin's lid fell open and closed again, and two skeletons scattered across the ground. They were none other than the two escorts who had just been dragged inside!

In no more than the blink of an eye, two living people had been reduced to stark white bones!

Lu Mingyue's pupils contracted at the sight. She hurriedly flicked her fingers, sending four streams of Origin Power into Meng Hai and the other three.

"Escort Leader Meng! Take them and go!"

At this point, Lu Mingyue no longer held any hope that she and Bai Zishan could defeat Guo Ding and his wife.

The Yellow Springs Ghost Coffin their opponent had spent so much effort manifesting was simply too bizarre and powerful!

Her best choice now was to flee separately from Bai Zishan. There was no need to make Meng Hai and the others stay and die.

"Hmph! Escape? None of you will escape tonight!"

Still in the air, Guo Ding sneered. Raising his hand, he circulated his Origin Power and snapped the vines. Staring at Meng Hai and the others, who had just awakened from their nightmares, he pointed at the Yellow Springs Ghost Coffin from afar.

"Master! Third Brother and Fifth Brother are dead!"

"Master, hurry and escape! We'll hold this bastard off!"

"Bullshit! If anyone's leaving, it's you! This old man never planned to leave!"

The four looked at the two piles of white bones on the ground, then at the companions who had vanished from their sides, and instantly understood what had happened.

The three escorts' eyes turned red. Meng Hai roared, snatched an iron staff from the ground, and hurled it at Guo Ding in the air.

"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!"

The iron staff spun rapidly through the air, appearing before Guo Ding in the blink of an eye.

"Heh heh, you old ant who refuses to die..."

"Bang!"

A muffled impact cut off Guo Ding's mocking laughter and sent his body flying backward!

"Hm?"

Not only was Meng Hai momentarily stunned, but Lu Mingyue's eyes lit up, and she immediately understood.

"He's almost out of Origin Power!"

At that thought, Lu Mingyue cast a wary glance at the Yellow Springs Ghost Coffin and formed a hand seal, preparing to cast a spell to kill Guo Ding.

"Ah! You deserve to die! Every last one of you deserves to die!"

But before Lu Mingyue's spell could take shape, Guo Ding roared from where he had fallen to the ground. Immediately afterward, the Yellow Springs Ghost Coffin's lid fell to the ground again.

"No!"

"Master, run!"

"Run!"

The three escorts, who had been about to charge forward and kill Guo Ding just like Lu Mingyue, were instantly dragged toward the Yellow Springs Ghost Coffin.

The three shouted desperately at Meng Hai, but they could not stop the Yellow Springs Ghost Coffin from enveloping him as well. Even Lu Mingyue in the distance felt an immense pulling force envelop her.

"Water Mirror Shield!"

In that critical moment, Lu Mingyue no longer dared think of casting a spell to kill Guo Ding. She could only point at the Yellow Springs Ghost Coffin from afar.

"Splash!"

A water mirror materialized, but it twisted incessantly, unable to stop the three escorts who were the first to be dragged over.

"Ah! Husband-"

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