Volume 1: National Treasure Chapter 77: Vengeful Spirit

  As expected, the four mountain cats jumped out and roared at the four people. Without any intention of protecting their territory, they suddenly charged forward, leaving no room for discussion.

  The three mountain cats behind simultaneously pounced on Su Rui under the command of the one in front, they seemed to understand that Su Rui was the weakest, and they all attacked Su Rui, for a time flying double claws and those giant teeth and fangs bit towards Su Rui, fast as lightning.

  Long Xing, who had always been by Su Rui's side, saw the mountain cat pounce and flashed to her side in an instant. He kicked one of the mountain cats away with his foot and then hugged Su Rui and dodged to the side. However, just as he dodged, a mountain cat behind him pounced and its sharp claws instantly tore open a wound over a foot long on Long Xing's back. The rolling flesh was immediately stained with blood, looking quite frightening. Nevertheless, under Long Xing's abnormal recovery ability, the wound had already begun to slowly heal.

  But Long Dic also quickly reacted, and kicked over a mountain cat. However, as he was kicking the mountain cat, he felt that this monster's body was incredibly hard, and even with his own great strength, he could only kick the mountain cat back a short distance.

  Just as the three mountain cats attacked, the one in front also pounced on Long Teng, but its speed was much faster than the previous three, seemingly like a leader.

  Even so, under the golden light attack of Long Teng, the mountain cat was also beaten to cry out loud. After all, Long Teng's skills were not ordinary, and the mountain cat had no room to fight back under his attack.

  Very soon, Long Teng used all his strength to kill the mountain cat in front of him. After that, he found Su Rui had been put on a tree by Long Xing and was shouting loudly, seemingly worried about Long Xing and Long Ji. Long Xing was fighting alone against two mountain cats, while Long Ji was fighting one by himself. However, Long Ji was clearly struggling to hold his own, as the mountain cat's attack speed was too fast. Even with the kung fu skills taught by Long Xing, he was still at a disadvantage under the mountain cat's attacks.

  Long Teng raised his hand and a golden light shot out, hitting the mountain cat's forehead. The mountain cat was clearly not as fierce as the previous one, and it was caught off guard, being hit directly by the golden light and dying on the spot. Then, the sound of breaking bones came from behind, scaring Long Teng into turning around, just in time to see that the mountain cat's neck had been twisted off by Long Xing.

  And another one, Long Xing didn't let Long Teng take action, he flashed and appeared beside the mountain cat, casually grabbed the mountain cat's two hind legs and smashed it against the nearby large stone wall, soon, this mountain cat also died in his hands.

  He cleaned up the scene, but Long Teng unexpectedly removed some parts from the mountain cat's body. In his words, these were all high-quality supplements that might come in handy someday, and he seemed somewhat mysterious about it.

  After the mountain cat, the four of them didn't encounter any similar situations on their way. The wound on Long Xing's back had healed, and he was wearing a new set of clothes. However, as they walked further, the atmosphere became increasingly quiet, with not even a single animal or mosquito making a sound. The silence was extreme, and the only sound in the entire jungle was the four of them walking. But Long Xing's eyebrows were furrowed even more tightly.

  He came from an ancient family and was relatively familiar with these things. If he wasn't mistaken, this was a vengeful spirit zone formed by Taoist magic. However, Long Teng hadn't discovered it before, nor did he have any way to resolve the situation. After all, his cultivation days were not long, and his realm was extremely low, incomparable to his master or senior fellow disciples. To break through this zone, he had to find the array eye, but where it was, he didn't know. Before long, the sky gradually darkened, and the surroundings looked even more ominous than the places they had passed by before.

  It's really afraid of what comes, in the dark night these things are most active time, and now it's very unlucky, the sky is dark, which makes Long Teng have to order a few people to stop and rest on the spot. He himself took out several shiny stones and arranged them around.

  Long Teng fiddled with the crystal, while Long Xing and Su Rui as well as Long Ji sat down on the spot. Each of them sighed in admiration at the coolness of this place. The roads they had walked before were too hot, and couldn't be compared to this place. Long Xing and Long Teng were a bit better off, while Su Rui and Long Ji had almost reached their limits on the road, sweating all over.

  Looking at Su Rui, who was sweating profusely and fanning herself, Long Xing was stunned. It was the first time he had discovered that Su Rui had such a lovable side, making him want to hold her in his arms and cherish her dearly. However, due to the presence of others nearby, Long Xing restrained his impulse.

  Soon, Long Teng arranged the crystal stones and then walked into the circle, sat down, followed by a few hand gestures, and then saw a transparent light screen surrounding the four people.

  Just as Long Teng let out a sigh of relief, Su Rui looked at him with some embarrassment and whispered something in his ear, then looked away with a hint of shyness.

  Long Xing immediately stood up, pulling Su Rui to walk in another direction, but just took one step and was blocked by an invisible force. Long Teng saw Long Xing make a move and looked at him with some doubt, his face full of inquiry.

  The dragon's advance was blocked, and just as he was about to use brute force to charge forward, he felt a gaze coming from the side, and then turned his head to see Long Teng's inquiring eyes.

  He hastily walked to Long Teng's ear and said a sentence, Long Xing also looked at Long Teng with some embarrassment, seeing his increasingly furrowed brow, Long Xing thought that this was such a small matter, did he need to frown so severely?

  Long Teng didn't say a word, just instructed the two to be careful and come back quickly, and then another handprint was made, allowing the two to walk out of the light screen. The dragon on the side couldn't help but laugh, who knows what he's thinking about.

  Half an hour passed in the blink of an eye, but Long Teng still hadn't seen the two return. He believed that the two were absolutely aware of what they were doing, so why did it take so long? Then he hastily told Long Di to stay put and went out to take a look. Immediately after, he quickly threw out a hand seal and ran out. As soon as he reached the outside of the light screen, Long Teng closed his eyes, sensing the changes around him and the location of Long Xing and the other person. Then he heard himself exclaim "Not good!" and rushed off in one direction.

  Soon, Long Teng found the location of the two. Now Su Rui was lying on the ground, while Long Xing was a few steps in front of Su Rui, waving his fists and kicking occasionally, as if fighting someone. Suddenly, Long Teng realized that he had been deceived by an illusion.

  Quickly waking Su Rui, Long Teng flashed to Long Xing's side in an instant, one hand pointing at the center of Long Xing's brow, and then Long Xing fell down softly.

  With the fastest speed, Su Rui and Long Xing brought Dragon Row back. Then, Long Teng asked Su Rui what was going on?

  Su Rui looked at Long Xing with a bit of fear, recalling what had just happened: Just as Long Teng lit up the light screen, Su Rui suddenly wanted to go to the bathroom, but she was too embarrassed to say it out loud. She could only ask Long Xing to take her there, but just as Long Xing got up, he was blocked from going back. In the end, she had to ask Long Teng to let Long Xing take her to the bathroom. After walking a few steps, Su Rui started to go to the bathroom, but just as she was finishing up and turning around to head back, she suddenly saw many half-dead people surrounding her, with white-clothed ghost-like things floating above their heads. Su Rui had never seen such a scene before, and on the spot, she fainted from fear. She didn't know what happened afterwards, but when she woke up, she saw that Long Teng had also knocked Long Xing out, and only then did he help him come back to his senses.

  Listening to Su Rui's words, even Long Ji beside him began to be a little more cautious. After all, under the influence of China's 5,000-year history, he had heard rumors about this kind of thing, but he didn't expect to encounter it in a place like this today.

  Long Teng understood as soon as he heard it, they had encountered a wild vengeful spirit illusion. Vengeful Spirit Illusion: Generally, some people who have practiced Taoist magic will use their magic to create a special gathering place for yin energy in a certain location. This gathering place can be either natural or man-made, but the power of a naturally formed one is much greater than that of a man-made one. Once such a place is formed, it will attract countless vengeful spirits and ghosts, which will accumulate over time to form an even more powerful entity known as a "vengeful soul". These vengeful souls are usually used to guard certain graves or treasure locations, and they are not something that ordinary people can handle. Without advanced magical powers or special tools, facing them would likely end in tragedy, and in severe cases, one might not even be able to find their own corpse afterwards, because vengeful souls will devour anything that carries yang energy.

  Furrowing his brow, Long Teng felt that things were getting a bit tricky. The Taoist methods he had cultivated weren't designed to deal with these kinds of things, and his own cultivation wasn't high enough either. These things wouldn't be effective against him, but for the other three people, it would be extremely easy to confuse them for an entire night, causing their spirits to become disordered. In severe cases, just like what had happened to Long Xing earlier, they could even exhaust themselves to death. Of course, those with timid hearts, such as Su Rui, might even be scared to death.

  Just then, Long Xing woke up. He sprang up with a sudden movement as soon as he woke up. After seeing Su Rui safe and sound, he felt at ease and finally cast his eyes on Long Teng: "What just happened? You should be clear about it."

  Long Teng gave a somewhat complex look at Long Xing, but he still decided to take the risk. After all, with these things, it meant they were not far from the treasure. Only then did he say: "Of course I know, those are vengeful spirits. However, if you want to eliminate them, you three must listen to my command. Any slight mistake is not allowed." Long Teng looked at Long Ji and Long Xing with deep meaning, after all, these two had wronged him before. Who knew what they were thinking now? And being pulled here to search for treasure was also forced by himself, so he had to dispel his initial worries first, before he could focus on dealing with the vengeful spirits.

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