Chapter 1: The Haunted Yōlin (Part 1)

  "Kill him, Akakiri."

  It was almost at the moment when Guo Mohan turned his face that the demonic aura of the Red-winged Starling burst out, and the scorching air current rushed forth in response.

  The red bird flapped its wings and flew, and Ding Lingxiu rushed straight over. A fierce flame rose from the blue-green wings, sweeping out a trail of red flames in the air. Ding Lingxiu didn't even have time to react before the scene in front of him was instantly filled with the crimson flames, and he was also knocked to the ground by the whirling red bird, heavily slamming into the rock wall.

  Guo Mohan shouted at Chi Yan:

  "Kill him with your demonic flames, don't worry about the Hundred Ghosts Painting, it won't be destroyed by your demonic flames."

  "Understood, young master."

  The vermilion bird nodded, and flew into the air once again, raising its golden crest high. A red, eerie flame condensed in its long beak. In an instant, a terrifying aura wandered from every corner of the vermilion bird's body to its beak, rapidly condensing and brewing an unspeakable, fearful power.

  This highly condensed demonic flame in its beak has become not that enchanting red but a dazzling golden red spark, this red spark flashes and emits an ear-piercing hissing sound, as if this terrible power is released, it will produce devastating destructive force.

  This time, Guo Mohan is really here.

  Ding Lingxiu was shocked and didn't care about the demon fire still burning on his body, he quickly took out the Hundred Ghosts Map and summoned the Rain Girl.

  Blue light poured out of the Hundred Ghosts Painting, slanting down to the ground. The demonic flames on Ding Ling's body instantly turned into a wisp of blue smoke, and the air also became cool and refreshing. The Rain Girl's ethereal and illusory figure gradually became clear, transforming into a solid entity.

  Yu Nuojing walked up and gently tapped Ding Lingxiu's head with the flower-shaped umbrella in her hand, smiling and saying:

  "Wow, young master, what's going on today? Why are you sporting such a fashionable hairstyle?"

  Ding Lingxiu was so exhausted that he couldn't speak, shook off the black ash on his body, and said helplessly:

  "Xiao Yu sister, don't laugh at me, look behind you, I'm in big trouble right now, can't you hurry up and think of a solution for me?"

  Ding Lingxiu had just finished speaking when the demonic energy of the Vermilion Bird had already condensed in its beak, emitting a brilliant light that surpassed the radiance of the sun.

  Only saw the rain woman slowly putting her hand into the sleeve, as if she wanted to take out some kind of treasure.

  Ding Lingyu watched her nervously, silently chanting Amitabha Buddha in his heart. Although this Rain Girl was also a demon of the same level, she didn't like fighting and wasn't good at it either. She had repeatedly put Ding Lingyu in a precarious situation, and last time when subduing the Corpse-eating Ghost, he was also frozen into an ice cabinet by this naive beauty.

  But at present, facing Guo Mohan's fire-attribute demon, the only one who can restrain it is Rain Girl.

  The scarlet macaw's flames of evil were already gathering in its beak, and the Rain Girl finally pulled out something from her sleeve.

  Ding Lingxiu didn't see clearly, but when Yu Nu wore that thing, Ding Lingxiu suddenly realized, damn, it was actually sunglasses.

  "Little Rain, my dear sister, I didn't ask you to come out and sunbathe."

  The rain girl slowly turned her head, pouting her mouth and looking at Ding Lingxiu, answering with a lack of concern:

  "I know, but such strong light is bad for the eyes." Then she opened her flower umbrella, "And also not good for the skin."

  Almost simultaneously, a burst of crackling explosions came from above them, and a powerful surge of demonic energy shot out of the air.

  "Extreme heat fills the sky."

  Accompanied by the roar, the brilliant light burst forth from the beak of the Vermilion Bird, and in the midst of the intense light, a columnar flame of evil fire appeared like an enraged dragon, carrying with it whirlwinds, sand, and shattered rocks as it broke through the air. Ding Ling had never seen such a powerful flame before, and he was instantly shocked by its momentum. However, his extremely weak body had already lost all sense of evasion, and he could only stare blankly as the evil fire shot down from above his head, placing all his hopes in Yu Nü.

  But standing in front of him, the rain woman gently stroked her hair, smiled as usual, without any fear, and gazed at the red bird at the end of the flames, lightly raising the flower umbrella in her hand.

  "Crystal Rain Defense Umbrella"

  Only to see, the flower umbrella in the Rain Girl's hand suddenly changed, countless grain-like demonic energy floated out of the Rain Girl's body, like countless crystal-clear small spirits. These lively demonic energy gathered on the surface of the flower umbrella, jumping happily on it, making a "da da da" sound similar to hail hitting glass, the entire flower umbrella became like a crystal umbrella, and was reflected by the fierce flames sprayed by the Vermilion Bird, becoming even more colorful.

  A pillar of flame descended from the sky and struck Ding Lingxiu. The Rain Maiden's flower umbrella instantly enlarged, forming a defensive canopy.

  A column of demonic flames filled with endless rage erupted from the mouth of the Vermilion Bird, shooting wildly at the Rain Girl's crystal umbrella. In an instant, the fusion of water and fire produced a powerful convection current that churned and rolled, causing the surrounding air to surge with waves of steam. Ding Lingyu only felt his ears filled with the sound of boiling water, followed by an endless expanse of white, unable to clearly perceive what was happening around him.

  Because, his eyes had been completely covered by the thick fog in front of him, which was the result of water and fire being compatible, producing the surrounding cotton-like dense mist. The fog dispersed and gathered, sometimes rising up, sometimes rolling forward, changing into thousands of postures in front of Ding Ling's eyes, elusive.

  Only the sound of boiling continued unabated, through the misty water vapor, Ding Lingxiu vaguely saw the Rain Girl holding up a crystal umbrella to resist the fire pillars bursting down from the sky. It seemed that the demonic energy of the Red Bird had not yet subsided, but the Rain Girl did not seem as confident as before, her hand grasping the umbrella handle was already trembling with fear. The boiling sound above grew even more intense, and the flames shooting up into the sky flickered on and off.

  The scorching heat wave around him made Ding Lingxu breathe with difficulty, and his anxiety in his heart further escalated. He clenched his fists tightly, watching the battle scene nervously. But through the brief clearness of the misty rain, he found that Yuxia was already at a disadvantage. She slightly tilted her head, her delicate body constantly tilting, her eyebrows furrowed.

  "Little Rain Sister, if it really doesn't work out, then come back, don't force yourself!" Ding Lingyu shouted loudly towards the rain girl.

  But the cry was soon drowned out by the surrounding cacophony of boiling sounds, and at this time, the Rain Girl had already begun to hunch over, struggling to hold up her flower umbrella. The defensive layer on top of the umbrella that gathered water attribute magic also became extremely thin, as if it would collapse at any moment.

  Ding Lingxiu parted the fog, approaching the Rain Girl, wanting to call her back. However, as he took a few steps closer, just about to reach her, he was surprised to see the Rain Girl shaking her head at him, seemingly warning him not to come near. Through the misty vapor, he faintly saw that the Rain Girl seemed to be smiling.

  He had thought that the Rain Girl's powers were waning, which was why she was hunched over, but now that he took a closer look at her expression, it didn't seem like she was struggling to hold on, but rather preparing to dodge something that was coming.

  At this time, the Vermilion Bird in the void discovered that its Extreme Flame was blocked by the Rain Girl, and it became furious and humiliated. In an instant, it condensed almost all of its demonic power and crazily sprayed out a large bundle of fierce flame pillars from its beak once again.

  "This little trick still wants to block my demon fire, two-headed stupid pig, chirp chirp chirp......" The red bird chirped and flapped its blue-green feathers. "Go die, stupid pig."

  A thicker column of flame than before came crashing down again.

  Ding Lingxi suddenly felt that the flames above had become more turbulent than ever before, this powerful momentum was like a thunderbolt striking down from the sky.

  "Run quickly, young master!" Yǔnǚ shouted loudly.

  Before Ding Ling could react, a pair of cool and wet jade-like hands had already grabbed him and were wildly running in the opposite direction of the fire pillar.

  That column of fire fiercely smashed onto the flower umbrella that was about to disappear, instantly burning it into black ash. The surrounding mist was instantly evaporated by the raging flames, and the inside of the cave became scorching hot.

  Although the two of them dodged the center of the flames in time, they were still surrounded by the splashing demonic fire. If it weren't for Yu Nü pulling Ding Lingyu away and creating a water shield, he might have been burned to the point where not even his skeleton remained.

  "Chirp, chirp, chirp. You can run pretty fast, but what's the use? Stinky Rain Girl, your demonic energy is almost gone. It won't be long before you're consumed by the surrounding demonic flames." The Vermilion Bird said with a self-satisfied smile, its expression surprisingly similar to that of its master.

  At the time when the red bird was showing off its might, the cave seemed to have undergone some changes. The top of the cave above the red bird began to emit a faint sound of rock cracking, and some water droplets also slowly dripped from the stone crevices, but before they hit the ground, they were evaporated by the high temperature.

  Guo Mohan, who was watching from the side, seemed to have discovered the change in the cave and his pale face turned even paler. He shouted at the red bird in the sky in horror:

  "Robin, run! Come back quickly."

  "Huh?" Hongyu thought Guo Mohan was telling her to hurry up and deal with Ding Lingxiu, so she smiled and replied:

  "Don't worry, young master, they will be burned to death soon."

  As soon as the words fell, Guo Mohan was completely stunned, and almost at the same time, the stone wall above Chi Yan suddenly burst and collapsed, and the underground water sprayed out of the exploded stone wall like a fountain. Immediately afterwards, the splashing underground water completely broke through the restraint of the rocks, and with a loud crash, it poured down along with the broken stones, instantly soaking Chi Yan to the bone.

  The robin was stunned by these pebbles and fell straight down.