Realm of the Night God

The Essence Blood Ghost-Slaying Talisman hit the ghost, and suddenly a loud explosion erupted, causing the ground to shake and the mountains to tremble. A blood-red light blocked the vision of several people, and the violent power rapidly expanded in all directions.

Xu Meijing's soul weapon, Death Slayer, required close combat to fully unleash its power, so she was the closest to the ghost.

When Zhang Changqing used the Essence Blood Ghost-Slaying Talisman, she tried to dodge in time, but she still couldn't completely avoid the powerful impact of the talisman's explosion. Her body was blown away.

Not only her, but even Yang Haoran and Zhang Changchun, who were farther away from the ghost, were also affected. Their bodies were shaken back repeatedly, although the impact on them was not as severe as on Xu Meijing.

Yang Haoran had been prepared, and although he was affected by the powerful destructive power of the Essence Blood Ghost-Slaying Talisman, he didn't suffer any injuries. Not even the Yin Qi shield around his body was broken.

Seeing Xu Meijing's significant impact, with her Yin Qi shield shattered, he felt anxious. He took a step forward, and a loud rumble came from under his foot. His body didn't retreat but instead charged forward like an arrow leaving a bowstring, rushing towards Xu Meijing.

He hugged Xu Meijing, who spat out a mouthful of fresh blood, clearly injured.

"How are you?" Yang Haoran asked, looking at Xu Meijing with concern.

"It's not a big deal," Xu Meijing replied calmly, then looked towards the ghost's location.

However, he didn't say this out loud, not wanting to stimulate Xu Meijing at this time.

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With a sense of helplessness in his heart, he carefully released Xu Meijing, then followed her gaze to see that the ghost's location was now surrounded by a blood-red storm. The powerful ghost was at the center of the storm.

The ghost's soul body was being wildly torn apart by the blood-red storm, with countless wounds appearing on its soul body in an instant.

Since the ghost didn't have a physical body, its soul body, no matter how condensed, was still just a soul body. Even if its soul body was cut with countless wounds, no fresh blood would flow out.

However, the blood-red storm was the power released by the ghost-slaying talisman, and its main effect was to attack ghosts, causing significant harm to the soul body. Therefore, every time the ghost's soul body was cut, it was a harm to its soul body.

In an instant, the ghost's soul body was torn into pieces by the violent power of the blood-red storm. However, these pieces didn't dissipate into Yin Qi but instead quickly recondensed into a massive black ghost face.

This ghost face was identical to the previous ghost's appearance, but it was now filled with anger, like a fierce tiger being provoked by several monkeys.

It spat out a large mouthful of Yin Qi, which weakened the power of the blood-red storm wherever it passed. The bright red color of the blood-red storm clearly faded.

Looking at its appearance, it seemed to want to use its powerful strength to destroy the blood-red storm formed by the Essence Blood Ghost-Slaying Talisman.

It could indeed do so, as the power of the blood-red storm was weakening under its counterattack. At this rate, the blood-red storm would likely be broken in just a few breaths.

However, just at this moment, a loud roar suddenly rang out, attracting the attention of everyone present!

"Get back a bit!"

The owner of this voice was none other than Ma Yuanjin.

When Yang Haoran heard this, he looked in the direction of Ma Yuanjin's location, and saw that an Array Formation had lit up below Ma Yuanjin's body. Ma Yuanjin was standing at the center of the Array Formation.

This Array Formation resembled the Eight Trigrams, but it was not the Eight Trigrams, only similar in shape.

The Great Array had nine independent regions, each with a large character. The nine characters were "临兵斗者皆阵列前行" (meaning "all soldiers will line up and advance"), but at this moment, they were dim and without light, forming a stark contrast with the dazzling light emitted by the Great Array itself.

Ma Yuanjin's hands were forming a seal, maintaining a fixed posture, with a slowly rotating Tai Chi symbol below his body.

When Yang Haoran saw the Array Formation under Ma Yuanjin, he suddenly felt a sense of familiarity, as if he had seen this Array Formation somewhere before.

The next instant, he understood why he felt familiar with this Array Formation!

It was because he had seen this array before.

Back then, at Master Wu's house, when they were dealing with that evil spirit, Ma Ling had used this array at the critical moment. If Ma Ling's strength had been sufficient, she would have been able to maintain the array for a longer period, and the evil spirit would have died under the Great Array.

The power released by the array at that time had left a deep impression on him, so this time, he only needed a glance to remember where he had seen this array before, and what kind of array it was.

This array was the Ma Family's Nine-Character Mantra Array!

Although this Nine-Character Mantra Array was also an Array Formation, it was different from the usual three-star arrays. It was not a dead array, nor a living array, and certainly not a blood array.

The method of setting up this array was similar to setting up a blood array, but it did not use various objects to set up the array. Instead, it was set up directly through hand seals and incantations.

This was similar to setting up a blood array, but Ma Yuanjin and Ma Ling did not use their own fresh blood as a medium when setting up the Nine-Character Mantra Array.

Without using fresh blood as a medium, Ma Yuanjin and Ma Ling were able to set up the Nine-Character Mantra Array using the method of setting up a blood array. Yang Haoran was not sure how they did it, but at this moment, he was more concerned about Ma Yuanjin's control over the Nine-Character Mantra Array and how much destructive power it could release!

Seeing Ma Yuanjin use the Ma Family's signature Nine-Character Mantra Array, Zhang Changchun's face lit up with joy.

In that instant, the three of them retreated again, trying to create some distance between themselves and the ghost in the blood-colored storm.

Ma Yuanjin, on the other hand, changed his hand seal, his pale face expressionless, his eyes extremely serious, and he let out a loud shout!

"Advance!"

As soon as advance was spoken, the corresponding character on the Nine-Character Mantra Array lit up, emitting a dazzling light.

"Chiwen!" (meaning "dragon-turtle")

A terrifying power fluctuation erupted from the region where the character "临" was located, and a deafening roar sounded, as a dragon-headed, fish-bodied monster took shape. Under Ma Yuanjin's control, the massive creature moved swiftly through the air, charging towards the ghost that had not yet fully emerged from the blood-colored storm!

Looking at this massive Chiwen, Yang Haoran's eyes widened in surprise. When he had seen Ma Ling use this move before, the Chiwen that Ma Ling had summoned was vastly different from the one Ma Yuanjin had summoned now.

There was a huge difference in the power fluctuations released by the two Chiwens, as well as their sizes. Ma Yuanjin's Chiwen was larger and more powerful.

Yang Haoran's current strength was far beyond what it used to be, but he still couldn't help feeling shocked when he sensed the power fluctuations emitted by this Chiwen.

The Chiwen's speed was extremely fast, and its massive size did not affect its agility. In the blink of an eye, it had closed in on the blood-colored storm.

The ghost inside the blood-colored storm looked terrified, and it could also sense the powerful energy emitted by the Chiwen. It wanted to dodge, but it was trapped in the blood-colored storm, and its speed was affected. Before it could react, the Chiwen had already pounced on it.

Boom!!

A loud explosion sounded, and the blood-colored storm formed by the Essence Blood Ghost-Slaying Talisman was dispersed by the Chiwen's power. The ghost was swallowed whole by the Chiwen.

The Essence Blood Ghost-Slaying Talisman's blood-colored storm had already expended most of its power on the ghost, and the ghost's counterattack had further weakened it. Therefore, when faced with the Chiwen's attack, it was unable to withstand it and was instantly destroyed.

No one felt sorry about this, including Zhang Changqing, who had cast the Essence Blood Ghost-Slaying Talisman.

Because they all knew that the Essence Blood Ghost-Slaying Talisman's power was about to run out, and its effect on the ghost was minimal. Being dispersed was no big deal.

No one paid attention to the dispersed blood-colored storm, and everyone's attention was focused on the massive Chiwen.