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Chapter 182 The Vengeful Willow and the Dead Spirit Locust

At this moment, the gray fog gradually dissipated.

Ye Bai knew that the owner of the gray mist had voluntarily released his information so that the Eye of Insight could see the relevant information.

In his eyes, he saw a sacrificial spirit entangled in thorns.

The woman who performed the ritual looked like a beautiful woman with an antique charm.

The unadorned hairstyle, with a few stray strands occasionally brushing against her cheeks, adds a touch of liveliness and cuteness, but this is only half of the spirit offering.

The entire sacrificial spirit was divided in two.

The other half is as black as night, exuding an eerie aura, carrying a cold or cunning quality.

A long white bone whip was wrapped around the sacrificial spirit, emitting bursts of black energy.

The thorns extended down from the long white bone whip and pierced into the body of the sacrificial spirit.

One of her eyes radiated an evil aura, while the other remained clear and lucid.

【Name: Ancestral Home Spirit Worship】

[Gender: no gender]

[Attribute: Space/Soul]

【Feature: Virtual-Real Transformation】

[Level: Tier 7, Level 1]

【Master Skill: Cracks (Control): Hide in a crack in space to avoid enemy attacks.】

Fortified (Control): All destroyed items in the courtyard will automatically recover after one night.

Space Displacement (Mastery): Allows you to freely displace the surrounding space (see Nakime).

Absolute Defense (Mastery): Ensures that the spirit's body is not destroyed, unless it is a treasure that is proficient in the soul, it is impossible to harm the spirit.

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[Evolutionary Path: Sacrificial spirits are mythical creatures born from human faith. They exist between reality and illusion, and only human faith and its crystallization can enable the ancestral home's sacrificial spirits to evolve.]

[Evaluation: The sacrificial spirit is being corrupted by the tomb whip. Once the sacrificial spirit is successfully devoured by the tomb whip, the entire ancestral home will become a burial ground.]

Sacrificial spirits are a very special kind of soul-type mythical beasts. To be precise, they are immortal and indestructible gods of faith and incense offerings.

They are born of faith, and they will perish because of faith.

Each sacrificial spirit is more precious than a ghost-type beast; they are at least sixth-tier powerhouses when they appear.

Each sacrificial spirit discovered will be given special protection by the Yan Kingdom.

The Yan Kingdom will help the sacrificial spirits evolve based on their characteristics.

The spirit to be offered can be a stone, a willow tree, a great river, or a strange beast that has come to possess sentience.

What they have in common is that they are imbued with a strong sense of faith.

For example, the Sword Immortal Pavilion houses tens of thousands of spiritual swords. Those with good fortune can encounter the Sword Immortal Pavilion and obtain a spiritual sword from it.

There is also a herb mountain, where various spiritual herbs are planted, and it is said that there are even elixirs of immortality inside.

Heavenly peaches are almost like elixirs of immortality.

The spirits worshipped in the ancestral home must have been nourished by the incense offerings of a thousand years, which eventually gave them spirituality.

It seems that the Gospel Church accidentally discovered the spirit of this ancestral house and wanted to completely refine it, using it as their base of operations.

The Gospel Church doesn't care whether the sacrificial spirits are precious or not; in their eyes, there is only profit.

The black aura swirling around the sacrificial spirit made its body increasingly weak.

However, Ye Bai felt that this aura of the Grim Reaper's curse reminded him of the curse that had once attached itself to Big Gray's body.

Could this curse be related to this tomb whip?

Or perhaps the party leader who wielded the tomb whip was the culprit behind the experiments with the giant ash.

"Help me, I need energy."

The lively spirit opened its mouth and spoke to Ye Bai, asking for his help.

A dark aura surged from her body, and her other eye was about to turn blood red.

At this moment, Ye Bai suddenly noticed that the sacrificial spirit possessed several broken mirrors.

It was the shimmering light from these broken mirrors that allowed the sacrificial spirit to block the erosion of the tomb whip.

Otherwise, the sacrificial spirit would have long been defiled by the necromantic energy on the tomb whip and turned into a puppet.

However, the pattern on that mirror looked familiar; that's right, it was the same one on the Space Pelican.

Could that mirror be some kind of high-level treasure, capable of protecting the spirit's clarity even if it shatters into pieces?
Ye Bai's gaze met the eyes of the spirit.

Its eyes were filled with pleading.

At this moment, the sacrificial spirit looked at Ye Bai.

"Save me, save me."

"I don't want to be swallowed up."

"Haha, just give up resisting, those broken mirrors can't save you now."

Right now.

The voice of the spirit then changed.

She became cold and ruthless, and her second eye turned blood red.

"Ah ah ah ah."

At that very moment, all the sunlight in the courtyard vanished.

The sky turned as dark as ink.

A black wind began to blow, and a chilling wind arose.

A bone-chilling cold emanated from the air.

A large number of eerie blue will-o'-the-wisps floated in the sky.

"You will all die!!!"

Ye Bai heard the desperate cries of the sacrificial spirit, which had now transformed into a black-haired, red-eyed creature draped in a black dress.

"Giggle."

"All of you will die, and become part of my body."

"Haha, from now on, I will become an immortal being."

"Stop struggling. Those mirror shards don't have much energy left."

At this moment, Ye Bai noticed that the mirror's light had begun to dim considerably.

A large amount of black energy emanated from the tomb whip.

"You are not capable of suppressing me."

"Hahaha, it'll be soon. I'll soon be able to possess your body."

"As long as I use these human souls as sacrifices, I should be able to completely devour you."

"This place will also be transformed into a burial ground, becoming the most important stronghold of our evangelistic church."

As night fell, dark clouds obscured the starlight, and the sand on the ground began to churn, raising clouds of dust.

A chilling wind wafted from the depths of the ground, like the breath of an abyss, sending shivers down one's spine.

Black ice formed in the grass on the ground, and the temperature in the entire courtyard dropped at an extremely rapid pace.

The ground where the willow and locust trees stood began to crack, and the cracks grew wider and wider, as if some enormous creature was trying to break free from them.

The trees began to sway, their leaves rustling as if warning of impending doom.

A deep, muffled roar came from underground, followed by a huge shadow slowly rising from the ground.

It was a giant willow tree with fangs, crimson pupils, and its entire body covered in blue flames.

Its body is intertwined with roots and branches, each one like a sharp dagger.

Its aura is suffocating, as if it can instantly steal one's soul.

The surrounding air instantly became distorted, as if disturbed by the powerful magnetic field emanating from the monster.

The monster scanned its surroundings with its crimson eyes, as if searching for prey.

Its crimson eyes flowed with black blood, and its face was filled with intense resentment.

However, Ye Bai did not see any gray mist on these willow trees, proving that these were not pet beasts, but rather a kind of illusion between reality and illusion.

But these phantoms can also harm them.

This must be the characteristic of the sacrificial spirits being able to shift between reality and illusion.

The tomb whip controlled the sacrificial spirits, and naturally also mastered this characteristic.

[Name: Vengeful Willow] [Gender: Genderless]

【Attribute: Wood/Ghost】

[Characteristics: None]

[Level: Tier 4, Level 5]

[Master Skill: Whiplash (Control): Use willow branches as hard as steel to attack enemies.]

Root Entanglement (Control): Extends its tangled roots to entangle the opponent, strangling them to death.

Venomous Eyes (Mastery): A terrifying gaze shoots from the eyes, causing the opponent to cower in fear.

Wood Shield (Mastery): Summons two wood shields that wrap around the user to protect their safety.

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[Evolutionary path: None]

[Evaluation: Originally a product of transformation from illusion to reality, even if destroyed by the opponent, it will be restored by the sacrificial spirit.]

On the other side, the locust tree continued to shrink, and locust flowers the size of a palm sprouted from its branches.

These locust blossoms emitted a strong fragrance.

The scent is like cheap perfume, it's nauseating.

Meanwhile, at the base of the locust tree, the roots that were entwined around it revealed a pile of white bones.

These white bones contained streaks of blue light, which looked eerie.

Each skull has an empty eye socket without pupils, just dark, gloomy holes.

The bones were shriveled, as if they had been sunburned white.

The skull's fingers showed pale bone, and its nails had turned black.

【Name: Dead Spirit Locust】

[Gender: no gender]

【Attribute: Wood/Ghost】

[Characteristics: None]

[Level: Tier 4, Level 5]

【Master Skill: Exploding Locust Flower (Control): Throws a huge flower bud, like a durian, to attack the opponent. This flower contains a large amount of high explosives.

Skeleton Entanglement (Control): It extends its tangled roots to manipulate the skeletons, which are all humans killed by the Deathly Locust Tree.

Curse (Mastery): The Necrophora Tree inflicts a weakening curse on its opponent, making it very powerful.

Wood Shield (Mastery): Summons two wood shields that wrap around the user to protect their safety.

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[Evolutionary path: None]

[Evaluation: Originally a product of transformation from illusion to reality, even if destroyed by the opponent, it will be restored by the sacrificial spirit.]

"How long has it been?"

"I remember it was only a short time during the day, and suddenly it turned into night."

Fang Ritu grabbed the perfectly roasted chicken, which was taller than her.

This is made from snaketail chicken, and the meat is tender enough.

She took a small bite; the chicken skin was crispy and charred, while the meat inside was incredibly tender.

Thick, scalding juice flowed down, and the shark, smelling the intense and stimulating aroma, couldn't help but salivate.

A deep longing shone in her eyes.

However, Shark Hunter blinked, and she suddenly froze.

The huge roast chicken was completely devoured by Fang Ritu.

Holy crap, are you a glutton?

How can you eat so much? You should leave some for me.

Even if all else fails, I'll let you gnaw on a bone.

You ended up eating it all.

The shark hunter, looking heartbroken, fixed his gaze on Fang Ritu's flat belly.

Did they eat it or not?

"It's really delicious."

Fang Ritu stretched his limbs, making a cracking sound.

“Your Gospel Church is truly excellent.”

"They actually plan to lock me up here and let me starve to death."

"Now that I'm full, I should get up and move around a bit."

Fang Ritu flexed the copper hammer in his hand.

She swung the copper hammer violently, and a sound of air being cut rang out.

The copper hammer struck the vengeful willow heavily, snapping the willow tree in two.

In just one round, the Vengeful Willows were wiped out, and their bodies gradually disappeared.

Before long, more willow trees sprouted up, and they were transforming into the Vengeful Willow.

This Japanese rabbit's fighting power is too high.

No wonder Fang Ritu was imprisoned here.

A well-fed and well-hydrated Fang Ri Tu is practically a Valkyrie.

After Fang Ritu exerted his strength, the exploding locust tree threw out locust flowers the size of durians.

The locust flowers opened in the air, revealing countless buds.

These flower buds bloomed in mid-air, shooting towards Fang Ritu like a torrential rain of pear blossoms.

"You want to kill me this way?"

"no way."

Fang Ritu wielded a large hammer, making himself completely unblockable.

The flower bud struck the sledgehammer, sparks flying and a series of clanging sounds.

The night was illuminated by Mars, and at this moment, the Sunflower King had already created several clones to lie in ambush.

However, Fang Ritu knocked the exploding flower buds away again.

The flower buds exploded in mid-air, making a sound like firecrackers.

Just as the exploding locust tree was about to launch a second wave of attacks, a dark figure came crashing down and was smashed into pieces by a single hammer blow.

The skeletons also shattered under this wave of impact.

However, these strange beasts quickly recovered.

It revealed its ferocious face once again.

However, after the second resurrection of the alien beast, Ye Bai had already sensed that something was wrong.

The recovery rate of these strange beasts began to slow down.

The recovery time, which was originally about six seconds, is now about six and a half seconds; the time is being delayed.

Each time a strange beast is defeated, the sacrificial spirit lets out a painful howl.

This proves that the resurrection of these strange beasts requires the extraction of the sacrificial spirit's energy.

The fragments of the mirror grew increasingly dim, and Ye Bai clearly felt that the spirit's form was beginning to become illusory.

However, Ye Bai has not yet made a move; he needs to come up with a foolproof plan.

He had to make sure that the spirit he rescued would stand on his side.

Otherwise, if the sacrificial spirit turns against him, it will be quite disadvantageous for Ye Bai.

Click click click.

With nothing else to do, Ye Bai and Shark Hunter grabbed a handful of sunflower seeds from Sunflower King and watched the fun from the sidelines.

In fact, Ye Bai knew very well that the Gospel Church members wanted to trap Fang Ritu here and kill him.

Taking advantage of the immortality of the sacrificial spirits, Fang Ri Tu excels at physical attacks. Even if the entire courtyard is destroyed by Fang Ri Tu, the sacrificial spirits will recover in an extremely short time.

The tomb whip would then take advantage of this time to erode the spirit's mind, thus achieving complete control over the spirit.

After Fang Ritu dies, they will have another powerful henchman.

I owe you two updates, I should make them up tomorrow, I've been working too much overtime lately.

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