Mortal: Junior Sister Song Yu

Just as Song Yu was figuring out how to approach Steward Zhou and put just the right amount of pressure on him—

Boom!!!

The entire three-story stone building suddenly shook, causing the teacups on the table to jump up and spill tea all over the table.

Immediately afterwards, a series of violent magical roars came from the perimeter of the mine, as well as the teeth-grinding buzzing sound of the defensive array light screen being frantically attacked!

The monsters are here again!

"Senior Sister Song!" Liu Qing rushed in, her face pale, her voice urgent. "The demonic beasts have started attacking the formation again! Just like the past few days, at this very hour!"

It's this time again.

Song Yu's gaze instantly sharpened.

This precise regularity, as accurate as a mortal army's morning roll call, almost blatantly tells everyone that these monsters are being manipulated by humans!

"Let's go take a look."

Song Yu got up, took the frightened little stone in the corner by the hand, and quickly walked out of the stone building.

Upon reaching the high wall at the edge of the mine, a pungent smell of blood and eerie energy assaulted our senses.

Outside the great array's light barrier, more than twenty robust Crimson Fire Wolves were frantically spitting fireballs, repeatedly crashing into the crumbling light barrier.

Behind the wolf pack, a giant python, nearly ten zhang long, covered in blue scales and with a single horn on its head, raised its head high, its tongue, as thick as a water vat, flicking in and out, its cold vertical pupils fixed on the great formation.

Azure-scaled Flood Dragon! A level four demonic beast with a trace of dragon blood in its body. Not only is its physical body incredibly strong, but it can also control venom, making its strength far superior to that of ordinary demonic wolves.

Manager Zhou was standing at the center of the formation, his face pale and covered in sweat, directing dozens of guards and disciples to continuously inject their magic power into the formation's core, struggling to maintain the stability of the light barrier.

While maintaining the formation, he roared at the top of his lungs, "Hold on! Hold on, everyone! Ranged magic weapons, aim for the eyes of those demon wolves!"

Although he was terrified, he did not back down an inch and remained on the most dangerous front line.

Seeing this scene, Song Yu's resolve to turn the enemy into a rebel grew even stronger.

"Junior Sister Liu".

"Disciple is here!"

"Distribute these talismans." Song Yu handed over a stack of talismans shimmering with azure lightning. "Tell them that these are 'Ruoshui Tianlei Talismans,' specifically designed to counter fire-type demons. Have Steward Zhou organize the men and concentrate their firepower to take down those demon wolves one by one."

"Yes!" Liu Qing took the talisman, a hint of surprise flashing in his eyes, and immediately turned to carry out the order.

Soon, the guards, now adorned with new talismans, were greatly encouraged.

"Manager Zhou, Senior Sister Song has given orders!"

Manager Zhou turned around and saw Song Yu, as if he had found his pillar of support, and quickly replied, "Please give your instructions, Senior Sister Song!"

"Take some men and clear out those demon wolves," Song Yu's voice clearly reached his ears. "Leave that big one to me."

Manager Zhou was taken aback. Looking at the menacing azure-scaled python, he swallowed hard and nodded emphatically, "Yes! I'll follow Senior Sister's orders!"

Song Yu said no more and instructed Liu Qing beside him, "Come with me."

The two quickly moved to the other side of the formation, a relatively quiet place away from the main battlefield.

With a wave of her hand, Song Yuyu sent dozens of azure battle flags flitting among the flowers like butterflies, silently disappearing into the ground and rock crevices around them.

A layer of transparent ripples, almost imperceptible to the naked eye, spread out like water, enveloping an area of ​​hundreds of feet in radius.

A maze of water, moon, and flowers!

She handed Liu Qing a crescent-shaped array plate and solemnly instructed him, "I'll go out and lure that beast here. You stay here and preside over the array. Once it enters the array, immediately activate the array to trap it! Remember, no matter what happens, don't let it escape."

"Senior sister, then you..." Liu Qing asked with some concern.

"I'll be right back."

After Song Yu finished speaking, his figure flickered, and he deliberately passed through a weak point in the great formation, appearing outside the battlefield without leaving a trace.

The moment she appeared, the powerful aura of a pseudo-core cultivator was like a boulder thrown into a calm lake, instantly attracting the attention of the azure-scaled python.

hiss--!

The Azure Scaled Python abandoned its defensive array, its massive head suddenly turning towards Song Yu, its scarlet tongue flicking out several feet long as it sensed the bloody prey that it both threatened and coveted.

"You beast, come and chase me!"

Song Yu beckoned to it with his finger, and it immediately transformed into a streak of blue light, flying slowly towards the Water Moon Mirror Flower Formation.

The Azure Scaled Python let out a ferocious roar, its massive body slithering across the ground with a deafening roar like a rushing river, kicking up clouds of dust as it relentlessly pursued the enemy!

The man and the python, one chasing and the other fleeing, quickly disappeared from everyone's sight.

The moment the enormous body of the Azure Scaled Python stepped into the array's range, Liu Qing, who had been waiting anxiously, unhesitatingly poured his magic power into the array plate!

hum!

Space seemed to fold, and the scenery changed instantly. The azure-scaled python's vision blurred, and it found itself on an endless expanse of water. Hundreds of identical, cold crescent moons hung in the sky, and the figure of that hateful human woman was everywhere, making it impossible to distinguish between reality and illusion!

It roared angrily and spewed out a huge water arrow, but it only shattered an illusion. After passing through it, the water arrow circled back from another unbelievable angle and slammed into its own back!

Outside the formation, Song Yu confirmed that the Azure Scaled Python was trapped. He glanced at the formation, which was as stable as Mount Tai under Liu Qing's command, and then stopped.

Her eyes were slightly closed, and her clear and insightful mind was at its peak.

A faint, ethereal thread of spiritual energy, carrying a chilling and manipulative quality, was undetectable to her, extending deep into the dense forest.

That's it!

Song Yu moved like a ghost, concealing all his aura, and skimmed along the ground as he sped off in that direction.

The closer you get, the clearer the manipulative spiritual power becomes.

Soon, she stopped in a ravine hidden by vines and boulders.

In the mountain valley, a simple altar built with the bones of an unknown animal and black stones is emitting an ominous bloody light.

Before the altar, a voluptuous female cultivator dressed in black was holding a white bone staff and chanting incantations. She was clearly at the late Foundation Establishment stage.

Behind her, seven similarly dressed cultivators sat cross-legged, their hands forming hand seals, continuously channeling their magical power into the female cultivator.

They are the ones controlling the monsters!

Song Yu's gaze swept around, and after confirming that there were no other ambushes, a murderous glint flashed in his eyes.

She did not hesitate at all.

The river-like magical power within her body trembled slightly. The Water Moon Magic Power, which she had cultivated and refined to perfection over the past thirty years, surged into her meridians like a floodgate opening!

A dazzling, tangible moon, seemingly capable of turning night into day, materialized in her palm!

Moon Wheel Slash!

But the moonlight power flowing through this Moon Wheel Slash was more solid and terrifying than any she had ever used before!

go with!

The moon pierced the sky without making a sound, yet it seemed as if an invisible rift had been cut through space itself, instantly traversing a distance of a hundred feet at a speed beyond visual perception!

The late-stage Foundation Establishment female cultivator who was casting a spell seemed to sense a deadly danger and suddenly turned around.

She only had time to see an indescribable, breathtakingly beautiful glimmer of moonlight rapidly magnify in her pupils.

next moment.

puff!

Before she could even utter a scream, her body, along with the altar in front of her and the white bone staff in her hand, was silently sliced ​​open by the moon wheel, like butter cut by a red-hot knife, the cut as smooth as a mirror.

It wasn't until her upper body slid off her lower body and the altar collapsed with a crash that the seven supporting cultivators reacted to the shock, their faces showing utter horror.

But Song Yu will not give them any chance.

The moon reflects in the sky!

An invisible, terrifying force targeting the soul swept out like a tidal wave.

"ah--!"

The seven cultivators clutched their heads simultaneously, letting out piercing screams as black blood flowed from their seven orifices. Then, one by one, they fell straight down, their souls and spirits annihilated.

From the start to the end, it only took two or three breaths.

Song Yu's figure landed gracefully, and he collected the storage bags of the eight people without changing his expression.

When she probed the female leader's storage bag with her divine sense and found an identity token engraved with a ferocious beast head, her delicate eyebrows furrowed tightly.

The token was clearly engraved with two ancient seal characters: "御灵".

Yu Ling Sect?

One of the six major demonic sects, the Spirit Control Sect is notorious for driving and enslaving demonic beasts.

Why are their people here, going to such lengths to control a group of second-tier monsters to besiege a small mine?

Things are far more complicated than imagined.

Song Yu had no time to think. Without the control of the altar and the sorcerer, the blue-scaled python trapped in the formation would probably go completely berserk!

She immediately turned around, transformed into a streak of light, and sped off towards the mine!

Sure enough, before they even got close, they heard Liu Qing's anxious shouts and the mournful cries of the formation, which could not bear the weight!

Within the Water Moon Mirror Flower Formation, the Azure Scaled Python went completely mad. It ignored the illusions and frantically spewed venom, repeatedly ramming its massive body against the formation's barrier.

Liu Qing's cultivation was only at the early stage of Foundation Establishment. Presiding over such a large formation to trap a furious level four demon beast was already at its limit. The formation's light screen was covered with spider web-like cracks and could collapse at any moment!

"Senior sister! I can't hold on much longer!" Liu Qing's face lit up with joy when she saw Song Yu return.

The poisonous fog spread rapidly, but as Song Yu approached, the Three Talents Jade Belt instantly dispelled the fog.

Song Yu gave a soft shout, and his hands flashed out hand seals so fast that they almost left afterimages!

"Back off!"

Liu Qing felt a gentle but irresistible force push him several feet away. The next moment, he saw a chilling light bursting from Song Yu's fair fingertips.

The Cold Moon Locks the Divine Seal!

A more complex and profound ice-blue mark than any previous spell materialized out of thin air in front of Song Yu!

This mark was like a frozen moon, exuding a terrifying aura that could freeze one's soul. As soon as it appeared, it pierced through the crumbling array light barrier and, with lightning speed, accurately imprinted itself on the seven-inch spot of the Azure Scaled Python!

hiss--!!!

The Azure Scaled Python let out a scream of extreme pain. The sound was no longer a simple roar, but rather a fear that reached the very depths of the soul.

As if struck by lightning, its massive body stiffened abruptly, and its frantic attack on the formation came to an abrupt halt!

An extremely yin and cold power rushed into its body and consciousness along the mark, as if it wanted to freeze its blood, demonic power and even its soul into a block of ice, making its movements instantly sluggish!

It's now!

A glint flashed in Song Yu's eyes. She had just found a jade slip containing part of the core inheritance of the Yu Ling Sect in the female cultivator's storage bag!

In the instant her divine sense swept across the jade slip, she had already grasped all the essential methods of how to intimidate, control, and enslave snake-like demonic beasts!

The methods of the Yuling Sect are insidious and vicious, requiring the establishment of a master-servant blood pact using one's own blood essence, which is extremely cruel and restrictive.

Song Yu disdained to use it, but its core method of "breaking the soul and establishing the seal" gave her great inspiration!

Use my methods to follow their ways!

While Song Yu was fully activating the Heavenly Heart Reflecting the Moon, she transformed her powerful divine soul, as resilient and cold as the eternal moon, into an invisible heavenly blade, which fiercely slashed at the chaotic and violent soul of the Azure Scaled Python!

With his hands moving again, he perfectly fused the techniques he had just learned from the jade slip with his own Water Moon Magic Power!

"Give me... the town!"

She did not use any talismans.

She pointed her fingers like a sword and pointed at the azure-scaled python from afar!

In an instant, the immense power of the Water Moon surged forth, not transforming into a moon in the air, but weaving into a vast net of soul power composed of countless ice-blue runes!

This net is more domineering and more ingenious than the methods of the Spirit Control Sect. It does not rely on blood contracts, but rather uses its absolutely powerful divine soul power as its core to forcibly imprint its own mark on the soul's origin!

The Azure Scaled Python sensed impending doom and struggled violently!

It frantically channeled its demonic power, attempting to break free from the confinement of the Cold Moon God-Locking Seal with its innate venomous talent and savage demonic strength.

Within its sea of ​​consciousness, the berserk will of a level four demon beast transformed into a towering wave, colliding fiercely with Song Yu's icy "Heavenly Heart Bright Moon"!

boom!

The silent confrontation was more dangerous than any magical clash!

Liu Qing watched in horror from afar. Although she couldn't see the battle at the soul level, she could see the azure-scaled python's stiff body, its scales opening and closing, blood mist bursting out, and its vertical pupils sometimes going crazy and sometimes looking confused. It was clearly enduring unimaginable pain and suppression!

"Shouldn't you submit yet!"

Song Yu's face also turned slightly pale. Maintaining such a high level of spiritual suppression was also extremely taxing on her.

But her gaze grew ever more resolute. The Divine Soul Heavenly Blade shattered the dragon's will to resist time and time again, while the great net of soul power tightened its grip step by step. Finally, with a mournful cry of unwillingness from the dragon, it crashed down!

Om-!

Countless icy blue runes, as if alive, burrowed into the python's body through the gaps in its scales, heading straight for its soul's origin, and finally converged into a miniature "Cold Moon" mark, which was deeply imprinted on its demonic soul!

"receive!"

With a flick of her finger, Song Yu caused the still-roaring Azure Scaled Python to shrink rapidly by an irresistible force, eventually transforming into a streak of azure light. With a mournful dragon's roar, it was forcibly stored in a brand-new spirit beast pouch at her waist.

After doing all this, Song Yu slowly exhaled a breath of stale air. Fine beads of sweat appeared on his forehead, and his face was slightly pale due to the depletion of his magical power and mental energy.

She looked down at the spirit beast pouch that had appeared at her waist and was trembling slightly. The azure-scaled python inside had completely quieted down, and a strange spiritual connection, originating from the depths of her soul and filled with awe and submission, was slowly being established.

This tangled mess, however, has unexpectedly gifted me a great present.

She raised her head, her cool gaze sweeping over the chaotic battlefield and landing precisely on Steward Zhou, who stood on the high wall in the distance, his mouth agape, his face filled with horror and disbelief, as if he had seen a ghost.

With the monster problem solved, it's time to deal with the human problem.