Realm of the Night God

Chapter 85: The Nine-Character True Mantra Formation

Ma Ling's hand seals were swift, leaving behind faint traces with every movement.

The crowd rushed towards the two at a similar pace, closing in within moments!

Yang Haoran noticed that Ma Ling was about to unleash a powerful move. As her teammate, he had to buy her some time, even if it was only a few seconds!

However, he seemed to underestimate Ma Ling. Just as he was prepared to fight desperately to buy her time, Ma Ling abruptly stopped her hand seals!

A burst of spirit light erupted beneath her, forming a complex and peculiar formation.

Describing it as peculiar was apt, as the formation resembled the Bagua but was not exactly it.

The Bagua has eight gaps, each corresponding to one of the eight directions: Qian, Kan, Gen, Zhen, Xun, Li, Kun, Dui. However, the formation under Ma Ling had nine gaps, nine distinct regions, each corresponding to the nine characters: Lin, Bing, Dou, Zhe, Jie, Zhen, Lie, Qian, Xing.

However, these nine characters were dim, contrasting sharply with the burst of spirit light from the formation.

Although this formation was not the Bagua, it was just as complex and mysterious as the Bagua. Moreover, the central pattern of the formation was the Yin-Yang Tai Chi symbol. To the untrained eye, it could easily be mistaken for the Bagua.

Yang Haoran didn't understand formations nor the Bagua, but he possessed a perception ability that ordinary people lacked, a sensitivity to special power fluctuations.

At this moment, he sensed a powerful force emanating from this unknown formation!

"Lin!"

The formation instantly took shape. Ma Ling stood upon the Tai Chi pattern, a low drink emanating from her mouth. In the area of the formation where the character 'Lin' resided, the dim character suddenly lit up.

Ma Ling's voice wasn't loud, but to Yang Haoran, it felt like a thunderbolt exploding in his mind, making his head buzz.

Guanhai and others, manipulated by the red robe evil spirit within the illusion, shuddered violently at Ma Ling's low drink. They froze in place, their faces no longer displaying various negative expressions but instead a bewildered look.

Especially those holding weapons, they glanced at their weapons and then around them, completely unaware of who they were or what they were doing.

The illusion created by the red robe evil spirit was too real, completely confusing them about what was reality and what was illusion. This led to the bewildered expressions on their faces.

Yang Haoran rejoiced inwardly. Looking at the bewildered crowd, he knew Ma Ling had succeeded. Not only did she break free from her own illusion, but she also freed everyone else trapped in illusions, breaking free from the control of the red robe evil spirit.

Ma Ling hadn't lied; she was indeed capable. Leaving aside her other abilities, just breaking free from the red robe evil spirit's illusion left Yang Haoran feeling inferior.

However, after using this move, Ma Ling didn't seem to be in good condition. Her face was pale, clearly indicating significant exhaustion.

But strangely, the power emanating from Ma Ling now was significantly stronger than before!

"Chiwen's Kiss!!!"

Ma Ling's expression was solemn as she uttered another low drink. This low drink didn't have the same shocking effect as the previous "Lin," but as the words "Chiwen's Kiss" left her mouth, the spirit light in the area of the formation where the character 'Lin' was suddenly condensed, as if something was about to be birthed.

A dragon's roar echoed, and the spirit light dispersed, revealing a massive creature in everyone's sight.

This monster was huge, with a bizarre appearance, a dragon's head on a fish's body, neither completely a dragon nor a fish!

Chiwen's Kiss!

Yang Haoran was astonished. During his time as a charlatan, although he didn't have much skill, he did a lot of research to better deceive his customers, including studying various spirit creatures and myths.

Therefore, he had some understanding of what Chiwen's Kiss was. Legend has it that among the nine sons of the dragon, Chiwen was one of them, ranking as the youngest!

While Yang Haoran was still astonished by Chiwen's identity, Chiwen had already swung its fish body, leaping towards the red robe evil spirit!

The red robe evil spirit seemed startled as well. Without any hesitation, she immediately dodged aside. However, her speed was still too slow compared to Chiwen. Before her ethereal body could move far, Chiwen bit down on her.

A scream of horror and pain escaped from the red robe evil spirit's mouth. Hearing this scream, everyone present showed expressions of confusion or strangeness!

This scream turned out to be a man's voice!

The red robe evil spirit was a man?

The following scene confirmed everyone's speculation. As the ethereal body was bitten by Chiwen, the red robe evil spirit struggled violently. With her struggles, the hair covering her face fell away, revealing a man's face.

This scene suddenly filled everyone's hearts with an indescribable strangeness. They all thought the red robe evil spirit was a female ghost, but the result turned out to be like this.

Two people were different from the others. These two, initially filled with disbelief, immediately froze in place when they saw the evil spirit's face, their facial expressions stiff.

These two were none other than Second Son Wu and the woman who seemed to be his girlfriend.

"Ning Longyang!!!"

Both exclaimed in unison. Second Son Wu's voice was filled with disbelief and fear, while the woman's cry was full of guilt and unease.

It was evident that these two knew this evil spirit and seemed to have intricate connections with it.

However, in the current situation, no one paid attention to Second Son Wu and the woman. All eyes were fixed on Chiwen and the red robe evil spirit.

The red robe evil spirit's screams were piercing, as he struggled desperately, trying to escape from Chiwen's mouth... But no matter how hard he struggled, it had no effect whatsoever. His ethereal body couldn't disperse, and he could only let Chiwen tear into him.

However, in the blink of an eye, the red robe evil spirit's ethereal body began to become illusory, and the Yin Qi entwined around him was no longer as dense as before.

This situation was seen by Yang Haoran and others, filling them with joy. As long as this continued, in a moment, this red robe evil spirit, which almost wiped them out, would be devoured by Chiwen!

Not only did Yang Haoran see this, even Master Wu, who didn't understand much, saw it too!

Those who had been in the darkness all this time seemed to see the dawn of victory at this moment, causing them to involuntarily show expressions of excitement.

However, just at this moment, Ma Ling, who controlled the formation, suddenly encountered trouble. Her body swayed slightly, followed by a mouthful of blood spraying from her mouth. At the same time, the powerful force emanating from her rapidly weakened!

As Ma Ling's strength diminished, the formation beneath her became unstable. The illuminated character 'Lin' fluctuated, as if it could extinguish at any moment.

Chiwen, who was crazily biting the red robe evil spirit, also began to become illusory, like a candle in the wind, extremely unstable.

"Although the Nine-Character True Mantra Formation is powerful, it also consumes a lot of my energy. I'm about to collapse soon. If you have any means left, use them quickly, or else we'll all die tonight!"

Ma Ling's voice became weak, tinged with urgency. Naturally, she was speaking to Yang Haoran and Wang Yiming.

Yang Haoran's expression changed. He thought that the red robe evil spirit was about to be finished off by Ma Ling, but he didn't expect that Ma Ling would collapse before the red robe evil spirit was dealt with.

He didn't have time to think much. He covered his wound with his right hand and, with a fierce wave of his left hand, summoned the soul gathering bead that had fallen to the ground, causing it to soar into the air and attack the red robe evil spirit!

He didn't know how long Ma Ling could hold on, but he had to make sure to capture the red robe evil spirit in the soul gathering bead before Ma Ling collapsed. Only in this way could they survive tonight!

However, what made Yang Haoran extremely helpless was that just as the soul gathering bead was about to approach the red robe evil spirit, Chiwen, who had been biting the red robe evil spirit, finally couldn't hold on anymore. Its body shattered, turning into countless specks of spirit light.

At the same time, Ma Ling knelt on the ground, gasping for breath, her face pale, blood constantly oozing from the corners of her mouth. Although she didn't faint, she was close.

Under Ma Ling's body, the formation she called the Nine-Character True Mantra Formation had disappeared without a trace, as if it had never appeared before.

The red robe evil spirit regained his freedom. At the moment when Chiwen disappeared, his first thought was not to escape but to counterattack. He wanted to take this opportunity to trap everyone in the illusion again, then eliminate Yang Haoran, Ma Ling, and Wang Yiming...

Especially Ma Ling, who almost got the better of him. He both feared and hated her. He worried that giving Ma Ling a chance to catch her breath would threaten him, so he decided to kill Ma Ling first.

But before he could set up the illusion, the soul gathering bead appeared before him!

A tremendous suction force erupted from the soul gathering bead, distorting and deforming the red robe evil spirit's ethereal body, and gradually sucking it into the soul gathering bead!

The red robe evil spirit was startled and hastily resisted. However, the ethereal body being sucked into the soul gathering bead was forcibly pulled out bit by bit by him.

If it were in the state where Yang Haoran had consumed most of his Yin spirit power, he wouldn't have been able to trap him at all, even with the soul gathering bead in hand.

But the situation was different now. Although Chiwen's bite just now failed to swallow the red robe evil spirit, it still caused him considerable damage. His strength was much inferior to his peak, so he was temporarily controlled by the soul gathering bead.

Seeing the red robe evil spirit forcibly pulling his ethereal body out of the soul gathering bead bit by bit, Yang Haoran was sweating profusely, feeling extremely anxious. Faced with this situation, he had to inject all of his remaining Yin spirit power into the soul gathering bead!

With the blessing of all of Yang Haoran's Yin spirit power, the black Yin Qi above the soul gathering bead surged, billowing black smoke visible to the naked eye. Several black chains formed by Yin spirit power shot out from the soul gathering bead like black poisonous snakes, in a clamorous sound, firmly binding the red robe evil spirit's ethereal body!

Several chains stretched straight, attempting to pull the red robe evil spirit's ethereal body into the interior of the soul gathering bead. However, these chains seemed to have weakened, and they couldn't pull the red robe evil spirit's ethereal body into the soul gathering bead. They could only temporarily trap him!

"Wang Yiming!!!"

Seeing the situation was unfavorable, Yang Haoran suddenly looked towards Wang Yiming and shouted loudly!