CHAPTER 65: CHAPTER 17: TEACH IT A LESSON!

"Be careful, the water it spits out is poisonous," Mu Chen shouted loudly as he smelled the nauseating scent.

Si Lin and the others held their breath quickly to avoid inhaling the gases.

"Hiss~ My saliva isn’t something you can just ignore by holding your breath!" Xiang Liu said smugly, guessing that Si Lin and the others would hold their breath.

Si Lin frowned, realizing that even though he was holding his breath, he could still faintly sense that unpleasant smell. At the same time, he felt the flow of Spiritual Power inside him was sluggish, clearly indicating that he was poisoned.

The others also noticed this and exchanged glances, their expressions not looking good.

"Why is its saliva so troublesome? Old Four, do you have any solutions?" Rong Ye used a Purification Talisman on himself, only to find it useless, and couldn’t help but complain.

"Xiang Liu’s saliva is that potent, I’m working on a solution," Mu Chen said, frowning, as he continued to attack Xiang Liu while brainstorming how to counter its saliva.

Yue Zhao and the others dodged Xiang Liu’s saliva while helping Mu Chen stall for time. Although Xiang Liu’s poison didn’t have a significant impact on them, it was slowing them down, which was frustrating.

"Xiang Liu’s saliva can’t be considered poison, and we’ve never seen it before, so there’s no antidote!" After thinking for a long time, Mu Chen admitted helplessly that he hadn’t found any medicine effective against Xiang Liu’s saliva.

"This thing is so disgusting, when losing, it resorts to spitting!" Rong Ye avoided a jet of water, his face full of disdain.

"If we can’t deal with its saliva, then we need to stop it from spitting!" Si Lin’s expression turned cold, his gaze at Xiang Liu filled with murderous intent.

He retreated more than ten meters to avoid Xiang Liu’s attack, released his grip, and let the Dragon Capturing Sword float into the air. It transformed into a giant sword over ten meters long and one meter wide. With a gesture from him, the Dragon Capturing Sword turned horizontal. As his hand passed across his chest, the sword flew at extreme speed, momentarily stopping Xiang Liu’s saliva and decapitating one of its heads.

"Roar!" The remaining eight heads let out a pained howl.

Its green eyes turned red, clearly entering a berserk state, but Si Lin and the others were not to be underestimated!

"Heavenly Awakening·Barrier, rise!" As Rong Ye’s voice fell, tens of thousands of Taoist Talismans flew out of the Heavenly Awakening Record, isolating this area from others with a transparent barrier.

This barrier was to avoid detection by the Heavenly Dao. Although the Heavenly Dao of the Xuantian Continent was already weak, the power they were about to use far surpassed what the Xuantian Continent could handle. To avoid being expelled by the Xuantian Continent, this was necessary!

With the barrier erected, the group, who had been somewhat restrained, immediately felt relieved.

The cultivation that was previously suppressed now fully erupted, and each person’s aura became incredibly intimidating.

Yue Zhao lifted the Flowing Light Zither, holding the top with one hand and plucking the strings with the other.

Previously, Yue Zhao’s Sound Attack was very noticeable against the demon beast. Now it was even more formidable, as the Sound Blade became tangible, layering to form a giant zither string, decapitating one of Xiang Liu’s heads.

Beside him, Nan Hua’s Glazed Frost Flower Fan also doubled in size. He threw it out, and as it rapidly spun, it cut through Xiang Liu’s saliva, making a round rotation, and similarly severed one of Xiang Liu’s heads.

Mu Chen was no less impressive. As he brandished the Red Flame Spear horizontally, a red light struck towards Xiang Liu, who tried to dodge, but its massive body, alongside the head still under attack, couldn’t evade, leading to another head being chopped off.

For Rong Ye, it was even simpler. He sealed Xiang Liu’s mouth directly with a talisman, and then a Thunder Flash Talisman struck down, splitting off another head.

In a short time, five heads were lost, driving Xiang Liu to the brink of rage.

It opened the mouths of the remaining four heads wide, emitting a powerful suction. In an instant, it was like a level eight gale sweeping across the ground, pulling everything towards its mouths.

Gu Qingqing, Yun Ran, and Zhuo Tingqiu, watching from the side without defense, were swept into the air, heading towards Xiang Liu’s mouths.

Despite their efforts to stabilize after reacting, they couldn’t manage it, as everything around them was being sucked towards Xiang Liu’s mouths, leaving nothing to grasp onto.

Si Lin and their situation was only slightly better than Gu Qingqing’s. Si Lin inserted his sword into the ground to prevent being dragged away, and Yue Zhao and the others did the same, anchoring themselves with their weapons.

Gu Qingqing’s hair was blown out of place, the hairstyle Yue Zhao carefully arranged was messed up, and her favorite tassels worn today were blown away, disappearing into Xiang Liu’s mouths before her eyes.

Gu Qingqing was furious as she adjusted her direction to face Xiang Liu.

"Your mouth shall never open again!" A mysterious and ethereal voice emanated from her, seemingly causing the entire world to pause for a moment.

Xiang Liu, confident as it saw its enemy about to enter its mouth, suddenly paused upon hearing Gu Qingqing’s voice. It seemed to recall something, its body shivering with a hint of fear in its eyes, before its wide-open mouths snapped shut. No matter how hard it tried, they wouldn’t open, as it gazed at Gu Qingqing with shock and terror.

Without the suction from Xiang Liu’s mouths, all the objects being pulled into the air fell to the ground due to the sudden stop. Si Lin and the others, anchored to the ground, merely found their hair and clothing a bit tousled, while Yun Ran and Zhuo Tingqiu nearly tumbled groundward.

Due to consuming a large amount of Spiritual Power from using the Word Spirit Technique, Gu Qingqing’s Spiritual Power was depleted, causing her to fall from midair. Fortunately, Yue Zhao, not far from her, quickly caught her, preventing a hard landing.

"Little Qingqing, are you alright?" Yue Zhao couldn’t help but express concern seeing Gu Qingqing’s pale face.

Gu Qingqing shook her head, [I’m fine, just a bit low on Spiritual Power.]

"Take some Spirit Revitalizing Pills and rest well on the side." Yue Zhao fixed Gu Qingqing’s hair, retrieved a blanket from the Qiankun Ring, and laid it on the ground for Gu Qingqing to sit and rest.

He turned around to deal with Xiang Liu, only to feel his sleeve being tugged and turned back curiously.

[Senior brother, it swallowed my favorite tassels, you must teach it a good lesson for me!] Remembering her tassels, Gu Qingqing felt pained and signed her words angrily.

"Alright, senior brother will make sure to teach it a good lesson!" Yue Zhao, knowing how much Gu Qingqing cherished those tassels, couldn’t help but smile slightly, patting Gu Qingqing’s head and promising earnestly after realizing she used the Word Spirit Technique in anger.