The moment Feng Yunshu saw the spirit clearly in front of her, she was shocked out of her wits. This spirit... this was exactly the spider spirit that had originally been suppressed in the Liuxian Sect!
How could this happen?!
Feng Yunshu felt a chill rising from the soles of her feet to the top of her head. However, the situation before her didn't allow her much time to think. The spider spirit moved extremely quickly and nimbly. Several of its tentacles lunged at Feng Yunshu all at once.
Feng Yunshu tapped her toes in quick succession and nimbly dodged these tentacles. But the tentacles quickly turned around and chased after her again. Feng Yunshu couldn't rest for a moment and kept jumping and flipping to avoid them.
Feng Yunshu's task was to lead this spirit completely into this open space to facilitate Xiaoling's action.
At the moment, the spider spirit was slowly moving outwards. Feng Yunshu dodged and lured the spider spirit forward according to her planned route. Soon, the entire body of the spider spirit was exposed in the open space.
The opportunity had come!
Feng Yunshu was just about to give Xiaoling an order to summon lightning immediately. But at this moment, another tentacle of the spider spirit suddenly stretched into the air. Feng Yunshu looked up and her pupils suddenly shrank —
It was Ziyuan?!
Ziyuan was tightly wrapped by the tentacle of the spider spirit, looking as fragile and tiny as if she would be crushed the next second.
At this moment, Feng Yunshu clearly realized the helplessness and despair of ordinary mortals when facing spirits. If she weren't a cultivator who was used to seeing these mountain spirits, she would probably have already become the prey of this spirit.
At present, Ziyuan was closing her eyes and motionless. Feng Yunshu couldn't help but panic and was unsure if Ziyuan was still alive.
If Ziyuan really died like this...
Feng Yunshu thought of how she had gone through a lot of trouble to rescue Ziyuan from the Prime Minister's Mansion. Such a well - behaved, kind and lovely girl was actually going to face death again...
She couldn't bear it! She simply couldn't bear it!
A strong anger suddenly welled up in Feng Yunshu's heart. This anger almost tore her reason to shreds. A killing intent burst out from her eyes as she was determined to eliminate this cruel spider spirit.
In this situation, it was simply impossible to summon lightning directly. She had to rescue Ziyuan first!
Feng Yunshu stared at the tentacle that was wrapping Ziyuan. Fueled by the anger surging in her body, she gathered all her strength and leaped into the air from the ground. She raised the shiny dagger in her hand and slashed at the tentacle, shouting, "Die, you monster!"
However, the spider spirit reacted quickly. Before Feng Yunshu's knife fell, it suddenly leaped up and stretched out another tentacle to attack her.
Feng Yunshu bent back to dodge while observing the spider spirit's weakness.
Suddenly, she remembered what her senior brother in her previous life had said. The spider spirit's weakness was in its abdomen. The eyes on its abdomen were afraid of strong light. After being illuminated, its physical reaction ability would decline.
Feng Yunshu shifted her gaze to the eyes on the spider spirit's abdomen. She looked up at the bright moon and soon came up with an idea!
She chose the best angle and quickly leaped up. She took out the demon - detecting mirror in her hand and pointed it at the moonlight. The moonlight shone on the mirror, and a strong white light was reflected from it. This light was not only bright but also had a certain amount of spiritual power.
After a slight adjustment, the light accurately hit the eyes on the spider spirit's abdomen. Sure enough, the originally agile spider spirit suddenly stopped moving.
Feng Yunshu seized the opportunity. In the blink of an eye, she grasped the knife and jumped up again, ruthlessly slashing off the monster's tentacle. The moment the tentacle loosened, Ziyuan fell rapidly like a kite with a broken string.
Feng Yunshu immediately rushed forward and firmly caught Ziyuan's body. Looking down, she saw that Ziyuan's face was extremely pale and her lips were a bit black.
"Xiaoling, act!"
After a moment of sluggishness, the spider spirit regained its ability. Enraged by the severed tentacle, it rushed towards Feng Yunshu even more quickly.
Seeing that the time was ripe, Xiaoling quickly gathered her spiritual power to activate the lightning talisman in her hand. Suddenly, a bolt of lightning burst out from the dark sky —
"Boom!"
A thunderbolt like a long dragon rushed down from the sky. With a "crackle", it accurately struck the spider spirit. The spider spirit let out a shrill scream and was split in two. It fell heavily from the air to the ground, startling all the crows in the forest to fly up.
When the thunderbolt struck, Feng Yunshu quickly carried Ziyuan and dodged to the side.
After confirming that the spider spirit was completely dead, the stone in Feng Yunshu's heart finally dropped. However, Ziyuan in front of her made her look extremely solemn.
Just now, she had reached out to feel Ziyuan's breath. Although it was very weak, fortunately, Ziyuan still had a breath left. But she was extremely weak and had wounds on her body, presumably poisoned like this.
Feng Yunshu took out her pill. Fortunately, there was still one left. She immediately stuffed the pill into Ziyuan's mouth. This medicine was also infused with her spiritual power. For ordinary mortals, it was no problem to treat this common toxin, but it would still take some time to recover well.
"Master, how is Sister Ziyuan?" After activating the lightning talisman, Xiaoling quickly ran to Feng Yunshu, also very worried about Ziyuan's situation.
"I've already given her the pill. She should be okay. She's just a bit weak. She'll recover well after going back and having a good rest."
"That's... that's good..."
Feng Yunshu heard that Xiaoling's voice sounded strange and was getting weaker. Looking up, she saw that Xiaoling had exhausted all her spiritual power from activating the lightning talisman just now and was about to fall into a coma.
"Xiaoling, close your eyes and sleep quickly. Master is here. It'll be okay."
Seeing Xiaoling in such a mess, Feng Yunshu felt extremely heart - broken. She hugged Xiaoling and Ziyuan in her arms, thinking about how to bring them back to the mansion safely.
But just then, she heard a "click" sound from behind, as if something was breaking...
Feng Yunshu suddenly turned her head. Behind her, the trunk of a big tree had somehow been split by the thunder. After breaking, it was falling straight towards her head —
At this moment, she didn't have time to react. She could only do her best to release all the remaining spiritual power in her body to open a barrier in an attempt to protect Ziyuan and Xiaoling beside her.
At this critical moment of life and death, a figure suddenly rushed out and held up the huge falling tree trunk!
Almost at the same time, a very familiar voice came from the entrance of the forest, "Madam!"
Looking up, Helan Yanting was wearing a black robe and a silver mask. After spotting her, he quickly used his light - body technique and leaped in front of Feng Yunshu.
The moment she saw that it was him, Feng Yunshu's eyes instantly filled with tears. She cried out aggrievedly, "My lord, help me carry them out quickly!"
Yan Liu and Yan Qi appeared closely behind Helan Yanting and quickly stepped forward to pick up Ziyuan and Xiaoling. Helan Yanting picked up Feng Yunshu in a princess - carry.
After they got out, Feng Yunshu turned to look at the tree trunk. "My lord, go and hold up that big tree quickly!"
The moment she turned her head, she saw clearly that it was actually the little cat spirit using its limited spiritual power to hold up the tree trunk. The huge tree trunk and its petite body formed a sharp contrast, which brought a huge shock to Feng Yunshu both physically and mentally.
"Little cat spirit!"
Feng Yunshu wanted to rush forward but was held back by Helan Yanting. Since she herself was also in a mess, she didn't know when she had been covered in tiny wounds. Just as Yan Liu and Yan Qi were about to hold up the tree trunk, the little cat spirit's spiritual power was exhausted. It turned to look at Feng Yunshu.