Chapter 2221: Chapter 2221: Blood Charm?
Ye Haochuan did not move; only the Divine Concealment Sword suddenly flew out, stabbing toward the Poison Widow.
For the first time in her life, the Poison Widow began to doubt her own poison. The collapse of her worldview left her momentarily dazed. It wasn’t until the Divine Concealment Sword thrust toward her that she snapped back to herself, her gaze toward Ye Haochuan filled with venomous hatred.
"Brat, so what if you’re not afraid of poison? You’re only at Immortal Transformation Late Stage in Cultivation. What can you possibly use to fight me?"
Ye Haochuan did not answer. He merely tapped his foot lightly, and in the next instant, the Taichi Domain rapidly spread out, enveloping the Ghost Widow within it.
Feeling her own Cultivation being massively suppressed, the Ghost Widow’s expression changed yet again.
"Sunflower Water Sword Trace!"
Ye Haochuan gave a soft shout, and countless Phantom Swords spilled out from the Divine Concealment Sword, slashing toward the Poison Widow from all directions.
"Petty tricks!" the Poison Widow ground her teeth hard, but still forced out the words stubbornly.
Clang clang clang~
After a flurry of flashing blades, all the Phantom Swords were actually knocked aside.
But at this moment, the Poison Widow looked extremely battered, her body covered all over with sword wounds.
"I’ll admit you’re impressive!"
The Poison Widow truly had not expected that Ye Haochuan, clearly only exuding the aura of Immortal Transformation Late Stage, would have such powerful strength. After her shock, she sneered with contempt, "But if you want to catch me here, you’re still far from qualified!"
As soon as she finished speaking, her body suddenly exploded, turning into a mass of pale gray mist that spread in all directions.
Ye Haochuan was not the least bit anxious. He just gave a low shout: "Shadowless Smoke Spirit!"
In an instant, a howling demonic wind rose around the gray mist, forcing it back in and compressing it so that not a wisp could escape.
Within the range covered by the Taichi Domain was the home ground of the Shadowless Smoke Spirit. Here he could be destroyed without dying, and at the same time, his own power could be brought into fuller play.
"Impossible, this is absolutely impossible! No one has ever been able to break my Fog Escape Technique. How could I stumble in the hands of an Immortal Transformation ant like you?" The Poison Widow, who had reappeared in her true body, looked utterly disbelieving.
"This Technique of yours was originally learned from us Soul Beasts. How could it possibly surpass us Soul Beasts?" The Shadowless Smoke Spirit’s voice was full of mockery.
"Soul Beast, it’s actually a Soul Beast... Who exactly are you? How do you have so many trump cards?" The Poison Widow was stunned.
Ye Haochuan’s expression was dark and cold as he asked in a deep voice, "Speak. What did you do to Shuying? And Qingyin, where did you take her?"
"Qingyin? You mean that woman who was with her? You can’t blame me for that; you’ll have to go to the Temple and ask them for her! As for the woman in your arms..."
At this point, the Poison Widow suddenly glanced at Jiang Shuying, as if she had discovered something. With a smile that was not quite a smile, she said, "If you want to know what happened to her, you can just ask her yourself!"
As the Poison Widow’s words fell, Jiang Shuying’s body suddenly twitched, and her eyes opened.
A surge of joy rose in Ye Haochuan’s heart, and he hurriedly asked, "Shuying, are you alright?"
Shing~
Ye Haochuan felt a sharp pain in his abdomen. Looking down, he saw a pitch-black dagger thrust into his belly, hot blood gushing out rapidly.
"Shuying, what are you doing?" Ye Haochuan was incomparably shocked.
Jiang Shuying gave Ye Haochuan a dull, vacant look, appearing extremely bewildered, as if she did not recognize him at all.
At this moment, another dagger had already appeared in her hand, and she was about to stab at Ye Haochuan again.
Ye Haochuan hurriedly retreated, watching Jiang Shuying with vigilance.
Having missed with one strike, Jiang Shuying refused to relent, brandishing the dagger as she charged at Ye Haochuan.
Only now did Ye Haochuan see that Jiang Shuying’s entire body was emitting a kind of blood-red mist, making her look extremely demonic.
What Ye Haochuan found hardest to comprehend was that Jiang Shuying at this time was radiating an aura no weaker than that of a True Immortal Cultivator, and her attack speed was exceedingly fast.
Ye Haochuan’s heart burned with anxiety. He roared at the Poison Widow in fury, "It’s you! What did you do to her?"
The Poison Widow smiled with that same mocking look. "I only just learned that by some freak coincidence, you actually accomplished something I tried many times to do but always failed, allowing her to successfully become a Blood Charm.
Do you know? I’ve researched this for over ten years and used hundreds, even thousands of women as test subjects, and all of them ended in failure. I never thought that when you suddenly barged in this time, you’d actually help me succeed. You really are my lucky star!"
With that, she threw her head back and laughed wildly.
"Blood Charm? What the hell is that?" Ye Haochuan roared as he dodged Jiang Shuying’s attacks.
"Your granny I happen to be in a good mood today, so I’ll give you a little lesson!"
The Poison Widow laughed and said, "Blood Charms were originally a specialty of this Endless Blood Abyss, a Puppet refined by special methods, extremely powerful. But several thousand years ago, for some unknown reason, the Temple wiped out all Blood Charms and slaughtered everyone who knew how to refine them.
I found this method recorded in an ancient book. To have a powerful and ruthless, yet absolutely loyal Puppet as a bodyguard—who wouldn’t be tempted?"
"Bastard!" Ye Haochuan’s eyes were about to split. The thought that the woman he loved had been turned into a mindless Puppet made his heart feel as if it were being sliced apart by blades.
"Shadowless Smoke Spirit, tear her..."
Ye Haochuan was just about to order the Shadowless Smoke Spirit to rip the Poison Widow to shreds when he abruptly realized that at some unknown point, the Poison Widow was no longer within the area covered by the Taichi Domain.
That old fox had actually used Shuying to get herself out from under the control of the Taichi Domain.
Ye Haochuan himself was always the center of the Taichi Domain. As he moved, the domain moved with him. And the Shadowless Smoke Spirit could only act within the Taichi Domain.
So at this moment, Ye Haochuan had completely lost control over the Poison Widow.
"I admit you’re very capable, but man proposes and heaven disposes. The one who loses this time is you in the end!" The Poison Widow let out a cackling laugh, cast the Fog Escape Technique once more, and her body dissipated into the air.
Without the Shadowless Smoke Spirit, Ye Haochuan had no way to restrain the Poison Widow. In the end, he struggled and tried to burn her with the Purple Lotus Spirit Flame, but it was useless; he could only watch the Poison Widow’s figure vanish.
At the very instant the Poison Widow escaped, Jiang Shuying seemed to receive some sort of command as well. Taking advantage of one of Ye Haochuan’s blocks, she darted out of the Taichi Domain’s range, then her body also transformed into blood mist and drifted away.
"Shuying, don’t go! Don’t go!" Ye Haochuan was frantic, quickly giving chase, but he was still a step too late. Before the Shadowless Smoke Spirit could restrain Jiang Shuying’s blood mist, she had already disappeared without a trace.
Just as Ye Haochuan was sinking into near despair, the Shadowless Smoke Spirit spoke up. "Do not worry, Master. I’ve already memorized that Old Woman’s aura just now. Combined with my understanding of the Fog Escape Technique, it won’t be hard to find them!"
Ye Haochuan clutched at this as if at the last life-saving straw and said urgently, "Lead the way!"
Just at this time, Little Lei also finished his breakthrough, successfully advancing to Immortal Transformation Late Stage. Ye Haochuan summoned Little Lei and sped off in the direction indicated by the Shadowless Smoke Spirit.
