55: Evil Spirit

Xiao Shi surveyed the burly Night Watch in front of him.

Through the fluctuations of vital energy emanating from the other party, he clearly judged that this was a Night Watch of the Entering Martial Realm Eighth Level.

There were not many Night Watch of the Entering Martial Realm Ninth Level in Team Ding.

Yang Zhen and Wang Changhuan were both at the Entering Martial Realm Seventh Level.

A Night Watch of the Entering Martial Realm Eighth Level like this was indeed a strong backer for them.

Wang Luo's gaze quickly focused on Xiao Shi.

Xiao Shi's current vital energy fluctuations were still at the Entrance to Martial Realm Fifth Level, approaching the Entering Martial Realm Sixth Level.

In their team, he could be said to be the weakest.

The other two Night Watch by Wang Luo's side were also at the Entering Martial Realm Seventh Level of cultivation.

However, Wang Luo did not show any disdain for this.

He nodded very straightforwardly.

"No problem!"

"Thank you, Brother Luo."

Yang Zhen and Wang Changhuan both expressed their gratitude.

They both knew very well.

With Xiao Shi's Entrance to Martial Realm Fifth Level cultivation, he would normally not be qualified to join their team.

Even if Wang Luo refused, it would be very normal.

In such an inherently dangerous operation, no one wanted to bring along someone whose strength couldn't keep up with the team.

But Wang Luo was very loyal.

He said with a smile.

"We're all brothers, no need to be so polite."

Yang Zhen patted Xiao Shi's shoulder.

"With a strong backer like Brother Luo, you can relax now, right?"

Xiao Shi forced out a 'reassured' smile... The night gradually darkened.

Many Night Watch in the camp had already formed their teams.

This method of acting in groups also alleviated the tension in many people's hearts.

When the sky was completely dark.

"Action!"

Following Slit-Eyes's command.

Each team set off.

The reason for choosing to act at night.

On the one hand, it was because night was the strongest period for the Night Watch.

On the other hand, evil spirits also liked to appear at night.

Xiao Shi's six-person team also began their operation immediately.

They would patrol the surrounding area, centered on the camp, and eliminate all evil spirits they encountered.

Under the dark night.

The figures of these Night Watch were agile, their vision clear, like fish in water, nimble and elegant.

During the continuous patrol, their distance from the camp became farther and farther.

The night wind carried a chill, echoing between heaven and earth.

After Xiao Shi's six-person team had advanced for a while.

A deserted village appeared in their sight.

"According to intelligence, such deserted villages in the wilderness are most prone to evil spirits."

Yang Zhen whispered to everyone.

Although all six of them were eliminating evil spirits for the first time.

But before setting off, they had all done their homework and had some understanding of the appearance of evil spirits.

"Let's go take a look."

Wang Luo said in a deep voice.

They cautiously approached the deserted village ahead.

The dark night could not block their vision, but rather made them see more clearly.

Soon they saw... at the entrance of the village.

There was a flickering figure.

This figure seemed to exist between illusion and reality, with a pale, bloodless face, and its eyes were also pale, with no eyeballs in the eye sockets.

At the same time, it had no legs, floating about thirty centimeters above the ground, slowly drifting.

On its forehead, there were three vertical marks, which represented its strength, equivalent to a human's Entering Martial Realm Seventh Level.

It was... an evil spirit!

"Brother Luo, should we attack?"

Everyone looked at Wang Luo.

As the strongest in their team, he naturally had the final say.

Wang Luo pondered for a moment.

He nodded.

"Since we've encountered it, we naturally have to eliminate it, but I'm worried that there might be more evil spirits inside the deserted village, so we must act quickly."

"Understood."

The others nodded.

"Junior Brother Xiao, you stay here and scout the surroundings for us. If there's any situation, remember to inform us in time."

Wang Luo said.

Before setting off, they had already clearly divided their responsibilities.

Xiao Shi would be primarily responsible for observing the surrounding movements.

After all, with his Entrance to Martial Realm Fifth Level cultivation, even if he were to attack, it wouldn't have much effect.

It was better to stay in the dark and alert them.

After giving instructions.

Wang Luo then led the other four to attack the evil spirit in front of the village.

Xiao Shi watched them from a distance.

He focused on the evil spirit's fighting style.

Although the evil spirit had no legs, its speed and agility were not affected, but rather exceptionally nimble.

Upon discovering the five approaching Wang Luo, the evil spirit raised its head and let out a sharp shriek.

Waves of sound spread from its mouth, impacting the five Wang Luo. Their bodies trembled, and they instantly felt their limbs go soft, their brains ache, and their speed also slowed down under such an influence.

Before the five Wang Luo could reach it, the evil spirit's body swayed, and it actively attacked them.

The evil spirit's hands quickly enlarged, transforming into two huge black claws, which, with a whoosh, tore through the air and engaged in battle with the five Wang Luo.

Its strength was immense, and in its clashes with Wang Luo, it did not fall behind.

Not only that.

The evil spirit's body was incredibly tough.

When Yang Zhen and the others struck the evil spirit with their Entering Martial Rank weapons, it was like striking a hard stone, sparking a shower of sparks, unable to break through the evil spirit's body immediately.

"Fast, strong in attack, and astonishingly defensive, with a special sound wave attack..."

Xiao Shi discovered that the evil spirit was even stronger than he had imagined.

From an initial look... it had almost no weaknesses.

Even when facing the siege of the crowd, it did not fall behind.

And this was only an evil spirit equivalent to the Entering Martial Realm Seventh Level.

"The evil spirit's combat power is clearly stronger than that of a martial artist of the same realm; it can fight across levels!"

Xiao Shi's eyes narrowed slightly.

The vertical marks on the evil spirit's forehead represented its growth stage.

A newborn evil spirit only had one vertical mark, roughly comparable to a human's Entering Martial Realm Fifth Level.

Subsequently, each additional vertical mark represented an increase of one realm.

Xiao Shi did not expect that a three-marked evil spirit, comparable to a human's Entering Martial Realm Seventh Level, would possess the strength to contend with the Entering Martial Realm Eighth Level.

However, as the battle progressed.

Xiao Shi gradually discovered the evil spirit's weakness.

"It seems... its intelligence is not very high."

Xiao Shi observed.

This evil spirit only knew to attack Wang Luo relentlessly, completely ignoring the others, which caused it to be continuously attacked by the others during the battle.

Although its body was tough, under the continuous attacks of the crowd, it gradually could not hold on.

Cracks gradually spread throughout its entire body.

Then, under the combined attack of the crowd.

Boom!

The evil spirit's body completely exploded.

It was successfully killed by the combined efforts of the five Wang Luo.

They also realized then.

Although evil spirits are powerful in combat, their intelligence is not high.

This was also the evil spirit's biggest weakness.

Xiao Shi looked at the evil spirit's corpse, thinking to himself that with the evil spirit's strength, the probability of dropping high-quality items after killing it should be greater than that of a martial artist!

A glimmer of anticipation flashed in his eyes.

Originally, according to his plan.

At this time, he should have eliminated the evil forces around Jin Yun City to obtain the last two heavenly treasures and complete the final nine body refinements.

However, this operation to eliminate evil spirits left him no time to eliminate the surrounding evil forces.

Then he could only obtain the items he wanted by killing these evil spirits.

After all, he couldn't just act as a lookout for them in this operation and watch the five of them kill evil spirits.

He himself would definitely have to take action and kill them.

However.

With his current identity and persona as a junior brother at the Entrance to Martial Realm Fifth Level, he certainly couldn't openly attack.

After some thought, Xiao Shi came up with a reasonable way to act.