Shui Miao didn’t dare to be careless. He immediately exerted himself to the fullest, activating the Soul Devouring Force to envelop the chaotic energy.
“Huh? How could this be?”
After wrapping the chaotic energy, Shui Miao felt surprised. This chaotic energy was extremely ordinary, just like regular spiritual energy.
“Hehe, Shui Miao, you must be wondering why the Elemental Girl is so weak, right?” Seeing Shui Miao easily envelop, refine, and absorb the chaotic energy, Yi Tianwen walked out from the stairwell together with the Elemental Girl. Twenty-some people in yellow lab coats followed closely behind them.
Yi Tianwen wore a relaxed and smiling expression, making him hard to figure out.
Yet, the Elemental Girl remained even more mysterious. She wore a black robe, a black hood, and held a black umbrella.
The people around Yi Tianwen all held plastic guns, aiming directly at Shui Miao.
Yi Tianwen’s words sounded strange. Shui Miao withdrew his immortal energy and carefully sensed his internal condition, detecting nothing unusual. He immediately concluded that they were bluffing: “Hmph! Yi Tianwen, you despicable coward, how dare you show your face again? Do you really think I’d be intimidated by your men with plastic guns?”
“Shui Miao, don’t be too arrogant. Don’t forget—you’re still flesh and blood!” Yi Tianwen wagged a finger and turned to the Elemental Girl, saying, “My dear girl, you’ve already tested his strength. Now it’s time to show him your true abilities.”
Earlier, to win the Elemental Girl’s loyalty, Yi Tianwen had convinced her to call him “father,” promising to protect her in everything.
“Okay…”
The Elemental Girl stepped forward. The area beneath her feet immediately emitted a large amount of dark energy, spreading outward like spider silk. With a series of bangs, all the curtains in the villa automatically dropped, and the front door slammed shut with a loud crash.
The villa instantly plunged into darkness, the light extremely dim.
Many Xuan Group disciples quickly retreated.
At that moment, the Wheelchair Seer shouted loudly: “Elemental Girl, you’ve been tricked! Yi Tianwen is a cunning, selfish old ghost—he’s using you! Even if he promises you benefits, he won’t keep his word!”
“Wheelchair Seer, I’ll kill you after I finish off Shui Miao! I don’t know anything else—I only know that you’re the cunning, selfish liar!” The Elemental Girl screamed hysterically, accelerating her release of dark energy, making the already dim villa even darker.
With significant spiritual energy depletion and many enemies, Shui Miao couldn’t afford to keep defending passively. He had to strike first! His mind flashed, and he used his will to control the three golden-element swords of spiritual energy, sending them directly toward Yi Tianwen in a decapitation strike.
“Hmph, naive.”
Seeing the swords approaching, Yi Tianwen didn’t dodge. Instead, he sneered mockingly.
Sure enough, the black spiderweb-like dark energy immediately wrapped around the three swords…
“So the Elemental Girl really is formidable!”
Shui Miao was startled. The swords made of golden-element energy were tightly bound by the dark spiderweb, unable to move even slightly.
As the dark energy increased, the three swords made of golden-element spiritual energy were about to lose their spiritual connection with Shui Miao. Once disconnected, Shui Miao would undoubtedly lose some of his spiritual energy. In desperation, Shui Miao quickly channeled multiple streams of Yang-element spiritual energy to attack the dark energy. The clash between Yin and Yang caused a series of thunderous booms inside the villa.
Shui Miao repelled the dark energy, retrieved his golden-element spiritual energy, and braced himself.
Shui Miao clearly knew his strength far surpassed the Elemental Girl’s. He only regretted his shallow understanding of spiritual energy application. He inwardly resolved that after escaping danger, he must thoroughly study how to properly wield spiritual energy.
“Shui Miao, you’re truly impressive. You’ve even cultivated Yang-element spiritual energy, and its power isn’t small. But even so, you still can’t defeat me because your application of spiritual energy is so poor. You’re like a giant with a thousand pounds of strength who doesn’t know how to throw a punch. It’s truly laughable!” The Elemental Girl shook her head in mock pity. Though naive about human nature, she was extremely gifted in combat. “Alright then, let me teach you how to deal with your enemies.”
As the Elemental Girl finished speaking, her figure suddenly darted forward.
The massive black web she had spread throughout the villa began to contract, continuously enveloping Shui Miao, while she kept sending waves of dark energy to attack his entire body.
She moved extremely fast!
Unable to track the Elemental Girl’s movements or launch a counterattack, Shui Miao could only fully channel his spiritual energy around his body, setting up a complete defense.
“Ha! You’re the first genius I’ve seen who wastes spiritual energy like this. I’d love to see how long you can last,” the Elemental Girl teased Shui Miao like a cat toying with a mouse. Seeing Shui Miao’s clumsy movements and lack of counterattacks, she grew increasingly contemptuous and continued, “My strategy is simple: first, test your ultimate moves, then avoid your strengths and attack your weaknesses. Your strength is absorbing and refining others’ energy, but your weakness is poor spiritual energy application. So I’ll use guerrilla tactics to drain your energy until you’re exhausted. Once your spiritual energy runs out, I’ll have my chance. Of course, you could always surrender peacefully.”
“Don’t talk so much. Just take him down.”
Yi Tianwen felt the Elemental Girl was getting too arrogant. He always sensed that Shui Miao wasn’t that simple.
The Elemental Girl dismissed his concern: “He’s finished. I’m breaking his will, making him surrender willingly.”
“Thank you for the lesson!”
Suddenly, Shui Miao sat down cross-legged on the ground, closing his eyes and beginning to meditate.
“What…?” The Elemental Girl hesitated slightly, continuing to circle around and attack while asking, “What do you mean? Are you giving up and surrendering?”
…
Shui Miao didn’t respond. He calmed his mind and, through spiritual sensing, began channeling Yang-element spiritual energy into numerous swords that flew toward the Elemental Girl.
Seeing the increasing number of swords flying erratically, forcing the Elemental Girl to dodge frantically, Yi Tianwen stomped his foot in frustration: “Daughter! You’re shooting yourself in the foot! You’re teaching him how to counterattack you! He’s not stupid—can’t be stupid. No one stupid could cultivate such profound abilities!”
“It’s okay, I can still handle it.”
The Elemental Girl appeared calm on the surface, but inwardly she was panicking. She noticed that Shui Miao’s spiritual energy wasn’t decreasing—it was increasing, becoming even more powerful.
Inside Shui Miao’s Holy Yuan Ring were many pills. By consuming a few, he could quickly enhance his spiritual energy.
Seeing the Elemental Girl still unable to defeat Shui Miao, Yi Tianwen could no longer wait. To completely subdue Shui Miao and ensure absolute success, Yi Tianwen immediately gestured, signaling his men to open fire.
Seeing Yi Tianwen’s signal, the twenty-some Xuan Group members immediately pulled their triggers, unleashing a furious barrage of gunfire directly at Shui Miao!
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