Ambush!
At this moment, the female ghost launched a surprise attack. If Shui Miao withdrew his immortal energy to defend himself, the evil spirit would escape.
The underground river was vast and labyrinthine, and recapturing the evil spirit would be extremely difficult.
Shui Miao merely hesitated slightly but did not withdraw his defenses, because he still had one last trump card—the stone tablet within his realm of consciousness. Thinking of this tablet, inspiration struck him suddenly: if he could somehow summon it forth and use it as a weapon, wouldn’t battling demons and monsters become effortless?
But whether this idea was feasible was merely a fleeting thought in Shui Miao’s mind at this point.
Just as Shui Miao’s thoughts briefly wandered, the evil spirit exerted all its strength to break through the encircling devouring spiritual force, creating a small opening in the barrier and preparing to escape. But at that moment, the female ghost moved. She channeled all her yin energy into a desperate strike, forcing the evil spirit back inside.
Shui Miao snapped back to focus, no longer daring to let his mind wander, and concentrated all his energy on controlling his immortal power and devouring force to suppress the evil spirit.
“Apprentice, why? Why would you betray me?”
The evil spirit screamed hysterically.
The female ghost, eyes blazing with fury, roared back, “Monster! You vile creature worse than pigs and dogs! You not only caused my death, but also imprisoned my soul here, enslaving and tormenting me. Did you really think I would obey you and rescue you? Die! I’ve been enduring all this time, waiting for my chance to take revenge. Today, finally, my moment has come. I will watch you slowly disintegrate into oblivion, and only then will my hatred subside!”
“You… you’ve hated me all along?”
The evil spirit paused, ceasing its struggle. It seemed genuinely shocked and deeply affected.
“Don’t make me laugh!” the female ghost screamed. “What? You expect me to be grateful instead of hating you?”
“Fine, fine! You’ve grown bold and strong. But don’t forget who gave you your powers. Everything you have was given by me. How dare you not be grateful and instead harbor hatred? I wasted my efforts in training you!” The evil spirit shouted, then suddenly burst into laughter.
“You dare laugh at a time like this?”
The female ghost sensed something amiss and instinctively retreated several meters.
“Hmph!”
The evil spirit abruptly stopped laughing and shouted, “You underestimate me! Did you really think I was so easily defeated? Don’t forget—I am the Soul of Nine Mournings. Although this kid’s cultivation method is unusual, completely absorbing and refining me won’t be easy. I pretended to be weak merely to test your loyalty!”
“What!?”
The female ghost, clearly fearful, flew backward again.
“Bad, he really was hiding his strength!” Feeling an unusual and powerful force erupting from within the evil spirit, Shui Miao tried to summon the stone tablet from his realm of consciousness to destroy the evil spirit. But the tablet remained completely immovable within his mind.
“Hehehe, scared now, aren’t you?”
The evil spirit fixed its wicked eyes on Shui Miao, a gleam of tears forming in them. “Kid, your Daoist techniques are indeed amazing, but unfortunately, they’re strange yet not refined. You don’t even know how to use the basic Three Flavors True Fire. Thinking you can destroy me? You’re truly overestimating yourself. Now, let me show you my true power!”
“Quick, close your eyes! Don’t look into his eyes!”
Noticing something strange in Xie Lin’s gaze, the female ghost immediately shouted a warning.
“Hahaha! Too late!”
The evil spirit laughed. “Kid, do you suddenly feel something moving inside your belly?”
Shui Miao’s brow twitched. Indeed, he felt something stirring inside his stomach, growing larger by the second.
“Hehehe, allow me to proudly introduce—this is a unique technique I created by combining the Three Flavors True Water with the Supreme Yin Method. I call it the ‘Charming Gaze True Water.’ Hahaha! Pretty creative, right?” The evil spirit laughed triumphantly, clearly believing Shui Miao’s defeat was certain.
His belly kept swelling…
Water began gushing from his stomach—where it came from, no one knew.
Shui Miao couldn’t help but vomit, spitting out some aquatic plants and a small fish!
Then, a massive torrent of river water erupted from his mouth, as if his mouth had transformed into a giant faucet…
“What’s happening to Shui Miao?”
Lin Xue and Chu Miaoyi both saw Shui Miao with his mouth wide open, spewing water.
However, on the camera screen, Shui Miao was simply shown with his mouth open—no water.
This bizarre situation left Lin Xue and Chu Miaoyi completely confused. They wanted to help but didn’t know how. Yet watching Shui Miao spewing water, they felt anxious and helpless—torn between two choices.
“Don’t worry, I’ll help you!”
The female ghost tried to channel her yin energy to assist Shui Miao, but was blocked by his immortal energy and couldn’t get close.
“Hmph! Naive! The energy on this kid is pure immortal power. I can’t even break through it myself. Do you really think you can get near him? Although… hehehe, even if you could get close, what could you possibly do? You’re just too weak…”
The evil spirit arrogantly wagged its finger.
But his words also revealed his current predicament—he still hadn’t managed to escape Shui Miao’s imprisonment.
Shui Miao split his focus, channeling his immortal energy to guide the strange water from his belly into his realm of consciousness. When this water touched the defensive stone tablet within his mind, the tablet suddenly trembled and released a surge of Primordial Yellow Qi into Shui Miao’s body, instantly eliminating the abnormality within him.
“What! How… how did you do that!?”
The evil spirit froze, its expression instantly hardening.
Lin Xue and Chu Miaoyi saw a yellow glow flash from Shui Miao, and he returned to normal. On the camera, however, the yellow glow remained invisible.
The female ghost also froze in surprise, then broke into delighted laughter, pointing at the evil spirit and shouting, “See that? Your evil techniques are useless! Evil cannot overcome righteousness! Now, you can just wait to die…”
At this moment, Shui Miao spoke, “Miss, don’t waste words on him. Tell me exactly how he performed this technique. I need to learn it—so I can defeat him with his own method.”
Without a master to teach him, Shui Miao had to rely on his own understanding. Though not lacking in intelligence or resources, he simply lacked the proper method.
The female ghost hesitated slightly. It had taken her a long time to learn the Three Flavors True Water. That this young man wanted to learn and apply it immediately seemed incredible. But since he had asked, she couldn’t refuse. So, nodding slightly, she began to explain, “Actually, I’m not even sure if this counts as the Three Flavors True Water. What I do know is that he developed this technique by adapting the method of the Three Flavors True Fire. The Three Flavors True Fire refers to three kinds of fire within the human body: the fire of focused gaze, the fire of intention, and the fire of energy movement. When these three fires are combined with intense focus and sustained gaze, it’s called ‘Martial Fire’; when the intention is relaxed and subtle, it’s called ‘Civil Fire.’ He combined three kinds of water from the human body, then added water from soil, stone, and rivers, attacking you using the ‘Martial Fire’ method. As for his ridiculous ‘Charming Gaze’ nonsense—complete nonsense, nothing but lies!”
“I see! I understand now!”
Shui Miao closed his eyes, entering his realm of consciousness, and began gathering various types of water from his dantian. Suddenly, he opened his eyes and locked his gaze firmly on the evil spirit…
The evil spirit felt extremely uncomfortable under Shui Miao’s stare, its lips twitching slightly. “Kid, do you think you’re some kind of genius? Trying to use my own technique against me? You’re just daydreaming… Wait, what is this?”
As the evil spirit was speaking, it suddenly saw a radiant, multicolored droplet forming right before its eyes!
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