"Alright..."
Having understood this, I put away the coins and then asked with a puzzled expression, "But will it willingly step into the formation?"
"Nonsense, of course not!"
Xia Xiaoyi glared at me, then slyly smiled, "So, we still need bait."
"Bait?"
Looking at Xia Xiaoyi's malicious face, I instinctively took two steps back and said warily, "You want to use me as bait again, just after I bled?"
"Hey, good idea, you said it yourself..."
As Xia Xiaoyi spoke, a blue talisman appeared in her hand. I recognized it at once. It was the same one that Old Zhang made me wear on the day, the "Illusion Birth Talisman" that had Feng Chens birth date written on it.
At the sight of Xia Xiaoyi's sly smile, she said, "As long as you wear this thing, the little ghost will think Feng Chen didn't die. Once you sit at the heart of the Gather Yang Array, it will definitely follow you in!"
"No!"
Hearing this, I couldn't help but shake my head. Why should I go? Why?
The horror of the "Mother of the Vengeful Spirits", I had witnessed it with my own eyes. Even Old Zhang almost fell for its trick that day. How could it be different for me? This was no joke. Blood can be replenished slowly, but if my life was gone, then there really would be nothing left...
"Look at you, what a coward! You have the Dragon Qi protecting you, what is there to fear?"
Seeing me shaking my head repeatedly, Xia Xiaoyi became anxious and said, "When it comes, you quickly lead it into the Gather Yang Array, then you get out, and I will immediately seal the array with the copper coins!"
"But what if it attacks and kills me before I get out?"
No matter what she said, I continued to shake my head. Matters of life and death couldn't be taken lightly. Especially after wandering near the gate of the underworld several times today, I had become more precious about my life.
"Coward! You have the Dragon Qi protecting you, it can't harm you!"
Seeing that I still didn't agree, Xia Xiaoyi became impatient, stuffed the blue talisman into my hand, and said, "Are you even a man?"
"I..."
"Sigh... alright, but you have to keep an eye on me..."
Seeing her firm look, I knew that I wouldn't be able to escape being used as bait today. Reluctantly, I could only nod and agree to it.
In fact, what she said made sense. Since I had the Dragon Qi protecting me, I could handle it, just like last time when I used the "Dragon's Roar" to scare it away. Although I might get injured, keeping my life should not be difficult.
Since I had agreed to it, I couldn't hesitate any longer. I directly pasted the "Illusion Birth Talisman" on my chest and asked Xia Xiaoyi, "What now? Should I enter the Gather Yang Array now?"
"Don't be in a hurry, wait for it to come!"
As she spoke, Xia Xiaoyi glanced at the compass in her hand again, while I nervously kept a close eye on the surroundings, staying on high alert.
After about five minutes, Xia Xiaoyi suddenly tensed up and exclaimed, "Be careful! It's here!"
As soon as she spoke, a cold wind suddenly blew up, and a strong sense of resentment and malevolence struck me in the face!
"Chirp, chirp..."
The eerie sneering laughter sent shivers down my spine, and I felt an overwhelming chill all over my body.
"Dad... dad..."
As expected, as soon as the "little radish" appeared, it immediately focused its gaze on me, mumbling incomprehensibly, and then with a swish, it pounced towards me.
"Quick! Hurry, get into the array!"
Seeing the "little radish" pouncing towards me, Xia Xiaoyi's face lit up with joy and she instinctively shouted at me.
"I'm going!"
By now, I was fully prepared, and I didn't need Xia Xiaoyi's reminder.
Cursing loudly, I had already dashed towards the side of the "Gather Yang Array." At the same time, I rolled up my sleeves and gestured to the "little radish," "Come on, little guy, come over here!"
"Chirp, chirp..."
To my surprise, the "little radish" didn't hesitate at all and followed me straight into the "Gather Yang Array."
"Haha... fell for it again..."
Seeing this, both Xia Xiaoyi and I felt relieved. We exchanged a glance, and Xia Xiaoyi quickly pulled out a handful of copper coins from her pocket, while I rushed out of the array.
"Clang!"
As soon as I rushed out of the "Gather Yang Array," twenty-eight copper coins shot out from Xia Xiaoyi's hand, surrounding the entire array like a burst of flowers, sealing it off instantly.
"Boom!"
As the twenty-eight copper coins landed, the "Gather Yang Array" instantly started operating. I faintly heard bursts of sound akin to exploding Qi, and then the "little radish" let out a piercing wail, "Aowu..."
The sound was reminiscent of the wolf howling I had heard on TV, piercing and carrying a mysterious force that evoked strong feelings of sympathy.
Being caught off guard and being close, I was almost overwhelmed by it.
Abruptly turning around, I rushed back towards the array, determined to break it to help free the "little radish"!
As I was about to rush into the array, suddenly, I heard Xia Xiaoyi's urgent voice in my ear, "Tai Shang Tai Xing, Ying Bian Wu Ting, Zhi Hui Ming Jing, Xin Shen An Ning, San Hun Yong Jiu Po, Wu Sang Qing Jie, Ji Ji Ru Lu Ling!"
The Purifying Mind Incantation!
The abrupt recitation of the spell was like a sonorous bell, instantly awakening me. At this point, I was almost half a step into the "Gather Yang Array"!
"Hiss... it hurts!"
As my foot stepped into the "Gather Yang Array," I suddenly felt an excruciating pain as if my foot was being burned by fire!
This was the legendary Yang Fire, condensed by the Gather Yang Array, and even for someone like me, a "Yang person," it was unbearable, let alone the "little radish" filled with malevolent Yin energy.
No wonder its cries were so piercing earlier...
Without any hesitation, I quickly exited the range of the "Gathering Yang Formation," heaved a sigh of relief, "That was close..."
If Xia Xiaoyi hadn’t timely stopped me with the "Purification Mantra," by now, I fear I would have already charged into the "Gathering Yang Formation." At that time, I truly couldn't imagine what I would look like after being scorched by the sun fire.
"Ao..."
The cries of the "Little Radish Head" became increasingly mournful. As it continued to wail, a dense Yin aura instantly spread from its body. However, it seemed to have no effect and instead caused the raging sun fire to ignite all over its body. Once the sun fire ignited, it would not extinguish unless the Yin energy was completely incinerated.
"Phew...It seems it's not as formidable as we thought."
Seeing this scene, Xia Xiaoyi and I finally breathed a sigh of relief. If nothing unexpected happened, this time, we estimated that we would be able to completely resolve this "Ghost Mother Fierce Evil"!
"Wu wu--"
However, almost as soon as I had this thought in my mind, the "Little Radish Head" in the "Gathering Yang Formation" suddenly opened its mouth and spewed out a white gas.
Once the white gas spewed out, it instantly turned into a surge of extremely Yin ressentiment, extinguishing the sun fire on its body in an instant!
"What!"
Seeing this, Xia Xiaoyi's face changed drastically, and she involuntarily exclaimed, "Oh my god! It actually devoured the Shadow Maiden!"
"Shadow Maiden?"
Hearing this, even I couldn't help but have a drastic change in expression. What the heck, is this little thing really that powerful? It actually devoured the Shadow Maiden?
"Not good!"
Before I could react, Xia Xiaoyi on the side shouted again, "Quick! Quickly remove the 'Illusion Summoning Symbol' on your body. The Gathering Yang Formation can no longer hold it in!"
"Boom!"
Her words had just finished when a thunderous roar suddenly came from the location of the Gathering Yang Formation! Immediately after, there were a series of muffled explosions: "Bang! Bang..."
Dozens of stone blocks used for the formation instantly turned into powder in a moment, and even the twenty-eight brass coins around them cracked in half!