The river didn't look to be more than a meter or two deep, but when a Mythical expert like the bald officer fell in, he could only struggle with all his might. No matter how hard he struggled, he couldn't escape. He was about to sink after being filled with a lot of water.
Suddenly, a voice sounded from the bamboo forest beside him. "Among the Hundred Ghosts of the Nightwalker, there's a ghost named Hashihime. She stands by the bridge. If a man is tempted by her, he will be lured into the river and drown. I believe you are Hashihime, right?"
"Brother-in-law …" Ji Moqing was overjoyed when she heard the voice. She looked in the direction of the voice and saw Fang Mingsu walking out of the bamboo forest.
Fang Mingsu's gaze was firm. He wore golden armor that emitted a dazzling golden glow like the sun. As he spoke, he approached the wooden bridge. When the golden light shone on Hashihime, she let out a tragic cry as white smoke emitted from her body.
The woman hurriedly used a paper umbrella to block the golden light on Fang Mingsu's body, but the golden light seemed to have a strong restraining effect on her. It wasn't just Hashihime that was illuminated by the golden light. Even the wooden bridge and river began to emit white fog.
Hashihime glared fiercely at Fang Mingsu as her body suddenly transformed into white fog. Along with the wooden bridge and river, they vanished.
Taking a closer look, there was no river at all. The bald officer and the others were all struggling on the grass. When they realized their situation, they all stood up and looked at each other, unsure if they had been hallucinating or not.
"Brother-in-law!" When Ji Moqing saw Fang Mingsu, it was as though she had met a backer. She stopped praising Zhou Wen and turned to run towards Fang Mingsu.
Zhou Wen naturally didn't stop her. He had always despised Ji Moqing as a burden. On account of her being a fellow human, he took her with him.
Since she had already found a powerful family member like Fang Mingsu, Zhou Wen naturally couldn't be bothered with her. He continued walking forward.
"Devil, why aren't you fierce now? Are you afraid when you see my brother-in-law?" Ji Moqing grimaced and shouted at Zhou Wen's back, "You aren't handsome at all, nor do you have any poise. You're just a cold-blooded devil."
She had been disgusted by her praise for Zhou Wen. It wasn't easy for her to find a backer, so she felt terrible if she didn't say a few words about Zhou Wen.
"Little Qing, stop it." Fang Mingsu stopped her and didn't let her continue.
"He's most afraid of you. With you around, he wouldn't dare do anything to me," Ji Moqing said.
Fang Mingsu shook her head and said, "I'm afraid you're wrong. If he really wanted to deal with me, he wouldn't have let you return to my side so easily. If he let you return, it means that he didn't want to deal with us at all."
With that said, Fang Mingsu shouted in Zhou Wen's direction, "Friend, thank you for taking care of Little Qing. If you don't mind, why don't you travel with us?"
"There's no need," Zhou Wen said before leaving without looking back.
Zhou Wen only wanted to find Shiraishi Satomi as soon as possible. It was too dangerous here. Sei Gasakai had asked Shiraishi Satomi to come out with him, so he couldn't return and tell Sei Gasakai that his disciple had died outside, right?
However, not long after Zhou Wen walked out, he heard a strange sound coming from the direction of the village.
Fang Mingsu and the others also heard the sound. They turned their heads and saw that the village in the fog had suddenly become clear.
Standing here, they could roughly see the situation in the village.
Just the parts they could see had many strange dimensional creatures in the village. All of them looked like demons and ghosts. There were all kinds of them.
Hashihime was among them. However, at that moment, she was prostrating on the ground with the other demons and ghosts. They were all kneeling in the direction of the village's center.
They had already seen Hashihime's fear before. Such a powerful dimensional creature was actually prostrating on the ground, not even daring to raise its head. Then, what was she worshiping?
Everyone, including Zhou Wen, couldn't help but look in the direction where the demons and ghosts were kneeling. It was also the center of the village.
However, Zhou Wen and company didn't discover any terrifying creatures there. In the middle of the village was an empty space. Most of it was empty except for a well.
Zhou Wen realized that the strange sound came from the well.
"No good. This is the birthplace of Calamity creatures. Let's leave quickly." Fang Mingsu's expression suddenly changed drastically as he pulled Ji Moqing back. The bald officer and company hurriedly retreated with Fang Mingsu.
Unfortunately, it was a little too late for them to leave now. A large number of dimensional creatures had already appeared in the surrounding bamboo forest and beach.
Those dimensional creatures all looked strange, but their levels weren't low. They were at least at the Epic stage, and there were even Mythical existences.
The strongest among them were the man with the pipa on his back and Hashihime.
There were still many ghosts in the village that hadn't come out. The strongest one had a face like a devil's. It had a long nose and a pair of wings on its back. It looked very much like the legendary Daitengu.
Behind the Daitengu was a white-haired woman in a snow-white kimono. Her body floated up as snowflakes danced around her. She looked like the legendary Yuki Onna.
"Daitengu, Yuki Onna, Hashihime, and Amazuma. This is probably the birthplace of Calamity creatures … Could it be that the well is where the Calamity creatures are?" the bald officer said in horror.
"Follow closely by my side. Don't leave." Fang Mingsu pulled Ji Moqing as the Guardian armor on her body emitted a golden light. Wherever the golden light went, the ghosts retreated. If they retreated any slower, they would be burned to ashes by the golden light.
That Guardian's power is extremely masculine. It's indeed the nemesis of ghosts. It's no wonder Honn Shinsakura wants to use Fang Mingsu to immediately fight the ghosts. Zhou Wen sized up Fang Mingsu and guessed which race her Guardian came from.
Without needing Zhou Wen to guess, he soon knew where Fang Mingsu's Guardian came from.
Although the golden light on Fang Mingsu's body was extremely effective against ghosts, the four Terror-grade creatures weren't too afraid of Daitengu, Yuki Onna, and the other Terror-grade creatures. They surrounded Fang Mingsu.
Fang Mingsu had no choice but to use all her strength as she fought four alone. Soon, she revealed all her strength.
Seeing the familiar golden flames burning on Fang Mingsu's body as he forcefully resisted Daitengu and the other three Terror creatures, Zhou Wen immediately recognized that it was identical to the phoenix flames of the chick.
Could it be that the Guardian Fang Mingsu obtained is the one protected by the chick's mother? It's no wonder he can become one of the four Gods of Combat of the new era. Zhou Wen had raised the chick for so long, so he had a deep understanding of how powerful a phoenix was.
If Fang Mingsu really obtained the phoenix's Guardian, he definitely wouldn't be too weak.
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