The old Daoist priest's breath seemed ordinary, but it was not.
As soon as he exhaled, a vortex immediately formed, wrapping around the blood bat. Despite its massive size, the blood bat couldn't break free from the vortex's restraints.
Seeing that he had succeeded, Old Taoist immediately fled.
It wasn't that he didn't want to be loyal. After all, he wasn't familiar with White Ape yet. Moreover, he knew his own capabilities. He might be able to deal with regular people, but not Blood Bat.
Having traveled the martial world for more than a decade, Old Taoist had seen all kinds of storms and was knowledgeable. Naturally, he had heard of this group of villainous experts.
The villainous community had its own rules. There was no capital for villainous people and each province had its own ranking. This blood bat was a famous villainous expert in the Central Continent.
The same went for the monk who controlled the python. In fact, his ranking was even higher than this blood bat.
Among the most wicked people in the world, he could be ranked in the top twenty.
Old Taoist naturally didn't dare to provoke existences like them because both of them had Rank 4 pet beasts. Old Taoist had some skills but he didn't have a pet beast of his own. The monkey demon disciple he had taken in was only Rank 2. Although he could speak and had cultivated a shapeshifting technique, he didn't have any offensive skills.
Hence, running was the right choice.
But even though he wanted to, the other party wouldn't let him.
The blood bat woman's expression turned cold. Invoking a spell, her pet beast immediately expanded and glowed with a crimson light.
In an instant, it broke through the restraints of the vortex and fanned out a strong gust of wind, sending Old Taoist tumbling a few dozen feet away.
Old Taoist was dazed from the fall and his head was bruised. He lay on the ground for a long time, unable to get up. Seeing that the blood bat was about to pounce on him, Old Taoist shouted, "My life is over."
Just then, a rock flew over and struck the blood bat's head, shattering it.
Then came the second, and the third.
The one who threw the rock was the monkey demon.
Old Taoist mused, 'At least this evil disciple still has a conscience.'
The old Taoist could see that things were not going to end well. It was obvious that the other party wanted to silence them. Furthermore, the old Taoist had sharp eyes. In the yard, the most powerful beast was the rank 4 fire wolf. But now, it was being restrained by a jade dragon.
Needless to say, the jade dragon was also Rank 4.
This was the Jade Dragon Kingdom so it wasn't strange to have a jade dragon here. But the problem was that this jade dragon was with a villainous expert. This meant that they were officials who wanted to deal with the fire wolf and white ape.
This wasn't going to be easy.
Based on Old Taoist's personality, he would never get involved in such matters. But now, he had to get involved even if he didn't want to. Most importantly, the Blood Bat didn't seem to have any intention of letting him go.
The old Taoist was not a kind person. He had done good things, but he had also done evil things. Now that someone wanted his life, how could he sit still and wait for death?
"I don't want to die yet!" Old Taoist steeled himself and took out a wrinkled talisman.
That talisman appeared to be very ordinary. However, one could see that there was a row of characters written on it. Those characters were written with vigor and contained an air of righteousness.
"There is a dragon in the Thunder Loch, and he is called a saint. There is a sound from his belly drum, and he can control lightning and thunder.
The old Taoist gritted his teeth as he recited the edict.
The reason was simple. This was a lightning talisman.
There was only one in the entire Cloud Sect. Once he used it, it would be gone. Old Taoist treated this talisman like a treasure. Even if he was in danger, he wouldn't take it out.
Today's situation was clearly life-threatening. If he didn't use it, he would lose his life.
Between life and death, there was no need to think too much about which to choose.
Hence, Old Taoist used it even though his heart was bleeding.
In the next instant, a bolt of lightning struck the blood bat. The sound was loud but it was weaker than Old Taoist expected.
He thought it would be a bolt of lightning.
Speaking of which, this was his first time using it. He had only heard about it from the elders in the monastery. He didn't expect this lightning talisman to be so childish.
But even if it was weak, it was still a bolt of lightning.
The blood bat was immediately struck to the ground. Electric arcs crackled around its body and a large part of its body was charred. Even though this lightning talisman wasn't that powerful, it was enough to inflict unbearable pain on the blood bat, rendering it immobile for a moment.
Not far away, the woman on the rooftop was startled. That bolt of lightning clearly wasn't summoned with the pet beast's power as it carried a tremendous amount of power.
It was a spell.
An orthodox Taoist spell.
The woman's instinctive reaction was fear and dread. But she quickly came to her senses. Because she saw Old Taoist's wretched appearance, he must have used an external force instead of a powerful one. Otherwise, that bolt of lightning wouldn't have been so weak.
"How dare you hurt my pet beast. I'll make sure you die a horrible death!" The woman roared angrily and cast a spell. She grabbed a cow from somewhere and threw it over. Seeing this, the Blood Bat flew over and opened its mouth. The cow's blood was sucked dry in an instant.
The burns on the blood bat's body also healed quickly.
Old Taoist shuddered at the sight. He was out of ideas now. Even his most powerful lightning talisman couldn't do anything. He was truly out of ideas.
He couldn't win, nor could he run. He could only wait for death.
In the royal capital, there was an inconspicuous and unknown teahouse. Although its business wasn't that great, it was definitely an established shop that had been open for several years.
Hu Ji Teahouse.
The owner's surname was Hu. He was an old man with no ambitions. When business was good or bad, he would set up his stall regardless of the weather.
And now, Old Hu was a little afraid.
Not because of any other reason. Since yesterday, four strange people had been sitting at his stall.
Not all of them were strange. One of them looked like a scholar, which was considered normal. Oh right, there was also a beautiful woman carrying a swaddle. She didn't seem to be a problem either.
Especially the beautiful woman's appearance. Tsk tsk, she was definitely the most beautiful woman Old Hu had ever seen. She was many times better than the sallow old woman in his house.
As for the other two, one looked like a fiend while the other was even more terrifying. He wore thick clothes and was tall and exuded a strange smell. Beside him was a coffin.
Which normal person would bring a coffin with them?
But the problem was, after these four people sat on the long bench for an entire day and night, something was wrong. Even the scholar and the beautiful woman carrying the swaddle were no different from normal people in Old Hu's eyes.
Fortunately, these four people didn't do anything. They just sat there. The scholar was even sipping his tea. As for the other three, the beautiful woman would occasionally tease the child while the other two were no different from statues. They didn't make a sound or say a word.
Boss Hu was under a lot of pressure.
His only consolation was that these four people were very generous. The money they gave yesterday was enough to cover his monthly income. So, if they wanted to sit, he would let them.
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