Crossing the Palace Fighting Fox Harem

Chapter 387: Escape into the Demonic Path

Time went back to half an hour ago in the Xianke Pavilion. Yun Zhen was sleeping soundly when he was suddenly awakened by a hurried knock on the door.

Xuanjizi knocked on the door and shouted, "Master, something bad has happened. The jailer in the dungeon just reported that Yuanrong was sitting cross-legged in the cell, concentrating his breath, and his whole body was glowing green. I don't know what he was doing. Let's go over and take a look!"

Yun Zhen, who had just woken up, was struck by lightning when he heard the words "Yuan Rong" and "Green Light". He woke up immediately and muttered to himself: "Impossible, his magic power has been sealed, he can't do it again..."

I suddenly felt a tightness in my chest and could sense a terrifying force surging from the direction of the dungeon.

Yun Zhen put on his coat, pushed the door open, and rushed to the dungeon with Xuanjizi to find out what was going on.

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As soon as they reached the entrance of the dungeon, they were forced by the evil spirit and couldn't get any closer.

Liuguang, who had heard the news and rushed over, stepped forward and asked, "Yun Zhen, what happened? Why can Yuan Rong still cast spells?"

Even a blind person could see what kind of evil magic Yuan Rong was using, let alone the normal light in his eyes.

Yun Zhen shook his head in panic and said, "I don't know. Could it be that... he has gone astray..." This is the biggest possibility.

Although Yun Zhen has sealed Yuan Rong's Taoism, this method can only protect against gentlemen but not villains. If Yuan Rong is determined to break out of the prison, he can achieve his goal by using unknown evil magic and secret techniques, which is simply impossible to prevent.

"It seems that he has also made a desperate move this time..." Yun Zhen pondered. Taoist Yuan Rong, who always claimed to be a famous and righteous Taoist, actually resorted to evil magic. This would not only destroy his reputation accumulated over decades, but might also endanger his life.

"He is not a gentleman to begin with. It is precisely because of his evil intentions that he flatters the Queen Mother - what should we do now?" Liuguang subconsciously drew his sword, although he knew that ordinary swords would be completely ineffective in this situation.

Yun Zhen said calmly: "The evil spirit here is too strong. No one should get close for now. Let all strangers leave."

The most urgent task was to evacuate the guards gathered here as soon as possible. Otherwise, if Taoist Yuan Rong suddenly broke out of the prison, these guards would not only be powerless to fight back, but would also become the innocent victims of the fire at the city gate.

"Okay." Liuguang followed Yun Zhen's advice and immediately ordered all the guards stationed here to evacuate.

In less than half an incense stick of time, only Yun Zhen, Liu Guang and Xuan Jizi were left near the dungeon. Yun Zhen's fingertips lit up with a little fluorescence, which turned into a thin line dancing like a spirit snake in the spell. The thin line seemed to have eyes, encircling the dungeon and turning it into a huge net. The center of the net happened to be the area with the strongest evil energy in the dungeon, which was also where Taoist Yuan Rong was.

Under the fluorescent light, it was easy to see the terrible black gas emanating from the center of the dungeon. Fortunately, the power of the fluorescent light was even stronger, and it suppressed the black gas in a short while.

As the black air gradually dissipated, the stuffy feeling in Yun Zhen’s chest finally disappeared.

Xuanjizi stepped forward and asked, "Master, has he been subdued by you?"

Yun Zhen retracted the fluorescent light, stared at the dungeon entrance, and remained silent for a long time.

"Master?"

Xuanjizi asked again, and Yun Zhen finally came to his senses and replied, "No, I'm afraid it's not that simple..."

With Yuan Rong's magical power, it is impossible for him to be subdued so easily. Although it is true that the miasma has dissipated, it is also possible that this is a trap set by Yuan Rong.

"Why don't we go in and take a look." Liuguang took a few steps closer to the prison door. He could no longer hold back and wanted to rush in to see what was going on.

"This might be a trap. He's deliberately luring us closer..." Yun Zhen was a little hesitant.

"Can't the three of us deal with a weakened Yuan Rong? Maybe he is just bluffing?" Liuguang suggested another possibility. Judging from his tone, no matter how Yun Zhen advised him, he couldn't stop him.

"Okay, follow me." Yun Zhen sighed softly. Standing outside the door was not a solution. He had to find out what was going on.

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Walking down the stone steps slowly, the dampness in the dungeon mixed with the lingering miasma hit them in the face, making it difficult for the three to breathe.

They came to the cell where Yuan Rong was imprisoned and saw Yuan Rong sitting cross-legged in the darkness, motionless, as if only a shell was left.

Liuguang called out a few times, but Yuanrong did not respond, and it was unknown whether he heard him or not.

"There's something strange indeed..." Xuanjizi murmured and subconsciously clenched his fists.

Yun Zhen blocked Xuanjizi and Liuguang behind him, walked towards the iron railing, and shouted to Yuan Rong who was sitting cross-legged in the darkness: "Master, your magic power has been sealed, don't resist anymore..."

Before he could finish his words, he heard a gloomy laugh coming from the darkness.

This laughter was so terrifying that it sounded like the howling of a fierce ghost. Anyone who heard it would feel their hair stand on end and their whole body shiver.

"You guys leave here first!" Yun Zhen had a bad feeling and shouted at Liuguang and Xuanjizi.

But before Liuguang and Xuanjizi could react, they saw several long black snakes flying out from the darkness and attacking them.

Liuguang swung his sword and cut off a black snake, but after the black snake fell to the ground, it not only did not die, but immediately turned into two black snakes, biting Liuguang's left and right ankles. Liuguang, whose ankles were injured, could not stand up, and his body fell down diagonally. After falling to the ground, his body did not touch the cold floor, but a layer of cold and crawling living things.

After a scream of "Ah!", Liuguang realized that the ground was already covered with black snakes, like a carpet woven with black snakes. As soon as Liuguang fell to the ground, the black snake carpet quickly rolled up, trying to wrap Liuguang in it.

"Sir, be careful!" Xuanjizi rushed forward and used a flaming talisman to disperse the black snake that was rushing towards him.

Fortunately, he appeared in time, otherwise Liuguang would have been swallowed by the black snake.

"Let's get out of here quickly!" Yun Zhen didn't expect that there would be so many poisonous snakes gathered in the dungeon, and he retreated in panic.

Xuanjizi was supporting the injured Liuguang and was about to retreat towards the prison door, but the intersection had already been blocked by the black snake, leaving him with nowhere to go.

The black snake's fangs left many wounds on Liuguang and Xuanjizi's feet. The venom quickly flowed through their bodies, gradually paralyzing their bodies. Not only could they not walk, they almost lost their consciousness.

Yun Zhen opened the prison door and ran towards Yuan Rong in the depths of darkness. He grabbed Yuan Rong's shoulders and tried to lift him up from the ground.

But as soon as he touched Yuan Rong's body, Yuan Rong shattered into pieces with a crisp "pop" sound, just like a piece of porcelain falling to the ground!

The sharp fragments flying around left many tiny scratches on Yun Zhen's body. But the pain caused by these scratches was far less severe than the bite of the poisonous snake. Yun Zhen didn't even feel that he was injured at all, as the pain had long been dulled by the fangs of the poisonous snake. He opened his right hand that had just held Yuan Rong's shoulder and found that there was only a pile of black ashes left in his hand.

"What on earth is happening..." Yun Zhen's pupils shrank rapidly. He didn't understand what kind of evil magic Yuan Rong used to turn his body into powder and result in hundreds of black snakes.

There is no doubt that this must be some forbidden technique.

Yuan Rong, who used forbidden techniques, must have long since given up his moral reputation, with only the burning flame of revenge left in his heart.

At this moment, Yuan Rong's wild laughter was heard again in the darkness.

Liuguang gathered up his last bit of strength and swung his sword at the snakes. But it didn't work at all. The number of chopped snakes increased from one to two. Xuanjizi's spell was no longer effective. The black snakes climbed up his arms and pulled him down.

But in the blink of an eye, none of the three people in the dungeon, except Yun Zhen, could stand.

In the giant web woven by black snakes, Liuguang and Xuanjizi were about to be swallowed by the poisonous snakes. At this moment, a dazzling red light rose from the darkness and turned into a red fireball.

Black snakes are afraid of fire, and as the fire grew stronger, they had to retreat to the surrounding areas.

The fireball grew bigger and bigger, and finally turned into a circle of light, trapping Liuguang, Xuanjizi, and Yunzhen in it. The fire circle was safe, and all the black snakes retreated outside the fire circle. Liuguang and Xuanjizi, who were almost swallowed by the black snakes, finally got a chance to breathe.

This fire circle was the last resort that Yun Zhen could come up with. The flames burned his true energy. If his true energy was exhausted, the flames would go out, and the black snakes entrenched outside the fire circle would pounce on them again.

Yun Zhen didn’t know how long he could hold on. If he couldn’t break out of the black snakes’ encirclement, all three of them would die.

"Master..." Xuanjizi's voice was barely audible, as if he was terminally ill, "What should we do now?"

Yun Zhen didn't say anything. Now he had to concentrate all his energy on maintaining the fire circle and had no energy left to answer Xuanjizi's questions.

"I seem to... know this... forbidden technique..." Liuguang supported his weak body with the hilt of the sword, and finally straightened his upper body, and said slowly, "Yuan Rong must have abandoned his physical body and merged with the shikigami..."

Although Liuguang could not use Taoist magic, he had read a lot of Taoist classics.

Yun Zhen originally sealed Yuan Rong's ability to use Taoism in his physical body, but did not seal his soul. Now his soul has left his body and entered the body of the Shikigami, using the Shikigami's body to perform magic and break the seal that Yun Zhen had placed on him. However, Yuan Rong, who had merged with the Shikigami, was no longer a Taoist priest, or even a human being, but an out-and-out monster.

"Yuan Rong! I was the one who planned to capture you. It has nothing to do with them. If you want revenge, just come after me alone!" Liu Guang shouted at the snakes. After he finished shouting, his vision went dark and he almost fainted.

The black snake's venom was roaming throughout his body, and he didn't know how long he could hold on. Although he was not naive enough to think that Yuan Rong still knew the saying "every wrong has its perpetrator, every debt has its creditor", at least he should take the blame before he lost consciousness.

"Haha." After a burst of wild laughter, Yuan Rong's terrifying voice echoed over the dungeon, "I don't care about your lives. What I want is the fox... the fox..."