Chapter Ninety-six: Take Action

  Liáng Yuán Hospital, Wang Dong and Lü Xiǎ sat facing each other, both with furrowed brows. Their daughter, Xiǎo Měi, had undergone a day of examinations, spending a lot of money but yielding no results; the doctor still didn't know what was wrong with her, and even suggested they transfer to a larger hospital for treatment - if not for Liu Yìyáng's instructions, they might have already completed the transfer procedures.

  The illness wasn't diagnosed, and Xiaomei suddenly became even weaker, her face deathly pale. The couple was extremely anxious.

  "Uncle Wang!"

  The couple was at a loss for what to do, considering whether to transfer hospitals tomorrow or find another expert to take a look when the hospital room door suddenly opened and several people walked in.

  Apart from Liu Yi Yang and Ouyang Xuan whom I met during the day, there were three other strangers.

  "Yiyang, you guys are here, Xiaomei is still the same, and even worse!"

  Wang Dong hastily stood up, his face looking terrible. Lu Xia's eyes were brimming with tears, and the sight of her daughter in this state made her heart ache even more. Today, she had secretly wiped away many tears, and until now, neither of them had eaten a single bite of food.

  "I know, don't worry, Xiaomei is a lucky person, nothing will happen to her!"

  Liu Yi Yang explained in a low voice that this was a separate ward, and the other beds originally had people, but they just happened to be discharged today, so it was empty. It's just right, otherwise we would have to transfer later.

  "Who are they?" Wang Dong looked at Director Liu and the other two, and asked in puzzlement.

  "Uncle Wang, you go back first tonight, Xiaomei is handed over to us to take care of, they are all here to help Xiaomei!"

  After a slight hesitation, Liu Yi Yang explained that it was now 9 o'clock in the evening and they had come to set up some things and make more comprehensive preparations.

  At this time, the special department and Ou Yang's family support had not arrived, they had to rely on themselves to protect Xiao Mei, not letting that demonic cultivator succeed, and also find out where the demonic cultivator was, capture or eliminate him.

  "Thank you, but we can't leave, Xiaomei is here, how can we go back? And it's also not safe!"

  Wang Dong thanked him, but refused the suggestion to let him leave. Liu Yi Yang hadn't spoken yet when Director Liu walked over and pulled Wang Dong aside, whispering something in his ear. Liu Yi Yang didn't catch what he said, but soon Wang Dong returned with a look of surprise on his face.

  "Yi Yang, we won't be staying here tonight. Xiaomei, Xiaomei is in your hands now, you must save her, please!"

  Wang Dong wiped his eyes and continued: "Yi Yang, I've known since you were young that you had great potential. I didn't expect that one day you'd become a big shot. You know, Uncle Wang is not talented, and this life has no other pursuits. Xiaomei is our everything. No matter what, you must save her. If you can rescue Xiaomei, I'll be your servant for the rest of my life!" As he spoke, Wang Dong bowed his head repeatedly.

  "Uncle Wang, don't say that, I'll definitely help you rescue Xiaomei!"

  Liu Yi Yang hastily supported him, Wang Dong's eyes were red and still had a hint of moisture. Liu Yi Yang didn't know what Director Liu had said to him that made him agree to leave temporarily.

  Wang Dong and Lu Xia left, Lu Xia was originally unwilling, but in the end Wang Dong forcibly took her away.

  They left, and also let Ouyang Huan take a small breath of relief. This time's opponent was not an ordinary person, and it would be even more uncertain to deal with that big devil if they had to divide their attention to take care of them.

  Liu Chuzhang and the two people who followed him also got busy, they set up some things.

  They all knew that they couldn't help with the fight against Mo Xiu, their task was to protect Xiao Mei, protecting her remaining two souls and five spirits. As long as it was just defense, they had some confidence, following Liu Chuzhang were the two strongest among them, each person having a strength of level 5 in the Mystic Door.

  Ouyang Xun also set up a formation, and everyone quietly waited like this.

  The ward inside became abnormally quiet, the nurse outside didn't know what method was used by Director Liu to persuade them to leave, all the patients on the entire floor temporarily left, tonight this floor only had one ward with someone, but all the lights were on.

  A quiet room with a sense of oppression, Liu Yi Yang slowly walked to the window and looked out.

  His heart didn't have much panic, the current him was no longer a person who could be intimidated by the third-level Yin evil, although he hadn't cultivated Xuan Gong, but the divine artifact gave him a lot of compensation.

  Thinking of the divine artifact, Liu Yiyang's heart had another strong sense of confidence.

  Today he spent the whole day in the museum, absorbing more spiritual energy than last time at the seaside museum. The most unexpected thing was that the Kuriyama Museum had a batch of bronze artifacts with a long-lasting spiritual energy, which supplemented him well once.

  Lishui is located in the Central Plains, with a rich and long history. These bronze wares are very early and all exquisite, with high value. This batch of high-value bronzes is the treasure of Lishui Museum, which has high value but cannot be circulated outside, just convenient for Liu Yiyang.

  After absorption, the 'Qian' character on the huge copper mirror in the void space was as bright as a street lamp, making the void space even brighter.

  These spiritual energies have also become his foundation today.

  Time slowly passed, and soon it was half past eleven, getting closer to twelve o'clock. Everyone's expression became solemn. Ouyang Xuan held her long sword-like cane, closed her eyes, and sat beside Xiaomei's sickbed.

  "Ling!"

  Ouyang Xun's small bell hanging on her body suddenly rang, she opened her eyes and looked out, quickly, a small paper crane flew in from outside, nodding at Ouyang Xun constantly, with a man's voice coming out of its mouth.

  Fei He Chuan Yin, this is Liu Yi Yang's first real encounter.

  "Director Liu, my third uncle is rushing here right now and will arrive soon. As long as we can hold on until he arrives, I believe that demon head will definitely be beheaded!"

  She folded the paper crane and whispered a sentence, Liu Chuzhang and the two people who followed him exchanged glances, with a hint of joy in their expressions, and the previous tension was also alleviated somewhat.

  Ouyang Xun's third uncle knew that he had helped them a lot before, and was a solid eighth-level expert. Some people said he had already entered the ninth level, which is why he hadn't shown up recently.

  They are not clear about the specific strength, but when Liu was not a director, Ou Yang's third uncle did not help them. He is an old friend and knows his ferocity. With him coming this time, that demon head can definitely be eliminated.

  In addition, Supervisor Si of the Higher Inspection Department is also rushing over. With the powerful and mysterious Liu Yi Yang, Director Liu has absolute confidence that this time he will be able to eliminate the suddenly appearing demon lord and remove the hidden danger for the country.

  "Hoo-hoo!"

  Just then, a gust of cold wind suddenly came from outside, and several people's expressions changed in an instant.

  It's not yet midnight, they thought the demon would only make a move after 12 o'clock when the yin energy is strongest, which is also the easiest time to capture souls. Unexpectedly, it acted ahead of schedule.

  "Attention, hide!"

  Ouyang Xun reminded him, and Liu Chuchang immediately turned off the lights in the room. The room suddenly became pitch black, with only a sliver of moonlight shining through from outside.

  "Huff! Huff!"

  The dark wind grew stronger, the windows started knocking continuously, even the doors began to shake, everyone stood still on the spot, quietly waiting.

  The door, which had been blown open by the wind and was creaking with a loud "bang", suddenly swung wide open. A tall and gaunt figure appeared in the doorway, its presence illuminated by the moonlight, making it look incredibly terrifying. The few people inside the room stared at the figure, their faces grave with concern.

  Ouyang Xun's eyebrows jumped, this demon cultivator was even more cunning than she had imagined. He didn't directly use the Soul Shackles Technique, but instead used a puppet to come and check out the situation.

  If he uses Soul Shackles directly, taking advantage of the opportunity to bind his soul, Ouyang Xun can give him a sneak attack. The Soul Shackles technique is very taxing on spiritual energy and requires using one's own spirit to pull, making it likely that a sneak attack would bring him down with a heavy sword, giving Ouyang Xun the chance to eliminate him before reinforcements arrive.

  He didn't expect this person to be so cautious and used a puppet first, causing her to lose the opportunity for a sneak attack.

  The shadow entered the room, and through the moonlight, they could see that it was a dark, over two meters tall human-shaped shadow. Its face couldn't be seen, and it looked like a mass of black fog, wrapped tightly around itself.

  The wind died down and the shadow also entered the room, then paused for a moment.

  This shadow puppet has the spiritual intelligence of a demon cultivator, and can see everything in the room. Seeing the two young people staring at him by Xiaomei's bedside, as well as the three people beside them also gazing at him, he felt that something was off. Ordinary people wouldn't be able to see his existence, so why were they staring at him like this?

  "Get moving!"

  Taking advantage of the shadow's stillness, Ouyang Huan suddenly shouted, and the black sword flew out. Three small stars shot out simultaneously.

  A flash of lightning, a flash of fire and a flash of blood simultaneously appeared on the shadow's body. The three lights were followed by a long black sword that pierced directly through its body.

  Liu Chuchang's peach wood sword also came out, the peach wood sword had a red glow on it, flew to the top of the shadow's head, and drilled straight down from the top. The other two subordinates held a black net and directly covered it up.

  "Boom!"

  "Hiss!"

  The shadow's body rapidly emitted white smoke, letting out a pained screech. This shadow puppet was not of a low rank, but in an unguarded moment, it had been ambushed by Ouyang Xun and the others, suffering a heavy blow from their swords.

  "Essence emerges from Qian and enters the position of Zhen!"

  Liu Yi Yang stretched out his finger, a bolt of lightning suddenly appeared, heavily striking the Shadow Puppet's body. The black shadow was dispersed by more than half, its height of over two meters reduced to just over one meter, and it continued to let out a mournful howl.

  "Huff! Huff!"

  The dark wind stirred again, Liu Chuchang suddenly retreated a step back, his peach wood sword was forced out by the shadow puppet, and flew back into his hand with a faint glow. Ouyang Xuan's black long sword also returned to her hand, but there was no change or impact.

  "Bang!"

  Two people who were covering the black shadow with a net were also blown away, and as soon as they landed, they rushed up again, once again pressing down on the large black net, making it impossible for the black shadow to escape from the net. However, the two of them were also barely holding on, and the black net was likely to be torn apart at any moment.

  "Easy, pin him down, give me one minute, I can find his true body's location!"

  Ouyang Huan shouted loudly, Liu Yiyang immediately nodded and shifted his body to a different position, stretching out his hand again.

  "Essence emerges from shock, enters the position of Tongue!" A golden light appeared, covering down from above the black net, and the dark shadow could no longer move.