Weird Cultivation, I have a five-organ temple

Chapter 649 Promises Must Be Fulfilled, No Need for Thanks

"what?"

The Soul-Eating Captain's expression changed drastically; he hadn't even noticed anyone approaching.

However, judging from Hua Qi and Wei Song's expressions, they did not seem to be faking it.

When did Feng Qi and Xing Ling develop the ability to deceive his senses?

With a puzzled look in his eyes, Captain Soul Eater quickly turned around to look.

At the same time, he silently made a hand seal with his left hand from his sleeve, while his right hand surged with witch energy, condensing into a dark incantation.

As soon as he turned around, the Soul-Eating Captain saw two figures floating towards him on the wind.

Judging from their clothes and figures, it was indeed Feng Qi and Xing Ling, but their faces were blurry and difficult to discern... as if they were separated by a layer of mist.

In each of their hands, they held a head. Hair was disheveled, mixed with thick blood, obscuring the face. For a moment, it was impossible to tell whose head it was.

This scene was strange and eerie. Under normal circumstances, the Soul-Eating Captain and his six Disciplined Black Witches would have been on their guard.

But for some reason, at that moment, their minds all seemed to wander for a moment.

It was this momentary lapse in concentration that caused "Feng Qi" and "Xing Ling" to drift close to them.

Only then did the Soul-Eating Captain and the six Black Witches realize that it was not Feng Qi and Xing Ling who had come.

They weren't even alive!
Although they were dressed in Feng Qi and Xing Ling's clothes, their bodies were eerily pale, with only two striking crimson spots on their left and right cheeks.

It's a paper figure!
In funeral parlors, there are paper figures made for the dead!

The severed heads they were carrying were none other than Feng Qi and Xing Ling!
The two men stared wide-eyed, their faces contorted in death, their expressions revealing disbelief and terror in their final moments.

"I'll bring you my head, and I mean it."

"Even if they can't do it, we will fulfill our promise for them and never let them break their word."

No need for thanks!

The two paper figures grinned, revealing inhuman smiles. Their sinister tone and stiff expressions sent chills down one's spine.

Before the words were finished, two heads suddenly flew out of the paper figure's hand, shooting towards the Soul-Eating Captain like arrows released from a bow!
Although startled, Captain Soul Eater remained calm and reacted extremely quickly.

"I knew something was off!"

"You want to hurt me? You're not qualified!"

He roared, and the already formed spell flew out from his sleeve, transforming into a hideous demonic mouth, from which several rusty, blood-red coffin nails were spat out with a "plop" sound!
"boom--"

"boom--"

Feng Qi and Xing Ling's heads were pierced through the air by the coffin nails and exploded into two clouds of blood mist.

More coffin nails were driven firmly into the two paper figures that were lunging at them. A burst of violent witch power erupted, instantly tearing the two paper figures to pieces.

"Humph!"

Having landed a successful blow, the Soul-Eating Captain looked around and, seeing nothing amiss, scoffed disdainfully, "A mere trick, yet you dare to show off in front of me?"

But as soon as he finished speaking, he realized something was wrong, and his expression changed again.

Although he destroyed Feng Qi's and Xing Ling's heads, as well as the two strange paper figures, with a single blow, there was a strange power hidden within them. Like a bone-deep infection, it clung to his witch energy and began to frantically pollute and erode him!

The Soul-Eating Captain felt the witch energy within his body was in a state of chaos, and even his body began to show signs of abnormal changes!
The other six Disciplined Black Witches also suffered the same fate.

"It's divine power!"

"Chaotic Divine Power!"

The Soul-Eating Captain, with his seasoned experience, instantly discerned the origin of this power and shouted urgently, "Quickly circulate your energy to purify it! Bring out any pills, magical artifacts, or anything else you can!"

While trying his best to suppress the chaos within his body, he took out several talismans and pills.

The six disciplined black wizards remained calm and reacted swiftly, clearly indicating that this was not the first time they had encountered such a situation.

What truly alarmed them was why the two paper figures, and the heads of Feng Qi and Xing Ling, contained chaotic divine power.

"It must have been that bastard who did this!"

"The intelligence says he's skilled in Nuo witchcraft and communicating with spirits; he must have tampered with it!"

These few disciplined black witches were quite capable; they instantly discerned the source of the chaotic divine power.

But there was one thing they couldn't understand: the intelligence said that the rat was only at the Lesser Completion of the Heavenly Realm, so how could it kill Feng Qi and Xing Ling without alerting them?
Was the intelligence incorrect?
Or is it that a powerful expert is secretly protecting that group of cultivators?

Amidst the confusion and speculation, there was also the disdainful mockery of the Disciplined Black Witch:

"Unfortunately, this move might work against others. We have plenty of experience dealing with chaotic divine power!"

"If they were hiding on either side and launching a surprise attack in the chaos, they might have caught us off guard for a while. But right now, they're just wasting our time; they can't hurt us at all!"

"Hmph, if they really dared to hide nearby, how could we not know? The mental curse the master just cast had already thrown them into chaos and made them kill each other!"

These disciplined black witches clearly hadn't heard the story of "the Prime Minister's Three Smiles".

Just as they were laughing, the Soul-Eating Captain suddenly realized something was wrong.

He should have been alerted when the paper figure floated closer carrying the heads of Feng Qi and Xing Ling.

But his mind went blank for a moment, which allowed the paper figure to get close and caused all these things to happen.

Why was he delirious?
Is it...

The Soul-Eating Captain's expression changed drastically, and he shouted urgently, "Get out of here! Quickly!"

He immediately activated the Shrinking Earth Technique to escape to a distant place.

But at that very moment, from the haphazardly lying remains of the mechanical puppets, bursts of spiritual light suddenly erupted.

In an instant, all sorts of hidden weapons, curses, poisons, and Gu creatures surged out from the broken puppet like a raging torrent, sweeping over the seven people and threatening to engulf them.

Even the broken mechanical puppets sprang up from the ground and launched a fierce attack!

The Discipline Black Wizard, who had been mocking and ridiculing just moments before, was now unable to laugh, and even his escape was difficult. He could only scramble to deal with this sudden change.

Normally, they wouldn't take such a sneak attack seriously at all—it may seem impressive, but it's still too weak for them.

But the situation is different now.

They have been corrupted and eroded by divine power, and the witch power within them is in a chaotic state and difficult to control.

Moreover, this sneak attack, primarily consisting of curses and poisons, further exacerbated the chaotic state within their bodies, making it difficult for them to fully utilize their strength.

For a moment, the seven were caught off guard by this sneak attack, which they would normally consider insignificant, and found themselves in a chaotic and disheveled state. Not only was their magical power rapidly depleted, but some of them were also injured in the attack.

A quarter of an hour later.

All the mechanical puppets were torn to pieces.

All the hidden weapons, curses, poisonous miasma, and Gu poisons that filled the sky were destroyed and dispelled.

This bizarre battle is now over.

However, there was not a trace of joy on the face of the Soul-Eating Captain.

He was jumping up and down, roaring and cursing: "Useless! All of you are useless!"

Although the sneak attack just now didn't kill them, it left them in a very sorry and uncomfortable state.

The Soul-Eating Captain was not injured, but his witch energy was greatly depleted, and his divine power corruption was barely suppressed, so he could launch a counterattack at any time.

In addition, he was also afflicted by several curses and poisons that were difficult to resolve in the short term, and could only be suppressed by witchcraft.

Among the six commandment black wizards under his command, some were in far worse condition than him.

Feng Ping, Zhao Guang, and Wei Song, like the Soul-Eating Captain, were all at the Mingxin Realm, and their situation was much better.

The other three were in much worse shape—their bodies were ulcerated in many places, and their witch energy was turbulent and disordered. Although they took pills, the effects were not good, and they could only barely suppress the poison from erupting.

As for the divine power contamination, it is suppressed by witchcraft talismans and remnant spirits.

They were just a group of Qi Refining cultivators, with only a few at the Zhou Tian realm, yet their scheme had managed to trap them like this!
"My lord, it's not that we are incompetent, but those ants are simply too cunning!"

Feng Ping gritted his teeth and said, "The tricks they used, if taken individually, are all mediocre and could not possibly harm us. But when they are put together, their power is astonishing. It's really strange!"

"The key issue is still the contamination of divine power," Zhao Guang echoed. "Our witchcraft was corrupted, and in that chaotic and out-of-control state, we were suddenly ambushed. We couldn't even use 40% of our full power. The person who orchestrated this attack is extremely cunning. Hidden weapons, spells, talismans, and so on are all feints. What's truly formidable are the curses and poisonous miasma!"

Wei Song nodded and said, "That curse and poisonous miasma are definitely not something that cultivators at the Qi Refining or Zhou Tian realms could create and release. Either there was a powerful expert assisting them, or there are disciples from prestigious sects among these cultivators who possess extraordinary treasures bestowed by their elders!"

"Those cultivators were cautious. They set up such a killing trap, yet they didn't follow us and launch a sneak attack in the chaos. Instead, they escaped... It's a real pity."

Feng Ping sighed, but not with relief, but with regret.

"Although our cultivation has been weakened by divine power, curses, and poisonous miasma, we are still more than capable of killing this group of cultivators. What a pity."

It's a real pity. If those cultivators were here, they could have killed them all, even if they were injured.

But now, he hasn't killed a single person, and he's in a terrible state.

Even more terrifying, the group of cultivators sent a message calling for reinforcements and even revealed their identities!

Their attempt to frame the weasel is unlikely to succeed.

Moreover, the cultivators and officials of Jiang Kingdom will definitely surround and intercept them!
As disciplined black witches, they were driven to this point by a group of cultivators who regarded them as ants... This was the reason why the Soul-Eating Captain was so furious.

"My lord, shall we retreat before the high-level cultivators from Jiang Kingdom arrive?"

A commandment-based dark witch suggested that "blisters" were constantly bulging on his body.

This is a sign of divine corruption and impending change.

This time, the power that Shang Lu hid in the paper figures and mechanical puppets was not the power of gods such as the Mountain Spirit or the Eastern Lord, but the divine power of Wuzhiqi.

Wuzhiqi's divine power was already very chaotic, and even after it was intercepted and refined by Shanglu's Five Internal Organs Temple, this chaotic energy was not eliminated.

Not to mention, the pokeweed hidden inside the paper figures and mechanical puppets was still the unrefined divine power of Wuzhiqi.

It was violent and chaotic to the extreme!
It's already quite remarkable that the Discipline Black Witch wasn't immediately corrupted and driven mad by it!
Moreover, Shang Lu did not expect that Wuzhiqi's chaotic divine power would actually resonate so well with the curses and poisonous miasma, causing the curses and poisonous miasma released by the cultivators to unleash unimaginable power.

If Shang Lu had foreseen this earlier, he probably would have sneaked nearby. Even if he couldn't kill the seven Discipline Black Witches in the chaos, killing one or two before escaping would have been better.

"Retreat now? Even if we manage to return to Chu alive, we'll be subjected to the cruel torture of being torn apart and having our souls ripped apart!" the Soul-Eating Captain said through gritted teeth.

If they successfully killed Ba Shu and brought his soul and flesh back to the State of Chu to present to the king, even if it exposed their whereabouts and caused diplomatic disputes, it would not be enough to prove anything.

If the Jiang Kingdom dares to wage war, Your Majesty would be more than happy to oblige.

But if they return empty-handed, they will face the king's wrath!
At that time, not only will they be doomed, but their families and even their relatives will also suffer.

Even if the king were to spare them, the Discipline Black Witches would still enforce their family laws against them.

Being scared away by a group of Qi Refining Realm cultivators... The Discipline Black Witches have never lost face like this since their inception!
What a shame!
"These cultivators used such a vicious scheme but didn't dare to launch a sneak attack in the chaos. Instead, they ran away, which means they're afraid of us... Since they're afraid, their strength can't be too great!"

"What we need to do now is to chase after them immediately and kill them all! Even if they scatter and flee, we must catch up with that rat, kill him, and bring him back!"

"As long as we bring back that rat's flesh, blood, and soul, even if we cause a huge problem, we will still be serving the king. We will only be rewarded, not punished!"

The Soul-Eating Captain quickly made up his mind.

Seeing this, the other disciplined black wizards said no more.

They were also burning with rage and wanted to kill someone before leaving.

The Black Wizard of Discipline has never suffered such a loss before!

The Soul-Eating Captain immediately took out a map made of human skin and located Shang Lu's position.

"go!"

He roared, no longer concealing his form, and directly activated his witchcraft, transforming into a cloud of blood as he flew out.

Upon seeing this, Feng Ping and the others immediately used their respective flying techniques to catch up.

At this moment, all seven men wanted to kill as quickly as possible, and they no longer bothered to conceal their whereabouts.

At full speed, the distance of over a hundred miles was covered in no time.

"The Naba Rat is in this valley!"

After glancing at the map and confirming the location, the Soul-Eating Captain looked down at the valley below from his vantage point.

The valley was shrouded in mist, making it impossible to see clearly what was inside.

He raised an eyebrow, his mind filled with doubt: "Ba Shu didn't run away... Is he trying to hide here and escape our pursuit? Or did he and those cultivators set a trap here, waiting for us to fall into it?"

Having learned his lesson once, the Soul-Eating Captain became very cautious. Although he was eager to rush down, kill the Rat, and escape, he suppressed his impulse.

A fierce glint flashed in his eyes. He snorted coldly and ordered, "Zhao Guang, you're skilled in observing qi. See what's going on in this valley!"

"Leader!"

Zhao Guang responded and began to perform the ritual, surveying the heavens and the earth.

(End of this chapter)