Shocking! The female protagonist unlocked her powers by killing people!

Chapter 168 How did they manage to run away carrying someone?

After listening, Ling Yi asked, "Besides those you rescued and us, have any other people been here?"

The Spirit Pearl shook its head: "It's gone."

“You were pulled in by me, which is why you are here. The others were pulled in by the demons. The demons know that I have set up a protective barrier here, and they will not let their prey get close to this place, lest they be rescued.”

"I understand." Ling Yi turned and left: "I'm going to rescue people and deal with those demonic spirits while I'm at it."

“Alright,” said the Spirit Pearl. “I will wait for you here.”

"Hmm." Ling Yi responded without saying anything more. However, after taking only two steps, he heard the voice of the Spirit Pearl: "Those who are burdened with darkness are more likely to become targets of demonic spirits. You should be careful of your friends, especially the man who has the same summoning power as you."

Upon hearing this, Ling Yi stopped and turned around, only to find that the Spirit-Nourishing Pearl was no longer there.

"Ling Yi." Just then, Ye Qingshuang walked over: "Who is that girl?"

"The guardians here were originally there to suppress the demons, but their power weakened and they could no longer suppress them. So the demons started to cause trouble, capturing people, wanting to eat them or find a host."

"Then we need to hurry if we want to save them," Ye Qingshuang said, "otherwise it will be too late."

"Let's go." Ling Yi walked in the opposite direction of the light sphere: "Besides saving people, we also need to deal with those things."

“The demonic spirits need to be killed by the source of otherworldly spirits. If there is no source of otherworldly spirits, then I can only use the method I used before, but…” Ye Qing Shuang looked up at the sky here. It was dark and gloomy, and black mist filled the air, which showed how many demonic spirits there were.

One of them had already exhausted her strength. There were so many, she couldn't do it, at least not without breaking the limits. Breaking them was another matter entirely.

“There’s a way to solve this.” Ling said as they walked, “When we encounter the demon spirits, I’ll hold them off while you guys search the surrounding area for any students who are hiding.”

Ye Qingshuang wasn't that concerned about the students; she was more interested in what Ling Yi had said: "There's a way to solve it, what way?"

"You're not really planning to eat them, are you?"

"It's disgusting," Ye Qingshuang said bitterly. "Ling Yi, let's try another method."

Lin Chengtian, who hadn't spoken since the Spirit-Gathering Pearl appeared, asked upon hearing this, "What ate them?"

"Uh." Ye Qingshuang didn't know whether she should answer or not, and looked at Ling Yi.

"The literal meaning." Ling Yi said casually, "Those things can't be killed by ordinary forces, so we have to use other methods. Eating them is one of them."

Lin Chengtian frowned, about to say something, when Ling Yi spoke first: "However, the solution I'm talking about this time isn't eating."

Ye Qingshuang breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this: "It's good that it's not food."

She really didn't want Ling Yi to eat that stuff; it was disgusting.

The group remained silent and continued walking forward. After walking for most of the day, they encountered neither the demon spirit nor any students. It was clear that the demon spirit was keeping a great distance to prevent its prey from being rescued.

"Tsk." Ling Yi looked up at the sky. The darkness was no different from where they had come from, which meant that there were no demons active nearby.

Ling Yi still had to go. She wasn't really keen on doing good deeds anymore, but she had no choice; she still had thirty-seven more to go.

After traveling for another half an hour, Ling Yi stopped.

From here on, the darkness increases.

"There are demonic spirits active nearby," Ling Yi instructed the group. "Be careful from now on."

The group nodded, "No problem." With that, they quickened their pace and walked forward.

"Help!"

"Help!"

The group walked for another half an hour or so, and then they heard cries for help in the distance.

Ling Yi looked up and saw two young men running desperately, followed by a cloud of black mist. Just as they were about to be caught, one of the young men quickly turned around, and with a wave of his hand, an ice wall rose up, briefly blocking the black mist.

Just as the black mist was about to pass through the ice wall, another person slapped the ground with both hands, and the earthen wall rose up. The two of them worked together to block the black mist and ran from a distance to the front of Ling Yi and the others.

Upon seeing Ling Yi and his group, the two slammed on the brakes: "Holy crap, why aren't you guys running?"

"Why are there children here?" another person asked the pointed question.

"Oh no, it's too late, run!" After saying that, the other person picked up Lin Xinze and ran before anyone could react.

Ye Qingshuang and the others: "???"

"Hey sister, stop looking! Run!" After saying that, the remaining woman grabbed Ye Qingshuang and ran, saying, "If we don't run now, it'll be too late."

"No, I..." Ye Qingshuang ran while looking back, and Lin Xinze was also frantically calling out "brother and sister".

"Hey, you have a younger sister too?" The boy carrying Lin Xinze joked as he ran, "I think the others are all older than you, who's your younger sister?"

"Little Golden Tiger!" Lin Xinze shouted without answering the boy.

With a roar, the enlarged golden tiger flew over and landed in front of the boy, blocking his path.

"Yo ho!" The boy stopped, and at the same time, the girl who was running away with Ye Qingshuang also stopped.

"Hey you two, give him a chance to speak!" Ye Qingshuang stepped forward and picked Lin Xinze up from his seat. "Why are you carrying him and running away?"

The two young men looked at each other and said, "We mean no harm. It's just that the black fog is too dangerous, and we want to save you."

"I can tell." Ye Qingshuang looked at the two of them: "You are the missing students from the Imperial Academy, right? Let's get acquainted. My name is Ye Qingshuang, and the others are my friends. We're here to rescue you."

"The ones who saved me?" The two young men looked at Ling Yi and the others: "But their cultivation levels are obviously lower than ours!"

Ye Qingshuang noticed their confusion and was about to answer when she heard Ling Yi shout, "Little Golden Tiger!"

Seeing that Lin Xinze had been stopped, Little Golden Tiger immediately flew to Ling Yi's side. At the same time, the demonic spirits were already in front of them.

Ling glanced at the demonic spirits, then looked at the little golden tiger: "Go eat them."

"Roar!"

The little golden tiger let out a series of cries, then flew towards the cloud of black mist.

The black mist watched the little golden tiger fly towards them and tried to avoid it, but it was no match for the little golden tiger. The little golden tiger got close to them and bit down.

"Ahhh!"

A piercing scream rang out, startling the people below. When they looked over, they saw the little golden tiger running around and biting them.

The others couldn't hear Xiao Jinhu's voice, but Ling Yi and Lin Xinze could.

Little Golden Tiger: "Slurp slurp, it's so cool and bouncy, so delicious!"

Ling Yi's lips twitched, while Lin Xinze cheered and clapped, "Little Golden Tiger, you're amazing!"

"Go, Little Golden Tiger! Eat all those bad guys!"

With Lin Xinze cheering, the little golden tiger devoured the demon spirit faster and faster. Soon, the demon spirit was reduced to wisps of black mist, and the rest went into the little golden tiger's stomach.

"You really ate it?"

"sharp."

The two young men were amazed.

After the little golden tiger finished eating the demon spirits, it turned around and flew towards Ling Yi. As it got close to Ling Yi, it shrank and landed on Ling Yi's shoulder: "Not bad."

"Not only does it taste good, it also replenishes your energy."

"Okay." Ling Yi responded, then turned to look at the two stunned young people: "Take us to find the others."

The two young men were somewhat surprised to hear this: "How do you know we know where the others are?"

Ling glanced at the two of them: "You were shouting for help very loudly, but you weren't injured. If you weren't injured, you were shouting so loudly to attract their attention. The only reason you would do that is to buy time for others."

After hearing Ling Yi's words, the two smiled and said, "You're right, that's exactly how it is."

"Take us to find the others, and we'll take you to a safe place after we find them." Ling Yi finished speaking and looked at Little Golden Tiger: "Are you alright?"

Little Golden Tiger: "Absolutely no problem." After saying that, Little Golden Tiger grew bigger on the spot.

"Get on." Ling Yi said, then climbed onto the little golden tiger's back, and the others followed suit.

"Go forward." Without Ling Yi needing to ask again, the two young people took the initiative to point the way.

The little golden tiger flew in the direction the students pointed out, and soon encountered the demon spirits again. Besides the demon spirits, there were also students, but the students were in bad shape. Some were fighting with the demon spirits, some were injured and powerless to resist, and some... had been eaten beyond recognition.

Seeing this, the two students on Little Golden Tiger's back jumped off without hesitation and joined the battle.

"Ling Yi, let's go down too," Ye Qingshuang said as she saw the two jump down.

Ling Yi's gaze swept over the demonic spirits below, and he found that they were all very weak, not even as strong as the demonic spirit from the Zhaoyue Empire, but that shouldn't be the case...

Wherever the spirits reside, the demons only grow stronger. With so many students, why are there no stronger demons around? Where have they gone?

"Go down first." After saying that, Ling Yi flew down.

Seeing this, the others immediately followed suit and joined the battle.

The bone knife emerged from his palm. Ling Yi raised his hand and swung it, the blade flashing and slicing through the darkness. At the same time, Ye Qingshuang's flute music rang out, and the demonic spirit became painfully twisted.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, the little golden tiger flew over, opened its mouth, tore off a large chunk of demonic spirit, and swallowed it.

Realizing they were outmatched, the demons immediately retreated. Little Golden Tiger, not wanting them to escape, gave chase. Seeing Little Golden Tiger approaching, the demons scattered and flew towards the heavily injured students.

Seeing this, Ye Qingshuang quickly shouted, "Ling Yi, they want to stay here! We can't let them go!"

Upon hearing this, Ling Yi's gaze turned cold. The bone knife in his hand flew out, arriving in front of the seriously injured students even faster than the demon spirit. The next moment, the bone knife was driven into the ground, and the power it released formed a barrier, protecting the students within it.

The demons crashed into the barrier but were unable to break through. The little golden tiger chased after them and ate them all, bite by bite.

The scene was so horrifying that some seriously injured students couldn't bear the sight of the little golden tiger eating at close range and fainted.

Little Golden Tiger, unaware that its gaping maw had frightened people unconscious, turned to capture other demonic spirits, and only flew back after devouring all the demonic spirits in the area.

Ling Yi walked over, drew his bone knife, and the barrier dissipated. The students whose injuries were less severe immediately ran over and surrounded the seriously injured students: "How are you all? Can you hold on?"

“Xiao Bao…” A seriously injured woman grabbed another woman’s hand and said with difficulty, “I… I can’t hold on much longer. You take those who can walk and go…”

"No!" the woman refused outright. "Yun Xiaobao, don't even think about making me leave. I won't leave you here alone."

Other students with minor injuries also spoke up: "We've already lost some classmates, we can't abandon you all. If we can't leave alive in the end, we might as well die here together."

"Don't be discouraged, everyone," the woman named Yun Xiaobao said to the others. "Someone is coming to rescue us. We will definitely get out of here!"

Upon hearing this, everyone looked at Ling Yi and his companions. However, upon seeing this, they realized that their cultivation levels were not high, and the light of hope in their eyes quickly died out.

“It’s no use…” said the seriously injured student. “We’re too badly injured to get out.”

"Yes, if it weren't for us, the teacher wouldn't have turned out that way..."

Seeing that everyone's will to survive was low, Yun Xiaobao quickly said, "Don't give up, everyone! The royal family, the academy, our families, everyone is trying to save us. They haven't given up, so how can we give up? And, and..."

Yun Xiaobao pointed at the little golden tiger: "You all saw it, right? That beast can eat those monsters. We'll definitely get out of here alive!"

Yup!

Although these people were not highly skilled, the beast was able to deal with those monsters!

The students, who were seriously injured, once again showed a will to live, but this will to live was overwhelmed by waves of excruciating pain in their bodies.

"Forget it," said one of the seriously injured students. "There's more and more stuff inside us. Even if we don't die, we'll turn into monsters."

Upon hearing this, the other students fell silent.

"Inside the body?" Just as the students were feeling down and silent, Ye Qingshuang walked over, her gaze sweeping over them before landing on the wound of one of them.

Injured by a demonic spirit, one carries its power. Demonic spirits are not ordinary beings and cannot be dealt with by ordinary people. Ultimately, there are only two possible outcomes.

If the injury is severe, the victim will die on the spot, leaving no trace of the injury.

Those who are severely injured but still have a breath left may very well turn into monsters.

“You’re lucky.” Ye Qingshuang twirled her flute and looked at the group of people in front of her. “The monsters that hurt you weren’t too strong. I can purify what they left in your bodies.”

After saying that, Ye Qingshuang played her flute.

As the flute music began, the black mist on everyone's wounds started to dissipate.

"It's gone! It's really gone!" The students were overjoyed to see the black mist dissipate, but just then...

"boom"

A force struck, and Ling Yi used his power to create a barrier in an attempt to block it, but the force shattered the barrier and flew towards Ling Yi.

"Ling Yi!" Ye Qingshuang's heart tightened: "Get out of the way!"

Ling turned around and saw the seriously injured students behind her. She could use Instant Flash to dodge, but that would waste all her attempts.

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