When the Soul Fury said that it had only used less than 30% of its power so far, my whole heart froze.
I could never have imagined that after struggling and fighting for so long, almost putting my life on the line, I would only end up tangling with a shadow doppelganger of my opponent.
The blow was huge and blunt, stabbing me right in the heart and making me ache.
It made me realise how weak I was, and how shallow and narrow the world of yin and yang I had been exposed to was. Until then, I had thought that I was already a unique being in the world, that I was protected by my twin spirits, that my wisdom was heavenly, that I had yang in my left hand and yin in my right, that my heavenly gates shone on the moon, and that my spirit births gathered my body.
But now, I found that I was just a fledgling kid who didn't know anything about anything, and in front of the Soul Fiend, I was pathetically weak.
I had nothing to say and fell into a long silence, my inner shock replacing all expressions.
"The hour will soon be up, are you ready to die, boy? If you have any last words, hurry up and say them while you still can, or else I fear that you won't have another chance!"
At the same time, a sound of gold and iron began to be heard from the tornadoes of the wind around us, and a mass of black shadows coalesced out of the wind, transforming into corpses with festering faces, armour and bone blades.
I was only thirteen years old and I was going to fall here today. I had only just embarked on the path of a ghost hunter. In this way, even if I die, I can still die like a hero!
With this in mind, I couldn't help but look forward and stare blankly at the pontoon corpses, and then asked the Soul Fiend, "What are you going to do with Redcap?"
Hearing my words, the Soul Fiend laughed out loud, then but disdainfully said, "The blood of the five Yin virgins is a rare treasure that comes once in a hundred years, of course the more the better, but unfortunately, this little girl's vital energy is too weak, it looks like it can't support for much longer, I have already taken her eighty times before, together with this one time tonight, it will be a whole ninety eighty one times, this is already I should have thanked her, and I was prepared to keep her alive for a long time, but your appearance disrupted my plans, because now that you are here, more ghost hunters are sure to follow, and I don't want to fight and kill you all day long, so I have to pull up and help her grow. Tonight is the last day of this little girl's life. I'm going to suck all her energy and blood out of her. Unfortunately, you can't even save yourself, so close your eyes and die in peace!"
As the Soul Fiend spoke, he let out a stern cry and drove the pontoon corpses towards me.
"Even if I can't save myself, I can at least prevent you from harming Red Hood.
At the moment when the Soul Fury was rushing towards me, I let out a stern cry and pulled out my folding knife from my coat pocket, then I decisively removed my Yuan Qi shield and concentrated all my Yuan Qi into my hands, while at the same time, the folding knife slashed my left and right wrists.
The blood flowed like water, and under the impetus of the Yuan Qi, the blood beads were like rain falling from the sky, flying forward.
"Pffffff--"
A muffled sound came out, a piece of black smoke rose up, and as the rain of blood fell, all those Fudo Walkers that attempted to rush over were turned into smoke and dust, falling to the ground.
"Good boy, how dare you sacrifice your life essence blood, you don't want to live!" Seeing my action, that Soul Fiend could not help but shout in shock.
"I'm going to die, so why don't I fight? I can die, but I definitely won't make you comfortable either.
With a roar, I leapt up from the ground and charged straight at the Soul Fiend against the torn and bone-breaking gusts of wind.
I was ready to make a desperate move. This move was not taught to me by the old blind man, but was something I had learned on my own, or was forced to do by the Soul Fiend, and my aim was to die with the Soul Fiend.
And since I didn't die in vain, that's good enough!
Don't ask me why, because I'm a ghost hunter!
As I gritted my teeth and charged forward, I was worried that my power was not enough to deal with the spirit demon, so I couldn't help but be reciting the Vajra Sutra in a loud voice.
This time I recited the thirty-second stanza of the Vajra Sutra, which is already the ultimate mystery of the Vajra Sutra. I did not believe that with such determination, the spirit demon would still be able to evade my attack.
"All living things are like dreams and bubbles, like dew and lightning, and should be viewed as such. After the Buddha had said this sutra, the elder Shubhuti, and all the bhikkhus, bhikkhunis, yupasins, yupasins, and all the heavenly beings and asuras in the world, all rejoiced and believed and practised what the Buddha said!"
The sutra was like vibrating thunder, the Buddha's light was like enlightenment, falling from the sky onto my body, the rain of blood mapped out in a golden glow, enveloping my whole body, and I finally roared in anger, penetrating the killing formation of the Yin Wind Tornado, and then slapped my palm on the face of that Soul Fiend.
"Hiss hiss--"
The pure Yang blood, coupled with the Buddha's light, was already the most rigid source of energy that could melt all Yin objects. The Soul Fury's whole body trembled violently under my slap, and both claws struggled desperately to grip my wrist, trying to move my palm away from its lifeline.
"Die..."
I roared through clenched teeth, my five fingers forming claws and digging them into its eye sockets with a deadly grip.
"Uhhhh..."
The Soul Fury screamed harshly, and the claws gripping my wrists had begun to emit black smoke from the contact with the blood of pure Yang, revealing white bones in a vile manner.
However, even under such a vicious attack, the Soul Fiend still gritted his teeth and forced my wrists apart, then kicked me violently and sent me flying.
"Boom... poof..."
I tumbled to the ground and struggled to get up, but I found that my whole body was already weak. After fighting repeatedly, coupled with my previous injuries and the massive bloodletting, I was already too weak to continue.
At this time, the Soul Fiend was covering his face with his flesh and skin and his white bony claws, while screaming incessantly: "You, you, you're dead, you're dead, you dare to do this to me, hahaha, well, well, you wait, I, I, I, I will make you die a good death, I will make you unable to live, I will make you unable to die, I will make you suffer and die! I'm going to cut you into pieces!"