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Chapter 299: Chapter 263: Body Swap (Part 3)

Once again gripping Zhang Xiaomo and Tong De’s shoulders, Yan Junze bowed his head and spoke softly, “These two are cohorts, intentionally lying on the ground preparing to ambush us, so let’s not go over there just yet.”

Before Tong De could show his surprise, Yan Junze continued, “Brother Tong, give me all of your Hidden Buckles. None of us should go over there; let’s start with a long-range attack.”

Tong De was even more surprised, “All of them? Give you all my Hidden Buckles?”

“I have some too,” said Zhang Xiaomo.

Yan Junze shook his head, “Keep the Super-Energy Burst for yourself, just give me the regular Hidden Buckles.”

Tong De took all the Hidden Buckles out and handed them to Yan Junze. After receiving them, Yan Junze also took out his own Hidden Buckles and, with his back towards the direction where Yan Long was pretending to be dead, sorted the Hidden Buckles.

Among them were four Incinerates, two Chilling, one High-Energy Collapse, and three Collapses.

The three of them whispered for a moment, took several Hidden Buckles each, held them in the palms of their hands, and moved closer to Yan Long and Mo Da.

At the same time, Yan Junze threw two Chilling at Yan Long, while Tong De threw four Incinerates at Mo Da.

The second after the four Incinerates exploded, the Collapsing Hidden Buckles in Zhang Xiaomo’s hands all smashed onto Mo Da’s body, which was already ablaze.

As Mo Da’s body burst into flames, the three Collapsing Hidden Buckles stalled him for two or three seconds, and then his entire body sank into a sea of fire.

In Yan Long’s direction, the old man was hit by two Chilling, and the surface of his body instantly formed a thin layer of ice.

If he were an ordinary person, the two Chilling would have been enough to freeze him to death on the spot, but Yan Long’s body was not ordinary. In a critical moment, his stress response allowed the weak Monster Spirit to surface.

With a sudden movement, the Monster Spirit stretched out two black claws, rapidly breaking through the ice to rescue Yan Long.

Elsewhere, Mo Da also sat up. Although he was engulfed in flames, by now his body was emitting a great amount of white vapor. The chilling yin energy and the Incinerate flames were resisting each other, allowing Mo Da to attempt to get on his feet and rescue Yan Long.

That’s when Yan Junze threw the High-Energy Collapse.

The target of this Hidden Buckle was neither Mo Da nor Yan Long but rather the midpoint between them, merely an arm’s length away.

The High-Energy Collapse exploded instantly.

With a “bang,” a shockwave pushed outwards in all directions. This wasn’t like an ordinary Collapsing Hidden Buckle, which would only hold Mo Da for two or three seconds if hit.

The shockwave of the High-Energy Collapse forcefully pushed Mo Da back four or five meters upon close contact. Although Mo Da’s body wasn’t injured, it widened the distance between him and Yan Long, preventing him from immediately aiding the other.

Zhang Xiaomo and Tong De, as if prepared in advance, leapt forward simultaneously while Yan Long’s body was still being pushed back and had not yet stopped. They brought down their magnetic knives towards Yan Long.

Yan Long had only a thin layer of ice on him, and the magnetic knives, even with a forceful chop, could easily break through. Additionally, with the assistance of magnetic glow, the Monster Spirit that was breaking the ice behind Yan Long immediately stretched out its hands to grab the descending magnetic knives.

Zhang Xiaomo and Tong De were well-prepared; their magnetic knives had already generated a magnetic glow before approaching Yan Long. The glow instantly met resistance from the Monster Spirit’s presence, causing the spirit to tremble. The already weak spirit almost dissipated there and then.

However, even if the struggle lasted for a while, it would not exceed a minute at most, after which the Monster Spirit would also fade and no longer appear.

Yan Long was extremely weak. If Mo Da was right beside him, he would have already been receiving aid at that moment.

But Mo Da, engulfed in flames and pushed several meters away, was now emitting a large amount of white steam to resist and was taking strides towards Yan Long.

With his large build, Mo Da had long strides. Although the shockwave from the High-Energy Collapse had pushed him away and his body unavoidably suffered some damage, he was still able to persist; only his movements had slightly slowed.

At this moment, Zhang Xiaomo’s knife was aimed at Yan Long’s chest, while Tong De’s knife was still targeting his neck.

Both exerted their utmost to activate the magnetic glow, which at that moment was more intense than ever. With a whoosh, the Monster Spirit’s apparition dissipated, shattering and swiftly retreating behind Yan Long, vanishing from sight.

The footsteps of Mo Da approached, his body surrounded by a mixture of fire and white vapor, swinging an ancient sword at the closest Zhang Xiaomo.

Seeing this, Yan Junze’s expression hardened, and he took a determined step forward, activating his Semi-Spirit Body as he stepped in between them.

In dealing with the “Half a Hide” task, he had already exhausted his Semi-Spirit energy, and even the Back-faced Woman who provided him with the Fake Spirit Body, including Ke’er, were both depleted of their strength.

Therefore, throughout the tasks involving “The Woman Carrying a Lantern” and “Red Coffin,” Yan Junze did not use any Semi-Spirit energy.

He was well aware of his inability to use it at the time, and he also wanted to give Back-faced Woman and Ke’er a good rest.

But at this pressing moment, if he could just block Mo Da for even a dozen seconds, allowing Zhang Xiaomo and Tong De to eliminate Yan Long with their knives, Mo Da, entirely obedient to Yan Long, would likely stop.

So even though he knew using Semi-Spirit energy was a stretch, success hinged on this single moment. Otherwise, another Rewind was inevitable, and Yan Junze had no choice but to use it.

His head turned swiftly, and black fur grew out, but then an unprecedented sense of weakness arrived, causing the transformation to come to an abrupt halt, with him only able to maintain that appearance.

Mo Da’s ancient sword came slashing down, wrapped quickly by Yan Junze’s not-very-long hair, significantly slowing down its advance.

However, the sound of hair snapping followed immediately after, with each strand, formerly unbreakably strong, breaking like thin threads under the ancient sword’s edge.

At the same moment, Yan Junze stretched out both hands and grabbed Mo Da’s lapels, giving a fierce shove.

Usually, after he entered the Semi-Spirit State, his strength would increase several times over, but at this moment, the shove only made Mo Da take two steps backward.

Mo Da twisted his sword, severing all the hairs that were still wrapped around the blade, and thrust it straight at Yan Junze’s head.

Yan Junze’s Semi-Spirit Body was extremely weak, already starting to fade, which frightened him into hastily retreating two steps back. Still, the tip of the sword followed closely, leaving him no way to dodge.

Just then, Yan Long let out a wail. His eyes wide open, he watched as Zhang Xiaomo’s magnetic knife plunged into his chest, causing heart-wrenching pain throughout his body, followed by numbness, no longer feeling the pain.

While the wail still echoed, the next second, Tong De’s magnetic knife thunked into his neck, causing Yan Long’s entire body to tremble violently as he began to lose consciousness.

Just as the sword tip was about to stab him, Yan Junze froze, only to find the swiftly approaching ancient sword had suddenly stopped, less than two centimeters away from his eyes.

Mo Da, maintaining the posture of thrusting the sword, did not move an inch.

Yan Junze’s Semi-Spirit Body had completely faded by now, large beads of sweat appeared on his forehead, his heart thumping loudly. Turning back to look at Yan Long on the ground, he saw the knife in his chest, but the fatal blow was on his neck.

Tong De had put in a lot of strength, nearly severing Yan Long’s neck completely with that one strike.@@novelbin@@

“We made it!”

Yan Junze let out a long sigh of relief and then realized that the ancient sword in front of him was slowly being withdrawn.

The flames on the Ancient Corpse Mo Da’s body had dissipated, with only wisps of white smoke still coming out, carrying a burnt scent with them.

Although Mo Da was burned, his body was not severely damaged due to the protection of the Chilling Yin energy.

After lowering the ancient sword, Mo Da was still staring at Yan Junze with eyes wide open, his lips moving slightly.

“I am Mo Da. Those who block my way shall die!”

“Damn it!”

Yan Junze was startled, not expecting the man to suddenly utter such fierce words. It was too unreasonable.

But he was no Guo Youliang, so without a second thought, he immediately stepped aside.

Zhang Xiaomo and Tong De also stepped aside quickly, Tong De even not having time to pull out the magnetic knife from Yan Long’s neck.

Without lowering his head to look at Yan Long’s corpse on the ground, Mo Da stepped over the body, sword in hand, and continued walking forward.

“Is he just walking away like that?” Yan Junze mumbled to himself.

No one present dared to block Mo Da’s way. Zhang Xiaomo and Tong De knew their limits—this ancient corpse was not very old but clearly had undergone special experiences, beyond their strength to withstand.

They watched Mo Da taking steps forward.

Meanwhile, Zhang Xiaomo’s heart felt extremely heavy; she turned her head to look at Guo Youliang’s mangled body that was too painful to behold.

Tong De also looked at Guo Youliang and sighed softly. Now he had no intention of confronting this terrifying ancient corpse.

Unless Guo Youliang wasn’t dead.

“Xiaomo, why were you so eager to find Old Guo’s body before dawn? What use is it?” Yan Junze asked, watching the ancient corpse Mo Da moving away.

“Exorcists of four stars are very rare. They can preserve their souls with magnetic force until dawn,” Zhang Xiaomo replied sadly, “The headquarters has Spirit-Hosting Devices. As long as the body is not destroyed, if we retrieve the body and send it back to the Exorcist team’s branch, and release the preserved souls, the headquarters can use the Spirit-Hosting Devices to resurrect Uncle Guo from afar!”

Yan Junze had roughly guessed as much, but after hearing Zhang Xiaomo say it, he couldn’t help but brighten at the corners of his eyes.

He dared not imagine that Exorcists of four stars and above had such a unique function, able to temporarily safeguard the soul with magnetic force, and bring the body back for resurrection!

Nevertheless, now Guo Youliang’s body was too damaged to seem restorable.

At that moment, Yan Junze suddenly had a thought and asked, “The resurrection has to be with his own body, right?”

Zhang Xiaomo paused, looking towards Yan Long’s thin body on the ground, “You mean to use this Spirit Cultivator’s body to resurrect Uncle Guo?”

“But this guy’s neck is almost chopped off by me, isn’t the body already destroyed?” Tong De said.

Yan Junze shook his head, lifting his gaze towards the direction where Mo Da was gradually disappearing, “I mean, can we use that one’s body?”

“What?!”

Zhang Xiaomo and Tong De both froze, staring directly at him.

“Think about it, that guy’s body is well-preserved, now it’s just missing a hand. Look, isn’t the severed arm right here? It can be reattached completely,” Yan Junze explained, “Moreover, this ancient corpse has a special physique, very powerful. If Old Guo can use his body to resurrect, there’s a chance he could be directly promoted to a five-star Exorcist!”

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