The large gathering of death spirits had severed all the paths Final Armor could take. His face fell. Why were these death spirits stubbornly chasing after him?

"Do you have anything that can attract death spirits on you?"

He looked at Jiu Xuan furiously.

The immortals! These two immortals had not contributed much to their operation. The only thing they had done all along was crying about danger. They only cared about their safety. Meanwhile, the mystic armors had lost several Mountainseas without any gains.

Jiu Xuan frowned and said, "No. How can it be me?"

She did not have any such thing on her. She had some valuable treasures on her, but none of them could attract death spirits. She was certain about that because the death spirits had not targeted her before this.

Jiu Xuan scanned their surroundings and solemnly said, "Commander Final Armor, we need to break free now."

"How are we supposed to do that?"

Kill their way out? Final Armor was greatly troubled. Killing even one of them would only attract more. This was why death spirits were so difficult to deal with. At any other time, they had the option of leaving the city and waiting until the matter settled down before returning to the city. But that was not an option today.

If he started killing them, it would turn into a neverending battle. Abruptly, he roared and unleashed a burst of source qi. His source qi eruption was extremely powerful, clearly demonstrating the prowess of a peak Mountainsea.

A large number of death spirits were pushed back by the eruption. Even the Mountainsea death spirits were pushed back by the shockwave. But that eruption only served to attract even more death spirits. More and more death spirits converged on them from all over the city, bringing a large amount of death qi with them. Jiu Xuan roared as she covered her entire body with heavenly source qi.

As a young genius of the immortal race, she was naturally well-equipped with all sorts of treasures. She said, "Commander, buy me a little bit of time!"

She did not wait for the reply and produced a character. Her long hair fluttered wildly as the massive character hovered above her.

"Set!"

Her roar reverberated in the sky as ray after ray of light erupted from the character. As her face paled, numerous death spirits were frozen in action. One by one, they dropped from the sky.

Su Yu, who was mixed among the death spirits, felt an unknown power restricting him, making it extremely hard for him to move. He was greatly shocked.

Holy shit!

He had underestimated this little fairy. Sure enough, not a single genius on the Earth Index was a pushover.

If he fought her alone, this move could very well make him suffer a loss. It was true that cultural researchers were the most tricky opponents to deal with. As for warriors, they had a limited number of tricks up their sleeves. No matter how strong they were, one could still somehow estimate what they would do.

Meanwhile, cultural researchers were always able to pull out something completely unexpected. Final Armor was overjoyed to see that. He was just about to fly away with Jiu Xuan when Su Yu, who was also dropping from the sky with the other death spirits, revealed his original aura for a split second. Yet again, a large number of death spirits appeared around them.

"Damn it!"

Final Armor was furious. Why was this happening? They had already pushed these death spirits back and fixed them in place. Why was this happening? The pale Jiu Xuan roared yet again, forcefully activating her character and freezing the newly arrived death spirits. Final Armor worked alongside her and released a massive burst of source qi.

Even more death spirits started falling from the sky. Su Yu dropped with the other death spirits while stealthily killing the nearby falling death spirits. Killing one would spawn two of them.

These death spirits were rendered completely helpless thanks to the efforts of Final Armor and Jiu Xuan, allowing Su Yu to kill them without even exerting much effort. And instantly, more death spirits spawned out of thin air.

The faces of both Final Armor and Jiu Xuan turned extremely unsightly. Why was this happening? Both of them had actually done admirably well against these death spirits. They were able to stop these death spirits several times without killing a single one of them. If no new death spirits arrived, they would be able to retreat safely.

But why...were even more death spirits arriving?

Final Armor looked around them and questioned furiously, "Jiu Xuan, did that character of yours kill some of them?"

He noticed that a large number of death spirits had actually died.

Damn it!

One should never kill a death spirit inside an ancient city. That was the same as throwing one's life away.

Jiu Xuan was shocked as well. She coldly said, "Impossible. I only stopped their movement. Your source qi must have been too strong for the weaker death spirits to resist."

She was certain she wasn't the killer. How could she not know what her character was capable of? It could only fix someone in place. It couldn't kill anyone.

Meanwhile, Final Armor was a peak Mountainsea. He had excellent control over his strength, so he did not think that he would accidentally kill any of these death spirits. But he also believed that Jiu Xuan wasn't stupid enough to deliberately kill these death spirits.

He could only say, "Don't use your character anymore. Perhaps these death spirits will die right after their movement is stopped. No, they are not alive in the first place. Perhaps stopping the operation of their bodies will interfere with some functions within their bodies, resulting in the termination of their existence."

Hearing that, Jiu Xuan put her character away. Instead, she produced a different character. The moment the character appeared, it created a sphere of light around them.

"Let's go!"

Final Armor started flying away. Wherever they went, the sphere would push everything out of their way. Meanwhile, Jiu Xuan's complexion was turning increasingly pale. At this time, a few more Mountainsea death spirits appeared in the sky.

Strictly speaking, these death spirits weren't too strong. But the death qi they emitted could cause extreme suffering in any living being. As a young genius of the immortall race, Jiu Xuan had a large amount of heavenly source qi on her. But she was draining her supply at a rapid pace.

Dark spots could already be seen on Final Armor's body. Those were signs of death qi erosion. They felt as though they had been submerged in a sea of death spirits.

Meanwhile, Su Yu was leisurely watching as the two continued fleeing. Just where could they go? While the two were flying in the sky, he was nonchalantly killing death spirits on the ground.

He was focusing on all the injured or frozen death spirits. And he was doing so while following the two from the ground. The more he killed, the more death spirits there were.

And all the newly appeared death spirits would target the two in the sky. Why? Because their previous moves against the death spirits had left traces of their auras on those death spirits. Thus, they were the obvious targets. Su Yu only needed to spawn these death spirits. He didn't even need to bother with pointing them toward the two anymore.

More and more death spirits joined the pursuit. The number increased unceasingly.

Final Armor was very strong. He could slaughter these death spirits if he wanted, but he did not have the courage to do so. But he was surrounded on all sides, leaving him with no choice but to become a punching bag of these death spirits.

At this point, faint traces of dark spots were starting to appear on the white robes of Jiu Xuan as well. Her face turned frosty.

She looked around and solemnly said, "Commander Final Armor, at this rate, we will die to death qi erosion."

Final Armor said nothing and continued pushing the death spirits around them back. Why bother saying that? It wasn't like he didn't know that. They were completely surrounded by death spirits, and the death qi in their surroundings were extremely dense.

"The death spirits will only increase in number the more you kill. Leaving the city is our only option. Or perhaps there is another option. We can try entering a building deeper into the city. They might not be able to enter these buildings."

After looking at their surroundings, Jiu Xuan clenched her teeth and said, "We'll go deeper! Since the mayor's residence has been shut, it is likely that they won't be reopening it anytime soon. We have to last long enough for the reinforcements from the immortal race to arrive."

"We can't even leave."

Final Armor wanted to leave as well. But could they even escape this encirclement of death spirits? There were too many of them. They were surrounded by a sea of death spirits. This was too terrifying. He had stayed in Heavendoom City for many years, but he had never seen so many death spirits before. It was as though all the death spirits the city had to offer had gathered here.

After taking a deep breath, Jiu Xuan took out a jade talisman and said, "If we really have no choice, let's kill all these death spirits. Empty this place for a single instance so that we get the chance to leave and hide inside an ancient building of a deeper ring."

A blinding radiance erupted from her talisman. Final Armor was alarmed. Even Su Yu's heart thumped. Holy shit! What was that? A divine talisman? No, the immortals had their own naming scheme. For them, their talismans were officially known as immortal talismans. Was that a talisman she had gotten from a Sunmoon or an Invincible?

That talisman was probably strong enough to kill him, right? That single talisman was probably enough to kill all the death spirits present. Every last one of these young geniuses was a terrifying existence.

If even Jiu Xuan was so dangerous, how about Dao Cheng? How about the others? Would Mo Duona have similar trump cards as well?

"How terrifying."

Su Yu rejoiced that he had not decided to fight her directly. If he had done so, he might end up as the one being killed instead.

Final Armor said nothing. He did not agree with killing these death spirits. There would be no end of them if they did that. Killing would only increase the number of death spirits. If killing worked, he would have done so long ago. He was strong enough to kill even Mountainsea death spirits. But he didn't have the courage to do so. What if excessive killing triggered the appearance of a Sunmoon death spirit? Who would take responsibility for that?

"Unless absolutely necessary, don't do it."

Final Armor warned. She better not do anything rash. Excessive slaughter of these death spirits would only push them to their deaths.

Jiu Xuan said nothing. At this point, escape seemed impossible without killing. There were too many death spirits around them. She was going to run out of heavenly source qi soon. And not even the massive drain on her heavenly source qi was enough to fully withstand the death qi in the air. The dark spots on her white robes were increasing in number. And her face was starting to look more dead than alive.

None of them mentioned the option of asking for help. Who could even help them in the city? Silver Armor? Or Dao Cheng? If they came, they would simply die as well. There were just too many death spirits for anyone to deal with.

In fact, the two had been intentionally controlling the noise they were making. They didn't care about attracting other onlookers, but they didn't want to attract Dao Cheng and Silver Armor over. That would only result in a complete elimination of their party.

Then again, thus far, nobody had the courage to enter the area. The area around them was covered in a thick layer of death qi. The death qi was thick enough to kill even a Cloudbreach instantly from afar.

And even more death spirits were arriving.

***

At the same time, inside the mayor's residence.

Tian He sighed. This was getting troublesome. Just which bastard was killing so many death spirits? A massive medallion stood beside him. It constantly shook.

He sighed, "The mayor's medallion is shaking, indicating that the ancient death spirits will awaken soon. The killing of death spirits must stop. Those bastards! Do they really want to die so much?"

Just which bastard was it that had caused this? With the city sealed, was that bastard trying to die together with everyone in the city? The moment a Sunmoon death spirit appeared, even if it was only a first-stage Sunmoon, everyone would be in trouble, including the mayor. Nobody should ever provoke those ancient death spirits.

Almost all ancient death spirits were Sunmoons. They were extremely terrifying. Even back then, a freakishly strong individual like Xia Longwu had nearly died after killing one Sunmoon death spirit. Ultimately, he was forced to leave with heavy injuries.

Mayor Tian He cursed. This was so strange. Something like this would not have happened normally. Anyone who had killed a death spirit would not have survived for so long. But for some reason, that was not happening. Instead, more and more death spirits were appearing, flooding the city with death qi.

"This is so odd."

Tian He shook his head. Whatever. This wasn't a matter he could get involved in easily.