188: Chapter 188 I Don't Blame You

Mo Zixing looked up and glanced at the approaching pack of frenzied Celestial Foxes in the distance.

Dozens of green lights drew closer, and sharp, shrill howls rose and fell.

At this distance, it was enough for him to see their hideous faces and fangs dripping with saliva.

He withdrew his gaze and looked down at Hu Jiuying, who was lying on the ground.

Hu Jiuying's crimson eyes had also gradually returned to a clear amber color.

The trait had been permanently blocked.

Theoretically, she had already broken free from the influence of the Evil Qi, but her face still looked somewhat pale.

Mo Zixing pulled her up from the ground in one motion.

Hu Jiuying stumbled, and after trying her best to steady herself, she subconsciously touched her chest.

The cold killing intent that had been gnawing at her sanity within her body at every moment had disappeared.

Her mind felt clearer than ever before:

"Th-this is…?"

Hu Jiuying looked up in disbelief.

Her gaze was dazed as she stared at Mo Zixing's face for a long while, and finally, she successfully recalled some things.

"It's you!"

Memories flooded her heart.

The man before her was the very person who had helped her preserve her companion spirit fire, yet had also forcibly dragged her along to challenge Zhu Yan:

"Did you help me resolve the influence of the Evil Qi? How did you do it?"

"Guess."

Mo Zixing did not explain; he simply pulled Hu Jiuying, who still lacked the strength to stand properly, onto his back.

Before she could react, dozens of spiritual Flying Swords instantly condensed and hovered around them.

"I'll tell you in advance, just so you don't overthink things."

Mo Zixing's voice was very calm; he was not asking for her opinion, but stating a fact:

"With my ability, helping you resolve the influence of the Evil Qi is already the limit of my efforts. For those guys, there is nothing I can do."

"You mean to…"

Hu Jiuying looked at the Flying Swords he had condensed around him and instantly realized what he wanted to do.

He wanted to fight?

The disparity in numbers was just too great!

If that wasn't suicide, what was?

She hurriedly tugged at Mo Zixing's clothes with her still-weak hands, her voice becoming sharp with anxiety:

"Don't go over there! Why aren't you running away quickly instead of waiting!"

In her understanding.

The last time they met, this guy only had cultivation at the Early Stage to Middle Stage of Crystallization.

Even if he progressed quickly, at most he would be at the Late Stage of Crystallization.

How could one person possibly deal with so many frenzied Celestial Foxes that feared neither death nor danger?

Just as she finished speaking, two of the closest Celestial Foxes lunged over violently.

At this moment, Hu Jiuying no longer carried the Evil Qi, so she was also treated as a target for attack.

Seeing the fierce lights drawing closer, she subconsciously hugged Mo Zixing's neck tightly.

But she only heard two sounds of something breaking through the air.

Immediately followed by two dull thuds of bodies hitting the ground.

The heads of those two Celestial Foxes had been shattered by the flying spiritual Flying Swords.

The headless corpses fell heavily to the ground, twitched a few times, and then stopped moving.

What kind of strength was this?

Hu Jiuying couldn't help but swallow hard.

She had seen it clearly just now.

Mo Zixing hadn't even really moved his hands, yet he had instantly killed two Celestial Foxes that had cultivation around the Fourth Level of Crystallization.

How could this be the strength of the Late Stage of Crystallization?

Before she could recover from her shock, several more Celestial Foxes affected by the Evil Qi roared and lunged over.

One of the Celestial Foxes, at the Seventh Level Crystallization, was extremely fast and actually broke through the outer perimeter of the Flying Swords' defense.

It circled around and bit towards Hu Jiuying's back.

"Over here!"

Hu Jiuying exclaimed in alarm and subconsciously condensed a ball of spirit fire and threw it over.

But the spirit fire hit the Celestial Fox and only scorched its fur, making it even more manic instead.

Just at this moment, a black stream of light flashed by.

Ling Lin, receiving extra spiritual power support from Mo Zixing, successfully pierced the Celestial Fox's skull with one strike.

At the same time, it instantly devoured its soul.

Meanwhile, the several spiritual Flying Swords around Mo Zixing fired in unison once more.

With every flash of sword light, a Celestial Fox fell.

In just over ten seconds, the dozen or so Celestial Foxes that had lunged over were all lying in a pool of blood.

Mo Zixing's movements were not sloppy in the slightest, nor did he show any mercy.

Every strike ensured that the Celestial Foxes were dead beyond any doubt.

Hu Jiuying lay on Mo Zixing's back, looking at the increasing number of corpses of her clansmen on the ground, and her stomach churned violently.

Mo Zixing naturally noticed her abnormality.

While controlling the Flying Swords to block another wave of lunging Celestial Foxes, he asked without turning his head:

"What, do you think I shouldn't have killed them?"

Hu Jiuying's body trembled violently.

She bit her lower lip hard, and the pair of fox ears on her head drooped weakly to one side.

Those were her clansmen.

Yet now they could only be mercilessly slaughtered.

She didn't feel good at all inside.

But she also knew that the person before her had done nothing wrong.

If he hadn't been there, she would have been completely affected by the Evil Qi little by little, and eventually become one of them completely.

She had already tried her best, but there was really no way to help her clansmen return to normal.

After a long time.

Hu Jiuying slowly shook her head, her voice filled with unconcealable choking and exhaustion:

"No… I don't blame you… I know they are no longer what they used to be."

And just at this moment.

From deep within the mountain forest in the distance, a deafening, massive howl suddenly rang out.

Leaves fell with a rustle like a rainstorm.

Hu Jiuying's face turned even paler:

"It's the Clan Chief…"