The Blade-Wielding Legend
Chapter 116 - 101: The Sudden Appearance of the Divine Tiger Token

Chapter 116: Chapter 101: The Sudden Appearance of the Divine Tiger Token

"Oh no, it’s the Soul Capturing Technique!"

Wang Daoxuan murmured to himself, realizing the danger too late.

He felt a heaviness in his chest and lost contact with the yin soldiers.

Wang Daoxuan’s face turned grim as he understood that the enemy had used some spell to suppress his yin soldiers’ souls.

Although the little yin soldier was weak and only good for gathering information, it was the first yin soldier he had tamed and nurtured, naturally forming an attachment.

He hadn’t expected such a simple reconnaissance to end in this way.

Despite the pain in his heart, Wang Daoxuan knew this was a critical moment. He bit his middle finger and pressed it to the forehead of the Spring Breeze Class’s divine statue, then bowed respectfully.

"Heavenly Soldiers and Earth Soldiers, Sun Soldiers and Moon Soldiers, Water Soldiers and Fire Soldiers, follow my command. Magic Flag unfurl and summon Divine Soldiers, Sha to settle and act, wind rise fog arise, Divine Soldiers hurry as per order!"

After finishing, he waved the Magic Flag and spat water.

"Command!"

With a puff, mist surged, enveloping the divine statue.

In an instant, whistling yin wind surrounded them, the fire paper in the fire basin on the ground spiraled up with a howl and quickly disappeared.

It must be said, the emergence of the yin god soldiers sent forth a spectacular presence.

But at that moment, sweat also appeared on Wang Daoxuan’s brow, and the Peach Wood Sword in his hand felt as heavy as a thousand pounds, trembling incessantly.

From the first round’s setback, he roughly gauged his opponent’s depth.

His opponent’s Dao practice seemed to be similar to his, both were at One Layer, but the opponent was skilled in the use of evil techniques and magic spells, which were quite formidable.

His study of the Western Xuan vein was an orthodox Magic Vein, focusing on discerning good and evil, warding off disasters, suppressing evil spirits, and with no prowess in dueling or harming others.

Or, one could say, his inheritance was incomplete.

Given this, Wang Daoxuan immediately changed tactics, temporarily redeploying soldiers, harnessing the power of soldier souls to summon yin fog, and disrupting the bandits’ vision.

Near the cemetery at night, there was always a gloomy atmosphere, misty and foggy.

This was because the yin soul absorbed yin evil qi, and with the surrounding dampness and darkness, it was easy to create fog, allowing yin souls to wander within and bewilder people’s minds, possessing them.

Many who collided with spirits usually discovered fog rising around them, then heard someone calling from the mist, leading to dizzying confusion and eventual possession.

This method, thus, formed.

This was considered an advanced magic platform technique, and with Wang Daoxuan’s Dao practice, it was quite a stretch to perform, further complicated by the need to drive soldier souls.

But Wang Daoxuan understood he must create an opportunity for Li Yan.

Indeed, as the soldier souls wrapped in yin wind blew over, a white fog quickly rose at the ambush spot of the hundred bandits, obscuring their vision completely.

After the autumn rain, the air was humid, making this method even more effective.

"What’s happening?"

"Strange, why’s there fog out of nowhere?"

The ambushing bandits were immediately flustered and panicked.

"Mister, what’s going on?"

Among the band of bandits, one spoke in a low voice.

He was tall and strong, bald and without eyebrows, with a fierce countenance and extremely robust physique. He wore a chain mail, though tattered, it was indeed genuine military armor.

In both hands, he carried spiked thorny hammers.

This man was Bai Yanhu, a notorious outlaw on the Green Forest Road in Shan State, originally a Colonel in the military. Due to his brutal nature, committing atrocities and scrambling for merits, he was dismissed and put on trial, sentenced to serve at the border.

But this fierce man resorted to tactics midway, killing the officer escorting him, then sneaked back home to grab his privately stored armor and took to the mountains.

Having come from the army, he understood military strategy and combined it with pugilistic world techniques, repeatedly evading government sieges effortlessly. Emulating Northern Border bandit groups, he established White Tiger Village, erecting the Four Beams and Eight Pillars, becoming the largest bandit on Bull Ridge.

Tonight’s ambush plan was personally arranged by him.

Beside him was Yu Laosi, who was scrambling as well. Upon hearing this, he hastily grabbed bone powder mixed with 松明, muttering a spell and flinging it towards the incense candles with a swift snap.

Boom! Boom!

Two flares spread, the heat rising and dissipating some of the surrounding fog, but it quickly enveloped everyone again.

Cold sweat appeared on Yu Laosi’s forehead as he chuckled dryly, "This, the opponent somehow got soldier souls, also received incense, it’s difficult to deal with."

"But rest assured, Chief, the opponent hasn’t the ability to control yin god soldier souls, they can only raise fog, not harm people."

"Moreover, in using this method, he’ll certainly be exhausted, merely find him and kill him..."

Yu Laosi explained in a flurry, all out of panic.

He had seen Bai Yanhu’s methods, a horrifying mountain ghost peeling skin, digging out hearts, that even Zheng Hebei couldn’t hold a candle to.

Beside Bai Yanhu came a disdainful voice, "Big brother, I told you these pugilistic world magicians can’t be trusted, they’re useless when it counts."

The speaker was a short strong man, face black as coal, with a lion nose and wide mouth, a Guan Mountain Blade at his waist.

This man was Lv Heizi, formerly a bladesman from Guanzhong. After getting drunk and killing a peddler on the street, he was wanted by the government and took to the mountains.

He was the "Support Pillar" among the Four Beams and Eight Pillars of White Tiger Village.

This position amounted to Bai Yanhu’s personal guard chief, a trusted confidant.

Having suffered from a magician in Lao Dragon Village, Bai Yanhu abducted Yu Laosi from another village, intending to place him on the "Lifting Sky Beam," the position of strategist and Yin Yang master.

Having achieved nothing, he was suddenly elevated, naturally arousing discontent among the village elders.

"Ai~"

Bai Yanhu waved his hand, "We’re all brothers, don’t say such things, if not for Mister Yu, it wouldn’t be possible to discover that hidden person."

Although he said so, Yu Laosi felt increasingly panicked, gritting his teeth and quickly said, "A trifling trick, let me break his magic method!"

Saying this, he took out a white token from his chest, styled like a tiger’s head, the carving exquisite, and densely engraved with talismans on the back.