Demon King: Hero, don’t run away!

Everyone lifted their heads and looked towards the direction from which the sound was coming.

This mountain range is extremely barren, with almost no magic beasts, where did the wolf howl come from?

Everyone present thought of the Curse Sect at the same time.

This must be their doing!

Upon hearing the prolonged wolf howl, Lotcar in his Silver Wolf form was taken aback. He furrowed his brows, somewhat surprised and puzzled, but after thinking it through, it seemed to make perfect sense.

If the Curse Sect wanted to investigate the Bishop’s death, they would definitely seek out someone related to them, like Kai Bu.

Before Lotcar could tell Yang Yu about his realization, Icaro Flo and several adventurers from the ”Corpse Collection Coffin” suddenly became alert.

They all sensed the abnormality of this mountain range.

Groups of spiritual bodies were emerging from the ground at an unimaginable speed!

Without further explanation, Icaro Flo clapped his hands together, fingers aligned, his body emitting a pure white light, and a Contracted Spirit Body—holding a katana and dressed in strange attire—dissociated from him.

Other members of ”Corpse Collection Coffin” followed Icaro Flo’s lead, each summoning their own Contracted Spirit Body, even Hualan summoned a Fishman Warrior dressed oddly.

Seeing this, Yang Yu reacted quickly and shouted to the group, ”Prepare for battle!”

The soldiers, momentarily distracted by the long howl, drew their weapons one by one, ready to fight.

A massive black mist completely enveloped the expeditionary team, prompting Icaro Flo to exclaim:

”What a terrifying number of spiritual bodies.

Just how many spiritual ability users does the Curse Sect have? And how many years did it take for them to gather so many spiritual bodies?

Something’s not right....

The quantity of spiritual bodies is strangely excessive!”

Icaro Flo sensed something was off.

”Corpse Collection Coffin” has quite a long history, but the spiritual bodies they’ve collected are far less than the number Icaro Flo senses now.

By rough estimate, the number of spirits controlled by ”Corpse Collection Coffin” is likely not even one-tenth of the Curse Sect’s.

Spiritual bodies cannot exist indefinitely in this world. Depending on the strength in life or the soul’s intensity, they can exist from a few months to several hundred years, making the storage of many spiritual bodies quite challenging.

Not to mention, there’s the special existence of Contracted Spiritual Bodies.

Strong spiritual bodies with high soul intensity often become Contracted Spiritual Bodies through agreements.

Due to the contract duration limits, a spiritual body that fulfills its contract will disappear from the world earlier, so it has become inevitable for spiritual ability users to periodically change their Contracted Spirit Body.

The strength of a spiritual body determines the strength of the Spirit Manipulator.

Powerful spiritual bodies are often in high demand and would not be used as ordinary spiritual bodies for others to command.

Could it be...

Icaro Flo calmed down and sensed carefully, his eyes widened.

Among these spiritual bodies, those of ordinary people were predominant. Their strength was lacking, and their soul strength was low, yet they were all mixed together by a peculiar force, triggering a strange chemical reaction.

So many ordinary people’s spiritual bodies...an ordinary person’s spiritual body would disappear within a few years...how on earth did they collect so many ordinary people’s spiritual bodies?

Icaro Flo thought of the war between Wansheng Country and the Luo Ze Empire. Yang Yu mentioned that not only were there Enchanting Demons during the war, but also the presence of the Curse Sect. Could it be they participated in the war just to collect these spiritual bodies?

Aside from ordinary people’s spiritual bodies, Icaro Flo also sensed some even more peculiar spiritual bodies.

Locking onto a peculiar spiritual body, Icaro Flo was once again astonished upon a detailed sense.

Within the vast black mist, there were actually some Demon Beast Spiritual Bodies!

Those Demon Beast Spiritual Bodies continuously devoured surrounding spiritual bodies, growing stronger and stronger. Once they materialize and attack, the consequences will be unimaginable.

Changing his hand gestures, Icaro Flo synchronizes with his spirit, wielding an old sword, making a forward chopping motion.

Icaro Flo’s Contracted Spirit Body followed suit, with a flaming red magic power sweeping over the sword blade, slashing toward the black mist, cutting a burning fiery path through it.

”Pay attention and prioritize dealing with those entities that are growing stronger in the mist! Those of you who can hit spiritual bodies, follow our attack!”

Upon hearing Icaro Flo’s words, everyone present exchanged glances and directed their gaze at Yang Yu, since Yang Yu was the commander here.

Just as their eyes turned toward Yang Yu, he spoke up:

”Regarding spiritual bodies, ’Corpse Collection Coffin’ knows much more than you do. Do as he says, without doubt!”

Upon hearing Yang Yu’s words, the members of the expeditionary team no longer hesitated, drawing their weapons for defensive counterattacks.

Unexpectedly, the black mist surged like real smoke, and before long, it reached the feet of the expeditionary team.

Weird spiritual bodies launched a surprise attack from beneath the expeditionary team’s feet, grabbing their legs.

With a pull, they broke the lower legs of several less capable expeditionary members, causing them to kneel on the ground. Then, several black arms erupted from the ground, grabbing the person and swallowing them into the black ground.

Members of ”Corpse Collection Coffin” deployed spirits for defense, but they sent mainly ordinary spirits, focusing their attention on the ever-strengthening spiritual entities.

Compared to the ever-strengthening Demon Beast Spiritual Bodies, the various spiritual bodies underfoot were insignificant.

However, insignificant or not, they couldn’t be completely ignored.

Watching the black mist with a 30% slowing effect below, Yang Yu instructed Iyas to release ”Healing Rain” with him as the center.

Two identical Holy Light Formations appeared over and under Iyas.

Before the Holy Light Formation above Iyas could descend with ”Healing Rain,” the shadows at Yang Yu’s feet were driven away by Iyas’s Holy Light, not daring to come near.

The Holy Light acted like a potent poison against Dark Spirit Bodies.

Iyas’s ”Healing Rain” was effective, prompting others skilled in Holy Light to follow suit.

Before long, the black spiritual bodies beneath the feet of the various forces vanished, replaced by Holy Light Formations centered around each priest.

However, the trouble was just beginning.

”Be careful.”

Sensing a Demon Beast Spiritual Body lunging at Yang Yu, Icaro Flo directed his spirit to protect him.

Yang Yu, being a warrior, likely lacked means to handle spiritual bodies.

Iyas had just released ”Healing Rain,” and Bai Jin had flown up with other mages, seemingly aiming to use area magic to incinerate spiritual bodies...

There was no one around Yang Yu, and he had no means to deal with spiritual bodies, certain to suffer a loss against the oncoming Demon Beast Spiritual Body.

Icaro Flo drove his Contracted Spirit Body toward Yang Yu with all his might, but the spirit headed for Yang Yu was a leopard-shaped Demon Beast Spirit Body, moving so fast that Icaro Flo’s spirit couldn’t keep up with it.

As the leopard-shaped Demon Beast Spirit Body drew nearer, Yang Yu remained calm, pulling out a sharp long sword with a hollowed center, effortlessly slicing the leopard-shaped Demon Beast Spirit Body in half.