Chapter 408: Gathering of Malevolent Spirits! The Boastful Young Daoist!
At that moment, the lantern at the prow suddenly blazed to life. Its flame was no ordinary fire, but a pale-green ghost light, warding back the man-eating water-rats.
Yet, under the burning glow of the Heaven-Illuminating Seal, that ghostly flame sputtered and swiftly went out.
The ferryman stiffened, momentarily stunned. Then, the ferryman cast a resentful glance at Li Yanchu. That thing’s too bright!
He was long accustomed to ferrying in darkness, relying on a soul-guiding lantern fueled with corpse oil to slip past certain taboos of the dead. The dazzling seal-light made him feel strangely exposed and uneasy.
This passage... seemed different from usual.
And then, Li Yanchu shocked him further. With unhurried calm, he drew the sharp saber at his waist.
With a gentle sweep...
Clang!Clang!Clang!
One after another, the corpse-fed water-rats, monstrous things swollen with evil, were split cleanly in two. Their carcasses floated silently upon the water, inky blood spreading out with a rancid stench.
“This...” The ferryman’s eyes widened.
So fast!
The cuts looked casual, effortless, yet the razor aura of his saber sliced through those thick-skinned vermin as though they were paper, hardly raising a disturbance at all.