Chapter 258
Chapter 258
The master of the Luo Sect raised his Blood Ruyi Scepter above his head, vicious light flashing in his lone eye.
“The True-Void Homeland. The Unborn Parents. Heaven and Earth show no affection; the gods know no mercy. Only my Unborn Venerable Mother’s light shines in every direction! Believers, heed my command and kill these savage heretics!”
Bloodred light flared. Every ghost it covered became violently frenzied and charged Hua Jiunan’s group with wild howls.
Faqing swept out a hand and roared at the Blood Vajra Guardians he had summoned.
“Your chance to defend the faith and earn merit is before you. If you do not kill the enemy now, what are you waiting for?”
At once, the Blood Vajra Guardians abandoned their assault on Two Realms Mountain and rushed Eighth Master Chang in the air.
“We obey the Buddha’s decree!” they answered in shrill unison.
Eighth Master Chang went pale. His tail spun even faster, producing a roar like helicopter blades.
“Young master physician, should we run now, or should we run immediately?”
Eager for revenge, Chen Daji punched his own nose three times.
“Don’t chicken out, Eighth Master. Show some backbone! Let’s fight these animals!”
Zhao Fei had no way to attack at range, so he raised his father’s Great Seal and moved to the front.
“Come on! Fat Lord isn’t scared of you!”
The Slaughter Saber had set Hua Jiunan’s blood boiling. He pointed into the void and chanted.
“I bow to the Thirty-Three Heavens; the Thirty-Six Heavenly Spirits come before the altar. The Southern Dipper grants life, the Northern Dipper grants death. Those who obey shall be ennobled; those who defy shall be beheaded. By the urgent command of Sovereign Ziwei!”
As the incantation ended, stars filled the gray sky of the Yin-Yang Realm. Seventy-two giants in golden armor formed from nothing. They were the seventy-two divine generals of the Earthly Fiends.
Each looked solemn and murderous. Wielding massive golden hammers and mountain-splitting axes, they charged the ghost horde.
The two sides collided. Screams and roars rose without end.
The truth soon became clear: Hua Jiunan’s cultivation was still insufficient. After casting the tremendously powerful Earthly Fiends Ghost-Slaying Incantation, not a trace of strength remained in his body. He collapsed to the ground.
Young Monk Wuxin, who had been hiding behind him, hesitated, then stepped trembling in front of Hua Jiunan. He bared his teeth at the approaching evil ghosts, trying his hardest to look fierce.
“Namo Amitabha. Benefactors, please don’t come over and bully Brother. This young monk… I-I’m very fierce!”
Wuxin’s timid tone could never frighten the ghosts. He looked like a white rabbit telling a pack of wild dogs that it was a tiger. The threat had almost no effect.
With danger closing in, Hua Jiunan forced himself upright and pulled Wuxin behind him.
“Be good, Wuxin. Hide on Eighth Master’s back!”
The Slaughter Saber came down in a blaze of bloodred light and cut the nearest ghost in two.
But there were far too many enemies. More than a dozen evil ghosts dragged Hua Jiunan down and tore at him with teeth and claws. Only the hazy green light from the Celestial Master Token at his waist kept him from being wounded for the moment.
Eighth Master Chang panicked. Abandoning his guerrilla tactics, he roared toward the heavens and charged.
“You endless pack of animals! You dare bully the young master physician? I’ll fight you to the death!”
His great tail lashed out. Several ghosts blocking his way flew upward as if struck by a speeding truck. They screamed and dissolved into black smoke before they hit the ground.
Seeing Hua Jiunan in danger, Chen Daji stopped firing his slingshot. He drew his ox-horn shears and rushed to the rescue.
“Anyone who blocks me gets stabbed in the crotch!”
Yet a spent crossbow cannot pierce even the thinnest silk. Eighth Master Chang and Chen Daji risked their lives to advance, but the enemy was too numerous. Within moments, they were divided and surrounded.
Chen Daji flailed his blade through the ghost horde. Every ghost he wounded was replaced by several more.
Eighth Master Chang’s enormous body had become a liability once he lost his advantage in speed. Layer upon layer of ghosts covered him, biting and tearing. Screaming in pain, he simply rolled through their ranks.
“I’ll crush you all to death!”
Seeing everyone else locked in bitter combat, Zhao Fei rushed over with bloodshot eyes. He wielded the Great Seal like a brick and smashed an evil ghost to the ground, then hurled his whole body on top of it.
“Damn you! That’s for acting tough, and that’s for bullying people! Fat Lord is going to sit you to death today!”