txolops Chapter 74 Fellow Daoist's Great Bloodlust
Chapter 74 Fellow Daoist's Great Bloodlust
"Sorrow? You think you can send my grandfather to the afterlife like this, you scoundrel?"
Inside the city gate, a figure emerged from the crowd, his voice hoarse like a broken gong.
This demon was massive, with bare skin that was a deathly bluish-gray, covered with dark, stitched lines.
It reeked of a thick stench of corpses and a chilling aura of death, clearly having been nourished by the carnage of this battlefield. Upon hearing that someone was about to perform a ritual to help the dead, its ferocity was aroused, and it, confident in its superior cultivation compared to the other small fry, leaped out.
Upon seeing this, a crocodile demon nearby exclaimed in a low voice, "It's a Corpse Demon! Its bones are as hard as refined gold; ordinary magical artifacts can hardly harm it..."
Before he could finish speaking, the corpse demon had already made his move.
It let out a low growl, spread its arms, and the dense black aura surrounding its body suddenly boiled, transforming into dozens of bizarre black shadows twisted like venomous snakes, carrying a bone-chilling cold and putrid poison, silently yet swiftly devouring the palanquin.
Where the shadow passed, a layer of gray-white frost appeared on the stone slabs, and a foul stench filled the air.
"A trivial skill."
A calm whisper came from inside the sedan chair, revealing no emotion.
The next instant, ripples appeared in the air in front of the sedan chair, and a three-legged golden toad as big as a hill appeared out of thin air.
The golden toad's entire body shimmered with a dark golden luster, its skin covered with mysterious bumps, and its giant eyes resembled two shrunken, cold moons.
As soon as it appeared, it opened its enormous maw, which seemed capable of swallowing the heavens and the earth.
"Devouring Heaven and Devouring Fortune".
An invisible yet overwhelmingly powerful and terrifying suction force erupted from the toad's mouth.
"You think you can swallow me, you rotten toad?"
Despite its shouts, the Corpse Demon moved swiftly. The moment it sensed something was wrong, its corpse energy surged, its figure blurred, and it tried to use its escape technique to flee.
But that giant maw was incredibly mysterious, emanating a terrifying suction force that the corpse demon could not resist.
"not good."
The Corpse Demon only had time to think of this one sentence before he felt a tightness all over his body, as if he were sinking into an invisible swamp, and his escape technique was interrupted in an instant.
The golden toad closed its massive mouth and swallowed it whole, along with the surging black energy around it.
Only then was the sedan curtain, which had remained closed until now, slowly parted by a large, fleshy hand.
A figure resembling a fat toad stepped out of the sedan chair.
"How can he look so pathetic? Shouldn't such a powerful figure be imposing and awe-inspiring?" The crocodile demon saw it clearly and couldn't help but mutter under his breath, greatly disappointed.
"Damn it! You deadheaded crocodile, if you want to die, get lost and don't drag me down with you."
A boar demon with protruding tusks beside him was terrified and kicked the crocodile demon hard in the side, making him stagger and fall. The crocodile demon cursed under its breath, its face full of fear.
"Amitabha Buddha, fellow Daoists, I greet you."
As soon as he finished speaking, the phantom of the golden toad that was suppressing the corpse demon suddenly trembled violently.
Inside the toad's belly, a pitch-black, coffin-shaped phantom thrashed about violently, its chilling aura emanating a golden light that caused the surrounding temperature to plummet and frost to spread across the ground.
"Fellow Daoist, do not be anxious, this humble Daoist will grant you liberation."
Xu Changqing calmly took something out of his sleeve.
It was a bead the size of an egg, crystal clear, like the finest glass.
Within the pearl's core, a myriad of colorful mists seemed to slowly swirl and shift, ever-changing and ethereal. Bathed in moonlight and illuminated by a distant bonfire, they refracted a dreamlike halo of light, a beauty that was breathtaking.
"Wow...this bead is so beautiful!" A bewitching female demon with black coral-like horns on her head and a seductive face stared at it, unable to help but murmur, her eyes filled with infatuation and lust.
Upon hearing this, Xu Changqing turned his gaze to the black coral demoness and said with a smile, "If you like it, fellow Daoist, how about I give you a look?"
Then he flicked his finger, and a drop of liquid, no bigger than a soybean and containing iridescent light, flew toward the Corpse Demon.
"Fellow Daoist, please show mercy!"
A hurried shout suddenly came from the direction of the city. As it approached, before the words were finished, a gray figure had already swept into the scene like a streak of light.
The newcomer was a middle-aged Taoist priest with a fair complexion and a light beard. He wore a cloud-patterned crown and a linen Taoist robe. His aura was deep and composed, indicating that he had already reached the perfect state of Qi Refining. He was none other than Gu Shiba, the eldest disciple of Master Man.
Xu Changqing scoffed inwardly: "You think I'll go easy on you just because you tell me to? What kind of logic is that?"
He simply asked, "Who spoke?"
That drop of seven-colored flowing liquid had accurately struck the corpse demon's forehead.
"Grandpa, I am a Corpse Demon, tempered by a hundred years of venomous poisons, and I am already immune to all poisons. How could mere venom harm my very essence?" the Corpse Demon mocked.
The next moment, I felt a strange tingling sensation in my body, and the colorful hues quickly spread out, like spilled paint, bright and dazzling, even with a strange beauty.
Wherever the seven colors passed, the supposedly hard, bluish-gray corpse melted and corroded rapidly, like ice and snow under the scorching sun, emitting hissing white smoke and a strange smell that was a mixture of sweetness and decay.
The corrosion was extremely rapid, spreading from the wound to almost half of the body in the blink of an eye. Flesh, blood, and bones turned into thick, foul-smelling pus that flowed down, revealing the bones inside, which were also riddled with holes from corrosion.
"Ugh!" The corpse demon let out a shrill, inhuman howl, struggling even more violently, but its body was rapidly disintegrating.
Even more terrifying, the seven-colored poison seemed to possess sentience; as the corpse demon struggled and pus splattered, it transformed into tiny specks of colorful mist that drifted in all directions.
Several demons who were standing nearby, staring in disbelief, were caught in the colorful mist and struck as if by lightning. Their skin quickly developed equally vibrant seven-colored patterns, and they collapsed to the ground with screams. Their bodies decayed and dissolved at a visible speed, and they fell silent in an instant, leaving only a few pools of colorful pus.
Inside and outside the city gate, there was an instant deathly silence.
The female demon who had previously coveted the glass poison pearl in Xu Changqing's hand was so frightened that she collapsed to the ground, trembling and not daring to even breathe.
The other demons turned pale and retreated repeatedly, wishing they could get as far away from that magnificent yet deadly palanquin as possible.
Gu Shiba's composure finally crumbled, and his eyes twitched slightly.
He stared intently at the corpse demon that had rapidly turned into a puddle of pus, leaving only a few pieces of bone emitting colorful smoke, then glanced at the few unfortunate demons caught in the crossfire, his eyes filled with deep apprehension.
This poison was far too domineering and bizarre; even with his experience, he was terrified.
However, despite his attempts to stop them in front of everyone, they ignored him and even turned the corpse demon into pus right in front of him.
If we back down now, what face will we have left? How will we establish our authority in front of Master Man and among this group of demons?
"Hmph, fellow Daoist, you have a great bloodthirsty nature! You resort to such ruthless methods at the slightest disagreement, even harming innocent people. Do you not respect my entire lineage?"
Gu Shiba's expression turned cold, his internal energy surged, and with a flick of his left hand, a palm-sized, pottery-shaped magical artifact appeared in his palm.
This magical artifact was bestowed upon me by Master Man. It is called the Heart-Eating Gu Basin. The basin is dark red in color and its surface is covered with twisted and writhing black patterns, as if countless tiny insects are crawling inside. A faint light appears at the mouth of the basin, and you can faintly hear the hallucinations of chewing and painful howls.
As soon as this object appeared, the surrounding air became even colder and thicker, and a vicious aura that corroded the mind and defiled magical power spread out, mixed with the overwhelming pressure of a Foundation Establishment Realm cultivator pressing down.