Outside the deserted county town, Buddha Jade Furnace began chanting Buddhist scriptures.
As Buddha Jade Furnace continued chanting, echoes gradually began to arise within the county town, which had been silent as a grave.
The abbot of Zhengde Temple beside them took out a Wooden Fish and, together with two other monks, chanted while striking it. Gradually, other things began to mingle with the sound of the Buddhist scriptures.
As the scriptures continued, Li Huowang felt every piece of flesh on his body twitching, as though it might leave his body at any moment.
Buddha Jade Furnace's clothes writhed, and all sorts of tiny Buddhas fell out from within, sitting cross-legged as they chanted along.
Just as the chanting reached its peak, the ground suddenly split open. A tall figure wearing a hood marked with the Witch Character leaped out, raising two Obsidian Daggers high in both hands as he launched a sneak attack on Buddha Jade Furnace, who was chanting the scriptures.
Hong Da, who had long been prepared at the side, sprang from his horse and blocked the man's path.
Yet just as the Rust Knife in Hong Da's hand slashed into the man's chest, the two arms holding the weapons broke away from the body itself, one to the left and one to the right, lunging toward Buddha Jade Furnace on horseback.
So this was never a living person at all. Those two dwarves disguised as arms were the real people.
Just as one of the dwarves thought his target was about to fall, he saw a Red-Robed Daoist blocking his way.
As all his attention focused on the Daoist's coin sword, the Daoist suddenly opened his mouth. Black tentacles covered in suckers and barbs shot out from within, directly covering his face.
The next instant, pain