Revealing the True Form

"We can only go up from here!"

Zhang You stared at the stone steps stretching from the foot of the mountain to its summit, a hint of surprise in his eyes!

Among these stone steps were countless human bones.

The skulls, in particular, drew the eye.

They were densely packed, with both adults and children represented.

A thick, pervasive Yin energy emanated from the steps, showing signs of misting over.

If an ordinary person were to ascend these steps, they certainly wouldn't be returning!

Each step was over a meter high, as if made for some giant.

As soon as he approached the stone steps, a sensation of his soul burning surged through him!

There was also a suppressive force emanating from the mountaintop!

"As expected, it wasn't going to be easy to climb!"

Zhang You cast a defensive spell on himself and then leaped onto the second step.

This time, not only was the soul-burning sensation significantly stronger, but the erosion of the Yin energy had also intensified, and the suppressive force had increased considerably. With all three combined, his simple defense was no longer sufficient!

"It seems the suppressive force will only grow stronger the higher we go!"

The Old Daoist also affixed several talismans around himself.

Upon reaching the second step, Zhang You suddenly had a bold idea!

He decided to use the pressure of this place to temper the physical defense and soul defense of his body.

His physical body still had some latent potential that hadn't been fully activated, and this was the perfect opportunity.

Therefore, he focused on defending his soul, while for his physical body, he only set up a simple defense, intending to endure the strain as he moved upward!

Of course, he also shared his idea with the Old Daoist.

The Old Daoist, however, indicated that he would pass on the idea and that Zhang You was free to do as he pleased.

Zhang You didn't overthink it and proceeded according to his plan.

As a result, his progress was very noticeable!

While it was somewhat taxing at the beginning, it became progressively easier.

By the time he reached the seventy-eighth step, the latent potential within his physical body had been fully activated.

Zhang You felt an unprecedented sense of lightness in his body, as if he were a feather or a piece of willow fluff, light as a swallow.

His soul defense had also improved significantly.

At the very least, he could now easily handle the soul-burning sensation from powerful, towering flame spirits!

The two decided to rest there for a while to recover their expended energy.

They still couldn't see the mountaintop, but they could see the foot of the mountain.

According to the Old Daoist, spatial energy was involved in this place.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

Suddenly, fierce fighting sounds erupted from the foot of the mountain!

Zhang You and the Old Daoist snapped out of their rest.

"Haha, an old rival, and with an Octopus Monster added to the mix!"

Zhang You immediately stood up. This was all experience for leveling up, a delicious and enticing prospect.

"We should probably leave them be!"

The Old Daoist's lips twitched, a hint of helplessness in his expression.

"I'm afraid that choice isn't ours to make!"

Zhang You smiled faintly and sprinted towards the area below.

By this time, the three evil spirits had spotted Zhang You. Their eyes gleamed with malice, and they temporarily ceased their fighting, letting out roars in his direction.

"It's been a while, and your strength has increased considerably! But I've gotten stronger too!"

He had verified earlier that the mountaintop could indeed be descended from.

The moment he landed, the three evil spirits swarmed him!

The strength of these three evil spirits had all reached the second level of the Foundation Establishment Realm, comparable to Bai Huang's strength before.

Without any preamble, they attacked Zhang You directly!

The Evil Buddha Statue glared with its wrathful eyes and brought down its massive golden palm heavily.

It chanted scriptures, and waves of invisible attacks were directed straight at the soul.

The Two-headed Corpse opened its snake-like maw, unleashing an attack condensed from venom that descended directly. Its scales then flew off, swarming down, determined to not stop until Zhang You was riddled like a beehive!

Meanwhile, the unicorn on its other head charged up energy and, in the blink of an eye, unleashed a pháp lực (magic power) beam, resembling a laser, from the sky.

The third evil entity was an Octopus Monster. Its body was that of an octopus with dozens of tentacles, but it possessed a human head.

It also launched an attack, spewing a stream of black smoke from its mouth that enveloped Zhang You and the other two evil entities.

Then, its dozens of tentacles grew even larger, stabbing towards Zhang You and the other two evil entities.

This Octopus Monster was the boss of the Burial Ground of Yin and had been sleeping until now.

Upon waking, it discovered its two subordinates had been killed, filling it with hatred for Zhang You and the Old Daoist.

As for the Evil Buddha Statue and the Two-headed Corpse, they had angered the Octopus Monster by consuming a large number of Mist Ghosts while passing through the Burial Ground of Yin, thus incurring its deep enmity.

It attacked without hesitation, taking on all three at once.

Although the surroundings were shrouded in black mist, Zhang You could sense their positions.

"Four Symbols: White Tiger: Shatter Void Fist!"

Zhang You's punch shattered the Evil Buddha Statue's palm strike.

As for spiritual attacks, they could no longer harm Zhang You!

"Four Symbols: White Tiger: Thunderclap Shield!"

He blocked the Two-headed Corpse's dual attacks.

Finally, as the Octopus Monster's tentacle attack arrived, he firmly grasped it with one hand.

"Go!"

Zhang You swung the Octopus Monster around and smashed it into the ground repeatedly!

"Bang bang bang!"

After being smashed a few times, the Octopus Monster was dazed and seemed on the verge of falling apart.

With a ferocious resolve, it severed its own tentacles.

Zhang You stomped on the ground, cracking it and leaving a deep pit, then charged towards the Evil Buddha Statue.

"Earth Splitter!"

His blood qi left his body, instantly condensing into a thirty-meter-long greatsword, which he swung down fiercely.

The Evil Buddha Statue's expression shifted from rage to shock.

It condensed its arms again, bringing its hands together.

"Boom!"

A golden protective shield appeared before it.

"Crack!"

But it was no match. The protective shield, along with the Evil Buddha Statue, was cleaved in half!

"Demon Purge!"

Zhang You stepped on the Evil Buddha Statue's broken body, raising himself higher. The thirty-meter greatsword swept towards the Two-headed Corpse.

The Two-headed Corpse reacted quickly, extending its four arms forward, intertwining with its snake heads, merging, and then transforming into a fifty-meter-long greatsword made of fused flesh and bone.

It also slashed forward with all its might.

"Pfft!"

With a flash of red light, the Two-headed Corpse stood still.

Soon, its body and the fifty-meter greatsword were both cut in half and fell to the ground.

All sorts of foul-smelling liquids spilled everywhere.

"It actually dodged!"

Zhang You was slightly surprised.

He had originally aimed for the red fleshy ball, or rather, the tumor, on the Two-headed Corpse's chest.

He hadn't expected it to shift position at the last moment!

"Hundred Blood Qi Slashes!"

Zhang You retracted the thirty-meter greatsword, and both his hands condensed with red energy.

After landing, he used Slippery Feet to charge to the front of the Octopus Monster, leaped into the air again, and unleashed hundreds of slashes in rapid succession!

The Octopus Monster, before it could even react, shattered into pieces!

However, none of the three evil entities had truly died!

"Amitabha!"

An old monk emerged from within the Evil Buddha Statue's golden body.

"Return my life!"

That blood-colored fleshy ball absorbed the surrounding severed limbs and scraps of flesh, reforming into a monstrous mass of flesh ten zhang high, with a cobbled-together head at the very top, groaning in agony.

"You will all die! All die..."

The Octopus Monster turned into a mass of black mist, within which countless Yin Souls churned!

The three evil entities revealed their true forms!