Complete Victory

Within the black mist, three immense auras surged into the sky, setting the surrounding yin energy churning like the harbinger of a coming storm.

"Be careful. That old monk is the abbot of Fahua Temple! He vanished after the fire—I never expected him to be here!"

Qingyuan Old Daoist came to Zhang Lin's side and spoke as he looked at the old monk ahead.

The old monk was clad in tattered kasaya robes. Not a drop of moisture remained in his entire body; skin clung to bone, leaving him nothing more than a dried corpse, long devoid of life.

A string of prayer beads hung from his left hand.

In his right hand, he held a lamp. Yet it gave off no light whatsoever. Instead, an aura similar to Netherworld Ghostfire could be felt emanating from it.

"Perhaps Netherworld Ghostfire used to be inside that lamp!"

Zhang Lin made a few guesses.

"There were once rumors that Leyun Workshop had been swallowed by black flames. I never truly believed them, but now I do! The old monk probably released Netherworld Ghostfire by accident, burning this part of the mortal world. And because of Netherworld Ghostfire, this place became a ghost domain!"

The old Daoist's guess was more or less on the mark.

"Looks like that grave robber's bead really did contain some incredible treasure!"

Zhang Lin recalled the origin of the lamp.

"After the fire, people found an underground cavern beneath Fahua Temple. Human Planting and Blood Crystals were discovered inside! That bloody flesh tumor must be an evil thing formed from the resentment of those who died unjustly in the Fahua Temple cavern."

The old Daoist sighed as he looked at the flesh-and-blood monster.

"Human Planting? Blood Crystals?"

It was Zhang Lin's first time hearing these terms.

"Both methods exist to produce a kind of life force that can be used for cultivation and extending one's lifespan! Human Planting means planting people in land arranged with formations; Blood Crystals mean compressing living creatures into crystals while they are still alive!"

"Both methods are exceptionally cruel. Great Xia strictly prohibits them. Once discovered, the punishment is the extermination of nine generations!"

"Great Xia's deterrent power used to be decent, but now..."

"Heh! These days, there are quite a few people secretly doing this sort of thing!"

The old Daoist revealed another matter that shocked Zhang Lin!

No wonder so many people had set their sights on him when he had not even been in this world for long!

This was the damn atmosphere of this world!

The old Daoist glanced at Zhang Lin and continued, "The Burial Ground of Yin from before was probably formed from the resentment of those burned to death in the fire."

He then pointed at the Yin Souls rolling through the black mist ahead!

"Then the true culprit behind it all is that old monk!"

Zhang Lin had already had a rough guess. After hearing the old Daoist's explanation, he became even more certain that he was right.

"That Bai Huang probably discovered Netherworld Ghostfire and wanted to claim it for himself. In the end, he spent so many years without getting it, and even his cultivation realm fell!"

The old Daoist shook his head.

"Your hands are itching too? Want to find an evil creature to practice on?"

Zhang Lin teased him.

"No, no, no! If I went up there, I'd probably be wiped out in an instant. You do your best!"

As he spoke, the old Daoist retreated several hundred meters. After thinking about it, he still did not feel safe enough, so he went straight back toward the stone steps.

"Amitabha. The Buddha's light shines everywhere!"

The dried old monk's entire body suddenly erupted with golden light, enveloping the land within a hundred li.

Sizzle!

The chunks of flesh on the flesh-and-blood monster's body began melting away rapidly. Before long, only a blood-red flesh tumor remained.

"Ah..."

The black mist was slowly being worn away as well, gradually contracting. The Yin Souls within howled without end, clearly affected too.

Zhang Lin felt a faint sting on his skin, but it was not a major problem.

Following the principle of caution, he still released his qi armor to block it.

Karma Fire Burning Body!

Red flames rose from the old monk's body.

Then he opened his mouth and spat three streams of fire respectively toward the bloody flesh tumor, the black mist, and Zhang Lin.

The red flesh tumor suddenly burst apart, revealing an infant.

The infant was naked from the waist down, with black hair atop his head and a pair of black eyes. Red patterns covered his entire body, and long nails extended from his hands.

"You bald old bastard!"

The infant inhaled sharply, puffed out his cheeks, and sprayed out a stream of dark green liquid, which collided head-on with the flames.

At the same time, he pulled a sharp rib bone from within his body and flung it toward Zhang You.

Boom!

Firelight and the unknown liquid splashed in all directions as shockwaves spread outward.

"You all have to die!"

The black mist contracted as well, eventually forming a seven-foot-tall humanoid shape.

He raised a hand, and black mist churned in his palm before swiftly condensing into a long spear, which he thrust toward the flames.

Clang!

It blocked the flames as well.

Then he seemed to whistle toward Zhang You!

Very quickly, densely packed arms stretched out from beneath Zhang You's feet, all reaching for him.

"Trivial tricks!"

Zhang You's blood qi erupted. He stomped down, and a sweep of blood qi burst outward, shattering the arms one after another.

He then raised his left hand and condensed a blood qi shield, blocking the flames.

With his right hand, he grabbed forward, caught the rib bone, and crushed it by force.

Four Symbols: White Tiger Thunder Prison Qi Armor!

An enormous semicircular qi armor instantly spread outward, directly enclosing the three evil creatures within.

"Get down, all of you!"

As Zhang You poured in more blood qi, an invisible pressure arose within the qi armor and directly crushed the three evil creatures to the ground!

Thousand Buddha Hands!

Corpse Mountain Blood Sea!

Surging Waves!

The three evil creatures struggled to stand, but three blood qi spears wreathed in lightning descended from the sky and nailed them to the ground, leaving them unable to move.

Explode!

The three blood qi spears burst apart, blasting the three evil creatures into countless scattered pieces.

Yet the three evil creatures possessed tenacious vitality. They were not fully dead, and showed signs of gathering themselves together again.

Heavenly Thunder!

Zhang You drew the White Tiger phantom from within his Dantian.

After leaving his body, the White Tiger phantom grew larger and larger. It let out a roar, and lightning flashed while thunder rumbled within the qi armor. The remaining consciousness of the three evil creatures, along with their scattered pieces, directly turned into tribulation ash.

Three dense streams of blue-white qi were absorbed.

He was one huge step closer to his next Great Body Tempering!

The White Tiger phantom returned to his Dantian, but that thread of lightning had weakened considerably!

Zhang You discovered a blood-colored crystal on the ground, roughly the size of a child's fist. Dense blood qi radiated from it.

This was what the bloody flesh tumor had left behind after disappearing.

Star Absorbing Great Law: Devour Heaven Eat Earth!

He took a sip from the crystal.

Of course, he only sampled it lightly. He did not want to suffer qi deviation; he merely wanted to test the technique's effects.

He felt a mixed and impure blood qi enter his body. It burst open at once and rapidly spread throughout him.

However, this blood qi was incompatible with his own, and rejection actually occurred.

It made the blood qi within him churn and even threw his aura somewhat into disorder.

In the end, he could only force that foreign blood qi out of his body!

The blood qi within the Blood Crystal came from thousands upon thousands of different people, so it was only natural that he could not absorb it.

Shaking his head, he continued collecting his spoils.

The old monk had left behind a Sarira, which also contained dense blood qi.

And that lamp!

Finally, the black mist left behind a black stone that emitted a cold, gloomy aura. He had no idea what it was.

Outside, the old Daoist looked at that enormous blood qi armor and narrowed his eyes, lost in thought.

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