The Buddha's Heart Passes on the Lamp: Wu Song Infused with Spiritual Power; the Emergency Headband Is Developed! (Continued)

Zhang Kui's version of the Kitchen God looked vastly different from the Kitchen God imagery Lin Chen had seen in folk New Year prints in his previous life.

Through the course of history, the traditional Kitchen God had often been shaped by the common folk into a plump, smiling, even somewhat comical civil official, exuding a shrewd, worldly sort of kindness.

But Zhang Kui was different!

He was a military general who had truly crawled out of heaps of corpses and shaken the world through sheer martial valor.

Even though the baleful aura had now been washed from him, that awe-inspiring, inviolable killing intent and unyielding resolve remained carved into his very bones.

Instead, his current image as the Kitchen God more closely resembled a Dharma Protector General—mighty and fearsome, striking dread into all who saw him.

Those evil entities that dared to spread corruption and wreak havoc would likely have their souls scattered from fright at the sight of this baleful god before they could even make a move.

Lin Chen stroked the card, from whose surface emanated a dense, scorching heat.

If Lin Chen had not possessed divine power, he might have been burned by the card.

An ordinary card master would not even be able to touch it.

Yet that only demonstrated the Kitchen God card's formidable power.

This was an all-rounder that combined positional warfare, logistical recovery, purification, and exorcism!

With a flash of light, the card took physical form.

Zhang Kui, nine chi tall and built like an iron tower, planted his feet solidly upon the bluestone floor of the quiet chamber.

His tiger eyes swept the surroundings. Feeling the enduring, weighty new divine power within his body, a trace of incredulous shock flashed through his gaze.

There was no enslavement, no bloodthirsty madness—only peace