White Bone God Beating Whip

These deities were merely ghosts absorbed into the divine statues, becoming deities. They were dim-witted, only knowing to obey simple commands from the White-robed Nuo Immortal, such as killing intruders or refining Myriad Spirit Pills.

They couldn't discern whether Xu Ying was one of them, but the White-robed Nuo Immortal was knowledgeable and would surely recognize Xu Ying, a Wuchang Ghost, as not one of his stone statue deities.

Furthermore, he had seen Xu Ying before and would undoubtedly notice the Wuchang Mask on Xu Ying's back. By then, Xu Ying would have walked right into a trap, meeting a miserable end.

However, with so many deities, taller, stronger, and more imposing than him, surrounding him, Xu Ying had no opportunity to slip away.

Xu Ying inwardly lamented his misfortune. He secretly took a Myriad Spirit Pill from his cloth bag and popped it into his mouth, thinking, If I die, you won't live either. We'll all go down together. I'll eat all these Myriad Spirit Pills, and then let's see how you explain yourselves to the Ghost Nuo Immortal!

He acted furtively, looking around. Whenever the deities weren't paying attention, he'd pop another Myriad Spirit Pill into his mouth and secretly stuff a few stones into his cloth bag.

The deities charged forward, killing any deity or person they encountered. Xu Ying followed, riding on their coattails, truly striking fear into the hearts of gods and men alike.

This is quite impressive! Xu Ying thought with great satisfaction.

The White-robed Nuo Immortal controlled the great temple, pursuing the experts who had entered the broken temple's world, devouring their flesh and blood. Currently, he was chasing the Prefect of Yongzhou, Zhou Heng, intent on devouring him.

As for Ling Tongpan, because he had been deified after his death, he lacked a physical body and thus escaped this calamity.

Although Zhou Heng was corpulent, he was, after all, the Military Governor appointed by the Zhou Family to guard the region. His skills were extraordinary. Even though he was outmatched, he employed the Thirty-Six Heavenly Dipper Hidden Scenery Technique, displaying myriad changes as he desperately fled.

The White-robed Nuo Immortal pursued him, heading towards the entrance of the Shuikou Temple.

The burly deities around Xu Ying also took to the sky, leaping out of the immortal mountain and stepping on auspicious clouds, rushing towards the entrance of the Shuikou Temple to block it and prevent anyone inside from escaping.

As they flew away, only Xu Ying remained standing.

The young man was overjoyed, tears welling up. Suddenly, two deities descended from the sky. One grabbed his left arm, and the other grabbed his right arm. Xu Ying felt as if he were soaring through the clouds as the two deities carried him towards the great temple.

"A Ying, after you die, I'll find other youths to steal Blood Essence from. That's not disloyal, is it?"

The Great Bell asked cautiously, adding at the end, "Don't worry, I won't forget you. I'll have that youth erect a memorial archway for you to be worshipped. Though by then, your soul will likely be gone. The Ghost Nuo Immortal will surely tear you to pieces and scatter your soul."

Xu Ying grunted and ignored him, thinking, How strange. I've eaten so many Myriad Spirit Pills, why haven't I felt anything unusual? Could it be, as Master Zhong said, that this Ghost Nuo Immortal is incompetent and botched the refinement of the Myriad Spirit Pills?

Not long after, the two deities still couldn't catch up to the great temple. The great temple, carrying the White-robed Nuo Immortal, continued to charge forward, attempting to devour Prefect Zhou Heng. Behind the fat prefect, a giant, plump bird appeared, round and chubby, flapping its wings and flying so fast that even the great temple couldn't keep up.

"Strange, the Ghost Nuo Immortal doesn't seem to have the combat power of an immortal,"

The Great Bell muttered, "That's not right. Logically, the Ghost Nuo Immortal, along with the Hidden Scenery, even if only human skin remained, should be able to easily destroy the fat prefect. Yet, the Ghost Nuo Immortal has been chasing for so long without capturing the Prefect, which doesn't align with the title of Nuo Immortal."

Xu Ying took advantage of the two deities stopping and quietly walked towards the Shuikou Temple's entrance, whispering, "The Ghost Nuo Immortal is just a skin sack, how much power can it have?"

The Great Bell replied, "The highest realm of Nuo should be comparable to the highest realm of Qi Refiners, otherwise, how could it replace Qi Refiners? If it were the highest realm of Qi Refiners, let alone human skin, even a single strand of hair would be enough to kill that fat prefect. I observe the Ghost Nuo Immortal, it probably doesn't even have one percent of its peak strength!"

Xu Ying slipped to the temple entrance, his heart filled with joy. He quickly headed for the exit, saying, "Don't worry about him. As long as we get out of this door, we'll be free! I never want to come back to this broken temple!"

At the temple entrance, many deities stood guard, exuding murderous intent. However, anyone who had escaped there was captured by them.

Xu Ying walked among the deities, hands on his hips, standing with them. He planned to blend in with them first, then subtly move towards the exit, making his escape from the Shuikou Temple unnoticed.

Several tall stone statue deities affectionately patted his head, while another deity tugged at his tongue.

The ox-headed deity was a bit too strong. With a pop, he yanked out the tongue of the well-behaved Wuchang Ghost.

The ox-headed deity stared blankly. Connected to the tongue was the face skin of the Wuchang Ghost.

The ox-headed deity cried out in alarm, thinking he had killed the little brother. But then he saw the "little brother" rapidly shrink, turn, and sprint away, rushing out of the Shuikou Temple.

The ox-headed deity was momentarily confused, then suddenly realized, roaring, "Bo Yi Hu Lu (He is a liar)!"

Yuan Qi was waiting outside the temple gate, not daring to get too close. Suddenly, he saw a figure rush out of the temple from a distance, and he was both surprised and delighted. "Brother Ying truly has good fortune..." Gah!

Behind Xu Ying, sixteen or seventeen deities were chasing after him, their killing intent palpable.

Yuan Qi, who had intended to assist, immediately turned and fled upon seeing this, thinking, What crime did Brother Ying commit this time? Why are so many deities chasing him?

Xu Ying sprinted forward. The deities behind him gathered Incense Qi, transforming into several-zhang-long Flying Swords. The sky instantly became like a rain of swords!

Brother Ying seems to be quite hateful. It looks like this crime he committed is no small one, Yuan Qi thought.

Xu Ying raised his blood-stained black cloth bag high, meeting the Incense Qi Flying Swords. The deities cried out in alarm and hastily redirected their swords, not daring to harm the black cloth bag in the slightest.

Xu Ying let out a great roar and threw the cloth bag far away with all his might.

The deities immediately rushed towards the cloth bag. Xu Ying seized the opportunity to flee for his life. Yuan Qi also hurried over, shouting, "A Ying, what did you do this time?"

"Stole a few Myriad Spirit Pills."

Xu Ying said, "There are no spirit pills in the cloth bag, they're all with me. Let's go!"

Furious roars echoed from behind. Yuan Qi looked back and saw the enraged deities chasing them at an even faster speed, their anger reaching the heavens. Clearly, the cloth bag did not contain what they were looking for.

It was already night, and the surroundings were dark. As long as they could escape a certain distance, it would not be easy for these broken temple deities to find them.

Just then, Ghost Fires began to surge towards them in waves. Within the Ghost Fires, tall figures wielding long whips were seen, lashing out at the Ghost Fires!

The tall figure had a human body and an ox's head, reaching several zhang high, standing amidst a gust of eerie wind. The whip in its hand was six or seven zhang long. Every time it struck a Ghost Fire, the Ghost Fire would let out a ghostly wail, incredibly piercing!

Within the Ghost Fires were many living people and strange beasts. Judging by their attire, some were villagers from nearby, some were monsters, and some were Nu Masters who had just escaped from the broken temple's world. They were being driven forward by the ox-headed monster, moving in large groups!

They were like livestock, and the ox-headed monster was the shepherd, driving them along!

Xu Ying and Yuan Qi rushed forward. They saw a Nu Master being whipped by the whip. Although unharmed externally, the Nu Master let out a piercing scream, as if in immense pain, and was driven by the ox-headed monster to join the herd!

"And Xue Chenghuang!"

Xu Ying was greatly shocked. He saw that Xue Lingfu, the City God of Lingling City, was also among the group of ghosts, trembling and terrified of the ox-headed monster, not daring to leave the herd!

Xue Chenghuang's face lit up upon seeing Xu Ying, but he was immediately lashed by a whip, causing him to weep tears of pain.

There was more than one monster with a bull's head and a human body. Every few dozen steps, a bull-headed monster would be whipping ghosts and living people.

"It's the Bull Demons from the Underworld, A Ying, be careful!"

Yuan Qi shouted, "The books say they were originally Ox Demons who cultivated into Demon Gods. They entered the Underworld and became divine beings, absorbing the incense and netherworld energy of all living beings, becoming incredibly powerful. The whips in their hands can strike the soul, called Soul Striking Whips. If you're hit, it strikes your soul, causing immense pain!"

Xu Ying quickly changed direction, cutting against the herd, and sprinted towards the direction the herd came from. He said, "Little Qi, be careful yourself!"

These Bull Demons, like the Wuchang Ghosts, were extremely powerful divine beings of the Underworld. They whipped anyone they saw. Seeing Xu Ying sprinting through the herd, they all raised their Soul Striking Whips and lashed out at him.

Xu Ying's figure flickered, dodging the long whips. Several Flying Swords made of incense qi flew from behind him, but they were struck by the long whips and exploded with crackling sounds.

Xu Ying's heart skipped a beat. These Underworld deities are incredibly skilled, they can actually break incense qi Flying Swords! With so many Underworld deities here, has the Underworld invaded again?

He looked around and saw that the surrounding geography had changed drastically. The mountains and rivers were completely different, with many strange, sharp, and perilous peaks appearing as if carved by knives.

Xu Ying looked towards Mount Wu Wang, but it was nowhere to be seen!

"A Ying, be careful!"

Yuan Qi's voice came, and a Soul Striking Whip whistled towards him. Xu Ying broke out in a cold sweat and quickly leaped to dodge it, but the second whip cracked against his body!

He didn't feel a bone-chilling pain when this whip struck him. Instead, it felt as if a whip had struck his soul, making his soul waver.

Xu Ying froze. He looked at the people screaming in agony from the lashes and felt somewhat bewildered.

He had expected to be in excruciating pain and screaming uncontrollably, but he felt almost nothing.

The Bull Demon that struck Xu Ying was also quite puzzled. It lashed out again, and several other Bull Demons nearby also swung their whips, cracking them against Xu Ying!

Only then did Xu Ying have time to examine the so-called Soul Striking Whip. He saw that the long whip was actually made of human spinal bones, linked together, bone white and gleaming.

At the tip of the long whip was a neck bone, and at the very front of the neck bone was a skull, its mouth opening and closing with a clacking sound, grinning as if it were very happy.

However, while these White Bone God Beating Whips were wielded with joy against others, when they struck Xu Ying, the Bull Demons looked dejected, as if whipping Xu Ying was not a happy task.

Yuan Qi was extremely anxious and rushed forward to rescue Xu Ying, but he was struck by a whip. Instantly, his soul was in agony, his body contorted, and he screamed miserably.

The whip that struck him began to cackle again.

Xu Ying was whipped a dozen times in a circle by several Bull Demons, yet he still felt no pain. The dozen or so broken temple deities behind him were closing in. Xu Ying's heart grew anxious, and he grabbed a White Bone God Beating Whip that was lashing towards him.

The Bull Demon was furious and struggled with him for the whip. But what was Xu Ying's strength? After cultivating the Elephant Strength Bull Demon Fist, ordinary deities could not contend with his strength. Now, he had broken through to the Gate Knocking Stage, his primordial energy surging, and his strength increased linearly!

The Bull Demon was flung into the air by him, along with the whip. The Bull Demon's eyes were dazed. Just as it was helpless, it heard a crack! The long whip, along with the Bull Demon, was swung into the other Bull Demons.

"Moo—"

The Bull Demons cried out in pain, tears instantly streaming from their eyes. Even the owner of the whip was struck to the point of soul-wrenching pain and involuntarily let go.

Xu Ying swung the long whip, lashing down from above, making the Bull Demons roll on the ground.

From behind, the bull-headed deity who had snatched Xu Ying's Wuchang Mask chased after him. With a roar, it leaped towards Xu Ying. Without hesitation, Xu Ying swung his whip.

"Crack!"

The whip cracked loudly as it struck the bull-headed deity. The bull-headed deity instantly felt a soul-tearing agony, as if its physical body were about to be ripped apart, more painful than being torn limb from limb. It cried out and fell from the sky.

Xu Ying was both shocked and delighted. He swung the whip again. Even though this bull-headed deity had an incredibly profound incense qi, it was still struck with soul-wrenching pain, crying out involuntarily, its fingers twisting, its body twitching, its face contorted in pain.

The pain from the soul-tearing was too intense, preventing it from concentrating its spirit, let alone gathering magic power to kill Xu Ying.

The few Bull Demons that had been rolling on the ground earlier took the opportunity to get up, each grabbing a whip.

Xu Ying's heart grew solemn. Unexpectedly, these Bull Demons stood with him, raising their whips and lashing down at the bull-headed deity without question!

"Crack! Crack! Crack!"

The whips cracked loudly, making the bull-headed deity howl incessantly.

Xu Ying struck again, sending the bull-headed deity rolling on the ground. The Bull Demons, whips in hand, rained down blows. The bull-headed deity's cries shook the heavens as it struggled, unable to resist Xu Ying and the other Bull Demons.

Yuan Qi watched from the side, stunned. "A Ying always manages to get along with others so quickly… If I had a whip, I could join them."

The dozen or so broken temple deities behind them were catching up. Seeing this, Xu Ying quickly whipped and retreated.

The Bull Demons also hastily put away their whips and quickly followed Xu Ying, heading against the direction of the herd.

Yuan Qi was astonished. He saw that the Bull Demons did not continue to whip him and Xu Ying, as if they considered them allies.

More broken temple deities chased after them. Xu Ying and the Bull Demons attacked, taking one down with a whip, making it roll on the ground. Strangely, ever since Xu Ying had beaten them, these Bull Demons seemed to have recognized him. Whoever Xu Ying whipped, they would follow suit!

Yuan Qi snatched a White Bone God Beating Whip from a Bull Demon, coiled it around his tail, and fiercely whipped the unfortunate creature on the ground, having his fill.

"This place is not suitable for lingering, let's go quickly!" Xu Ying shouted.

Yuan Qi reluctantly stopped whipping and hurried to catch up with him.

Xu Ying and Yuan Qi led the group of Bull Demons for twenty to thirty miles but still saw no sign of Mount Wu Wang. Just as they were getting anxious, they saw a willow tree by the River of Oblivion's Edge, with a green lamp hanging from it.

Beneath the lamp, there was a person, a table, two chairs, a pot of tea, two teacups, and a green paper umbrella.