Li Yan The thoughts in his mind were spinning, and the mantras in his mouth were like boiling water.
As soon as the clone of Marshal Wen appeared, it showed amazing power, condensed and formed from the void, and appeared directly behind "Hundred Ghost Infant Fiend", with thunder and lightning intertwined and red fire tumbling.
Yingsha was originally refined by Zhu Suanpan through evil magic, and was made by absorbing hundreds of Yin Soul. It was also fused with Evil Omen Qi. It can be said to be extremely difficult to deal with, but in the end it is still evil and afraid of thunder and fire.
"Yeah--!"
Feeling the power of Marshal Wen thunder and fire, Ying Sha screamed and disappeared instantly.
When he reappeared, he was already a hundred meters away.
But the clone of Marshal Wen also appeared almost at the same time.
Black mist, white shadows, and thunder and fire gods flickered in different places, making it difficult to react quickly.
After all, "Hundred Ghost Infant Fiend" was still not fast enough and was directly captured by Marshal Wen's clone.
Wrapped in thunder and fire, the evil mist evaporates amid the roaring sound.
Yingsha was shaken violently, struggling wildly, trying to tear apart the lightning shield and fight back, but could not escape.
However, Li Yan still looked solemn and held the seal with both hands.
Just as Xu Zhenshan said just now, it is not difficult to kill "Hundred Ghost Infant Fiend". What is difficult is that the opponent has been fused with Evil Omen Qi and is immortal. Once it explodes, it will spread out and infect half of Yangzhou City.
During the time in Shu, the scene of a group of soldiers being infected by Evil Omen Qi is still vivid in my mind.
By then, I don't know how many casualties there will be.
As Li Yan changed the hand formula and chanted <Marshal Wen Precious Edict>, the humanoid thunder and fire changed rapidly again, like a furnace, trapping "Hundred Ghost Infant Fiend" in it.
He actually wants to try "Refining Demons with Thunder and Fire"!
This kind of thing is also recorded in Daoism. There are people who have succeeded, but it is very difficult.
There are many examples of failure. For example, when Golden Horde Wolf Country was about to perish, Xuanmen Daoist "Jade Void Zhenren" Zhang Yuanhe tried to refine a thousand-year-old corpse king with thunder and fire in Qiannan.
At that time, the Corpse King was born on the battlefield and gathered hundreds of thousands of wronged souls to become a vicious creature.
Zhang Zhenren planted Nine Palaces Thunderfire Formation and devoted his life's mana to inspire the power of heaven, but the evil resentment was too deep to bite back the thunder and fire. Halfway through refining, the thunder and fire poured out of control. Qiannan The mountains and rivers were reduced to scorched earth, and the people thousands of miles away were turned into withered bones. Zhang Zhenren was also eroded by the yin fire and died, leaving only a ruins to warn future generations.
Therefore, when Daoism encounters such difficult evil spirits, it often adopts a more reliable method to suppress them in famous mountains and rivers, Blessed Grotto-Heavens, and then destroy them with Celestial Fiend Qi.
But the current situation is dangerous and there is obviously no time.
Thinking of this, Li Yan concentrated even more.
With the help of treasures such as Dragon Snake Plate, Armguard Thousand Thoughts, Gouji, etc., the surrounding evil spirits gathered crazily, the wind roared, forming a whirlwind around him, and frost also condensed underground.
Such a strong Malevolent Qi can already form a small evil place. Ordinary people would not dare to try it because their mortal bodies would definitely not be able to handle so much Malevolent Qi.
But after Li Yan casts "Netherworld Transformation", Soul Hooking Chain is used as the carrier.
Celestial Fiend Qi gathered together crazily, making his Yin Shen body become larger and more solid. Through magic and "Bing Ding Life-Creating Ghost Talisman", the summons of Marshal Wen was maintained.
It can be said that we are walking a tightrope.
It depends on whether the opponent is refined first or whether he can't handle it first.
During the stalemate between the two forces, Wang Dao Xuan and Lu San also felt that their restraints were loosened.
After removing Five Directions Fengdu Banner, they saw the shadowy body of Li Yan.
Regardless of the nonsense, Li Yan said directly, "Daoist Master, you left and destroyed that Netherworld Stage. This is the key to the demon's layout. San Er, go to the dock quickly to support the message transmission!"
After that, he continued to concentrate on refining.
His words were concise and concise, but the two of them understood him instantly.
Needless to say, "Netherworld Stage", they don't know how to use it, so keeping it would be a disaster.
And that side of the pier must be the focus of the Japanese pirates' attack.
If others are worried about coming to support, they will misjudge the situation and focus on one thing instead of the other.
"Okay!"
Lu San didn't talk nonsense, and rushed into the street with Little White Fox, and soon disappeared.
Wang Dao Xuan came to Netherworld Stage and observed it carefully.
At this moment, this evil thing is still running.
It stole the power from City God Temple. Although Wang Dao Xuan didn't know how to do it, he saw the thick fog around him getting lighter but not disappearing, and knew that he had to destroy this thing to solve the problem.
He turned his head and looked deep into the Wang Maode mansion, and saw a group of servants huddled in a corner, like frightened birds. He immediately shouted in a stern voice, "If you don't want to die, then listen to my arrangements!"
"Looking for a bucket of Black Dog Blood and thirty bunches of peach branches!"
The servants were frightened by his power, acted in confusion, and went out to look for things outside the mansion.
Among these people, there are also many salt merchants who are considered local snakes in Yangzhou.
The qi of the nearby evil spirit was drained by Li Yan, so it could pass normally. It took less than a stick of incense to collect all the things and place them outside the Wang family's mansion.
Wow~
Under the command of Wang Dao Xuan, a bucket of Black Dog Blood was poured on top of Netherworld Stage.
The surface of the stage immediately squeaked.
Afterwards, peach wood firewood was piled up and burned.
As for Wang Dao Xuan, he set up a temporary altar, lit incense candles, threw paper money, and at the same time chanted. "The Green Emperor protects the soul, White Emperor serves the soul, the Red Emperor nourishes Qi, the Black Emperor promotes blood, Yellow Emperor is the master, all gods are invincible..."
This is Soul Calming Mantra.
Although Netherworld Stage is strong, it cannot live without those Yin Soul Fierce Ghost who were tortured to death.
Wang Dao Xuan uses mantras to save himself, but in fact it cuts off its roots...
Yangzhou City God Temple is located in the north of the city.
It was built in the previous dynasty. At first it was just a place for petty officials to erect monuments to offer sacrifices. Later, due to frequent floods, some squires donated their land for sacrifices and built the Cheng San into the courtyard.
This place has gone through hundreds of years of wars and has always been popular. When the salt movement was at its peak, wealthy businessmen rushed to donate gold bodies. The glazed tiles on the eaves and corners were all inlaid with Mingzhu. It glowed during the day and shed light at night, known as "Jianghuai First Divine Palace".
Nowadays, it is dark and foggy, and dark red mucus oozes from the pillars of the porch, like dried blood and tears.
When Xu Zhenshan arrived with the crowd, the red lacquer temple door suddenly opened, and the golden plaque "Protect the Nation and Bless the People" on the lintel hung upside down, with several fishy holes cracked open.
"Dang~dang~"
The copper bell under the eaves moved automatically in the absence of wind, but the sound was like the cry of a baby.
"Vomit"
Immediately, a young disciple supported the stone lion and retched.
The pair of auspicious beasts at the entrance of the temple had black water dripping from their eye sockets and half of their stumps were pressed under their claws.
Xu Zhenshan made a secret gesture with his left hand with a sullen face, and the mahogany token on his waist suddenly buzzed as a warning.
"The shrine of Sheling has been defiled."
His voice was cold and his eyes were full of anger, "Let's go, go around the side hall!"
Wow!
As soon as he finished speaking, the entire bluestone road at the entrance of the temple suddenly rolled up like a wave.
However, hundreds of withered hands suddenly stretched out from the cracks in the blue bricks. Several disciples were accidentally grabbed out by those withered hands, causing screams accompanied by the muffled sound of cracking bones.
The dark nails on the withered hands were still laced with poison.
But within a breath, some disciples turned blue and fell to the ground.
"Living Human Pile!"
Xu Zhenshan's eyes widened, and he immediately commanded his disciples to step back with Heavenly Gang's feet. At the same time, he picked up Yellow Talisman's sword and struck it to the ground. "Five thunder generals, train generals, hurry up like laws and regulations!"
Zizzi~
Arcs of electricity jumped along the cracks in the blue bricks, stench and thick smoke rose, and the withered hands became motionless.
"Hmph!"
Xu Zhenshan snorted coldly, Hidden Strength became furious and stamped on the ground suddenly.
There was a dull roar, bricks and stones were splashed everywhere, and several small wooden boxes were exposed in the soil, which looked like coffins. They were tied with red ropes and copper coins, and a hole was exposed on them, from which the dead hands came out.
Xu Zhenshan looked even more ugly when he saw this.
This thing must not have been buried just tonight.
After making such a big mistake, even if he successfully escapes the disaster tonight, he will inevitably have to go back to the mountain to be punished.
Thinking of this, Xu Zhenshan immediately looked towards the dark temple door, gritted his teeth and said coldly:
"This evil Lu Ban Method... must be Cui Erwa!"
He has guessed who is causing trouble in City God Temple.
The outsider Li Yan is not clear about this, but they have had frequent dealings with Ghost Opera Troupe near Yangzhou City and have already found out the details of these people.
The one inside is called "Cui Erwa", which is a clown from the troupe.
He was born with a deformed face and was ridiculed and bullied since childhood. He was driven out of the village as a monster.
While picking up tributes at the cemetery, I met an old carpenter who carried the broken pages of the taboo chapter "Lu Ban Yansheng Curse". He followed him to learn the art. Although he was treated like a donkey and whipped, he also learned a skill.
He has a sinister nature. When working for others, even if his employer gives him enough money, he will still be greedy. He will secretly put some evil things in his heart and ask Daoist priests to come and break the money. He has even committed several murder cases.
Wanted by the Enforcement Hall, desperate to join Ghost Opera Troupe.
Originally, although Xu Zhenshan had a hot temper, he did not want to fight to the death with these vicious men, but what happened tonight has forced him into a desperate situation, and the murderous intention has already boiled in his heart.
"Get up Seven Fiends Nails!"
Xu Zhenshan gave the order and immediately led his disciples to surround City God Temple's main entrance. He stepped out of Big Dipper Formation's feet and at the same time took out jujube stones one by one from each of his arms.
Thunderstruck Jujube Wood is an excellent material for making magic weapons.
After being struck by lightning, the jujube cores are reborn and grow back, which can be used to make jujube core nails, a magical weapon.
Puff puff puff!
Under his command, seven date cores were nailed through the void and into the veins in front of the door.
Strangely enough, the shaking on the ground stopped immediately.
But at this moment, a dwarf suddenly walked out of the darkness of the gate, wearing a wooden harlequin mask and a pair of mottled bang bangs in his hand, and started banging bang bang bang.
"Giggle--"
Weird laughter mixed with the sound of bangs.
When the disciples in the front row heard this, their eyes suddenly became distracted, and they actually threw away their magic weapons and bit each other.
Others laughed wildly and slit their own throats, with blood spraying everywhere.
"Seal the ear orifice!" Xu Zhenshan immediately roared and formed a seal.
He knows that Cui Erwa has two other abilities besides Lu Ban Method.
First, he wears various grotesque masks made by himself. Although his limbs are exaggerated and twisted, and his movements are ridiculous, he is good at charming the soul. He often plays the role of a seducing impermanence or imp, harming people everywhere.
The second is the Bangzi magic weapon, which can also disturb people's minds.
The other disciples followed suit and connected the dots in their ears to seal the apertures.
"Hahaha~"
A strange laughter came from the mouth of Cui Erwa.
He threw a wooden box behind him with great force.
Xu Zhenshan walked up to him and smashed him to pieces with one palm.
Click!
The wooden box exploded, and it turned out to be full of human skin masks.
These human skin masks include the smiling face of a young boy, the shy face of a newlywed, and even more twisted and malicious faces, flying in the air like butterflies, and actually sticking to the faces of some disciples.
Those disciples immediately fell to the ground in pain, and their body movements became weird.
"It's Soul Sealing Mask..."
Xu Zhenshan's pupils shrank suddenly, and he felt a bitter taste in his mouth.
Ancient books from Maoshan have recorded that this sorcery requires taking the face of the deceased just before his death and wrapping it with willow paste from the tomb. Fierce Ghost can use this to easily control people.
What made him even more aggrieved was that City God Temple was occupied, and the secular gods also suppressed them.
Full of anger, but unable to express it.
Phew~
At this moment, a strong wind rose out of thin air.
But I saw that the surrounding dense fog began to lighten, and the darkness that shrouded City God Temple gradually dissipated.
"Young Hero Li is done over there!"
Feeling that the pressure around him was relieved, Xu Zhenshan was immediately overjoyed, jumped up, and at the same time chanted a mantra, "Thunder of Yang Essence, Essence of Fire..."
Following the sound of the mantra, there was an electric light flashing on Law Sword in his right hand.
As for Cui Erwa, because City God Temple lost control, his mind was shaken.
Clang!
The sword light flashed, and the mask on Cui Erwa's face shattered, revealing half of his face with burn scars.
His broken lips wriggled twice, making a hoarse sound like sawing wood:
"The faces are all ugly."
The moment Xu Zhenshan's sword power continued unabated, Law Sword penetrated his throat directly.
After killing Cui Erwa, he immediately rushed into City God Temple.
"Call everyone to see what's going on. Count the troops and horses that can still be moved!"
"Notify Commandery Commandant Office, follow me to the dock for support!"
At Yangzhou City Wharf, the bustling scene of the past where boats traveled thousands of miles has disappeared.
The thick, ink-like black fog surged in from the city like a living creature, covering the river bank for miles around.
It seemed that the water vapor on the river was trapped, and the fog was far worse than in the city, making it impossible to see even one's fingers.
Only the burning fire on the river in the distance dyed the thick fog red, and was mixed with the sounds of metal and iron, howling and cursing, and the cracking of ship planks.
Several canal boats tilted and capsized, and one after another the government warships burst into flames.
Li Yan's guess is correct, it was Japanese pirates attacking the city.
The only thing I guessed wrong was the target of these Japanese pirates.
They did not intend to enter the city, but to destroy the naval warships.
Through the heavy fog, many Japanese pirates emerged from the underwater crevices like ghosts.
They were agile and used hooks to jump between the mast and the side of the ship. They were wrapped in black scarves, only revealing their vicious eyes and the cold nodachi and short-handled Japanese axes in their hands.
There were many experts among the fellow travelers, and Celestial Fiend Qi was faintly circulating between the movements.
These masters have clear goals and specialize in attacking the ship's vital points.
Some cut off the mainmast, or used kerosene bottles to smash the gunpowder barrels stacked on the ship building. Some people even used strange and cunning techniques to avoid the guards and sneak directly into the Watertight Compartment to pierce the bottom of the ship.
The imperial navy was not a mob, but when they completely lost their vision and were suddenly attacked from inside and outside, their positions were in chaos. They fought independently in the thick fog, and were often attacked by sneak attacks before the sword could reach them.
Broken wooden boards, burning debris and corpses floated on the water, dyeing the river red.
"Cha--!"
Accompanied by a loud eagle cry, Lu San jumped from the city wall.
At the same time, Wang Dao Xuan and City God Temple have succeeded, and the thick fog has dispersed at a speed visible to the naked eye. Looking from a distance, it is like an eagle tearing through the fog.
The thick fog dispersed, and Lu San also saw the dock scene.
Their large ship was also under fierce siege.
But the besiegers were not only Japanese pirates, but also many desperadoes who spoke with local Jiangnan accents, armed with harpoons, Water Dividing Spike, and even poisoned spear darts, and their tactics were vicious and cunning.
He was actually a local river bandit who was familiar with waterways and water properties!
Lu San's heart sank.
Insiders hook up with outsiders!
This operation may be more complicated than they thought...