After the Reincarnators discussed it among themselves, they ultimately decided to trade with Xiao Han for several bottles of Two-Grade Pills. After all, the laptop was the shared property of everyone on the team, so of course they couldn't let one person reap the benefits like the Dual Gunner had.
Of course, if his teammates wanted to cultivate the Danyuan Technique, he wouldn't refuse. Still, compared with the Dual Gunner, who had received the technique directly from Xiao Han along with cultivation experience, the others had a much harder time practicing it.
After the mutually beneficial deal was complete, Xiao Han also learned that the laptop ran on some kind of new energy source that could power it for a year. As for charging it, that required an extremely efficient solar converter.
Five seconds to charge, two hours to show off.
After putting away the Desert Eagle and laptop in his Storage Ring, Xiao Han turned and walked toward Ning Caichen and Yan Chixia.
"Hmm—snort—"
To his dismay, Yan Chixia had fallen asleep after drinking. He was snoring in bursts, like a pig.
Meanwhile, Ning Caichen had already helped Nie Xiaoqian's sisters pass on and enter the cycle of reincarnation.
But no matter what he tried, he couldn't resolve Nie Xiaoqian's problem. Only after hearing her tearful account did Ning Caichen learn that Tree Demon Granny had given her to Black Mountain Demon as a concubine and branded her with a spell. When the time came, Black Mountain Demon would draw her into the Yin-Yang Realm.
Looking at the pitiful Nie Xiaoqian, Ning Caichen gritted his teeth and decided to forcibly break Black Mountain Demon's brand. But with his meager strength, how could he hope to shake a Great Demon who had been infamous for thousands of years?!
Just as he was sweating profusely from the effort, a burst of sword intent erupted. Mixed with magical power, it slammed into the Black Mountain Brand.
At the moment Xiao Han's magical power collided with the Black Mountain Brand, a figure shrouded from head to toe in black mist abruptly rose in the City of the Dead, in the Yin-Yang Realm.
"Someone is trying to break my Black Mountain Brand! What is that Tree Demon doing?!" A hoarse, grating voice rang out, like the whispers of countless resentful souls from the depths of the netherworld.
Standing atop a throne piled high with bones, Black Mountain Demon's black mist gradually dissipated, revealing his skeletal true form.
Although Black Mountain Demon's head was a black skull, his body was made up of countless Wrathful Ghosts. At every moment, terrifying waves of killing qi rolled off him, accompanied by the mournful wails of ghosts.
One could only imagine how many atrocities Black Mountain Demon had committed and how many people he had killed to attain his current power.
"Hm?! The brand has been broken!"
Black Mountain Demon was closely connected to the brand. Now that it had been broken, how could he not know? Instantly, he was overcome with fury. Boundless winds of darkness swept through the city, making the entire City of the Dead tremble!
"Good! You've got some nerve!"
Black Mountain Demon laughed in his rage, his jaws opening and closing. The ghosts making up his body seemed to sense their master's anger, and let out terrifying cries that soared into the heavens.
"Take my order! Assemble the elite ghost soldiers in the City of the Dead and follow me to the mortal realm. I want to see which blind fool dares to defy the might of Black Mountain!"
"Yes!!!!"
Black Mountain Demon's voice echoed across the sky above the City of the Dead, leaving the elite ghost soldiers below trembling with fear. Who was this reckless fool who had provoked King Black Mountain so badly?
Once they had assembled, Black Mountain Demon climbed onto his White Bone Throne. Countless ghosts carried it aloft, and the mountain-sized throne swept toward the mortal realm in a grand procession.
After breaking the Black Mountain Brand, Xiao Han let Nie Xiaoqian enter the cycle of reincarnation. He had originally planned to use her as bait to lure Black Mountain Demon in, but when he remembered what a miserable life the girl had led, he couldn't bear to put her in danger again.
Still, while breaking the brand just now, Xiao Han had provoked Black Mountain Demon in the distant Yin-Yang Realm in every way he could. As long as Black Mountain Demon still had any ambition left, he would never let the matter go. After all, he was a renowned leader among the demon world's ranks, infamous for thousands of years.
After informing Ning Caichen and the bad-tempered-after-waking Yan Chixia about Black Mountain Demon, everyone began making preparations.
First, Iron Man made a lightning-fast trip to Guobei County to buy all kinds of materials for making talisman paper. Then Yan Chixia got to work mass-producing talismans.
The Reincarnators and Ning Caichen covered themselves from head to toe with these Demon-Breaking Talismans. That would give them an overwhelming advantage over the Ghost Soldiers.
Their task was to hold off the underlings serving Black Mountain Demon, so that Yan Chixia and Xiao Han could assassinate him.
Xiao Han and Yan Chixia were both highly skilled, so they had no need for something like Demon-Breaking Talismans.
The main thing was, against an old demon like Black Mountain Demon, with his vast reserves of power, Demon-Breaking Talismans weren't even good enough to wipe his backside!
After taking out the Immovable King Mantra, Xiao Han asked Yan Chixia to bring out the Diamond Sutra as well. When the two Buddhist scriptures, each imbued with profound Buddhist power, were brought together, they resonated with each other. Golden Buddhist light enveloped the ruins of Luo Temple.
Well, it was like a forty-million-watt light bulb.
Xiao Han hadn't expected it to be so conspicuous. His face darkened, and he quickly put the scripture away. Even an idiot would know something was up when the Special Effects were that obvious.
Then Xiao Han told Yan Chixia about Black Mountain Demon's weakness: his fear of this thing.
Yan Chixia had traveled the world for many years and immediately understood that Xiao Han wanted to use the scripture to ambush Black Mountain Demon. He put the Diamond Sutra back in his Storage Ring, ready to get as close as possible during the battle and strike a fatal blow!
The Reincarnators present were fully armed, with their weapons all set up.
Meanwhile, Ning Caichen, Yan Chixia, and Xiao Han, the three cultivators, sat cross-legged where they were to regulate their bodies and bring themselves to peak condition.
"He's here!"
A quarter of an hour later, Xiao Han abruptly opened his eyes and looked toward the entrance to the ruins of Luo Temple.
Ripples spread through space as boundless yin energy poured from the entrance to the Yin-Yang Realm. It blotted out the sky and soon surrounded the entire area around Luo Temple, temporarily transforming it into the Yin-Yang Realm.
"What a formidable technique! He can forcibly transform the mortal realm into the Yin-Yang Realm!" Yan Chixia drew the Xuanyuan Sword and stood on guard, heaping praise on Black Mountain Demon without reservation!
"That's right, but we shouldn't overestimate Black Mountain Demon.
This transformation of the Yin-Yang Realm is only temporary. Since he's so brazen as to invade the mortal realm at high noon to come after us, he must create an environment where his ghost soldiers can survive!"
Xiao Han formed a sword seal with his hand. Scarlet sword light whirled around the group, and his blazing Fire Attribute Zhenyuan burned away all the yin energy trying to invade!
"Remember!"
Xiao Han turned to the Reincarnators and Ning Caichen. "Just hold off Black Mountain Demon's Ghost Soldiers! Whatever you do, don't get near our battlefield!"
"Heh, even if you wanted us to fight Black Mountain Demon head-on, we wouldn't go! That'd just be throwing our lives away, wouldn't it?" said the Paladin Youth, Xiao Fang, with a laugh.
"Good. I'm glad you see it that way. Remember to make full use of the Demon-Breaking Talismans' effectiveness against ghosts!"
After a few more reminders, the entrance to the Yin-Yang Realm before Xiao Han stood wide open. The ruins of Luo Temple had completely become part of the Yin-Yang Realm!
"Hero Yan, let's hit them hard right off the bat!"
"Hahahahahaha! Good! I was just thinking the same thing! Myriad Swords!"
At Xiao Han's words, Yan Chixia laughed heartily.
He recited an incantation and flicked the Xuanyuan Sword in his hand. It transformed into countless flying swords that hovered in the air.
"Swords, unite!"
As Yan Chixia recited the spell, all the flying swords merged into a single enormous sword. It hung high in the sky, poised to strike with unstoppable force!
"Wind, rain, thunder, lightning, heed my command! Summon the heavenly thunder!"
Beside him, Xiao Han recited the Summoning Thunder Incantation. Countless thunderclouds took shape in the yin energy, and thunder rolled across the sky, rumbling ominously.
"Ha!"
Xiao Han roared! Using the Sword Flying Technique, he sent sword intent into the thunderclouds and stirred them up. Bolts of lightning intertwined, and under the influence of his sword intent, transformed into an endless, densely packed storm of Thunder Immortal Swords!
At Xiao Han's command, they could descend from the heavens and destroy every living thing!
Heavenly thunder was the most yang and unyielding force, making it the perfect bane of these ghosts!
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