Weird Cultivation, I have a five-organ temple

Chapter 720 A Strong Wind Rises and a Vast Fog Appears

Although he was determined to capture the fleeing rebellious officials and traitors, including the one who had been on a hunting expedition during the year of the Snake, Changsun Jing snorted coldly and then said:
"Master Lu, don't try to scare me with your words. Even if the escaped snake causes any trouble afterward, that's your Weiwu Department's responsibility. What does it have to do with us? However, out of consideration for our past as colleagues, I can lend a hand! I just hope that you, Master Lu, will not forget the kindness of my Changsun family in the future!"

They're all old foxes; how could Master Lu not know what Changsun Jing is thinking?
He sneered inwardly, but outwardly he put on a perfect show, cupping his hands and saying, "In that case, thank you very much, Commandant Changsun!"

He then bowed to the guards standing nearby and said, "I hope you will all lend a helping hand!"

Although the Imperial Guards were happy to see Chief Lu make a fool of himself and the Changsun family suffer, they were also aware that they were now involved in the matter. If they did not intervene or did not do their best, Chief Lu and Changsun Jing would surely report them to the King and pin the blame for the escape of the traitors on them.

Therefore, after hearing what Master Lu said, they all snorted coldly in their hearts and said with a forced smile, "It concerns the King's plan, how dare we not do our best?"

As he spoke, Changsun Jing began chanting incantations.

His black shaman's robe immediately billowed without wind, as if a dark shadow had flown down from him. However, a buzzing sound emanated from within this shadow. Upon closer inspection, the dark shadow formed from the shaman's robe was actually countless greenbottle flies!
These greenbottle flies first flew toward the corpse of Yin Hu.

At this moment, the body, which had been split in two, had bled to death and turned into a withered, dried corpse!

Under normal circumstances, it would take a long time to achieve this state in a dry and well-ventilated place. But here, it didn't even take the time it takes for an incense stick to burn.

Moreover, not only Yin Hu's corpse, but also the corpses of the other wizards and soldiers here were all in strange shapes, having had their blood drained!
Changsun Jing and the others saw the corpses very clearly, but they were not surprised at all.

Either they know something about it, or they're used to these strange occurrences.

The greenbottle flies released by Changsun Jing circled around Yin Hu's corpse once, then flew to the corpses of other shamans and soldiers, before spreading their wings and flying away in all directions.

"Split up and escape?"

Upon seeing this, Changsun Jing snorted coldly and mocked, "A mere trick, utterly useless!"

At the same time, the Imperial Guards were also busy, each using their tracking and positioning skills:

Someone summoned the Soul Bell Bone Bell, and as it shook, countless Qi-eating ghosts flew out, transforming into gusts of yin wind that swept outwards.

Someone threw out a handful of bamboo sticks, each inscribed with a shamanic incantation. These sticks rapidly coalesced and dispersed in mid-air, forming various trigrams, before completely dispersing after a few breaths, carrying wisps of shamanic light as they flew in all directions.

Master Lu also displayed his skills—he summoned a bamboo scroll filled with incantations and legal texts. As he chanted the incantation, he roared, "Traitors and villains, you have nowhere to hide!" Immediately, a burst of legal and magical light erupted from the bamboo scroll, flying out in all directions along with green-headed flies, air-eating ghosts, and soul-chasing death warrants.

Their methods quickly proved effective.

Among the scattered and fleeing Wei Wu, some were immediately targeted.

Although these guardian shamans used concealment talismans to hide their aura and blended into the panicked crowd, they were still targeted by green-headed flies and air-eating ghosts.

Realizing their whereabouts had been exposed, the guardian shaman reacted swiftly, either releasing shamanic talismans or casting spells, immediately attacking the green-headed flies and air-eating ghosts, intending to destroy these deadly "eyes" before regenerating and hiding to escape.

However, the green-headed flies and the air-eating ghosts reacted incredibly quickly, dodging the attacks of these guardian shamans in an instant. Immediately afterward, the Soul-Chasing Talismans and shamanic curses shrieked as they attacked, moving so fast that the guardian shamans had no chance to dodge and could only hastily cast spells and incantations.

Their cultivation was far inferior to that of Wei Wu and Lu Zhangyin. The spells and incantations they hastily released were no match for them. They were instantly cursed and their bodies were nailed into by the Soul-Chasing Life-Taking Talisman.

The shamans who were caught in the spell thought they were going to die, but these strange bamboo sticks and spells did not take their lives. They merely sealed their shamanic energy and imprisoned their bodies, leaving them standing still and unable to move while enduring painful torment.

Soon, the patrolling soldiers, led by the shaman, arrived, bound them tightly, and took them away in chains.

Not only ordinary guardian witches, but even pokeweed and Gongshuling were targeted by green-headed flies and air-eating ghosts.

Although they were mixed in with the crowd, their frantic instincts allowed them to instantly conclude that the greenbottle flies and air-eating ghosts hovering in the air were coming for them.

"We've all changed our appearances and concealed our presence, yet we were still caught? That's quite a feat! The experts from these powerful clans are indeed not to be underestimated!"

Pokeweed gritted his teeth and, before the green-headed flies and the Qi-eating ghosts could warn him, he opened his mouth and spewed out a stream of lung-metal Qi!
The energy flowed like a bolt of lightning, transforming into sword light, swift as lightning.

Green-headed flies and air-eating ghosts, though able to evade the killing moves of ordinary guardian witches, could not escape Shang Lu's sword strike of breath.

They were all wiped out in an instant!

However, just as Shang Lu and Gongshu Ling were preparing to summon the Ice Crystal Blue Lotus again and unleash the Mimicry Witch Light, they heard a chilling buzzing sound coming from all directions.

They killed one green bottle fly, which attracted countless more.

A swirling, eerie wind swept in, carrying with it grotesque ghost faces that emitted shrill howls and wails.

"Damn it!" Shang Lu couldn't help but swear.

Has this fucking stirred up a hornet's nest?!
Although Gongshu Ling did not utter a sound, she launched an attack immediately—countless armor plates flew out from her witch armor, tearing through the flesh and blood covering her witch armor, and then whistling as they shot towards the green-headed flies and air-eating ghosts around her.

"Puff puff puff puff..."

Amidst a series of dense, muffled thuds, greenbottle flies and air-eating ghosts were instantly annihilated in large numbers, erupting into clouds of green mist and black haze.

However, at that very moment, the Soul-Chasing Sign and the Curse also rushed in! They were mixed together, with black energy surging, like an evil dragon flying out of the abyss to hunt its prey!

"Zheng——"

Shang Lu drew his sword, and the violent sword energy surged like a torrent, sweeping towards the Soul-Chasing Sign and the rolling curse! Within the torrent of sharp sword energy, there were magical lightning and fire, rushing back and forth.

"Shh-"

The blade flashed, carrying lightning and fire, and instantly collided with the Soul-Chasing Decree and the surging curse!
The raging waves of blades shattered the Soul-Chasing Death Sign, while the rolling thunder and fire extinguished the overwhelming curse.

However, there was no joy on Shang Lu's face.

He knew that although he had destroyed the Soul-Chasing Sign and the Roaring Curse, he would inevitably attract an even more intense pursuit!

Therefore, Shang Lu immediately summoned the Ice Crystal Blue Lotus to release an illusion.

Gongshu Ling reacted extremely quickly, retrieving the armor plate and activating the mimicry magic light once again.

While doing all this, the two of them did not slow down at all; on the contrary, they went all out again!
At the same time, outside the HSBC building, Lu Zhangyin, Changsun Jing, and others all noticed something.

"My 'Death-Taking Sign' has been destroyed!"

"My curses were all blocked!" Although the group's magical artifacts and techniques were blocked and destroyed, there was no trace of frustration on their faces, only excitement.

"With such abilities, even if it's not a snake, it's still a big fish!"

"Taking down this big fish will be a great achievement!"

Amidst their sinister laughter, the figures transformed into streaks of magical light, piercing the sky and heading straight for the direction Shang Lu and Gongshu Ling had fled.

The moment they moved, Shang Lu's intuition began to scream in alarm. Almost at the same time, San Niang also warned him that a powerful expert was closing in.

Before Shang Lu could ask where to go, San Niang had already scattered yarrow stalks, which, under the gentle breeze, transformed into a series of hexagrams.

Gongshu Ling also witnessed this scene and said with great surprise, "You can also perform divination?"

Shang Lu smiled wryly, thinking to himself, "How could I possibly know anything about divination? Back in the witch academy, every time I took a divination class, it was like I was under a hypnotic spell, and I would feel sleepy."

Before he could speak, Third Sister's divination had already yielded a result. She put away the yarrow stalks and flew ahead to lead the way.

Since Gongshu Ling couldn't see San Niang, he could only ask Shang Lu, "Well, did the divination tell us where we should go?"

Shang Lu nodded, took out the Shrinking Earth to an Inch Talisman and stuck it on his legs, then strode after Third Sister, calling out, "Come with me!"

Gongshu Ling immediately followed, and the two of them moved swiftly through the streets and alleys.

Even though they ran like the wind, they still couldn't shake off Lu Zhangyin, Changsun Jing, and the Weiwei and others who were chasing after them.

In just a few breaths, these people caught up with them.

Gongshu Ling didn't need to turn around at all. Behind Wu Jia's head, there was also an eye made of witch stone, allowing her to see what was happening behind her at any time.

At that moment, Gongshu Ling saw several streaks of witch light and witch energy rapidly approaching from the sky behind him.

"They're catching up!" Gongshu Ling warned urgently.

Even if she didn't say it, Shang Lu knew that powerful enemies were chasing after them—he sensed the immense power emanating from these people! Their strength was no less than his own.

However, Third Sister did not react to the approaching pursuers; she simply continued to lead the way.

Seeing this, Shang Lu gritted his teeth, ignoring the pursuers behind him, and said to Gongshu Ling, "Ignore them, let's go!"

At that moment, the Imperial Guard and his men, who had been attacking from the air, also locked onto Shang Lu and Gongshu Ling.

Although the illusions and mimicry of the magical light released by the two made it impossible for the guards and others to see their appearance or number, they sensed unusual magical fluctuations and thus determined the approximate location of the two.

"As expected of a snake, it really knows how to hide!"

"Unfortunately, no matter how well you hide, it's useless now that you've met us!"

"Even if we only have a general direction and not the exact location, it doesn't matter. We can just destroy the entire area!"

"Heh heh, you people claim to be fighting for a chance for ordinary people, right? Well, you can't just stand by and watch ordinary people die because of you, can you?"

Master Lu and Chief Justice Changsun clearly mistook the pharmacodile and Gongshu Ling for the Snake on patrol. They were making hand seals and performing incantations while deliberately shouting threats, trying to force the Snake on patrol to reveal itself.

In an instant, their spells and magic took shape.

One after another, curses and spells, swirling with surging malevolent energy, roared out from their bodies like dark clouds pressing down on a city, sweeping towards Shang Lu and Gongshu Ling with a terrifying, world-destroying force.

They, along with the surrounding vast market towns, must be crushed!
Shang Lu couldn't help but curse.

"Senior sister, hurry up and run! I'll stop them!"

Shang Lu roared and was about to turn around, draw his sword, and slash at the rolling incantations and evil magic!

These people are no less powerful than him; he must go all out in his attack, or he will have little chance of survival!

However, some people are faster than him!
"Uuuuuu——"

Suddenly, a fierce wind swept through the market, howling like wild beasts, whipping up sand and stones as it met the witchcraft and evil magic unleashed by Master Lu, Changsun Jing, and the others! At the same time, a thick fog appeared out of nowhere, instantly enveloping the market and even surging towards Master Lu, Changsun Jing, and the others, surrounding them completely.

The dense fog not only obscured their vision but also affected their hearing and their ability to perceive changes in air quality.

"What kind of trick is this?"

"When did the Snake (巳) acquire the ability to stir up storms and ride the clouds? Is she about to transform from a snake into a dragon?"

Lu Zhangyin, Changsun Jing, and others were both surprised and astonished.

This unexpected turn of events was completely beyond their expectations, but they were only surprised, not panicked. They all immediately activated their witch energy and witchcraft, trying to dispel the fog that enveloped them.

However, this fog was not only unusually thick, but also exceptionally viscous.

Their swirling magical energy and the hurricanes they summoned were utterly ineffective in dispersing the thick fog.

On the contrary, the fog also contained a power to bewilder the mind, affecting their reason and making them somewhat impatient. Before they could suppress their anxiety, a shadowy mass appeared in the fog, as if something was closing in on them!

At the same time, the howling wind collided heavily with the curse and evil magic, unleashing thunderous roars that shook the ground, making it tremble as if an earth dragon were turning over.

This change astonished Shang Lu and Gongshu Ling, who exchanged a glance and exclaimed almost in unison, "When did you acquire such abilities?"

Almost simultaneously, they said, "You didn't release this strong wind and thick fog?"

Did someone else lend a helping hand?

Just as Shang Lu and Gongshu Ling were in shock, two figures suddenly appeared in the thick fog, rushing straight towards them at an extremely fast speed.

(End of this chapter)