Starting from the Tiger Demon Yaksha, the demon immortality

Chapter 212 211 True Essence Possession, Eight-Cornered Master Ghost

What?! I've been found out?!

The fake beggar looked incredulous; he couldn't understand how he had been discovered.

But at this moment, he didn't even have the leisure to turn around and glance at it. The two dragons encircled the golden wheel, and the terrifying aura of death almost completely occupied his heart.

'What's going on? Wasn't Li Cunxiao supposed to be at the Huangting realm?'

'I'm also at the Huangting Perfection level, so why is there such a big difference?'

'Move, my body! Move, my inner energy!'

The man's eyes were bloodshot, but Li Cunxiao's attack was too fast and too decisive. He had barely stepped into the courtyard and hadn't even taken a few breaths when his opponent launched a sneak attack without hesitation.

He considered himself a veteran of countless battles, having fought against dozens or even hundreds of martial artists, and had once fought for a day and a night, and had even narrowly escaped death.

However, the sense of oppression Li Cunxiao exerted on him was stronger than ever before.

Why? Isn't he Huang Ting?

We're all at the same level, so why is there such a big difference?
Are the disciples of grandmasters truly invincible?

I want to
"General, save me!!!"

The dying roar contorted the man's face, making him look utterly hideous.

But the instant he spoke, a dark blue light suddenly surged from his body, transforming into a ten-foot-tall evil spirit.

The moment the evil spirit appeared, Li Cunxiao's hair stood on end. With a thought, the Twin Dragons Circling the Golden Wheel flew out of his hand, while he himself did a backflip, directly blocking Zhang Lishi and the others.

"Immovable Black Dragon Sword, Fiery Hellfire Spear, Holy King Revolving Fist, you are indeed Qi Ci's disciple, but how come you also have Taiyi Zhenren's Bone-Illuminating Mirror?"

The dark blue demon, though it had no mouth, seemed to make a sound as if it were vibrating the air.

With a large, outstretched hand, it gently grasped the golden wheel, causing the two dragons to disintegrate into countless points of light, which were then inhaled into the nostrils of the dark blue demon.

"Hmm, such pure true energy, the Yellow Court Great Perfection, you've opened your Qi Sea?"

"Who are you, Wu Mingzi? A protector of the Ming Cult?"

Li Cunxiao's mind was filled with alarm bells, but he remained calm.

Taiyi left the Bone-Illuminating Mirror to him for protection, precisely to guard against this situation.

Once this magical artifact is activated, Taiyi, as its master, will know the situation here and can arrive quickly.

But this thing in front of me has no physical form; it's attached to this Ming Cult demon. Could it be a fragmented true essence?
Is this person a grandmaster?
If we're talking about the foreign master who's been closest to Songzhou recently and has close ties to the Ming Cult, then it can only be...
"Qin Fengquan?"

"You know me?"

Qin Fengquan looked at the young man in front of him with great interest. Even though he knew that the young man had a close relationship with the two Buddhist and Taoist masters, Qici and Taiyi, he was not in a hurry to leave.

"Kid, I'm watching you."

"Blue Lion!!!"

Li Cunxiao was unwilling to feign compliance with the enemy and did not hesitate to call for reinforcements.

The true essence that Qin Fengquan condensed into an avatar was a vicious ghost with eight horns on its head. When it saw that its words had been interrupted, the ghost's expression became even more ferocious.

"I don't know how to praise."

As he spoke, the dark blue true essence transformed into dozens or even hundreds of ghostly claws, grabbing at him all at once and casting a huge shadow.

Qin Fengquan didn't care how the food was called out; he was just used to having some entertainment before enjoying a delicious meal.

Since the other party was so ungrateful, he couldn't be bothered to offer false hope.

At worst, we can spare Li Cunxiao's life first, and then start by eating his younger brother.
"Roar!!!!!!!!"

The lion's roar was like a thunderclap in a clear sky; even people a mile away from the escort agency could hear this deafening roar echoing in their hearts.

Strangely, the people in the courtyard, who were the closest, did not feel any discomfort in their ears. Instead, they felt as if their hearts had been struck by the shout, as if a heavy hammer had broken through the barriers, leaving them blank and unable to retain any thoughts.

The lion crouching on the ground speaks and exhales with imposing power, causing all beasts to tremble in fear and demons to have their brains split open.

The fearless and unparalleled Beast King is truly an invincible and valiant World Honored One.

With a single Lion's Roar, the dark blue eight-horned demon king attached to the man trembled violently, like a sapling uprooted by a gust of wind.

Li Cunxiao had long been accustomed to this method when Taiyi entered his dream, and with the Bone-Illuminating Mirror protecting him, he didn't even lose his composure for a moment.

He opened his eyes wide and stared intently at the formidable enemy he had never seen before.

Seeing an opportunity, he didn't hesitate to activate his Wind and Fire Wheels, reaching extreme speed. His shadow couldn't be caught in the air; only a sudden white streak appeared, rubbing against the void and creating crimson flames.

"A golden opportunity! Blue Lion!"

The nine-headed blue lion had appeared beside him at some point, and upon hearing this, it immediately opened its mouth and let out another majestic roar—

"He's nothing but a seventh-realm beast! If I weren't just a damned junior whose avatar was sent here!!!"

Qin Fengquan was furious, watching helplessly as the true essence threads he was attached to the man broke one by one, and as the rapidly spinning fire wheel drew ever closer to his face.

Without any hesitation, the ghost waved its hand and severed the connection between the two.

But Li Cunxiao also saw that the man aged visibly in a single breath, with wrinkles and white hair suddenly covering the corners of his eyes and forehead.

"General, no! I have rendered service to the Holy Church, I have shed blood for the Yellow King!!!"

Fear filled the man's eyes. Before he could age further, Li Cunxiao clasped his hands together, and a fire snake shot out like a cannon, instantly punching a hole the size of a human head in his body, the edges of which were carbonized by the high temperature.

“I am neither a member of the Ming Cult nor the Yellow King, so what’s the point of telling me this?”

Having absorbed half of the true energy and blood energy of a martial artist at the peak of the Yellow Court realm, the dark blue eight-horned ghost king became even more solid.

His indifferent words drew sidelong glances from everyone in the courtyard.

You are not a member of the Ming Cult, but you are an ally of the Ming Cult;

You are not the Yellow King, but you are his subordinate;

To kill even one's own people with such ruthlessness and cruelty—only that devil Qin Fengquan could do such a thing.

"You're lucky today."

Sensing a powerful aura rapidly approaching, and with two other figures in the city holding back, Qin Fengquan began to consider retreating and uttered these words.

Upon hearing this, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

Those Ming Cult members with perfected Huangting skills are no weaklings. Even if Yuanhua himself were to fight, the outcome would be only fifty-fifty.

For a brief moment, he thought he was about to risk his life.

Who knew that Li Cunxiao's ferocity was beyond expectation, and he almost killed his opponent instantly.

Just then, Qin Fengquan appeared. Although no one had ever seen a Grandmaster before, they could tell his strength just by his aura. Fortunately, a powerful beast was hidden in the escort agency. Zhang Lishi recognized it at a glance as the Azure Lion, the mount of Taiyi Zhenren, but he didn't expect that his own disciple could command it.

In an instant, the body possessed by Qin Fengquan was pierced, and the situation took an unexpected turn.

In the moment of narrowly escaping death, anyone would momentarily lower their guard.

But Li Cunxiao was different. Just like how he didn't want to waste words with the other party and directly ordered the Green Lion to take action.

At this point, he simply did not believe that a warlord who had killed countless people and even enjoyed cannibalism would ever resort to such a thing as swallowing his anger.

As expected, Qin Fengquan uttered those words, and the ghost king's body formed from his true essence instantly turned into a phantom.

However, its direction was not towards the outside of the escort agency, but rather it rushed straight towards Li Cunxiao.

They were so fast that they couldn't even be seen in the shadows.

Only in one's heart does a hideous, enormous demon appear, with a blue face and fangs, eight horns on its head, and a face like that of a wandering ascetic, like a monk possessed by demons, its Zen-like demeanor mixed with murderous intent and malice, giving people a twisted and disgusting feeling.

This is the true form upon which Qin Fengquan made his name: the Eight-Cornered Shituo Ghost!
Reputable sects all regard the transformation from demon to god as orthodox, striving to remove the evil and demonic energy from their original form and return to their pure and innate state.

However, warriors like Qin Fengquan, who came from regional military governorships, lived in military camps and battlefields that resembled a barbaric world where the strong preyed on the weak.

He abused women, killed innocent people to claim credit, and slaughtered people for food. All sorts of the most unspeakable and immoral things in the world were done by his hands. Why would such a person bother to transform demons into Buddhas?

Without morality, one is not subject to blame;

Without precepts, there is no fall!

These people regard evil as righteousness and have no empathy for ordinary people. Ironically, they are not prone to becoming possessed by evil because they think such things are normal.

Qin Fengquan was able to emerge victorious among a group of humanoid beasts and become their leader, which naturally makes him the beast among beasts and the devil among devils.

He did not inherit the complete tradition, but he integrated Buddhism, Taoism and demonic ways, and finally created such a demonic and ghostly figure.

'So this is what the true form of the demonic path looks like.'

Li Cunxiao looked at the ever-enlarging ghost face in front of him, feeling a little nervous but not afraid.

The wind and fire wheel beneath his feet split in two, the wind wheel surging like a tornado, the fire wheel blazing like the sun, the power of wind and fire surging and outlining the figure of an old Taoist priest.

"Please, Master, make a move."

"Taiyi Zhenren?!"

Seeing the young man bowing down, Qin Fengquan stopped pretending this time. With a turn of his dark blue ghostly figure, he completely suppressed his murderous aura and flew away from the escort agency.

Damn it, the old man left so many tricks up his sleeve when he was dealing with his apprentice!

"You attacked my disciple and think you can get away unscathed?"

Wind and fire converged, condensing into a palm-sized Taiyi Zhenren, which landed on Li Cunxiao's shoulder.

His condescending tone, coupled with his tiny figure, created a strangely comical effect.

Li Cunxiao almost burst out laughing when he saw this, while Zhang Lishi, Yuan Hua, and the others bowed deeply, their expressions extremely respectful.

"You long-haired thief, you can't even do a good job of guarding the house, I have to clean up the mess."

The nine-headed green lion felt very aggrieved upon hearing this, and its nine large heads rubbed against Li Cunxiao. The latter then subconsciously said:

"Master, you misunderstand. If it weren't for its lion's roar, there might have been casualties today."

"I haven't thanked my master yet, so I left it at the escort agency to guard it."

"Hmph, it's just a small thing."

Upon hearing this, Taiyi smiled broadly, glanced at the green lion, and decided not to pursue the matter further. Instead, he pointed with his finger.

"Look over there."

Everyone instinctively looked up towards the city gate.

The layers upon layers of buildings blocked the view; nothing could be seen except for the distant sky.

Li Cunxiao understood immediately, and the Wind and Fire Wheels flew back to his feet, lifting him into the sky, causing a chorus of exclamations.

But the next moment, everyone lost interest in these things, because a dazzling blue-green light suddenly burst forth in the distant sky.

A colossal Dharma image, several tens of feet tall, wearing a crown and robes, covered with a canopy of seven treasures, with its body radiating light and sharpness like thousands of spears and swords, reaching to the heavens and the earth.

The moment it appeared, it seemed to become the center of heaven and earth. Li Cunxiao knew that it was the true form of Taiyi Zhenren attacking from a distance of several thousand meters.

The light condensed into a bow arm, and the mountain-like hand swept across the void with its fingers. The golden bowstring, like the horizon, gathered countless rays of light, which then condensed into arrows.

Boom!
Despite the great distance, Li Cunxiao felt as if he could hear the trembling of a bowstring being plucked.

The arrow of light was even more terrifying; it didn't resemble an arrow at all, but rather a divine sword that seemed to cleave the heavens.

Without a sound, the vast clouds split in two, like two wings that had come together and then separated, hanging from the sky.

The arrow was incredibly fast, yet it didn't produce the sonic boom that would follow breaking the sound barrier.

"Taiyi, don't be so arrogant!"

The octagonal Shita demon, speeding through the clouds, glanced back, filled with shock, anger, and fear.

As a fellow grandmaster, he is still relatively young and comes from an unorthodox background. Even if his true body were here, he might not be able to defeat him, let alone a true essence clone.
True essence is a product of the combination of true qi and spiritual qi. Its recovery speed is far slower than that of true qi, not to mention that it also contains a part of his spirit.

If we suffer a loss here, not only will we lose face, but it will also damage our own strength.

However, being less skilled is simply being less skilled. No matter how he tried to escape, the arrow shot by Taiyi remained firmly locked onto him.

In the blink of an eye, it will arrive!
Chi chi chi~
In an instant, the light arrows split apart like a meteor shower, leaving hundreds of visible white streaks in the air, crisscrossing like a large net that covered an area of ​​a hundred meters.

Whether they were people in the city or people at Tiangu Temple, as they gazed at the scene in the sky, they couldn't help but feel a sense of helplessness, fearing that the countless shooting stars would crash down on their heads.

Boom boom boom boom! ! ! ! !
Li Cunxiao first saw a bright light, and then heard the booming of hundreds of thunderclaps. A ring of air currents swept away the dust and smoke, clearing away the gloom between heaven and earth.

The scene, resembling a missile sweep across the land, captivated everyone's attention until Qin Fengquan's voice rang out again in the void, bringing everyone back to their senses.

“Taiyi, Qici, and the other two who haven’t shown up yet, this matter will not end like this.”

Li Cunxiao then realized that the arrow shot by Taiyi Zhenren had almost traversed dozens of miles of official road, which meant it was nearly ten thousand meters long. The long white mark lingered for a long time, like a wound in the sky.

But after the smoke and dust cleared, leaving behind a scene of devastation from the meteor shower, came an even more chilling sight: a dense swarm of creatures.

Some of them were dressed in tattered clothes, some wore rusty armor, and some carried broken swords.
Tens of thousands of demon soldiers, their eyes flashing with a bloodthirsty red light, appeared like a thick, dark cloud behind the enormous banner.

Qin Fengquan hovered above the dark clouds, his eyes filled with tyranny and indifference.

War has broken out.

(End of this chapter)