Devouring Evil Martial Arts, Eliminating Demons from All Heavens

Chapter 240 Can’t Escape

Yuan Ligong is the deputy leader of the Wuchang lineage in this generation.

Although the Five Witches Cult is widely spread, many unorthodox sorcerers in the folk practice this method only superficially, seeking wealth and sex at the expense of others and themselves.

Even if they were to investigate further, they would find it difficult to locate the true lineage of the Five Witches' Dharma.

Performing operas can be a way to appease the gods.

Those who perform serious operas can worship the Five Manifestations Gods to sing and embody the spirit of wisdom and integrity, in exchange for blessings of fortune, prosperity, and longevity.

Those who perform evil plays can worship the Five Gods, using their art to tell stories of cunning and ruthless ideas, and offering sacrifices to obtain the benefits of evil magic.

The five manifestations and five connections, when mixed together, become the five rampant evils.

In the past, unorthodox practitioners could only explore this much.

After the dragon vein returned, a few high-ranking members of the Five Witches Cult received even greater favor from the Five Witches God, and only then did they learn about the long-ago events.

The Five Witches were actually ghosts and gods that existed in the pre-Qin period, and they symbolized war and premature death.

The Zhou king was tyrannical, and the various states ruled independently, leading to frequent wars that brought profound and unavoidable fear.

What people fear is not only the God of War, who represents great battles and the conquest of royal power.

They even felt awe towards all small-scale wars, even the killings between commoners and slaves.

The Five Witches were born out of this reason.

However, mere fear cannot form a lasting and stable force.

Thus, the original Wu Chang began to try to expand their characteristics.

At that time, people generally believed in a being called "Nuoshen" and hoped to invite the power of Nuoshen through Nuo opera to drive away evil and disasters.

Nuoshen is not an actual ghost or deity, but rather a synthesis of very primitive magical concepts.

Coincidentally, the Nuo gods represent the belief of fighting violence with violence. They do not exorcise evil through prayer, kindness, majesty, or rituals, but through ferocity, terror, violence, and warfare.

The Five Wrathful Gods manipulated their followers to slightly modify the rituals for offering themselves, thus confusing them with rituals for offering to the Nuo Gods.

It stole the influence of the Nuo god.

From its original state, which was more akin to a "dead ghost," it has become increasingly in line with the name of an evil god.

However, as its misdeeds expanded, it encountered more enemies and was eventually sealed away.

After the dragon veins departed, the ghosts and gods abandoned in reality had to adapt to the declining environment and endure the constraints of the seal.

The foundations of most ghosts and spirits have become so weak as to be almost nonexistent.

The Five Witches are quite different.

When it gradually gained influence over the outside world, it once again resorted to methods of confusion and theft.

Since the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties, the development of opera genres has become increasingly prosperous.

Wu Chang started from this point and gradually stole the abilities of Wu Tong and Wu Xian.

Singing opera is for people, and singing opera is also for gods.

In this world, there are far more people who genuinely watch and listen to plays, and even those who haven't heard much of them but still share the spirit of those stories, than those who devoutly worship gods.

The Five Witches lurk within, using this to maintain their foundation.

Of all the spirits and deities in the world today, it is probably the one with the most remaining foundation.

Other spirits and deities all regard the original text of the Dragon Vein as an enemy.

Nowadays, the only ones who dare to covet the original Dragon Vein and actually have a plan to do so are probably the Five Wraiths.

Ever since learning so many secrets, Yuan Ligong has always felt superior.

Even when facing the Cao family, he actually had the intention of using the Cao family's power to help his cultivation.

This trip to Guanlin in Luoyang is clearly for something extremely important.

But he only took these few people with him when he set off, and everyone in his sect and the Cao family thought it was normal.

It is precisely because of his unfathomable and infallible demeanor that he leaves such a strong impression on people.

Now, Yuan Ligong began to realize that his actions were abnormal.

Stealing Guan Yu's original texts is the first step in breaking through the influence of the dragon vein.

Why make such a big deal out of traveling light?

A large number of elite troops should be sent to escort them, preferably with grenade launchers, mortars, armored vehicles, and so on.

Although those things probably wouldn't be able to kill this great expert in front of us.

But at least it poses a certain threat, giving Yuanli Gong himself a chance to escape unscathed.

hum! !

Eight blue handprints surrounded and grabbed him.

Yuan Ligong felt that the air around him was sometimes tight and sometimes loose, as if many invisible ropes were pulling on his various parts.

Even the cardinal directions have become somewhat indistinguishable.

The old Taoist priest with yellow hair turned deathly pale, and suddenly clasped his hands together.

The fingertips touch, but the palms are far apart, and the backs of the hands are like slopes.

Between the two palms, an almost triangular space was formed. Or rather, it resembled a lotus platform of radiant light, or a shrine.

In the empty space between his hands, a small, exquisite, cross-legged deity immediately appeared.

It resembles the image of Huaguang, the patriarch of a theatrical troupe, made of colored porcelain.

Yuan Ligong possessed the "Five Witches' Army and Horses Secondary Seal" bestowed by the Five Witches God. The seal was not a physical object, but a unique entity attached to the human body.

The effects of spells that a person has mastered can be stored in a seal. When needed, they can be activated with a single thought to bless their physical body.

If the spells you have are ineffective, you can directly draw upon the power of the seal itself.

The power of this seal manifests outwardly as the radiant divine image.

Boom! !

Yuan Ligong pushed the statue out with both hands, colliding it with the eight hand seals in mid-air.

They were at least a foot apart, and the two forces were locked in a fierce battle, neither giving an inch.

The radiant statue trembled instantly and turned into a phantom.

Chu Tianshu's eight azure handprints also shattered on the spot, leaving only one hand, which slashed out.

The phantom statue was shattered to pieces by this hand.

Yuan Ligong, however, had already taken the opportunity to retreat, stepping from the shoulder of the Guan Gong statue to the side of Cao Shaolin's corpse.

Cao Shaolin was still kneeling there, his face blank, blood gushing from his neck.

He must have died in great pain, but he seemed unable to believe that he, the young marshal Cao, had died so easily.

Seeing his expression, Yuan Ligong Wuxia landed and casually slapped the corpse away, trying to hinder Chu Tianshu's pursuit.

However, as Chu Tianshu stood on Guan Gong's shoulder, his feet suddenly tensed and his arms spread out.

Its imposing presence was like that of a divine eagle, its claws gripping the statue's shoulders, its entire body leaning forward.

The base of the Guan Gong statue is shaking.

The heavy statue also leaned forward and collapsed as Chu Tianshu's figure moved forward.

Cao Shaolin's body flew away and encountered the statue that was leaning forward, but it just happened to hit the statue's chest.

The impact force carried by the corpse did not cause any resistance whatsoever.

Yuan Ligong, his hair disheveled, looked up in astonishment.

He felt that Chu Tianshu was one with the statue, so much so that the entire statue was radiating a deep blue color.

The surrounding dust seemed to be intimidated by this pressure and slowed down.

All of Yuan Ligong's senses told him... there was no time to escape!
"Fight!!"

The old Taoist priest with yellow hair once again adopted the posture of a flaming seat or a shrine.

The small, radiant statue of Huaguang reappeared, this time not with the texture of colored porcelain, but with a golden sheen all over.

Boom! ! !
The statue of Guan Yu crashed down rapidly.

Yuan Ligong's two hands, carrying the radiant divine image, rested on the forehead of this giant Guan Gong.

The figure of Chu Tianshu is visible in the side view of Guan Gong's head.

The moment the statue was blocked, Chu Tianshu fell to the ground like a raccoon dog.

While in mid-air, he had already adjusted his balance, and with his feet touching the ground first, he unleashed a powerful palm strike.

Yuan Ligong was caught off guard and was hit in the left ribs. His left ribs were completely broken and caved inwards, and he was sent flying sideways.

With a bang, the old, blond-haired Taoist priest crashed into the base of Zhou Cang's statue.

The stone brick base was also dented by the old Taoist priest.

Chu Tianshu raised his left hand, supported the forehead of the Guan Gong statue, bent his elbow slightly, and then pushed it.

The statue of Guan Yu suddenly stood up and was re-erected on its base, swaying slightly.

Knock knock knock!!

The statue's eyes were originally lifeless; only the pupils were painted on by the craftsman.

But then, the statue began to sway and make a sound, and the light and shadow shifted, as if its pupils had also gained a new light.

For thousands of years, people have been looking up to Guan Yu, the hero who vanquished evil, and he has been scrutinizing the old Taoist priest with yellow hair.

Chu Tianshu walked up to the dying old Taoist priest and sensed a familiar aura.

"You weren't killed even by this... So it was the evil spell of the Gold-Swallowing Beast Mask."

Chu Tianshu recalled that when he fought with Eunuch Chen, he used many methods to kill him, but it still took him a lot of effort to break through the Golden Beast Mask.

With this beast-face on its body, it is as if the whole body is covered in armor, and its movements are unimpeded. It is tough and no less than refined iron.

This old, blond-haired Taoist priest with the gold-devouring beast mask is even stronger than the old eunuch Chen from before.

As Chu Tianshu recalled the events, he raised his right foot and stepped on Yuan Li's chest, applying slight force.

boom! !

The beast mask is broken.

(End of this chapter)