Controlling the Five Thunders and the Two Worlds

Chapter 280 Breaking Black Furnace Mountain

There wasn't much malevolent energy. Gu Zhao asked telepathically, "Is Old Ghost Black Furnace dead?"

"Not yet," Daoist Yansong transmitted his voice. "I only killed one of his disciples who couldn't tell the situation from the truth, as well as some demons and monsters who helped him do evil, and gained some evil energy."

Then he retreated to Blackfurnace Mountain, set up a protective barrier, and unleashed flames from his so-called Blackfire Furnace, setting the entire mountain ablaze and protecting himself completely.

Gu Zhao raised an eyebrow, somewhat surprised, "Is it difficult to fight?"

“Not at all,” Daoist Yansong shook his head. “But this is indeed our first time attacking a heavily defended mountain gate, so we can record and summarize our experience.”

"What experience?" Gu Zhao asked.

"The commotion might be a bit big," Master Yansong said calmly.

At this moment, in Black Furnace Mountain, the old ghost of Black Furnace had a gloomy face. Looking at the sky full of Taiyi wind and fire, he could only frantically urge the black fire furnace he placed in the mountain to absorb the earth's evil energy and release black furnace fire to barely resist.

Just as the formation of the Great Luo Palace is buried underground, absorbing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth and the incense smoke, the Black Furnace Ghost King's Black Fire Furnace can also absorb the evil energy from the ground within a radius of tens of miles around Black Furnace Mountain to replenish itself.

If he were facing an ordinary opponent, he would naturally be able to handle the situation with ease, thanks to his magical power and the furnace for replenishment.

But if too many people come and they're too powerful...

The Black Furnace Ghost King looked up at the sky and spread his divine sense outwards, and saw twelve figures floating around Black Furnace Mountain.

The leader, an old man with white hair and a red mask, whistled and spewed out boundless wind and fire that blotted out the sky and enveloped his Black Furnace Mountain.

An old man in black robes resembled a ghostly emperor from the underworld, surrounded by twenty-four ghostly figures, exuding an aura of yin energy.

An old man with white hair and beard held a copper bell in his hand, the light emanating from it like a small sun, the blazing firelight making the entire Black Furnace Mountain extremely uncomfortable.

There was also an old man and a young man holding swords. Behind the old man, yin and yang flowed in perfect harmony, while behind the young man, a Dharma image manifested, exuding overwhelming power.

Besides these five, there were several other elderly men who, although they did not appear as powerful as the other five, each possessed unique characteristics and were by no means weak.

Black Furnace Ghost King glanced at Xu Jing and Yue Yan, who were helping him from the side, and then at the old man in black who had injured him despite being less skilled than him.

"Xu Jing! Madam Xu!" The Black Furnace Ghost King's voice carried far, "It was just a misunderstanding before, and I had no intention of harming you. Now that I am injured, why must you be so ruthless?"

Xu Jing and Yue Yan remained silent.

Just kidding. If it weren't for Master Jingfeng, my daughter would have been snatched away by the Black Furnace Ghost King that day. Although he didn't actually intend to kill my husband and me, that was because my husband and I didn't have the strength to threaten him.

Now, the matter is no longer about the feud between the couple and the Black Furnace Ghost King, but about the Great Luo Palace's plan to destroy Black Furnace Mountain. What the couple can do is not to argue with the Black Furnace Ghost King, but to help the Great Luo Palace to completely annihilate the Black Furnace Ghost King!

Seeing that Xu Jing and his wife remained silent, the Black Furnace Ghost King locked his divine sense onto Daoist Yansong, "I have no grudge against you, why did you immediately try to kill me? To destroy my disciple and ruin my sect?"

Sensing the billowing yin energy within the black furnace fire and the dense malevolent aura emanating from the Black Furnace Ghost King's magic, Daoist Yansong sneered, "When you commit heinous crimes and murders, why don't you claim to have no grudges against ordinary people?" The Black Furnace Ghost King was inexplicably surprised, "How can mere mortals be compared to us?"

Master Yansong nodded, "In that case, how can you, a mere vengeful ghost, compare to us?"

"How dare you!" The Black Furnace Ghost King roared in fury. "I have cultivated for hundreds of years, my Taoist skills are profound, my magical power is boundless, my breath can form clouds, and I can kill with a single thought. How dare you underestimate me?"

Daoist Yansong's hand seals remained unchanged, and the Taiyi Wind and Fire clashed with the black furnace fire covering Black Furnace Mountain. "The higher your cultivation, the greater the harm you cause. Today's battle will surely result in your death and the destruction of your soul, so that the people of Qianshan Prefecture can have peace and tranquility!"

"Peace and tranquility?" The Black Furnace Ghost King was furious. "I have killed countless people in my life, and the Great Ning Dynasty has not touched me. Now you're playing the good guys?"

Master Yansong nodded. "That's right, we are good people."

The next moment, the mask worn by Daoist Yansong suddenly changed, a black mask covered his face, and then the Taiyi Wind and Fire suddenly became several levels stronger.

"The energy in that black fire furnace is almost depleted, and it will take time for the evil energy to replenish itself. Everyone, let's work together and break it!" Daoist Yansong shouted sternly.

His earlier banter with the Black Furnace Ghost King wasn't just for show; it was a test of the Black Fire Furnace's burst potential and endurance, while also depleting its energy.

Now that the supplies are depleted and the probing is over, it's time to get down to business.

Master Yansong sounded the horn of attack, and Master Jingfeng, Master Shenhao, Master Qingyuan, and Master Yunyang all took action at the same time.

Three divine prisons descended from the sky, landing directly on Black Furnace Mountain and suppressing the flames of the black furnace fire. The Golden Fire Bell transformed into a fiery meteor and crashed into Black Furnace Mountain.

With a flick of his longsword, Daoist Qingyuan conjured a Taiji diagram, tens of feet in diameter, which then fell into Black Furnace Mountain, scattering large swaths of the black furnace fire covering the mountain peak.

Yun Yang then manifested the Eight Immortals, unleashing streams of magical power and true qi upon the Black Furnace Mountain, extinguishing the black furnace fire completely.

In addition, Daoist Qingwei, Daoist Jinghong, Daoist Jingfa, Daoist Yanqi, and Daoist Yuzhang were also helping. Their profound and pure Daoist Qi was enough to allow them to fight against opponents of higher levels, which naturally consumed a great deal of energy from the black furnace fire.

"boom!"

Master Yansong's judgment was correct. Although the Black Fire Furnace was powerful, it had its limits. Moreover, the rate at which it absorbed the evil energy from the ground could not keep up with the rate at which it consumed it, so it would naturally be broken by them.

It was no surprise that all five experts from the Great Luo Palace attacked at the same time!
The black furnace smoke dissipated, and the Black Furnace Ghost King soared into the sky, transforming into a black ghost head tens of feet in diameter. It opened its huge mouth and bit down at Daoist Yansong.

At the same time, two more ghostly figures soared into the sky, transforming into a black wave of fire that burned towards Xu Jing and Yue Yan. "You two colluded with outsiders to attack my sect! I will make you pay with your lives!"

"They are the Black Furnace Ghost King's two disciples!" Xu Jing reminded him.

Yue Yan was surrounded by yin energy, her eyes turned pitch black, and her skin instantly turned as white as snow. She let out a shrill scream, "My husband and I can't beat the Black Furnace Old Ghost, so what are you two little devils?"

"Make us pay with our lives?" Yue Yan reached out and grabbed at the wave of fire, but the yin energy whirlwind directly swept it away. "You might as well go and be buried with that old ghost of the black furnace!"

(End of this chapter)