The Terror of the Heavens Begins with Gu

Chapter 113 Am I more terrifying than that Ghost King behind me?
Li Zhen looked down at the runes on his hand.

A line of golden text appeared in his eyes.

[Those who fight evil cannot save themselves and face the tragic fate of being killed by evil spirits. Please help Yu Changzheng escape this life-or-death crisis, investigate the truth behind the matter, and eradicate the scourge completely.]

It was another somewhat abstract description, but Li Zhen still gleaned a lot of useful information from it.

In his memory, the sorcerer in "The Demon Child" was killed by the Demon King after failing to perform a ritual to defeat him.

The final scene shows the monk fleeing along a gloomy path adorned with colorful lanterns, exactly like the scene here.

Therefore, Li Zhencai believes that this should be the world of "The Devil's Embryo".

So, the monk in front of us needs to be saved now?
In the past, he was always summoned by ordinary people, but this time it was a powerful mage who made Li Zhen feel a little strange.

If this sorcerer knew that in his despair he had not summoned the gods he worshipped, but instead summoned this heretical figure, one wonders what his feelings would be...

A terrifying aura spread along the path.

If Li Zhen doesn't make a move soon, then Master Yu Changzheng, who has already exhausted all his means, will definitely die here as originally planned.

Li Zhen strode forward, walked around a few trees, and appeared in front of Yu Changzheng.

The vampire followed Li Zhen at a leisurely pace.

Panting heavily, Yu Changzheng glanced back a few times, still shaken, feeling the terrifying aura emanating from the pursuing figure, and his despair grew.

Twelve years ago, a local real estate tycoon surnamed Zheng asked him to preside over a funeral.

Before entering the Zheng family, Yu Changzheng had heard that the second daughter-in-law of the Zheng family had died under suspicious circumstances.

The second son of the Zheng family had just died a few days before his wife also died.

Some say it was a suicide pact, others say it's not that simple; the story has become rather mysterious.

During the ritual, Yu Changzheng was shocked to discover that Zheng's second daughter-in-law was carrying a demonic fetus.

He immediately recognized the origin of the demonic fetus. When the fetus was at its weakest, he silently cast a spell to seal it inside the woman's abdomen. He also instructed Old Madam Zheng that the yellow talisman must not be moved for twelve years, or the demon would reappear.

Twelve years later, the Zheng family came knocking, saying that someone had tampered with the talisman, which led to many strange things happening in the Zheng family again.

Yu Changzheng sighed that it was fate, and then set up an altar to perform a ritual to get rid of the evil spirit.

He knew the origin of the evil spirit and that what the evil spirit feared most was eagle blood. As long as it was touched by eagle blood, the evil spirit would rot and its bones would decay. So he prepared eagle blood in advance.

Not knowing what was wrong with the eagle blood, after he was locked in a fierce battle with the evil spirit, he took the opportunity to sprinkle the eagle blood on the evil spirit, only to be astonished to see that the evil spirit was completely unharmed.

Faced with the terrifying Ghost King, he had no other choice but to take off his Taoist robe to cover the evil spirit and create some time for himself to escape.

But he knew his chances of survival were slim.

He had already ruined the Ghost King's plans, and the enraged Ghost King would certainly not let him leave.

Indeed, the ghost king relentlessly pursued him, determined to kill him, clearly showing his intense hatred for him.

A terrifying aura that sent chills down his spine enveloped him from behind.

The eerie "cacaca" laughter sent chills down Yu Changzheng's spine, making him feel like he had nowhere to escape.

Yu Changzheng, feeling utterly helpless, knew he couldn't possibly survive.

If he had been younger, perhaps he would have had a chance to escape.

But now, although his magical power is more profound, his physical strength is much weaker than before, and it would be difficult for him to escape if he couldn't win.

Suddenly hearing footsteps ahead, Yu Changzheng's heart pounded.

He stopped abruptly and looked at the figure that had suddenly appeared in the shadows ahead.

The Ghost King has arrived?

wrong.

This is not the Ghost King!
The figure moved forward and appeared in the dim light of the colorful lanterns.

Yu Changzheng realized that there were two people who came out.

The man in front of him had a sinister face, his pale skin covered with round spots like lividity, and the festering wound on his neck looked like a corpse beginning to decompose.

Yu Changzheng knew this was a living person, but its eerie appearance was even more terrifying than any dead person he had ever seen.

The figure behind them, shrouded in a long robe and wearing a bamboo hat, was not human at all.

Having been in contact with corpses for many years, Yu Changzheng would not be unable to recognize the aura of a corpse.

If the person in front had some traces of corpse energy, then the person behind was completely covered in corpse energy, without a trace of human life.

Yu Changzheng didn't know where the person and the corpse in front of him came from, but judging from the fierce aura and bloody smell emanating from them, they were clearly not righteous people.

A cold wind blew up from behind, making Yu Changzheng's back tingle.

His heart sank deeper and deeper. Just as he was trying to find another way out, he suddenly heard the person in front of him say, "Master Yu, am I more terrifying than that ghost king behind me?"

Yu Changzheng's answer was yes.

This person exuded an eerie aura, a terrifying figure he had never seen before, at least no less powerful than the Ghost King behind him, otherwise he wouldn't have been too afraid to even approach him.

But after realizing that the other person had addressed him by his surname, he asked with some surprise, "This layperson... knows me?"

Li Zhen looked behind Yu Changzheng: "If the sorcerer doesn't come soon, that ghost king will catch up."

Yu Changzheng turned his head and saw a blurry figure appear on the path.

He gritted his teeth and carefully walked towards Li Zhen.

A sudden gust of wind caused the trees on both sides to sway and make a rustling sound.

The little lantern swayed incessantly in the wind, and the shadows on the ground swayed accordingly, turning into all sorts of twisted and bizarre shapes.

Just as Yu Changzheng was about four or five meters away from Li Zhen, a pale, large hand reached out from the ground behind Yu Changzheng.

The large hand stretched out to a meter or two in length and grabbed Yu Changzheng's ankle.

Caught off guard, Yu Changzheng was tackled to the ground and looked back in alarm, only to find that he had been captured.

Before he could even react in a panic, he saw a skeletal hand suddenly appear and grab the wrist of the large hand.

He exerted force with his palm, trying to break free from the skeletal hand, but the skeletal hand tore through his skin, leaving an extremely long wound.

No blood flowed from the wound.

Through the skin, you could see that there was no flesh or blood underneath, but rather a strange, pitted, toad-like thing.

It was as if another monster was lurking beneath this human skin.

The hand suddenly retracted, the skin on the surface almost completely torn open by the bone spurs on the skeletal hand.

Yu Changzheng finally pulled back his right leg and crawled up behind Li Zhen using both hands and feet.

Looking back, he realized that behind the skeletal hand that had saved him was a demon with a pitted face and disheveled hair.

The terrifying aura emanating from the evil spirit made Yu Changzheng's heart tremble, and he almost instinctively wanted to run away, but fortunately, reason still prevailed.

Yu Changzheng glanced at the "walking corpse" standing behind Li Zhen out of the corner of his eye and suddenly saw the little ghost behind the corpse looking at him with a grin. He was startled again.

The little devil put his finger to his lips and shushed Yu Changzheng, reminding him not to speak.

Li Zhen walked forward.

The figure opposite him was also walking towards him.

The two stopped in front of a small lantern.

The eerie wind dissipated, and the lanterns gradually returned to calm.

Neither light nor shadow flickered.

Li Zhen got a clear look at the person opposite him.

The man looked very young, probably not even twenty years old. He was wearing a zip-up hoodie and jeans, with dark circles under his eyes and a vacant stare. It was obvious that he was possessed by an evil spirit.

The impulse in his heart transformed into violent and cruel emotions, making Li Zhen so excited that he was eager to try it out.

Every inch of his flesh throbbed with excitement.

Li Zhen keenly sensed that something was wrong with him.

However, this problem is still within a controllable range.

He can't kill people indiscriminately, but can't he kill a demon?
Li Zhen continued forward.

The moment he saw Li Zhen, a very human-like solemn expression appeared on the other person's face.

Who do you think you are? Why are you meddling in my business?

"Retreat."

The man's face darkened: "You're asking for death..."

The skeletal claws appeared silently behind the man's neck, slowly reaching for it.

The man suddenly turned his head and looked at the skeletal hand.

With a "bang," the white bones suddenly exploded, sending up a plume of blue smoke.

The mahjong devil, wincing in pain, withdrew his hand and flashed to a spot not far from the man, glaring at him menacingly.

Li Zhen was not surprised.

Even he was somewhat wary of the abilities displayed by the Ghost King in the drama.

The scene of him being crushed to death by directly controlling the wall to move has always been vivid in his memory.

Even though the Mahjong Ghost can block bullets with his bare hands, it's impossible for him to cause all four walls of a room to shrink inward and trap a person to death.

Ghosts like Chu Renmei, which rely solely on resentment to induce hallucinations, cannot be compared to this kind of ferocious ghost.

Just as the man forced the mahjong ghost back, the hand that had been grabbing Yu Changzheng silently appeared at Li Zhen's feet.

Just as Yu Changzheng shouted "Be careful!", the ghost fetus hanging on the vampire's chest extended a tentacle and grabbed the hand.

The hand suddenly retracted downwards, taking the ghost fetus underground with it.

This wasn't simply pulling the demon fetus into the soil. As it was pulled downwards, the demon fetus's body became ethereal, as if it had been pulled into another world.

Detective Li was not worried about the ghost child.

If the demon fetus were so easily killed, Tirapa wouldn't have gone to such great lengths to create it.

The man's figure flickered and he appeared in front of Li Zhen, reaching out to grab Li Zhen's head with one hand.

The red-eyed bats on the vampire opened their eyes when the man reached out his hand.

The man's hand did not touch Li Zhen, and his entire body flew backward violently.

After landing, the man slid for quite a distance on the ground until he hit a rock and stopped.

He stood up straight from the ground and looked at himself, where a large hole had been torn open, revealing his ghostly body hidden beneath his skin.

His expression changed drastically, and his figure disappeared from the spot once again.

The red-eyed bats that pounced missed their target, turned around, and swooped down in another direction.

Before its body even fell, its strange "squeaking" sound had already reached the ghost king's ears.

The man's head suddenly exploded, turning him into a headless corpse. He dodged the pursuit of the red-eyed bats with a swift movement.

In the darkness, red-eyed bats are not only fast but also silent; anyone with a slow reaction time would certainly not escape their attack.

However, although this ghost king possesses an ordinary person, it can survive being decapitated and can also disappear and reappear in another place as if by teleportation.

In terms of sheer expressiveness, it surpasses all the ghosts Li Zhen had encountered before.

Just then, trees began to slide, lifting the stone slabs on the ground and blocking the red-eyed bat's view.

Stones and withered leaves flew up from the ground and hurtled towards the red-eyed bat and Li Zhen.

The scene was so spectacular that it could be described as a sandstorm.

In the blink of an eye, the place became a complete mess.

The vampire stepped forward and blocked Li Zhen's path.

Li Zhen squinted and looked around.

A large rock suddenly flew up from the ground and crashed into him, but was blocked by the vampire.

With his eyes covered, Yu Changzheng wiped his eyes while awkwardly dodging the oncoming jumble of things, shouting, "This is the XZ Lustful Ghost King! It's terrifying and has an extraordinary origin. Unless we break its ghostly form with eagle blood, it will be very difficult to kill!"

From the moment the disheveled demon made his move to the appearance of the bat, Yu Changzheng was quite surprised.

Having lived most of his life, he had seen a great deal, but this was the first time he had ever seen so many terrifying ghosts appear in the same place.

If these ghosts appeared in front of ordinary people, any one of them could cause huge casualties and panic, but now they are all using their abilities to fight each other.

Although it seemed that the ghost controlled by the man had the upper hand, Yu Changzheng, who knew the origin of the ghost king, was not very optimistic.

If this Ghost King were so easy to kill, he wouldn't have survived until now.

The roar made Yu Changzheng's body go numb, and the powerful killing intent rushed towards him, causing him to involuntarily retreat.

He looked up and saw that the straw hat on the "walking corpse's" head had fallen off, and it was roaring to the sky.

It seemed as if endless malevolent energy emanated from it, making the already dark night sky even more gloomy.

This terrifying malevolent energy shattered the lingering yin energy.

The stones and withered leaves that had been flying through the air fell back to the ground one by one.

Seeing the faint white hairs around the zombie's fangs, Yu Changzheng immediately understood that this was no ordinary "walking corpse," but a terrifying white zombie!

Yu Changzheng, who was already numb, was not shocked. Instead, he felt a strange sense of entitlement.

The evil spirit and the malevolent creature were so terrifying before; if this zombie were just an ordinary zombie, this person probably wouldn't have brought it with them.

Suddenly, the Ghost King appeared silently behind the man and the white zombie, reaching out to stab at the man's back. Yu Changzheng's expression changed drastically: "Watch out behind you!"

Although this person's methods are wicked and terrifying, he himself may not be able to withstand the Ghost King's grasp.

Just like himself, he was a monk with some cultivation, but after failing to set up the altar, he could only flee for his life in a sorry state.

If it weren't for this person blocking the Ghost King, he would have been dead after being grabbed by the foot.

Just when Yu Changzheng had seen a glimmer of hope, he was plunged into despair once again.

What made him even more desperate was that if this person died at the hands of the Ghost King, then what if this bunch of ghosts ran from here to the downtown area...

The scene was unimaginable.

However, to Yu Changzheng's surprise, the man was not disemboweled. Instead, the Ghost King seemed to be frozen in place, unable to move at all.

Then he saw the Ghost King's chest and above suddenly explode.

Large amounts of muddy black liquid scattered in all directions.

A tentacle emerged from the ground and grabbed one of the Ghost King's feet. Then, a mouth full of fangs burst forth from the earth and bit down on the Ghost King's foot.

The red-eyed bats swooped down and landed on the Ghost King's mangled body.

Besides the vampire zombies, the mahjong ghost, the little ghost, and the ghost-faced moth mother who had been starving for a long time also got a share of the pie.

Li Zhen turned to look at the Ghost King's mangled body.

Whether it's a ghost or someone who fights him, anyone with a modicum of intelligence would assume that he relies on ghosts and evil spirits, and that they could kill him as soon as they get close.

In some ways, he is far more terrifying than a ghost.

Once these ghosts get close and are captured by his primordial spirit, they have no chance of survival unless they are ridiculously strong.

The reason he didn't let his primordial spirit leave his body was not only because he was worried about injuring his primordial spirit, but also because he was worried that the Ghost King would use special methods to directly harm his physical body.

Now that the Ghost King has delivered himself into his hands, he will definitely seize this opportunity.

Once the Ghost King is immobilized, it will be devoured by evil creatures such as ghost fetuses.

However, killing the ghost king did not diminish Li Zhen's violent nature at all; on the contrary, it intensified.

"Ugh, this is awful!"

The little devil, who had been following the crowd, finally managed to snatch a bite, but as soon as he took a bite, he spat out the crumbs in his mouth with a look of discomfort on his face.

The foul-smelling slime stained its teeth black.

The red-eyed bat only ate a few bites before stopping.

Only the starving Grimaceous Moth Mother and the indiscriminate Grimaceous Fetus continued to devour the remains of the Grimaceous King.

"The King of Lust is dead?"

Yu Changzheng stared in shock at the mangled body on the ground.

His body was also splattered with the black slime from the night before, which stung him and made him feel nauseous, but his attention was focused on the remains of the Ghost King.

Li Zhen frowned and said, "Strange, it seems he's not dead."

He only severely injured the Ghost King with his primordial spirit; what truly killed the Ghost King was the act of devouring him by the ghost fetus and other ghost creatures.

However, neither the ghost fetus nor the red-eyed bat reported that they had devoured the ghost king.

Unless the Ghost King is not dead at all, this situation is impossible.

Upon hearing Li Zhen's words, Yu Changzheng, who had just felt a sense of relief at escaping, suddenly changed his expression: "Oh no, another demonic fetus has definitely been born! Sigh, what on earth is the Zheng family doing!"

"A demonic fetus?" Li Zhen looked at Yu Changzheng.

Yu Changzheng explained with a grim expression, "This ghost king is called the Essence-Devouring Ghost King, also known as the Lustful Ghost King. It comes from XZ and loves to seduce women. Once someone becomes pregnant with its demonic fetus, even if it is reduced to ashes, it can be resurrected from the fetus and become even more terrifying than before."

Detective Li finally understood something.

The movie is called "The Devil's Child," but the devil's child doesn't take up much screen time. He didn't understand the connection between the movie and the devil's child while watching it.

If what Yu Changzheng said is true, then the demonic fetus is indeed a kind of evil trick used by that demon.

No wonder that evil spirit was able to live for so long.

Yu Changzheng sighed again, glanced warily at the ghost fetus that was eyeing him covetously, and hesitated before asking Li Zhen, "Does this layman recognize me?"

Li Zhen replied perfunctorily, "Master Yu is quite famous, of course I know him."

After saying that, he picked up the straw hat from the ground and put it back on the vampire's head, pretending to say, "I just happened to see Master Yu being chased by this ghost king. Now that the problem is solved, I should be leaving."

The imp went back behind the vampire.

The ghost fetus and the red-eyed bat also returned to the vampire's body.

Yu Changzheng hurriedly cried out, "That Ghost King is probably going to go on a killing spree again. What will we do if the layman leaves?"

Li Zhen shook his head and said, "Whether the Ghost King kills people or not has nothing to do with me. I encountered a sorcerer and casually saved his life. That was a great favor to the sorcerer. Why would the sorcerer ask me to do other things?"

“No matter who the layperson is, I am extremely grateful to him,” Yu Changzheng sighed. “Logically speaking, I have no right to make demands on the layperson, but this matter involves too many lives.”

“This ghost king is truly terrifying. You saw it too, layman. If it were to be reborn, I doubt anyone I know, besides you, could deal with it.”

Li Zhen looked at Yu Changzheng.

Yu Changzheng said somewhat awkwardly, "If you need anything, please tell me. I will do my best to help you, as a reward for your help."

He thought that since the person opposite him was so terrifying, there wouldn't be anything he needed to ask him to do, but then he heard the person say, "I can do anything?"

Yu Changzheng breathed a sigh of relief: "As long as it's not something that harms anyone, it's fine."

At this point, who cares about good or evil? All we need to do is find someone to stop that ghost king from killing people.

In fact, besides the person in front of him, Yu Changzheng had no one else to ask.

He himself was almost killed by the Ghost King, and the magical powers of the few people who often communicated with him were not as profound as his, so they could not possibly deal with the Ghost King.

Although this person looks fierce, he ultimately saved his life, and this person's methods are very powerful; even he can't see through them.

If we could get this person to kill the Ghost King, then everything would be fine.

(End of this chapter)