The Terror of the Heavens Begins with Gu

Chapter 148 The Ghost Messenger from the Underworld

Unable to open the door, Du Sangu and the others turned around to see a scene of many evil spirits wailing at the pit entrance.

Master Chen gripped Du Sangu's arm tightly: "Senior Sister, Senior Sister... The Underworld... It's the Underworld? How could the Underworld appear in the mortal world? Could it be... could it be that we are really going to die?"

In their line of work, they often go to the underworld to invite souls back to the mortal realm, but this is the first time he has ever seen the underworld appear directly in front of them like this.

Moreover, it also involves the "ghost messenger" mentioned by that evil spirit.

As sorcerers who deal with gods and ghosts every day, how could they not feel fear?

Those are the legendary ghost messengers...

Du Sangu said in a deep voice, "They were doomed. I originally only wanted to do my best and didn't really believe I could save them. But now that someone can save them, this unexpected turn of events has occurred."

"Is this fate?" Master Chen sighed. "Those who predict others' fates do not predict their own. I do not know what my own fate is like, but you, Senior Sister, should have a long life. It's all my fault for dragging you down."

Aunt Du shook her head: "It's no use saying anything now. I didn't expect this to be so dangerous."

Kong Zhaoming asked fearfully, "Master Chen, are we really destined to die young, with no hope of salvation?"

Master Chen sighed dejectedly.

Kong Zhaoming said absentmindedly, "Master Li said I should live to a ripe old age!"

Du Sangu said, "If you can survive this calamity, your fate will change, and you may live to a ripe old age."

“But, the ghost messengers… that evil ghost said that ghost messengers are coming. How can we possibly survive this calamity? You all know what ghost messengers are without me having to explain.”

With a pale face, Xiao Yulong asked, "Are the ghost messengers terrifying?"

Du Sangu said solemnly, "An existence that can hunt down evil spirits in the human world and send them to hell, wouldn't you say that's terrifying?"

She glanced at the four Buddha statues opposite her, her eyes flickering: "We can't just sit here and wait to die, I..."

A terrifying aura of yin energy erupted from the deep pit.

All the evil spirits were so terrified that they dared not move.

The vampire and the ghost fetus slowly retreated.

The red-eyed bat flew back to Li Zhen's side, its eyes fixed on the crater.

The mahjong ghost's trembling intensified, and he involuntarily retreated.

The little devil hid behind Li Zhen, peeking out from Li Zhen's shoulder and looking cautiously at the dent.

A tall figure appeared in the yin energy, gradually becoming solid.

The figure tilted its head back and took a deep breath, absorbing all the yin energy around it into its body, revealing its true form.

Several evil spirits were sucked into its mouth along with the yin energy.

After a series of chewing sounds, it swallowed the evil spirits whole.

The ghost lowered its head, its two flickering eyes looking at Li Zhen.

This ghost messenger was dressed in tattered clothes, with a blue face and fangs. The two sides of his forehead protruded high, as if he had two horns growing on his head. His messy hair was scattered behind his head. He held an iron fork in his left hand, dragged a huge iron chain in his right hand, and had an iron whip tied around his waist. He had an imposing aura.

It was extremely tall, with its lower body in the depression, while its head was not far from the ceiling.

Feeling the space was too oppressive, it raised its left hand, which was holding the iron chain, and forcefully tore a large hole in the ceiling to make it easier to move around.

Like an earthquake, the door of the house made a loud rumbling sound.

Large amounts of dust fell from the ceiling.

Kong Zhaoming and the others were so frightened that they huddled together by the door.

The stone falling towards Li Zhen's head was blocked by the vampire.

The ghost messenger grabbed a few evil spirits and ate them, then looked at Li Zhen again and said in a muffled voice, "Your face is full of death, and your body is filled with the aura of corpses. You live on in this world by using evil magic, interfering with the normal operation of the underworld. You deserve to die!"

As it spoke, a foul stench emanated from its mouth, filling the entire room with its stench.

The ghost messenger looked at Kong Zhaoming, Xiao Yulong, and Xiao Yuling: "Your fate is sealed, and your death is today."

It looked at Du Sangu and Master Chen and sneered, "Interfering with the operation of fate has backfired. They deserve to die."

Du Sangu pulled away from Master Chen's hand and said nervously to the ghost messenger, "Ghost messenger, I am a worshipper of the Four-Faced Buddha..."

Just as the ghost guards were about to climb out of the deep pit, they glanced at the covered four-faced Buddha statue and said, "Four-faced Buddha? The four-faced Buddha has nothing to do with me. Don't try to use the four-faced Buddha's name to save you."

"Even your Four-Faced Buddha dares not defy fate, otherwise why wouldn't he come out to save you?"

Du Sangu's face turned ugly: "My junior brother and I have done a lot of good deeds, especially paying attention to accumulating merit. The backlash that the ghost messenger mentioned should be the backlash from the hands of that evil ghost. Now that the evil ghost is dead, we have overcome the backlash."

"And these few..."

She glanced at Kong Zhaoming and the others, then said, "These gentlemen have upright bearing and are clearly kind people. They also pay attention to accumulating merit in their daily lives. Otherwise, they wouldn't have survived until now under the watchful eyes of evil spirits. Please, Your Excellency, show leniency."

“We can prepare offerings for the ghost messenger, along with ghost money containing our yang energy, and burn it for him the next day.”

According to rumors, ghost money and offerings can be used to bribe the ghost messengers.

Du Sangu had never encountered a ghost messenger before; this was the first time he had attempted to bribe one.

If bringing out the Four-Faced Buddha doesn't work, then we'll have to bribe them with something else.

The so-called "hell money containing yang energy" is a special kind of hell money that a sorceress like Du Sangu can make. It contains her yang energy and some of her lifespan, and it's something she knows the ghost messengers will definitely like.

Sure enough, the ghost messenger hesitated after hearing her words.

Its eyes darted around, then it pointed at Li Zhen: "Why don't you mention this person? I don't think he has much life left, yet he uses evil magic to prolong his life. He's burdened with sins. What price are you willing to pay to save his life?"

Du Sangu glanced at Li Zhen, who was sitting cross-legged, and replied to the ghost messenger, "As long as I live, I can recite a few scriptures and perform a ritual for you every day to accumulate merit for you. I wonder if that's enough?"

In her knowledge system, ghosts should all like people in the mortal world to hire professionals to chant scriptures for them to accumulate merit.

She also sensed the sinister aura emanating from Li Zhen, and therefore the price she demanded was actually quite high.

It's nothing to persist in chanting scriptures for a few days, but to persist in chanting scriptures and performing rituals for a ghost every day is something that not everyone can do.

Du Sangu was willing to do that because she was grateful to Li Zhen for first saving the monk's life and then saving them from the ghost's clutches.

Regardless of who Li Zhen is, she acknowledges this point.

"Hmm, this sounds kind of appealing..."

The ghost pretended to think for a moment, then said with a strange laugh, "But I have a better option."

Du Sangu had a bad feeling.

The ghost messenger stepped one foot onto the edge of the deep pit and laughed loudly, "I don't like slow and steady wins the race. I prefer to get all the benefits directly. Wouldn't it be better to eat you all right here?"

Du Sangu was startled: "Even if we die, our souls should return to the underworld..."

The ghost messenger brandished an iron fork and slammed it down on the ceiling, shouting, "You people deserve to die! It's your fate! But you used evil magic to evade your destiny. When I arrived in the mortal realm, you even tried to resist, but I ate you and you were reduced to ashes. Didn't you bring this upon yourselves?"

With his face flushed red, Kong Zhaoming could no longer control his anger.

Regardless of whether the other party was the legendary ghost child, he shouted, "What kind of ghost messenger are you? You dog, you took bribes from that evil ghost, and even though the evil ghost didn't kill us, you still wanted to kill us, I..."

The trembling Master Chen quickly covered Kong Zhaoming's mouth.

Du Sangu's heart skipped a beat as she looked at the ghost messenger's face, only to see a terrifying face with smoke billowing from its seven orifices.

A torrent of yin energy gushed from the seven orifices of the ghost messenger, revealing its fury.

"Be bold!"

A thunderous shout rang out, making people's eardrums ache.

The ghost messenger suddenly threw the iron fork in his hand.

The room was very large, but the overhead space was small, making it feel very cramped for the ghost messenger, which caused it to throw the iron fork in a rather strange way.

As it raised its hand, the back of the fork struck the ceiling, sending down even more debris.

The distance was too close. As soon as the ghost officer raised his hand, the iron fork flew out. Kong Zhaoming and the others didn't have time to react. They only heard a whistling sound before feeling the iron fork pierce their bodies.

However, there was no pain in the body.

After realizing what had happened, Kong Zhaoming found that he was no longer in his original position, but had moved more than half a meter to the side.

Xiao Yulong and the others also moved to the side about half a meter away, just like him.

The huge iron fork was stuck in the door, vibrating incessantly and emitting a series of buzzing sounds.

He looked down and saw that the tentacle that had saved his life from the horde of demons was now wrapped around him again, saving him a second time.

The tentacles that had been wrapped around the group loosened their grip and retracted inwards.

Kong Zhaoming and the others followed the tendrils to look at the ghost fetus, and Li Zhen, who had been silent beside it.

Du Sangu's eyes were filled with shock.

This "magician" actually dared to attack the ghost messengers?
She didn't think Li Zhen was a match for the ghost messenger, so she took Li Zhen's silence as a sign of his retreat.

This ghost messenger represents more than just a terrifying individual.

The underworld it represents is an even more terrifying and mysterious realm.

If this monk was hired by Xiao Yulong with money, then the things he did before were already worth the money or favor Xiao Yulong had done.

There is nothing shameful about taking a step back at this point.

But to her surprise, even when facing the ghost messengers, Li Zhen dared to take action without hesitation.

Looking at it this way, Li Zhen's silence just now didn't seem like a retreat, but more like he was making preparations.

"You're out of touch with reality!" The ghost messenger also looked at Li Zhen, and reached out to take out the special iron chain from the deep pit.

Li Zhen lifted his gaze from the white cloth he used to cover the talisman and asked the ghost messenger a question completely unrelated to the current situation: "Does the underworld really exist?"

This ghost messenger had a very strong aura; it was the strongest ghost Li Zhen had ever seen, but it wasn't strong enough to make him abandon the mission and run away.

Starting with "The Devil's Child," it seems that whenever he tries to change the fate of others, he faces some kind of backlash.

At that time, a master of Tantric Buddhism appeared and sought to subdue him to become his protector.

At this moment, he only had the red-eyed bat devour one evil spirit, when a ghost messenger crawled out from the legendary underworld, intending to stop his actions and restore things to their original course.

But this also gave Li Zhen an opportunity to understand the mission world and the runes on his arm.

If the secrets of these mission worlds are not revealed to him, he will not know what kind of world the mission world he is experiencing is for a long time.

The undercurrents surge beneath, while he merely swims on the waves. How can he possibly see the secrets of the entire world? Li Zhen has a hunch that as he grows stronger, those secrets will gradually be revealed to him, provided that his mission does not fail; otherwise, it will all be wishful thinking.

These were also secrets he desperately wanted to know.

For example, he asked, "Does the underworld really exist?"

If it exists, is it the same as he imagined?

And, does the world he came from have an underworld?

The ghost messenger laughed out loud: "If there is no underworld, no netherworld, then where did I come from? You are really stupid to ask such a stupid question."

Ignoring the ghost messenger's mockery, Li Zhen asked again, "Do the legendary Yama's Palace and the Ten Yama Kings also exist?"

"Want to know? Then come with me and take a look!"

The ghost messenger pulled out the chain and shook it outwards.

The eerie iron chain whistled as it hurtled towards Li Zhen.

If Li Zhen were hit, he would definitely be smashed into a pile of minced meat.

The vampire shifted a few steps to the side and reached out to grab the whistling iron chain.

With a loud bang, the iron chain slammed down on the vampire's body.

The violent tremors dispersed a small portion of the malevolent energy emanating from the vampire.

The enraged vampire roared to the sky.

Endless Yin energy surged from its body, spreading outwards and forcing the special Yin energy brought by the ghost messenger back into the pit, creating a stalemate.

But the chains seemed to have a strong restraining effect on ghosts.

The vampire's hands, gripping the chains, made a hissing sound, causing scarlet pus to ooze from its palms.

The even more enraged vampire roared several times, looking up at the ground.

The straw hat and cloak fell off, revealing a face wrapped in bandages and terrifying sharp teeth to everyone.

The white hair around its mouth is growing outwards at a rate visible to the naked eye.

White hairs also appeared on the exposed parts of my arms.

The iron chain could no longer corrode its body, and it held onto it tightly.

Although Kong Zhaoming knew that this might not be human, he never expected it to be something like that.

The thought of sharing a car with such a terrifying creature sent chills down Kong Zhaoming's spine.

If that thing were to move even slightly, it would surely be dead.

But now that he saw something so terrifying, he wasn't too afraid; instead, he hoped it would be even more terrifying.

How can you deal with ghost messengers if you're not scary?

Seeing the evil spirits and ghost messengers appear one after another, Xiao Yulong and Xiao Yuling were already numb with fear. At this moment, they were stimulated by the sinister aura emanating from the vampire and their bodies tensed up.

The reason they found the zombie terrifying was mostly based on its appearance.

Only Du Sangu, who had some knowledge of zombies, truly knew how terrifying this zombie was.

"A hairy zombie... This is actually a zombie that's almost like a hairy zombie? There are actually zombies like this in the world?"

Hearing her mutterings, Master Chen quickly asked, "A hairy zombie? Did I hear that right? This aura is coming from a hairy zombie? This... how is this possible?"

Aunt Du breathed a sigh of relief: "I wasn't mistaken, this is a zombie that's almost like a hairy zombie, no wonder it's not afraid of the ghost messengers..."

“Only this kind of zombie can unleash such a strong malevolent aura,” Master Chen said urgently. “Senior sister, is there still any hope for us? The hairy zombie is so terrifying, even the ghost messengers might not be able to subdue it.”

"The situation isn't good. This zombie isn't a real hairy zombie; it's no match for the ghost messengers." Du Sangu looked at the four-faced Buddha statue opposite her. "We need to help him..."

Master Chen quickly said, "Senior Sister, be careful and don't be too impulsive. This zombie is so terrifying, it should be able to hold out for quite a while."

The vampire was no match for the ghost messengers and was gradually dragged to the edge of the deep pit.

Suddenly, a sharp sound pierced the ghost messenger's ears, causing him to cover them in pain.

The vampire took the opportunity to pull the chain backward.

The ghost messenger, writhing in excruciating pain in his head, howled angrily a few times, his body being pulled forward by the vampire and slumped against the edge of the deep pit.

A red-eyed bat, moving at a speed too fast for the naked eye to see, suddenly appeared in front of the ghost messenger's abdomen, creating a large, transparent hole in his stomach. As it flew out, a piece of the ghost messenger's intestines was hanging from its body.

A small portion of the internal organs flowed out directly from that large hole.

But the ghost messenger did not die.

Amidst its painful howls, it stuffed its internal organs back into its abdomen.

The wound healed at a speed visible to the naked eye.

The intestines hanging on the red-eyed bat's body strangely transformed into a small ghost somewhat resembling a ghost messenger, which kept scratching at the red-eyed bat, greatly angering it.

It shook the little devil off and swallowed it whole.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, Du Sangu mustered her breath and ran towards the ghost messenger.

The Four-Faced Buddha is on the other side of the pit. If she wants to get the Four-Faced Buddha statue, she must pass through the pit and climb to the other side.

She knew that the two terrifying evil beings were currently gaining the upper hand in their battle with the ghost messengers, but this was only temporary.

Once the ghost messenger truly gets angry, the vampire zombie can't stop it.

After jumping into the pit, she walked around the edge of the pit.

The pit was filled with a sinister aura, as if it led to the real underworld.

Numerous ghosts struggled in the crater, and many were trampled into mincemeat by the ghost messengers.

However, many ghosts still crawled out from the bottom of the pit.

Du Sangu kicked away several evil spirits, but was then knocked against the wall next to the pit by the staggering ghost messenger and was almost crushed to death.

She crawled on her hands and feet to the edge of the pit on the side of the Four-Faced Buddha, when she suddenly heard a deafening roar.

Cover your ears.

She looked up and saw a scene that horrified her.

The ghost opened its mouth and inhaled, creating a strong gust of wind in the room, which sucked the terrifying bat into its mouth.

The red-eyed bat flapped its wings and flew towards the ceiling.

The space here is too narrow, which not only restricts the ghost messenger but also limits its movements.

The ghost messenger's shadow suddenly moved forward, transforming into a giant ghost head, and abruptly bit the red-eyed bat into its mouth.

At the same time, the ghost messenger closed his mouth, and the bat fell into his mouth.

That bat was quite large for a human, but for the ghost messenger, it was just a mouthful.

A terrifying chewing sound came from the mouth of the ghost messenger.

The bat wings protruding from the ghost messenger's mouth struggled a few times as the ghost messenger chewed, then stopped moving.

A considerable amount of fresh blood and foul-smelling sludge dripped onto the face of the crawling Du Sangu.

One of the evil creatures died, and the zombie won't last much longer either...

She can only rely on herself now...

With her heart sinking, Du Sangu climbed out of the pit by stepping on the evil spirits and ran towards the four-faced Buddha covered with yellow cloth on the altar.

Seeing the red-eyed bat being eaten, Kong Zhaoming and the others were also terrified.

Even if they didn't know how strong the red-eyed bat was, they knew that this evil creature had tied up most of the ghost messengers' energy. Now that this evil creature was dead, how long could that zombie hold out?

Having no other option, Kong Zhaoming returned to the front door and tried to pull out the iron fork to use as a sledgehammer.

But as soon as his hand touched the iron fork, he felt a bone-chilling cold emanating from it, causing him to instinctively pull his hand back.

Xiao Yulong, who followed, also grabbed a pitchfork, but like Kong Zhaoming, he immediately withdrew his hand.

When the two realized that this method was not working, they tacitly found some tools to smash the door.

After smashing it a few times, they suddenly heard the ghost messenger let out a furious roar.

A pile of rubble came crashing down on the two of them from behind, hitting them squarely on the back and injuring them badly.

The two gasped and looked back, just in time to see Du Sangu holding up a four-faced Buddha statue in front of the ghost messengers.

The four-faced Buddha emitted a faint light.

The ghost covered his eyes with one hand and let out a series of howls.

Its facial skin, like melted wax, turned into pus that dripped continuously.

In a short time, the ghost messenger's face changed completely.

Just as the situation was developing in a positive direction, Du Sangu, along with the four-faced Buddha statue, was whipped away by the enraged ghost messenger.

The iron chain had just been pulled from the vampire's hand, and although the vampire had suppressed some of its force, it was still quite powerful compared to Du Sangu.

Du Sangu crashed into the altar along with the four-faced Buddha statue, and finally rolled to the ground, her fate unknown.

Without the four-faced Buddha statue, the ghost messenger's suffering was not lessened, but intensified.

But this time the pain seemed to be coming from the chest and abdomen.

The wailing ghost clenched his fists and pounded his abdomen and chest with all his might.

It felt as if something was moving inside its belly, causing its abdomen to bulge upwards.

When it pounds its abdomen, the contents move to its chest, causing its chest to bulge upwards.

Unable to endure the pain, the ghost stabbed his right hand into his abdomen, churning violently inside, trying to grab whatever was inside.

Suddenly, its chest was ripped open from the inside.

The red-eyed bat, which he had already chewed up, flew out from inside, carrying half a blue heart in its mouth, and landed in front of Li Zhen.

(End of this chapter)