The Terror of the Heavens Begins with Gu

Chapter 160 Someone Sets Up an Altar to Deal with Vampires
Li Zhen stood up from the coffin.

He tested the demonic infant with his own evil energy and found that the talisman that could resist evil energy was still on the demonic infant.

In other words, the runes in his hand did not even damage the talismans on the demon infant, thus eradicating the consciousness of the person belonging to the Five Ghost Path.

With his eyes closed, Li Zhen recalled for a moment the details about creating the demonic infant that he had seen in the demonic infant's memories.

The talisman was set up by the middle-aged man without eyebrows, but there was no information about the talisman in his memories.

However, Li Zhen knew quite a bit about that ceremony.

Li Zhen opened his eyes and climbed out of the coffin.

After having the little devil tidy up the things that had fallen on the ground, he first lured the agitated vampire back into the coffin, fed the vampire some blood, and then placed the bronze mirror and jade talisman on the vampire's body.

After the vampire zombies stabilized, Li Zhen fed the ghost fetus some scraps of ghost messenger flesh.

In the battle against the demonic infant, many of the demonic fetus's tentacles broke off, and it urgently needed to replenish its blood and food.

The Mahjong Ghost appeared in front of the two white bone clubs, and it was clear that one of its hands was missing.

This guy has been doing well lately.

Li Zhen took some semi-congealed blood as an offering and placed it in front of the Mahjong Ghost's white bone club. Then he dripped a few drops of his own blood into the small bowl containing the blood.

The Mahjong Ghost silently watched Li Zhen finish doing all this, and finally said "Thank you".

Both it and the imp will have their memories of the mission world erased upon their return.

However, it is very rational and can probably tell from its own injuries that something has just happened.

Li Zhen took the demonic infant to the wall where the jars were placed.

He casually tossed the unused fresh blood here.

It only took Li Zhen a few hours to go to the mission world and come back.

The blood is currently only in a semi-coagulated state.

With his left hand, Li Zhen grabbed a head from the Demon Infant's shoulder and ripped it off the infant.

Amidst the infant demon's screams, Li Zhen held a small head connected to half of its spine in his hand.

The demonic infant instinctively resisted, but Li Zhen suppressed it with his evil energy.

Having lost most of its rationality, the demonic infant's actions were almost entirely driven by instinct, and its resistance was also instinctive, not as intense as before.

Nevertheless, the talisman that Li Zhen had drawn on the demon infant was completely worn away by the demon infant.

Li Zhen stuffed the demonic infant's head into a blood bag.

The thirsty demonic infant greedily drank the blood.

From its spine downwards, the bones of its body are regenerating at a visible rate.

Li Zhen placed several pieces of the ghost messenger's flesh next to the demonic infant.

Without hesitation, the demonic infant leaped out of the blood bag, pounced on the ghost messenger's shredded flesh, and swallowed it in a few bites.

Its skeleton has almost been restored to its original state.

After the flesh was gone, the demonic infant lunged at Li Zhen, but Li Zhen grabbed its regenerating spine.

In excruciating pain, the demonic infant struggled violently, letting out a strange cry.

Only with the five elements combined could the Demon Infant barely contend with Li Zhen.

The one who stood alone was no match for Li Zhen.

"Where did you get this little doll? It's so fierce! Wow, I want to play with it too, but I'm afraid it'll bite me. It's much fiercer than a cat! Are you scared?"

The little devil holding the cat appeared beside Li Zhen, curiously watching the demonic infant struggling in Li Zhen's hands, while vigorously squeezing the cat in his hands.

The cat was clearly terrified of the demonic infant and kept trying to escape, but it couldn't escape the little devil's clutches and could only let out a few dissatisfied meows in the little devil's arms.

Li Zhen said to the little ghost, "It only has the instinct for bloodlust left. If you let your will enter this body, can you control it?"

"Fun!" The little devil's eyes lit up. "It's so fierce! If I could enter its body, it would be even more terrifying than it is now, and then... I wouldn't have to be afraid of that guy who always wants to eat me!"

"But I've only possessed people before, never this kind of... freak. I don't know how to do it."

Li Zhen said, "I will help you."

If we can find a way to get the imp into the body of the first demon infant and merge with it, then once the imp has adapted, we can merge the other demon infants into its body, making the imp a complete five-element demon infant.

Since these five demonic infants were a raft of self-salvation created by the people of the Five Ghosts Path, Li Zhen could naturally use them as well.

Once Li Zhen has compiled all the spells and talismans related to the Five Demonic Infants, he can try to hide some of his memories and will into the demonic infants, just like the people of the Five Ghost Path...

For some reason, Li Zhen always felt a sense of urgency, which drove him to constantly prepare a way out for himself.

After thinking for a moment, the little devil said, "But it's too fierce. I'll definitely be influenced by it and try to bite you. You'll definitely hit me then."

At this point, it started to back down: "Sigh, forget it, forget it. It wouldn't be worth it if you beat me up. I'm fine as I am now... really fine. I have food, clothes, and things to play with."

This guy's gotten clever...

Li Zhen said, "I can make it even weaker, so that even if you merge with it, you can still take the lead."

The little devil hesitated and said, "In that case, we can give it a try."

Li Zhen looked at the demon baby.

Once the demonic infant has fully recovered its physical form, we'll find a way to weaken its will and resentment...

If the demonic infant is weakened now, its recovery will be very slow. In the end, it will always be seen moving around with its head dragging its spine, which will look very terrifying.

Whether it's weakening the demonic infant or drawing the talisman that can influence fate, the golden Buddha needs to be melted down to make ink.

Melting gold is not difficult, but it's not exactly simple either.

Using his phone, Li Zhen directly purchased a professional high-temperature gold melting torch and matching fuel in the same city.

It's noon now, the sun is high in the sky, it's not a good time for Li Zhen and Xiao Gui to go out.

Li Zhen didn't have to wait long before he received a call that the item had been delivered.

He carried everything into the basement under a black umbrella.

Such a large golden Buddha statue does not need to be completely melted; only a portion needs to be melted.

Li Zhen found a saw and sawed into one of Jin Fo's arms.

Instead of removing the clothes covering the golden Buddha, he began sawing off the Buddha's arms directly through the clothes.

After the clothes were sawed open, the golden Buddha's arm, with a cut in it, appeared before Li Zhen's eyes.

Large amounts of golden fragments kept falling, making Li Zhen dizzy.

Since he reached the completion of the third step of the "Five Elements Evil Spirit Sublimation Method" in his practice, his primordial spirit has become much stronger, and the evil energy in his body has become even stronger, which has caused his yang energy to be further depleted.

Since Li Zhen's method of absorbing yang energy had failed once, he could only devise other methods to absorb yang energy; otherwise, he would never have been able to cultivate the "Formless Evil Spirit Sublimation Method" to its peak.

However, there doesn't seem to be a way to completely solve this problem within witchcraft.

Some methods that only treat the symptoms but not the root cause are worth trying...

This is not a long-term solution either.

If this problem cannot be solved, it will only get worse and worse. What will we do then?
This gave Li Zhen a huge headache.

Even as he was deep in thought, Li Zhen's hands moved with remarkable speed.

He quickly sawed off one of the golden Buddha's arms, which melted into liquid along with the gold fragments that had fallen to the ground.

The glint of the golden Buddha only made Li Zhen uncomfortable, but the liquid formed after it melted was even more irritating to him, causing tears to involuntarily stream from his eyes.

Suppressing his discomfort, Li Zhen opened the parchment that Qinghai had given him.

After carefully examining it several times, he used the melted gold ink as ink to draw shimmering golden talismans on both sides of the coffin where he lay.

This talisman has a strong Tantric flavor, and contains many mantras that Li Zhen found familiar.

After the talisman was drawn, Li Zhen did not feel any change.

It seemed that the talisman had no effect on him whatsoever; it neither made him feel unwell nor improved his current condition.

The explanation of the rune says this talisman is useful, so it should be useful...

Li Zhen ignored the talisman.

Upon opening the Great Sun Tathagata Sutra, Li Zhen saw a yellowed piece of paper tucked inside the back of the sutra.

Unfolding the paper, he saw a drawing of Buddha on one side, with four lines of text written beside it—

"Five demons commit evil for a hundred years, Buddha has a body for ten thousand years. To obtain the talisman, one must refine the golden body in raging fire."

Li Zhen was familiar with these words. In "The Demon Eater's Fetus," it was these very words that reminded Chu Liu, making him think of having the melted golden Buddha draw a talisman to destroy the demonic infant.

Looking at the other side of the paper, Li Zhen saw how to draw the talisman.

He found several sheets of yellow talisman paper and began drawing talismans on them.

This talisman was different from the one drawn earlier. As soon as it appeared on the paper, it made Li Zhen feel extremely uncomfortable.

His right hand, which was closest to the talisman, sent a burning pain through him.

Not only was the eerie atmosphere of the basement affected, but Li Zhen himself was also affected.

Looking down at the lower part of his right hand, Li Zhen discovered that a layer of the snake-scale-like growths on the lower part of his right hand had melted away, revealing the scarlet flesh inside.

This was before he came into contact with the talisman...

If the talisman were stuck on his body, even with his strength, he would definitely be injured.

That golden Buddha was indeed extraordinary; using it to deal with the demonic infant was almost an overkill...

After Li Zhen retracted his arm, he saw the snake-like growths on the lower part of his arm grow rapidly, covering the flesh again.

After inserting the drawn talisman into the Great Sun Tathagata Sutra, and then pressing the sutra down with the ebony wood he used as a pillow to isolate it from the intense aura, Li Zhen continued drawing the next talisman.

After using up the remaining gold liquid and drawing the remaining five talismans, Li Zhen went to the demonic infant he had temporarily imprisoned in a jar.

He temporarily sealed the four-headed demonic infant in front of the bat-faced demon statue.

With red-eyed bats guarding it, it will not wake up as long as it is not disturbed.

Looking at the demonic infant lying in the blood clots inside the jar, Li Zhen hesitated.

This demonic infant looks fierce, but it is actually very fragile.

If he were to directly stick the talisman onto the demonic infant's body or onto the jar, the demonic infant would at most last for a short while before turning to ashes.

Therefore, the power of the talisman must be limited so that it can weaken the demon infant's malevolence without killing it.

After thinking for a moment, Li Zhen first threw a few pieces of ghost messenger flesh into the jar, added some other things, and turned the jar into a container for gathering yin energy, before sticking the talisman on it.

The demonic infant inside the jar immediately let out a series of shrill screams.

The jar seemed to be filled with boiling water, constantly emitting black steam.

Seeing that the demonic infant's screams were getting weaker and weaker, Li Zhen endured the pain and took off the talisman with his gloved right hand.

After the yin energy inside the jar dissipated, Li Zhen glanced inside and found the demonic infant, which was shimmering with blood light, lying at the bottom of the jar, looking extremely weak.

This demonic infant couldn't withstand this level of spiritual talisman; even the special talisman within its body was ineffective...

Li Zhen placed the jar in another corner and affixed the talisman to the wall above the jar, a considerable distance away.

After observing the demonic infant's condition, Li Zhen noticed that although the infant wasn't screaming, it was still showing signs of pain, which put him at ease.

After a while, most of the malevolent energy of this demonic infant should dissipate...

After finishing drawing the talisman, Li Zhen also felt tired.

He returned to the coffin and lay down inside.

Whether it was because the ebony wood he used as a pillow had been removed, or because of the special talismans drawn on the outside of the coffin, Li Zhen always felt something was off after lying back in the coffin.

But he himself couldn't explain what was wrong with him.

After an unknown amount of time, Li Zhen was suddenly awakened by a loud "bang".

He suddenly opened his eyes, sat up from inside the coffin, and turned to look at the source of the sound.

The coffin was overturned on the ground, and the vampire who had gotten up at some point had already walked to the door.

At this moment, the vampire was surging with malevolent energy, on the verge of exploding.

what happened?

Realizing that the vampire was no longer under his control, Li Zhen immediately jumped out of the coffin, went to the vampire's coffin, and picked up the Sanqing Bell that was placed in the corner.

Li Zhen caught up with them and arrived at the door of the house.

Seeing that the vampire had run to the exit of the basement, he immediately shook the Sanqing Bell in his hand.

"By the Supreme Lord's decree, the corpse moves with the bell... A chilling wind rises, the soul obeys. The three souls return to their places... When the bell rings, the zombie heeds the command..."

The trembling vampire roared and stopped at the basement exit, slowly turning towards Li Zhen.

The Three Pure Bells in Li Zhen's hand shook even more violently.

The vampire took a step toward Detective Li.

Suddenly, the stars in the sky outside the basement began to rotate strangely, and a beam of starlight that had gathered together burst into the basement from the exit and shone on the Sanqing Bell in Li Zhen's hand.

A sharp pain shot through him, and Li Zhen instinctively threw down the Sanqing Bell.

The vampire roared again, smashed through the basement door, and suddenly rose into the air, flying out of the basement.

After glancing at the half-melted Sanqing Bell, Li Zhen chased after it to the entrance of the basement.

It was dark outside and visibility was poor.

Li Zhen looked up at the vampire, but only saw a shadow flying rapidly into the distance, heading towards the cemetery where Li Zhen had been.

Vampire zombies are not flying zombies, so naturally they can't fly.

This is clearly someone's doing something to target the vampires, and the method they used is quite sophisticated, summoning the vampires directly from such a distance.

Reality is getting more and more interesting...

Li Zhen returned to the basement and quickly took out some things he might need.

The startled ghost fetus appeared before the busy Detective Li.

Mahjong Ghost and Little Ghost also came over.

A red-eyed bat landed on Li Zhen's coffin, its crimson eyes fixed on him.

After placing everything on the banshee's back, Li Zhen led the red-eyed bats and others out the door, quickly heading in the direction where the vampires had disappeared.

……

On a flat area at the foot of the cemetery, an old man dressed in casual clothes, who looked very old, was performing a spell.

In front of the old man was a ritual altar that had already been set up.

An unnamed deity was enshrined on the altar, and offerings were placed before the deity.

Three white candles were placed on the candlestick next to the offerings, casting a dim, yellowish light.

Several lanterns painted with talismans hung on the altar, illuminating a considerable area below.

You can see a Tai Chi Bagua mirror hanging on the altar directly opposite the lantern. Half of the mirror is painted with bright red cinnabar, and the words "Decree to Suppress Corpses" are engraved on the edge of the mirror.

Five talismans were affixed to the five directions of the altar, each covered with densely written incantations to ward off evil.

Each of the five talismans had an oil lamp pressed down on it. The lamps were all lit and emitted an unpleasant odor, indicating that the oil in them was not ordinary.

Before the oil lamp in front of the altar lay several highly decomposed corpses, their features unrecognizable. However, it was possible to tell that three of the corpses were male and only one was female.

The female corpse was not as badly decomposed as the other three corpses. It was clear that she was missing an arm and had bite marks on her neck.

The old man, holding a peach wood sword, circled the corpse several times, performing a series of magical steps.

He slashed the peach wood sword northward and chanted the incantation for the first time: "Nine Netherworld Emperor, command to suppress the evil corpse, thunder and fire burn the demon, yin and yang return to one!"

The oil lamp on the north side suddenly shone brightly.

The atmosphere around the altar became gloomy.

In the places where the lantern's light could not reach, some figures stood.

The people standing to the left of the corpse were all wearing black hoods that covered their necks, completely obscuring their faces.

These people were dressed in tattered clothes and exuded a musty smell; they didn't look like living people.

On the other side stood seven or eight men, three of whom were middle-aged and the others were young.

A short, middle-aged man with a flat nose stood at the front with his hands behind his back.

He had thick eyebrows and long, narrow eyes surrounded by fine wrinkles. His appearance conveyed a sense of bitterness, yet also a unique scholarly air, making him look like an unknown university professor.

But looking at the lower half of this person's face, you can see that there is always a strange smile on his lips, making it impossible to see what he is really like.

Turning their gaze away from the altar, a rugged-looking middle-aged man standing beside the man couldn't help but whisper, "Mr. Fang, theoretically, the best time to activate the Nine Nether Corpse Suppressing and Demon Subduing Formation is at midnight. The time hasn't come yet, so its power can't reach its peak. If..."

The man, referred to as Mr. Fang, shook his head: "I've calculated it, and now is the best time. Waiting until midnight will be too late. As the saying goes, Heaven dislikes fullness, and humanity dislikes perfection. Pursuing perfection blindly is not necessarily a good thing."

(End of this chapter)