The Terror of the Heavens Begins with Gu

Chapter 238 Li Zhen in his strongest state and the suppression of the underworld officials

Seeing Li Zhen throw the evil Ajiu at the vampire without hesitation, directly cutting off Ajiu's path to survival, Chen You felt a little regretful. He opened his mouth but no sound came out.

For Ah Jiu, who had already lost his mind, death was the best end.

What troubled Chen You was that Li Zhen had allowed the vampire to drink A Jiu's blood.

Although Ah Jiu suffers from a terminal illness and his body is not as strong as before, he has cultivated for many years and is still a powerful cultivator. Letting the zombie absorb his blood will definitely make the zombie more ferocious.

The bigger problem is that the twin female ghosts have entered the zombie's body, making the zombie very ferocious.

Now that the zombie has eaten Ajiu's blood, how ferocious will it become?
The original "Uncle Dong" was already terrifying enough, but now there's another zombie, making Chen You increasingly uneasy.

He wanted to ask Detective Li why he was doing this.

Is it to breed an even more powerful zombie?

But these zombies are so ferocious now, does Li Zhen really have the confidence to suppress them and prevent them from turning on him?

Previously, Li Zhen had seen through the fact that "Uncle Dong" had turned against A Jiu at a glance, so he couldn't possibly not know that his own zombie could also turn against him.

Chen You looked at Li Zhen's profile, only to find that Li Zhen was looking solemnly at the other side of the corridor.

He looked over and saw the shadows appearing in the corridor, and his heart skipped a beat.

A gust of cold wind blew by, making Chen You shiver.

As the shadows shifted, two rows of four terrifying figures dressed in bright red and green robes, wearing straw hats and carrying old umbrellas appeared in the corridor, walking slowly toward this side.

A powerful wave of yin energy washed over him, turning Chen You's breath into white vapor.

Chen You, with a serious expression, swallowed hard, even suppressing his breathing to a minimum.

These beings are definitely not human, but they are not common ghosts either.

Generally speaking, normal people cannot see ghosts unless their bodies are so weak that their yang energy is too low.

The twin female ghosts are extremely resentful and are the most powerful evil spirits in this building, but they are very difficult for ordinary people to see.

But these beings were not only in everyone's sight, they were even shrouded in shadow...

Having lived for so many years, Chen You had never seen such an evil creature.

In fact, Chen You had seen such ghosts appear several times in the building and in the corridors, but the situation was different then than now.

The evil creatures that appeared at that time did not seem to be as ferocious.

He recalled the questions Li Zhen had asked about the ghost messengers and suspected that Li Zhen's questions were about these very things.

If these things are really related to the underworld, then they must be for Ah Jiu.

Ah Jiu had been using evil magic to prolong her life and evade capture by the underworld. Now that she's dead, the underworld will surely send someone to take away Ah Jiu's soul.

This also seems to explain why these things appeared in the past.

The problem is that in this day and age, evil spirits are hard to find, and underworld officials are equally hard to appear in the world. As a result, Chen You has forgotten some spells related to the underworld and underworld officials, because he can't get a response when he tries to use them.

Chen You didn't know where these things came from or what they were. All he knew was that these things were not to be trifled with and were many times more terrifying than "Uncle Dong" after his zombie transformation.

Seeing those things approaching menacingly, he frantically winked at Li Zhen.

A sharp pain in his hand drew Chen You's attention.

He looked down and found that the Five Elements compass had jumped to the Earth element.

More blood flowed out, making him dizzy.

Shaking his head, he hurriedly reminded Qian Xiaohao beside him, "If things don't look right, take Aunt Mei and leave. Don't worry about me."

Qian Xiaohao, who had seen this kind of creature appear in the stairwell once before, also sensed that something was wrong this time.

At this point, it seems that their purpose is to exist.

Chen You looked at Li Zhen again, wanting to wait for Li Zhen's reaction.

The vampire roared, its aura becoming even more ferocious. It turned its head to look at Li Zhen, and two terrifying beams of blood-red light appeared in its eyes.

Clumps of thick white hair grew on the vampire's face at a visible rate, making the vampire's face even more ferocious.

Even though Chen You was further away from the vampires, he could still feel their menacing ferocity, so it was impossible for Li Zhen not to feel it as well.

But he remained standing between the vampires and those beings who appeared to be underworld officials, without reacting at all.

Regardless of whether Li Zhen heard him or not, Chen You shouted anxiously, "Go! Go quickly!"

Li Zhen, who had been watching the "ghost messenger" the whole time, remained unmoved.

He had killed underworld officials in the mission world and had also witnessed the methods of the underworld in the original world, so he was no stranger to the aura of the underworld.

These beings possessed an aura of the underworld, but they were somewhat different from the underworld officials he had seen before.

The stench of decay emanating from these underworld messengers was even stronger at this moment…

However, just like the underworld in this world, these underworld officials also harbored a great deal of evil towards him.

With just one glance, Li Zhen understood that these underworld messengers were probably attracted by Ajiu's death, but after seeing him, they made him their primary target.

The vampire walked towards Li Zhen step by step, its eyes flashing with blood-red light.

The hard ground silently turned into a muddy swamp, instantly burying the vampire's body underground.

The swampy ground may look soft, but it is actually very hard, and even with the vampire's monstrous strength, it is extremely difficult to pull it out of the ground.

The mud gathered behind Li Zhen, wriggling upwards to form a grotesque spider.

Above the spider's neck is the shape of a normal bald man, with a pair of sharp elf ears on either side of its head.

Spider arms rapidly formed on both sides of the "man's" withered and shriveled body.

Just like when Li Zhen was visualizing, this spider had six arms, longer than its own height, twisted strangely at its sides like withered branches, with the ends of its arms making strange gestures.

The six arms either grasp flowers, branches, or are held in front of the abdomen, supporting an incense burner, making it look quite eerie.

It was as if a real demon had descended upon the world; this demon was even more monstrous than the demon statue that Li Zhen had contemplated before.

When ordinary people like Qian Xiaohao and Aunt Mei saw the demon appear, they felt dizzy and almost vomited.

When the bat-faced demon appeared, they did not show much unusual behavior, or they did not notice any changes in their bodies.

Only then did I begin to feel the discomfort within my body.

Sweating profusely, Chen You brought the cigarette to his lips and took a deep drag.

The scene before him had completely slipped out of his control, turning him, the Taoist priest who was in charge, into a mere bystander.

He sighed and pressed down hard on the compass under his hand.

The first to attack was an angry vampire.

The corpse energy surged, and it leaped up, hanging upside down from the ceiling.

Countless arms emerged from the muddy ground, grabbing the lunging vampire and pulling it back to the ground like a spider hunting its prey.

The vampire roared incessantly, tearing off one arm after another.

The muddy ground was repeatedly dented by the impact. The beings, suspected to be underworld officials, had already moved to within ten meters of Li Zhen.

Li Zhen ignored them.

He turned around, leaped into the air, and with the momentum of his descent, punched the vampire on the head, knocking the vampire's head to the side.

Li Zhen pulled the vampire up and used it as a whip, repeatedly striking it in all directions until it finally slammed into the muddy ground.

Li Zhen himself was also stuck in the mud, but he pulled himself out effortlessly, while the vampire was pulled by arms and slowly wrapped up in the mud.

With a series of roars, the vampire forcefully pulled its upper body out of the ground.

With the blessing of the Five Elements Barrier, Li Zhen has reached a peak level that he has never reached before.

His primordial spirit expanded to every corner of the barrier. He felt that he could control every part of the barrier. The barrier seemed to have become his domain, allowing him to control everything within it.

In this situation, the fact that the vampire could resist the barrier that Li Zhen could control was already quite remarkable.
But Detective Li is still here.

His reason for bringing the vampire to its peak state within the barrier was naturally to tame the vampire in this state and completely break its rebellious nature.

Just as the vampire was about to break free, Li Zhen punched it in the forehead, sending it crashing back into the swamp.

Immediately, Li Zhen, expressionless, punched the vampire zombie repeatedly in the face and body, causing blood and bones to splatter everywhere.

Upon seeing this, the demonic fetus hiding to the side trembled uncontrollably, as if every punch was aimed at it.

"See? I told you he was terrifying. Stop thinking about rebellion... you should just do your job honestly..."

Li Zhen stopped punching the vampire only after it stopped roaring.

After he beat the vampire to a pulp, four or five parts of the corpse energy and resentment on its body were dispersed, and the female ghost on its body was almost knocked out by him.

If Li Zhen hadn't controlled his strength, the female ghost on the vampire would definitely have been knocked off its body.

Those beings suspected to be underworld officials had already reached the barrier.

Faced with the barrier, they paused, as if hesitating whether to enter it.

But after only a few breaths of hesitation, the two "ghost messengers" at the front walked into the barrier.

At this moment, Li Zhen's finger was already on the vampire's forehead. He easily broke the vampire's chaotic will with his own will, then bit his own blood and quickly drew a talisman on the vampire's body.

The vampires gradually became more settled.

The two female ghosts on its body tried to break free from the vampire, but were firmly sealed inside, and could only wail incessantly.

Li Zhen stood up and looked at the underworld messengers who had entered the barrier.

Under the influence of the demon behind him, the ground within the barrier completely transformed into an earth-shaped spider.

Arms emerged from beneath the ground and grabbed the underworld officials who had entered the barrier.

The swamp could only slow down the movement of the underworld messengers; it couldn't hold them for long.

After adapting to the mud, those underworld messengers carrying umbrellas could even walk directly in the mud, making them even more eerie than vampires.

Li Zhen's expression remained unchanged.

He leaped lightly and landed in front of a ghost messenger, placing one hand on the umbrella above the messenger.

The demonic figure behind Li Zhen began to writhe.

The mud on the ground, following Li Zhen's will, turned into a puddle of grayish-brown soft mud, which quickly wrapped around the Yin Cha (ghost official) through Li Zhen's arm.

The ghost messenger suddenly stopped in his tracks.

Li Zhen frowned.

With his current strength, he couldn't even break through the seemingly thin umbrella, leaving only a few cracks on it.

Just then, the energy within the barrier began to stir.

Li Zhen felt the pounding of his heart.

……

Chen You breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Li Zhen take care of the zombie in such a short time.

With the help of the barrier, Li Zhen had already reached a height that he had never expected.

Those beings who resemble underworld officials are most likely after A-Jiu's soul. Once they capture A-Jiu's soul, they may leave, and things will be much less troublesome.

But when he saw that those beings who seemed to be underworld officials didn't even glance at A-Jiu's soul, but instead walked straight toward Li Zhen, he realized that something was wrong.

Seeing Li Zhen so bold as to directly attack the suspected underworld messenger, the sweat on his forehead increased.

He glanced at the compass in his hand but did not let go.

The smoke on the left has already burned through a quarter of its length. If he persists for just one more attribute, he will reach his limit, at which point Li Zhen will have to fend for himself.

The ancient fire character on the compass was gradually filled with blood, and a scorching aura emanated from the barrier, causing Chen You's tense heart to relax slightly.

Those things carrying umbrellas exude a yin energy, which earth-based barriers cannot suppress. However, fire-based barriers, which can summon heavenly fire, naturally suppress them.

Conversely, the fire element will also affect Li Zhen, who is full of evil energy.

Although the impact won't be too great with the help of talismans, it will still have some effect eventually.

The prerequisite for using fire to eliminate those things in one fell swoop is that Li Zhen himself must first endure the scorching heat of the heavenly fire.

When Chen You looked up at Li Zhen, he saw that Li Zhen was taking out some talismans that he didn't know what their purpose was.

As if a switch had been flipped, the evil thoughts emanating from Li Zhen increased many times over in an instant, causing even Chen You, who had cultivated for decades, to feel dizzy.

Blood was flowing from under his nose, but Chen You didn't care.

What horrified him was the putrid aura emanating from him, as if his body had instantly turned into rotting flesh.

He threw down his cigarette, took out several talismans from his pocket, and threw them at Qian Xiaohao and Aunt Mei, who were vomiting uncontrollably on the ground.

Then he took out a card, held it in his hand, made a hand seal with one hand, and chanted a few incantations.

Even under these circumstances, his gaze never left Li Zhen's body.

In his vision, a black, eerie flame surged from Li Zhen's body.

Within these flames, one could vaguely see the fiery red heavenly fire flickering.

Strange, distorted cries kept emanating from Li Zhen's body.

At this moment, Li Zhen looked like a demon engulfed in flames.

Wisps of flame appeared on the two zombies next to Li Zhen.

After kicking the two zombies to the edge of the barrier, Li Zhen walked towards the beings who appeared to be underworld officials who had stopped in their tracks.

Flames flickered, filling every area within the barrier.

All Chen You could see were flames.

(End of this chapter)