The Terror of the Heavens Begins with Gu

Chapter 276 Cat Demon: Run! He's coming!!!
Inside the Longevity Inn, the sorcerer dressed in a bright yellow Bagua robe had already set up the altar and was wiping his magic sword, preparing for the upcoming ritual.

Mr. Tan, who had asked the monk to perform the ritual, said with a fawning smile, "Master, you've worked hard. I've prepared everything you need. I'll pay you and have everything moved to the inn as soon as it's light tomorrow."

Master Qian nodded with a smile: "I want the goods, and I want the money too, Master Tan, don't forget."

Master Tan immediately nodded: "As long as things go smoothly, the money will naturally be plentiful, Master, please rest assured."

"Very good, that fat man is definitely going to die tonight!" Master Qian walked with his pigeon-toed gait to the altar.

After chanting incantations for a while, he raised the magic sword in his hand and thrust it towards the altar.

The two white candles on the altar immediately lit themselves.

He took a step and walked around the altar twice, constantly brandishing the sword in his hand.

Two young Taoist boys brought a bowl of water mixed with chicken blood to Master Qian and fed it to him.

Master Qian's face immediately turned even redder.

He suddenly shouted and slowly raised the magic sword that was lying flat in front of him.

It was as if something was pressing down on the magic sword, causing Master Qian's face to grow increasingly red.

Just as the magic sword was halfway raised, Master Qian's expression changed, as if he had been struck by an invisible force. He was suddenly knocked backward and fell to the ground in pain.

"Master Qian, are you... are you alright?" Master Tan's expression changed upon seeing this.

With a pained expression, Master Qian rolled over and got up from the ground, angrily chanting incantations and raising his magic sword upwards once more.

Then they were hit and fell to the ground one after the other.

He did not raise the magic sword even after this happened several times.

As he struggled to his feet for the last time, clutching his aching back, Master Qian made a gesture to the two young Taoist disciples standing not far away.

The two men swiftly killed a rooster, collected a small bowl of scarlet chicken blood, and handed it to Master Qian.

Without the slightest hesitation, Master Qian drank the chicken blood in one gulp, his face immediately turning even redder, and his aura rising steadily.

With a loud shout, he swung the magic sword a few times and then raised it upwards again.

This time, the force acting on the magic sword failed to stop him; instead, it caused him to raise the magic sword.

……

"What...what do we do now?" Zhang Dadan couldn't help but ask in a low voice.

"Find a good place to hide." Li Zhen slowly stood up from the ground and walked towards the coffin.

Zhang Dadan scrambled to his feet and hid behind a pillar in the corner of the room, using the flickering light from the torches inside the ancestral hall to look at the coffin.

The red-eyed bat sensed something was wrong and flew into the house from outside, landing on Li Zhen's shoulder, its eyes fixed on the shaking coffin.

With a clang, the coffin lid moved again and then slowly opened upwards.

Two withered arms with sharp nails grew out from under the coffin lid.

A red-eyed bat suddenly flew out and crashed into the coffin lid, forcefully pushing the lid back down.

Zhang Dadan was somewhat shocked by what he saw.

He knew how terrifying the zombie was, but he didn't expect this somewhat scary-looking bat to be even more terrifying than he imagined. It simply lay on the coffin lid and pressed the zombie back down.

He caught a glimpse of the red-eyed bat's eyes and shuddered, quickly averting his gaze.

The creaking sound rang out again, and the coffin lid was lifted up once more.

The red-eyed bat, which was almost blown away, flapped its wings a few times, then pressed the coffin lid back down without making any other move.

After several attempts, the coffin lid still could not be fully opened.

Just then, the Ma family ancestral hall suddenly became cold and gloomy.

More corpse odor surged from the dilapidated coffin.

Suddenly, the coffin lid sprang up with lightning speed, sending the red-eyed bat flying.

A withered zombie dressed in Qing Dynasty official robes rose from the coffin, exhaled a breath of corpse air, and stared at Zhang Dadan, who was hiding behind a pillar.

Zhang Dadan's expression changed slightly, and he cried out in a trembling voice, "Save me, Master!"

Just as the zombie jumped out of the coffin, an enraged red-eyed bat silently slammed into its back, sending it flying into the wall in front of it.

The red-eyed bat's own wounds had just healed, and this collision caused some of its wounds to reopen, causing a lot of blood to flow out.

The zombie fared even worse; after rolling off the wall to the ground, it twitched for a while and was unable to get up for quite some time.

This zombie is not yet a threat; even a direct, violent beating would disperse its corpse aura, so it naturally cannot withstand the impact of the red-eyed bat.

The fact that the zombie was dealt with so easily surprised Li Zhen, but he wasn't too surprised.

He walked behind the zombie, and as the zombie struggled to its feet, he affixed a talisman he had obtained from the Taoist master to the zombie's back, causing it to freeze in place.

……

After successfully reviving the zombie, Master Qian breathed a sigh of relief, but was also a little annoyed.

Zhang Dadan clearly doesn't know any magic, but last night he hid in the right places to avoid the zombie's search, and now he almost sealed the zombie away. Obviously, there is a master guiding that fat man behind the scenes.

This naturally angered Qian Zhenren.

After killing that fat guy, go find the guy who was instructing him and opposing him, and kill that guy too...

Master Qian brandished his magic sword a few times, chanting the incantation even more urgently.

Before his eyes, the scene of the dilapidated Ma family ancestral hall vaguely appeared.

This is the scene he saw through the eyes of a zombie, using magic.

The yellow paper with Zhang Dadan's birth date and time written on it on the altar flew up on its own and burst into flames.

The zombie turned around and locked its gaze on Zhang Dadan, who was hiding behind a pillar.

Master Qian grinned maliciously, brandished his magic sword a few times, and pointed it at Zhang Dadan's fat face.

Suddenly, the view blurred, and without warning, Master Qian flew backward violently, crashing into the tiles on the wall behind him. After knocking down a section of black tiles, he fell to the ground along with many other broken tiles.

After struggling painfully for a few moments, Qian Zhenren, his mouth full of blood and his expression contorted with rage, rose from the ruins: "Who?! Who dared to break my spell! I will make you suffer the torment of being devoured by ten thousand ghosts!"

"Master Qian..." Old Master Tan, who was waiting not far away, was quite frightened by this appearance.

Master Qian turned and glanced at Master Tan, which immediately frightened Master Qian into silence.

The two young Taoist boys then stepped forward with a bowl of chicken blood.

Without hesitation, Master Qian drank the chicken blood clean. His pale face regained some color, but he didn't look healthy; instead, he looked somewhat sickly.

Knowing what Master Qian intended to do, the two young Taoist disciples immediately took out a bronze cauldron containing some gray particles from the items prepared behind them.

Master Qian grabbed a handful of particles from the bronze cauldron, walked back to the altar, clapped his hands, and turned the particles into a gray powder that looked somewhat like ashes.

The powder, after passing through the candles on the altar, ignited into a blazing flame.

Three ghostly figures, dressed differently and with ferocious expressions, appeared behind Master Qian and floated toward the altar.

Before they had even left the altar, the three ghostly figures became illusory, as if they had crossed space and appeared directly in the Ma family ancestral hall.

Master Qian formed a strange hand seal, his eyes half-open and half-closed, and chanted incantations rapidly in an odd tone.

……

With a "whoosh," a gust of cold wind rose out of nowhere, making Zhang Da feel a chill.

He wiped away a cold sweat and looked around nervously. Although the zombie had been captured, his intuition told him that tonight's events couldn't possibly end so easily.

Suddenly, he noticed several more people at the entrance of the Ma Family Ancestral Hall.

He turned his head and his heart suddenly tightened.

Those weren't people at all, but three hideous demons.

"A ghost...a ghost!" Zhang Dadan screamed in fright.

The three ghosts had already floated into the Ma family ancestral hall, and they grinned menacingly at Zhang Dadan and Li Zhen.

An excited, squeaking sound suddenly rang out in the Ma family ancestral hall.

The red-eyed bat stirred up a foul gust of wind and excitedly pounced on the three ghostly creatures.

Before it could even pounce on the three ghosts, it had already opened its mouth.

One of the ghosts screamed and flew backward, falling into the mouth of the red-eyed bat, which swallowed it whole without any effort.

The remaining two ghosts were terrified and fled even faster.

However, they were too close to the red-eyed bats, and even though the red-eyed bats couldn't fly fast, it was difficult for the two monsters to escape.

Just as the red-eyed bat approached, an even more ferocious ghost suddenly grabbed a nearby ghost and threw it at the red-eyed bat.

The red-eyed bat swallowed it whole.

Just when the last ghost thought it had a chance to escape, it suddenly saw a scarlet "tentacle" that looked like a rope strike from behind and pierce through its body in an instant.

The demon let out a miserable scream, but was dragged backward by the "tentacles" until it finally fell into Li Zhen's hands.

With a slight tilt of his head, the gash on Li Zhen's neck widened, allowing the "tentacle" to return to his neck.

Then, he looked at the ghost he was holding in his hand.

A malevolent aura, carrying wisps of black flames, emanated from his body, enveloping the evil spirit and relentlessly scorching it.

The red-eyed bat flew onto Li Zhen's shoulder, staring menacingly at the evil spirit.

"Don't worry, I'll give you some."

Li Zhen closed his eyes, sensing the owner of this ghost.

As the magical power resonated, he saw a Taoist priest wearing a bright yellow Bagua robe on the ghost.

At this moment, the Taoist priest looked flustered and was frantically chanting incantations, as if preparing to perform some kind of magic.

The "tentacles" that had been growing from Li Zhen's neck suddenly pierced through the evil spirit again, but instead of piercing through its back, they reached the Taoist priest from a distance, easily breaking the priest's magic sword. Then, they wrapped around the priest's neck and threw him away.

……

Seeing that Master Qian had summoned three fierce ghosts, Master Tan breathed a sigh of relief.

But just moments later, Qian Zhenren, who had previously looked ferocious and seemed intent on killing, showed a look of fear on his face.

Then, before his eyes, a scarlet, tentacle-like thing appeared out of thin air, directly shattering the altar, making everything a mess, and knocking Qian Zhenren away before retreating and disappearing without a trace.

Master Tan's expression changed again.

Qian Zhenren coughed up several mouthfuls of blood and cried out in panic, "Cat Zhenren, help me!"

After he shouted his words, there was no response.

Master Qian swayed even more and hurriedly shouted, "Master Cat, all the blood you requested is ready! Help me this time, and I'll give you anything! If you don't help me, then you'll have nothing!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a strange meow rang out, sending a chill down everyone's spine.

A strange-looking cat demon appeared silently next to Master Qian.

Spitting blood, Master Qian barely managed to get up from the ground, panting as he said, "Master Cat, I don't know where this guy came from, he's full of evil magic, I'm no match for him! Help me fight him!"

He chanted an incantation for a while, then took out a handful of talismans from his pocket and scattered them outwards. The talismans immediately burst into flames.

Then, he wiped his body with his left hand, getting some of the blood left on him by the "tentacles," and smeared it on the magic sword.

Finally, he circled the burning talisman with a series of magical steps, then slashed at the flames several times with his magic sword.

The scene of the Ma family ancestral hall reappeared in the flames, but the center was not the Ma family ancestral hall, but Li Zhen, whose straw hat had been cut open.

In the flickering firelight, Li Zhen smiled slightly at the cat demon: "Where do you want to escape to?"

Qian Zhenren felt somewhat confused, and after a moment of realization, he understood that the words were not directed at him.

He turned to look at the cat demon, his expression one of surprise.

It seems that an additional soul has appeared inside the cat demon's body, and it is opposing the original soul.

Half of its expression was distorted, the other half calm; its front legs seemed to want to escape, but its hind legs remained rooted to the spot, making it look extremely contorted.

A new "tentacle" appeared and entangled the cat demon.

The cat demon deliberately broke off its own body and fled away, dragging the severed part of its body along without a care.

Just then, its panicked and shrill cry rang in Qian Zhenren's ears: "Run! Run! He's coming!!!"

The emotion in his words startled Qian Zhenren.

Since meeting this real cat, he had never seen this self-proclaimed immortal being show such fear.

Who is this "he"? Is he the guy on the other side who's using evil magic?

Without thinking twice, he grabbed his magic sword and ran without packing his things.

He had just stepped out of the Changsheng Inn when he heard the sounds of fighting.

Upon running forward, I realized that the person fighting the cat demon looked somewhat familiar.

Upon closer inspection, he finally confirmed that it was indeed his junior brother!
No wonder it looked so familiar.

"Junior brother, what are you doing!" Master Qian shouted hurriedly.

Having finally managed to stop the cat demon, Master Xu quickly replied, "Can't you see there's a demon here? Come help me, senior brother! This demon is very powerful; I'm no match for it!"

"Alright, I'll help you!" With gritted teeth, Master Qian charged forward with his magic sword, but he wasn't fighting the cat demon; he was fighting Master Xu.

Master Xu feigned shock and exclaimed, "Wow, Senior Brother, what's wrong with you? Why aren't you dealing with the demon? Why are you trying to kill me instead?"

Master Qian retorted, "Stop pretending. You're the one who wants to deal with me, aren't you? Otherwise, how would that fat guy know so much about my magic?"

Upon hearing what the other party said, Master Xu stopped pretending and threw out a bunch of talismans, trying his best to stop the cat demon from escaping and buy some time for Li Zhen who was on his way.

To his horror, the cat demon was clearly severely injured, with only half of its body remaining, yet it was still incredibly terrifying.

If this cat demon were at its peak, I wonder how terrifying it would be.

Even with all his might, Master Xu could only delay for less than a quarter of an hour before being severely injured.

The cat demon and Master Qian didn't have time to pay attention to him; they simply abandoned him and ran towards the outskirts of the city.

As Qian Zhenren ran, he shouted, "Cat Zhenren, you only have two legs, so you run a bit slowly. Why don't I carry you?"

The cat demon, who wanted to use Qian Zhenren as a foil, ignored Qian Zhenren's shouts.

Having just run out of the city, the cat demon chose a direction and was about to flee for its life.

Suddenly, he heard a strange "squeaking" sound coming from above...

(End of this chapter)