The Terror of the Heavens Begins with Gu

Chapter 278 Li Zhen, Taboo by Heaven and Earth, and the Strange Phenomenon Enveloping Dongyang
Boom!

A series of deafening thunderclaps rang out, sending a chill down Li Zhen's spine.

He looked down at his body and found that every inch of his skin and flesh was twitching slightly.

Looking at the Corpse Demon, Li Zhen noticed that the Corpse Demon's body was also convulsing with each thunderclap.

When the thunderclap appeared, he thought it was a strange phenomenon caused by the Corpse Demon.

However, after experiencing an unusual sensation in his soul, he knew that this phenomenon was not aimed at the Corpse Demon, but at him, Li Zhen.

"very scary……"

The little imp, controlling the demon fetus's two tiny feet, darted to the altar where the bat-faced demon was worshipped, where it trembled with fear.

Not only the little devils, but even the several demon statues being worshipped were shaking incessantly.

The cat demon that was brought back lay on the ground as if it were dead, not daring to move at all, only occasionally twitching with the sound of explosions.

The succubus lay stiffly on the ground.

The ghost fetus, which had been hiding in front of the female demon and had entered a deep slumber, and had not even reacted when Li Zhen almost died, was finally shaken and began to show some reaction.

Seemingly realizing that something important was about to happen, it extended a tentacle and grabbed Li Zhen's arm, then moved its entire body from the banshee onto Li Zhen.

As if sleepwalking, it completed these actions without even opening its eyes.

Li Zhen touched the tentacles of the ghost fetus and then looked up at the sky.

Was it because he became so powerful that he caused the strange phenomenon, or was there some other reason?
The tremor in his soul grew stronger and stronger, causing even his internal organs to tremble. Sensing something, Li Zhen walked out of the basement.

The red-eyed bat lying on the ground let out a strange cry, enduring its discomfort, and barely managed to catch up with Li Zhen by crawling. It climbed up Li Zhen's trouser leg and all the way to Li Zhen's shoulder.

Ignoring the red-eyed bats, Li Zhen walked out of the basement and looked up at the sky where dark clouds were swirling.

Although it is daytime, the clouds in the sky are so dense that the sky is very gloomy, giving people an extremely oppressive feeling.

Under this oppressive atmosphere, Li Zhen felt an even stronger sense of dread in his soul.

Seemingly resonating with some kind of power, his senses instantly spread outwards.

The tremors in his internal organs grew stronger and stronger.

A powerful, malevolent aura shrouded in wisps of black flames emanated from his body and slowly spread outwards.

A sudden clap of thunder rang out in the sky.

The thunder seemed to explode directly within the evil energy, causing it to surge wildly and appear as if it were being blown away by the wind.

However, more evil energy surged from Li Zhen's body, which then stabilized the evil energy.

Before Li Zhen, golden lines with a faint blood-red glow appeared out of thin air, slowly forming a complex talisman.

Li Zhen was no stranger to this talisman.

He had seen this talisman during his battle with the Corpse King.

Unexpectedly, the talisman reappeared upon returning to the original world.

Supported by this talisman, the evil energy seemed to be endowed with some kind of spirituality, and spread outwards in a more ferocious manner.

Li Zhen felt his primordial spirit constantly expanding.

Along with this, the yang energy within his body continued to grow stronger.

An unknown source of yang energy continuously appeared in his body, causing his skin to gradually heat up and become increasingly rosy.

This is clearly the change that should have occurred in his primordial spirit and body after he had finished visualizing the fourth demon.

It only became apparent after he had completely overcome the calamity and returned to his original world.

Now that he has survived the ordeal, what was that heavenly lightning all about?

Do we have to go through another tribulation in this world?

This idea was immediately rejected by Li Zhen with confidence.

Because he didn't feel the oppressive feeling that comes with facing a calamity, but instead felt a sense of... relaxation that he had finally found relief.

Although his soul and body were trembling, he felt relieved, as if he no longer needed to hide himself.

These two contradictory feelings simultaneously appeared in Li Zhen's consciousness.

Amidst the surging evil energy, one after another, demons twisted and appeared behind Li Zhen, forming a vast, unbearable shadow.

The image of the self that Li Zhen visualized using Tantric meditation appeared in the writhing shadows, and no matter how sinister those shadows were, they did not erode this "self".

Sensing something, Li Zhen closed his eyes and focused all his consciousness on himself.

At that moment, the self behind him opened its eyes, revealing two eyes that shimmered with blood-red golden light.

Then, this "self" raised its head and made a muffled sound towards the dark clouds, as if declaring its existence to the heavens and earth.

The shadows transformed into the forms of several evil spirits, which then looked up at the dark clouds and uttered strange sounds.

At the same time, the red-eyed bat perched on Li Zhen's shoulder and the confused ghost fetus both made their own sounds towards the sky.

At this moment, a vague idea naturally arose in Li Zhen's consciousness, making him vaguely understand what was happening.

He is not far from becoming an immortal, and is thus resented by Heaven and Earth, which naturally causes a reaction in the celestial phenomena.

How could someone like him remain unknown and not leave his voice in the world?
Is this an act of declaring oneself to be close to immortality?

Even if he wanted to keep a low profile, it would be impossible for him to do so in the future...

Li Zhen was puzzled as to why the world in the mission world did not exhibit this reaction.

Moreover, in "Double Vision", the Xie sisters both became immortals, yet remained unknown and no extraordinary phenomena occurred in the end.

Is this caused by the difference between heaven and earth?
Even more terrifying thunderclaps boomed in the dark clouds, but they had no effect whatsoever on the spreading evil energy.

Li Zhen stood motionless amidst the evil aura with his eyes tightly closed, while numerous demons struggled and writhed behind him, giving him an air of mystery.

If Li Zhen could stand on a high place and look down at this area, he would find that the evil aura emanating from him only spread to a small area.

However, under his influence, larger areas suddenly became shrouded in fog.

Initially, the fog was thin and covered a small area.

However, in less than ten minutes, the fog spread to the entire area of ​​Dongyang City, enveloping the vast city in mist.

As time went on, the fog became thicker and thicker, to the point that it was difficult to see anything beyond seven or eight meters.

This fog is also different from ordinary fog.

After the fog appeared, some people discovered that it was filled with all sorts of ghostly figures, as if the human world and the ghost world had overlapped, which was very eerie.

First came the sudden appearance of lightning, followed by the appearance of a strange fog that enveloped the entire city of Dongyang, causing a huge commotion.

The entire city of Dongyang is discussing how these strange phenomena occurred and whether they can be explained scientifically.

...The fat man, Huang, played with the tattered cloth, walking nervously through the fog.

That day, with the help of the demon fetus, the spellcaster was successfully dealt with. After confirming who wanted to harm him, the demon fetus suddenly said that he was leaving and left the rag doll with him.

At first, Fatty Huang didn't think much of this ragged doll.

This thing was so docile when it was in the hands of the demonic fetus; it didn't react at all when it was pinched and rubbed.

They didn't have the slightest temper under his control, so what kind of ability could they have?
But he soon realized he was wrong.

When he secretly took the rag doll to his cousin Huang Jiarong, he simply asked if the doll could deal with that guy, and then he witnessed a horrifying scene—

The rag doll disappeared from his hands, and when it reappeared, it was carrying a struggling and wailing Huang Jiarong in its mouth.

In front of him, the rag doll sewed Huang Jiarong onto its body, making it a corner of its clothes, covering its exposed internal organs.

Huang Jiarong, who was lying at home enjoying his life, became a drooling idiot in front of him.

Fatty Huang was terrified.

He never imagined that the broken doll he was holding in his hand would be so terrifying.

But after realizing it, he thought, wouldn't it be better if the doll was more terrifying?
As things stand now, Huang Jiarong is definitely crippled, which is better than killing him outright.

Thinking about it, Fatty Huang became happy again.

After investigating for a while, he discovered that this matter was also related to his uncle and his wife. So he had the rag doll capture the souls of his uncle and his wife and sew them to Huang Jiarong's side.

Seeing the family's constant wailing, Fatty Huang initially felt a pang of pity, but when he recalled the horrific scene of his own imprisonment beneath the wetlands, his heart hardened.

After dealing with three people in succession, Fatty Huang actually had the terrifying idea of ​​turning all those who offended him into idiots, but in the end he still managed to control this impulse.

But he could control himself, while the rag doll could not, always wanting to sew the souls of certain people onto its own body.

It took a lot of persuasion from Fatty Huang to scare the rag doll with the names of Detective Li and the Demon Fetus.

He actually wanted to return the rag doll to Li Zhen as soon as possible, but after making several calls, no one answered.

Fatty Huang guessed that Detective Li must have gone out again.

Left with no other choice, Fatty Huang had to try every possible method to keep the rag doll occupied.

As the saying goes, "It's easy to invite a god but hard to send him away," keeping the rag doll in check was no easy task. In just half a day, Fatty Huang was exhausted.

Just then, a thunderclap suddenly sounded in the sky, startling Fatty Huang.

He instinctively looked up, and when he looked down again, he found that the once arrogant rag doll was trembling with fear and curled up in a ball.

Fatty Huang laughed, thinking to himself, "So you've finally met your match."

After several loud claps of thunder, the tattered doll became even more frightened and mumbled to Fatty Huang that it wanted to go back.

Fatty Huang chuckled again.

Are you so scared that you miss home?

He had just stepped outside with his tattered doll when he discovered that the outside was shrouded in a strange fog.

The fog was so thick today that it puzzled Fatty Huang, but it didn't stop him.

He rode his bicycle to Li Zhen's house.

Soon, he discovered something even stranger.

He clearly saw a figure appear in the fog ahead while riding his bicycle, but when he got there, he didn't see any figure at all.

Fatty Huang was a man who had seen a lot of the world. Although he was a little frightened by these strange things, he was not too afraid. Instead, he was more curious.

The fog covered a large area, creating an apocalyptic scene. How did it come about?
But the further he went, the more bizarre scenes he saw, which made his heart pound.

But those "figures" seemed to be in a parallel world to him, completely ignoring him, so he gritted his teeth and continued riding forward.

The fog was too eerie; he only felt safe when he was with Li Zhen.

The tattered doll he had placed in front of the car seemed to become excited as soon as it entered the fog, as if it really liked the environment, which gave Fatty Huang a sense of security.

The further you go, the thicker the fog becomes, and the more "figures" you see.

Fatty Huang had no choice but to abandon his bicycle and walk towards Li Zhen's house.

After sending a few text messages to his parents, he had the urge to turn around and go home again.

But now he has no choice.

The tattered doll perched on his shoulder kept urging him forward.

Fatty Huang was speechless.

Is it really safe to keep going forward if there's something hidden ahead?

……

Li Xiangwen suddenly woke up from his bed and it took him a while to come to his senses.

He took the earplugs out of his ears, jumped out of bed, and had just taken a sip of water when the phone rang.

He ran to his desk, picked up his phone, and saw that it was a call from Xuan Gui Daoist of the Changshan Sect, which made him feel a little strange.

Why would the old Taoist Xuan Gui seek him out for no apparent reason?
Just as he was about to press the answer button, a sudden clap of thunder startled him, causing his hand to tremble and the phone to fall back onto the table.

He exhaled a breath of stale air, stretched out his finger, swiped across the phone screen, and then tapped speakerphone.

The old Taoist priest Xuan Gui's somewhat panicked voice immediately rang out: "Brother Taoist, what's going on with the anomaly in Dongyang City? This is a bit frightening..."

Li Xiangwen asked in bewilderment, "What's wrong? I just woke up from a nap by the thunder. This is all so abrupt and confusing."

The old Taoist priest Xuan Gui smiled wryly and said, "You still have the mind to sleep? Go and take a look outside."

“Outside…” Li Xiangwen picked up his phone and ran to the windowsill, only to find that everything outside was shrouded in fog. “It’s just fog, what’s so surprising?”

The old Taoist Xuan Gui said, "That's no ordinary fog. Look carefully."

Li Xiangwen was even more puzzled.

But he soon discovered the anomaly.

There seemed to be... something strange lurking in the mist?
He immediately asked, "What's with this fog? How come it's like this outside after I just took a nap?"

The old Taoist priest Xuan Gui quickly said, "That's exactly what I wanted to ask you. Think about it, what month is it now, and what time is it exactly? How could there suddenly be such a wide-ranging fog and thunder?"

Li Xiangwen asked in bewilderment, "You're asking me about this? Who am I supposed to ask?"

The Xuan Gui Daoist sounded weary: "The strange phenomenon in Dongyang City covers too wide an area and has caused too much impact. Someone directly called Changshan, asking us to investigate whether this matter really has nothing to do with you, Daoist brother?"

Just as Li Xiangwen was about to answer "It's irrelevant," he suddenly remembered something and said something else: "Wait a minute."

(End of this chapter)