Cursed Mountains and Seas

Chapter 274 Left Zero, Right Fire, My Wife Helps Me (Vote Requested)

While the couple and Wang Xiaoqi's family were busy picking snake tails in baskets, A Xiao, the pearl digger who stayed in the city, was also busy.

A Five Thunder Altar was set up in the courtyard of his home.

Take nine new bricks, put them in earthenware basins of different sizes, and heat them until they are red-hot. Then arrange nine white bowls in an array around the water jar.

Left hand forms the Thunder Seal, right hand forms the Sword Seal; after completing the steps of the Dipper, recite the Cloud-Generating Incantation seven times:

"White clouds gather, drifting in, first obscuring the sun and moon, then filling the heavens and earth. Mountains teem with life, waters rise and surge. So be it!"

Burn another cloud talisman.

Continue reciting the Rain-Generating Mantra seven times: "Water from the sky, water from the ground, water from the five lakes and four seas, rise into the sky, form clouds, and swiftly descend sweet rain, so be it!"

Burn another rain-generating talisman;
Take two breaths of air from the east, as if you were drinking water from the ocean into your intestines.

At this moment, firebricks were used to smash the bowls and basins around the water vat to pieces, and the thunderstorm that had been gradually subsiding suddenly arrived.

But the target is no longer the city, but the battlefield deep in Meizhou Bay.

Using the secret and orthodox method of "Cloud Spreading and Rainbow Cutting," electric charges were mobilized from all directions, and blazing white electric snakes rolled wildly at the bottom of the increasingly lower dark clouds.

Meizhou Bay is a semi-enclosed, narrow bay that extends deep inland. It is 66 li long from north to south and 60 li wide from east to west. Most of the water is just over 3 zhang deep, and the deepest part is no more than 15 zhang.

The snake's tail was only six zhang deep when it was smashed into the seabed, with most of its hard back still sticking out.

The Mirage Cloud Dragon Ship used the fog to conceal its form, while the Yin-Yang Thunderfire Cardinal went at full power, extending a sharp ram and slamming into its body.

Bang!
Like a mad bull dragging a plow deep into the ground, the snake's tail was hooked by the underwater ram, causing it to flip over suddenly and spew out a mouthful of silt that it hadn't swallowed yet.

Before it could even wave its tentacles, it flipped itself over again.

Wang Cheng, transformed into a blue dragon, had already flown over, deeply plunging the Yang mace from the [Qilin Shangfang Mace] into the monster's large mouth, which was filled with sharp teeth and resembled a chrysanthemum.

Shouted loudly:
"long!"

The enormous iron rod, already comparable to a city gate bolt, grew even larger, becoming as tall as a roof beam, pointing straight up to the sky.

He then hurled the other Yin mace from the Qilin Shangfang Mace into the air, where it fell into the swirling layers of thunderclouds surging in from all directions.

"Sister Axiao, you're flirting with me!"

At the same time, he once again waved his hand, shifting the invisible balance between Yin and Yang that connects the two bodies of heaven and earth.

"Left zero, right fire, madam, help me!"

This advanced use of the power of heaven and earth to electrocute fish has an even more vivid name: "the reflection of the calamity clouds".

Drawing in heavenly lightning to strike oneself with the mace, using one's own yin and yang energies as a bridge, is an ultimate killing move that takes the enemy down with it!
The local officials on the city wall, whose battle was not yet fully decided, did not see the Mirage Cloud Dragon Ship, which had once again merged back into the mist and secretly returned to Wang Cheng.

They couldn't hear what Wang Cheng had just shouted, but they saw the tragic scene of "fire at me!"

From Prefect Xi Shiliang and Lu Yunchen down, everyone's eyes were red, and tears almost welled up in their eyes.

This colleague single-handedly drew away the terrifying shikigami that no one could withstand, and even tried to draw lightning to kill himself and perish together with the monster, instantly displaying his heroic spirit.

Even scenes from novels and storybooks couldn't be more impressive than this.

"Wealth and honor! No way!"

"Lord Wang!"

"This is true loyalty and devotion!"

He truly deserves to be called a young hero who once wrote the poem: "To draw the sword and die quickly, to live up to the spirit of youth." Compared to him, what is my loyalty to the Great Zhao?

I wonder if I am qualified to give him a courtesy name.

Prefect Xi Shiliang, being old, could not bear to watch this tragic scene. He made up his mind that, regardless of life or death, he would build a temple and erect a statue for this fifth-rank water official.

They were even carried into the side hall of the Heavenly Consort!

Ah Xiao in the sky saw this scene clearly, and it turned out that her unintentional actions had led to unexpected success.

First, she blinked her bright eyes at Wang Cheng, really sending a jolt of electricity, before releasing the boundless electric light that had been restrained.

Boom——!
A straight, blazing white lightning bolt, like a giant sword slashed down by the Thunder God, neatly split Tianhai in two, and with the Yin-Yang maces as a guide, it instantly shot into the body of the basket snake's tail.

Wang Cheng was the first to be affected.

However, with the Dragon Pearl in its mouth, the Thunderfire Cardinal, which it had painstakingly created, was of extremely high quality. Its rotor, composed of Yin and Yang energies, ran at high speed, absorbing all the intense aftershocks in an instant.

This kind of lightning, born in nature and not guided by the light of officialdom, is like a rigid rule; as long as you have an "Electrical Work Manual," it cannot harm you at all.

Compared to Wang Cheng, who was well-prepared, Kuang Shewei suffered a lot.

The lightning and thunder lasted for more than ten seconds. The giant iron rod remained in the snake's mouth, unable to be swallowed or spat out.

It could only passively endure the relentless flow of lightning into its fragile body cavity, its body convulsing and sparking, before being charred in the intense electric current. It was merely a decline in intelligence, not a loss of spirit.

The black pentagram on its torso, representing its identity as a shikigami, is where its life essence resides.

At that moment, the heavenly lightning shattered its life force and electrocuted every cell in its body, leaving it with no possibility of recovery after losing its vitality.

The other split arms can continue to live, but they are merely products of asexual reproduction in echinoderms, and the split offspring are all equivalent to their descendants.

My vassal's vassal is not my vassal, and my shikigami's descendants are not my shikigami.

The upper limit is determined by the rank; even if Amakusa Shiro captures these sub-bodies again, it will be useless.

“Hmm——!”

The shikigami's final scream, piercing through the entire Meizhou Bay, abruptly ceased.

The sea was almost boiled, and billowing steam continued to rise and turn into white mist, obscuring what happened to Wang Cheng in the end.

The moods of the two sides fighting on land were like this: one first ascended to heaven and then descended to hell, while the other simply went straight to hell.

"The snake tail is dead! Run!"

"We can't take this city. If we don't run away now, we'll all be struck by lightning."

No one among the Japanese pirates in Chishidan had expected that their greatest asset would die in such a small place where there were no living ghosts or gods.

The morale of the troops collapsed, and they boarded small boats and scattered to escape.

The Zhao generals, who mostly believed Wang Cheng had perished along with his powerful enemy, were filled with grief and indignation, roaring:
"Kill them! Don't let a single one escape!"

"Kill the Japanese! Avenge Lord Wang!"

The city gates opened, and under Lu Yunchen's leadership, the defending troops went out to pursue and kill the Japanese pirates.

The Qingyi and Babao ships brought from Zhenhaiwei were temporarily led by Zhang Wu and Zhang Wen, respectively.

The cannons on it had long been transformed into mighty generals, specifically designed to attack the sailing warships in this squadron.

"Sister Axiao, let's go back too."

Wang Cheng was originally planning to take A Xiao back to clean up the mess, but suddenly he noticed a familiar crimson sword light flying south in the sky.

They recognized each other at a glance: Yu Zhifu and his [Tiger-Subduing Dragon Zen Sword]!
Yu Zhifu in the sky only glanced at the battle in Meizhou Bay where Zhenhaiwei was chasing Japanese pirates, and then paid no more attention to it, speeding up his journey south.

He was clearly not there to support Meizhou City, which is located between Rongcheng and Citong Port. His destination, however, was Citong Port, where Qi Yuanjing was stationed.

The commander-in-chief in charge of defending against Japanese pirates was secretly annoyed:
"The Heavenly Escape Talisman can only teleport randomly and cannot carry many people. In case of emergency, one can only rely on divine sword control."

We've lost contact with everyone within a forty-mile radius of Quanzhou Port. Please, we mustn't let anything happen to us!

Amakusa Shiro, with the help of the national treasure "Paper Warfare," was able to observe the actual battlefield situation on a one-to-one scale within a forty-mile radius. Upon discovering Yu Zhifu, he immediately abandoned the attack on Rongcheng.

While Yu Zhifu was still being held back by Amakusa Shiro, the Numizu ninjas who had infiltrated the city beforehand and had been given higher statuses by Yu Zhen through his position had already begun to make their move.

Or rather, the reason why Amakusa Shiro made a brief and ultimately unsuccessful appearance in Rongcheng was to create an opportunity to hold off Yu Zhifu for at least half an hour.

Different motivations lead to completely different actions.

With the help of another shikigami brought by Amakusa Shiro, Aoandon, many swamp ninjas used a blue lantern to evade the pre-arranged watchers.

They immediately took advantage of the chaos to open the prison doors of all the jails in the state capital.

This place has the highest-level prison in the state, the Provincial Judicial Commissioner's Prison.

The Provincial Surveillance Commissioner's Office, commonly known as the "Provincial Judge's Office," was in charge of criminal cases, justice, and supervision in a prefecture, and imprisoned the most important criminals in the entire prefecture.
Convicted criminals awaiting execution, those convicted of major state-wide crimes, and state-level officials or high-ranking officials who have committed crimes.

There was also the Commander-in-Chief's Prison, a prison specifically responsible for the military system, where criminal officers and generals were held, almost all of whom were officials of the Shinto rank.
They released all of them at once.

The other ninjas did not kill or create chaos, but instead poured the morbid flesh and blood of the physician into each well.

If things go wrong, it could lead to a major plague throughout the entire prefecture, with consequences no less severe than if the prefectural city were breached.

Yu Zhifu was forced to halt his progress.

Only now have they managed to quell the situation and hastily come to the rescue of Citong Port, which has inexplicably lost contact.

Wang Cheng watched his disappearing figure, his eyes flickering:
"The snake tail is just a dog kept by Amakusa Shiro; the main problem lies with that high-ranking Onmyoji."

You can only commit a thief in a thousand days, but there is no way to guard against a thief in a thousand days.

This can't be kept either!

Taking advantage of the fact that his own men were busy chasing the Japanese pirates and hadn't noticed them, he tossed the [Good Dragon Pearl] in his hand and disappeared behind Yu Zhifu.

(End of this chapter)