The True Lord has arrived

Chapter 192 Annihilation, the Power of Life and Death

The white jade lion cat had lost its true form and vital energy, but this Buddhist supernatural power was indeed real. The local earth god felt a chill in his crotch and darted to the side.

A faint sound seemed to come from the air.

biu~~
boom! ! !
The next moment, the peacock's screams became extremely intense, as if it had encountered the most terrible pain in the world. On top of this pain, there was an even more extreme sense of humiliation and disgrace to its dignity.

The intense humiliation and pain made even the local earth god feel a chill run down his spine.

The enormous peacock lost its ability to fly and fell heavily to one side, kicking up sand and stones, dust, and uprooting plants. The peacock's head was larger than the courtyard and had an unusual indigo light.

Those eyes were closed, and tears of humiliation streamed down their faces.

The Earth God, suddenly inspired, thought of the name of the white jade lion cat he had just seen and murmured, "Mahayana Buddhism, take your ball?"

"...It's really hard."

"Dry-picking."

A large halo appears behind the head of the white jade lion cat.

His countenance was solemn, and he murmured:

"Compassion, compassion."

"Many troubles arise from desire; by eliminating desire, one can sever its root and attain emptiness of the four elements."

The peacock stared intently at the lion cat and said, "You!!"

The white jade lion cat suddenly retreated, arching its back, its fur standing on end, and it hissed:

"I didn't want to either. Do you think I wanted to? Besides being able to scare away some evil spirits, I don't know much else. It's all your fault for dragging this place into this mess. If you were only going to deal with that guy, I wouldn't have bothered."

Before the peacock could say anything more, its expression changed. The intense pain caused it to scream in agony. A flash of light transformed it into the shape of a human, but it was still enormous. The light changed again, and it transformed back into a peacock, tumbling and rolling on the ground.

Finally, accompanied by a clang, a knife emerged from the peacock's belly.

The knife even stirred around a bit, widening the wound.

An insect flew out, then with a flash of light, it transformed into a young Taoist priest dressed in a dark blue robe and carrying a knife. He took a deep breath and called out, "The air outside is much more comfortable, everyone come out!"

Puffs of smoke and dust flew out, fell to the ground, and turned into soil.

The landman who had come seeking help earlier almost cried with excitement when he saw his companions emerge: "You, you're all alright?!"

The landowner of Guhuai Village shook his sleeves and said:

"it's okay no problem."

"However, if it weren't for the True Lord's intervention, we would probably have been turned into a ball by the Five Elements Qi of this noble official in the scales."

The local earth gods thanked him profusely, but Zhou Yan raised his hand to indicate that it was unnecessary. He then grasped the Earth Soul Heaven-Shattering Sword in his right hand. Only then did the other earth gods realize that there was still a major enemy to deal with. They all stepped aside to protect him, their hands flashing with spiritual light as they produced additional weapons.

However, most of the weapons in the hands of these local deities are not specifically designed for fighting.

Some were forks, others were hoes, the weapons gleaming with a certain spiritual light.

There seems to be someone still working over there, their hoe imbued with some natural fertilizer.

Lord Zhou quietly moved to the side.

Looking at the peacock, after Zhou Yan and the others came out, the peacock was finally able to transform into human form. Its brocade robe was stained with blood, and it lay there diagonally, one hand supporting the ground and the other hand covering its abdomen. Five-colored light flowed around it, but it could not recover.

"Heh, hahahaha, good, good."

The peacock was utterly disheveled, its face pale, yet it burst into loud laughter:

"What a brilliant method of using Taoist primordial chaos to derive Buddhist Dharma forms!"

"Impressive skill and supernatural powers!"

"So you have a protective divine power. My innate primordial qi can't refine you, and I can't even imprison you. This is a miscalculation on my part, a misstep. I admit defeat!"

"Come on, kill me or torture me, it's up to you."

He struggled to sit up again, saying this, but the five-colored light continued to flow, trying to heal his wounds. Zhou Yan said calmly, "The Western Mountain belongs to metal, and the Noble Qi Scale Official's methods are powerful. I wonder how my Eight Heavenly Dragon Fire is?"

The peacock whispered: "Ancient dragon seed, the Buddha Master of the Ten Directions, the true fire of Manjushri's life. This person's realm is naturally higher than mine. Fire overcomes metal. Whether it is Kunlun Mountain in the far west or the Western Peak, sharpness is the most important."

"I have not lost unjustly."

The peacock's eyes were calm, yet it still maintained the indifference of its so-called innate divine body. Zhou Yan disliked that it was still like this. He stepped forward, and the peacock wanted to attack suddenly, but Zhou Yan used Earth Soul Heaven Collapse to directly block its hand.

Om-! ! !
The magical powers collided, and a wisp of wind dissipated, raising dust in the air.

The folding fan in the peacock's hand was pressed down by the knife, slowly lowered.

Even a primordial deity, with holes punched in its internal organs and struck by Zhou Yan's Heavenly Dragon Fire, suffers a severe loss of vital energy. Under such circumstances, its flesh and meridians feel as if they are being torn apart by a thousand knives, yet it is still able to fight, which is an extremely strong will.

Zhou Yan leaned down and spoke into the peacock's ear, recounting what he had done inside its belly.

The peacock's serene expression froze.

Gradually, it solidified, turning into anger and humiliation.

He spat out a mouthful of blood.

"You, how dare you!"

Finally unable to restrain himself, He unleashed the light of his magical artifact and attacked Zhou Yan. Zhou Yan swung the Earth Soul Heaven-Shattering Blade, which tore through the opponent's wrist and embedded itself deeply. With a twist of the blade, he pressed the Peacock Bird's hand and arm to the ground and said, "Xi Yue, what other plans do you have?"

"You want to find out what's going on in Xiyue from me? Hahahaha."

"Have sweet dreams!"

"You mere human, a creature born of the future, if you dare to kill me, the Western Peak will surely notice. At that time, none of you here will escape, hahahaha!" The peacock laughed arrogantly, still defiant despite being severely injured.

Zhou Yan slowly raised the knife in his hand, while Kong Que stared at him coldly.

The next moment, the blade of the Earth Soul Overturning Heaven emitted a stream of light and suddenly grew longer. The blade was pressed against the throat of the peacock bird, and a golden light exploded, transforming into the five elements of Qi to resist Zhou Yan's blade. At the same time, a ray of light spread out from the peacock bird's body.

It was an ancient balance scale, a jade scale.

He is the Left Assistant under the command of the Western Mountain, and a noble official in charge of weighing scales.

It is the manifestation of one of the nine enlightened beings, wielding a treasure left behind by Kunlun. It can measure the noble energy of all things, diminish a person's noble energy and fortune, and to a certain extent change one's destiny and fortune. Although it is a treasure, its strength lies in power and it is not good at killing.

This jade scale will take in Zhou Yan's fortune and replace it with something mixed and base.

However, when a wisp of Zhou Yan's fortune landed on the jade scale, the peacock's smile froze. He looked at the purple light emanating from the jade scale, which was incomparably precious, and even the Kunlun treasure could not hold him back.

He slowly raised his head and looked at the young Taoist priest in a dark blue robe.

"You are, Thailand..."

A resounding clang echoed.

The Earth-Shattering Heaven-Shattering Blade pierced the peacock's throat. Zhou Yan reached out with his left hand and grasped the jade scale. Layers of ancient white jade talismans shimmered on the scale, carrying an ethereal, immortal aura. Zhou Yan manipulated Buddhist fire and Taoist water, which flowed like a millstone.

boom! ! !
The talismans on the jade scale shattered layer by layer, and the connection with the peacock was forcibly broken by Zhou Yan. Holding it in his hand, the peacock's paw gripped the blade tightly, and it spoke: "Heh... Lord, Lord, to die by your hand, I am not unjust..."

"Just be careful."

“If you kill me, Xiyue will find out. Even if you cut off my hand immediately to stop me from sending messages, it won’t change the outcome. In any case, with your current foundation, it’s impossible for you to deal with Xiyue. Heh, hahahaha.”

The peacock burst into laughter, acting as if it were a victor:
"Do you dare kill me?! You are nothing more than a new god now."

"If you dare to kill me, you will be exposed."

"Noisy."

Zhou Yan held the Earthly Soul and Heavenly Collapse in his hand without the slightest hesitation.

The peacock's head was cut off.

boom! ! !
With a single hand gesture, blazing flames shot into the sky.

The peacock's soul was burned by two divine flames, but he spread his arms and laughed loudly:
"Zhurong Fire, Tianlong Fire, Hanba Fire?"

"Hahaha, this is the kind of treatment that deserves to escort me all the way. How satisfying!"

The drought demon fire burned in reverse, incinerating the soul; the remaining hatred and resentment were extinguished by the Eight Heavenly Dragon Fire. The head rolled off, its eyes red, its mouth opening and closing, showing no murderous ferocity, only arrogance.

Pride in life leads to pride in death.

They did not bow their heads and beg for mercy.

The final words, whispered in the wind, murmured between life and death, reached Zhou Yan's ears: "My death will expose you. What a bargain! Hahaha, what a bargain! Lord, I'll be waiting for you to join me."

Zhou Yan lowered his eyes, his pupils gleaming with a deep, dark light.

The peacock's dissipated soul was frozen in place.

Power and life and death!

Before the Lord of Mount Tai, even death is a luxury.

For the peacock, even its last vestige of dignity, its final destination of death, was taken away. It felt all the colors and sounds around it drifting further and further away, until finally turning into nothingness and emptiness.

Thus, all things, the myriad phenomena, lost their luster in the eyes of the dead.

Thus, surrounded by all things and the myriad phenomena, the young Taoist with graying temples grew even taller, as if surrounded by all things and occupying everything. To the dead, he possessed supreme majesty and great terror!
"...The Lord of Mount Tai controls life and death?!"

"No, Lord, don't freeze my soul! No!"

If one's soul falls into the hands of the other party after death, one will inevitably suffer the agony of being unable to live and unable to die.

The peacock, with its innate arrogance and disdain for everything, had its self-esteem completely shattered, turning into endless panic. The next moment, the Lord calmly stretched out his palm, and those two fingers grew larger and larger, more and more imposing.

Or perhaps, after a peacock dies, its soul becomes smaller and smaller.

Zhou Yan picked up the peacock's spirit, and with a flick of his sleeve, it was as if the abyss of the sea had split open.

The peacock wanted to beg for mercy and say something, but it was all in vain. Suddenly, something opened, emitting a strong absorption power.

Zhou Yan immobilized the peacock's spirit and stuffed it into the gourd given to him by Duke Mude.

Even after death, he still acts all high and mighty.

I let you pretend!

Zhou Yan inwardly grumbled.

When Zhou Yan killed the peacock, its remains indeed glowed with light. In an instant, a fierce aura rose and exploded, like ten thousand swords ringing out, and the aura of metal swept across the sky.

These streams of light rose against the current and transformed into a figure, resembling a divine general clad in armor and battle robes. It was none other than the True Lord of the Western Peak. He silently gazed at the peacock that had died here, at the land, and at the Taoist priest before him, dressed in a Taoist robe with graying temples.

"The Supreme Pavilion, Zhou Yan."

"You first killed the Giant Spirit General, and then you killed the Noble Scale Officer."

"The Supreme Lord of the Tower is going to turn against me, the Earth God and Mountain God."

The True Lord of the Western Peak manifested a fragment of his true spirit through the death of the peacock. This seemingly ordinary statement was like an impending storm, placing the number one Taoist sect and one of the Five Sacred Mountains on a chessboard. The underlying sense of impending doom, threat, and killing intent was unmistakably clear.

The faces of those people turned ashen, and they all lowered their heads, not daring to speak or look. Zhou Yan, however, suddenly burst into laughter. He was genuinely helpless and bored to the extreme, so he laughed and said, "What are you pretending for?"

"How can a mere Western Peak be considered a local deity or mountain god?"

"As for Taishang Louguan, it's not that you and Taishang Louguan have fallen out."

"It is because we cannot tolerate what you have done, Xiyue."

The earth vein energy belonging to the Dongyue lineage rose from Zhou Yan's body.

The young Taoist's eyes rippled with pale gold as he gazed at the True Lord of the Western Peak before him—the Western Peak lineage, who ignored the matter of the Reclining Buddha Temple and condoned the changes in the Zhongnan Mountain's ley lines, intending to let the Weaver Girl's plan succeed and bring disaster to the area within a thousand miles of Zhongnan Mountain.

The peacock bird devoured twenty landowners and even attempted to kill Zhou Yan.

Zhou Yan was already furious.

The True Lord of the Western Peak remained calm.

Zhou Yan pressed his palm against the Earthly Soul and Heavenly Inclined, and said:
"I am Yisheng, the mountain god of the Eastern Peak lineage."

"The peacock bird, unworthy of being a mountain god and earth deity, devours the land and tries to collude with the Weaver Girl of Zhongnan Mountain. In the name of the Eastern Peak, it should be exterminated. Does the Western Peak have any objections?"

The earth vein energy on Zhou Yan's body could not be concealed at all. Rather than having the most dangerous situation discovered, it was better to deliberately expose part of it. In this way, the matter of killing the peacock bird could be diverted from Louguan Road.

"Dongyue..."

The avatar of the True Lord of the Western Peak brandished a long spear, intending to subdue the man. However, before he could make a move, Zhou Yan's Earth Soul Heaven-Shattering Technique erupted and pierced directly into the avatar's body. After all, it was merely a true spirit, a tiny, insignificant fragment of its soul, and lacked any combat power.

“Truly, how arrogant you are, True Lord of the Western Peak.”

The True Lord of the Western Peak gazed at the young Taoist before him:
"Insubordination! Does Dongyue intend to fight us?"

Insubordination?

Flames flickered within the Earthly Soul Heavenly Slide in Zhou Yan's hand as he said, "It's not that we want to make a move; the war already began when you went to Dongyue that day." The Earthly Soul Heavenly Slide was sharp and fierce, sweeping across the area, and the avatar slowly dissipated.

"Just you wait. The world isn't full of cowards who let you provoke them without retaliating. An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth."

The shattering of the Western Peak True Lord's illusion signifies the breaking of the balance.

The young Taoist priest had disheveled hair.

"The sharp edge of Mount Tai will surely reach its destination."

(End of this chapter)