Dao Cheng Gui Xian

Chapter 65 A Big Belly as a Boundary
Li Wushou's sharp sword strike thoroughly enraged the River God.

The palm, as large as a door panel, was shoved into the belly that Li Wushou's sword had ripped open.

He grabbed the rolled-up belly with both hands and ripped it apart, making the wound even longer.

After tearing open his belly, the river god formed hand seals and murmured incessantly. His belly, which had been somewhat rolled up, became round and powerful again.

Li Wushou frowned as he noticed that the other person's belly was constantly stretching, but it was also piling up like tree rings.

Instinctively sensing trouble, Li Wushou vanished from his spot in a flash.

Yin energy gathered on the sword, and the entire person transformed into a beam of sword light, slashing towards the river god.

Grandpa Cui was shocked. In his eyes, Li Wushou seemed to have become one with the sword at this moment. He quickly moved back to the shrine next to him, afraid of being accidentally injured by the two.

He had a strong premonition that even a scratch in the upcoming battle could be fatal.

The river god stared at the incoming sword light, his pupils contracted, and he shouted, "Well done! Use the large belly as a boundary!"

Just as Li Wushou was about to fly close to the River God, he felt the world darken. He quickly stopped and unleashed his hidden Yin power from his magic sword. However, the space in front of him twisted strangely and swallowed Li Wushou's sword light.

Li Wushou felt a chill run down his spine and focused his gaze on the River God. Although there were several meters between them, it seemed as if a chasm had appeared between them.

Before Li Wushou could figure out what was going on, the sky darkened completely. It turned out that the river god's piled-up bellies suddenly sprang up like a spring, like an inverted sack, directly trapping the place where Li Wushou was.

The world changed, and everything before my eyes was pitch black, with the air filled with the putrid stench of riverbed silt.

What troubled Li Wushou even more was that the surrounding space was beginning to turn into mud, making him feel as if he were stuck in a swamp.

Several sword beams were unleashed, but just like before, they were silently swallowed up by the surrounding space.

Suddenly, a heavy footstep sounded beside him. Li Wushou turned around and saw a large, red figure appear behind him. Then, more and more footsteps came from the darkness.

Upon closer inspection, Li Wushou realized that all the red figures were dressed in bright red wedding robes.

Recalling the cry of "River God's Wedding" from Grandpa Cui on the riverbank, Li Wushou's face darkened. These brides were indeed brought in to be eaten. Not only were they eaten, but the other party had also turned them into evil spirits and kept them in his Big Belly Realm.

The brides approached step by step, surrounding him from all directions. Suddenly, the first bride appeared, striding forward with heavy steps, and rushed directly towards Li Wushou.

The space that felt sticky to Li Wushou was like a fish in water to them, and they moved very fast.

The wind lifted the veil, revealing that the bride's face had long since lost its human form, replaced by a bizarre carp head, its mouth full of sharp teeth, interlocking canines, its gaping maw seemingly intent on knocking Li Wushou to the ground and devouring him.

Li Wushou wielded his magic sword and unleashed Yin energy, which clanged loudly in the dark world.

Beneath their wedding robes, these brides were covered in fine black scales, the essence of which was no less than the Yin energy unleashed by Li Wushou.

Upon realizing this situation, Li Wushou advanced instead of retreating, because he noticed that brides from other directions were also gathering around.

Bloodlust enveloped his left fist as he faced the charging, robust bride. Li Wushou shifted his body to the right, swung his left arm in a half-circle, and slammed his fist into the bride's fish head.

"Bang~!"

The fish head suddenly exploded, and Li Wushou broke through the encirclement, but there was no joy on his face.

Looking back, the bride, whose fish head had just been blasted apart, had a yellow fish egg growing from her neck. In a moment, the egg absorbed nutrients from the bride's body and grew a new head. Only, the bride's body was smaller than before.

"Hehe. Kid, don't struggle. I, the River God, have countless fish eggs and have married countless brides over the years. Can you kill them all? Why not surrender to me, worship me as a god, and I'll tell the city lord, and you can spare my life, how about that?"

Li Wushou instinctively looked up, and a huge face appeared in the void at some unknown time. It was the same River God he had just seen outside.

Li Wushou really wanted to tell the story of how he damaged the City God's statue, but he was afraid it would reach the City God's ears, so he asked seriously, seemingly with concern but also with sarcasm:
"You want me to worship you? Can you handle it?"

Regardless of Li Wushou's intentions, his attitude sounded even more contemptuous to the River God.

With a furious snort, the river god roared, "Then die!"

Then, at the river god's command, the many brides, who could no longer contain themselves, lifted their red veils in unison, revealing strange fish heads with their mouths wide open, rushing towards Li Wushou.

The surrounding void became even more viscous, and Li Wushou could even feel something in the void trying to drill into his body through his seven orifices.

"Humph!"

Li Wushou's temperament suddenly changed, and a terrifying surge of blood-yang energy erupted from his body. The void swamp was violently repelled, and he stood still, his entire body seemingly covered by a blood-red dome.

As the spiritual energy of the Yin and Yang meridians changed, the Yin energy receded and merged into a thin stream, while the vast blood energy surged out, and the magic sword suddenly turned blood red, radiating red light.

Bathed in the red light, Li Wushou's face was half-hidden in the darkness, appearing both demonic and monstrous. Concentrating his mind, he drew his sword and proactively approached the numerous brides.

"Hiss!"

With a horizontal slash, the magic sword, which gathered yin energy, seemed quite elegant, but now it inexplicably gained a sense of weight.

The swordsmanship was powerful and sweeping, and the sword slashed into the bride's body. The yang energy of the blood was different from the yin energy just now, and it directly cut through the scales formed by the bride's yin energy.

“Swish~!”

Blood Yang energy erupted within the bride's body, and with a single slash, the robust bride was split in two.

Li Wushou remained calm, but his steps shifted, and he slashed with his sword again. The brides who surrounded him from the other side did the same. In an instant, he was like a wolf among sheep, running rampant without restraint.

In a short while, a bloody path was cleared, and behind them were the mutilated corpses of brides cut in half.

The river god's face above his head darkened completely. Was this kid really a high priest? Why did he possess such a rich aura of blood and yang?
If it weren't for the fact that the other party had hair and all the facial features, the river god would have thought that the other party was a monk from the Blood Buddha Temple.

How can someone who can simultaneously wield both Yin and Yang power become a high priest?
No wonder even someone as capable as City Lord Zhu Sihai would include the other party on his kill list; at this moment, the River God was also filled with apprehension.

But to think he could use this to kill all his brides? That's nothing short of wishful thinking; he still has plenty of his own roe.

With a thought, orange-yellow fish roe appeared at the broken ends of the brides' mutilated corpses lying on the ground. As they dissolved, they pieced the broken pieces back together. At this speed, in no time, a new batch of brides would appear in this giant belly realm.

After Li Wushou fought his way through the bride's encirclement, he stopped paying attention to what was happening behind him.

His brow furrowed as he gazed into the darkness before him.

A glint of light flashed in Li Wushou's eyes, and he murmured, "Found you!"

(End of this chapter)