Mythology Returns! Starting with Folklore and Strange Tales

Chapter 75 Slaying Demons Requires Also Destroying Their Spirit

In a flash of lightning, the top scholar, now transformed into a rat-man, rolled his eyes, his half-closed mouth unconsciously drooping open as large amounts of foul-smelling saliva dripped down the corners of his mouth.

In a daze, it seemed to see itself hiding in the nest with its brothers and sisters, nestled beside its mother.

It was as if I saw myself passing the provincial examination and the palace examination, being personally selected by the emperor as the top scholar, parading through the streets on horseback, and then marrying the princess.

Their married life was blissful, a harmonious union, until that night when their former bedmate beheaded it with a sword, and a raging fire consumed its offspring.

The top scholar's lips unconsciously opened and closed as he looked at the constantly scrolling marquee in front of him, as if he wanted to say something.

But immediately afterward, a tremendous force from his abdomen abruptly interrupted his reverie. The powerful force shattered his sternum, and his massive body, over two meters long and with human skin torn away, crashed through the bridal chamber window and flew out like a sandbag, crashing into the blue bricks in the courtyard.

The pain in its chest and back enraged the top scholar, but the lightning that nearly burned through its throat and shattered the base of its skull terrified it even more.

at the same time.

Originally, following the scholar's custom, the servants who had avoided the bridal chamber courtyard rushed over immediately after hearing the sounds of broken doors and windows and crumbling bricks.

In the past, although my master's actions in the bridal chamber were a bit too much, they never made a scene in the courtyard. If I came over to take a look, I would at most get a few scoldings. But if I didn't come over, my job as a servant would be over!

As a result, upon arriving at the scene, they saw that their master's clothes were torn to shreds, his mouth was charred black, and black smoke was billowing from his nostrils. The air was filled with an aroma of roasted meat that they had never smelled before.

Before they could even catch a whiff of the smell, the servants, already drenched in cold sweat, rushed to help their master. The servants who arrived later, noticing the scene, were thrown into complete chaos.

Crunch!

Just then, the tightly closed door to the bridal chamber was pulled open from the inside, and a young man dressed in a bright red Taoist robe with a hazy beast embroidered on his body walked out of the room.

They instinctively looked up at the culprit, and were immediately met with a cold, brutal face, tinged with the indifference of a powerful figure: "Bastard? Who's the bastard? Is it you, you fat rat with human skin, or all the rat-tailed deformed monsters in your house? Top Scholar!"

Ha, a demon is still a demon; no matter how well you pretend, you can't hide the stench of a sewer rat on your body!

It's unclear whether Zhang Wei's words touched a nerve, or if they were simply that loyal to their master!

As they spoke, the rat-man supporting the top scholar suddenly stood up and pounced on him. At the same time, the demonic energy gathered within him surged into his limbs and bones under the influence of rage, causing his limbs to bulge and his teeth and nails to sharpen: "You thief, how dare you hit my master! I'll kill you!"

With a kick, the enraged ratman instantly transformed into a streak of light, crashed through the courtyard wall, and disappeared.

"So you'd rather be a lackey than a human? Then you all join it!"

Unlike the foolish protagonists in novels and TV dramas who are easily swayed by villagers and passersby and unable to make up their minds, Zhang Wei is not like them.

When nothing goes wrong, you can be ambiguous, but when it comes to crucial decisions, if you still side with evil, then you'll all die together.

If humans are like this, how much more so these creatures who are half-demon and half-human?

The scorching sun blazed through his body, his flesh burning hot, causing Zhang Wei to radiate waves of heat with every move he made. His fists and feet, already possessing immense strength, became even more lethal to these newly born half-demons after being enchanted.

Before the fist even landed, the ratman smelled of burning flesh, and the violent force of the blow instantly shattered his skull, leaving his flesh half-cooked in the heat.

Then, as smoke and dust swirled, a blood-red figure darted through the courtyard.

The sound of a ripe watermelon bursting open echoed from all around, and red and white things flew everywhere. The smell of half-ripe food mixed with a fishy and sweet odor quickly cooled the enthusiasm of the servant rats.

"What's wrong? Still refusing to get up? Did my kick really have that much power to nearly kill you, the top scholar? If you don't get up, I'll wipe out all your rats and bastards. Are you just going to stand by and watch without feeling anything?"

"Oh, I forgot, you're a mouse, a newborn. How can a newborn have feelings?"

Even the top scholar couldn't keep up the act of being insulted like that.

It originally intended to lie on the ground and command its rat-men to test the weight and ability of this direct descendant of the sect.

But it didn't show much ability. Being scolded from beginning to end, being called a newborn and a lowly species, it didn't have the ability to swallow insults, so it naturally couldn't hold back.

Given the state of the world, there's no point in trying to gain an advantage through words anymore.

Of course, it doesn't think it can out-talk a guy who dresses up as a woman to be someone's bride.

Silently rising, the filthy rat skin on his body instantly became shiny and smooth, and the bristles stood up like black needles, shooting straight at Zhang Wei in the smoke and dust. Rolling demonic energy mixed with yin energy turned into a gale that swept away the smoke and dust in the courtyard, and at the same time, it mixed with the bristle needles and rushed towards Zhang Wei.

next second.

Zhang Wei tucked his hands away, took off his Taoist robe, and with a flick of his wrist, the red shadows intercepted most of the needles swept by the demonic wind. Although some needles still managed to pierce his body, they were immediately melted away by the rolling heat emanating from his body, which dried up the demonic energy in his rat fur, turning it back into limp fur that hung down to the ground.

It is the monster that eats people and practices evil magic!

How come you, a direct descendant of the righteous Taoist sect, are more arrogant and cruel than them in this world where the power of the gods and Buddhas is weak and they are not visible?

Of course, it can understand the legitimate lineage of the Taoist sect and its rich heritage, but if you don't use the magic treasures left by the patriarch, talismans, or altars to fight against a two-hundred-year-old demon, can you be a human being?

Having witnessed the servants who had just had several walls kicked down, the top scholar was unwilling to engage in close combat with Zhang Wei.

It lay prone on the ground, its limbs nimbly turning as it climbed the courtyard wall, its cheeks puffing out as if it were about to unleash a spell.

But before it could even spit out its bulging mouth, its ankles seemed to be bound by something covered in thorns, and then a violent force pulled it off the wall.

Falling from a height of two meters wouldn't have been a problem, but as it fell through the air, the thing on its ankles wrapped it up tightly like a rice dumpling, even its nostrils were bound with red cloth. If it weren't a living creature and didn't need to breathe, it would have suffocated to death in no time with such tight binding.

Of course, it's more likely to die from the pain than from suffocation.

The layers of red cloth wrapped around his body felt like thousands of needles inside. As they tightened, he felt as if countless hands were holding finger-length steel needles, piercing and pulling at him.

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