Chapter 494 - 253: Methods (Part 2)
"Yin-Yang Locust!"
"Lanruo Old Demon!"
In the Underworld, the Six Departments’ Military Forces and the Four Divine Generals stood ready, watching the towering ancient tree within the ancient temple.
Lanruo Old Demon, many have heard its name, but few know its true nature, among them the former Jinyang Prefect, Zhou Qian.
According to him, the demon’s nature is not an ordinary ghost, but a tree demon, an anomaly among ghost wood known as the Yin-Yang Locust Tree.
Locust trees are called ghost wood, and this Yin-Yang Locust is no different, inherently able to connect Yin and Yang, even linking two realms to form a passage.
With this ability, the demon travels in and out of Yin and Yang, devouring living Yin souls, ultimately achieving perfection after the massacre at Lanruo Temple, stepping into the realm of Junior Third Grade, achieving the body of a Demon King.
Now it once again employs such divine techniques, seeking to unite Yin and Yang, transforming into an Otherworldly World, thereby obscuring the Celestial Secret and counteracting the Dragon Qi’s heavenly punishment.
This is the method of defense.
Heavenly punishment, Dragon Qi!
Though a rule mechanism with great power, if you have Zhang Liang’s strategies, I have the ladder to cross the wall; many ghosts and gods have their methods to cope, this Yin-Yang Locust is one of them.
But with all the deities present, they will not allow it to act.
"Abominable creature, don’t be insolent!"
As a stern shout echoed, Song Wu flew out, his golden whip directly striking the Yin-Yang Ghost Locust.
The Thunder Division’s generals also moved, charging into Lanruo Temple.
"Woo woo woo!"
Simultaneously, within the ancient temple, ominous winds arose, birthing countless ghosts, including a red-clad lady in a phoenix coronet and a rural farmer in funeral garments, along with many strange entities, instantly forming the trend of a hundred ghosts moving in the night, crashing into the Thunder Division’s forces.
"Kill!"
Seeing this, the deities also moved, charging into the temple with the Six Departments’ Military Forces and Four Divine Generals, fiercely battling with those thousands of evil spirits.
"Retreat!!!"
In the Mortal World, Li Mubai saw this and decisively ordered a retreat, withdrawing his troops from the battlefield.
The battle of ghosts and gods, no mortals should approach; though he possessed Hidden Dragon Fortune and Celestial Halberd Star Mandate, it was not suitable to intervene casually and damage himself, so he chose to retreat first, avoiding needless sacrifices.
Once the mortals retreated, the battlefield was occupied by ghosts and gods.
Song Wu bravely led the charge, wielding a golden whip, thunderous and mighty, striking the Yin-Yang tree.
However, he found the void changing, birthed layers of Yin Thunder clashing with the golden whip, instantly exploding with a crack, Song Wu was overwhelmed by the force, his body flipping backward, surrounded by divine light flickering, showing signs of shattering.
"What a formidable demon!"
Song Wu stabilizes himself in the void, inwardly marveling.
This Lanruo Old Demon has become a Ghost King, standing at Junior Third Grade Great God.
Though likely not equivalent to Jinling Prefect or Weishui River Dragon Monarch as Standard Third Grade, Junior Third Grade is Junior Third Grade, the Ghost King’s dignity, the Great God’s power, is beyond what a fifth-grade judge can reach, with just one strike, the superiority is clear.
Yet he serves under Shen Hex, influenced by [Earth Yellow Turban] and other Professional Powers, possessing Fortune Golden Light and the Power of the Earth for protection, otherwise, the strike would have been enough to shatter his Primordial Spirit.
Song Wu dared not challenge its edge again, wisely shifting his target toward other ghosts within Lanruo Temple.
Troops against troops, generals against generals, if unfavourable, simply change the target.
The Yin-Yang Ghost Wood did not entangle, continuing to cast spells reversing Yin and Yang, aiming to thoroughly evolve that Otherworldly Demon Realm.
Once this realm transforms, it will become dominant within, yielding great advantages.
But unfortunately...
"Boom!!!"
A figure suddenly appeared on the field, his crown removed, only in plain attire, yet his divine dignity remained undiminished.
The figure appears, divine power exerted fully, like Mount Tai pressing on eggs, or like stabilizing the sea with a divine spear, suppressing the inverted chaotic Yin-Yang space, the integrated realm crushed under force, collapsing violently.
"Jinyang Prefecture God—Song Xiang!"
A voice coldly shouted, seemingly yin yet not yin, seemingly yang yet not yang, with roots sprouting, bringing the Yin Thunder Whip along.
Shen Hex’s expression unchanged, raising his right palm, thunder erupting, attacking against attack, directly clashing.
"Boom!!!"
A thunderous clash, the world shook, within the Ghostly Realm, occupying advantages in geography, yet this ghost wood’s Yin Thunder was still no match for the orthodox heavenly power, roots shattered, yin energy collapsed, only the celestial thunder continued unabated, striking the void.
"Rumble!"
The void quaked harshly, the sky and earth roared, the opposite bound Yin-Yang boundary suffering a heavy blow, on the verge of complete collapse.
"Is it that easy?"
The locust wood trembled, its massive trunk too large for dozens of people to embrace, erupted with several cracks, spilling a vast amount of evil power essence. With strong divine techniques, it reversed yin and yang, finally forming an otherworld.
Yin-yang reversal, Otherworldly Demon Realm!
The innate divine skill of the Yin-Yang Locust, once this realm is formed it becomes the ruler, freely wielding the power of yin and yang, unending of yin-yang, unbroken boundaries, the ghost wood undying.
"Even a fourth-grade little god dares to violate my domain, come to your death!"
As the otherworld formed, the ghost wood disappeared, leaving only a chaotic space-time within, where yin and yang reversed, akin to a great mill turning, and phenomena like water and fire, wind and rain, thunder, all descended to attempt refining the opponent.
This display was no weaker than the Yin and Yang Sword Realm.
The Yin Yang Dust is Taiyuan’s First Killing Formation, created by the founding ancestor of Taihua Mountain, handed down by an Ancient True Immortal.
A third-grade Ghost King, with a rank no more than tier ten, its innate divine skills can actually match it, showing the extraordinary.
With such a means, no wonder it has entrenched itself between two prefectures, leaving even someone as great and powerful as the Jinling Prefect helpless.
But alas...
In Shen Hex’s eyes, golden light blazed forth, like a great sun shining brightly, displaying the ultimate power of creation and destruction, and further invoked the might of thunder.
Celestial Heart Five Thunders!
Great Sun Golden Lotus!
The former needs no elaboration, thunder being the power of Celestial Dao, wielding authority over creation and destruction alike, while the latter is the Buddhist Righteous Dharma, possessing the power of extinction and nirvana, traversing the way of yin-yang life-death Dao.
Thus, combined with Shen Hex’s own creation of the Demon Saber Dao Saber Darklight Technique and the Yin Yang Two Forms Micro Dust Formation, mastering multiple techniques, blending them seamlessly, and mutually verifying each other, allowing his comprehension of life-death Dao to reach an extraordinary realm.
One thought of yin and yang.
One thought of life and death.
One thought... god and demon!
Shen Hex circulated the Divine Yuan, merged with the Great Sun Golden Lotus, unleashed the Celestial Heart Five Thunders, employed the Nirvana Technique to invoke the power of extinction, using creation vitality to drive destruction to the extreme, forging the most formidable orthodox celestial might.
"Boom!!!"
Suddenly, the thunder roared and shook the void, destroying to the utmost, shattering all, and the otherworldly demon realm of reversed yin-yang exploded, water, fire, wind, lightning, and myriad laws vanishing, returning all to Lanruo, where the heaven-reaching and earth-shattering Yin-Yang Locust Tree reappeared, its massive trunk riddled with cracks, terrifyingly gaping, with thunder and fire still rampant within, provoking a tragic cry.
"How is it possible!"
"You, a fourth-grade little god, how can you break my otherworldly demon realm?"
A shriek, a hoarse roar, amid the shock and doubt, was seen a hint of panic.
Indeed, panicked!
In divine warfare, first comes the rank, second the authority, third the terrain.
In terms of rank, it is a third-grade Ghost King, Shen Hex is only a fourth-grade True God.
In terms of authority, this is the Lanruo Ghostly Realm, the power of Jinyang Prefecture cannot reach here.
In terms of terrain, it created an otherworldly demon realm, already holding the home-field advantage.
Evidently, all the advantages are on its side; why would it end up with such a result?
The Locust Tree Demon couldn’t understand, completely baffled.
Shen Hex offered no explanation, with a flip of his hand, thunder was stirred again.
Indeed, regardless of cultivation rank or terrain authority, this old demon has an overwhelming advantage, logically it should not meet such a fate.
But Shen Hex has never been bound by common logic.
Though his cultivation rank is only fourth-grade, with the support of numerous Professional Powers, his foundation is in no way inferior to that of Lanruo Old Demon and similar junior third-grade Ghost Kings, if not superior.
Only in terms of authority and terrain, does he not hold the advantage, but authority and terrain for ghosts and gods merely serve to enhance the power of magical techniques.
He, with the Taiyuan Body, utilizes methods like Borrowing Illusion for Cultivation to blend multiple techniques, connecting major attack techniques like Celestial Heart Five Thunders, Great Sun Golden Lotus, Demon Saber Dao Sword, Yin Yang Dust, to drive ultimate vitality and create ultimate destruction Yuan, akin to wielding the authority of "Creation and Destruction," holding immense power without borrowing from earth and heaven.
By this, he already has the capital to defeat Lanruo Old Demon.
Not to mention he possesses Professional Powers, whether it’s the Earth God, or Ziwei Star, they enhance his power against demon kings and evil spirits, the wish-granting mechanism of the God of All Things also enhances the potency of the Five Thunders True Method and other divine techniques.
With such a strong alliance, how can Lanruo Old Demon not be defeated?
You, a mere third-grade Ghost King, dare to compete with my accumulated merits over several lifetimes, all techniques, and professional cheat methods?
Foolish dreams!
Shen Hex remained silent, further urging divine power, reemploying Thunderbolt Righteous Law, and driving destruction to its utmost.
Faced with such a situation, the heavily wounded Lanruo Old Demon finally recognized reality, letting out a howl in desperation, calling for aid.
"Aren’t you going to intervene?!"