Chapter 432: The Origin of the Evil God

In truth, the Evil God statue lied.

It had no need for the Soul Weapons of the Twenty-Eight Mansions at all.

It only required the souls of one Eighth Tier powerhouse or ten Seventh Tier powerhouses to break a portion of the seal.

It was testing Zhishen Dashi's obedience.

Seeing whether he was truly at its disposal—this was the Evil God statue's purpose.

"But the Twenty-Eight Mansions are at the first layer of Rashomon; are we certain we want to let them in?"

Zhishen Dashi then asked such a question.

"It is of no consequence."

"Just leave them be for a while; at this time, I must also prepare properly."

"You may withdraw; do not disturb me for now, I must plan carefully."

The Evil God statue gave Zhishen Dashi a meaningful look, then slowly closed its eyes.

The entire Evil God statue suddenly fell silent, and the Soul Fire floating in the air quietly extinguished.

The entire secret chamber became incredibly dim, and Zhishen Dashi knelt in the darkness for a long time before slowly standing up and stretching his slightly stiff muscles.

The corners of his mouth turned up slightly.

Zhishen Dashi could feel that his answer just now had satisfied the Evil God.

Therefore, the Evil God withdrew the wisp of divine sense it had left on him.

The Evil God would not know that he practiced the Ten Dragons Ten Tigers Demon Subduing Art.

This technique required absorbing the power of evil spirits to temper one's own physical body.

Relying on the power of his physical body, Zhishen Dashi had reached the Seventh Tier.

Thus, Zhishen Dashi had only contracted three Pet Beasts.

Vajra Demon Subduing Staff (Zen staff), Eighteen Layers of Hell Evil Spirits, and Demon Spirit Cloak.

However, after Zhishen Dashi reached the Seventh Tier, he discovered that ordinary evil spirits were of no use to him at all.

So, he suddenly had a very bold idea: to have an even more powerful evil spirit directly parasitize his body.

But where could he go to find a powerful evil spirit?

At this time, Zhishen Dashi was already the Director of the Bureau.

After scouring ancient texts, he discovered that a terrifyingly powerful evil spirit might be hidden in the depths of the Bureau.

Therefore, he would stop at nothing, even defying the orders of the Qilin Marshal, to break the evil spirit's seal and set it free.

This was the origin of the Evil God statue.

At first, he was indeed bewitched by the Evil God and fell into becoming the Evil God's puppet.

But at this time, the Ten Dragons Ten Tigers Demon Subduing Art was absorbing the Evil God's demonic energy bit by bit, tempering Zhishen Dashi's physical body.

This allowed Zhishen Dashi to regain clarity for periods of time, enabling him to arrange some private matters.

As time passed, the longer Zhishen Dashi remained clear-headed, the more he relied on the Evil God's demonic energy to break through, becoming a Seventh Tier Intermediate Pet Beast Master.

For this plan, Zhishen Dashi had calculated it deliberately.

He was eager to shake off the Evil God's control, and it would be best if the Twenty-Eight Mansions who came to investigate were all killed by the Evil God.

In this way, Zhishen Dashi would also have sufficient reason to have the Pillars of the Nation or even the Five Spirits Marshal take action.

In any case, he had managed the Bureau like an iron bucket, and if the Twenty-Eight Mansions died, there would be no proof left.

He himself would be the king who had the last laugh.

Even if the Qilin Marshal was already suspicious of him now, Zhishen Dashi knew very well in his heart that without concrete evidence, the Qilin Marshal could not touch him at all.

This was a great plan to kill many birds with one stone.

Zhishen Dashi left; he walked away very steadily.

Just at this moment, green Soul Fire once again densely covered the entire secret chamber.

The Evil God statue slowly opened its eyes again: "Zhishen, it seems you have shown your tail."

"Hmph, even if I have slept for so long, it does not mean I accept being schemed against like this."

"Actually, I did not tell the truth; the Ten Thousand Dragon Slash does indeed restrain me greatly, but after a thousand years, the energy of the Ten Thousand Dragon Slash has dissipated by more than half."

"As long as I devour enough powerhouses, I will be able to shatter a portion of the Ten Thousand Dragon Slash and recover a portion of my strength."

"However, why do I feel a faint sense of unease?"

"Clearly I am about to break free, and those who have come are merely the Twenty-Eight Mansions; this base has a total of eight Seventh Tier Pet Beast Masters."

"What could be the problem with this?"

The Evil God had only heard of the Twenty-Eight Mansions; it did not know the unique aspects of the Twenty-Eight Mansions.

It believed that three Seventh Tier Pet Beast Masters would certainly be able to block Ye Bai and the others.

If they could not stop them, the others would also take action.

The upper echelons of the Bureau were already completely corrupt, and the Twenty-Eight Mansions arriving with the imperial sword had already made them feel a faint fear.

"There are not many people left who can wield the Ten Thousand Dragon Slash."

"This means that I will soon be able to break free, and the world will once again be stirred into a bloody storm by me."

"Gods are nothing more than my food."

Just then, Ye Bai, who was walking on the road, suddenly discovered the Spirit of the Candle Dragon emerging from his Pet Beast Space.

It circled in the air and floated there.

"Spirit of the Candle Dragon, could it be that there is something here that interests you?"

Ye Bai asked the Spirit of the Candle Dragon.

The Spirit of the Candle Dragon swayed a few times in mid-air, answering Ye Bai's inquiry.

It instantly transformed into seven Ten Thousand Dragon Slashes and one Bronze Ancient Sword, shooting off toward the underground.

Leaving only the Yin-Yang Carp circling at Ye Bai's side.

"Sigh."

Ye Bai reached out with an Er-Kang hand, but did not stop the Bronze Ancient Sword's path.

They pierced directly through the ground, and shallow pits appeared on the floor.

"It seems there is something here that attracts the Spirit of the Candle Dragon."

Ye Bai was not yet aware that a huge surprise was waiting for him.

"Kuimulang, are we still following the plan to capture Zhishen Dashi?"

Zhang Lingxue asked tentatively.

One of Ye Bai's Pet Beasts had suddenly departed, which would very likely disrupt Ye Bai's plan.

"No need, the Spirit of the Candle Dragon has its own discretion; we must still find Zhishen Dashi now and seize control of the Bureau one step ahead."

"If we cannot get there first and set up heavy defenses, I fear the Seven Stars will soon break through the current defenses like splitting bamboo and enter the Bureau."

"The unspeakable things here must not be released by the Seven Stars; this concerns one-quarter of the territory of Yan Country."

The unspeakable things in the Bureau were all under heavy seals; even Zhishen Dashi had spent immense effort back then to unlock the seal of the Evil God.

But among the Seven Stars, there is a Sun God who is extremely skilled at breaking seals.

He is a very famous seal master.

He was only wanted by Yan Country after committing the crime of genocide back then.

After bidding farewell to the Evil God, Zhishen Dashi walked to a meditation room.

This was where Zhishen Dashi usually practiced the Ten Dragons Ten Tigers Demon Subduing Art.

He sat cross-legged on the ground, and wisps of white Qi emerged from the top of Zhishen Dashi's head, constructing the phantom images of ten dragons and ten tigers in mid-air.

The sounds of dragon roars and tiger howls emanated from the top of Zhishen Dashi's head.

Before long, Zhishen Dashi's body was sweating like rain.

His body emitted sounds like popping beans, and his whole body was taut.

Bursts of golden light radiated from his skin; at this moment, Zhishen Dashi looked like a golden statue.

Just then, a flying insect the size of a thumbnail suddenly emerged from a crack in the door; it flew silently in the air, circling Zhishen Dashi twice, as if confirming something.

Afterward, it drilled back out through the crack in the door.

The Blue Phoenix, who was staying in the Underground Waterway, suddenly grinned and said, "Found you."

"It seems you have discovered Zhishen Dashi."

"However, our operation must be careful; do not alert others."

Ye Bai instructed the Blue Phoenix.

The air in the Underground Waterway was somewhat unpleasant, and the Blue Phoenix opened the insect nest, from which countless Gu insects swarmed out.

Wherever they passed, the Exotic Beasts inhabiting the Underground Waterway turned into white bones.

"I have already released the Boundary Gu just now."

"As long as one is within the range of this Barrier, no one will be able to hear the sounds of the fight."

"But the Boundary Gu can only be maintained for three hours; once it receives a violent impact, it will become ineffective."

"You had better keep track of the time."

"Manipulating the Boundary Gu consumes a lot of energy, so I will be unable to deal with the battle for the time being."

"I will use the Invisibility Gu to hide my own aura so as not to be a burden."

Ye Bai and Zhang Lingxue looked at each other.

"No problem, just leave the fighting to us."

Zhang Lingxue had the melee-type Asura Demon Ape on hand, as well as the great healer Guangming Nüshen Die.

Dealing with Zhishen Dashi should not be any problem at all.

What's more, Ye Bai was there to guard the formation; if she had any trouble, Ye Bai would step in to help at the first opportunity.

In the meditation room, Zhishen Dashi suddenly discovered that the surrounding sounds had become much quieter.

This made him faintly feel some unease.

"Strange, I am already a Tier 7 powerhouse, and I have the blessing of the Evil God on me; why would I feel a trace of unease?"

The phantom images of the ten dragons and ten tigers coiled around Zhishen Dashi instantly dissipated.

"Something is wrong; it is too quiet around here."

"Vajra Demon Subduing Staff."

A dark golden staff, a full two meters long, appeared in front of Zhishen Dashi.

At this moment, a huge black fist smashed through the meditation room and bombarded heavily toward the direction of Zhishen Dashi.

Zhishen Dashi gripped the Vajra Demon Subduing Staff, his entire body's muscles taut.

He tucked his hips and channeled his Qi, and spiderweb-like cracks appeared on the ground beneath his feet.

At this moment, the web between Zhishen Dashi's thumb and index finger was shaken until it went numb.

The fist was blocked, and he suddenly spat out a mouthful of fresh blood.

"Continue, Asura Demon Ape."

The Asura Demon Ape slowly withdrew its hand; it pressed its palms together and smashed down fiercely toward the dilapidated house below.

One only heard a loud boom.

The entire ground shook slightly, and a large amount of smoke and dust filled the air.

It was just that, affected by the Boundary Gu, the people of the Bureau did not discover the abnormality in the surroundings.

They only felt the ground tremble slightly.

Since the Bureau is built underground, tremors are a very common occurrence, so this did not attract the attention of the patrol members.

As the smoke cleared, Zhishen Dashi crawled out from the ruins, covered in dust and dirt.

He looked extremely disheveled.

The attack from the Asura Demon Ape just now did not cause serious damage to Zhishen Dashi.

"Hmph, so it really is you, Kuimulang and Xinyuehu of the Twenty-Eight Mansions."

"How did you break through the ten-fold Rashomon and enter this place?"

Zhishen Dashi asked with great confusion.

An extremely powerful aura erupted from his body; Zhishen Dashi was not afraid of Ye Bai and his companion.

A wild smile appeared on his face, along with a look of contempt: "Honestly, it's been so long, and I have never fought the Twenty-Eight Mansions head-on."

"I have always wanted to ask the Qilin Marshal, why am I, a Tier 7 powerhouse, not a member of the Twenty-Eight Mansions? Isn't that ironic?"

"From the moment I failed to be selected for the Twenty-Eight Mansions, I secretly swore that I would defeat a member of the Twenty-Eight Mansions in public to prove that I am superior to the Twenty-Eight Mansions."

"Actually, the person who wants to fight you most is me, Kuimulang."

"I really want to know if the blade of the White Tiger Tooth is sharper, or if my golden body's defense is peerless."

"But it doesn't matter; I will finish off this Asura Demon Ape first, then find you for a one-on-one."

At this moment, Zhishen Dashi took a deep breath, and his body emitted sounds like popping beans.

He grew with the wind, and in an instant, his height reached nearly three meters.

The length of his Zen staff also grew accordingly.

At this time, Zhishen Dashi had also changed his appearance; black dragon scales grew on his body, and six whiskers appeared on his mouth.

The shape of the Zen staff also turned into a dragon head, emitting a melodious dragon roar.

"I haven't fought with all my might in a long time; honestly, I quite regret it."

"If I had known you were so weak, I might as well have killed you all and taken your Soul Weapons."

"It doesn't matter if Yan Country doesn't acknowledge me, as long as this world acknowledges me, that's enough."

Zhishen Dashi let out a hoarse voice, his large, bell-like eyes staring fixedly in the direction where Ye Bai was.

"Once I finish off this Asura Demon Ape, I will come to finish you off."

Zhishen Dashi strode forward with great strides; with every step he took, an unfathomably deep crack appeared on the ground.

Seeing the human before it approaching aggressively, the stimulated Asura Demon Ape's eyes turned red.

It also entered a state of battle.

"Take this blow!"

Zhishen Dashi leaped high, jumping into the air like a cannonball; he raised his Zen staff fiercely and smashed it down toward the head of the Asura Demon Ape.

If it could hit the Asura Demon Ape's head, it would likely shatter like a watermelon.

But Zhang Lingxue would not let such a thing happen.

"Guangming Nüshen Die, Holy Light protection."

The Guangming Nüshen Die radiated light like the midday sun, rising slowly into the high air like a scorching sun.

A milky-white protective barrier fell upon the Asura Demon Ape.

At this moment, Zhishen Dashi used all his strength and swung directly across.

As a result, the moment the Zen staff touched the milky-white protective barrier, a massive force struck back.

The Zen staff, no longer held firmly, was instantly sent flying and embedded heavily into the wall.

And Zhishen Dashi was also affected; he slammed into the wall with a bang and slowly slid down.

"Not bad."

Zhishen Dashi loosened his muscles and bones.

"I can admit that your strength is not bad, but compared to me, you still have a certain gap."

"Now, I will let you know what true power is."

"Immovable Wisdom King Mantra, empower my body, and help me annihilate my enemies!"

(End of this chapter)