Chapter 154: Seizing the Initiative (Combined Issue, Please Subscribe)

Above the park in front of the Ying Du Huang Gong.

As the Dharma Assembly began to be held.

Dozens of drones and even high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft from the Flower Flag Country also approached the airspace above without any restraint.

A Cabinet Minister noticed the flying objects in the sky and was about to ask what was going on.

A thoughtful secretary ran over to explain the truth: these were all reconnaissance drones from the Flower Flag Country's base.

The Cabinet Minister originally wanted to ask why he hadn't received any notification.

Suddenly, he remembered.

The airspace above the Sakura Capital of their Sakura Country did not actually belong to their own country.

It was managed by the Flower Flag Country, and they never needed to notify the agencies here in the Sakura Capital to use this airspace!

The Cabinet Minister could only curse a few times in his heart, then immediately ordered the Defense Troops around the park to strengthen their guard.

Outside the park, officers led their soldiers to set up warning lines, and even established sniper points and heavy firepower positions.

A middle-aged officer with somewhat graying hair sat on an Armored Vehicle after finishing his busy work, and heard strange sounds coming from the park behind him.

He caught his breath and looked toward the park.

This officer was still somewhat grateful to He Mao Chun Yi Lang, who had caused the current changes.

The unit he served in was not an elite force that the big shots focused on.

Instead, it was one used to make up the numbers.

Because of this, their treatment was worrisome.

Before this happened, because he was too hungry at breakfast, he had been caught and punished with suspension for reflection just because he took an extra small piece of bread in a cafeteria where one could only take one staple food.

Now, with the appearance of the Yin-Yang Master, He Mao Chun Yi Lang.

Not only were those of them who had been suspended for various reasons able to return to their posts immediately, but their various benefits had also improved to some extent.

And crucially, the generals stated that although they truly could not come up with the money to give raises to these units used to make up the numbers.

But!

The clever Prime Minister and Cabinet Ministers still thought of a good way to solve this problem!

Under their unremitting efforts, those large companies and large financial groups agreed in principle.

As long as these low-to-mid-level officers did their jobs well, they could get a score, and if the score was high enough, they could retire and thereby join those large companies and large financial groups in the Sakura Capital as regular employees!

That was a great place where, as long as you didn't resign yourself, you could eat for a lifetime and rely on seniority to increase your salary!

It could be considered a pie in the sky drawn for these officers with no way out, boosting their morale just a little bit.

"If monsters continue to appear in the Sakura Capital or various parts of the Sakura Country, perhaps our treatment can continue to improve?"

"At least it should be about the same as the navy's, otherwise how many years has it been since they couldn't recruit enough soldiers?"

This officer, who was daydreaming in the vehicle, suddenly heard the order to strengthen the guard.

Then he hurriedly got up to convey the order.

He suddenly felt a chill emerge from his spine.

He even heard a series of chaotic exclamations coming from outside the vehicle.

Those were the sounds made by the crowds gathered outside the defense line beyond the park.

Although the Sakura Emperor had long ordered that all people of the Sakura Country should help the Dharma Assembly at this time by praying at home.

The streets were still crowded with people from all sides.

Apart from nosy young people, there were mostly tourists.

However, the officers knew that the major forces had long ago issued a tourist ban.

As for what percentage of the tourists at this time were real tourists, only heaven knew.

But the order from above was that as long as they didn't cross the warning line, it was fine.

Naturally, the officers wouldn't look for trouble.

However... what was going on with this situation now?

The middle-aged officer got off the vehicle, turned his head to look behind him, and saw a green light emerge from the park, piercing through the bushes and plunging into the clouds, illuminating the already dimming sky with a ghastly green color.

At the same time, a cold wind blew all around.

He didn't know if it was an illusion, but being blown by this cold wind, not only did he get goosebumps all over.

The officer felt that he began to feel inexplicably panicked and nervous.

Instinctively, the officer felt some worry about this Dharma Assembly.

He felt that this was even more sinister than the bone giant from the last Battle of the Sakura Capital that was spread in videos.

This middle-aged officer quickly crossed out the word "felt."

He saw that under the green light, translucent, screaming evil spirits were actually emerging from the clouds.

Even around the park, the entire Sakura Capital's graveyards, various Shrines, and temples.

And those haunted houses or places where tragedies had occurred where people had died.

More or less emitted faintly glowing white light spots, which then seemed to be attracted and drifted toward the green light.

And mutations appeared around the green light; some dissipated directly.

But some transformed into a new, twisted-faced, painful evil spirit.

The howls emitted by the evil spirits actually had no sound.

But the intelligent beings nearby all seemed to be able to hear their cries and the unwillingness and pain contained within them.

Countless small animals, and even snakes, insects, rats, and ants appeared one after another, fleeing in all directions.

As He Mao Chun Yi Lang's Nether Ghost Body began to operate successfully with the help of the Array and Spirit Qi.

These living beings instinctively felt great terror and fled one after another to survive.

This once again frightened the guards around the Park and the onlookers.

Most of the soldiers who should have been guarding the perimeter also turned their heads toward the Park, even tightening their grips on their weapons and disengaging the safeties.

The middle-aged officer wiped away cold sweat, repeatedly asking if something had gone wrong up above.

He only received an ambiguous answer.

This made him suddenly regret returning to his post.

Not long after, this middle-aged officer suddenly spotted a large Drone spinning as it fell.

It crashed directly onto the roof of a high-rise building, erupting into a fireball with a loud boom.

This also made the scene even more of a Chaos.

Inside the Flower Flag Country military base, the Drone pilot was muttering to himself with white-rimmed eyes, occasionally letting out strange laughs.

The soldiers who rushed over felt their hearts palpitate with fear, not daring to handle the situation, all afraid of being possessed by an Evil Spirit.

After all, their Flower Flag Country movies were always filmed this way; coming into contact with the other person's body would lead to possession by an Evil Spirit.

Someone even whispered to ask if they could find a military chaplain to come and take a look.

The officers, however, knew that those chaplains had already come privately to disclose that they had no experience with these Evil Spirits from Sakura Country, and that finding them would not be effective.

It was best to find local mysterious individuals to handle it, as that would be professionally appropriate and also a reflection of responsibility toward those unlucky soldiers.

It was just that the local mysterious individuals seemed to have all been transferred away for the Dharma Assembly.

The officer had no choice but to forcibly order soldiers wearing hazmat suits to swarm him, and after administering anesthesia, they tearfully sent the cursed soldier to the research institute.

In front of the soldiers, he expressed his hope that the experts urgently transferred from the mainland could be a bit more reliable and manage to treat this unlucky soldier.

At the same time, the remaining Drones that had not yet met with accidents all climbed in altitude and moved away from the Park.

In the eyes of those pilots, this method of possession via network signals was truly too terrifying.

Let alone them, even the officers above them felt their sense of security greatly diminished because of this.

They were very puzzled as to how so many demons and monsters had popped up in this Sakura Capital.

Inside the Park, at the Dharma Assembly site.

The Evil Spirits grew more numerous; as they gathered, it looked as if they were about to cover nearly half of the Park's airspace.

Following He Mao Chun Yi Lang swallowing a Pill he had been holding in his mouth.

His lost Dharma Power was rapidly replenished.

He was also able to extend his right hand and gently grab at the sky.

Swish!

Suddenly, the Evil Spirits around the green light seemed to be grabbed by something, and after revealing expressions of terror, they were pulled into He Mao Chun Yi Lang's body one after another.

In just a few dozen seconds.

Hundreds and thousands of Evil Spirits of various sizes had submerged into He Mao Chun Yi Lang's body and vanished.

Only the monks and Shinto priests near the Altar could feel that the cold air radiating from He Mao Chun Yi Lang was becoming increasingly frigid.

It had reached a level where they felt their bones were being frozen in pain, and even breathing was somewhat difficult.

The Shrine Maidens further out also gradually stopped their chanting.

That the timid ones could endure the fear and not run away was already considered competent.

"Woo!"

He Mao Chun Yi Lang absorbed those Evil Spirits containing massive amounts of faith power, only feeling as if countless little mice were scurrying around inside his body.

He hurriedly recalled the Magic Path Technique he had seen before, and while the power of the Pill was still in effect, he gritted his teeth and began to refine the Pill within his body.

Once the Magic Path Technique was activated.

Su Ping immediately discovered with curiosity that those Evil Spirits and faith power were being forcibly compressed within the Nether Ghost Body into illusory, translucent, glass-bead-sized Pills.

"Looking at the quality, it's actually a top-grade Incense God Pill!"

"To be able to form such a divine pill, the Nether Ghost Body must have contributed a great deal."

"However, the environment of this Water Blue Star also provided a portion of the favorable timing and geographical advantages; although human hearts are complex and thoughts are chaotic, it wins in that there is no interference from various miscellaneous energies."

"If it were in the Cultivation World, whether these stray thoughts would carry Evil Qi is something that would have to be investigated."

"Not to mention, one would also have to consider competitors playing dirty and planting fatal suggestions in those believers."

As the absorbed Evil Spirits all transformed into illusory Incense God Pills.

He Mao Chun Yi Lang felt his body was much more comfortable.

And he felt that he seemed to have become much stronger again?

While he was daydreaming, a Purple Thunder suddenly appeared in the sky, striking directly onto the large tree in front.

The entire tree turned into a tree of fire in the blink of an eye.

Under the firelight, He Mao Chun Yi Lang shuddered, waking up from his daydream.

He hurriedly thanked the Great Ability, who might still be present, for the reminder in the direction where the thunder had struck.

He Mao Chun Yi Lang did not dare to be negligent and continued to operate the divine art he had obtained in the Little Dark Room.

At the same time, Su Ping also coordinated by activating a new Array and took out the Mysterious Remains from his Storage Bag.

Using the Evil Spirit as the skeleton.

Using the energy from the Incense God Pills refined by the Nether Ghost Body as the flesh and blood.

A large Evil Spirit was slowly taking shape above the Sakura Capital.

Under Su Ping's intentional guidance, the first Evil Spirit created by He Mao Chun Yi Lang used the type that could be quickly mastered from the Magic Path Technique.

The Evil Spirit content used during the refining of the Incense God Pill was also higher.

This also meant that the evil thoughts and desires from human hearts within the faith power were also greater.

Such an Evil Spirit was undoubtedly stronger than one composed of purer faith power used in the safest possible way, and it was also more capable of being quickly formed.

"Not enough, still not enough!"

He Mao Chun Yi Lang whispered and made a gesture.

In the Imperial Palace, the Sakura Emperor saw He Mao Chun Yi Lang's gesture, sighed, and nodded slightly.

Instantly, the pre-recorded video of the Sakura Emperor and the Cabinet Ministers appeared once again on television stations and broadcasts throughout the entire Sakura Country.

They once again issued a prayer request to the vast citizenry.

And they explicitly identified the object of the prayer as that He Mao Chun Yi Lang, who was currently in a live-streamed video.

Soon, He Mao Chun Yi Lang felt the power of faith surging in from all directions, which then condensed into a pill and was poured into the mysterious existence in the sky.

In addition, some divine statues, spirit tablets, and special artifacts from distant places were also transported over and placed around the Park.

The power of faith contained within these artifacts, which had not yet fully dissipated.

Was also drawn in and absorbed into He Mao Chun Yi Lang's body, along with the prayers of the original owners who had conceived them.

Su Ping watched from the side and clicked his tongue in wonder.

To absorb so much power of faith in such a crude manner, according to the complete records and notes in the Magic Path Technique.

He feared that his sanity would have long since been washed away, and every part of his body would have turned into incense itself.

That He Mao Chun Yi Lang had only become a bit more sinister and paranoid already demonstrated the power of the Nether Ghost Body!

Su Ping looked toward the sky.

The green light had already dimmed.

The sky had also turned completely black.

Under the night sky, an Evil Spirit with three heads, about twenty meters tall, with a human upper body and a spider lower body, primarily gray-white in color, was transforming from virtual to real.

Anyone who looked directly at its existence, even if seeing it indirectly through a Drone or camera.

Would develop a sense of having seen a natural predator and feel the evil and eeriness of this thing.

"Is this the Shikigami summoned by that so-called Yin-Yang Master?"

"Why does it look... so eerie and evil?"

"It must have summoned some kind of Ghost King or great demon, right?"

On the street outside the defense line, bold tourists held binoculars or mobile phones, looking at the phantom in the sky.

Just as they were wondering, they suddenly discovered that the monster in the sky suddenly... moved!

Then they saw a mushroom cloud rise from the Park.

The delayed deafening roar and Wind Technique then swept in from all sides, causing several of them who did not hold their phones steady to drop them hard onto the ground, where they were ruined on the spot!

Several tourists skillfully flattened themselves onto the ground.

After a few seconds, they raised their heads and saw the dark-gray-dominated three-headed giant standing in the Park, slowly floating up from the ground.

Immediately, these people were noticed by one of the heads, which was filled with anger, and both sides locked eyes.

The next instant, these few tourists who had met its gaze saw darkness before their eyes, and their brains crashed as they fell into a coma.

They were lucky; being outside the Dharma Array in a non-spirit environment, they only received a simple mental shock.

And looking from high above.

One could see the Altar beneath the feet of this floating three-headed giant spider.

Had already completely shattered into ruins.

The monks and Shinto priests in the surrounding area had all fallen into a coma.

Only He Mao Chun Yi Lang, because of the faint Golden Light emerging from his body, was able to stand in the ruins, looking at the monster in the sky in a somewhat disheveled state.

"Have I... failed?"

He Mao Chun Yi Lang was somewhat unwilling; he had tried so hard, why was the summoned Shikigami still not listening?

Was it even worse than the last time?

At the very first moment, it wanted to usurp the master?

He Mao Chun Yi Lang did not understand.

Su Ping, however, understood.

One could only say that a Magic Path Technique is a Magic Path Technique.

This quick-success method, which looked good in every way, turned out to be full of pitfalls in the end!

Su Ping suspected that creating an uncontrollable, tyrannical incense deity was the original intent of that Magic Path Technique.

This move was meant for self-detonation.

It was just that the recorded technique deliberately didn't say so!

Fortunately, when it came to dealing with Evil Spirit things, Su Ping was considered a professional.

And this Evil Spirit looked very strong, but in the end, it grew by relying on the Spirit Qi and remains he provided.

And the strength of the Spirit Qi and remains he provided could only support it to reach Qi Refining Perfection at most.

Perhaps some Evil Spirit methods were much stronger than the average Qi Refining Perfection.

But in front of him.

Below Foundation Establishment, it was not much of a problem!

While He Mao Chun Yi Lang was in the midst of distress.

His body suddenly shook slightly, as he heard the voice of the fox-masked Shrine Maiden in his ear.

She told him to circulate another technique to re-condense a Shikigami.

At the same time!

The figure of the fox-masked Shrine Maiden instantly appeared in front of the three-headed giant.

While the various Spirit Objects for warding off evil that she wore on her body began to heat up slightly.

It also immediately attracted the hatred of these three giants.

"Roar!"

The three heads of Anger, Sorrow, and Weeping let out a roar in unison, then swung their fists toward the fox-masked Shrine Maiden.

Bang!

As Golden Light erupted from the fist, the fox-masked Shrine Maiden also used this force to speed backward toward the Imperial Palace.

The next second!

The spider body of the Evil Spirit smashed through the gate of the Imperial Palace and rushed in front of the fox-masked Shrine Maiden, but it had no time to continue throwing punches.

It was struck by a bolt of Heavenly Thunder descending from the sky, causing its body to pause and fall from high altitude.

Then, Su Ping controlled the fox-masked Shrine Maiden to take out the Spirit Bead and release the divine ability power of his own true form contained within it.

Suddenly!

Accompanied by thunderous light, golden translucent phantoms appeared out of thin air, then fell like rain, striking the fallen Evil Spirit.

A loud noise erupted that made the earth tremble!

Boom, boom, boom!

With the Ying Du Huang Gong as the battlefield, it endured waves of aftershocks, and the ground and walls inevitably cracked.

The roof became a disaster area, and the roof of a side hall even suddenly collapsed entirely.

Around the Imperial Palace, the military had already arrived, but they dared not enter to disturb this extraordinary battle, choosing to focus on a blockade.

At the same time, the Sakura Emperor and the Prime Minister, who had already run outside at the first opportunity, learned of He Mao Chun Yi Lang's new request and ordered full cooperation with him.

He Mao Chun Yi Lang naturally did not admit that this out-of-control monster was his own Shikigami, or that the responsibility lay entirely on his side.

He directly stated that bad people had caused trouble during the Dharma Assembly!

They had tampered with things, allowing an Evil Spirit from the Evil God Realm to forcibly descend by taking advantage of the channel he opened.

That was why it attacked him at the first opportunity!

Otherwise, referring to the three-tailed fox summoned last time, compared to back then, he was already a true Yin-Yang Master!

How could he make such a low-level mistake?

Now, the Sakura Capital officials could not blame him; instead, they should continue to fully assist him in summoning a true Shikigami!

Then, cooperate with other extraordinary beings to eliminate that Evil Spirit and return a peaceful world to the Sakura Capital!

He Mao Chun Yi Lang did not know how much of this they could believe.

But it did not matter!

Based on He Mao Chun Yi Lang's understanding of these people, as long as he could truly summon a Shikigami later and demonstrate the strength of a genuine Yin-Yang Master!

These people would naturally find reasons for his explanation and help convince others who did not believe it.

Consequently, the people of the Sakura Country, having seen the videos and learned that the Sakura Capital's Imperial Palace was being attacked by an Evil Spirit.

Prayed even more.

In the Park, while the military dragged away those unconscious monks and priests, they also brought a new batch of consecrated statues and spirit tablets.

Above the Imperial Palace.

Su Ping looked at the Evil Spirit that had been smashed into a pulp.

He temporarily halted the offensive.

Then, as the dust and smoke dispersed, the major forces that had been keeping an eye on this place each used their own abilities to see the dilapidated Imperial Palace scene.

And they saw the Evil Spirit that had turned into a pulp, shockingly recovering its upper body and growing three heads in just a few breaths.

Roar!

The three heads roared toward the sky.

It was immediately hit by the fox-masked Shrine Maiden, who raised the Spirit Bead and released a light orb containing the Greedy Wolf Divine Ability, smashing the head on the right.

However, this head returned to normal in just a single breath.

This caused the intelligence personnel of the major forces who saw this scene to gasp in cold air.

They secretly marveled at how eerie this thing was!

How could any creature possess such recovery power!

Furthermore, this creature also possessed extraordinary power; analyzing from previous videos, its short-range speed was shockingly fast!

Under that instantaneous burst, even missiles might not be able to guarantee hitting the target at the final moment.

The Evil Spirit, having quickly recovered to its full form, bent its spider legs slightly and jumped up violently, rushing toward the fox-masked Shrine Maiden.

Both sides continued to engage in a fierce battle high in the sky.

Then, from time to time, flashes of thunder and Golden Light appeared.

The twenty-meter-tall monster was knocked down by the petite fox-masked Shrine Maiden, then fell heavily to the ground, smashing another section of the imperial building complex.

Amidst the Chaos.

Following the breaking open of an Underground Basement sealed with lead plates.

Su Ping, who held the advantage and was actually toying with the Evil Spirit despite appearing to be in a bitter fight, immediately discovered the existence of a miraculous object in that basement.

Water Blue Star lacked Spirit Qi, and most heaven-and-earth treasures had no environment to grow in.

But theoretically, some heaven-and-earth treasures that did not require a Spirit Qi environment could still possibly exist.

This was also the reason why Su Ping had deliberately taken out the picture book to promote it.

On this trip to the Sakura Capital, he had taken the opportunity to destroy the Imperial Palace, but he hadn't expected that after forcing out the royal treasures, he would discover a heaven-and-earth treasure!

Spirit Mouse Xiaobai and Xiaohui went into action.

They dug a hole and entered the Underground Basement, which had already partially collapsed.

From inside, they found a Precious Jade collected by the royal family.

As for the Copper Mirror that accompanied the Precious Jade.

Spirit Mouse Xiaobai observed it carefully once more, even bit it, and finally determined that it was just a mundane object not worth taking away.

The Precious Jade was still quite good; it was a heaven-sent treasure born by chance.

It is just a pity that Water Blue Star lacks Spirit Qi, so no Cultivators are born here.

This kind of thing would be considered a decent material for artifact refining in the Cultivation World.

On Water Blue Star, it is at most a luxury item that makes some people feel it is somewhat miraculous and perhaps has the effect of calming the spirit and nourishing the body.

The spirit mice took the Precious Jade and immediately left quickly without mercy.

Before long, the Evil Spirit fell to the ground again and sank into the earth, completely collapsing the Underground Basement!

On the other side.

He Mao Chun Yi Lang also let out a cry of surprise:

"It's done! I've succeeded!"

Relying on another, more reliable cultivation technique.

Combined with the remaining power of faith and the Mysterious Remains given by Su Ping.

This time, He Mao Chun Yi Lang summoned a humanoid monster about three meters tall, dressed as a Shinto priest, but with a human body, a crow's head, and crow wings!

And he successfully controlled it, having the illusion of being able to command it as easily as moving one's own arm!