Chapter 497

After the Malevolent Entity saw that Wu Xian and Shi Ji had escaped,

his expression changed drastically. The flame on the candle flared up, and a ring of light expanded outward; this was likely some kind of detection ability.

However, after this ability was released, it received no response at all.

No response is also a kind of response.

The Malevolent Entity sighed.

He let his hands drop, abandoning the plan to escape.

"Heh, it seems I'm the one with bad luck. But you old immortals will all die sooner or later, and when that time comes..."

Before the Malevolent Entity could finish speaking, Yu Rang was already behind him, stabbing him over a dozen times in succession, each strike hitting a vital point.

Afterward, Yu Rang leaped backward, a ring of fire appearing in his palm while in mid-air. By the time he landed, a fireball the size of a yoga ball shot out from the ring, striking the Malevolent Entity's body squarely.

Boom! The flames exploded violently, turning into a scorching fireball. The high temperature and intense heat incinerated the Malevolent Entity's corpse directly, and Wu Xian and Shi Ji hurriedly covered their faces.

Once the burning ended.

Wu Xian stared at the ground; where the Malevolent Entity's corpse had been, only a charred, deep pit remained.

"This, this is just too..."

Wu Xian was not surprised by the power of this strike.

It was expected that Yu Rang would possess a talisman capable of releasing such power; after all, he was one of the highest-level Lotus Juanren he had encountered so far.

But...

That fireball was the damn True Fire Incantation! The first True Fire Incantation Wu Xian released was only a wisp of flame the thickness of a finger; why was Yu Rang's True Fire Incantation so large?

Every time one's Dao cultivation increases, the base power of a talisman increases by ten percent. So, how many times would one have to increase it to elevate an ordinary True Fire Incantation to such an exaggerated level?

Connecting this to the "old immortal" comment the Malevolent Entity made, Wu Xian suddenly realized that Yu Rang's age might be much greater than he had imagined.

Every time a Juanren enters a Fudi, they can gain lifespan, which means that for a Juanren, a normal death almost doesn't exist. If there were a Juanren who could survive every Fudi...

Then this Juanren's lifespan could almost be said to be infinite! Wu Xian swallowed hard: "May I ask, how old are you this year?"

Yu Rang did not answer directly: "Juanren live one day at a time; where would we find the time to reminisce about the past?"

Wu Xian stopped asking.

Shi Ji walked over with a silly grin: "You killed the Malevolent Entity, but we helped out too, so we should be able to get quite a few rewards, right?"

Yu Rang asked in return: "Who told you that Malevolent Entity is dead?"

Wu Xian and Shi Ji's expressions changed at the same time.

"Malevolent Entities are very hard to kill, much harder to deal with than cockroaches in the sewer. They are different from Juanren; they don't gain power through worshipping gods. Their power mainly comes from their 'Malevolent Equipment'."

"You mean that hooded cloak and the candle?"

Yu Rang nodded: "Every Malevolent Entity has a set of basic Malevolent Equipment, and their power comes from this set. When a Malevolent Entity dies, the Malevolent Equipment will self-destruct, and the Malevolent Entity will be reborn at another location nearby. If the Malevolent Entity is killed again while the equipment is recovering, they will die."

Wu Xian was not surprised by this; the last Malevolent Entity he saw was first shot in the head by a sniper rifle before being truly killed by Yu Rang.

"Ordinary Malevolent Entities generally only have one set of Malevolent Equipment, but when a Malevolent Entity successfully cultivates something at the 'Evil Spirit' level, they can obtain new Malevolent Equipment, possess brand-new abilities, and also gain a second life!"

"But once the Malevolent Equipment beyond the basic set is destroyed, they have no way to be reborn again."

"Since this Malevolent Entity knew me, he must be an old guy and definitely has more than one set of Malevolent Equipment. But even so, dying twice here is enough to keep him quiet for a long time. This counts as a great contribution."

The matter of the Malevolent Entity was handled.

Wu Xian looked at Zhao Licheng. His curiosity about this person actually exceeded that of the Malevolent Entity. He might as well take advantage of the fact that the Spirit-Commanding Technique was still in effect to get to the bottom of his story.

"Tell me, who are you, and where do you come from?"

Zhao Licheng sat against the wall, tilted his head back, and said: "I am Zhang Jiusheng, the thirty-ninth generation Heavenly Master of the Blood Heart Temple on Tianqi Mountain!"

After finishing.

His expression turned dim.

"In this world, there shouldn't be a Tianqi Mountain..."

"In our world, evil disasters are rampant, monsters are everywhere, and senseless ghosts attack everyone indiscriminately."

"My meager skills aren't even enough to protect myself, let alone go down the mountain to save people. But the Blood Heart Temple and Yingzhou City at the foot of the mountain managed to hold on."

"Because my Blood Heart Temple has an Immortal Talisman left behind by our founder before he ascended. As long as the Immortal Talisman exists, people near Tianqi Mountain can escape danger by praying sincerely for the power of the Immortal Talisman."

"But one day, some strange people came to the Blood Heart Temple."

"They were being hunted by an Evil Spirit and begged before the Blood Heart Temple, saying they only needed to hide in the temple for seven days. I kindly took them in and warned them repeatedly never to touch the Immortal Talisman."

"But on the last day, before they left, they took advantage of my lack of preparation to snatch the Immortal Talisman, used it to kill the lingering Evil Spirit, and then disappeared from the Blood Heart Temple..."

Speaking to this point.

Zhang Jiusheng was furious.

"The Evil Spirit died, and they were saved, but what about my Blood Heart Temple? What about the hundreds of thousands of people at the foot of Tianqi Mountain?"

"They all died, they all died!"

"Then I met that old senior, and he told me about the Juanren. I knew the senior wasn't a good person, and the old me would rather die than associate with him, but what he said was true!"

"My home is already gone; what's the use of sticking to those principles?"

"So when I heard the old senior say that he could bring us, the only survivors, to your world, I agreed without hesitation!"

"Since you Juanren can destroy our world to save your own lives, how could we, who have no home to return to, give up the chance to destroy yours!"

After coming to the real world.

Zhang Jiusheng used the Daoist arts passed down by his sect—life-buying money, skin-painting methods, paper-folding methods... to create one bizarre incident after another. These orthodox Daoist arts seem bizarre, but they don't involve the power of malevolent entities and are very useful for dealing with Juanren.

It's just a pity that Zhang Jiusheng didn't have time to develop, and in his first battle against Juanren, he encountered Wu Xian, Shi Ji, and Yu Rang.

After hearing Zhang Jiusheng's experience.

The three of them all sighed slightly and fell into a long silence.

The Fudi Wu Xian experienced all eventually led to good endings, so he could say he had a clear conscience. But the behavior of Juanren is uncontrollable, and it is also possible to bring disaster to a Fudi.

Perhaps those Juanren had other reasons for using the Immortal Talisman, perhaps it was to save more people, or perhaps it was just to gain greater benefits.

But for Zhang Jiusheng, Juanren were absolute, irreconcilable enemies!

If Wu Xian had the same experience as Zhang Jiusheng, he would probably have done even more extreme things than Zhang Jiusheng.

But Wu Xian was, after all, a person from the real world.

He didn't want to sacrifice himself to let Zhang Jiusheng successfully take revenge.

So Wu Xian only had one choice left.

"I'm sorry, but please, rest in peace."

The Macedonian spear pierced into the center of Zhang Jiusheng's brow.

(End of chapter)