Chapter 111: Tongue Pulling (First Update)

If the leather pill could previously only wrap half a little ghost, now it has become a pouch, able to stuff the entire little ghost inside.

The leather pill flew back, Xu Yuan threw himself into the carriage, and spat another mouthful of fire inside!

Then he manipulated the leather pill, and in no time, he had caught four little ghosts! All were roasting miserably inside the carriage!

Xu Yuan then circulated the fire in his belly again; after reaching the Seventh Flow, he could carefully urge the fire to run beneath the skin of his body, but it still could not enter the meridians.

Thus, he burned and melted all four hand seals on his legs until they dissolved.

Wisps of black smoke drifted out, emitting a nauseating stench!

Xu Yuan stared fiercely at Zheng Rongkui: "You are a soft persimmon!"

Zheng Rongkui could no longer utter any harsh words; these eight little ghosts of his were truly raised at the cost of half his life!

What he sought was terrifying power and bizarre methods.

Yet in such a short while, half had been snatched away by the other party, and most had already been burned to ash!

Zheng Rongkui quietly retreated; I cannot beat you, I admit it!

I have the Haikou Toad to deal with you!

Zheng Rongkui, fierce and venomous, said: "When the Haikou Toad kills you later, I will beg it for your corpse and soul, and refine you into my new little ghost!"

On the other side, the one hundred and twenty ghost soldiers had already charged forward; Lu Zhengyan loved this scene immensely.

Waving his great guan dao, he charged up, shouting loudly to the others: "Do not help! This old man intends to kill to his heart's content!"

A tiger general had plunged into a pack of wolf soldiers!

Lu Zhengyan was also wearing armor, and as a Seventh Flow Wu Xiu, he possessed copper skin and iron bones; the ghost soldiers' blades and spears striking him could only leave a black mark, which would vanish after a few breaths.

One only needed to guard against being shot in the eyes by crossbow bolts.

The great guan dao flew up and down, killing those ghost soldiers until they could no longer maintain their military formation.

But the five-colored poisonous mist had already begun to spread, and it seemed to be growing denser!

Yan Lao calculated a moment, and when that tongue which could cut gold and jade shot forth, he and Fu Jingyu together lifted the guillotine with all their might!

Chaa—

After the guillotine opened, a massive force, in some vague way, seized the tongue, dragging it down to be forced beneath the blade.

The tongue struggled to shrink backward, yet could not escape.

But as the poisonous mist swirled in, if Fu Jingyu and Yan Lao inhaled even a single breath, they would likely collapse into unconsciousness immediately, and slowly turn into a pool of poisonous corpse water in the end!

Old Baiyan held a bow and arrow in his hand; originally intending to support Lu Zhengyan at any moment, he was also forced by the poisonous mist to retreat step by step inward.

"I have a folk remedy for detoxification!" the Old Mountain Runner shouted: "But I do not know if it will work; let us try it anyway!"

Old Baiyan shouted to everyone, then prepared to charge into the poisonous mist, testing the medicine with his own body.

His folk remedy was actually quite miraculous; it could cure almost all strange poisons found in the mountains.

But facing the poison of the Head Monster... he had never tried before whether it would succeed.

If they continued retreating like this, they would be trapped and killed.

Moreover, the Haikou Toad still had another tongue lying in ambush somewhere, and its most treacherous technique, "Four Mouths Melting Metal," had not yet been unleashed.

Xu Yuan suddenly said: "No need, all come to my side."

Xu Yuan suddenly charged at Zheng Rongkui without caring about anything.

Zheng Rongkui had already retreated to the edge of the poisonous mist.

Although Zheng Rongkui felt the Haikou Toad would not poison him to death, he did not know to what extent the Haikou Toad controlled its own poisonous mist, so he dared not rashly retreat into the mist.

If the Haikou Toad could control it precisely, and he retreated over, it would manipulate the poisonous mist to leave him a safe space; that would naturally be best.

What he feared was that it could not achieve this; if he inhaled the poisonous mist, the Haikou Toad might detoxify and save him, but he would still lose half his life.

He had already released all his little ghosts, having already lost half his life; if he was tormented further by the poisonous mist, he truly would not be able to return to the Demon-Extermination Army.

But when Xu Yuan suddenly charged over, Zheng Rongkui's instinctive reaction was: This little rascal has no good intentions!

You really have found a soft persimmon and intend to squeeze the juice out of it!

Zheng Rongkui had not the slightest hesitation, quickly retreating backward into the poisonous mist...

His remaining four little ghosts quickly followed him in.

Xu Yuan rushed toward Zheng Rongkui at the fastest speed—Xu Yuan had two fire wheels beneath his feet, and Zheng Rongkui was carried beneath him by two thirty-foot-tall resentful souls; both sides were very fast, and the distance did not close much.

Xu Yuan felt slightly disappointed, but he could delay no longer; the poisonous mist was approaching rapidly.

Xu Yuan took out Aunt Wang's spleen and smashed it onto the ground.

Boom!

The spleen's temperament transformed into earth qi.

Instantly, within thirty feet, the earth rolled up; this time it did not turn into rock, but merely enveloped everyone inside.

With Xu Yuan's control, no one would suffocate within the soil.

Of course, it would not be comfortable either.

But the poisonous mist was completely pushed away!

Even if the Haikou Toad tried hard to seep in, it could only penetrate a few feet; to seep in completely would require a very long time.

The one hundred and twenty ghost soldiers and the tongue that could cut gold and jade were all stuck.

Under Xu Yuan's control, the locations where they stood all turned into hard rock.

Moreover, the earth qi condensed greatly, pressing them so they could not move.

Xu Yuan checked; Zheng Rongkui had escaped.

Fortunately, among Zheng Rongkui's remaining four little ghosts, three were locked up.

On our side, everyone is here—no, where did Dafu go?

Dafu had been staying right beside everyone all along.

When Xu Yuan released the earth qi, Dafu suddenly leaped alertly, then flew upward.

It didn't like being held in Xu Yuan's arms, and liked even less being held by the entire earth.

Now, Dafu stood on the raised thirty-zhang stretch of ground, its eyes staring blankly and unseeing, not sure what it was looking at.

Xu Yuan ignored Dafu, first vanished over, dragged the three little ghosts into the carriage, spat out several mouthfuls of Fu Zhong Huo, then headed toward the tongue.

The only thing he now worried about was the trick of "Four Mouths Shuo Jin."

The fourth tongue of Haikou Chan should be lying in wait somewhere, ready to suddenly appear and open, delivering a perfect ambush.

Xu Yuan was no longer worried about that tongue.

We're hidden within the earth—you simply can't see us.

Xu Yuan reached the tongue that could sever gold and cut jade, and awkwardly realized that to deal with it, he could only slowly burn it with his abdominal fire.

Too tired.

Xu Yuan went to find Fu Jingyu: "Carry the Dog-Head Guillotine, come with me."

The three of them moved through the earth qi, sneaking up beside the tongue—Fu Jingyu suddenly asked: "Why are we being so sneaky?"

Everyone fell silent, then laughed.

Right—the tongue is trapped, and neither Haikou Chan nor Zheng Rongkui can see us; why are we being so careful?

Crack!

The Dog-Head Guillotine severed the tongue outright!

From within Shenshan came a pained roar, and then Xu Yuan felt the thirty-zhang stretch of earth qi being kicked hard by something.

Boom!

A dull vibration came through, but luckily Wang Sheng's spleen had taken root in the earth and fused with the entire ground—this kick only made everyone feel uncomfortable, causing no harm.

Xu Yuan opened the carriage and shoved the tongue inside, then spat out over ten more mouthfuls of abdominal fire!

The effect of slow burning was excellent.

(End of Chapter)