Chapter 142: Assistance from the Mount Langtou Dashan God

The setting sun sank another notch.

The peony flowers, originally bright red, were now tinged with a smear of gold, and the ground was covered in the long shadows cast by their stems.

The giant bear demon's only remaining eye was also growing dim. It struggled to stand, looking ahead, and could see the blurry figure of the Daoist priest and the stone giant under the blinding light of the setting sun.

By now, it had little reason left, its heart filled mostly with ferocity. It just wanted to tear the Daoist to pieces and grind his bones to dust to repay the Many Yaoguai Lord's favor of enlightenment. Seeing a soldier-spirit stumbling toward it nearby, it swatted the spirit away, sending it crashing into the archer. Then, raising its arm to catch an arrow, it roared and charged at the Daoist.

The stone giant charged at almost the same moment.

Lin Jue silently adjusted his position.

Just as he was about to be hit, his figure suddenly flashed to the side, and a loud crashing sound followed.

The stone giant and the giant bear had collided head-on.

"These two..."

One had a head that had been beaten senseless, and the other had a head made of stone to begin with.

Lin Jue flicked his sword, not acting rashly.

Sure enough, the stone giant was knocked backward and fell, but the giant bear merely swayed a few times before standing straight, spinning in circles to search for enemies, clawing wildly.

The gale force of its movements easily shredded the surrounding plants, and for a time, broken flowers, leaves, and soil flew everywhere—it was truly terrifying to behold.

At this moment, the fox and the wolf pack had gone off to catch the mouse. Although the mouse demon knew many spells, its own combat ability was not strong, and it was too busy to worry about itself, let alone persuade Lin Jue, who was frowning.

Lin Jue happened to be fighting the stone giant and the bear demon alone.

Although it looked like he was fighting both, in truth, this stone giant, while formidable-looking, was not suited for a struggle against Lin Jue—especially since Lin Jue had consumed a Many Yaoguai-Shen Shen Xing Dan. The stone giant was strong but clumsy and could hardly cause Lin Jue any harm. Instead, with the mouse demon no longer directing it, Lin Jue used it several times to block the bear demon's attacks.

However, the bean soldiers were very afraid of the stone giant.

One had already been bitten and damaged by the giant bear, and Lin Jue felt a pang of heartache. He repeatedly asked the remaining bean soldiers to avoid the stone giant, fearing they would be smashed to pieces by a single hammer-blow, though they still suffered some injuries.

As more black hairs like steel needles pierced its body and it was grazed several times by the black bear's gale, spitting out two mouthfuls of blood, this seemingly massive and invincible black bear was already covered in wounds. The major wounds were from sword slashes, while the minor ones were mostly from throwing darts, and it had also been smashed twice and rammed once by the stone giant.

It looked as if he had the upper hand.

In reality, this was all built upon one foundation: the medicinal effect of the Many Yaoguai-Shen Shen Xing Dan.

If not for the Many Yaoguai-Shen Shen Xing Dan, he would have been unable to maneuver around the stone giant at all and would have been smashed to death long ago, let alone the more ferocious and agile giant bear.

At this moment, the effect of the Many Yaoguai-Shen Shen Xing Dan had reached its end.

But Lin Jue was not panicked.

A glance from the corner of his eye—

Only half of the setting sun remained on the ground, and the distant mountains appeared pitch black, yet a massive figure was sprinting toward him from atop the mountains.

Before long, the giant bear was at the end of its rope, its offensive clearly not as ferocious as before. However, Lin Jue was also injured, his physical strength was almost exhausted, the effect of the Many Yaoguai-Shen Shen Xing Dan was fading, and the four melee bean soldiers had also lost their combat effectiveness.

If this continued, the outcome remained uncertain.

This giant bear could endure many more slashes and stabs, but if he were caught by it and bitten, he would die on the spot.

Yet, he saw a small deer leaping nimbly from the sea of flowers:

"Fellow Daoist, do not worry..."

The small deer's voice was very light:

"The Dashan God is already on his way. It's just that his venerable self is overly blessed, so he doesn't run fast, but he will be here soon."

Hearing it speak, Lin Jue remembered that this was also a mountain demon that had once drunk the Thousand-Day Wine with him.

Just then, a huge howl was heard.

The sound was like that of a wild boar, shaking the heavens and the earth.

Turning his head to look, amidst the light and shadows of the setting sun, a black-haired wild boar with shoulders as high as a man came sprinting from the direction of the sunset, crashing directly into the stone giant.

Boom!

The stone giant was knocked to the ground, nearly falling apart.

The massive black-haired wild boar stopped in its tracks, panting continuously, and turned to look at Lin Jue.

"Fellow Daoist, I am late!"

It was a very coarse and heroic voice.

Having said this, it couldn't help but glance to the side—

In the distant sea of flowers, a white shadow was leaping out, jumping a man's height before crashing back down to the ground.

"..."

The black-haired wild boar's eyes twitched.

Before it could say anything, the stone giant had already crawled up from the ground, relying on its height being greater than the boar's, and hammered down with a fist. The black bear in the distance also sprinted over, stood on its hind legs, and bit toward the boar's neck.

How could the Dashan God tolerate them?

Naturally, without hesitation, he turned his head and rammed them, his four pig hooves easily kicking up the mud on the ground four or five zhang high.

The Dashan Lord of Mount Langtou from years ago had evidently successfully sought the position of an incense deity and was now the Dashan God of Mount Langtou. The stone giant summoned by the mouse demon was also respectfully called a Dashan God by it. At this moment, it was a genuine Dashan God fighting a fake Dashan God and a ferocious bear demon. In an instant, the three parties were hammering, ramming, biting, and clawing dozens of times.

In such a struggle between giant beasts, every blow was a terrifying confrontation of power, making anyone who saw it feel fearful and unable to help but retreat.

This was the true frontal combat ability of such great demons.

However, the mouse demon in the distance crawled out again, panting but gritting its teeth to hold on, raising its wooden staff:

"Vast firmament, boundless thick earth, the great mountain has power, it can defeat dragons and tigers. Mysterious yellow spiritual rhyme, emerge now, transform into a Dashan God, and assist me."

The wooden staff struck the ground, and another rumbling sound followed.

It had actually summoned another stone giant.

It was just that its normal ability seemed to only allow it to summon one stone giant of that size. Summoning another one now, its size was clearly smaller than the previous one, as if it had reached the limit of its magical power.

Lin Jue could not bear to let the Dashan Lord fight three parties alone, so he gritted his teeth and went forward with his sword, first pushing out a dragon of spiritual fire that rushed toward the stone giant.

The flames immediately outlined the contours of its upper body.

Yet this caused no harm to the stone giant, nor could it make it feel any pain, and it provided no obstruction to its movements or trampling. The stone giant easily charged out of the flames, carrying the fire as it rushed toward him.

Lin Jue nimbly dodged, unhurried, and continued to push the fire.

The stone was soon burned until it was scorching hot.

"Fuyao!"

"Ying?"

The fox, who had been catching mice and enjoying itself in the sea of flowers, poked its head out, looked at Lin Jue, and then leaped toward him.

"Spit cold air, at the head."

"Wu?"

"Of course, spit at its head!"

"Ying~"

The fox flicked its head and looked at the stone giant, not knowing what use spitting cold air at this stone would have, but it did as it was told.

"Hu~~"

A blast of cold air was spat out, hitting the stone giant's head.

Now, this cold air had the power to turn water into ice, but it hadn't played around by spitting at stone walls before, so it naturally knew this was useless against stone. It could be used to freeze mice, insects, and small snakes, but it never expected that as soon as the cold air hit the stone giant's body, it would hear some imperceptible sounds.

It seemed like there was a slight cracking.

"Ying?"

The fox couldn't help but be stunned.

"Continue."

Lin Jue raised his sword and leaped into the air.

Spinning in mid-air, he thrust his sword heavily into the stone giant's skull.

"Ka-bon..."

Under the sword, the skull shattered, and the stone giant disintegrated on the ground.

The fox watched from the side, stunned.

Lin Jue then went to help the Dashan Lord.

"We are here to help you!"

"Fellow Daoist, you just go and slay this bear demon. These few rocks dare to call themselves Dashan Gods? Wait for this lord to smash them to pieces in two or three hits!"

"Dashan Lord, this junior is exhausted. If I face this bear demon, I fear there will be a danger to my life. It is better for us to deal with these rocks."

"Fine!" The wild boar's voice was coarse and deep, and it said, "To prevent them from running! This lord will call some helpers!"

So it looked up and let out a long howl.

From all directions, across dozens of miles of mountains, countless spirits and monsters heard it.

This was the former Dashan Lord of Mount Langtou.

This Dashan Lord was no ordinary Dashan Lord.

He was a very generous Dashan Lord.

As this howl spread, across the mountains under the setting sun for dozens of miles, whether in caves, on big trees, or in the forests, countless demons cast their gaze toward this side.

The mouse demon had only just felt relieved for a short while because the fox had been called away by the Daoist, when it suddenly poked its head out from the ground, eyes wide as it looked in all directions.

The bear demon also seemed to sense something. Panting and covered in wounds, it regained some reason at this moment.

Both demons understood that today they had underestimated both the Daoist's ability and his schemes. They had not expected him to be able to entangle them for so long, nor had they expected him to have helpers in these wild mountains. Today, there was no way they could kill him to take revenge.

The mouse demon immediately had the thought of leaving.

The bear demon was exhausted, its heart filled with despair.

Yet the wild boar had already rammed toward it.

After struggling with the Mount Langtou Dashan God for a moment, as if the heavens were collapsing and the earth shattering, even with the bear demon's ability, it was soon knocked to the ground, losing the power to resist.

Lin Jue followed his previous method, avoiding the stone giant's attacks while gathering the little magical power he had left, using true fire to burn the stone, and then letting the fox spit cold air.

One cold, one hot, and a sword slash.

"Peng..."

The stone giant shattered and disintegrated again.

"Hmm?"

Lin Jue had not yet struck.

He immediately understood—

The mouse demon had run away.

Lin Jue stood up straight and turned to look in all directions, only to see that the setting sun had completely sunk below the horizon. The daylight had dimmed significantly, and all around were peony flowers taller than the mouse demon, dense and thick. How could he find it?

"Fellow Daoist, do not worry. I have already asked the mountain spirits and demons in the area to catch it."

It was unknown when the wild boar had transformed into the Dashan God, still in the form of a sturdy man with a pig's head. He walked over and said to him. Behind him, the bear demon had already fallen to the ground, its chest torn like rags, its life force gone.

"Fellow Daoist, why were you being hunted by them?"

"Many thanks to the Dashan Lord for coming to help! And congratulations to the Dashan Lord for successfully seeking the position of an incense deity!" Lin Jue first expressed his thanks, then replied, "It is a long story. Both of these demons are subordinates of the Corpse Tiger King. The Dashan Lord should be clear about their character. Oh, I should call you Dashan God now."

Lin Jue paused for a moment:

"Because I contributed some effort in the process of the Corpse Tiger King being discovered and suppressed, the mouse demon among these two should be resentful of me for informing Qiyun Dashan, which led to all the mouse demons in Yixian City being wiped out. I don't know what happened with that bear demon, but in any case, they set a trap, tricked me into going home, and tried to intercept and kill me outside the village to take revenge. I escaped at night under the reminder of the village deity. I didn't expect that even after running for hundreds of miles, I would still be caught up to by them. Fortunately, I remembered that there was a Dashan God here. Thanks to the Dashan God's help, otherwise, I would not have escaped this disaster."

Lin Jue bowed deeply.

"You and I also have the friendship of discussing scriptures, no need for thanks." The Dashan Lord returned the bow, much more polite than last time, and then asked with confusion, "This house mouse and black bear are not dogs, and even if they were dogs, they would have to urinate to find their way so far. Hundreds of miles away, how could they catch up to you, Fellow Daoist?"

"This junior does not know."

"Take off your clothes and let me see!"

"Hmm?"

Although Lin Jue was puzzled, he did as he was told.

He untied his Daoist robe and looked carefully.

There was nothing on his chest.

It was just that on his back, where the Daoist himself could not see, there was unexpectedly a bear paw mark, which was rapidly fading with the death of the bear demon.

When the Dashan Lord told Lin Jue, Lin Jue was also very surprised.

"It should be some kind of spell of that bear demon. I don't know when it was placed on you. With this, even if you ran to the ends of the earth, it could catch up to you."

"So that's how it is."

Lin Jue roughly understood in his heart—

It certainly wasn't placed on him by the bear demon personally. If it could place it on him personally, it would have slapped him to death long ago. It was mostly likely brought by that Liu Taihou.

"This spell is quite powerful."

Lin Jue nodded. Although he could relax now, this was not the time to worry about these things. He glanced from the corner of his eye at his own fox, who was running off to bully the bear demon's corpse, and then said to the Dashan Lord:

"To tell you the truth, on the way here, I passed by the foot of Mount Langtou and wanted to visit the Dashan God. Since we met now, I happen to have a question I would like to ask the Dashan God."

"What question?"

The Dashan God seemed as if he really didn't know. ===== CHAPTER 143 =====