Chapter 775

No wonder this guy dared to be so arrogant!

That Mountain Immortal, Chen Hui, had already left.

The one truly acting was the Snake God.

Having tested that he had no "Gong Decree," it turned around to surround him.

Li Yan's expression remained unchanged, but he sneered inwardly.

Of course, he still had a Gong Decree. After completing the task of guarding the Flintlock True Monarch in the capital and capturing those Earth Immortals at Mount Tai, although he had consumed five for the "Five Directions Luo Feng Flags" and two more to suppress the "Hundred Ghost Infant Fiends," he still had one left for emergencies.

But using it on these people was clearly unnecessary.

The most critical Chen Hui must still be watching like a tiger eyeing its prey...

Whoosh—!

Before he could think more, the Yin wind around him became even more violent.

The campfire in the camp was blown out directly, and the surroundings were instantly plunged into darkness.

"Wuwu~"

The few children behind were already frightened, and now they struggled even more violently.

Li Yan frowned slightly, and without looking back, he flicked his sleeve.

The children fell to the ground one after another and fainted.

Knocking them out wasn't just because they were in the way; powerful demons and evil spirits could drive these children mad just by their aura, causing them to be infected by evil Qi and attack people indiscriminately.

At the same time, Li Yan turned around and held the Dust-Severing Blade horizontally.

Ding ding ding!

A series of sparks flew as the kunai shot from the fog were all deflected.

It was those three Japanese pirates who, under the coercion of the Huangquan wanderer, had taken the lead in attacking.

Of course, they weren't fools either; having witnessed the terror of the Soul-Severing Flying Daggers, which rivaled flying swords, they didn't dare to get close at all, only having the ninja steal attacks from the dark with throwing stars.

As for the tattered Onmyoji, he took out a wooden monkey bound with straw rope from his bosom, carefully bit his fingertip, and with a face full of cold sweat, drew a talisman on the back of the wooden monkey.

Beside him, a ronin held his sword, pretending to be on guard.

Seeing that wooden monkey, his pupils shrank, and he secretly moved away.

The others didn't know the details, but the ronin knew that this Onmyoji was a wild practitioner of the "Outer Dharma School," having stolen the legendary Shikigami "Wooden Ape Yasha-maru" created by "En no Ozunu" from the Hiyoshi Taisha Shrine on Mount Hiei.

"Yasha" in Buddhism implies a fierce ghost god, and "maru" is a common naming suffix.

Combined, it means "the bound, violent ape-ghost."

Once it lost control, he would also be in trouble.

But what he didn't notice was that the Huangquan wanderer wasn't looking at Li Yan at all, but had his attention entirely on them. Seeing the ninja and the Onmyoji were busy, his sinister eyes stared fixedly at this ronin.

At the same time, he formed seals and chanted, muttering something in his mouth.

Whoosh~

In an instant, a thick, fishy wind surged out from the tomb.

The so-called Snake God had no physical form, which was also the reason why no traces were found in the Zhang family relative's residence.

A chill suddenly rose behind the ronin. As soon as he turned around, his vision became dizzy, and then he fell into a hallucination, as if the world around him had gone silent, and only a pair of giant snake eyes were staring at him.

And in reality, he was motionless.

But a snake-shaped black fog as thick as a bucket surged over, circled in the air, and poured into his mouth. The ronin also began to tremble all over.

Soon, his eyes turned black rapidly, and then yellow snake pupils appeared.

Creak, creak~

The ronin's joints stiffened, like a puppet being manipulated, and he turned slowly.

This guy was no longer human-shaped; his joints twisted strangely in the opposite direction, and the veins under his skin bulged and twisted, like snake-like objects crawling underneath.

Accompanied by the "hissing" sound of a snake tongue flicking, a poisonous smoke actually sprayed from his mouth.

All of this was seen by Li Yan, but he couldn't spare the time to deal with it.

Ding ding, two sounds.

He knocked away the kunai shot by the ninja, and a rumbling sound rose beside him.

Li Yan felt a chill in his heart and turned around hurriedly.

But he saw rolling blood-colored mist surging over, and the stones on the ground along the way shattered with a crackle, as if some invisible giant beast was approaching with the power to shake mountains.

Seeing this, Li Yan's brow furrowed instantly.

It was very difficult for Yin spirits to manipulate objects directly; even if he summoned Underworld Divine Generals, the strongest among them could only lift a small knife—this was the physical law of this world.

If it were in the past, he would definitely have been startled.

But now, with his rich experience, he had immediately spotted the clue.

Pure souls were indeed difficult to use to manipulate objects, but the soul's mental power could influence the Qi of Gang and Sha, or use supernatural abilities to achieve all kinds of incredible things.

Like the one before him, it should be some kind of supernatural ability to manipulate earth and stone.

At the same time, he smelled a foul, fishy wind, very much like the mountain demon he had seen before.

It should be that this type of fierce creature had been refined into a Shikigami.

To be honest, he didn't care about this thing alone; he had plenty of ways to deal with it.

But now, there was more than one attacking him.

In the darkness, a woman's mournful singing voice came faintly:

"Creak, creak, the paper sedan chair is carried across the Naihe Bridge~

New ghosts and old souls are squeezed until their waists break~

Elder sister, walk slowly—

Borrow my skin to paint a beauty's smile!"

The voice was sometimes high, sometimes low, sometimes on the left, sometimes on the right, making it hard to distinguish the direction.

What was even more bizarre was that this voice was like a drill, constantly pouring into his brain. Even with many Dharma artifacts protecting his body, not having his soul controlled, it still made him irritable.

Needless to say, it should be that Qingluo Niang from the Ghost Opera Troupe.

Li Yan swung his blade with his right hand to block the hidden weapons, and flicked his left hand. The Soul-Severing Flying Dagger whistled out again, shooting into the rolling blood-colored mist, stirring it up and down, and he immediately heard the roar of a wild beast.

The Onmyoji's Shikigami was blocked by him, but the real threat was still on the other side.

Creak, creak~

The ronin possessed by the Snake God had his joints constantly twisting, seemingly adapting to this body.

Suddenly, he stopped moving, his cold snake pupils looked toward Li Yan, and a ferocious smile appeared at the corners of his mouth.

Swish!

The sound of wind flashed, and the person had disappeared.

Li Yan felt a great warning in his heart. With a thought, the Thousand-Thought Armguard immediately clattered.

This treasure was originally made by using warp and weft threads to simulate the spiritual apertures of a grotto-heaven, intending to nurture a treasure, but how could humans have the power to overcome heaven? According to Li Yan's estimation, it would take at least a hundred years.

Its greatest use, instead, was similar to an altar, helping him quickly gather the Qi of Gang and Sha.

After being re-refined at the Qiankun Academy, it could also store thunder.

Combined with the original function of the Soul-Hooking Thunder Lock, his thunder techniques no longer needed time to prepare.

Without the slightest hesitation, Li Yan pressed his body down and used a hidden-blade stance. Thunderous light crackled on the Dust-Severing Blade, and then he quickly twisted his body, using a move called "Drawing the Blade to Sever Water," striking out based on his spiritual intuition.

"Go to hell!" he shouted coldly.

Boom!

Thunderous light exploded, as if a small heavenly thunder had fallen.

A large pit appeared on the ground, earth and stone splashed everywhere, and at the same time, a black shadow retreated rapidly.

Bang!

That black shadow directly knocked over a small tree as thick as a bowl, and strangely flipped in the air before landing.

It was the ronin possessed by the Snake God!

His face was twisted, a strange hissing sound came from his mouth, and a blade mark appeared on his chest, with electric light crackling and the smell of burnt meat wafting out.

Although the black fog on his body drifted uncertainly, it was still thick.

Li Yan narrowed his eyes, feeling somewhat surprised.

This Snake God really had some tricks; it hadn't died even after taking a thunder technique.

Hiss, hiss~

The ronin possessed by the Snake God flicked his tongue and crawled slowly on the ground.

Seemingly realizing that Li Yan was sharp in close combat, he no longer approached, but retreated slowly, hiding into the black fog, and with a rustling sound, quickly changed positions among the dense forest and tall grass.

Whoosh~

Suddenly, a foul, fishy wind struck.

But the ronin suddenly poked his head out from the darkness, his mouth torn, almost reaching his earlobes, and a green poisonous mist surged from his throat, spreading rapidly.

Wherever it passed, the wild grass on the ground hissed, actually beginning to wither.

What a powerful poison!

Seeing this, Li Yan's expression changed.

Of course, he wasn't afraid; with the speed at which this poisonous mist spread, it couldn't catch up to his movement technique at all.

But that Snake God was extremely cunning; it was attacking from the rear, and its target was those children.

If Li Yan retreated, none of these unconscious children would survive.

"Nuogao, three stars on the left, three prisons on the right, heaven turns and earth flips, all nine paths are blocked, make you lose your mind, take east for west, take south for north..."

There was no time to think more; he raised his left hand and chanted the spell.