Chapter 80: The Have-a-Pawnshop

These cattle and sheep, which originally looked docile, began to turn ferocious and terrifying as they started to stampede.

"Rumble~"

A massive number of hooves trampling on the bluestone slabs of the street created quite a commotion; it looked as if the old Daoist priest opposite was about to be knocked head over heels by these crazed cattle and sheep.

However, suddenly, blurry ghostly shadows appeared quietly behind the old Daoist priest.

These ghostly shadows looked like soldiers from a battlefield, each one appearing to be a veteran who had experienced a hundred battles.

Long spears were like a forest, along with blades, swords, axes, and shields; the armor on their bodies looked worn by the fires of war.

Accompanying the appearance of these ghost soldiers, an aura of iron-blooded, cruel, and sharp power spread throughout the entire street.

"Bang! Bang!"

"Kill! Kill! Kill!"

The sound of massive shield-bashing and battle cries resounded through the clouds, and then the military formation collided with the cattle and sheep driven by the shepherd.

"Boom~"

"Baa~ Moo~"

"Rumble~ Crack~"

Under the shepherd's urging, those cattle and sheep grew fangs, their horns became exceptionally sharp, their bodies bulged with lumps of muscle, and their eyes turned red, with large amounts of white vapor spraying from their mouths and noses.

Just by looking at their appearance, these cattle and sheep had already turned into some kind of monster, and at this moment, upon colliding with the military formation summoned by the old Daoist priest, they instantly erupted with immense destructive power.

But the ghost soldiers were even more fearless and undying; as layers upon layers of soldiers continuously filled the gaps, the speed of the constantly charging cattle and sheep became slower and slower.

Afterwards, one ghost soldier after another used chains and nets to forcibly suppress and drag away these crazed cattle and sheep, without killing them directly on the spot.

Seeing the situation reverse, the shepherd was not only unconcerned but instead grinned.

He whipped his lash without a care, and the shepherd's whip in his hand instantly grew longer, lashing out toward the military formation.

"Defend! Boom!"

But the next moment, shield after shield was instantly raised, turning into an iron wall; however, the power carried by that whip was too terrifying, and upon the very first collision, a large number of soldiers were directly whipped away.

Even more bizarrely, after these whipped-away soldiers climbed back up, they actually began to launch attacks directly at the other soldiers around them.

The shepherd's whip possessed the ability to control others, and the soldiers, who were originally brimming with fighting spirit and fearless of death, immediately fell into a state of chaos.

"Hehe, you old mongrel, these beasts are all to be sold to the pawnshop; how could they be things you can forcibly take away?"

As these soldiers fell into a mess, a bizarre smile instantly appeared on the shepherd's dirty face.

"Snap! Snap! Snap!"

Having said that, the shepherd lashed his whip three times fiercely, and those cattle and sheep that had originally been subdued immediately began to struggle desperately.

On the bodies of the cattle and sheep, a faintly scarlet character for "Pawn" emerged, as if some kind of power was forcibly interfering.

"You unconscionable beast!"

Seeing this scene, the old Daoist priest appeared even more furious; he held a peach-wood sword with both hands and bowed three times toward the incense burner and spirit tablet in front of him.

"Su Fangzhi, thirty-second generation disciple of Profound Virtue Mountain, respectfully requests the Profound Heaven Dao Venerable to intervene and assist!"

As his voice fell, the energy of the entire street seemed to begin to undergo some kind of change.

The already dark street became even darker, and there was a faint, chilling wind from the underworld blowing through; a terrifying existence that made one's hair stand on end was descending upon this place.

Suddenly, something seemed to appear in the sky; Lin Feng looked up toward the top and instantly widened his eyes.

It was a hand, and it was a hand terrifying to the extreme.

The entire palm blotted out the sky and sun, and the palm was covered everywhere with signs of decay and dark green; this was not the hand of a living person at all, but the hand of a corpse!

But just such a hand gave Lin Feng a feeling of indescribable shock—impossible to contend with! Impossible to block!

"Ding~ Pitter-patter~"

However, at this very moment, a series of abacus sounds rang out, and at some unknown time, a shop suddenly appeared on one side of the street.

This shop also looked exceptionally old, with blackened door panels half-covering the entrance, and dim yellow light seeping out from inside the shop.

"Living people pawn for the dead, dead people pawn for the living."

"You bring nothing in life, you take nothing in death."

"Have-a-Pawnshop."

Hanging in front of this shop were red lanterns completely different from other shops; under the eerie light of these red lanterns, the couplets and the plaque on both sides of the storefront quietly emerged.

After this pawnshop appeared, it immediately began to contend with that giant hand in the sky; in the dark, it seemed as if two terrifying powers were clashing, yet it did not affect the surroundings of the street.

"Hahaha, the pawnshop is here!"

"Old mongrel, daring to ruin my good deed, today I must sell you as well!"

Noticing the appearance of this pawnshop, the shepherd seemed extremely delighted, laughing loudly as he waved his whip again.

"Snap! Snap!"

Accompanying two cracks of the whip, a leather bag on his body began to grow larger, and things that were neither human nor beast continuously crawled out from inside it.

These things looked like human shapes, but they were covered in long hair, and their faces were also some kind of twisted livestock; they gave the feeling of things that were forcibly blended together from humans and livestock.

"Moo~"

"Bang! Bang!"

However, the strength of these bizarre things was not weak, and with a howl, they immediately charged toward the old Daoist priest in front.

These bizarre things that were neither human nor beast were covered in weapons, and they were also able to devour armored soldiers, each one appearing crazy and powerful.

Seeing this situation, the old Daoist priest immediately ignited several talismans, then waved the peach-wood sword in his hand repeatedly, controlling the remaining soldiers to resist while summoning more reinforcements to defend.

"Kid! Why haven't you made a move to help me yet!"

"The old Daoist is currently having the Dao Venerable take action and cannot be distracted!"

Just as Lin Feng was watching the spectacle, the old Daoist priest's voice suddenly came to his ears; the other party seemed to have used some kind of technique to communicate with him directly.

"Why should I, Old Sun, make a move?"

Lin Feng rolled his eyes; to tell the truth, he had been watching the commotion for a long time and still hadn't figured out what was actually going on!

"I shall let you know, this goat herder is a notorious beast-shaping thief; these cattle and sheep are actually all living people!"

"This scoundrel turns living people into cattle and sheep, then drives them to the Ghost Market to pawn them as dead pledges in exchange for ghost money. I, this old Daoist, have followed him all the way here and have already seen countless villages and towns fall victim to his harm!"

As the old Daoist's words reached Lin Feng's ears, they immediately made him understand the cause and effect.

No wonder this old Daoist had been shouting and acting as if he wanted to kill the goat herder the moment he appeared.

"If I, Old Sun, take action, what kind of benefits can you offer?"

Lin Feng looked at the giant hand in the sky and the even more bizarre Yijian Pawnshop beside it, thought for a moment, and then asked him this.

"..."

The old Daoist clearly had not expected that after wasting so much breath, he would receive such a reply.

"I, this old Daoist, possess no wealth, but I have a few talisman techniques I can pass on to others. If you wish to learn, I can teach you!"

However, right now, the goat herder was continuously driving those human-like yet non-human eerie things to charge at the old Daoist, while all of his own energy was focused on driving that giant hand to contend with the pawnshop, making it difficult for him to counterattack.

"Talisman techniques?"

Upon hearing this, Lin Feng thought it over but couldn't tell if it was worth it; however, it was clear that if the old Daoist were defeated, the goat herder and the pawnshop's next target would likely be him.

"Forget it, I'll break the stalemate first!"

After a moment of thought, Lin Feng waved his hand, and the Shadow Ghost Domain spread out beneath his feet, with a large number of heavy-armored paper figures emerging from the shadows.

"Kill!"

"Crack! Crack!"

Following Lin Feng's order, these heavy-armored paper figures immediately raised their war blades and charged toward the goat herder.

Each one was clad in thick armor, with strength comparable to a Grandmaster; acting in unison, they were a true wall of iron!

The moment these heavy-armored paper figures made contact with those human-like yet non-human monsters, they erupted with terrifying destructive power.

The war blades swung in unison, and a large number of severed limbs were hacked off, though those human-like yet non-human monsters were clearly ghosts themselves, and could continue to move even after being severed.

"You dare!!"

The goat herder, who had been swinging his whip to close in on the old Daoist, suddenly noticed Lin Feng attacking from behind and was instantly enraged.

He then backhanded a whip toward Lin Feng; the power of this whip was extraordinary, and while still in mid-air, the whip began to rapidly grow longer and larger.

However, faster than his movements was Lin Feng, whose Ruyi Golden Cudgel instantly elongated and stabbed directly toward the goat herder.

At the same time, clusters of terrifying golden ghost fire spread out toward the surroundings with Lin Feng as the center.

Once these flames landed among the human-like yet non-human eerie things beside the goat herder, it was as if they had encountered dry tinder, instantly bursting into sparks and burning wildly.

"Bang!"

In mid-air, the Ruyi Golden Cudgel collided with the whip, and the whip coiled around the Ruyi Golden Cudgel like a spirit snake.

Then, a massive force was transmitted from the whip; the opponent seemed to want to forcibly snatch the Ruyi Golden Cudgel from Lin Feng's hand.

But he clearly miscalculated Lin Feng's strength; as Lin Feng leaped up and jumped directly onto the goat herder's head, the Ruyi Golden Cudgel in his hand was also forcibly raised by Lin Feng and smashed down fiercely toward him.

"Hehe, take a taste of my, Old Sun's, cudgel!"