Chapter 1657: Vicious Entity

"Do you want to die? This thing is very vicious; it is the very ghost you all worship," Chen Yu shouted. "You have invisibly fueled his arrogance, and now he has gained enough momentum that even someone like Huang Jue is controlled by him. How many lives do you think you have to throw away on this?"

"He is Qingtian Yilang?" Chuan Naizi was shocked. She looked at the person in armor before her in disbelief. She recalled that after Qingtian died, the armor passed down by the family had covered his body, and then they were cremated together.

She did not expect that he could still maintain the appearance he had at the time of his death, which left her stunned.

"Who else could it be?" Chen Yu said helplessly. "Alright, we have another fight on our hands today."

"Heh heh, I didn't expect you to see through it." The armored man's voice was hoarse, and his eyes were two clusters of eerie ghost fire.

"There are still many things you wouldn't expect; it's nothing strange that I saw through it." Chen Yu spread his hands and said, "It's just that since your Possession failed, tearing apart someone else's body is a bit excessive, isn't it?"

"Heh heh, I was never a kind soul to begin with. Since this body is of no use to me anymore, I might as well destroy it; that fits my persona, doesn't it?" The two clusters of ghost fire floating in the void that served as the armored man's pupils shrank slightly.

"You are... Pingchuan Yilang?" Chuan Duozi looked at the armored man before her in shock. She had heard a lot about Pingchuan Yilang.

The person in front of her—or rather, the ghost—was revered by their Fusang as a War God and a hero.

Some extreme warmongers had turned his deeds into stories, which were widely circulated.

Moreover, people from opposing factions had enshrined his ashes in a temple and built a Relic Pagoda.

She never expected that he, who had been worshipped with incense and offerings in the temple for years, would actually gain such momentum now.

"No need to doubt it, it is him," Chen Yu said indifferently. "Other spirits don't have such strong baleful energy as he does; this is the consequence of him killing countless people."

Yes, Pingchuan Yilang could also be called a god-slaughterer, because during the war, he frequently slaughtered villages and cities. Even after the war was lost and he surrendered, he remained in Huaxia, roaming around and killing people.

It wasn't until one time, when sixteen members of a mountain village were all killed, that the Huaxia leadership was extremely furious and dispatched a temporarily formed special operations team, vowing to capture him regardless of the cost.

However, at that time, they were in the post-war reconciliation stage with Fusang, and this guy was also seriously injured, so the Huaxia side just went with the flow and did a favor by sending him back.

But this guy died suddenly on the way due to his severe injuries. Unexpectedly, he was enshrined in a temple and, through the baptism of the scriptures of that old monk Huang Jue, his soul actually condensed into a physical form, and he was full of viciousness.

"Right, I don't deny my identity; I am Pingchuan Yilang." The armored man laughed. He slowly removed the mask from his face, and his face was shockingly devoid of features.

Only two eyes like ghost fire floated above his head, looking extremely eerie.

"Why did you become like this?" Chuan Naizi looked at Pingchuan Yilang in disbelief; she felt as if her whole being was falling apart.

"Because I was enshrined here, I had my own place to stay, and I was worshipped with scriptures and incense every day, so my soul was able to grow stronger day by day and become a physical entity," Pingchuan Yilang laughed.

"Who enshrined your remains here?" Chuan Naizi gritted her teeth and said, "You still can't change your true nature."

"True nature? What is true nature? It's just killing," Pingchuan Yilang laughed wildly. "What are you thinking? Do you think I would change my true nature? Heh heh, now that I have broken through and established myself, I have become an existence like a Ghost King in this world. Speaking of which, I have to thank you all."

"Thank you for casting me as a hero, letting my deeds spread far and wide, and then I invisibly obtained a lot of Faith Power."

Pingchuan Yilang was very smug. He opened his arms and took a greedy, deep breath: "The reason I have today is largely thanks to you."

"So this is how you repay these people? If it weren't for them, you would have long since been reduced to ashes," Chuan Naizi said sternly.

"What is the point of saying these things to him?" Chen Yu said somewhat helplessly. "He is inherently an existence devoid of humanity. Your people fueled his arrogance and allowed him to grow directly."

"Now the first thing he does upon coming out is to devour and replenish himself; such consequences are all caused by you yourselves."

Chuan Naizi lowered her head; regarding this matter, she really didn't know what to say.

"Haha, you know me quite well. Are you Huaxia?" Pingchuan Yilang looked at Chen Yu with interest: "Your strength is very high; it would be great if I could possess you."

"You're dreaming," Chen Yu glanced at him and said, "In my eyes, you are just a mass of Qi. You were only able to trade a few blows with me just now by borrowing Huang Jue's body and strength. Now, wanting to destroy you is just a matter of a single thought."

"Heh heh, are you Huaxia people all so fond of bragging?" Pingchuan Yilang laughed wildly: "Do you know how many people I killed in your Huaxia back then?"

"A pregnant woman, I would cut open her belly, and the child inside was already fully formed."

"Half-grown children, strong men, farmers, merchants—those unbridled years, I truly miss them."

Chen Yu stared at Pingchuan Yilang, a chill erupting in his eyes. He knew that Pingchuan Yilang was deliberately trying to provoke him.

"Anything else?" Chen Yu suddenly smiled, but the chill on his face did not diminish in the slightest.

"Too many, far too many. I did so many evil things back then. I knew I wouldn't have a good ending, so I simply became an evil person," Pingchuan Yilang laughed. "Facts have proven that I was right."

"If I had turned over a new leaf, I would have been dragged through the streets by you, pelted with rotten eggs, and then forced to kneel and admit to all my previous faults. Rather than that, why should I make myself miserable?"

Pingchuan Yilang muttered, "So I decided to walk this path to the end, to walk it to the very end, and I will not accept any kindness."

"For you, this choice is indeed correct," Chen Yu nodded, then he smiled: "But so what? Your Black Lotus Heart has not yet fully formed, and your range of activity is limited to this temple; you cannot leave this place at all."

"With you here, won't this Black Lotus Heart be formed?" Pingchuan Yilang laughed wildly. He looked at Chen Yu with interest: "You Huaxia Dharma Cultivators know how to temper the body; through this method, you can make yourselves even stronger."

"And while you become stronger, you also make your physical bodies even more powerful, so you are simply prey that has delivered itself to my door."