Chapter 354: Chapter 243: Weirdness in the Mountain, Demon Tree!
Deep in the mountains, old forests.
The fight of the Snake Demon.
Yin energy and demonic aura filled the mountains and forests!
The appearance of a lovely girl in a place like this seemed utterly unreasonable.
But Xu Yang was not too surprised.
Because he could tell at a glance that the girl was not human.
“Shapeshifter Demon?”
At one side, Liu Shishi’s face slightly changed as she said in surprise, “Is there really a Shapeshifter Demon in Helan Mountain? No…if there’s a Shapeshifter Demon in Helan Mountain, how dare that giant rat claim to be a king before?”
Demons and ghosts are different.
Only when they cultivate to the “Shapeshifter Realm” can they transform into humanoid forms.
And the “Shapeshifter Realm” of a demon is comparable to the Land Immortal of martial arts, similar to Daoist True Monarchs. Like the Huishan Demon, as a “Demon King,” he still appeared as a giant rat.
Of course.
There are also exceptions.
Some heavenly treasures or special Daoist Arts can allow demons to transform early. For example, Xiao Miao, whose cultivation was similar to the Huishan Demon, could transform into a human form after practicing the Daoist Arts taught by Yue Niang.
“It shouldn’t be a Shapeshifter Demon, perhaps it transformed after eating some kind of heavenly treasure… But we can’t underestimate it.”
Xu Yang didn’t dare to activate his Dharma Eye to see.
The scene of the girl just transforming into a demonic wind was very powerful. Even though it was not a “Shapeshifter Demon,” its strength was ten or dozens of times stronger than the Huishan Demon. Opening his Dharma Eye would surely alert her.
“Quite interesting!”
Xu Yang whispered, “Before my seclusion in Helan Mountain, I had wandered through numerous forests and never discovered so many demons, let alone any traces of powerful demons… What’s more, the commotion I made during my breakthrough was so huge that if there really was an expert of this caliber in Helan Mountain, they would definitely not have sat idly by.”
He took Liu Shishi’s hand.
The man and ghost both quietly left the forest.
At this point, Xu Yang wasn’t overly concerned about the so-called “Xi Xia treasure.”
What intrigued him more was, what exactly had happened in Helan Mountain?
Why did it catalyze so many demons in just eight or nine days?
Xu Yang climbed up to the top of a mountain, looking towards the depths of Helan Mountain. However, fog covered the depths of Helan Mountain, making it difficult to see its true appearance.
Liu Shishi flew high into the sky, looking into the distance and said, “Husband, the Yin energy and demonic aura are even denser in the depths of Helan Mountain!”
“It seems that the source of the change lies in the depths of Helan Mountain… Let’s go and take a look!”
With his high level of skill and courage, Xu Yang immediately headed towards the depths of Helan Mountain.
Gradually, the sky grew dim.
Even though it was noon, the feeling inside the forest was like the night was about to fall.
Looking up at the sky.
The clouds shrouded the sky, making it hard for sunlight to penetrate. Through the clouds, the sun seemed to have turned red.
Suddenly, Liu Shishi said, “Husband, look quickly… there’s a Daoist talisman on this tree!”
Xu Yang looked closely and saw half of a Daoist talisman hanging on the tree.
The lower part of the talisman had been burned, while the upper part was on the tree trunk. Xu Yang went forward, removed the talisman and said with a glance, “This is an Evil-warding Talisman…”
“Husband is amazing.”
Liu Shishi said, “By just looking at half a talisman, you can determine its origin?”
No way!
Xu Yang chuckled and said,
“Usually, a talisman has an upper and lower structure, consisting of three parts. The upper part is the talisman head, the lower part is the talisman foot, and the middle part contains talisman characters, stars, cloud seals, divine images, and spirit diagrams… This is the talisman heart, also called talisman essence.”
The talisman heart is the core of a talisman.
In the Daoist Collection of Secret Scriptures, there is a saying, “Making talismans without knowing the essence leads to the ridicule of ghosts and gods; With the knowledge of the talisman essence, one can shock ghosts and gods.”
This saying illustrates the importance of the “talisman heart.”
As a ghost, she was very interested in Daoist talismans.
Liu Shishi pointed at the half-talisman in Xu Yang’s hand and asked, “How did husband know this is an Evil-warding Talisman?”
“Because this talisman was made by me!”
Xu Yang looked around and indeed found traces of a fight.
On one of the tree trunks, there were several bullets embedded.
Xu Yang punched through the tree trunk, took out the bullets, and immediately recognized them as the special bullet heads often used by the Spirits Management Bureau to deal with Yin spirits and malevolent beings. They were made of special materials and had a strong restraining effect on them.
“It seems that the Silver City branch has discovered the abnormalities in Helan Mountain and sent people to investigate.”
Xu Yang thought as he proceeded.
Just then…
Bang!
A gunshot suddenly came from the front, followed by a “boom” of an explosion.
Xu Yang and Liu Shishi looked at each other and swiftly ran towards the depths of the forest.
The fog ahead became thicker, the trees larger, and the Yin energy and demonic aura heavier. They were now closer to the “Primitive Forest” park in Helan Mountain. However, the once “Primitive Forest” park was now full of dangers.
In the tree crowns, demons were hiding.
In the corners where sunlight could not reach, Yin spirits resided.
Three Spirit Management Bureau staff members were trapped in the fog, their backs against each other, holding guns and cautiously watching their surroundings. Their faces were tense and full of fear.
At their feet lay two corpses.
These were their comrades who had died in the previous two waves of “malevolent beings invasion”!
“Break out!”
“We must break out!”
A middle-aged man with an impressive presence, holding a silver pistol in one hand and a knife in the other, shouted hoarsely: “When that thing comes out, I’ll hold it off! You all scatter and run, save as many as you can! We must inform Director Chen about the situation in Helan Mountain!”
“Captain, if we leave, we leave together!”
“If we die, we die together!”
The other two, however, seemed resolute in their fate.
The middle-aged man spat out blood, cursing: “Damn it… Don’t forget, we were ordered to enter the mountain… If we don’t inform Director Chen about the situation in Helan Mountain soon, the towns nearby will suffer when the Yin spirits, malevolent beings, and demons inside burst out… Remember, you must break out! This is an order!”
Wooo!
Just then, a sudden gust of Yin wind blew past.
Immediately following, a rustling sound came from the woods, like something was crawling rapidly across the ground or like tree leaves being blown by the Yin wind.
Suddenly.
With a muffled “bang,” the ground cracked, and a withered yellow tree root burst out from underground. It rushed toward the middle-aged man like a snake.
The tree root appeared like a snake, its shape resembling a palm and its claws spread out. It broke through the air, even producing an explosive sound!
Carrying a gun in one hand and a knife in the other, the middle-aged man shouted: “Damn, you scared me!”
As he said this, his right finger pulled the trigger, and with a bang, a bullet engulfed by a flame shot out of the muzzle. His left hand flipped, and his long knife emanated a layer of fire, slashing towards the withered tree root-like claw!
Crack!
The tree root was severed.
However, the next moment…
Bang, bang, bang, bang!!!
Several consecutive sounds came, and more and more “tree roots” popped out from the ground all around them.
“Looks like we can’t escape…”
One of the men sneered: “Captain, today I’ll fight by your side one more time… Huh?”
He stopped talking abruptly, only to see the “tree roots” pause for a while and then recede like a receding tide.
In the fog.
Two hazy silhouettes emerged.
“Damn it!”
“What the hell is this?”
“If only I knew the Dao of Wind, I’d definitely blow a strong gust to disperse this damn fog…”
Their grumblings reached the ears of the three Spirit Management Bureau staff members!
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PS: The second update is here. The child will probably be discharged from the hospital tomorrow, and then the updates will resume.