Beneath the surface, which mortals cannot see.
Several rays of divine light burst out from the roof of the dilapidated temple, passed over the city wall, and in the criss-crossing streets and alleys inside, lights lit up in the darkness, and a chaotic wave of sound resounded.
"The dragon is turning over!" "Get out of the house, don't hide at home!" "Look up at the sky."
"What the hell is that, it's so long—"
"Could it be a dragon..." "How can a dragon have so many long legs!!"
"What a sin! Last time a god was running wild on the streets, how come there is another monster this big!!"
The chaotic streets were filled with crowded figures. Trying to endure their pounding hearts, countless eyes looked over the towering city walls. Under the frosty moonlight, a black shadow meandered in the sky.
“Hiss~~”
The long chirping of insects could be heard from far away, and could be clearly heard even ten miles away. It frightened everyone so much that their faces turned pale, and the timid women and children would run straight into the house.
Twenty or thirty miles eastwards, the long body of the dancing dragon in the night sky, there are also secluded mountain gates among the low foothills, but they are all small gates and courtyards. Sensing the majestic demonic energy hovering over the capital, several people have rushed there madly. Among them is a man with a tiger forehead and thick beard, carrying a long and wide sword case on his back.
A half moon shone through the forest. The speed of the magic used by the few people was getting faster and faster. When they approached that place, the startled birds flew away one after another. The evil spirit they felt was unimaginable. On the way, a companion shouted, "There is movement ahead."
I saw more than ten figures running out in panic. They were a group of mortal warriors. The man with thick beard and box waved his hand to let them pass. One of the women ran a few steps and looked back.
"There are monsters over there, don't go there, or you will die!"
Among the few people, the big man with thick beard snorted.
"It's just an evil way. We cultivators should stop it with our lives!"
A person who practices Taoism
The woman was none other than Min Yuerou. When Pu Du Ci Hang's true body broke out of the ground, she and a group of guards and cavalrymen from the arrest department fled in this direction in panic. They couldn't even find a human body, let alone reveal their true form.
Watching the few cultivators leaving, Min Yuerou bowed to them and also bowed to Lu Liangsheng who remained there.
"Hopefully he'll be okay..."
I ran out of the woods and onto the road outside. When I looked back, the long body that was winding under the clear moon suddenly let out a long hiss and swooped down upwards. A strong wind blew down, and the surrounding leaves swayed wildly. With a few crackling sounds, the tree trunk broke abruptly and fell down piece by piece.
The Taoist bit his fingertips, wrote runes on his palms, and waved them away at the long shadow falling straight down from the sky.
"Stop! Stop! Stop..."
The huge insect body was swaying and its centipedes were dancing, but it was not affected at all. Sun Yingxian tilted her head and shouted, "Fuck you, why is it useless!!"
His body was bent by the strong wind, and he sat on the ground, then rolled and crawled several feet away.
Lu Liangsheng waved his wide sleeves, pointed his finger at the tumbling figure, and used the Mountain and Rock Technique on the Taoist to stabilize him. At this moment, a sound suddenly rang out in the woods.
"My two Taoist friends, don't panic—"
With a long shout, in the scholar's peripheral vision, a group of five people, each holding a magical weapon on their backs, moved very quickly. The man with a tiger forehead and thick beard who was leading the group slapped the wooden box on his back, and rushed out with a flash of sword.
The four people on both sides of him, with magical weapons in their hands shining, leaped into the air to meet and attack the centipede monster that was falling straight into the night sky. Rays of magical light hit the centipede's hard shell, making a series of banging sounds.
"Don't get too close to it!" Lu Liangsheng shouted without keeping calm.
Puff puff puff…
The long beard of the link fluttered, sweeping across several figures in the air. A blood mist exploded and spread in the moonlight. The man carrying the box blocked it with his sword, and flew back like a cannonball. Lu Liangsheng rushed over and raised his hand to support him in the air, reducing some of the force for him, but he still crashed into a tree, tumbled twice, and fell heavily to the ground.
Seeing that the big man on the ground was still struggling, Lu Liangsheng gritted his teeth, moved away from where he was standing, and at the moment he told the Taoist to leave, he stepped onto the tree, causing the branches and leaves to shake violently.
The moment the falling insect body hit the ground, he jumped directly on it. With the few copper coins left in his sleeve pocket, he summoned his magic light and bombarded the body with a bang.
The copper coin hit the insect shell, shattering and flying. The Dharma light and sparks flashed like a rainstorm, and the illuminated black insect shell finally cracked into a fine line.
“Hiss~~”
The insect's body swung wildly, and golden light shone from the fine lines. Lu Liangsheng let out a low roar of "Haa--" and the last copper coin suddenly hit it.
Touched by golden light.
boom-
Pu Du Ci Hang paused in mid-air. Above it, the scholar’s figure fell down. The swinging long beard hit him in the waist. His body turned and flew out sideways.
"Old Lu!"
The Taoist held the bronze mirror in his mouth and ran away as fast as he could. The Taoist reached out to grab it. In a flash of lightning, the old donkey came running with its hooves spread out, leaped into the air, and turned its body horizontally to use as a cushion to block its master who was flying backwards. They collided with a bang and fell to the ground and rolled.
In the woods.
The Toad Taoist ran out of the edge of the building, panting, with his flippers clattering as his webbed feet stepped through the thick layer of fallen leaves. His tongue hung out of the corner of his mouth as he gasped.
Listening to the bulging belly, his eyes swept across the huge centipede that was floating and winding, and finally fell on the figure rolling with the old donkey, and red dots appeared in the toad's eyes.
"Liangsheng!!!"
With a loud shout, he spread out his short legs and started running. An evil aura emanated from his whole body. He stared at the winding body of the insect, kicked up his webbed feet, and jumped high.
"Old man, I'll eat you!!!"
The toad's head swelled up instantly, increasing more than ten times its size, and it suddenly opened its mouth and bit it.
In front, behind the long body of Pu Du Ci Hang, which was swimming towards the man and the donkey on the ground, its tail was suddenly held by something. With a crackling sound, the tail broke and severe pain came.
A toad that seemed to have only a head, with an extremely huge head, bit its butt tightly, and one of its tail whiskers was broken under the bite.
"hiss-"
"It's you again, Toad!!"
Before it transformed into a dragon, one of its whiskers had already been cut off. Even if it could fly to the sky in the future, it would not be perfect. Its furious roar shook the entire field. Its densely packed long legs were suspended in the air and its long body was swinging wildly. All the tall trees were broken by its impact.
The Taoist Toad who was biting on the tail had his eyes bulged, and under the impact, he flew far away and fell into the ruins of the collapsed altar, and slammed heavily on the broken stone slabs. His limbs were stretched out, and his tongue shot out, stretched straight in the air, and finally fell and stuck to the white belly.
Lu Liangsheng got up from the ground, his hair was disheveled, his clothes were torn, and there was blood at the corner of his mouth. In his eyes he saw a short figure passing through the moonlight and falling into the ruins.
"Master—"
Yuelong was shaking wildly in the sheath. The scholar roared, stepped on the old donkey's forehead, and rushed over.
Pu Du Ci Hang turned his huge red head, and his pair of long beards danced. One of the beards was missing a piece, which was exactly what was cut off by the scholar when he used the mountain god's inscription.
Seeing Lu Liangsheng rushing towards them with a sword in hand, densely packed centipedes stepped through the air and meandered towards him, their scarlet eyes like two lanterns shaking, revealing a hint of excitement.
"Come on... draw your sword and cut it down..."
In the distance, a red head was shaking and several rays of divine light were flying from the direction of Tianzhi City.
“Haha… showing my demon form will indeed attract you all. However, tonight I will let you watch how a demon with the Tao can perform the Nine Heavens Dragon Roar!”
A divine light flashed, and above the devastated forest, five figures appeared. They were dressed in silk robes, with tall and straight postures, sword-like eyebrows slanted in their temples, their hair tied up and wearing crowns. With the hem of their robes lowered, their cloud-patterned shoes seemed to be walking on the ground, suspended above the woods.
"This great monster has been lurking in the south of the Yangtze River for so long, and it has not been discovered. This is all Yu's fault."
In one hand he held a fake imperial seal, in the other a tiger talisman.
"Masters, hurry up and help that mortal cultivator to capture this evildoer!"
The city gods, each holding a magic weapon, took charge of their own duties. They received orders and transformed themselves into magic lights to instantly go around the fighting monsters and humans, using magic spells to create a magic net that intertwined and covered them.
…
The ruins collapsed and the bricks and stones rustled down.
The short figure that was sticking to the stone slab moved, and there was a bang-bang sound. The closed toad eyes trembled and slowly opened.
What was reflected in front of his eyes was a huge centipede sweeping away the scholar in white and green robes.
"Liang Sheng..."
The Toad Taoist propped up the stone slab with his webbed feet and sat up. In his field of vision, he saw the scholar being knocked flying, his blood splashing in an arc in the cold moonlight, reflecting in his eyes, which was extremely dazzling.
In the clearest memory.
It was as if he was back to that fiery night on the hillside. The pale-faced boy with blood flowing from his mouth and nose smiled innocently in front of him.
The boy said: "... You are my master, I can't just ignore you."
Memories flooded back, and Toad Taoist dragged his weak body to his feet, looked at his disciple who was flying backwards to the ground, and closed his eyelids.
… You are my only disciple.
…
"Mortal cultivator, please step back. I, the City God of Tianzhi, will capture this monster!"
Under the divine net of woven Dharma lights and with the sound of dragging iron chains, the four chief judges trapped Pu Du Ci Hang. From a distance, the Taoist rolled and crawled to the side, lifted the nearly unconscious scholar on the ground onto his legs, and patted his face with his hands.
"Old Lu..."
"Mr. Lu!" "Goody-goody! Don't fall asleep-"
Seeing an old monk slowly walking out of the forest, Sun Yingxian knelt on the ground, hugged Lu Liangsheng and shouted at him:
"Master, help me!"
Over there, Zhenkong looked at Pu Du Ci Hang who was entangled by the Dharma Light, then looked at the ruins over there, bowed and shook his head.
"Everything has its own cause and effect."
"Can you f*cking say I can understand you?"
Gulp—
The Taoist roared, his face suddenly froze. Amid the roar of the fight, a different sound was heard.
Over there, Pu Du Ci Hang was swinging his long body wildly, with peaceful Buddha light emanating from his body, tearing the densely interwoven Dharma net into pieces, and raised half of his body to roar towards the sky.
There was a loud explosion, and the four chief judges flew backwards together, their souls condensed by their willpower were in motion.
Just at this moment.
Guagua—
A toad's cry rang out between heaven and earth, causing the Tianzhi City God, who was about to take action, to frown and look in the direction of the sound with his handsome face.
The evil spirit was in the air, even more intense than that of Pu Du Ci Hang.
"Another... a big demon."
Lu Liangsheng, who was leaning on the Taoist's legs, opened his eyes, propped himself up, and looked in one direction.
“…Master.”
Guagua—
The toad's croaking sounded like morning bells and evening drums, resounding in the cold moonlight. The Toad Taoist's cheeks bulged and contracted, and he walked out step by step with his webbed feet.
"I am... but I am close to the existence of the demon king. In the past, several major sects also fled in disgrace at my hands... "
The toad looked at the long worm that had broken free from the net. With every step it took, its skin and flesh swelled and expanded. Its short body reflected the moonlight as it dragged on the ground, getting bigger and bigger. The black-striped gourd that had fallen to the side flew over and merged with the toad's mouth.
"...Now, how come I can't even defeat a tiny centipede monster... Hehe... There's no way I can't defeat it."
The sound became louder, and Pu Du Ci Hang turned around. In the insect's eyes, a huge shadow blocked the moonlight, obscured its sight, obscured the Taoist's wide-open eyes, obscured the vision of the City God's various departments, and everything that everyone on the distant city wall and in the city could see.
A huge figure as big as a mountain stood in the moonlight, revealing a toad face.
"Hahaha-"
"Ha ha ha ha!!!"
The laughter was like thunder, resounding throughout the world. The huge toad's mouth, dense sharp teeth opening and closing, and the powerful and majestic words could be clearly heard within a hundred miles.
"Pudu Cihang, do you recognize me—"
The mighty demonic energy spread in all directions, and the entire city seemed to be on the verge of collapse at the sound of these words.