Hiss hiss hiss... roar~~
A strange roar was heard, like the sound of sawing wood in the woods. Min Yuerou, who had rushed up the gentle slope, trembled all over and instinctively retreated down the slope, feeling numb all over.
Snap Snap—
The old monk in the middle of the road looked up and saw a flock of birds flying out of the forest in panic. At the same time, on the distant mountain road, a donkey cart was creaking as it was driven by someone, and there were several people following with loads on their shoulders.
"What was that sound just now?" "It doesn't sound like a big insect calling."
"What's going on in the sky? There are so many birds flying around."
"Whatever, as long as it's not a big insect, let's hurry up and get on with our journey before it gets too hot."
"Hey, there is an old monk and a girl in front..."
Before they got close, the donkey suddenly stopped. The man still waved the whip at it, but the donkey raised its head and shook its mane, refusing to move an inch.
"This beast is still making trouble!"
The man cracked his whip and suddenly there was another loud roar, which frightened several people. They dropped their loads and covered their ears, and leaned towards the donkey cart in fear. The timid ones sat down on the ground in fear, screaming and shouting.
“What’s going on!?”
"Ouch, a monster—"
"Someone help me up, my legs are weak and I can't walk anymore!"
"That master over there, and that girl, hurry up and stop looking. There must be a monster in this mountain!"
It seemed like the leading merchant was pulling the donkey cart and turning it around while shouting. When I looked in that direction, my heart skipped a beat. The old monk and the girl were still standing there motionless.
He was about to rush over to pull the person away, but was stopped and dragged back by his companions.
"You don't want to die."
In the swaying forest, dead leaves fluttered down.
The prone scholar gripped the soil with his fingers and slowly pushed himself up from the ground. Under the cloth, the black spots on his flesh formed stars and emitted a magical light. The damp mud between his fingers dried up and fell off.
Lu Liangsheng opened his eyes, his pupils turned scarlet.
roar-
The wind blew across the road with a sudden loud roar, and fine dust particles were blown away. Flying sand and rocks filled the field of vision. Several people raised their sleeves to cover their noses, mouths and eyes, and heard a rustling sound in the surrounding woods.
Monk Zhenhai glanced at the people behind him, brushed off his cassock and threw it behind him to block the evil wind, strode forward to the roadside, spread his hands, took back the Buddhist beads and rolled them in his palm.
The monk's robe fluttered as he looked into the forest.
"Who are you, monster, to dare to act wildly in front of this poor monk?"
The moment the voice fell, he was answered by a loud bang under his feet, trees fell down, the ground cracked and emitted white gas, which spread from the forest with a "clang" tearing sound.
Hiss!
The warhorse beside the woman raised its hooves, neighed in fear, turned around and ran away. Before Min Yuerou could react, she was shocked and fell to the ground. In her field of vision, the gentle slope in front of her cracked, and earth and rocks flew everywhere. Along with a black shadow as thick as a human, the body of the old monk rushed out and could not stop moving backwards on the ground. The mud and gravel were squeezed to both sides by the monk's shoes, leaving two deep grooves.
“This… is…” Min Yuerou sat on the ground in a daze, not noticing the horse running away. With her eyes wide open, she saw a long black shadow twisting and dancing in the sunlight, and a huge snake head covered with green scales, revealing its fangs.
hiss!
There were long hissing sounds and a bloody wind.
Several vendors in the distance turned pale and took a deep breath. The great fear made them forget to run away. They sat limply on the ground, looking at the giant snake twisting and wriggling in the air, and swallowed their saliva.
"What a big snake~~"
It took a long time for one person to squeeze out words, and his field of vision shook again. Even the forest, road, and distant hills in his sight seemed to be shaking. The cracks on the gentle slope were still expanding, and in the dark deep cave, it seemed that an even larger ferocious beast had awakened.
A long groan was heard from the continuously collapsing cave. The next moment, a shell mixed with mud was revealed, and the ground rose up.
A dark cloud covered the sun, and the bright sunshine became gloomy.
Boom boom boom—
On the raised ground and the edge of the forest, trees and rocks fell outward, and the tortoise shell patterns that showed the traces of time were exposed to everyone's sight. The long neck stretched out, and scales the size of a human head extended upward, with feathers spread out. The huge bird head flipped up and down its eyelids, revealing ferocious eyes.
The slender snake bodies wrapped in their carapaces poked out their heads together. The two snakes stood side by side, looking down at the tiny old monk on the mountain path below. They opened their bird beaks and snake snouts, and hissed together, shaking the gloomy world.
The forest was shaking wildly, and a figure in a green robe rushed out of the woods and landed on the back of the giant beast. His hair was flying in disarray. He put his hands behind his back and looked at the old monk with bloodshot eyes. From the corners of his slightly grinning mouth, a thin layer of smoke squeezed out of his teeth as he breathed.
"Monk, this is also a demon, you come and subdue it!"
Below, the old monk flicked his sleeves, raised his palm and took a step forward, the sound was like thunder.
"You are in league with the demons, and you are not worthy of being called a human being. I will capture you first, and then the Purple Star Demon Daoist!"
The pale beard fluttered in the wind, the seal in his hand changed, and the golden bowl flashed with Buddha's light and shot towards the huge body of the strange beast. The bird's head was raised high and screamed. The sharp beak opened and bit the golden bowl against each other.
"The Great Luo Divine Mantra, Prajnaparamita!"
The Buddha's light was bright, the gentle golden color conflicted with the gloom, pushing away the dimness little by little.
Lu Liangsheng spread out his sleeves and brushed them away. The long snake wrapped in tortoise shell opened its long snout, hissed, and instantly swept the monk from one side and slammed heavily into the hillside on the other side.
The scholar pinched the air with his palm.
boom-
The Dharma light suddenly lit up and exploded with a loud bang. At that moment when earth and rocks flew all over the sky, a golden light flashed inside. The Buddha's power broke free from the restraints and slapped down with a vertical palm.
—The Great Ming Lord’s Seal of Subduing Demons!
The snake head hissed in pain as gold exploded above its head. Its long body swayed and swept down several large trees. Rocks flew onto the mountain path and were blocked by the cassock floating in the air. They broke into several pieces, but the people were still frightened and squatted on the ground with their heads in their hands, screaming.
The long snake whistling in the air hissed and retracted. In the dense dust, a skinny old monk walked out like a Vajra in the temple, his robe spotless.
"It's a waste of effort. I have an indestructible body, unless the Buddha himself takes back my power!"
Monk Zhenhai shook out his sleeves and as he said this, he raised his eyes, looking past the two twisting and roaring heads of the strange beasts, and looked at the figure of the scholar on the huge body. The next moment, there was a sound of breaking through the air, and what came into his eyes was a foot with sharp claws falling.
With a loud bang, it pressed down on his head and body, breaking through the soil and pressing into the ground.
…
The wind blew, ruffling his hair. Lu Liangsheng stood on the turtle's back, looking coldly at the turtle's paw that slapped the ground.
"A fight is a fight, why bother talking so much..." he said softly.