Techniques and Dao

Chapter 182 Head-on Battle
In this darkness, Lü Dongbin and Tianjizi could see nothing but each other.

Hua Sheng was overjoyed. Sister Mieying's move was brilliant! It was like the enemy was in the open while she was in the dark.

Lü Dongbin made a magic hand gesture and conjured a torch. Instantly, the torch remained, the heat remained, but the light was swallowed up again.

Taking advantage of the other party's momentary lapse in reaction, Hua Sheng groped his way backward in the darkness, when suddenly someone patted him on the back.

He turned around and naturally couldn't see anything.

He felt a warm sensation near his ear; someone was leaning close to it. Then he heard the voice of Sixth Sister, the Shadowbreaker.

“Master Chunyang possesses formidable magical power, but he can't hold out for long by relying on darkness. Moreover, Tianjizi beside him can guess our direction even with his eyes closed. Therefore, we must not only hide, but also fight back!”

Hua Sheng replied softly, "How can we retaliate? Our immortal power is far inferior to Lü Dongbin's."

Then Jane's voice came from the other side: "Use a summoning spell!"

"Oh, right! I've seen you summon a fire dragon before, but it was easily defeated by Tianjizi in one move. You can't possibly summon a Ferrari again, but that wouldn't help either!"

Jane answered softly, "I summoned Behemoth."

"What is this shell something?"

"Behemoth, also known as the Behemoth, is a monster from the Bible. Legend has it that God created it from clay on the sixth day of creation. Its body is stronger than granite and it possesses unparalleled strength, capable of crushing its enemies into powder..."

"Okay, okay! You don't need to explain in detail, it sounds really powerful to me! Give it a try!"

Jane leaned closer and whispered, "Powerful spells need to be cast within a sacred space, so I need to spend time setting up this sacred space, which is essentially a summoning magic circle. Although it only takes two or three minutes, the process must not be interrupted, otherwise the magic circle will fail. Therefore, I need your help to distract that guy from LV and the world that revolves around him!"

Hua Sheng nodded and said, "Understood, I will go and lure Lü Dongbin and Tianjizi away."

He said to Shadowless Six, "None of you should show yourselves for now. Just make me radiant so the other side can see me. Remember to hide yourselves well."

After the three finished their discussion in hushed tones, Hua Sheng moved about six or seven zhang to the side.

Then a light flashed from his body, and he suddenly appeared, jumping up and shouting, "Hey! Come and catch me if you dare..."

There was a loud thud as Hua Sheng's head bumped into something. It turned out that he had been crouching down and had walked right under an escalator in the shopping center.

Hua Sheng quickly rubbed his numb head, took two steps forward, straightened up, and shouted, "Come and catch me!"

He then turned and ran, but crashed into a wall with a dull thud.

He fell to the ground, and blood immediately started flowing from his nose.

Hua Sheng wiped the blood from his nose and shouted, "Xiao Liu, you have to turn on the light in front of me. I can't see anything at all. May I ask where the road is?"

Xiao Liu immediately understood.

In an instant, a band of light appeared on the ground in front of Hua Sheng, and he sprinted away. No matter which direction he went, the band of light in front of him always remained about ten meters long. Wherever he passed, the band of light quickly disappeared, plunging into darkness. Seeing Hua Sheng appear, Tian Jizi immediately gave chase. Meanwhile, Lü Dongbin unleashed his Great Dao Heavenly Escape Sword Technique, merging his Pure Yang Sword with Tian Jizi's Profound Ice Sword, and thrusting them straight at Hua Sheng!

Hua Sheng not only dodges everywhere, but also uses invisibility magic, his figure appearing and disappearing in the darkness.

Although this method allowed him to dodge Lü Dongbin's Pure Yang Sword several times, Tianjizi was always able to guess his hiding place.

Tianjizi slashed his sword at the darkness, forcing Huasheng to use his Ruyi Jingu Bang to block. Sparks flew in the darkness, illuminating the area around them.

Hua Sheng vanished in an instant, and Tian Jizi, in the darkness, turned and thrust his sword backward without hesitation. Hua Sheng, who was hiding behind him, had no choice but to use his golden cudgel to block. Sparks flew once more!
The two exchanged several blows using both magical techniques and weapons.

Just as Hua Sheng's figure disappeared into the darkness again, Tian Jizi suddenly shouted upwards, "Hurry, hurry, as the law commands!"

A gust of wind shot out!

At that moment, Hua Sheng was raising his golden cudgel, intending to launch a sneak attack on Tian Jizi from above. However, Tian Jizi accurately predicted his position, catching him off guard. He was directly struck by Tian Jizi's wind-controlling technique and sent flying.

A loud rumble came from the darkness, as if Hua Sheng had crashed into a load-bearing wall of a building, with reinforced concrete immediately pressing down on him.

Hua Sheng was struggling to breathe under the weight of the cement bricks on her body. Just as she tried to stand up and get rid of the heavy objects, Tian Jizi was already in front of her.

"Come and die!"

Tianjizi shouted, and at the same time, the tip of the Xuanbing Sword touched Huasheng's nose.

Just when things were at their most critical, the previously pitch-black space suddenly burst into a blinding light, as if tens of thousands of searchlights were shining down on Tianjizi!
The entire business center was illuminated as if under the midday sun.

Tianjizi was immediately blinded by the bright light. He shielded his eyes with his hand, and the blade of his sword grazed Hua Sheng's hair, shaving off a clump of strands.

Hua Sheng was terrified by the sword that grazed his cheek, breaking out in a cold sweat.

Taking advantage of the moment when Tianjizi's eyes were blinded by the bright light, he broke free from the heavy pressure of the reinforced concrete.

At this moment, Hua Sheng looked closely and realized that it was the beam of light controlled by Mie Ying Xiao Liu. There was a circular magic circle drawn on the ground beside her, and Jian was standing in the center of the circle. Holding the Star Rainbow Codex in her left hand and a magic wand in her right, she was floating in mid-air, her magic robes fluttering constantly even though there was no wind, as if she were in water.

The magic circle emitted a blinding green light, and Jane chanted a magic incantation, instantly surrounded by green light.

Then she cried out, "Gods! Use your boundless power to drag the enemy into an abyss of eternal damnation! Behemoth, appear quickly!"

Jane's wand flashed with a bright green light, like a circular magic circle, and the entire building began to shake violently!
The floor tiles were crackling and popping incessantly into fragments. The entire commercial center seemed to be upside down, with all the floor tiles and glass shards floating upwards towards the roof as if under a levitation spell.

The ground cracked open into a chasm several feet wide, from which molten red lava continuously gushed forth!

Then came a deafening roar, and a monstrous claw several meters long burst forth as if from a shell, shattering the reinforced concrete ground!

With a deafening roar from a wild beast, the head of a colossal, dark red beast bulged the ground, pushing underground cement, along with twisted steel bars, air conditioning pipes, electrical wires, and other building materials, all mixed with lava, to the surface!
That's a monster from hell! Behemoth!
(End of this chapter)