Immortality begins with meditation puppets

Chapter 275 Evil Spirits in the Pavilion, Inviting the Gods to Descend

Although the cultivators of Yunshan were corrupted by the Yunshan Palace, which was an incarnation of the evil spirit, they were unable to think rationally once they entered the palace. They were completely guided by the Yunshan Palace to follow the will of the evil spirit.

However, once outside this hall, even the cleverest minds occasionally take over, and when faced with something clearly amiss, they may question whether the sect and their own actions are correct.

Among them, the Lei Guang Shangren faction, adhering to the sect's ancient precepts, reluctantly accepted the sect leader Bai Mei's plan to raise evil spirits for self-preservation.

However, as Sect Master Bai Mei went further and further astray, Master Lei Guang had already hinted to Yuan Tianye and other disciples that if the sect were to fall one day, he could carry the Five Thunder Shuttle and use thunder magic to cleanse the evil spirits, and perhaps lead them to escape to other places to rebuild the Yunshan lineage.

Even Lei Guang Shangren, whose strength and prestige in the sect were second only to Bai Mei, had made such a plan.

Yuan Tianye and Lin Shuangmu were certain that the moment the Nascent Soul Cave was born, there might be a calamity that would sweep across the entire White Cloud Immortal City, and even affect the disciples of their own Cloud Mountain Sect.

That's why they reminded Su Qing to prepare early, just like them.

What they didn't expect was that all their preparations revolved around their master, Lei Guang Shangren, and the moment their master was transformed into an evil spirit, they lost all hope of escaping Yunshan Palace and the Old Evil of Yunshan.

On the contrary, Junior Brother Su, who had no master to rely on and relied solely on himself, was so well prepared that he assembled such a force that Sect Master Bai Mei had to mobilize two evil spirits from the pavilion to deal with it!

“Junior Brother Su is even more fortunate than us. He has never stepped into the Cloud Mountain Palace, so he doesn’t have to be that old evil man’s henchman. His life and death are in his own hands, and his fate is determined by himself!”

"He has to leave the city alive. If he dies in this White Cloud Immortal City, his soul will be unable to escape the clutches of evil spirits!"

"What should we do? After Old Xie swallows Gao Erqiang, he will devour all the living beings in this city. There is absolutely no way we can survive!"

"Let's fight this old devil! Even if it's useless, at least we can't be his accomplices!"

"Do not act rashly. If we show any sign of resisting the old evil spirit's will, the ox-horse demons that have fallen into our sea of ​​consciousness will instantly transform us into evil spirits!"

"They'll be transformed sooner or later!"

"But not now!"

Yu Lin and his fellow apprentice were whispering to each other.

The two evil spirits atop the pavilions, Master Lei Guang and Master Yun Zhong, had already issued the order to attack.

Their target for attacking all the Foundation Establishment disciples of Yunshan was only Su Qing!
Magical implements and puppets, talismans and Taoist magic.

One hundred Foundation Establishment disciples, the backbone of the Yunshan Sect, surged toward Su Qing's group.

A fierce glint flashed across Su Qing's face. He showed no pity for these Yunshan disciples who would eventually become playthings of evil spirits.

With a casual wave of his hand, the Spirit Explosion Gale Cannon, which had been prepared beforehand, opened fire rapidly.

The two five-star bear kings crouched on the ground, and the second-tier ultimate spirit explosion fire cannons on their shoulders unleashed their astonishing firepower for the first time.

The Tier 1 Ultimate Flame Cannon can continuously output a large amount of firepower, unlike the Gale Cannon which requires half a day to charge up and unleash three shots.

However, the power of its condensed fire magic is slightly insufficient when used alone, even slightly inferior to the Gale Blade. It requires several consecutive hits to possibly break through the protective spiritual light and protective magic weapon of a Foundation Establishment cultivator.

However, this is a weakness of the Flame Cannon, not the Spirit Explosion Flame Cannon.

The second-tier auxiliary spirit explosion puppet spirit explosion ring enhances the firepower of the Flame Cannon, giving each burst of Flame Dao Technique the power of a mid-grade Xuan-level Dao Technique.

One shot shatters the protective aura, two shots shatter the protective magic weapon, and three shots will kill them and annihilate them.

Under the cover of fire from the Spirit Blast Gale Cannon and the Spirit Blast Flame Cannon.

The Lizard Knights, having just suffered 30% casualties, once again led their army into battle under the command of the Lizard General.

Niu Ya, Li Hailang's physical cultivation team, knew that this was an even tougher battle than before, but they gritted their teeth and went for it.

Having swallowed the Blood Lotus, Tang Wanqing and Qinghe were now just as powerful as the other body cultivators. They drew their bows and fired arrows in rapid succession, while also occasionally taking out their spears to sweep across the battlefield, reminiscent of the flag-planting spearwoman from Black Tiger Mountain in the past.

He straightened his barren chest, teamed up with the flying sword puppet, and entered the group of Yunshan disciples. His performance was unremarkable and uninteresting.

Shao Delong threw bombs wildly, laughing maniacally. Ling Lifu was a professional bricklayer and his bomb throwing was also accurate. Although he was slightly less crazy than Shao Delong, the effect of sending explosive stones was no less than that of Shao Delong.

Compared to this group of fellow cultivators, Pang Feifan's spirit beast team performed only so-so this time, after all, the spirit beasts were not Shao Delong.

Not all of them are fearless. Those who weren't afraid of death have already self-destructed in the last battle. Now, those who remain are cowards who know that it's better to live a miserable life than to die.

Left with no other choice, Pang Feifan had to take matters into his own hands, riding the Gangjing Pig King straight towards the enemy. Because he shared a life-and-death bond with the spirit beasts, if he died, none of the spirit beasts would survive either.

Therefore, since he was so reckless, even the most timid spirit beasts had no choice but to protect him and join the battle.

Seeing how daring and fearless their fellow adventurers were, the newly joined professionals also began to control the Soul Explosion Puppets and Dog-Head Puppets assigned to them by Su Qing, fighting to the death.

The fact that the usually timid and cowardly rogue cultivators had suddenly become so fierce made the Foundation Establishment disciples of Yunshan feel somewhat uneasy.

They were even less accustomed to the fighting style of Su Qing's group of puppets.

It's either a brutal, unstoppable rampage, a devastating bombardment, or a self-destructive suicide attack!

The puppets he made for the Yunshan Sect before were not this powerful!

From the very beginning, the Foundation Establishment disciples of Yunshan Sect were at a disadvantage.

Despite their apparent advantage, they were the ones who held the upper hand, given that neither Su Qing's second-tier puppet nor Su Qing himself had made an appearance.

But the independent cultivators still had a way to survive, so they dared to risk their lives.

They all knew that once this day was over, regardless of the outcome of the battle, they would all be transformed into evil spirits. In that case, what was the point of fighting or not fighting, and it seemed that it didn't matter whether they died or not.

While they were slacking off and unwilling to put in any effort, Su Qing and the others showed them no mercy whatsoever.

Suddenly, many of the lizard riders controlled by Yunshan disciples, whose armor had been used by Guo Qiaolian, began to self-destruct.

They were completely bewildered and dumbfounded.

This was actually a trick used by Su Qing, Guo Qiaolian, Shao Delong, and other professionals in the past year or two when they were providing services to the Yunshan Sect, involving adulterating puppets, armor, and medicinal herbs.

Because the Spirit Explosion Rune is a newly created rune in the world, only Su Qing knows its use.

Therefore, for the past year or two, the elders and disciples of Yunshan Sect were unaware that they had finally been tricked today.

Su Qing saw Lin Shuangmu's two hands explode on his back. Lin's expression was slightly stunned, but he was also somewhat relieved. He gave him a wry smile and raised his middle finger with his remaining left hand.

Yuan Tianye even threw a storage bag from his waist and tossed it at him from a distance.

"Junior Brother Su, Senior Brother Witch was not fortunate enough to live to see the moment you successfully refined it, but your beautiful snake and phantom leopard gave you two rare years of happiness."

"If my senior brother dies today, it's not my fault. That storage bag contains the accumulated array formations of my Yunshan Sect over many years. It would be a great pity to perish here with him. Therefore, I trouble you, junior brother, to choose a good person to cultivate with!"

There are quite a few Yunshan disciples like Yuan Tianye and Lin Shuangmu who were already determined to die and had no desire to fight.

They either willingly let the puppets blow them up, or voluntarily lowered their defenses to be killed by the lizard riders.

Many others, who had received favors from Guo Qiaolian and other rogue cultivators, or had established friendships with Niu Ya and others on the eastern and western battlefields, generously gave them their storage bags.

Wei Debao was the most distressed, because his last brother-in-law was also a disciple of Yunshan.

The eldest brother-in-law looked at Wei Debao's sister and nephews, who were currently in Su Qing's group and mingling with the Ge family villagers. He noticed that his wife and children were also there. He smiled with relief at Wei Debao and did not hand over the storage bag he was carrying to Debao, because the good things inside had already been sent to Debao.

Currently, the storage bag only contains the hundred explosive stones that Wei Debao brought him from Su Qing last night.
Originally, Brother-in-law Bao never imagined that he, as a disciple of Yunshan Sect, would bring this bag of explosive stones and blow them up in the Immortal Pavilion of their Yunshan Sect.

He even considered selling all the exploding stones in the storage bag after today, hoping to make up for the famine he had incurred over the years by supporting Wei Debao.

But at this moment, he only glanced at his wife and children from afar and gave a slight nod to his brother-in-law, Debao.

The moment he turned around, the evil spirit in his mind sensed something was wrong and tried to erase everything about him, turning him into an evil spirit.

But this will take time. And that time will be enough for my brother-in-law to fly to the evil spirit in the pavilion that could inflict heavy casualties on Su Qing's puppet army with a mere wave of its hand or a raised arm.

Because he was a disciple of Yunshan, the array surrounding the evil spirit of the pavilion did not prevent him from entering. With a loud bang, a hundred explosive stones blasted away the elder brother-in-law's body, leaving no trace, and also blasted a gash in the evil spirit of the pavilion.

"Why is this so?"

"That's how it should be!"

Upon seeing this, Haiyunlou, Lin Shuangmu, and other Yunshan disciples who did not want to be transformed into evil spirits after death were all inspired by their brother-in-law and rushed towards the evil spirit in the pavilion.

Unlike his brother-in-law, who had been given a storage bag full of explosive stones by his brother-in-law, the damage they caused was far less than that to his brother-in-law.

But at least by exploding one by one, they were spared the pain of being transformed into evil spirits.

Because of the riot by this group of Yunshan disciples, the old evil spirit of Yunshan instantly turned all the remaining Yunshan disciples into evil spirits.

After transforming into evil spirits, their combat power was greatly reduced, but at least they were more effective than those who slack off or even turn against each other.

Under the command of the two evil spirits in the pavilion, the combat power unleashed by the group of Foundation Establishment evil spirits was indeed superior to that of the Yunshan disciples before them.

Seeing that the cultivators were struggling to hold on, Su Qing had an idea.

Then they saw the two five-star bear kings, who had been half-crouching on the ground, using their mountain-moving power to withstand the terrifying recoil of the Spirit Explosion Flame Cannon, stand up.

Holding a second-tier warhammer, he walked towards the Foundation Establishment evil spirits, leaving deep pits with each step. Before walking, he would lean back a few times from time to time, because the Spirit Explosion Flame Cannon on his shoulder never stopped firing.

Behind them were a hundred Explosive Hammer War Bears, which Su Qing had reforged and assembled into battle thanks to Xiong Er's pleas and Hong Shang's suggestion!

As the ace team of regular battles, the moment the Explosive Bears enter the arena is when the situation is at its worst!
Who knows how many of these Hammer Bears will return unscathed!
The valiant and powerful Hammer Bear reminded Liang Haishun of the days when the bears on Black Tiger Mountain slaughtered the evil spirit Leng Fengxiang.

Unable to resist, he voluntarily donned the Life-Destroying Cloth, expending ten years of his lifespan, and planted a second-tier array flag on every single one of the Explosive Bears.

"Fellow Daoist Helian, have you always been so willing to part with so much?"

Seeing Liang Haishun voluntarily don the cloth and plant the flag, he silently lost ten years of his life.

Lai Yongren, a newly recruited second-tier formation-breaking master, couldn't help but shudder.

He had long anticipated that joining the life-shortening team would inevitably shorten his lifespan.

But today, in this White Cloud Immortal City, the only team that could potentially lead the charge to break through the city is Su Qing's team.

It's better to shorten one's lifespan than to die. He was willing to risk everything, so he might as well shorten his lifespan.

But if he uses it like Liang Haishun, will his three or four hundred years of lifespan be enough to last until the city is breached?

Helian Xian knew he had misunderstood. Liang Haishun was not often generous, but this time he was moved by the scene and was unusually generous, which was what Helian Xian saw.

But this is also a good thing. The new team members have been ideologically cleansed, and when it comes to shortening their lifespan later, they should have no objections.

"That's for sure. Look at Fellow Daoist Su, all these puppets were built by him using spirit crystals. After a battle, he loses at least several million spirit crystals."

Why was he so willing to sacrifice? It's because today is the moment that will determine our lives; we must fight with everything we have. We, unlike Fellow Daoist Su, are not so bold; we can only risk our lives!

Helian Xian was impassioned and looked ready to take the black cloth off Liang Haishun and go into battle at any moment.

After planting the battle flags, Liang Haishun followed Helian Xian and said:
"Fellow Daoist Lai should also be aware of this, right? You wouldn't want to take advantage of our team's protection for free, and when it's your turn to appear, you wouldn't be willing to give up your lifespan of a hundred or eighty years, and you wouldn't dare to shorten your lifespan, would you?"

If that's the case, we cannot tolerate Fellow Daoist Lai. We urge Fellow Daoist Lai to leave the group as soon as possible!

Upon hearing this, Lai Yongren immediately puffed out his beard and glared with his old eyes: "You, Old Taoist Liang, are not afraid of shortening your lifespan, how could I, Lai Yongren, be inferior to you, Old Taoist Liang? Enough with the talk, bring me the black cloth and let's see what this old Taoist has to offer!"

Liang Haishun paid no attention to Lai Yongren's unfriendly tone.

The two were old acquaintances; one originally made a living by setting up formations in Baiyun Market, and the other originally made a living by breaking formations in Baiyun Market.

They were old acquaintances, but also old rivals, and they couldn't stand each other.

In the past, Lai Yongren's customers were mostly cultivators who had undergone tribulation. However, with the establishment of Baiyun Immortal City and the suppression by Yunshan Sect, many of these cultivators, like the three Langtian brothers, had changed careers and become respectable. Without customers who needed to break formations, his life became far worse than Liang Haishun's. Lacking the resources to open a shop, he spent his days hanging out in the market area of ​​the Immortal City.

But it's one thing to be outdone by Liang Haishun in business, but one can't let Liang Haishun outdo him in skills!

Lai Yongren, draped in black cloth, stared intently at the two evil spirits of the pavilion, his eyes gleaming with golden light.

This is the Breaking Formation Eye, a professional technique of the Formation Breaker. Under the illumination of this eye, every flaw in the formation and restriction is revealed, allowing the practitioner to find a way to break the formation.

Normally, with his strength, he could find a flaw in a second-tier formation without sacrificing his lifespan. After a quick glance and several days of careful calculation, he would have a countermeasure.

But there's no time for him to ponder it slowly today; he needs to find a way to break the formation quickly.

What makes it even more difficult is that this evil spirit in the pavilion has more than a dozen second-order formations on its body, as well as several third-order formations such as the Heavenly Light Thunder Blade Formation, the Mist-Hidden Black Dragon Formation, and the Glowing Spirit-Severing Formation.

Time was tight and the task was heavy, so much so that the moment he put on the black cloth, he regretted it.

I shouldn't have gotten so carried away!
Is this black cloth something you can just drape over your head?
Lifespan reduced by one, lifespan reduced by one, lifespan reduced by five...

Seeing the lifespan bar plummeting, Lai Yongren trembled inwardly, his only thought being to help his fellow cultivators break through the second-tier formations as quickly as possible and remove the black cloth.

Black cloth is easy to put on but difficult to take off.

Because the Thunder Light Master and Cloud Master inside that evil spirit pavilion have already attacked the cultivators and puppets!
These two former Golden Core Peak cultivators, along with various other Golden Core evil spirits possessing exquisite Daoist techniques, and empowered by the Pavilion Evil Spirit's array, inflicted the most devastating losses on all cultivators and puppets since the start of the war.

The evil spirit in the pavilion swung its arm, which transformed into a golden knife. Wherever the golden knife fell, people died and puppets were destroyed.

Niu Ya was unfortunately hit, and even though his body was broken in two, he still fought hard. He even took the initiative to separate the head of the Golden Wolf King from his upper body and bite down hard on the Foundation Establishment evil spirit in front of him.

The Five Thunder Dao Technique gathered blood-red thunderclouds, and lightning and thunder blasted Shao Delong to a crisp. As he tumbled through the air, he stubbornly threw the storage bag in his hand forward. Although he accidentally injured several Explosive Hammer War Bears, he also killed three Foundation Establishment Evil Spirits in the process.

Su Qing understood that this was not a battle that could be resolved by the combined efforts of cultivators and puppets.

With a thought, Yao Fei, who had been holding back for a long time, received the instruction and quickly cut two large gashes on her wrist.

The Iron-Eating King Beast reappeared, its Blood-Slaying Armor once again covering its body. Su Qing and Yao Fei both groaned, feeling immense satisfaction.

He flipped onto the bear, wielding six hands and three guns, with a funeral procession and exorcism team following on his left and right. In the air, there were flying dragons, Peng King puppets, flowing silver, and artillery support provided by the Cloud Sky Peng Ship, with a large number of Falcon King puppets and Explosive Killing Puppet following closely behind.

With a roar, the Iron-Eating King Beast leaped into the air and struck the evil spirit in the pavilion with three spears and a club.

Several beams of light flashed, and with a powerful array protecting it, the evil spirit in the pavilion was only forced back a few steps before it turned back to fight.

The body, resembling a magical artifact, made it extremely difficult for Su Qing to receive.

Black blood mist emanated from its body, and from within the blood mist, a black dragon roared out and attacked it.

Even more dazzling rays of light formed golden swords and spears, relentlessly slashing at him and his puppets.

At the same time, because he was Yunshan Laoxie's main target, the moment he appeared, another evil spirit in a pavilion, along with the two Golden Core evil spirits in Leishan and Yunzhong, instantly shifted their firepower to him and took turns attacking him.

He was clad in six armors and equipped with the Wind and Thunder Luwu, which gave him extremely high resistance and made him very durable, but none of the puppets had his abilities.

The Taoist arts and combat techniques of the Golden Core Evil Spirit, especially the Five Thunder Taoist Arts used by the Thunder Light Master, were one of the most effective Taoist arts against puppets. They were simply not something that a first-order puppet could withstand. In an instant, a large number of Falcon King Puppets flying above his head, preparing to crash into the Pavilion Evil Spirit, were blasted down by the thunder magic in swathes.

Su Qing was heartbroken by the damage to the Falcon King Puppet. He had placed high hopes on these puppets and had drawn Blood Kill Runes on them all, hoping that they would take advantage of their speed to help him quickly stack up the Blood Kill layers.

Unexpectedly, before they could even make a move, most of them were killed or wounded!

"Hey! You forced me to this, don't blame me for summoning the gods on the spot!"

(End of this chapter)