The Terror of the Heavens Begins with Gu

Chapter 83: A Showdown between Black Magic and Taoism (Part 2)
Wu Youan breathed a sigh of relief and quickly shouted, "What happened over there? Did you encounter a monster? Where are the others? Why are there only a few of you?"

No one answered him, and the few people kept approaching this side quietly.

Soon he ran to a place twenty feet away from Wu Youan and others.

Wu Youan was very dissatisfied and was about to step forward to scold the group of people, but was grabbed by the Taoist priest by the shoulder.

"They are all possessed by evil spirits, don't let them come over!"

"Possessed... possessed by evil spirits..." Wu Youan looked shocked and confused.

"Captain Wu, don't you notice how stiff their movements are?" the Taoist said quickly, "We can't let them get through! Otherwise, everyone will die. They have guns! Stop them now!"

Wu Youan knew the urgency of the situation and quickly ordered, "Hold them still. If they come any closer, we'll kill them immediately."

His adjutant immediately called out to the soldiers who were still approaching.

But the soldiers who were already within ten feet did not stop, but instead fired directly in this direction.

Wu Youan was stunned by the beating and was pulled away by the Taoist priest before he hid beside the altar in a panic.

Amid the dense gunfire, screams soon rang out.

Neither side was prepared, and with the shooting at each other at such a close distance, there would definitely be a lot of casualties.

The gunshots came and went quickly.

When everyone over there fell down, the gunfire quickly stopped.

The Taoist looked across with a puzzled look on his face and muttered, "This shouldn't be the case... They all have talismans, so how could they be possessed?"

The talismans he distributed were all very masculine.

Although a single talisman could not resist the demon whose spirit could leave his body, with so many strong men carrying talismans gathered together, even if the demon's spirit came, it would not be easy to kill them all, and it would be even more impossible to directly confuse their minds.

Therefore, the Taoist priest had reminded those dozens of people before that they should not separate easily.

"It shouldn't be..."

The more the Taoist thought about it, the more difficult it became to understand.

Until he heard Wu Youan's hesitant words beside him: "The talisman... the talisman is here, Taoist priest."

The Taoist turned his head suddenly and said, "Didn't I tell you to distribute it a long time ago?"

"Didn't the Taoist priest say this talisman was very important, and that using one meant one less?" Wu Youan awkwardly pulled out dozens of talismans from the pockets of his shirt. "I figured if I let the two of them share one, it would definitely be fine with so many people... I saved a few extra for myself."

Did you keep a few extra photos?

The Taoist was stunned. After a long while, he gritted his teeth and said, "Why didn't you let the two of them share the bullets when you distributed them?"

Wu Youan whispered, "That's how I sent it..."

The Taoist was speechless and didn't know what to say for a moment.

No wonder Governor Wang exploited the people so harshly. He earned so much money, but ended up losing wars every year. It seems that his people were full of parasites.

Wu Youan scratched his head and explained, "Master, you don't understand. This is a tactic."

"I'm the commander of so many people. If I die, these people will be left like headless flies, so they should protect me well."

"Look, there are more dead now, but are we still in a good position?"

This made some sense. The Taoist said weakly, "Are these people by the altar also using a two-person table?"

Wu Youan was even more embarrassed: "What danger could there be for them to get close to the Taoist priest? I let the three of them share one."

"What about the other talismans? I gave them quite a few."

"My family members have all received some, some are posted on the wall, and the rest is here with me."

"Give an order and tell your people not to go out of the circle I drew on the ground." The Taoist said this and went to call on his disciples to repair the altar.

If he looked at Wu Youan for a second longer, he was afraid that he would not be able to resist knocking open his head to see what was inside.

Wu Youan breathed a sigh of relief.

In this era where wars break out every few days and demons and monsters are rampant, if he didn't have some wisdom, he would have died in some remote corner long ago. How could he have become the regiment commander now?
Patting his butt, he stood up and checked the casualties of the soldiers, and ordered several soldiers with talismans on them to check the situation on the opposite side.

At this moment, a scream suddenly came from the right side of the lobby, which no one noticed.

Wu Youan shuddered and subconsciously turned his head to look over, and saw a humanoid monster holding a broken arm in its hand, biting the flesh on the broken arm while striding towards him.

The area ahead attracted everyone's attention. By the time people noticed the monster, it was already quite close.

The sound of gunfire nearby woke Wu Youan up.

He quickly shouted and ordered everyone to shoot.

After a series of "bang bang bang" sounds, instead of stopping the monster, it angered it.

Seeing the monster approaching with its fangs bared and claws scurrying towards him, Wu Youan, panicking, shouted to the Taoist priest, "Isn't this... isn't this the zombie? How can it run so fast?"

The Taoist priest over there had already noticed that something was wrong, so he grabbed one side of the altar and climbed up onto it, but the altar shook and he almost fell off.

By the time he climbed onto the wobbly altar, the terrifying vampire zombie had already approached the crowd.

The soldiers fired a burst of gunfire and then fled in all directions.

The vampire zombie, wrapped in bandages, stepped one foot into the circle of light yellow powder sprinkled by the Taoist priest.

With a "sizzle" sound, a black gas emerged from under the feet of the vampire zombie.

The vampire zombie let out a painful roar.

But this circle only stopped it for a moment. The next moment, it walked directly into the circle, leaving a row of black footprints behind it.

Wu Youan, who was fleeing, was pushed to the back.

The vampire zombie pounced suddenly and grabbed Wu Youan's clothes.

"Don't catch me! I'm not tasty!"

Wu Youan struggled forward desperately.

The clothes behind him were torn into pieces by the zombies' sharp nails, and the clothes in front of him also fell off and hung on his belt.

The vampire zombie stretched out its arms again and grabbed Wu Youan's arms, and its sharp nails instantly pierced into his arms.

Wu Youan let out a shrill scream and threw all the talismans on his body at the terrifying vampire zombie.

The four young Taoists who came running over grabbed the vampire zombie's arms, and hit the vampire zombie's head, but neither of them could make it let go of its arms.

"So fierce!"

The Taoist on the altar also saw this scene and his expression changed again.

The vampire zombies I heard about before were also scary, but they were slow in movement and not as powerful as they are now.

This must be related to that monster!

After taking the last step, he suddenly jumped off the altar and stabbed the vampire zombie in the back with a sword.

The zombie suddenly flew forward as if hit by a heavy object, hit the pillar next to the living room, and then slowly slid to the ground.

It struggled a few times but couldn't get up, and lay on the ground twitching continuously.

"Finally solved..."

The Taoist priest, who had been looking at the zombie solemnly, breathed a sigh of relief. According to the news, the demon could control this vampire zombie and also control a little ghost.

It was probably the imp who misled the soldiers.

Now that the zombies have been dealt with, only a little ghost and that monster are left.

As long as the altar is opened and the demon is dealt with, everything will be over...

Suddenly, a "bang" sounded, attracting everyone's attention.

Everyone looking at the vampire zombie subconsciously looked at Wu Youan who fired the gun.

At this time, Wu Youan was holding the pistol he had just fired in one hand.

The target of the pistol was not the vampire zombie, but... the Taoist priest.

There were several more consecutive gunshots, and several young Taoists next to the Taoist fell down.

The Taoist no longer cares about the life or death of his disciples.

He slowly lowered his head, looked at the blood flowing from his chest, then looked up at Wu Youan's terrifying head with several iron nails growing out of it.

"Black magic..."

Looking down, he saw that the remaining talismans in Wu Youan's bag were already emitting green smoke.

"It's not an unjust loss..."

The Taoist slowly fell backwards.

The other party was able to break through the barrier he had set up, and directly break through the protection of the talismans he had prepared, causing Wu Youan to be directly hit by a black magic. His skills in the art of black magic were extremely terrifying.

In fact, if Wu Youan had not thrown away most of the talismans, the sorcerer might not have been able to do anything to him.

Unfortunately, there are no ifs.

But... why is there such a terrifying sorcerer here?
When did the other party get some of Wu Youan’s personal belongings?

Coughing up a mouthful of blood, the Taoist priest crawled towards the altar unwillingly.

If someone had told him that the other party was a sorcerer, he might not have lost so badly.

More steel needles grew out of Wu Youan's head.

The intense pain made him scream in a way that was not human.

It didn't last long before Wu Youan fell straight back and his screams stopped abruptly.

Seeing this, all the soldiers who had not run far away fled.

A paper crane dyed red by the Taoist's blood quickly flew out from the Taoist's sleeve.

The little ghost that appeared beside the Taoist priest followed him curiously.

Seeing this scene, the Taoist fell into complete despair.

After an unknown amount of time, Li Zhen appeared not far from the altar.

Walking into the circle set up by the Taoist, he first looked at the zombie whose Yin Qi was almost dispersed, then looked at Wu Youan who was hit by the "Zombie Surrender", and finally walked to the side of the Taoist.

The Taoist held his breath, as if waiting for him to come over and say something to him.

Turning his head slowly towards Li Zhen, the Taoist said intermittently: "You... practice... evil methods. The righteous path does not tolerate you... You will die... You will die without a burial place..."

After leaving behind a curse-like last word, the Taoist died.

Li Zhen suddenly looked at his right arm.

The rune reminded him that he could go back at any time.

Why can I suddenly go back now?

What does it have to do with the Taoist who just died?
Li Zhen looked at the Taoist priest again and found nothing different about him.

Shaking his head, Li Zhen put these questions aside.

Walking up to the vampire zombie, he gently shook the Sanqing Bell.

The twitching vampire zombie struggled to get up from the ground and walked towards Wu Youan's body, twisting and turning.

Li Zhen reached out and slapped the zombie on the forehead.

A few short hairs fell from the vampire zombie's nostrils. The vampire zombie suddenly lost its target and stood there anxiously.

Li Zhen led it to the Taoist's corpse and made it suck the Taoist's blood.

With the blood of this powerful Taoist priest, the negative energy of this vampire zombie will be quickly restored and it will become even more ferocious.

The little ghost suddenly appeared beside Li Zhen, handed the paper crane in his hand to Li Zhen reluctantly, and told Li Zhen what had just happened.

"interesting……"

Li Zhen took the paper crane.

The paper crane seemed to have life and kept struggling in his hands.

The little ghost looked at the paper crane with shining eyes: "It's fun, really fun!"

It pointed in a direction. "It seems like it wants to go in that direction. Is its home over there?"

"It should be a means of delivering a message. The person it wants to find is over there." Li Zhen loosened his hand and let the paper crane fly out of his hand.

The little ghost tried to catch it but failed. He sighed in disappointment and said, "Why did you let it go? It was so much fun!"

"I can do it too." said Li Zhen.

The little ghost looked at Li Zhen expectantly: "Really?"

"Of course it's true." Li Zhen smiled slightly, "With a little luck, I can learn it."

The little ghost grabbed Li Zhen's sleeve and said, "Then make one for me! I'll do... ten more tasks!"

At this point, it scratched its head and said, "It was going to look for someone, why did you let it go?"

"I still have things I want to do, and I also want to see who he is talking about, the person who can make me die without a burial place."

"Aren't you worried that the people who come here will just arrest us all?"

"I'm leaving soon."

"It's not certain it can get away, at least this big guy can't. It's still too slow." The kid said as if to take credit, "If I hadn't been smart just now, this guy wouldn't have found a chance to get close to us."

"Oh, and I also dealt with the people by the lake. Some of them had talismans on them, and some didn't. I bewitched those without talismans and made them kill each other."

"I was going to send them here to kill people, but they were discovered. It was that Taoist priest who found them. He's very powerful and I'm very afraid of him."

Li Zhen praised sincerely, "You did a great job."

When he asked the little ghost to deliver the zombies, he himself didn't expect the little ghost to do such a good job, otherwise this would have been more troublesome.

The kid said modestly, "I'm not stupid, I just don't like to use my brain much."

Li Zhen smiled and said, "You have completed ten tasks."

The little ghost cheered, "I want a paper crane! The kind that can fly!"

(End of this chapter)