This humble Taoist priest, Qianhe, begins his quest for immortality by slaying demons and monsters.

Chapter 166 Reencounter with the Giant Turtle Demon, the Three-Eyed Golden Lord Dies

Just as Zhong Bai had gotten the fish spirit to tell the truth and was about to have it lead the way to meet the Three-Eyed Golden Lord, a giant turtle emerged from the lake in the distance, its body rapidly swooping down towards the fish spirit, creating rolling waves that astonished Zhong Bai.

The fish spirit, who had been looking rather dejected, was overjoyed at the sight. That fool, Giant Turtle! She had thought she couldn't vent her anger on him, but he had unexpectedly come to her of his own accord!

"Help! That giant turtle is coming!"

The fish spirit stumbled, clearly a skilled actress, and pretended to be frightened as she fell at Zhong Bai's feet. Her appearance was so pitiful that it would have been truly heartbreaking for an ordinary person to see her like that.

At this moment, Zhong Bai was sizing up the giant turtle that was charging towards him. The more he looked at it, the more familiar it seemed. When the giant turtle was a hundred meters away from Zhong Bai, he finally recognized its identity.

"Isn't this the giant turtle demon general we encountered in the Yellow River in Shaanxi back then?"

Zhong Bai muttered to himself, then his gaze became interesting. He had sighed for a long time back then when this giant turtle demon general escaped, never expecting that he would see it again.

"Beast!"

When he was less than a hundred meters away from Zhong Bai, the giant turtle demon general trembled as Zhong Bai shouted. He seemed to hear that terrifying voice, that man's voice...!
He stopped and looked up in one smooth motion, but when he met Zhong Bai's gaze, the giant turtle demon general froze on the spot, his eyes glazed over, unable to believe his eyes. After blinking a few times, he opened them again, only to find the same scene. The giant turtle demon general was utterly heartbroken.

"It's you!"

After a long silence, the giant turtle demon general finally uttered those two words, while Zhong Bai slowly scanned the giant turtle demon general before saying, "Judging from your expression, you don't seem willing to see this humble Taoist..."

But when I crossed the river back then, you practically wanted to kill me!

Upon hearing Zhong Bai bring up the old matter again, the giant turtle demon general felt his heart and liver tremble with fear.

"Master, please forgive my rudeness and just let me go as if I were nothing..."

The giant turtle demon sensed Zhong Bai's terrifying aura and knew without a doubt what would happen if it chose to flee. Back then, if it hadn't relied on the natural barrier of the Yellow River, it might have been killed by Zhong Bai. Now, in this Daming Lake, hehe, killing it would be incredibly easy.

"beg for mercy……"

Zhong Bai remained calm, showing no murderous intent, nor did he intend to let the other party go.

"You want to live?"

Zhong Bai's question left the giant turtle demon general speechless. Of course, he wanted to live; who wanted to die?
"Master, this little demon wants to live!"

Following the example of the fish spirit, the giant turtle demon transformed into a half-human form and bowed to Zhong Bai.

"If you want to live, it's simple. Come with me later. I've heard there's a three-eyed golden toad in Jinan. Let me test its strength first."

How could the giant turtle demon dare to utter a word of dissent?

"I understand, little one!"

With a faint smile, Zhong Bai's gaze fell on the fish spirit. "Lead the way..."

"Yes, it's a real person!"

The fish spirit and the giant turtle demon led the way, while Zhong Bai followed behind on his sword.

Half an hour later, Zhong Bai arrived with two demon generals outside an inconspicuous mudflat in Jinan Prefecture.

"Reporting to the True Immortal, the Three-Eyed Golden Lord's cave dwelling is located in this muddy beach!"

Even before the fish spirit could speak, Zhong Bai could already sense the strong demonic aura emanating from the mud pit in front of him.

"Giant Turtle, go and challenge them!"

As soon as Zhong Bai finished speaking, large beads of sweat dripped from the giant tortoise demon's forehead. It was somewhat uneasy. It couldn't afford to offend either Zhong Bai behind it or the Three-Eyed Golden Lord in the mud in front of it. Faced with Zhong Bai's request, the giant tortoise demon could only bite the bullet and step forward to shout at the mud, "Toad, your giant tortoise grandpa is here to take you away. Why don't you come out and die!"

The roar of the giant turtle demon general echoed all around, and bubbles began to rise rapidly from the originally calm mud pool. The bubbles grew larger and larger, and suddenly, a golden demon body emerged from the mud pool.

His scarlet eyes stared at the giant turtle demon general who was challenging him, and he couldn't suppress the killing intent in his eyes.

"A tiny giant turtle dares to be so presumptuous? If you want to die, just say so, and I will grant your wish!"

Clearly, the Three-Eyed Golden Lord was furious with the Giant Turtle Demon General. As a peak-level demon general, he had been entrenched here for hundreds of years, and no one dared to provoke him. Yet now, a giant turtle at the early stage of demon general was provoking him like this. In his anger, the Three-Eyed Golden Lord suddenly opened his middle eye, and a golden light shot towards the giant turtle. The giant turtle was already prepared to run away, and when it saw the golden light coming, it shrank into its shell.

With a loud bang, golden light struck the giant turtle's shell. Even though the shell was usually hard, it was pierced with a bloody hole. Fortunately, the giant turtle was so large that it was not seriously injured.

Even so, they were still injured. This was not in the water, and the strength of the giant turtle and the fish spirit was limited by the terrain. The injured giant turtle transformed and hid behind Zhong Bai the moment the Three-Eyed Golden Lord failed to catch up.

"Master, this humble demon is no match for it. I beg you, Master, to draw your sword and slay this toad!"

Having already offended the other party, the Giant Turtle Demon General naturally hoped that Zhong Bai could kill it; otherwise, if Zhong Bai left, it would face the purge of a peak-level demon general. Zhong Bai was well aware of the Giant Turtle Demon General's ulterior motives, but now that the Three-Eyed Golden Lord had left the quagmire, it was the perfect opportunity for him to strike and kill it.

A bolt of lightning condensed in his hand. Without a word, Zhong Bai teleported to the Three-Eyed Golden Monarch. The lightning, carrying a terrifying aura, made the Three-Eyed Golden Monarch's scalp tingle instantly. It couldn't see Zhong Bai's movements clearly and could only subconsciously raise its arms to protect its body.

With a deafening roar, lightning exploded on the arms of the Three-Eyed Golden Lord, engulfing his entire body. He was sent hurtling rapidly into the distance, landing in the muddy swamp, his body charred black.

"Cough cough..."

With a weak cough, the Three-Eyed Golden Lord looked at his arms, which had been eroded by lightning to the point of being just bones. His front body was covered in bloodstains. Just one bolt of lightning had left this once-powerful demon of Jinan Prefecture in such a sorry state. The giant turtle and fish spirit behind Zhong Bai were extremely grateful for such strength.

Fortunately, they didn't choose to cooperate with the Three-Eyed Golden Lord when they met him; otherwise, a single bolt of lightning could have scattered them all over the place...

Trembling as he stood up, the Three-Eyed Golden Lord's aura visibly weakened. He looked at Zhong Bai with terror in his eyes, clearly unable to believe that one day he would be so easily trampled underfoot by a human cultivator.

"Taoist priest, we have no grudge against each other..."

"No injustice or enmity?"

Zhong Bai interrupted the Three-Eyed Golden Lord, a faint smile on his lips, as he played with the seal of the Yang Realm Inspector at his waist in his palm.

"I am an inspector of the mortal realm. Tell me, is there any enmity between us?"

Upon hearing this, the Three-Eyed Golden Lord's gaze turned cold.

"You came here because of those underworld ghost messengers?"

"Hmph! It seems you know that capturing underworld officials without authorization will anger the underworld. I wonder how you, a little demon, will survive now!"

As soon as Zhong Bai finished speaking, bolts of lightning shot from his hand toward the Three-Eyed Golden Lord. Upon seeing this, the Three-Eyed Golden Lord waved his hand, and five ghost messengers flew out of his body and stood in the air.

Each of the ghost messengers had a blank stare, as if they had lost all self-awareness.

"The Great Five Ghosts Moving Technique!"
"Geng metal energy, come!"

With a loud shout from the Three-Eyed Golden Lord, the Geng metal hidden in the surrounding mud quickly rushed towards the Five Ghosts, enveloping the Three-Eyed Golden Lord.

The moment the Geng metal energy encountered the lightning, it actually annihilated the lightning, which surprised Zhong Bai. The Great Five Ghosts Transporting Technique was indeed a good thing.

Just as Zhong Bai was about to teach the Three-Eyed Golden Lord a lesson with the Samadhi Fire, the Gold-Eating Insect on Zhong Bai's purple-gold crown suddenly giggled and said, "Master, let Little Gold give it a try!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the Gold-Eating Insect flapped its wings and flew away, transforming into a golden light that landed above the Five Ghosts. When the Gold-Eating Insect bit down on the Five Ghosts' array eye below, the Geng Metal Qi that had been gathered was swallowed up by the Gold-Eating Insect as if it were a whale.

This scene left the Three-Eyed Golden Lord completely dumbfounded; his supernatural powers had vanished just like that.

Before the Three-Eyed Golden Lord could react, Zhong Bai's lightning had already arrived. Another bolt of lightning struck, and the Three-Eyed Golden Lord, who was only watching the Geng Metal Qi block Zhong Bai, was instantly blasted out of his original form by the lightning. He was a three-legged toad, his body charred black, and he almost died instantly from the lightning.

"Grandpa, spare me!"

As if realizing he had no chance of defeating Zhong Bai, the Three-Eyed Golden Lord immediately knelt down and begged for mercy, hoping that Zhong Bai would take pity on him and spare his life.

Zhong Bai approached the Three-Eyed Golden Lord with a smile. Seeing Zhong Bai's warm and gentle smile, the Three-Eyed Golden Lord began to explain his role.

"Please spare my life, Master! I was born knowing where to find wealth, and I can even use the energy of Geng metal to set up formations..."

"Leave you here? It's not impossible, but I'm quite curious and interested in your Great Five Ghosts Transporting Technique. Are you willing to hand over this supernatural power?"

Faced with Zhong Bai's gentle voice, the three-eyed Jin Jun instantly found hope for survival.

"Yes, yes, yes! You, sir, have..."

"Alright, since you're willing to give it, then this humble Taoist will take it directly!"

At this moment, Zhong Bai had already placed a palm on the top of the Three-Eyed Golden Lord's head to search his soul.
More and more strange things came to mind, until Zhong Bai found the cultivation method for the Great Five Ghosts Transporting Technique.

"What I need, I never need from others; I take it myself..."

"You'd better watch out in your next life... oh no, I've forgotten, you don't have a next life!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a bolt of lightning surged into the crown of the head of the Three-Eyed Golden Ni Jun, completely annihilating his soul without leaving a trace.

After doing all this, Zhong Bai put the corpse into his Qiankun Ring.

The speed was too fast. By the time the giant claw and the fish spirit reacted, the battle was over, and they were greatly moved!
(End of this chapter)