Dao Cheng Gui Xian

Chapter 68 Li Wushou's Subordinate Priests
The jarring laughter made everyone's brows furrow.

"alert!"

Lin You shouted, and the junior priests all activated their Yin power, causing the blades to gleam with an eerie light.

"kill!"

Lin You led the young priests in a proactive attack, charging towards the group of strange children.

The junior priests gathered on the other side also looked a little nervous. Although they didn't feel any tension between their brows, they were newcomers after all, and this was the first time they had ever seen a child grow out of the ground.

However, they kept the High Priest's instructions firmly in mind and did not act rashly, but stood on the sidelines, watching the situation with full vigilance.

Lin You took the lead, his long sword flashing as he slashed at a child.

With a single slash, Lin You was slightly taken aback as he looked at the dark green corpse severed in two. Was it really that easy?

Immediately afterward, Lin You's expression changed drastically: "Be careful not to get too close to the corpse."

The child, whose body had just been severed, suddenly let out a shrill cry from his upper body. Then, countless dark green roots began to grow from the broken part of his body.

In a matter of moments, the severed child became two identical children.

Unlike before, his face was filled with resentment as he stared intently at Lin You and the others.

Suddenly, the children opened their mouths and let out a piercing scream. Lin You and the others hurriedly used their Yin energy to seal their eardrums, but the sound clung to their hearts like a leech.

Disturbed by the howling, Feng Sishui's chest wound bled again, and his movements became momentarily chaotic.

Chu Feng and Lu Fan, who were standing beside him, changed their expressions and realized that something was wrong.

With a swing of his sword, he used the back of the blade to smash the strange child in front of him, sending him tumbling away. He then took the opportunity to deliver a few more blows to Feng Sishui's side to relieve some of the pressure on him.

Lin You frowned. Being part of the alliance strategy, he naturally sensed Feng Sishui's condition. However, the strange child seemed to multiply like trees, and this situation wouldn't last long.

"Take away the fire talisman!"

Upon hearing the order, everyone used the back of their swords to knock back the child in front of them, then simultaneously cut their fingertips and took out a talisman.

He smeared the blood on the talisman with his fingers, chanted incantations rapidly, clenched his fist, and extended two fingers clockwise, waving them at the child who was rushing towards him again.

"Leave the fire, burn!"

Twelve fire talismans suddenly flew out and landed on the strange child, instantly igniting flames and setting him ablaze.

"Ahhhhh!"

A series of shrill screams rang out, clearly indicating that the fire talisman had caused great harm to these children. Lin You was overjoyed; it was good that it worked. He just didn't know if it would regenerate.
Lin You was focused on the development of the situation when suddenly the dark green leaves floating in the sky began to shimmer with green light.

Suddenly, countless black roots burst forth from the ground, and a dense yin energy rose from them, extinguishing the Li Huo talisman directly.

"Get another talisman!"

Lin You shouted, and the others quickly followed suit.

"Watch your back."

A sudden, urgent reminder rang in Lin You's ears, and he tensed up, glancing behind him out of the corner of his eye.

Unbeknownst to them, barbed roots had sprouted from the ground, ready to bind everyone.

In the rush, the officials swung their swords backward, steadied themselves, spun around, and the "Fire Talisman" in their hands suddenly flew out.

"Pfft~!"

Before the fire talisman could even reach the roots, it was extinguished by the yin energy and fell to the ground.

The group moved quickly, about to change formation and gather star power to counterattack, when suddenly their expressions changed drastically. They saw that the roots in front of Feng Sishui directly broke through the opponent's sword momentum.

The talisman sealing the wound at his heart was now soaked with blood, and the violent impact had left Feng Sishui somewhat exhausted.

Despite trying her best, she was still a step too slow and couldn't keep up with the others.

The strategy of alliance was broken.

Roots emerging from the ground roared as they were about to pierce the group's bodies, while a host of eerie children rushed up behind them. In an instant, the situation took a sharp turn for the worse.

Standing on the other side, the junior priest Fu Feng, who was reminding Lin You and the others, shouted out loud upon seeing this.

"Everyone, let's not wait any longer, go all out!" The crowd, who had been waiting for a long time, took out a Blood Buddha Temple Blood Eye from their pockets and put it in their mouths. Then, a surge of blood energy pressed down on the scene.

The twelve people stepped forward in unison, and the area covered by the veins of the entire leaf trembled.

"Kacha ~ Kacha ~"

The barrier in the void continuously emitted subtle cracking sounds, and the surrounding dense forest rustled again, drawing in more wood elemental energy, which finally stabilized the entire barrier.

"cut!"

Fu Feng shouted, and the twelve men simultaneously swung their swords, the terrifying blood-red blade light shooting straight at the roots behind Lin You and the others.

"Fall back!"

Lin You shouted, grabbed Feng Sishui, who looked dejected but was still stubbornly holding on, and led the junior priests to disperse to the side.

"Chichichi"

The crimson blade energy swept across the ground, severing numerous roots. The roots fell to the ground, writhing like snakes, their severed edges charred black, preventing them from reconnecting.

This demonstrates the domineering and intense power of the strike.

"what?"

"What power is this?"

Lin You and the others were dumbfounded. Could such terrifying Blood Yang power really be wielded by a mere priest? Were they sure he wasn't a monk from the Blood Buddha Temple? And what were those blood-red eyes?

No wonder the earthen sedan chair was destroyed just now; with such strong blood energy, how could it not be destroyed?

Lin You felt a sense of unreality; he had always believed that the team he led was the main force.

The High Priest also kept telling himself to take on more responsibility, to be the first to act, and to take care of the newcomers.

What's going on now? Whoever is the weakest goes first, right?

Lin You was puzzled, but Liu Yanchang in the group had a change of heart. He was certain that the changes in these people were related to the High Priest, because the Blood Eyes in their hands were obtained from him by the High Priest.

He was in charge of the City God Temple's finances and the transactions with the Blood Buddha Temple's flesh and blood spirit official.

Seeing the astonished looks on Lin You's face, Fu Feng felt a surge of satisfaction; this was nothing more than a display of divine power in front of others.

The group of twelve had already reached the spot where Lin You and the others had been. Fu Feng shouted again:
"Cut again!"

His body moved like a dragon, subtly aligning with the celestial positions. Although the celestial power he borrowed was minimal due to the influence of the veins in the leaves, this method of alliance allowed everyone to communicate with each other.

The crimson blade slashed into the strange child rushing in front of him. Just like the roots before, the child's head flew off and split in two after being cut by the crimson blade.

The broken area was also charred black, making it difficult for new roots to grow and for new shoots to emerge.

"Wow! That strong?"

The group of priests behind Lin You gasped in shock. The strange child who had almost caused them to stumble was actually dealt with by Fu Feng and his group as easily as cutting melons and vegetables.

Fu Feng and the others were also deeply moved as they looked at the bodies of the children who had "split up" on the ground.

I couldn't help but think of that night.

After teaching the method of alliance, High Priest Li Wushou took out the prepared Yin Power Seeds and distributed them to the twelve junior priests, led by the group of old men including Lin You.

Immediately, the group, along with the four newly recruited junior priests, began practicing. The method of alliance, characterized by strict discipline and perfect harmony, captivated them.

But the High Priest never appeared, and he took out a new seed of Yin energy!

Fu Feng and the other remaining junior priests were quite disappointed. They had thought they were only considered as reserve personnel, but unexpectedly, High Priest Li Wushou kept them behind.

Then he took out the Blood Qi Seed, which was completely opposite to the Yin Power Seed, and gave it to them to take.

The moment the blood seed was activated, Fu Feng and the others had a premonition that their fate had changed.

Rather than being described as priests under the City God,

Rather, they were more like priests under Li Wushou.

(End of this chapter)