The Night Watchman of Siheyuan

Tianpeng Rebirth: The Battle of Buddhism and Taoism

Chapter 21: The mysterious scroll appears and the mastermind is revealed

When Feng Yao felt that her magic power was about to run out, Yang Jian quickly took out a pill emitting a soft light from his arms and handed it to her, saying: "Take it quickly, it will help you restore your magic power." Feng Yao took the pill and swallowed it without hesitation. The pill melted in her mouth, and a warm current instantly flowed through her body, and her magic power recovered rapidly like a tide.

She regained her spirit, the light in her hands grew brighter, and the power of the purification spell was even greater than before, dispelling large swathes of the surrounding evil spirits. Everyone took advantage of the situation to speed up their pace and headed deeper into the valley.

Finally, at the end of the valley, they found an ancient stone platform. On the stone platform, there was a scroll emitting a faint light. It was the mysterious scroll they had been searching for. Just as they approached the stone platform and were about to pick up the scroll, the surrounding space suddenly shook violently.

An illusory figure slowly emerged. This figure wore a tall crown and a black robe. His face was blurred, but he exuded a strong and evil aura. "Do you think you can get this scroll easily? It's wishful thinking!" The voice of the illusory figure resounded through the valley like a bell, with endless majesty and disdain.

"Who are you? Why are you stopping us?" Yang Jian asked, holding a three-pointed, double-edged sword, staring at the illusory figure vigilantly.

The illusory figure sneered: "It doesn't matter who I am. What's important is that you shouldn't come here to disrupt my plan. Once this scroll appears in the world, the three realms will fall into chaos, and I will become the master of this chaotic world!"

"Hmph, just you? You want to destroy the peace of the Three Realms? I, the old pig, will be the first to disagree!" Bajie waved the Nine-toothed Rake, eager to give it a try.

The illusory figure ignored Bajie and continued, "This mysterious scroll records the method to open the seal of the ancient demon god. Once the demon god is resurrected, all living beings in the three realms will crawl at my feet. You will all die here today!" After that, he waved his hands, and countless black chains protruded from the ground, wrapping around everyone like snakes.

Yang Jian flashed, and the three-pointed double-edged sword swung quickly, cutting off the chains that were approaching. Ao Bing exerted all his strength, using the water barrier to protect everyone, while controlling the water flow to hit the illusory figure. Feng Yao cast a purification spell to fight against the evil power contained in the black chains, while looking for the flaws of the illusory figure. Bajie was even more fearless, rushing directly towards the illusory figure and smashing it hard with the nine-toothed rake.

However, the illusory figure was so powerful that he easily neutralized Bajie's attack. He also hit Bajie with a black light and knocked him out. Ao Bing's water barrier was also shaky under the impact of the black chain.

At the critical moment, Yang Jian used the art of controlling the heavens and the earth, and his body instantly became huge. The three-pointed double-edged sword in his hand slashed towards the illusory figure like a mountain. The illusory figure felt a huge threat, and he condensed a black energy ball with his hands and threw it towards Yang Jian. The energy ball collided with the three-pointed double-edged sword, bursting out with a strong light and huge impact, and the whole valley trembled.

While the illusory figure was fully focused on dealing with Yang Jian's attack, Feng Yao seized the opportunity, rode on the five-colored phoenix, and rushed to the stone platform at an extremely fast speed. She reached out and grabbed the mysterious scroll, and the moment she touched the scroll, a powerful stream of information poured into her mind.

Feng Yao closed her eyes and quickly browsed through the information. She discovered that the mastermind behind this mysterious force was actually an evil master who was sealed in ancient times for attempting to control the three realms. After countless years, he finally found a chance to escape and attempted to use the power of the ancient demon god to reign over the three realms again.

Feng Yao quickly passed this information to Yang Jian and others. After learning the clues of the mastermind behind the conspiracy, they became more determined to stop the other party's conspiracy.

"We can't let him succeed, we must find a way to destroy this plan!" Yang Jian said loudly.

At this time, the illusory figure discovered that Feng Yao had obtained the information in the scroll, and he became angry and gave up the confrontation with Yang Jian, turned around and pounced on Feng Yao, trying to take back the scroll and kill her to silence her.

Feng Yao tightly guarded the scroll, and the colorful phoenix took her to dodge quickly in the air. Ao Bing and Bajie took the opportunity to attack the illusory figure from both sides to buy time for Feng Yao. Yang Jian also quickly returned to his original form and joined the battle.

The four people started a thrilling life-and-death fight with the phantom figure. The phantom figure's attacks became more and more crazy, and each attack carried the power to destroy the world. But everyone did not retreat, and cooperated with each other, relying on their tenacious will and excellent magic to stalemate with the phantom figure.

During the fierce battle, Yang Jian discovered that before the illusory figure launched a powerful attack, his black robe would move without wind, revealing a small part of his ankle, which seemed to be a weak point of his strength. Yang Jian told everyone about this discovery, and everyone decided to seize this opportunity to give the illusory figure a fatal blow.

Ao Bing first used a powerful water spell to attract the attention of the illusory figure, while Bajie quietly approached from behind.