The Night Watchman of Siheyuan

Tianpeng Rebirth: The Battle of Buddhism and Taoism

Chapter 23: The Dangers of the Netherworld and the Mystery of the Mysterious Stone Tablet

Everyone took this opportunity to attack the monsters together. Bajie took advantage of the moment when a monster slowed down and smashed it with his nine-toothed rake, knocking it to the ground and dissipating into a ball of dark green smoke. Ao Bing controlled the water flow, using the sound of the flute to disrupt the monsters' movements, and turned the water flow into sharp ice spikes, shooting at the monsters. Several monsters were pierced by the ice spikes. Feng Yao rode a colorful phoenix, circling in the air, and when the time was right, she commanded the phoenix to swoop down and attack the monsters that couldn't dodge with claws and flames.

After a hard fight, the group finally repelled the monsters. However, before they could catch their breath, a dull roar came from the depths of the Nether Abyss, as if something huge was awakening. The ground began to shake violently, cracks spread from afar, and rubble continued to fall from the surrounding mountain walls.

"What is this?" Bajie gripped the rake tightly with caution, his eyes fixed on the direction where the sound came from.

I saw a monster as huge as a mountain slowly walking out from the depths of the Nether Abyss. It looked like a Qilin, but had nine thick tails, each of which was burning with black flames. Its eyes were like two balls of blood-red flames, emitting a terrifying murderous light.

"This might be one of the ancient guardian beasts. We have to be careful." Yang Jian frowned and clenched the three-pointed double-edged sword in his hand. This guardian beast was very powerful, and the aura it exuded alone was enough to make everyone feel a little breathless.

The guardian beast stared at everyone, let out a roar that shook the world, and then swung its nine tails, and black flames shot towards everyone like meteors. Everyone hurriedly cast spells to resist. Yang Jian used the magic of heaven and earth, and waved his huge body with a three-pointed double-edged sword to slash the approaching flames one by one; Ao Bing used all his strength to hold up the water curtain, but when the flames touched the water curtain, it evaporated instantly. Ao Bing's face turned pale and he was shocked by the impact of the flames and took a few steps back; Feng Yao rode on the colorful phoenix, and the phoenix spread its huge wings to form a fiery red barrier, barely resisting part of the flames.

Bajie saw the gap between the guardian beast's attacks and leaped into the air with all his might. He smashed the guardian beast's head with his nine-toothed rake with great force. The guardian beast seemed to sense the danger and turned slightly sideways. The rake hit its shoulder, splashing sparks but leaving only a shallow mark on its hard scales. The guardian beast felt pain and opened its mouth in anger. A black beam of light shot towards Bajie. Bajie was unable to dodge and was hit by the beam of light. He flew backwards like a meteor and fell heavily to the ground.

"Bajie!" Everyone exclaimed. Yang Jian took advantage of the moment when the guardian beast attacked Bajie, turned into a stream of light, and quickly rushed towards the guardian beast, stabbing the guardian beast's eyes with the three-pointed double-edged knife. The guardian beast sensed Yang Jian's attack and hurriedly closed his eyes. The blade stabbed on its hard eyelids and could not penetrate at all. The guardian beast shook its head violently and threw Yang Jian away.

Just when everyone was in a desperate situation, Feng Yao suddenly found a stone tablet looming on the ground under the feet of the guardian beast. She was moved and rode the five-colored phoenix towards the guardian beast without caring about the danger. The five-colored phoenix made a crisp phoenix cry, attracting the attention of the guardian beast. It temporarily gave up attacking Yang Jian and turned to look at Feng Yao. Feng Yao saw the right time and swooped down quickly, landing next to the stone tablet.

She ignored the dangerous atmosphere around her and carefully observed the stone tablet. The stone tablet was engraved with ancient runes and patterns, which were somewhat similar to some records she had seen in the ancient books of the Phoenix Clan. She tried to input her magic power into the stone tablet according to the method in the ancient books.

As the mana was injected, the stone tablet began to emit a faint light, which became stronger and stronger, gradually forming a light curtain. Some pictures appeared in the light curtain, which seemed to tell the story of how the ancient demon god was sealed and how to strengthen the seal. However, before the pictures were fully displayed, the guardian beast noticed the abnormality of the stone tablet, and it roared angrily and rushed towards Feng Yao.

"Fengyao, get out of the way!" Yang Jian shouted loudly. He ignored his own injuries and rushed towards the guardian beast again, trying to stop it. Ao Bing also endured the pain and controlled the water flow to attack the guardian beast, trying to buy more time for Fengyao. Bajie got up from the ground, wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, waved the rake, and joined the battle again.

Feng Yao was extremely anxious, she knew that the information on this stone tablet was crucial and was the key to preventing the mysterious forces from awakening the demon god. She concentrated all her energy and accelerated the injection of mana, hoping to read all the information before the guardian beast rushed over.

The guardian beast was extremely fast and arrived in front of Feng Yao in an instant. It raised its huge claws high and slapped Feng Yao fiercely. At this critical moment...