Starting with the Earth God, the path to immortality is deduced!

"able!"

More than thirty men.

They roared in unison.

The sound was like thunder.

The vibrations made the surrounding roof tiles vibrate and hum.

"Ma Ling'er".

Zhou Yuan turned to look at the girl beside him.

"You understand formations."

"The key point of this [Six Harmonies Evil-Repelling Formation]."

"It's up to you now."

"I need you to be in one of the four cardinal directions of the city."

"Raise the battle flag."

"Use this purifying power."

"Turn it up to the maximum!"

Ma Ling'er took the array diagram handed to her by Zhou Yuan.

I glanced at it.

His eyes lit up instantly.

"What an exquisite formation!"

"Old Zhou."

"You're a genius!"

"no problem!"

"Leave it to me!"

"Who dares to stop me from setting up my formation?"

"My great-aunt twisted his head off and used it as a ball!"

……

As the order was issued.

Fight back.

it has started!

These are the local folk priests who only know how to carry coffins on ordinary days.

At this moment, they have transformed into guardians of the city.

They did not possess profound magical powers.

There were no fancy magic weapons either.

They have some.

All I have is passion.

And those buckets of foul-smelling black dog blood.

"Give me a drink!"

A local deity pinned down a burly man who was going berserk.

Regardless of how much the other person struggled.

A ladle of talisman water was poured directly in.

"Cough cough cough..."

Then came a violent coughing fit.

The burly man spat out a mouthful of black blood.

The red light in his eyes.

They actually retreated!

"Amazing!"

"Young Master Zhou's talisman is amazing!"

"Brothers!"

"Keep it up!"

"Save as many as you can!"

And in the four corners of the city.

Ma Ling'er's figure moved about like a ghost.

Each pause.

There will be a flag planted in the ground.

As the last flag fell.

"Charge!"

Ma Ling'er let out a delicate shout.

A faint golden light curtain.

Centered on the square.

It spread outwards instantly.

Where the light curtain passes.

The stench of blood and the restless atmosphere that permeated the air.

Like ice and snow melting away.

Retreat quickly.

Those who were originally screaming madly under the influence of the poison.

The movements began to slow down.

The madness in his eyes.

It was replaced by confusion.

situation.

It's finally under control!

Zhou Yuan stood on a high place.

Looking at the city gradually calming down.

But there was no relaxation whatsoever.

because.

He discovered an even more serious problem.

"wrong."

"The source of this Heart-Eating Gu's spread."

"Not found yet."

"As long as the source is not eliminated."

"The formation will stop."

"They'll make a comeback immediately."

and.

Such a big commotion.

Those rats of the Wukong Cult.

Why didn't anyone step in to stop them?

This is not reasonable.

unless……

They are doing something more important.

It is very important.

We can even give up on this situation!

"They're stalling for time!"

A sudden inspiration struck Zhou Yuan.

"The whole city is in chaos."

"It's just a smokescreen!"

"Their real purpose."

"Where exactly is it?"

Zhou Yuan closed his eyes.

The perception of the Earth God Seal.

Turn it on to the maximum.

Divine consciousness spread out like a tide.

Wandering through the streets and alleys.

Passing through the high walls and courtyards.

finally.

It froze in one place.

There.

It is a slum in Fengzhou City.

It is also the dirtiest, most chaotic, and most forgotten corner of the city.

There were no lights there.

There was only a deathly silence and darkness.

But in Zhou Yuan's perception.

There.

It's like a giant black hole.

It is greedily devouring everything around it!

Countless invisible black lines.

It was emanating from those who were afflicted by the Gu poison.

They converge there.

That is……

resentment!

A menacing aura!

They are collecting all the negative energy generated by the chaos!

"Found it."

Zhou Yuan suddenly opened his eyes.

His gaze was like a knife.

It pierced straight into that dark corner.

"turn out to be."

"You're hiding in this rat hole."

"They want to exploit the suffering of the entire city."

"Are you here to raise that thing?"

Zhou Yuan didn't know what that "thing" was.

But he could sense it.

That was a power stronger than any phantom or evil spirit.

An aura ten times, a hundred times more terrifying!

even……

He was imprinted with the Earth God's seal within his body.

They all trembled with unease.

"Ma Ling'er!"

Zhou Yuan transmitted his voice through the divine seal.

His voice was as cold as iron.

"We'll leave this to Uncle Wang and the others to finish up."

"Come to me right now."

"Bring your best guy."

"Let's go catch it..."

"The biggest rat!"

That's all.

Zhou Yuan moved.

It turned into a fleeting afterimage.

Without hesitation.

It rushed towards that all-consuming darkness.

That is the entrance to hell.

But he...

It is the god of Fengzhou!

Where God is.

All evils retreat!

"The Void Teachings".

"tonight."

"We have already determined who is superior and who is inferior."

"It's a matter of life and death!"

The night breeze in Fengzhou City.

It carried a lingering, pungent smell of blood.

Two figures.

One in front of the other.

Like an arrow released from a bow.

It pierced through the suffocating darkness.

The boy in front.

His blue robe fluttered in the wind.

His face was as still as water.

A thick yellow light surged around him.

Every step taken.

The ground beneath our feet seemed to be responding.

Shrinking the earth to an inch.

This is the authority of the Earth God.

The girl behind.

She wore a neat high ponytail.

He was carrying a dark gold demon-subduing staff.

Although he was panting heavily.

But the fighting spirit in his eyes.

Brighter than the stars in the sky.

"Old Zhou!"

"Slower!"

"Is that a slum up ahead?"

"Why does it smell so sour?"

Ma Ling'er covered her nose.

His brows were so furrowed they could trap a fly.

"This tastes wrong."

"Like dead fish and rotten shrimp."

"It also seems like..."

"Foot binding cloths that have been stored away for hundreds of years!"

Zhou Yuan suddenly stopped in his tracks.

The soles of the shoes were on the muddy ground.

It left a deep mark.

at this time.

They were already standing at the entrance to the slum.

Here.

It is the festering sore of Fengzhou City.

On ordinary days.

Even during the day.

It was also lifeless here.

The place was inhabited by beggars and homeless people.

Or they are orphans whom no one wants.

But at the moment.

It's unusually quiet here.

Not even a single bark was heard.

There was only deathly silence.

"It doesn't smell bad."

Zhou Yuan's voice.

It was as cold as ice crystals.

"It's the smell of a corpse."

"and."

"They treat living people like pigs and dogs, keeping them in captivity."

"The stench of fermenting corpses!"

He raised his hand.

In the palm of your hand.

The Earth God Seal trembled slightly.

That was a lament from the earth.

"here."

"There is no life left."

Ma Ling'er's heart skipped a beat.

The hand holding the demon-subduing staff.

Tightened and tightened again.

"You mean...?"

"The people inside..."

"Are they all dead?"

Zhou Yuan did not answer.

His gaze.

They locked onto the deepest part of the slum.

There.

There is an abandoned, dilapidated temple.

It was originally dedicated to some wild god.

The incense offerings have long been discontinued.

Half of the wall collapsed.

But in Zhou Yuan's perception.

Around that dilapidated temple.

But it was all nothingness.

It's like being forcibly removed from this world.

A piece was removed!

"Divine Sense Shielding"

Zhou Yuan took a deep breath.

A glint of gold flashed in his eyes.

"My divine consciousness."

"It can't get in."

"A barrier has been set up there."

"A barrier specifically designed to counter the power of earth deities!"

"Isolated from the earth."

"Shielding the secrets of heaven."

"What they did inside."

"It's probably something that can't be brought to light!"

Upon hearing this, Ma Ling'er...

My temper flared up instantly.

"A cowardly rat hiding its head and tail!"

"I'd like to see that."

"How hard is this turtle's shell!"

She took it from the pouch at her waist.

He took out a handful of soybeans.

It was scattered on the ground.

"Scattering beans to create soldiers!"

"Clear the way!"

Puff puff!

The soybeans fell to the ground.

In an instant, it transformed into more than a dozen golden figures.

Holding a long spear.

It charged toward the dilapidated temple, howling loudly.

however.

They had just rushed to within a hundred paces of the dilapidated temple.

It's sizzling!

A dark red ripple suddenly appeared in the air.

It's like a red-hot iron plate.

The bean soldiers charged in.

Black smoke billowed up instantly.

He didn't even manage a scream.

It turned directly into ashes!

"That's incredible?!"

Ma Ling'er gasped.

"These are the Ma family's secret recipe golden beans!"

"Even an ordinary vengeful ghost."

"It'll get a hole punched in it too!"

Zhou Yuan snorted coldly.

Take a step forward.

"It's just sorcery."

"On my land."

"Set up this kind of barrier."

"Did you ask me?"

boom!

He stomped his foot heavily on the ground.

"Earth's veins!"

"Turn over!"

"rise!"

Accompanied by his roar.

The entire ground of the slum.

It began to shake violently.

It's like a sleeping dragon.

He rolled over.

Click!

Click!

The ground around that dilapidated temple.

It cracked instantly.

A series of earthy yellow wisps of energy.

Like a sharp sword.

It gushed forth from the ground!

It pierced straight into that dark red barrier!

"break!"

Zhou Yuan's five fingers formed a claw.

A tear in the void.

Sizzle—!!!

That seemingly indestructible dark red barrier.

Under the powerful impact of the earth's energy.

It's like a tattered rag.

A huge gash was forcibly torn open!

A stench so strong it was nauseating.

Accompanied by a piercing scream.

From that gap.

A massive outpouring!

"This taste..."

Ma Ling'er almost vomited on the spot.

Tears welled up in my eyes from the fumes.

"vomit……"

"Are these bastards cooking shit in there?"

Zhou Yuan, however, did not laugh.

His expression.

It's even blacker than the bottom of a pot.

"Go in!"

The two figures flashed by.

They rushed into the dilapidated temple.

The scene inside the temple.

This surprised Zhou Yuan, who was used to seeing life and death.

His pupils contracted sharply.

Here.

It's like hell on earth!

The altar that originally housed the statue of the deity.

At this moment, a huge bronze cauldron is placed there.

A ghastly green flame burned beneath the cauldron.

Inside the cauldron.

It was churning with a thick, dark red liquid.

Countless black beetles, each the size of a thumb.

They wriggle and fight wildly inside.

And around the large cauldron.

There were more than a dozen people kneeling.

To be precise.

There were more than a dozen people who had been stripped naked.

A person whose body is covered with strange runes.

Their limbs were chained.

His mouth was stuffed with a rag.

His eyes were wide open.

It was filled with extreme fear and despair.

Even more terrifying is...

On their chests.

They all had a hole made in them.

Black beetles.

We're going right through that hole.

Drilling in and out!

Each time.

The man's body convulsed violently.

Blood vessels under the skin.

It sprang up like an earthworm.

It turned into an eerie purplish-black color!

"stop!!!"

Ma Ling'er witnessed this scene.

Her eyes instantly turned red.

A surge of overwhelming anger.

It shot straight up to the top of the head.

"You bunch of beasts!"

"Is he even human?!"

Next to the large cauldron.

Seven or eight members of the Wukong Cult, dressed in black robes, stood there.

The leader.

He was an elderly man with a hunched back.

He was holding a white bone staff.

His face was painted with black patterns resembling centipedes.

I heard a noise.

He slowly turned around.

In those cloudy eyes.

There was not the slightest bit of panic.

Instead, it had a hint of mockery.

"Yo."

"Isn't this the local earth god of Fengzhou City?"

"And the little girl from the Ma family."

"You're pretty quick."

"This is my barrier."

"You guys broke it so quickly."

The old man chuckled strangely.

The sound was like two rusty iron pieces rubbing against each other.

It sent chills down your spine.

"but."

"You've come at the perfect time."

"This batch of Heart-Eating Gu"

"What we're really missing are a few inspiring catalysts."

"A local deity."

"A descendant of the Ma family."

"If it's refined into something."

"This Gu King."

"I'm afraid he'll instantly turn into a demon!"

"Ha ha ha ha!"

The surrounding Aviveka believers.

He then let out a piercing burst of wild laughter.

Zhou Yuan remained silent.

His gaze.

The light swept over the people kneeling on the ground.

Some of them had already died.

Some were still convulsing in pain.

Those were his people!

Just yesterday.

Perhaps they are still hawking their wares on the street.

She's still at home taking care of the child.

just now.

But it was used as a vessel for cultivating insects!

Die here!

An indescribable pain.

It was mixed with overwhelming killing intent.

It exploded inside Zhou Yuan's chest cavity.

"you."

"They all have to die!"

No nonsense.

Zhou Yuan made a single move with one hand.

The blue lamp appeared out of thin air.

"go!"

A small, green flame.

The wind blew the water.

It transformed into a blue fire dragon.

It roared and charged toward the bronze cauldron!

"snort!"

"A trivial skill!"

The hunchbacked old man snorted coldly.

The white bone staff in his hand slammed heavily.

"My lads!"

"That is divine fire."

"Don't let it burn the precious item!"

"Charge!"

"A myriad of poisons devour the heart!"

hum!

With his command.

The black-robed cultists around them all bit their tongues.

He spat out a mouthful of blood onto the ground.

In an instant.

Countless blood-red lines lit up on the ground.

Those patterns.

Like a living thing.

Following the iron chain.

It climbed onto the bodies of the victims!

"Ugh—!!!"

The victim was already on the verge of death.

Suddenly, it let out an inhuman roar.

Their bodies.

It expands at a rate visible to the naked eye.

His skin turned bluish-black.

The fingernails grew three inches in length.

His eyes instantly turned as black as ink.

"roar!"

They actually managed to break free of the chains.

They were like a pack of maddened wild beasts.

They stood in front of the bronze cauldron!

boom!

The blue fire dragon crashed into these people.

It was actually blocked by a dense black aura.

Although it was sizzling loudly.

But these dozen or so people acted as human shields.

But they fiercely protected the large cauldron behind them!

"mean!"

Ma Ling'er was so angry that she trembled all over.

"Using a living person as a shield?"

"The Void Sect!"

"I will never let you get away with this!"

"We beseech the immortals!"

Ma Ling'er stuck the demon-subduing staff in her hand into the ground.

His hands moved swiftly, forming hand seals.

Stepping in a gait.

"The Ma family of Beizhou."

"Please, God, descend!"

"Black and White Mystic Lord!"

"The Iron-Eating Divine Beast!"

"Hurry up and show yourself!"

"roar--!!!"

A deafening roar.

An explosion occurred out of nowhere.

Followed by.

A flash of black and white light streaked across the sky.

One of them is over two meters tall.

Clad in heavy armor.

It is the size of a bear.

A huge... with eyes gleaming with golden light...

panda!

It landed with a thud!

The panda appeared.

The ground of the entire dilapidated temple collapsed three feet.

That fierce aura.

It's ten times more ferocious than any tiger or lion!

This is the legendary iron-eating beast!

Chi You's mount!

"Get out!"

"Smash them to death, you little brat!"