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

Ma Ling'er pointed to the hunched old man.

"Especially that old bastard!"

"Flatten it!"

"roar!"

The panda roared angrily.

A person stands upright.

A giant bear paw.

With the sound of whistling wind.

It's like a small mountain.

Shoot forward!

boom! boom! boom!

Two bewitched puppets stood in front of them.

He was sent flying by that slap.

It crashed into the wall.

It won't come off no matter how hard you try!

But this panda is fierce.

However, he acted with great restraint.

It just sent people flying.

No one was killed.

"Well done!"

Ma Ling'er had a stack of talismans in her hand.

"Thunder Magic!"

"Palm Thunder!"

"I'll chop you bunch of charlatans to pieces!"

Crackling sounds!

Streaks of purple electricity.

It flew out of her palm.

Bypass those puppets.

They headed straight for the black-robed cultists behind them.

The scene instantly descended into chaos.

Zhou Yuan stood still.

They didn't rush to make a move.

His eyes were captivating.

He stared intently at the hunched old man.

He could tell.

These puppets.

Although it looks fierce.

But in fact.

The body's vitality is rapidly fading away.

That Heart-Eating Gu.

It is frantically devouring their life essence.

If it is not resolved as soon as possible...

these people.

Even if they are saved.

He's a useless person too!

"We must finish this quickly!"

"First, soothe the soul!"

"Kill someone again!"

Zhou Yuan was certain.

Hands clasped together.

An atmosphere of solemnity and reverence.

It emanated from him.

"The Supreme Star".

"Responding without ceasing."

"Exorcising evil spirits and binding demons."

"To save your life!"

"A Mantra for Soothing and Delivering Souls!"

hum!

As the incantation was recited.

Soft golden light.

Centered on Zhou Yuan.

It spread outwards.

This golden light.

It has no lethality.

But it's like a gentle spring.

It was sprinkled on the crazed puppets.

"roar……"

The puppet that was originally tearing and biting wildly.

The movement suddenly stopped.

The pitch-black ink in my eyes.

It actually started to fade away slowly.

A sliver of its original clarity was revealed.

The Heart-Eating Gu within the body.

It's like encountering a natural enemy.

It let out a squeaking scream.

They curled up into a ball.

I dare not move.

"efficient!"

Ma Ling'er's eyes lit up.

"Get out!"

"Hold them down!"

"Don't let them move around!"

The giant panda seemed to understand human speech.

Its massive body lunged forward.

He pinned three or four puppets down beneath him.

It's like stacking people on top of each other.

No matter how much they struggled.

They were also unable to move.

"Damn it!"

The hunchbacked old man saw this.

His expression finally changed.

"That kid's spells."

"It can actually counter my Gu techniques?"

"I cannot let you live!"

A ruthless glint flashed in the old man's eyes.

He suddenly bit the tip of his tongue.

He spat a mouthful of black blood onto the white bone staff in his hand.

"To feed the Gu with one's own body!"

"All poisons return to their origin!"

"Come out!"

"my darling!"

Click!

The white bone staff in his hand.

It shattered into pieces.

One is about the size of a fist.

Its entire body is blood red.

A centipede with a ghostly face on its back.

It emerged from the staff.

The centipede appeared.

The surrounding air seemed to freeze.

A chilling, malevolent aura emanated from it.

It came on all sides.

"go!"

"Eat him!"

"Eat his heart and liver!"

The old man pointed at Zhou Yuan.

Whoosh!

The demon-faced centipede transformed into a streak of blood-red lightning.

It was so fast that even divine sense could hardly detect it.

It aimed straight at Zhou Yuan's brow!

"Be careful!"

Ma Ling'er exclaimed in surprise.

It was too late to rescue them.

This speed.

too fast!

however.

Zhou Yuan didn't even blink.

The corners of his mouth.

Instead, it evoked a cold, icy smile.

"I've been waiting for you to pull this off!"

Just as the demon-faced centipede was about to touch his brow...

An old-fashioned book.

It suddenly opened up in his mind!

Supernatural Tales!

"Sacrifice!"

"This evil spirit has come knocking on our door."

"Why not take it if it's free!"

hum!

Zhou Yuan's brow.

Suddenly, a vertical eye appeared.

It's not the Divine Eye.

Instead, it was a pitch-black vortex!

That's a projection of "Strange Tales of the Gods and Monsters"!

"squeak--!!!"

The demon-faced centipede let out a terrified scream.

It sensed it.

That's the scent of a natural enemy!

That's suppression from a higher dimension!

It wanted to escape.

But in the face of that whirlpool.

It doesn't even have the right to struggle.

call out!

A flash of blood.

That Gu King that even Ma Ling'er feared.

It was sucked directly into Zhou Yuan's brow!

Just like that.

It was swallowed whole!

"What?!"

The hunched old man's eyes were practically bulging out of their sockets.

That was thirty years of his lifespan that he had expended.

The natal Gu King, nurtured with the blood and sweat of countless living people!

That's it...

That's all?

"puff!"

The natal Gu was captured.

The elderly man suffered a mental breakdown.

He coughed up a mouthful of blood.

He instantly became listless.

Like a candle flickering in the wind.

"you……"

"What kind of monster are you?!"

The old man pointed at Zhou Yuan.

My fingers are trembling.

His face was filled with terror.

Zhou Yuan slowly opened his eyes.

He walked step by step toward the old man.

Every step.

They all left a deep footprint on the ground.

"Am I a monster?"

"No."

"I am the land of Fengzhou."

"I am the judge who will send you to hell!"

Zhou Yuan walked up to the old man.

Looking down at him.

His eyes were as cold as knives.

"explain."

"You are in Fengcheng."

"Just how many of these schemes have been set up?"

"underground."

"What exactly is it?"

The old man gave a bitter laugh.

His mouth was full of blood.

The teeth were stained red.

"Hehehe..."

"Just kill me."

"Kill me."

"You can't stop the real person's plan either."

"This Fengzhou City."

"A sacred place destined to become a place for true immortals!"

"The one underground."

"I'll be waking up soon!"

"Ha ha ha ha……"

"Since you won't tell me."

Zhou Yuan snorted coldly.

"Then I'll see for myself!"

Snapped!

A large hand.

It was placed directly on the old man's crown.

"Soul Search!"

Actually.

It is the power of "Strange Tales of Gods and Monsters" that has been activated again.

Sacrifice!

Get rid of this evil sorcerer.

Along with his soul.

Let us offer this sacrifice to the divine book!

"ah--!!!"

The old man let out a final, piercing scream.

His body quickly withered and shrank.

At last.

It turned into a cloud of black ash.

It dissipated into the air.

at the same time.

In Zhou Yuan's sea of ​​consciousness.

The divine book was flipped through frantically.

[Sacrifice successful!]

[Unlock the character profile: Wukong Cult Evil Master (Gu Vein)]

[Gained Yin Energy: Fifty Years!]

[Gained Supernatural Power: Resistance to Evil Energy (Beginner)]

[Description of Supernatural Power: Possesses natural resistance to all poisons, curses, and malevolent energy.]

at the same time.

A fragmented piece of memory.

It forcibly flooded into Zhou Yuan's mind.

Those were the old man's last memories before he died.

The image is fragmented.

Zhou Yuan saw a huge underground palace.

It's right below Fengzhou City!

In the center of the palace.

A blurry figure sat cross-legged.

The face is not visible.

All that could be seen was a blood-red Taoist robe.

Beneath that person.

It is a huge...

chain!

The chain was as thick as a water tank.

It extends all the way down into the earth.

And at the deepest part of the earth.

There seems to be something there.

It is frantically pounding against the seal.

Every impact.

The whole earth was trembling!

And on those chains.

It was covered with densely packed runes.

Those runes.

It is absorbing every bit of resentment and every drop of blood seeping from Fengzhou City!

"I see……"

Zhou Yuan suddenly opened his eyes.

I was covered in a cold sweat.

"The True Man of the Wukong Sect!"

"He is taking advantage of this unrest."

"Take advantage of the resentment that fills the city."

"Go feed that thing underground!"

"This is the true purpose of the so-called 'Heart-Eating Gu'."

"Creating chaos."

"To create slaughter."

"Collect negative emotions."

"at last……"

"Break the seal!"

at this time.

The battle inside the ruined temple has ended.

Those who believe in emptiness.

After losing their pillar of support.

Enraged by Ma Ling'er and Gun Gun.

Like swatting a fly.

They were all knocked unconscious.

They were tied together like rice dumplings.

Those controlled puppets.

It was also under the effect of the soul-soothing spell.

He fell into a deep sleep.

Although the body was damaged.

But at least he survived.

"Old Zhou!"

"nailed it!"

Ma Ling'er wiped the sweat from her face.

He walked over and kicked the black ash on the ground.

"That old man's got a tough tongue."

"He died without getting any answers?"

"Dead?"

Zhou Yuan shook his head.

His expression was even more solemn than before.

"No."

"More important than living."

"His death."

"I learned something even more terrifying."

Zhou Yuan turned around.

Looking at the still dark night sky outside the dilapidated temple.

That bright moon.

I don't know when.

It was even covered with a faint layer of blood.

"Ling'er".

"Our previous guesses."

"They're probably all being too optimistic."

"The chaos in Fengzhou City."

"This is just the beginning."

"Those just now."

"It's just an appetizer."

Ma Ling'er looked at Zhou Yuan's unprecedentedly serious expression.

My heart jumped.

"That……"

"What do we do next?"

Zhou Yuan took a deep breath.

His gaze pierced through the ground.

It was as if I were looking into a bottomless underground world.

"Notify Uncle Liu."

"Inform Uncle Wang."

"This battle."

"We're going to fight our way underground."

"Before that."

"This dilapidated temple."

"Keeping it is just asking for trouble."

Zhou Yuan raised his hand.

In the palm of your hand.

The laws of earth surge forth.

"The ground is sinking!"

Rumble!

The entire dilapidated temple.

Along with that sinful cauldron.

Amidst a roaring sound.

It was swallowed by the earth.

Completely buried deep in the earth.

The dust has settled.

Zhou Yuan turned to look at Ma Ling'er.

His eyes were firm.

"Walk."

"Go back and reorganize the troops."

"I have a feeling."

"What if this thing underground comes out?"

"Don't even mention Fengzhou City."

"The entire Great Ling Dynasty."

"The world is about to change!"

"Old Zhou."

"What are you staring at?"

Ma Ling'er slung the Demon-Subduing Staff over her shoulder.

That giant panda.

At this moment, his body size shrank.

It turned into a round little dumpling.

He was hugging Ma Ling'er's leg.

She was whining and begging for food.

Ma Ling'er swung her leg in disgust.

He took a bamboo shoot out of his pocket and stuffed it into his mouth.

look.

But she looked at Zhou Yuan with concern.

"What that old man just said."

"Did you listen to me?"

Zhou Yuan slowly opened his eyes.

In those eyes.

It seems to conceal two ancient wells of unfathomable depth.

"I listened."

"and."

"I saw it."

Ma Ling'er was taken aback.

"What did you see?"

Zhou Yuan turned around.

My gaze pierced through the heavy darkness of the night.

It points straight to the very center of Fengzhou City.

There.

Bright lights.

Yet it exuded an indescribable chill.

"The memories of that evil sorcerer."

"It's a mess."

"But the moment before he died."

"The fear is real."

"That underground palace."

"That's true too."

Zhou Yuan raised his hand.

Pointing in that direction.

His voice was terrifyingly low.

"Those bastards from the Wukong Sect."

"Killing and arson on the ground."

"It's just a smokescreen."

"Their real purpose."

"They're feeding that thing."

Ma Ling'er looked in the direction he was pointing.

His expression changed instantly.

"That place is..."

"The City God Temple?!"

Zhou Yuan nodded.

"That's right."

"It's the City God Temple."

"Fengzhou is the hub between the Yin and Yang realms."

"It's also this city."

"The last line of defense."

Ma Ling'er gasped.

"Good boy/girl."

"These bastards are incredibly audacious!"

"Although the City God hasn't shown his power for decades."

"But the divine power within this temple still remains."

"Do they dare to provoke us?"

Zhou Yuan sneered.

A mocking smile curled at the corner of his lips.

"Kamui?"

"If Shenwei were still here."

"This Fengzhou City."

"How did it end up in this ghastly state?"

He stomped his foot suddenly.

boom!

The soil beneath my feet.

It surged up instantly.

It seemed to have a life of its own.

Following his trouser leg.

Climbing onto his body.

A faint yellowish-brown halo.

It flowed through him.

"I am the land of Fengzhou."

"The underground network."

"These are my meridians."

"The aura of this underground place."

"It's my breathing."

Zhou Yuan closed his eyes.

Press your hands lightly against the ground.

"Clergy".

"Perception!"

hum!

An invisible fluctuation.

Centered on Zhou Yuan.

It spread instantly.

This moment.

His consciousness.

It sank to a depth of 100 meters underground.

Following the intricate network of earth veins.

It spread in all directions.

In his perception.

The entire city of Fengzhou.

It turned into a huge 3D map.

Red.

It is the life force of a living person.

Black.

It's the yin energy of the dead.

And gray.

It is the evil spirit that cannot be exposed to the light!

The slum stronghold that was just destroyed.

It's like a boil that's just been popped.

Black water is still seeping out.

but.

When Zhou Yuan's perception.

The moment I touched the City God Temple.

His heart.

It suddenly convulsed!

pain!

Excruciating pain!

It's like someone holding a red-hot iron poker.

It plunged deep into his vein!

"Hmm!"

Zhou Yuan grunted.

His face turned deathly pale instantly.

His body swayed uncontrollably.

"Old Zhou!"

Ma Ling'er is quick-witted and nimble-fingered.

She caught him.

"What's wrong with you?"

"Don't scare me!"

"Did that old ghost play a dirty trick on you just now?"

Zhou Yuan waved his hand.

My forehead was covered in cold sweat.

But the light in his eyes.

But it was even sharper than before.

"It's not Old Ghost."

"It's there."

He stared intently in the direction of the City God Temple.

Gritting his teeth.

"My perception."

"Just as we approached the foundation of the City God Temple."

"It was bounced back by a force."

"That is..."

"An extreme greed."

"An extremely evil power!"

"It's sucking the earth's veins!"

"It is harnessing the local energy of Fengzhou City."

"It's being continuously drained away!"

Ma Ling'er felt a chill run down her spine.

"Absorbing the earth's ley lines?"

"Doesn't that mean...?"

"This city."

"Is it being hollowed out?"

Zhou Yuan took a deep breath.

He forcibly suppressed the surging blood and qi within his body.

"It's not just about emptying out."

"The scene in that evil master's memory."

"And my perception."

"It matches up."

"Below the City God Temple."

"There is a huge hole."

"It's like a black hole."

"All the resentment, blood, and fear."

"Everyone is converging there."