Chapter 76

Black clouds loomed over the city, threatening to crush it, and blood-red light filled the sky, splitting the heavens.

Various colors of light exploded at the City God’s residence, shaking the divine realm with their force.

"Ah! Don’t go to the east! Be careful when you fight, that’s the Altar of Blessings—"

Before the shout could finish, the golden jade terrace in the east, shrouded in mist, suddenly collapsed.

Bai Fu barely managed to hold back a spurt of old blood: "Damn! The thousand-year-old white jade of the Altar of Blessings took the master a long time to obtain!"

Wen Panguan, looking disheveled, crawled out from under the Altar of Blessings: "Who has time to care about that now? We need to quickly find a way to open the main hall of the City God’s residence! Bring Young Master Xun over!"

Bai Fu, dressed in a blue jacket, was about to speak when he suddenly noticed something else. There, Wu Panguan, holding a jade sword, was facing off against a three-headed demon. The two gradually moved to the back garden, where a pool of clear, spiritual water was being polluted by demonic aura.

Bai Fu let out a wail: "Lord Wu! The jade dew of the Spirit Clear Lake must not be tainted by demonic aura, get away quickly!" As he spoke, the demonic aura polluted the spiritual water, turning the entire pool black.

"Finished, finished! A hundred years of the master’s efforts!" Bai Fu swayed, a bitter taste rising in his mouth.

But the battle was intensifying. Not only were Wen and Wu Panguan fighting, but the four divine generals and the various divine officials were also engaged in battles with numerous demons. The grand and magnificent buildings of the City God’s residence were collapsing one by one.

"The Treasure Pavilion, the Treasure Hall, even the armory is damaged?" Bai Fu assessed the extent of the damage to the City God’s residence. At least more than half was destroyed, and the efforts of the City God’s divine system over a hundred years were in vain.

"Don’t worry about that! If he assimilates the City God’s residence, we’ll all be in trouble!" the Ghost-Hunting General replied, accidentally being scratched by a hawk-shaped demon. Just as the hawk demon was about to strike again, a shower of flower petals fell from the sky.

"Flame Peach Blossom!" A red light flashed, and the hawk demon was thrown away, its fate unknown.

Xun Yi, draped in a golden feather cloak, jumped down from the wall, holding his sword with both hands: "Jade Dew, Flame Peach Blossom, Gentle Breeze."

The three Spring Swords combined, and a green wind rose from the ground. Greenery gathered from the lawn and flower beds, eventually forming a giant tornado around Xun Yi.

Boom—

With this sword strike, the massive storm swept all the demons into the sky.

"Are you all okay!" Xun Yi held his sword upside down, using the power of the Spring Revival to restore everyone’s strength.

Seeing Xun Yi arrive, Bai Fu felt a great weight lifted from his heart: "Young Master, you’ve finally come." He handed over the two talismans prepared by Wen and Wu Panguan: "These are the divine seals condensed by Wen and Wu Panguan. Combined with the broken City God’s seal in your hand, they can temporarily replace the City God’s position and compete for the sovereignty of the divine city with the one inside the main hall."

"He’s inside?" Xun Yi frowned: "What is he doing in there?" As he spoke, he accepted the talismans and combined them with the City God’s seal in his hand. Unfortunately, even with the help of these two deities, the divine power only reached the third level of heaven, far from what it used to be. The City God’s residence could only勉强 control the outer areas, not the core.

"He’s suppressing the other City Gods. The true names of all the deities in Longchuan County, except for the true names of the direct descendants of the City God, which the master has hidden, are recorded in the City God’s residence."

Xun Yi’s heart stirred, thinking of Liu Gong, whom he had recently enfeoffed. Indeed, the true names of each subordinate deity were recorded by the main deity. By controlling the divine names, one could easily suppress the power of these subordinate deities.

"So, he’s sealing off the other divine realms inside?"

"Yes. Young Master, follow us inside. We’ll hold him off while you go and accept the divine seals to release the other City Gods."

As long as the City Gods of the counties joined forces to suppress, the people of the Earth Mother’s Temple would have no chance.

"Alright!" Xun Yi nodded, and Wen and Wu Panguan, along with the others, gathered around Bai Fu. The four generals combined their efforts to create a protective shield, and everyone charged into the main hall of the City God’s residence.

However, as soon as they entered, a white light shone, like an ocean, and sword qi swept across. Everyone except Xun Yi and Wen and Wu Panguan was instantly pierced by a thousand swords and thrown out of the main hall.

False City God Sun Jian held a golden ancient sword, with twenty-four divine seals engraved on it, drawing the power of the heavenly constellations. When the others entered, he used his divine sword to sweep them out.

Seeing Wen and Wu Panguan and Xun Yi standing firm, Sun Jian was surprised: "Three people managed to escape my sword?" Although his sword was not as powerful as in its prime, his realm was still formidable.

"These three must have their own trump cards; be careful." Suddenly, Sun Jian swung his sword and stuck it into the coiled dragon pillar behind him: "Come out!" He forcibly revealed Bai Fu, who was holding a black light, preparing to sneak attack.

Sun Jian kicked him away: "A mere ghost spirit dares to sneak attack?" He roared, and a surge of martial qi almost destroyed Bai Fu’s soul.

Wen Panguan rushed to his aid, but was caught off guard by another wave of sword qi. This time, not only Bai Fu but even Wen Panguan was thrown back by the sword qi.

"Be careful, Young Master!" Wu Panguan blocked with his sword, leaving a bloodstain on his chest.

"Martial qi, you are a martial cultivator?" Wen Panguan was shocked: "No, the martial qi contains divine power, you are a martial deity?"

Sun Jian said nothing, quietly watching Xun Yi and Wu Panguan.

"The people of the Earth Mother’s Temple are truly useless, unable to stop even a few of you, and now I have to take action myself." Sun Jian, who had practiced martial arts since childhood and wielded a divine sword, sent everyone flying with two strikes.

Then, instead of pressing his advantage, Sun Jian quietly placed his hand on a golden book, using the City God’s power to suppress the other City Gods.

"Although the Earth Mother’s Temple’s actions are secretive and they can’t send many people, where are those people from the other continents? Where are those so-called knights?"

Using the immature City God’s power, he projected a sea of blood at the entrance of the divine city. Various armor pieces were scattered around, worn by those knights.

However, when the City God’s power tried to further observe the sea of blood, it was blocked by a strange and evil force.

Sun Jian had no choice but to retreat, carefully sealing the divine city to prevent others from benefiting.

Casually dealing with the combined attacks of Xun Yi and Wu Panguan, Sun Jian thought: "That force seems to be from a demon cultivator? I wonder which great demon’s descendant is here?"

The sea of blood roared, and countless lotuses bloomed within. Liu Zhenying stood in the center, using blood demons to kill a group of golden-skinned knights. Blood lotuses bloomed in the hearts of these knights, devouring their blood qi.

Seeing the knights’ faces of pain, Liu Zhenying felt a sense of satisfaction, and some of his pent-up anger dissipated. In the future preenacted by the Blood Shadow, one of the scenarios was his sister being raped by these foreigners.

Moreover, these people from the Earth Mother’s Temple were among those who killed his family.

"Good, good, the essence of my blood curse lies in the spirit, different from ordinary demonic powers. Disciple, by using the blood curse to plant divine lotuses, you can later turn these people into puppets to serve you." The Blood Shadow guided Liu Zhenying in his cultivation.

Suddenly, the momentum of the sea of blood paused, and a human-bodied, snake-tailed deity slowly emerged from the blood. The residual divine power of all the knights gathered in this deity, who opened its eyes and saw the Blood Shadow, speaking in a male voice: "Is it you? Why aren’t you in the Netherworld, what are you doing here!"

Yellow earth divine power generated innate qi, and tiny grains of sand appeared above the sea of blood. These grains were innate divine sand, each weighing 129,600 pounds, and a single grain could evolve into a vast land.

Liu Zhenying had just started his cultivation, reaching the second level of heaven with the help of the Way of Completion, but the divine power was vast and holy, and even the scattered aura almost killed him.

"Hmph!" The Blood Shadow transformed into blood water, enveloping him, and a lotus rose from the sea of blood, with a vague figure appearing in the flower. "Deity of the other world, instead of staying in the Netherworld to compete for sovereignty with the Great Emperor, why are you here?"

The deity sent out several beams of light, connecting to a few earth knights and taking their souls: "The souls of believers return to the divine kingdom, as for their bodies..." Seeing the Blood Shadow secretly gathering power, the deity made a quick decision: "I’ll give them to you!" The divine power wrapped around the souls of the believers and disappeared.

The divine consciousness of the Earth Deity left, and Liu Zhenying came to his senses, feeling a lingering fear. "Master, why didn’t you stop him?"

"Since he is of the same race as Empress Houwa and a top deity of the other world, a real fight would cause too much commotion, possibly exposing my identity."

"Should we still go to the divine city?" The blood-soaked divine city, swallowing the entire City God’s residence, capturing the Earth Mother’s Temple and the City Gods, was the only way to resolve Liu Zhenying’s hatred.

The Blood Shadow pondered for a moment and shook his head: "It’s too late. The attention of the Heavenly Realm is already here, and this is a trap set by the Heavenly Realm to find the mastermind behind the Earth Mother’s Temple. Let them fight, and we’ll come back later." The Blood Shadow took Liu Zhenying away from the divine realm, and even the armor on the ground was swallowed by the blood.