Chapter 97

We surveyed the area around the village, and Liu Danchen used the principles of Feng Shui to examine each place one by one.

I also saw clues from several positions.

"Seven Star Locking God Formation!" I murmured.

"That's right!" said Liu Danchen.

I glanced at Liu Danchen and thought to myself, I'm afraid none of us can escape this time.

The Seven Star God Locking Formation is a forbidden Taoist formation because its function is not to kill ghosts, but to trap gods!

The person who sets up the formation needs to use his own lifespan as a guide and the relative positions of the Big Dipper as the center of the formation, and use the great energy of heaven and earth to trap the evil god and prevent it from causing harm to the world.

In this world, there are not only righteous gods, but also evil gods cultivated through evil methods. The huge stone clearly belongs to the latter. However, it happened that the imperial court was quarrying the stone, which damaged its body, and so many stonemasons died.

Fortunately, they invited the Taoist priest from the Taoist Temple at that time, otherwise there would have been a river of blood.

The old Taoist priest must have realized that the boulder was an evil god, so he set up the Seven Star God-Locking Formation at the cost of his own life.

If it takes shape, it will not only harm the nearby villagers, but may also cause deaths on a larger scale.

This also explains why the imperial court sent troops to guard the area after the stones were mined, to prevent anyone from disrupting the formation. The mined stones were certainly not used for construction, but were sealed by the Heavenly Master in some way.

However, as time passed, the truth of this matter had long been lost and it was only passed down in the form of a story. The evil god was also passed down as a mountain god.

As for where the old Taoist priest sealed the remaining stones, it is probably only recorded in the ancient books of the Taoist Temple.

We visited six locations in turn. Under the intense scouring of the rain, traces of the formations were clearly revealed in these six locations. Together with Zou Zhen's uncle's house, it was the true eye of the Seven Star Locking God Formation. And beneath these seven eyes lay the 49 human heads formed from the evil god's body!

But the previous formation was destroyed, and with the heavy rain over the past few days, the remaining power of the formation has completely dissipated. Tonight, I'm afraid it will be very dangerous.

"This?" said Old Man Liu.

"Oh." Liu Danchen sighed, but he was not timid.

He glanced at me and asked, "I'm sorry to have gotten you into trouble this time."

He originally wanted to take me out to relax because he saw that I was feeling uncomfortable in the Tianshi Mansion, but he didn't expect to encounter a situation where he was sure to die.

This was my choice, and it had nothing to do with him. I said, playing it lightly, "You're talking as if we're dying, the fate of the world is uncertain, and there's still hope."

Liu Danchen smiled carefreely and said, "Your worship of the Three Pure Ones over the past few years has not been in vain."

"Haha." We looked at each other and laughed, and all the negative emotions disappeared.

Zhang Jinbao seemed to notice that something was wrong with us and asked, "Master, are we beyond help?"

"Fight to the death." Liu Danchen said firmly.

Hearing this, Zhang Jinbao seemed to have lost hope and stumbled away. Now I didn't care about him at all and let him go.

Old Man Liu patted Young Liu on the shoulder without saying anything.

For the whole afternoon, Old Man Liu and Young Boy Liu seemed to know their fate and were in a lifeless mood.

Liu Danchen and I didn't sit idly by and wait for death. Instead, we discussed a solution. The Eight Trigrams Demon Subduing Formation Liu Danchen had deployed that day was effective. We could continue to deploy another Eight Trigrams Demon Subduing Formation for defense. But that day, we only took seven lives. Next, we might face 49!

We found plenty of yellow paper and used rooster blood to draw numerous talismans, primarily the Five Thunder Talisman. While these didn't have much effect on them, they were better than nothing. We were ready and waiting for tonight.

It was dark and the lights were on in Old Man Liu's house.

The cry of an owl was heard, a little cold.

Liu Danchen and I sat in the yard, waiting for them to arrive.

But what appeared before our eyes were not the heads, but the returning Zhang Jinbao. His expression was dull and he looked abnormal. In a moment, we knew why he had become like this.

Behind him, there were several sounds of stones falling to the ground.

Seven heads rolled out from behind him. It wasn't over yet; seven more heads appeared outside the door. They entered the courtyard one by one and surrounded Zhang Jinbao. Blood gushed from the heads, flowing to his feet. Zhang Jinbao's body quickly melted from the feet, dissolving in the blood like summer ice cream. In the end, only one head remained, eaten by fourteen heads.

When Old Man Liu and his grandson saw this scene, they were so scared that they hid in the house and closed their eyes.

Liu Danchen and I looked at the fourteen heads warily, but we didn't dare to make the first move. My forehead was covered with fine beads of sweat, and Liu Danchen slowly took out the sword behind him.

He first ignited the formation we had set up in advance. The sixty-four talismans forming the Eight Trigrams Demon Subduing Formation instantly lit up, forming a protective circle. Seeing this, the fourteen heads spat out filthy blood, pouring it onto the formation. The blood was contaminating the formation, rapidly draining its energy. At this rate, it would be broken in no time.

Seeing that they couldn't hold out for much longer, I immediately threw the Five Thunder Talisman at the heads, and Liu Danchen also attacked them with the Five Thunder Talisman. Under the bombardment of a large number of Five Thunder Talismans, they actually caused them considerable trouble, delaying the maintenance of the formation.

"Brother Danchen, this is not a solution." Seeing the Five Thunder Talismans being consumed quickly, I became a little anxious.

Liu Danchen stepped forward, biting his middle finger. His sword immediately glowed red. He rushed out of the formation and engaged the heads. The sword struck the heads, sending crackling flashes of fire. He pierced the sword through the mouth of a head, causing it to shatter instantly, spraying blood all over him.

I immediately supported him in the formation, black flames emerged from my hands, and I drew the Tiangang Posha Talisman in the air, which was more powerful than the Five Thunder Talisman. As soon as this Tiangang Posha Talisman appeared, the pressure on Liu Danchen was instantly reduced.

There were two of us, one inside and one outside, dealing with fourteen heads.

But two fists are no match for four hands, and the two of us couldn't handle it at all. One of us seized the opportunity and spit a stream of blood towards Liu Danchen's neck.

"Be careful!" I shouted hurriedly.

While I was distracted, two or three people used their dirty blood to destroy the Seven Star Demon Subduing Formation.

Liu Danchen barely dodged the blood arrow. Those people went crazy and no longer cared about me. Instead, they all rushed towards Liu Danchen.

Liu Danchen thrust the sword into the ground. Blood from his middle finger slowly flowed down the hilt and onto the ground. He shouted, "Now!"

I immediately used up all my energy and drew a Nine Heavens Lightning Talisman in the air.

As soon as I cast this talisman, faint thunder sounded in the gloomy sky.

"Crack!" A bolt of lightning struck Liu Danchen's sword.

Liu Danchen immediately let go and jumped back into the formation. Thunder and lightning clashed, centered around Liu Danchen's sword. Above the ground, a larger circle appeared, its edges ablaze with white lightning, enveloping us.

This is the countermeasure we discussed this afternoon, the Nine Heavens Mysterious Thunder Formation!

Borrow the power of the Nine Heavens Mysterious Thunder to destroy these heads. A huge roar sounded, and a bolt of lightning struck the head, instantly shattering it into pieces.