Chapter 78 Long Tian (1)

Yu Linghe immediately closed her eyes, but unlike her previous perception, her mind was too confused, and the Styx once again covered and isolated the perception between heaven and earth, so Long Tian’s exact location could not be locked.

At this moment, the Dark Ferryman's attack struck again. Unlike the overwhelming approach of the white paper boats before, this time it was the distant, swaying lights. The lights were just a cluster, not spreading out, yet they gave people an inexplicable sense of fear, as if the light had pierced their hearts.

That light is a beacon to welcome the dead.

"Don't look!" The Jade Spirit Crane flipped its branch, and countless gray auras were drawn out from the water of the Styx, forming a barrier that enveloped them.

Luo Xuanyi was aroused by this scene, and thought of something. She quickly said, "You said before that the Dark Ferrymen can snatch people's souls at the Ferry of Reincarnation?"

It was just a casual remark from Yu Linghe, but Luo Xuanyi remembered it clearly. Yu Linghe was stunned for a moment, then immediately realized what was happening. Before she saw Mingduren's strength, she had thought it was just a rumor, but now she couldn't think that way anymore.

The power of the Styx was genuine. But precisely because of its genuineness, Luo Xuanyi and Yu Linghe thought of a breakthrough.

Luo Xuanyi couldn't look at the Dao Branch for much longer because it was a symbol of the afterlife. Even a glance at it would have her reincarnated directly from the soul of a living person. What about these undead spirits stopped on the path of reincarnation? If the Dao Branch wasn't so weak in Yu Linghe's hands, the Styx would never be so simple to block.

This is the restraint between the laws of heaven and earth.

Yu Linghe struck again, severing the Styx within her sight, but this time she did not panic. She began to silently chant a spell.

The obscure language had a low tone, yet it was resounding with inexplicable clarity between heaven and earth. Each word was like a small hammer, striking ripples on the River Styx.

Countless ripples expanded, then collided, twisting from circles into various shapes. More and more lines wove across the River Styx, and the black water began to surge.

The lights in the distance were swaying, and the old man on the white paper boat seemed to realize something. He immediately put down the lantern and started to row the boat, but it was too late.

Lines began to unravel, covering the entire surface of the river, winding toward the intersection of heaven and earth. Wherever they were covered, all the undead began to slowly expand, transforming from paper into human form. Luo Xuanyi, with her sharp eyes, saw the old man involuntarily jump off the paper boat. After they jumped off the paper boat, their hats and faces completely disappeared, transforming into completely different people.

These Mingdu people were just clones created using souls. Luo Xuanyi became even more vigilant.

Yu Linghe finally stopped chanting. She opened her eyes and looked at the bewildered undead covering the river surface. She took a deep breath and threw the Dao Branch out!

The slender branch stopped in the air and began to curl. The fruit on the branch quickly turned red, then rotted, dripping dark red water - a twisted and cracked finger stretched out from the water.

The fingertips reflected the River Styx, and the entire river surface immediately became crystal clear, turning into a huge mirror that reflected everyone, but each person's appearance was not reflected in their current appearance, but in a mass of flesh and blood.

The soul began to melt, dripping onto the other side of the mirror. As the soul disappeared from the river, the clumps of flesh and blood began to grow, some becoming fetuses, some becoming plants, and then all turned to ash along with the darkening river surface.

It seemed like an eternity, but from the moment the Jade Spirit Crane stopped chanting until all the undead souls were liberated, it took only a single breath. This was the power of a being who mastered the laws of heaven and earth! Luo Xuanyi watched everything before her with almost feverish enthusiasm. Seeing the Styx, without the support of the undead, unable to manifest in the human world and slowly fading, she suppressed her emotions and urged the Jade Spirit Crane to lock onto Long Tian.

"We must strike back before they can react!"

Yu Linghe gasped for air, sweat and traces of blood streaming down her face. She was so tired, so painful. But she knew it wasn't time to rest yet. She took the restored Daozhi back into her arms. Without the interference of the Styx, she quickly locked onto Long Tian's position.

"In Longchengzhou. This old dog is hiding far away. Let's go!"

The space was just a span for her.

The Soul Master stood guard in front of the Mountain Guarding Pagoda, yawning out of boredom. Just as he was thinking of taking a nap while the weather was good, he saw Elder Mingdu stumble and push open the pagoda door, his face panicking.

The soul lamp behind him swayed continuously, the blue light flickering, which startled the soul master. He did not care about the old man Mingdu's condition and rushed into the tower to refuel the lamps one by one.

"I say, please don't bother me with your affairs, okay? Really..."

Without time to listen to the Soul Master's complaints, Elder Mingdu tried to prop up the Styx again, but the Styx's aura was getting weaker and weaker. He had no choice but to throw out a small paper figurine and said to it quickly, "Go find the Taoist Master! Our plan to capture the Yu family has failed!"

The paper man nodded and turned into a paper crane and flew towards Wudao Palace.

His eager gaze followed the paper crane, but it was too late to remind him.

"boom!"

The peaks and mountain ranges shattered and exploded. For a moment, Old Man Mingdu felt as if the sky and the earth were upside down. The terrifying power directly destroyed people's common sense!

The mountains in the sky crashed down, and the earth and rocks mixed with the essence of Tao shattered everything in sight into mud. The last thing Elder Mingdu could do was close his eyes, but he didn't expect a sudden force from behind to pull him into the stone tower.

The terrain changed rapidly, the valley bottom cracked and began to rise, the river changed its course, everything was rapidly changing towards the terrain of the future, only two figures remained unchanged.

Long Tian watched everything unfold before him. He tried to escape, completely unaware, but Yu Linghe had already foreseen his path. Perhaps this was the distance between heaven and man. He felt no trace of confusion or fear. He wanted to fight, to kill her! It would surely be a pleasure!

The frenzy brought him into a strange state of calm.

"Hey, no, that's Daozu, right? And that soul over there—I can't see its face. Stop fighting, why don't we talk?"

His words were full of rationality, completely different from his face which was twisted to the point of madness.

Luo Xuanyi was startled. He was the only person besides Yu Linghe who could see her, yet he gave her a completely different feeling from Yu Linghe. If Yu Linghe was pure yet powerful, someone she wanted to protect with her strength, then Long Tian was the demonic path of the Zang Yao Sect, cruel and unhesitating in his killing.

And what Luo Xuanyi was most wary of was his rationality. A feeling of disgust that rejected his own kind surged in her heart.

Yu Linghe hesitated for a moment. She had thought it would be a tough battle, but perhaps Long Tian could communicate with her?