"puff!"
In a hidden tree hollow, the Five Witches sorcerer coughed up blood, his face contorted in a terrifying grimace.
"My goodness! Are all those beasts from Heshandao born dogs?"
The Five-Chang Master, dressed in tattered Taoist robes, was filled with frustration. "I clearly used a blood sacrifice technique to eliminate all tracking methods, and I used the corpse energy of Ma Family Village to cover up all my aura. How the hell could I still be found?"
At this moment, Master Wu Chang felt so aggrieved that he wanted to vomit blood.
No! He's already vomiting large amounts of blood!
When he escaped from the Red Dragon Temple, he was already seriously injured and had almost lost his life. He was only able to suppress it with evil magic.
Who would have thought that his superb evil magic would become the biggest obstacle to his entry into the Dao?
It can be said that it was both made and destroyed by evil methods.
Without his incredibly powerful and sophisticated evil magic, he could not have won such an amazing opportunity.
But precisely because of this, he had refined the Five Ghosts to be too ferocious, and after obtaining the inheritance, he dared not cultivate it.
If he were to enter the Dao with such ferocious Five Ghosts, his only fate would probably be to be devoured and die!
Left with no other choice, the Five Witches Master could only use a secret method to seal the five ghosts in the "Hundred Ghosts Night Parade Picture" and pawn it to the Chen family pawnshop for a pittance.
The purpose is to use popularity to wash away the ferocity of the Five Ghosts, so that he can enter the Dao.
This was not a problem in the first place!
After all, these five ghosts were his life-bound treasures, refined with his blood and sweat. Even if the Hundred Ghosts Night Parade painting was bought by someone else, it would be impossible to take away his five natal ghosts.
Moreover, Guobei County is just a small county town, and the most powerful master of the Sanyin Temple is only at the early stage of Qi Refining with a few dozen acupoints opened.
But who would have thought that the link least likely to have a problem would, unsurprisingly, have an accident?
In just a moment, he lost his connection with the Five Ghosts of His Destiny.
Moreover, he suffered severe injuries from the backlash, which was like adding insult to injury, and he almost couldn't hold on and died on the spot.
Otherwise, given his strength in escaping from the Crimson Dragon Temple, how could he have repeatedly fallen into the hands of the Three Yin Temple Master?
That's fine!
What Wu Chang Master didn't expect was that after setting up a series of elaborate traps and committing multiple murders in other counties, attracting the attention of Heshan Road, he was caught by the Master of Sanyin Temple and his men in less than three hours after he secretly returned.
After a fierce battle, both old and new injuries flared up, and he was already 99% sure to die.
Reason told him that he had to leave now to save his life.
But he was unwilling to give up!
Among those five natal ghosts, half of his five internal organs' essence is contained.
If he doesn't reclaim the Five Ghosts, he will never be able to enter the Daoist path in his lifetime.
For the Five Witches, who held a "heaven-defying" opportunity, this was worse than being killed.
"That damned beast! He even dared to steal from me?"
The Five Witches Master's face was contorted with rage as he struggled to hold his breath and prevent himself from collapsing.
He swallowed a few more pills haphazardly and slapped several talismans on his body before he could barely catch his breath.
"If I catch you, I'll tear you to pieces and make sure you die a gruesome death!"
The Five-Chang Master was so frustrated he was almost going crazy, but suddenly his expression changed, revealing a sinister smile. "There's actually a little fool who's got a death wish following us. I'll have to vent my anger!"
He forcefully gathered his true energy, opened a dusty bag with his left hand, and a small white bone hammer slid out from his right sleeve.
Meanwhile, a hundred feet away.
Bai Cang was gliding through the air when his expression suddenly changed drastically. "Hmm? There's killing intent ahead?"
"And it smells of blood, can it be such a coincidence?"
Because there was a possibility that a "celestial master" might appear in the nearby mountains and forests, Bai Cang did not dare to release the five ghosts to investigate.
However, Bai Cang still sensed the murderous intent that Wu Chang Master had just uttered.
Without hesitation, Bai Cang turned and left immediately.
As he walked, he patted the only golden talisman he had on his body, and a faint, almost imperceptible golden glow immediately rose from his skin.
It was like innate protective energy, completely protecting his entire body.
"You little brat, you think you can just run away after seeing me?!"
A cold, bloodthirsty voice suddenly came from behind.
Bai Cang turned his head and saw that his scalp tingled.
Behind him, countless branches and leaves suddenly burst open.
A blue-faced Taoist priest, covered in blood and wearing tattered robes, burst through the air like a cannonball, chasing after Bai Cang.
His sleeves unfurled, and billowing black smoke emerged, transforming into nine giant black pythons that lashed out at Bai Cang in mid-air.
"A magical artifact? Is this the work of a cultivator?"
Seeing this, Bai Cang felt a chill run down his spine and quickly made a judgment: "The opponent is too fast and can also control magical artifacts. There is no way I can outrun him!"
"But the opponent is seriously injured. If we can get close, there might be a glimmer of hope for survival!"
"In that case, we have no choice but to fight with all our might!"
Bai Cang's mind raced, and without the slightest hesitation, he instantly twisted his body and shot towards the pursuing Five Witches Mage like a sharp arrow.
A Vajra, which had grown from small to large, was in his hand in an instant.
With every muscle and tendon taut like a bowstring, the thousand-pound Vajra pestle, in the blink of an eye, crashed out as a blur.
With one strike of the pestle, eighteen times it resounds; Wei Tuo (a legendary Buddhist monk) vanquishes the demon!
"Explosive Qi Pill, swallow!"
"Five Poisons Perish, Activate!"
"Essence Ignites Blood, Activate!"
In a mere instant, Bai Cang had revealed all his trump cards!
The Exploding Qi Pill transformed into a vast amount of true energy, surging and swirling within his body.
The Five Poisons Death Technique stimulates the body's potential, causing his strength to surge.
The Essence Burning Blood Secret Technique further pushed his physique to its limit by disintegrating the Heavenly Demon.
As a result of all these factors combined, Bai Cang's entire body size swelled up.
The Ruyi Vajra Pestle smashed out like Mount Tai crashing down, its savage and domineering force reaching its extreme, as if a Vajra dragon or python were tearing through the air to attack.
"Like a clay chicken or a clay dog, struggling in its death throes!"
Seeing this scene.
The Five Witches Master's eyelids twitched slightly, and while he sneered disdainfully, his response was extremely swift.
Even if he were seriously injured and dying, he wouldn't have been known for close-quarters combat even in his prime.
His incredibly sophisticated evil magic and various vicious methods are his greatest reliance for running rampant and killing "immortal masters".
He wasn't particularly skilled in close combat, let alone direct magical battles.
His greatest skill was setting up altars and performing rituals, making all sorts of preparations in advance, and using methods such as blood sacrifices to secretly kill people without them knowing!
In short: he's not even a fragile mage, he's actually a cursed and sinister mage!
However, this does not mean that the Five Witches are incapable of direct combat!
"boom!"
In an instant.
He opened his sleeves, and the nine black pythons that had been strangling in the air suddenly intertwined into a net, blocking Bai Cang's path.
A faint emerald flame flickered within the black mist, appearing and disappearing intermittently.
Those were eighteen Yin Phosphorus Poison Flame Divine Fire Thunders.
It will explode instantly once Bai Cang crashes into it.
Let alone Bai Cang, even a Xiantian expert who had entered the Xiantian realm through external cultivation would be blown to pieces in an instant.
At the same time, the Five Witches Master was not careless at all; the small white bone hammer he was holding tightly also began to glow faintly.
As the saying goes: When a lion hunts a rabbit, it uses its full strength.
Although he looked down on Bai Cang, a "small-time shaman," the Five Witches Master was fully prepared and showed no carelessness whatsoever.
"The Five Ghosts vanish, venturing into the Netherworld, by imperial decree!"
Just then, they were about to run into the black net of mist.
Bai Cang suddenly let out a long howl, his figure abruptly becoming translucent and disappearing in an instant.
"This is... the Five Ghosts' Secret Records?"
Upon seeing this, the Five Witches Monk's eyes widened, and his face turned red and purple. "You damned beast, I've finally found you!"
"You choose the path to Heaven but refuse to take it, while you willingly choose the gate to Hell. You wicked God, you've been kind to me!"
At this moment, the Five Witches Master was both furious and overjoyed.
"boom!"
The next moment.
Bai Cang's figure suddenly appeared, and he had already closed in on the Five Witches Master, almost face to face.
The Five Ghosts Possession Technique had already been activated, and the twelve-foot-tall body with a blue face and fangs resembled a demon. The Vajra Pestle in its hand, carrying a surge of malevolent energy, crashed down on the crown of the head!
"Damn it! The Five Ghosts Secret Manual has such a bizarre secret technique? How come I didn't know about it?"
In a moment of distraction, the Five Witches Monk didn't even have time to raise his right hand, which was holding the small bone hammer.
With a single spit, it unleashed a small arrow of white bone, which hurtled straight toward Bai Cang's face.
"roar!"
At the same time.
Bai Cang's eyes were filled with savagery and tyranny. He ignored the white bone arrow and smashed it into the top of the Five Witches' skull.
"boom!"
The next moment.
The Five Witches Master wore an expression of disbelief, his mind racing like lightning.
"Is this kid out of his mind? He actually dares to take on my White Bone Blow?"
"I, the dignified Five Witches Master, actually perished together with this nameless brat?"
As soon as this thought arose, Master Wuchang felt an indescribable, excruciating pain.
My head felt like a watermelon had been smashed by a heavy hammer; the top of my head was instantly shattered and smashed to pieces.
In his final moments, the Five Wraiths Master seemed to see a small white bone arrow pierce through the thin golden light covering Bai Cang's body and land directly on his forehead, barely penetrating the flesh.
"What a shameless bastard! What a ruthless brute!"
In that instant, the Five Wraiths Master only had time to process this one thought before he, filled with endless regret and indignation, plunged into the deepest darkness.
Bai Cang, however, only felt a slight pain in his forehead before he saw his skull shatter and his brains splattering everywhere.
But he did not stop at all, and the Vajra in his palm was swung into a phantom.
"Bang! Bang! Bang!"
One, two, three, ten, twenty, thirty...
Until that hideous, unbelievable face was smashed to pieces, head and hair, until it turned into a muddy mess.
Bai Cang stopped, panting heavily. "So you think you're a cultivator?!"
"When a person is killed, they die. Don't you understand such a simple truth?!"
"The employer and employee have clearly been friendly and have already backed away, so why are you forcing me? Huh?!"
Bai Cang was drenched in sweat as if he had been washed, yet he felt an indescribable sense of exhilaration.
"What kind of thing is it that's useless if you touch it and breaks if you make a dent? You dare to try and kill me, a Daoist master?"
Hehehe!
The next moment.
The five little ones leaped out of the void, and Bai Cang's twelve-foot-tall body with a green face and fangs suddenly returned to its original form, shrinking to a height of seven feet.
His face was deathly pale, and he was even unsteady on his feet.
But no matter what, in the end, he had the last laugh in this sudden life-or-death battle.
Looking at the lifeless, headless corpse, Bai Cang felt a sense of relief, as if a great weight had been lifted from his shoulders.
"Chirp chirp chirp!"
Just then, the five little ones suddenly went berserk and rushed towards the small white bone hammer tightly gripped in the headless corpse's hand.
"Hehehe!"
The next moment.
Before Bai Cang could react, the five little ones merged with the white bone hammer.
Then they transformed into five skeletal skulls, howling and groaning as they devoured the headless corpse until it was completely clean.
"This is... Skeleton Sorcery?"
Bai Cang's heart skipped a beat, and he was inexplicably somewhat disappointed.
As the future "Light of Heshan", he has some understanding of the "Heshan Classic", which is known as "a thousand mountains, a thousand laws".
The Skull Demon Spell is the second-ranked spell in the "Heshan Classic," and it can be described as fierce and vicious.
However, this method has a major drawback: it prioritizes quantity over quality.
After all, to cultivate this method, one must use the skulls of people who died violent deaths of the highest quality as a foundation in order to refine a powerful skeleton demon.
If only ordinary human skulls are used, it is difficult to refine them to a high level of restriction.
Most of the disciples of Heshan Dao would probably refine a few skeleton demons.
However, if they fail to accumulate a number of dozens or hundreds, they will be of little use.
Of course, if the Golden Core Ancestor were to refine tens or hundreds of thousands of skeleton demons and set up the Ten Thousand Skeleton Soul Devouring Array, then that would be a different story.
Regardless of how impressive it is, its grandeur is definitely top-notch.
But a five-headed skeleton demon is just for fun.
"Wait! Skeleton Sorcery?"
"Could it be that I accidentally killed the abbot?!"
Bai Cang's heart tightened. Before he could think any further, the five little creatures, transformed into white bone skulls, pounced on him and turned into a white bone lotus flower, imprinting itself on his back.
The next second.
Bai Cang couldn't help but show his wild joy!
"This opportunity...it's absolutely incredible!!!"
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