The candles on the offering table went out with a "poof".
The scalding hot wax splashed onto the back of my hand, making me jerk.
Chuntao's fingernails had dug into my shoulder.
What comes through the fabric is not warmth, but a bone-chilling cold.
It felt as if what was gripping me was a corpse pulled from the bottom of a well.
I instinctively flung out the gold chain, but Chun Tao grabbed it.
She grinned, revealing canine teeth stained with black blood, and a foul stench assaulted her senses.
"You smell so good! I love your skin! How about..."
She suddenly burst into laughter, her voice unusually shrill: "Or, why don't you give it to me?"
My stomach churned.
By the moonlight streaming in through the window, I could see the bluish veins on her face wriggling like earthworms, spreading towards her neck.
The gold chain suddenly became hot, and black dog blood seeped from the gaps in the links, sizzling white smoke on Chun Tao's hand.
She screamed and let go.
"Give it to your sister!"
I seized the opportunity to punch her in the face, turned and crashed into the wooden window of the bridal chamber, then ran as fast as I could in the southeast direction.
Just as I smashed the window and stepped out, I saw a figure covered in blood standing outside.
It's Liu Sandao!
His Taoist robe was tattered, and only half of the Soul-Suppressing Bell remained hanging at his waist.
With his left hand covering his bleeding abdomen, he still clutched half a cow bone carving knife in his right hand.
No, this isn't Liu Sandao.
I remember she told me that before.
They said if they saw him come back, it definitely wouldn't be him; it would be someone impersonating him.
In that brief moment, Chuntao's sharp claws struck again.
I dodged to the side, and the gold chain wrapped around her wrist.
Following Liu Sandao's instructions, I gripped the chain tightly and silently recited: "Lin Bing Dou Zhe Jie Zhen Lie Zai Qian".
Suddenly, the copper plate of the Big Dipper burst out with golden light, knocking her back half a step.
Immediately, I drew my Thor's Sword and slashed at the fake Liu Sandao.
In the instant the blade flashed, Liu Sandao's face cracked like the bark of an old tree being torn apart.
The upper half of her face was covered with deep wrinkles, but the lower half still retained the delicate features of a woman in her youth.
However, just as the second sword was about to strike, the fake Liu Sandao suddenly sprang up, and the Soul-Suppressing Bell in his hand transformed into chains and attacked me.
I spun around quickly, my sword taking an unorthodox turn, and a bolt of lightning flashed from the blade, shattering the chains.
Chuntao seized the opportunity to pounce, her fingernails, reeking of rotten black smoke, reaching for my face.
I spun around to avoid it, and with a sweeping motion of the sword hilt, struck her squarely in the temple.
The enormous impact slammed her against the wall, causing the entire wall to collapse.
I bit my tongue and sprayed my blood onto the sword.
The lightning sword burst forth with dazzling golden light, like a small sun exploding inside the bridal chamber.
Just as I was about to sheathe my sword, a chilling sensation suddenly ran down the back of my neck.
The fake Liu Sandao appeared behind him without warning, his peach wood sword carrying a foul stench as he aimed straight for his vital point!
At the critical moment, I suddenly rolled forward, and the straw mat was torn into countless pieces by the sword energy.
The lightning sword swept horizontally, its spine grazing the chin of the fake Liu Sandao, leaving a charred burn mark on his face.
"You beast, you think you can kill me? Dream on!"
Without thinking twice, I quickly raised my hands and formed hand seals.
The left thumb and forefinger are interlocked to form a circle, symbolizing the cycle of heaven and earth and endless power.
Next, the middle, ring, and little fingers bend in turn, gathering the spiritual energy of the world.
At the same time, the right hand was not idle either, with the index and middle fingers extended straight together, like a sharp sword pointing to the sky.
The instant the hand seal was completed, the lightning patterns on his palm flashed with dazzling light, resonating strongly with the lightning sword in his hand.
Suddenly, a huge crack appeared in the sky, and a bolt of lightning as thick as a bucket roared out from it, carrying a pungent smell of sulfur, and crashed down with tremendous force.
The fake Liu Sandao's expression changed drastically, and he staggered as he threw out the Soul-Suppressing Bell chain to defend himself.
Chun Tao was struck squarely by lightning, and her shrill screams made the window paper tremble.
Blue-purple ghost flames rose around her, and her fingernails dug five deep, charred marks into the blue brick floor.
Just then, the real Liu Sandao's roar pierced through the thick fog of the mass grave: "Bind her up with chains!"
I ripped off the gold chain and threw it at Chuntao.
As soon as Chun Tao's neck was lassoed, black dog blood gushed out from the chain links, corroding a hole that emitted blue smoke at her collarbone.
Taking advantage of the situation, the fake Liu Sandao launched an attack, his peach wood sword, reeking of decay, stabbing towards my right shoulder.
Just as the sword was about to touch my flesh, I spun around and swung the lightning sword, the lightning bolts erupting from the blade like a serpent emerging from its hole.
With a "crack," the peach wood sword was cleaved into dust!
Amidst the flying sawdust, I pressed my advantage, and seven bolts of lightning shot out from the tip of my sword in succession.
Each bolt of lightning struck precisely at the joint of the fake Liu Sandao.
His screams, mixed with the sound of bones breaking, echoed all around.
Chun Tao twisted her body frantically, but the gold chain tightened even more, and black dog blood spilled from the corner of her mouth, staining her red wedding dress a strange purplish-black.
"Take this!"
I stepped on the Bagua (Eight Trigrams) positions, triggering the underground thunder array.
Suddenly, an electric cage exploded beneath the feet of the fake Liu Sandao.
He looked up in horror and saw me raising my swollen Thunderstrike Sword and slashing down from the air.
With a shrill whistling sound as the sword sliced through the air, his body was torn to pieces by lightning. Blood rained down, mixed with paper money, and pooled on the ground, forming bubbling pools of blood.
The gold chain suddenly trembled, and Chun Tao's roar gradually turned into a sob.
Just as the last wisp of black smoke escaped from her mouth and nose, and I was about to catch my breath, a sinister applause came from the direction of the mass grave.
A slender figure emerged under the blood moon, the fresh face she carried still dripping blood, and the smile on her lips was more chilling than that of a female ghost.
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