Chapter 147: Temple in the Cave, Thunder Catastrophe from Heaven
"This mural should have been left by the people on both sides of the Taiwan Strait who originally believed in Lady Xu. It was supposed to record the great achievements of Lady Xu at first, but unexpectedly in the end it became a record of her evil deeds..."
Zhou Shi stroked the rock wall carrying the murals. It seemed that the cave was dug out by Empress Xu herself as a cave. No wonder it was so huge in scale.
"The murals have been recorded until Wudang Taoist priests suppressed Lady Xu twenty years ago. This cave was probably abandoned at that time...Twenty years later, there is still Yin Qi left here, which shows the power of Lady Xu...huh?" p>
There was a strange movement in his pocket. It was the beads pulled out from Xu Niangniang's belly that were getting hot.
"This thing is part of her body. It may be because I feel the breath of Empress Xu, so..."
The beads suddenly began to shine, reflecting the figure of a woman!
It was the woman in plain clothes who guided Zhou Shi in Empress Xu’s womb!
This woman appeared and disappeared, but Zhou Shi was not as panicked as before. He swallowed his saliva and said:
"Who are you?"
A smile appeared on the woman's beautiful and soft face. She pointed at herself and then at the mural behind Zhou Shi.
"Are you..." Zhou Shi pointed at the woman in the mural, "Her?"
The woman in plain clothes moved her eyebrows, making her smile more vivid and even a little playful. Her long snow-white hair was also more realistic, but its own elegance and agility added a bit of fantasy.
"Are you Lady Xu?" Zhou Shi was very surprised. What was the monster they were fighting fiercely with? Are there two Lady Xu? Which one is real?
The woman in plain clothes covered her face with her hands and pointed to the depths of the cave.
"You want me to go in?"
The woman lowered her head slightly, and her already nihilistic figure completely disappeared.
Zhou Shi looked down at the beads in his hand and tried to call out the woman again, but there was no response. The beads that were slightly hot quickly cooled down.
"Souls can indeed reside in objects, like Cai Youlin, but this woman said she was Lady Xu... No, she just pointed at the mural. Could it be that she is the soul of a living person who was swallowed by Lady Xu? I don't understand...
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He gathered his thoughts and let the yin fire illuminate the depths of the cave, and saw wisps of yin energy flowing out of the darkness. Although it was not thick, it was a bit sharp, not like pure filth.
"There is definitely something emitting yin energy here..."
Continuing forward, he soon reached the last step, and then it was a smooth road.
After walking further in for about a quarter of an hour, a temple appeared in front of us!
"Built in this hellish place? Worshiping Lady Xu? But didn't Lady Xu practice here before she fell? Why would anyone disturb her?"
It can be said that the mural just now was carved at the entrance of the cave, which shows that the sculptor did not dare to go deeper... Could it be that this temple was built after the fall of Empress Xu?
Zhou Shi carefully took a few steps forward and saw that the eaves of the temple were all in the shape of fish, which should be dedicated to the Xu Empress.
"Then, just continue to worship the Queen after Xu's fall... This is a taboo to worship evil gods. Who would do this?"
He looked intently at the energy, and sure enough, this temple was the source of the yin energy!
"Now that we are here, the reason for Lady Xu's depravity may be inside..."
After thinking for a moment, Zhou Shi slowly touched the main entrance of the temple. Nothing unusual appeared. Soon, his hand was pressed on the door panel of the temple.
Walking here, Zhou Shi found that the wood used in this temple was almost brand new and had not rotted in the damp cave, indicating that it was built not long ago.
"Mother Xu's rebellion this time may be man-made..."
He held his breath, used both hands to pull the door open...
A man sits cross-legged among a pile of candles.
In the windless room, the candlelights tilted toward the man, as if they were attracted by something.
Who? Why is he here?
Neither Zhou Shi nor the man took any action at this moment. Perhaps it was because both sides were frightened by the other's presence.
Zhou Shi was the first to regain his senses, and he shouted: "Who is it!"
The candles went out at the same time, as if a gust of wind blew past Zhou Shi, and the man knocked Zhou Shi away and rushed outside!
How could Zhou Shi let him succeed? The golden wire fish flew out and knocked the man to the ground in one go.
Perhaps just now, Zhou Shi was still hesitant to attack because of the opponent's identity and purpose. But at this moment, he decided to capture the opponent first!
He opened the fire folder and threw it into the air. The fiercely burning yin fire illuminated the space in the cave, providing him with a field of vision.
The enemy is only ten steps away!
Zhou Shi stepped forward quickly and struck out with one palm - the monument-opening hand!
The man also used his palms to face each other, but it was more like a subconscious action in panic than a defense, because there was no internal force wrapped around it, it was just a fleshy palm blocking his body.
How can this withstand the power of the monument-opening hand? Although Zhou Shi only exerted five points of strength in order to stay alive and ask questions, it was enough to turn his entire forearm into a piece of meat!
The hand that opened the stele used strength to penetrate the stone, and the stone was broken into pieces to form a stele!
The man didn't even make a cry. He stood up with his only remaining hand and threw the robe he was wrapped in towards Zhou Shi.
Book monument hand!
Zhou Shi's left hand turned into a sharp blade carved on a monument, splitting his robe open in one move, exposing the enemy to him again.
But at this time, a sudden pain came from his left hand, which slowed down his offensive, and the enemy successfully ran away.
"Buzz, buzz..."
The Huozhezi had not yet fallen to the ground, and the space was still bright. Zhou Shi saw that a group of insects was wrapped around his left arm!
"Ah!" He cried out in pain.
The robe actually turned into countless poisonous insects, biting his arm!
Zhou Shi quickly took out his hand and distanced himself from the poisonous insect.
How could those insects let go of their prey? They formed a group and attacked Zhou Shi!
The bead was spinning, and Lord Hu was in hand. Zhou Shi caught the falling fire stick and spurted out a mouthful of Yin wine, turning into tongues of fire wrapped in countless ferocious faces and attacking the swarm of insects!
"Buzz buzz..."
Insects are living creatures after all, how can they withstand this attack on the soul. Wherever the tongue of fire reaches, the insects fall like raindrops, flapping their wings unwillingly.
Zhou Shi breathed a sigh of relief, looked at his right hand, and found that a fist-sized tumor appeared on his unconscious arm, and the pain transferred to his shoulder, making his chest begin to feel tight.
"No, the toxin is going to spread to the heart!"
He gritted his teeth, took off his clothes and tightened his shoulders, but he could not stop the feeling of suffocation.
"Even if I cut off my arm, it's too late...ah..."
It was dark before his eyes. At this last moment, what came into view was a glowing bead and a woman in plain clothes kneeling in front of him.
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"The rogue is here, he will be punished later!"
Ruan Hunxiong moved the abacus, but the huge wave composed of resentful souls in his palm did not weaken at all.
However, at the root of the "palm", a small gap appeared, and the resentful soul there suddenly disappeared!
"Look exactly where to rush out!"
"Okay!"
How easy is it to aim at that small gap in the rapids and sail the boat through it?
But for Jiang, this is just a matter of the ups and downs of Luohan bamboo in the Eighteenth Festival!
The huge waves roared past their heads, and the loud noise made them dizzy.
Not only that, although the resentful spirits did not invade their bodies, such a huge amount of resentment was enough to traumatize their souls. Their ears were filled with all kinds of unwilling curses and murmurs of prayers, and they were unable to regain their sanity for a while!
And Lady Xu is rushing towards them!
How could the three of them have the ability to fight at this time? Even if they did, how could they resist Xu Niangniang, whose mana suddenly increased greatly and returned to the realm of the earth god?
They will come to an end in chaos.
At this time, the dark clouds in the sky suddenly glowed.
Lady Xu seemed to have noticed something, but she did not stop chasing.
Then, a thunderbolt flashed across the river, hitting the center of the river!
"Rumble, rumble——"
On the shore, a man's figure was also illuminated by lightning.
He was wearing a seven-star robe and carrying a mahogany sword on his back. Even the thunder that was as dazzling as the sun could not turn him sideways.
"Haha, Master's calculation is good, but I still need Master Youyun to take action..."