The Witches also had ancestors who had passed away. However, unlike Dayang Village, which worshipped the old fire pit and had their ancestors directly receive incense offerings, the Witches, due to their own customs, also sacrificed their ancestors to the insects.
Now, with this group of Witches silently kneeling and praying, these ancestors who had passed away over generations were summoned, forming an ancient and eerie custom.
Realizing this, Hu Ma put away the black bone. Although the black bone was naturally powerful, the Five Evil Gods had already been slain. Their status endured, but their spiritual essence was gone.
Using the malicious aura from this bone, Hu Ma could scare away the Guests, but not those outside.
This group of Witches, through generations of sacrificial ceremonies and their inner devotion, had used their ancestral Divine Souls as offerings to the gu insects, refining sothing both powerful and terrifying. Hu Ma had no other term for it but ’Evil God’.
He thought of the warning Er Guotou gave him before arriving at the blood food mine. The Guests were certainly formidable, with their own distinct echelons of power. However, even the uncanonized rural monstrosities had their own classifications and ranks: Wandering spirits, evil spirits, evil objects, self-proclaid deities!
Now, it was clear these Witches, through their devotion and generations of offerings, had managed to summon sothing that surpassed an evil spirit—an evil object possessing mysterious powers, or perhaps sothing even greater?
Simply put, this entity had already beco a bizarre existence combining both witchcraft and the old fire pit traditions.
Damn it, was Monkey Wine’s original purpose to kill this thing?
Hu Ma was secretly alard. He hadn’t realized it at first, but the more he thought about it, the more it seed that Monkey Wine was incredibly audacious...
How could they fight this thing?
Out of the corner of his eye, he saw Old Master Sun, who had entered the Mansion, subconsciously retreating. Though those who entered the Mansion were undeniably strong, they now faced sothing that couldn’t be asured by any normal ans.
Soone who had entered the Mansion, no matter how strong, was still just an individual. But this thing outside was a tribal totem; it couldn’t be compared to an individual by any asure.
It seed he couldn’t cooperate with Monkey Wine.
According to Monkey Wine’s previous plan, they wanted this entity to truly enter the human world, manifest, and then kill it. This was purely daydreaming. Even in its current state, it was already remarkably terrifying.
While he was thinking, in the valley, the gu insect possessed by the Wugong Clan Chief let out intermittent cries.
The sound was full of poignancy and determination. He understood that they ultimately had to resort to this final thod, but at what cost to the clan mbers?
It was like when the Magic King of the One Coin Sect invited the Guest, the Lotus Holy Mother, burning himself like a candle. Now, this group of Witches summoned this "Witch God" through worship, using the sa thod.
When it ca to cultivation, no Witch could compare to the Magic King. However, collectively, the sacrifice from all the Witches far exceeded that of the Magic King. The Mana contained in what they summoned was unimaginably powerful.
However, after this, the Witches would presumably shorten their lifespan or even die.
But since it had begun, he still issued the final order. The silent, praying Witches outside the valley then began to murmur, their whispers sounding like so eerie incantation.
With the sound of the prayers, the shadows enveloping them grew denser, blanketing the entire forest outside.
The massive shadow, having grown incredibly dense, seed to transform into a Gu Bowl. From within this Gu Bowl, sothing appeared to be crawling out slowly. As it erged, its shadow stretched and bared its teeth and claws, gradually creeping across the valley.
HISS...
Just the sound of the thing erging was enough to make one’s skin crawl, a suffocating sensation as if covered by insects. Covering one’s ears did nothing to block the sound.
And that ever-changing, sprawling shadow seed to possess a mysterious and eerie power, attempting to engulf the entire valley.
The faint light from the Red Lantern hanging on the archway stood no chance against this enormous black shadow, about to be entirely devoured in an instant.
"This is bad! Run for your lives!"
In the valley, Calculation, frightened to the point that his goatee tilted upward, shouted in panic, "This thing isn’t sothing a person can handle; it would take a deity, a Guest, to resolve this!"
"Even those who have brought its spirit onto themselves can’t withstand it!"
anwhile, on the other side, Old Iron Bridge Sun San was even more terrified, imdiately deciding to escape, searching all around for a way out. Yet, he was torn. Was he to abandon the Magic King, along with his disciples and followers?
HUFF...
Yet at this mont, as Hu Ma looked at the floating Red Lantern in the air, he took a deep breath, glanced toward Monkey Wine in the valley, and silently spoke to himself, You said you wanted to take down this thing, and I’ve cooperated... Just hope you don’t falter.
Having said this, he suddenly widened his eyes; with the Three Column Tao all within the incense burner, his entire body underwent Death Transformation, a chilling coldness running from his crown to his feet. With a cold stare, he shouted, "Old Master Sun, co and lend a hand!"
"Huh?"
Hearing this loud call, Old Iron Bridge Sun, who was just about to sneak away, was completely stunned. Surprised, he looked back, "Who are you calling?"
"Lend a hand with what?"
"Are you so informal with people, kid?"
"We are all of the Shousui Lineage; there’s no such thing as outsiders! This valley is full of our brothers and partners, or your disciples and friends! Are you just going to watch them die?"
Hu Ma retorted, stepping towards the grotesque entity twisting its vague form in the darkness. With another fierce shout, he strode boldly out of the valley. The Red Lantern seed to flare with an unnatural light, casting a bizarre, blood-red glow.
"Alright!"
Old Master Sun valued his reputation and particularly enjoyed asserting his seniority within the Shousui Lineage. Hearing Hu Ma’s words, and feeling the eyes of everyone in the valley suddenly upon him, he too gave a fierce shout.
Indeed, circumstances had changed. Though they had clashed monts before, the situation was different now, wasn’t it?
With a loud shout, he darted a few steps forward and stood alongside Hu Ma, positioned to the left and right outside the archway.
At the sa ti, the thing from the Gu Bowl was climbing faster and higher. Its shadow lood larger, spreading rapidly towards the valley.
HA!
Hu Ma and Old Master Sun had both stood outside the archway, flanking each side, facing the terrifying, epheral but inherently threatening black shadow. They suddenly moved in unison; Hu Ma clasped his hands lightly in front, bowing forward.
Old Master Sun slamd his left fist into his right palm heavily.
CRASH!
The Four Ghosts Salute and Old Master Sun’s trump card were unleashed simultaneously. A dense ghostly qi enveloped both of them, making them resemble two guardian Evil Ghosts. The archway itself seed to transform into the Ghost Gate, with swirling yin qi coiling around them, temporarily halting the shadow’s advance.
HISS HISS HISS HISS...
The thing erging from the massive shadow hadn’t expected anyone to block its path, and its chaotic, eerie cries beca even more frenzied.
The shadow, like a monster baring its fangs and claws, urgently sought to swallow the two people and surge into the valley.
But the ones blocking its path were no ordinary individuals; they were two Shousui who had entered the Mansion. No matter how eerie the power, they could withstand it for a ti. With them guarding the archway, not only could the shadow not enter the valley, but even the Red Lantern above their heads remained lit.
"Kid, it’s ti to make your move!"
But Old Master Sun knew the pressure he was under. Even having entered the Mansion, he certainly didn’t want to fight this creature. He had only helped Hu Ma montarily out of pride, and now he began to shout.
This Little Shousui clearly had a formidable background. Since he’d asked for help, he was probably trying to buy ti to use so other technique. Besides, Old Master Sun couldn’t just abandon everyone and flee, so he had agreed to help as a matter of course.
But if the kid had no other tricks up his sleeve, he would definitely withdraw and return to cultivate for another thirty or fifty years before facing this entity again.
This was also the basis of his confidence in helping: he could block for a bit, and if he couldn’t hold on, he could still run.
But he hadn’t expected that just as this thought crossed his mind, Hu Ma, who had bowed deeply to the black shadow to stop it outside the archway, would suddenly retreat, leaving Old Master Sun to bear the full pressure.
?!
Do young people these days have no martial ethics?
Fortunately, Hu Ma didn’t just turn to flee. Instead, he retreated two steps, plunged his saw-toothed knife into the ground, and used its baleful aura to temporarily hold back the entity.
At the sa ti, he began to tread the steps from the Age Suppressing Book, quickly taking seven paces. Extending his hand, he shouted sharply, "Sword, co!"
Little Hongtang, who stayed on standby, quickly ran out with the red wooden sword, flipping its hilt halfway and handing it to Hu Ma. The next mont, Hu Ma had completed the footwork, standing at a position he had chosen beforehand.
A few days earlier, under the pretext of guarding against the Witches, he had discreetly made various arrangents while patrolling with others, preparing for setting up the altar. All that was missing was the final suppression object.
And now, his entire body having undergone Death Transformation, ethereal and indistinct, he himself beca a suppression object, used to complete the final missing piece of the Magic Altar.
This was his first benefit after Entering the Mansion as a Shousui, finally having the chance to combine Shousui and walking ghost into one path.
Standing firm at this spot, the Magic Altar now complete, he faced the imnse, spectral, and eerie black shadow. Holding the red wooden sword, he pointed it towards the Red Lantern and solemnly chanted:
"The Red Lantern hides the Ghost Elegance, the Lady’s path crosses the Underworld Bridge!"
"Red Lantern Lady, assist !"
But that was rely for show. Secretly, he ford a hand seal, stamped his foot, and began the Age Suppressing Curse: "Heaven and Earth in all four directions, heed my command! Gods, ghosts, and wandering spirits, linger not! Let divine light dispel all malevolent qi, restoring clarity and brightness to the universe!"
"My word is edict, my edict is law! GO!"
Of the four great curses recorded in the Age Suppressing Book—Hold, Shackle, Dispel, and Kill—Hu Ma finally had the chance to use the "Dispel" curse.
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