There wasn’t much Evil Qi. Gu Zhao sent a voice transmission, asking, "Is the Black Furnace Old Ghost dead?"
"Not yet," Taoist Yan Song sent back. "We only killed a disciple of his who didn’t understand the situation, along with so of the Demons and Ghosts who aided his evil deeds. We gathered a bit of Evil Qi from them.
Then he retreated to Black Furnace Mountain, set up a Restriction, and activated that Black Fire lting Furnace. It unleashed a sky full of flas, setting the entire mountain ablaze and sealing him tightly within."
Gu Zhao raised an eyebrow, a little surprised. "Is it a difficult fight?"
"Not exactly," Taoist Yan Song said, shaking his head. "But this is our first ti assaulting such a well-defended mountain stronghold. It’s a good chance to gain so experience and docunt it."
"What kind of experience?" Gu Zhao asked.
"Things might get a little loud," Taoist Yan Song said lightly.
At that very mont, on Black Furnace Mountain, the Black Furnace Old Ghost’s expression was grim. Watching the sky fill with Taiyi Wind and Fire, he could only frantically power the Black Fire lting Furnace he had placed on the mountain. It absorbed Earth Evil Qi and released black furnace flas, allowing him to barely hold on.
Just like Daluo Palace’s Array, which was buried underground to absorb Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi and Incense Qi, the Black Furnace Ghost King’s Black Fire lting Furnace could absorb the Earth Evil Qi from the ground for dozens of miles around Black Furnace Mountain to replenish itself.
If he were only facing ordinary opponents, he could have handled them with ease, relying on his Magical Power and the replenishnt from the furnace.
But if his opponents were too nurous and too powerful...
The Black Furnace Ghost King looked up at the sky and spread out his Divine Sense. He saw twelve figures floating in the air on all sides of Black Furnace Mountain.
The leader was a white-haired elder wearing a red mask. He pursed his lips into a whistle and spewed forth a boundless torrent of Wind and Fire. The flas blotted out the sky and sun, enveloping the whole of Black Furnace Mountain.
Another elder, dressed in black, resembled a Netherworld Ghost Emperor. He was surrounded by twenty-four ghostly figures, and his Yin Qi surged to the heavens.
An old man with white hair and a beard held a Copper Bell. The light it emitted was like a small sun, its blazing glow causing extre discomfort to everyone on Black Furnace Mountain.
Another sword-wielding pair consisted of an elder and a young man. Behind the elder, Yin and Yang flowed in a Primordial Imperable state. Behind the young man, a Dharma Aspect manifested, exuding monstrous power.
Besides them, several other elders didn’t seem as formidable as these five, but each had their own unique strengths and were clearly not to be underestimated.
The Black Furnace Ghost King looked over at Xu Jing and Yue Yan, who were assisting the attackers. Then his gaze fell upon the black-robed elder who, despite having a clearly inferior Dao Practice, had managed to injure him earlier.
"Xu Jing! Madam Xu!" the Black Furnace Ghost King’s voice bood. "What happened before was just a misunderstanding! This old man had no intention of harming you. Now, I am already injured—why must you be so rciless and try to exterminate ?"
Xu Jing and Yue Yan remained silent.
’What a joke. If Taoist Jing Feng hadn’t been there that day, the Black Furnace Ghost King would have kidnapped our daughter. It’s true he didn’t intend to kill us, but that was only because we weren’t strong enough to be a threat to him.’
’At this point, this is no longer just our personal grudge with the Black Furnace Ghost King. This is Daluo Palace’s operation to destroy Black Furnace Mountain. The best thing we can do is not to argue with him, but to help Daluo Palace annihilate him completely!’
When Xu Jing and his wife said nothing, the Black Furnace Ghost King fixed his Divine Thought on Taoist Yan Song. "This old man has no quarrel with you people! Why did you attack with lethal force from the very beginning? Why kill my disciple and seek to destroy my mountain ho?"
Sensing the roiling Yin Qi in the black furnace flas and the thick Evil Qi in the Black Furnace Ghost King’s Magical Power, Taoist Yan Song sneered, "When you were committing all your heinous cris—killing people and obliterating their souls—did you ever stop to think that you had no quarrel with those ordinary mortals?"
The Black Furnace Ghost King was baffled. "re mortals? How can they possibly be compared to us?"
Taoist Yan Song nodded. "Very well. Then how can a re malevolent Fierce Ghost like you possibly be compared to us?"
"Such audacity!" the Black Furnace Ghost King roared in fury. "I have cultivated for centuries! My Dao Practice is profound, my Magical Power is boundless! I can form clouds with a breath and kill with a thought! How dare you underestimate ?"
As Taoist Yan Song maintained his Seal Technique, the Taiyi Wind and Fire continued to grind against the black furnace flas covering the mountain. "The higher your Cultivation, the greater the threat you pose," he said. "In this battle today, you must be utterly destroyed, body and soul, to bring peace and security back to the people of Qianshan Prefecture!"
"Peace and security?" The Black Furnace Ghost King’s rage was palpable. "I’ve killed countless people in my long life, and the Great Ning Court never touched . And you people have the audacity to show up and play the righteous heroes?"
Taoist Yan Song nodded. "That’s right. We are the good guys."
The next mont, the mask on Taoist Yan Song’s face abruptly changed, replaced by a black one. In that instant, the power of the Taiyi Wind and Fire surged by several orders of magnitude.
"The energy in that Black Fire lting Furnace is almost gone! It needs ti to replenish its Evil Qi!" Taoist Yan Song roared. "Everyone, attack together! Shatter it!"
He hadn’t just been trading barbs with the Black Furnace Ghost King for fun. He was probing the Black Fire lting Furnace, testing its burst power and endurance while simultaneously draining its energy reserves.
Now that the furnace was drained and his probing was complete, it was ti to get serious.
Taoist Yan Song had sounded the charge, and Taoist Jing Feng, Taoist Shen Hao, Taoist Qingyuan, and Yunyang attacked in unison.
Three Divine Prisons descended from the sky, falling straight onto Black Furnace Mountain and instantly suppressing the black flas. anwhile, the Flowing Gold Fire Bell transford into a fiery teor and smashed down into Black Furnace Mountain with a deafening BOOM.
Taoist Qingyuan pointed his longsword, and a Tai Chi Diagram dozens of yards across materialized from thin air. It descended onto Black Furnace Mountain, tearing a huge swathe through the black flas covering the peak.
Yunyang manifested his Eight Immortals Dharma Aspect, unleashing streams of Magical True Qi that hamred Black Furnace Mountain and wore away at the black flas.
Taoist Qingwei, Taoist Jing Hong, Taoist Jing Fa, Taoist Yan Qi, and Taoist Yu Zhang also lent their aid. Their dense and pure Taoist True Qi, powerful enough to let them fight above their own rank, drained the black furnace flas at an imnse rate.
BOOM!
Taoist Yan Song’s judgnt was correct. Though powerful, the Black Fire lting Furnace had its limits. The rate at which it absorbed the Earth Evil Qi from underground could not keep up with its consumption, so its destruction at their hands was inevitable.
With five of Daluo Palace’s top masters attacking in unison, the outco was never in doubt!
The black furnace flas dissipated into nothing. The Black Furnace Ghost King shot into the sky, transforming into a massive, black ghostly head dozens of yards wide. It opened its great maw and lunged, attempting to bite Taoist Yan Song.
At the sa ti, two other ghostly figures soared into the air, conjuring a wave of black fire that surged toward Xu Jing and Yue Yan. "You colluded with outsiders to attack my ho! You’ll pay for that with your lives!"
"It’s the Black Furnace Ghost King’s two disciples!" Xu Jing yelled.
Yin Qi coiled around Yue Yan as her eyes turned pitch-black and her skin went snow-white. She let out a piercing shriek. "My husband and I might not be able to defeat the Black Furnace Old Ghost, but who the hell do you two little imps think you are?"
"Make us pay with our lives?" Yue Yan reached toward the wave of fire, and a cyclone of Yin Qi imdiately tore it apart. "You should be the ones to accompany your master in death!"
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