Sheng Shixun acts so fast!
I was holding a vermilion brush in my hand. Gazing at the woman cornered against the wall, I felt a pang of worry in my heart.
The loud rumbles just now were probably not thunder. Instead, Sheng Shixun must have used some means to break the suppression of the Avalokitesvara and release this monster.
"Where's my brother? Where is he!"
The moment the woman touched the door, she was immediately bounced back. She stretched out her long and beautifully manicured fingernails and lunged straight at my face.
"How dare you!"
Now that I already knew the woman's identity, I also came up with a way to deal with her.
Although this woman was a blood relative of the Lu family, her conscience was completely rotten. She even wanted to harm her own niece! I naturally wouldn't show any mercy when dealing with her. I threw away the vermilion brush in my hand and quickly formed a Five - Thunder Seal.
"As the sky is round and the earth is square, the laws of the nine chapters prevail. Yin gives birth and Yang follows. All ghosts shall have nowhere to hide..."
Along with the Five - Thunder Seal, I recited the incantation.
"You little bitch! How dare you show off such petty tricks in front of me?!"
The woman showed not a hint of fear. In an instant, she appeared in front of me. A gaping bloody mouth suddenly emerged on her blurry face and bit down on the finger that was forming the magic seal.
In an instant, countless blue - white electric arcs appeared inside the woman's body, like countless glowing silver snakes scurrying everywhere in her mist - shrouded body.
"Hehehe!!"
The woman with the electric arcs scurrying inside showed no sign of fear. Her wide - open mouth, like a black hole, kept on devouring half of my arm without a moment's rest.
Suddenly, a feeling of soreness, pain, coldness, and numbness pierced into my skin like steel needles.
"Ugh!!"
I knew this woman was powerful. The intention of suppressing her under the statue of the Great Avalokitesvara should have been to use the Avalokitesvara's mercy to purify her evil thoughts. But seeing that she rushed here right after being released, I was afraid she didn't come to reminisce with the Lu father and daughter out of family affection!
So, from the very beginning, I had used the most powerful Yin Five - Thunder Incantation.
I never thought that this woman would even risk being struck by the Five - Thunder just to die with me?!
I grabbed my right elbow with my left hand and tugged desperately. The woman pounced in front of me following my movement. Suddenly, a crack split open between her eyes, and a puff of white cold light burst out from it.
The crack between her eyes grew wider and wider. Suddenly, a huge pupil with only the white part rolled out. In the blink of an eye, all the roaring electric arcs inside the woman's body converged into the white pupil like rivers flowing into the sea and disappeared without a trace.
"The demon core?!"
I recognized that cold blue light!
It was exactly the demon core of Lord Mu Yuan that Sheng Shixun had picked up for free!!
Only this treasure that had been cultivated for tens of thousands of years could neutralize the power of the Five - Thunder Incantation...
But... But how could Sheng Shixun give such a precious treasure to a ghost woman he had never met before?!
"Hehehe!!"
The woman seemed to see through my thoughts and said proudly, "This demon core was originally mine! That little demon girl Lu Xiyu snatched it away! Now it's finally back to its rightful owner!"
"A pack of lies."
Since I couldn't break free, I recited a Mind - Purifying Incantation to calm my mind. Then I looked at her coldly and said, "Lu Xiyu is the daughter of Lord Mu Yuan, the white wolf. Who do you think you are? How dare you claim that the demon core is yours?!"
"Why isn't it mine! I killed that old brute Mu Yuan, that blind old brute!"
The woman grinned, laughing gloatingly. "For a slut, he even doomed his entire clan to extinction. Thinking about it... it's really laughable!!"
...
I couldn't help but be shocked again. Many years ago when I saw Lord Mu Yuan, he was still such a high - spirited immortal clan leader. How could it be that in just a short hundred years or so, not only was he killed and his soul trapped, but his entire clan was also completely wiped out?
"You talk as if you're a successful person!"
Although I was shocked inside, I didn't show any weakness in my words. "Lord Mu Yuan and his wife were living a life in an immortal cave, envying only the mandarin ducks but not the immortals. And you? You only deserve to be suppressed under the feet of the immortals and eat dust!"
"Roar!!"
My words hit the woman's sore spot. She suddenly went crazy. "How dare you laugh at me?! I'll eat you!!"
She was a fierce ghost empowered by the demon core. Eating someone was as easy as pie for her.
On the approaching head, besides the huge mouth, there was the demon core between her eyes, emitting a cold light.
The woman knew I was a cultivator. Although enraged, she didn't let her guard down. The demon core was used to intimidate my soul. If I were an ordinary cultivator, I would be like a soulless shell without any ability to resist.
Facing that soul - captivating blue - white light, I suddenly laughed.
"Are you still hiding it?"
My eyes stared straight at the direction where the white light was coming from. "If I die, do you think someone else will help you fulfill your wish?!"
As soon as I finished speaking, the ice - white demon core suddenly dimmed for a moment, like the snow - like moon being bitten by a celestial dog, with a black spot appearing on it.
The black spot spread rapidly around like a moldy fungus. The woman's pale forehead, black eyes, and even the gaping bloody mouth were all infected by the black spot.
"Aaaaah..."
The woman didn't let out a ghostly scream until half of her head had turned into black debris and dissipated in the air. She covered her gradually crumbling face, and the howling sound went straight into my ears. "How could this happen... How could this... happen..."
"You stupid fool. Didn't you even check the demon core when you got it?"
I sneered and bent down. I picked up the small, still - brilliant bead that had rolled on the ground from the drifting ashes. The warm feeling in my hand made me feel a little more at ease. It seemed that no one would have thought that such a precious treasure could also be a container to detain demons like a soul bottle.
"The evil god, the One - Eyed Buddha Mother, that Sheng Shixun worshiped was imprisoned in the demon core by him."
I started to half - truthfully say, "Do you know why he released you?!"
"Why? Why?!!"
The woman covered her still - dissipating body and let out a desperate scream. My words successfully diverted her thoughts to Sheng Shixun. Since the demon core was originally given to her by Sheng Shixun and a demon that devoured her soul suddenly appeared in it, she naturally blamed Sheng Shixun first!
Half of her face was ferocious. She stretched out a hand and shouted at me, "Save me! I don't want to disappear. I still want to become human again!"
I tightly clenched the demon core in my palm and took several steps back.
Only a kind - hearted girl like Lu Xiyu would place such a fierce ghost under the statue of the Great Avalokitesvara to receive the incense.
If it were me, I would have long ago unleashed the heavenly thunder to blast her soul into nothingness!
I didn't intend to save this ghost woman. After retreating to a safe distance, I just wanted to watch a good show.
Unexpectedly, at this moment, a voice suddenly came from the small courtyard. "Miss Du, the heavens have the virtue of cherishing life. I think... you should still save Lu Ling!"