43: The mountain god manifests! Li Xuanxiao is shocked! A ghost infant is born!
A rift seemed to appear in the sky.
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The rift emitted a dazzling light, and wisps of Green Qi floated up from Jiangning Village, drilling into the crack.
Li Xuanxiao ignored the blinding light, his eyes wide open.
Thunder echoed, a colossal figure appeared intermittently, and clanging sounds constantly rang out.
Within the misty Green Qi, a pair of golden eyes, like great suns, slowly opened!
The indifferent, calm, and emotionless eyes gazed down at the kneeling villagers.
Li Xuanxiao had practiced the Qi Observing Technique; he could see that all the villagers' Incense Offerings and devout wishes were converging upon the owner of those eyes.
The Mountain God... really exists?
But didn't the Mountain God die long ago?
Li Xuanxiao was completely baffled, his mind a mix of shock and confusion, even forgetting the intense pain radiating from all over his body... The villagers kneeling in prayer, the old Daoist priest collapsed on the ground, the female corpse covered in Evil Qi... Seeing this scene, Xu Qing immediately understood what was happening.
He was originally patrolling the mountain forest when he suddenly sensed a faint calling coming from afar.
The calling was illusory, with interwoven voices that were unclear.
At the same time the calling appeared, Xu Qing noticed that the Jade Vase holding the Incense Offerings began to tremble, and the accumulated Green Qi started to sway, as if responding to something.
Following the direction from which the calling came, he rushed all the way there.
Soon, at the foot of a mountain, a village shrouded in mist appeared before Xu Qing's eyes.
He could sense that the source of the calling originated from within.
Incense Offerings can directly increase one's Cultivation Level; you can never have too much of this stuff.
Furthermore, Xu Qing had an idea he had been waiting to put into action.
And so.
A low-pitched True Word Incantation sounded.
A bolt of thunder directly shattered the mist covering the village!
The female corpse was about to finish off Li Xuanxiao and drain his essence blood and soul, but she was enveloped by the lightning descending from the sky.
Thunder is utterly firm and masculine (Yang); the female corpse was covered in Yin Evil Qi, which was the most restrained by it.
"Ah!"
The painful shriek of the female corpse spread throughout the entire village.
Rolling Evil Qi erupted from her body, her Wedding Crown and Large Red Wedding Dress instantly shattered, and her pale skin was ripped open, oozing black blood that stained her entire body.
With just one bolt of thunder descending, the beautiful and seductive female corpse was no longer recognizable as human.
Her body stiffened, and she collapsed directly onto the ground!
In the village, Zhang the Third, who was being dragged by the crowd, had just woken up and saw this scene when he raised his eyes.
"Wife!"
He shouted, then immediately fainted again.
The surrounding villagers paid him no mind; seeing the figure bathed in light, they were so excited they burst into tears.
"The Mountain God has appeared!"
"The Mountain God has come to save us!"
Excited shouts rang out one after another. Having witnessed a miracle firsthand, the villagers devoutly knelt down, continuously chanting the Mountain God's name.
Wisps of Incense Offerings gathered and surged entirely toward Xu Qing.
At the same time.
A massive head poked out from the Green Qi, and the Green Snake revealed its true form.
It was actually a Snake Demon!
A Snake Demon from the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains has become the new Mountain God!?
Li Xuanxiao's pupils contracted sharply. Looking at the colossal green snake body and sensing the powerful aura emanating from it, a torrent of shock washed over his heart.
How is that possible!
He stared at Xu Qing in disbelief, utterly bewildered.
Before he could think further.
The female corpse lying on the ground suddenly underwent a transformation!
Her body withered visibly, and the dense Yin Qi covering Jiangning Village was entirely funneled into her abdomen!
"This is bad!"
Li Xuanxiao cried out in alarm. Before her Soul Flying Away and Spirit Scattering, the female corpse used her last bit of strength to sacrifice herself to the Yin Embryo in her womb!
The female corpse's body was saturated with Yin Evil Qi, aided by the underground Yin Qi of Jiangning Village.
The Yin Embryo had completely finished gestation!
"Hehe..."
In the final moment before her consciousness vanished, the female corpse revealed a malicious smile.
Her belly began to swell, and the Yin Embryo transformed into a Ghost Infant!
With a "Puchi" sound.
A sharp claw tore through the female corpse's belly, and a Ghost Infant, over two feet tall, with pitch-black skin, scarlet eyes, and a mouth full of fangs, crawled out!
The instant the Ghost Infant was born, monstrous Ghost Qi soared into the sky.
Patches of black clouds covered the sky, and an area fifty miles in radius fell into darkness.
"It has this kind of strength right after being born!?"
Li Xuanxiao's face turned pale when he saw the scene of the Ghost Infant's birth.
This is terrible.
That Snake Demon's Cultivation Level looks to be around three thousand years, equivalent to a Human Race cultivator first entering the Fifth Rank Realm.
As for the Ghost Infant before him, it had at least the strength of the Fifth Rank Peak!
The gap in strength is too large, and I'm severely injured and can't help... All this joy was for nothing; in the end, I'm still going to die.
The light in Li Xuanxiao's eyes dimmed.
The villagers also became panicked when they saw the Ghost Infant being born.
They looked toward the Mountain God, who stood across the village entrance, placing all their hope in Him.
They prayed even more devoutly, prostrating themselves completely.
"A Ghost Infant, huh..."
The golden vertical pupils examined the Ghost Infant with interest.
In Xu Qing's eyes, the small Ghost Infant had already transformed into a mass of Karma radiating golden light.
His current Cultivation Level had already Broken Through three thousand years, and his Magic Power greatly increased.
Moreover, possessing various Immortal Spells, why would he fear a newborn Ghost Infant?
Without unnecessary talk, he recited the Six-Word True Word in his heart.
"Boom!"
"Boom!"
"Boom!"
Several thunderous sounds rang out in succession.
Dazzling electric light pierced through the black clouds above, carrying destructive power as it struck toward the Ghost Infant!
The Ghost Infant had just been born and hadn't reacted yet when its vision was filled with electric light.
"Boom!"
The explosion echoed.
The Ghost Infant shrieked wildly from the strike, transforming into a black shadow and continuously dodging.
Its scarlet eyes fixed on Xu Qing, the Ghost Infant's gaze filled with malice and hatred.
It stepped out with its short legs, moving extremely fast, and charged towards Xu Qing.
Snakes, being without hands or feet, are relatively disadvantaged.
Moreover, Xu Qing's body was huge, and the Ghost Infant was fast, making it easy for the opponent to entangle him.
Sure enough.
In an instant, the Ghost Infant arrived behind Xu Qing, leaped up onto his back, and the Ghost Qi swirling around its hands transformed into a pair of ferocious Ghost Claws.
A flicker of excitement flashed in the Ghost Infant's eyes.
It raised its hand, and the Ghost Claw, larger than its own body, clawed toward Xu Qing.
Many of Xu Qing's enemies had tried this move.
Without exception, they all died.
"Clang! Clang! Clang!"
A faint green light covered the Green Snake's body. The ferocious Ghost Claws scratched against the green light but failed to cause the slightest damage!
Xu Qing turned his head and opened his mouth, and firelight ignited deep within his throat!
The Ghost Infant sensed danger and reacted extremely quickly, flashing dozens of zhang away in an instant.
But what Xu Qing spat out was not a fireball.
But a Sea of Fire!
"Boom!"
The blazing Sea of Fire descended, enveloping an area of a Hundred Zhang!
The Ghost Infant was secretly feeling smug, but the next moment, it was submerged by the firelight!
A sharp, hoarse scream rang out, and intense pain swept through the Ghost Infant's entire body.
The fire of Spitting Flame burns Demons and Evil!
In a sense, this type of flame is even more terrifying than the ordinary thunder summoned by the Five Thunders Incantation!