132: Kill the City God with a sword and obtain the Soul-Eating Technique

In front of the temple, there was a black wooden box with a foot-long slit at the top, and the three characters "Karma Box" painted on its front.

This was where people deposited their donations.

At this moment, many Mortals threw in a few coins, took a foot-long stick of incense from the chubby Daoist in charge, and entered the temple in a queue.

Even City God master needed offerings of incense and sacrifices.

If you had no money, then you'd better be sharp-eyed.

And quickly get lost.

But Gu Changsheng, instead, bypassed the queue and stepped directly into the temple entrance.

"Kid, no incense money, barging into the City God Temple? Are you tired of living?"

A grey-robed, chubby Daoist snarled.

But the next second, his expression changed drastically, twisting into a chrysanthemum-like smile: "Oh, this lord looks familiar.

However, before City God, not offering incense is against the rules.

Quickly, take this stick of incense..."

The chubby Daoist hurriedly offered a burning stick of incense.

The incense slowly burned, emitting a faint, pleasant fragrance.

"That's right, it was this smell last night..."

The fleeting phantom of a malevolent ghost from last night, devouring living souls, was precisely the City God of this place.

The biggest proof was that within the City God Temple's domain, his Cultivation was not suppressed in the slightest.

It was just like the hundred ghosts parading after dusk.

Hiss—

Gu Changsheng coldly gazed at the towering City God's Dharma Idol, a Sword Qi shooting from his fingertip, striking the gilded Dharma Idol and producing a clang of metal.

Crack—

A long, narrow crack appeared, immediately spreading into hundreds of others.

The gold foil peeled off inch by inch, revealing the ferocious evil ghost beneath.

This ghost had a green face and fangs, its eyes as dark as an abyss, yet it wore a black gauze cap and an official's yellow robe, like an official from a Dynasty.

Its aura was terrifying, clearly having reached the Dongxuan Realm.

Another Dongxuan Realm Ghost King!

As the City God turned into a ghoul, Yin wind immediately rose, and the Mortals and Daoists who were offering incense all shrieked, transforming into the appearance of malevolent ghosts from after dusk.

"Legend has it that the City God presides over sacrifices and protects a region.

He is a local official of the Netherworld.

Killing you should allow me to find a way to enter the deeper Ghost Domain, right..."

Gu Changsheng's eyes were indifferent, and his Void Realm Sword Qi stirred, emitting countless sword cries.

Tens of thousands of Flying Swords appeared in the Void Realm.

As soon as he stepped into the City God Temple's domain, he had secretly set up the Zhuxian Sword Formation.

"Living person... Die..."

The City God ghoul's mouth suddenly tore open, and from it emerged phantoms of malevolent ghosts, the weakest of which possessed the aura of the Early Stage True Core Realm.

These were the ghost soldiers it had accumulated over countless years of devouring living souls after dusk.

"Kill!"

In the front row, black-armored skeleton cavalry riding on flaming skeleton horses roared, swinging their bone spears in a wide arc, cutting through the air as they attacked.

At the same time, tens of thousands of ghosts rampaged, and Yin Qi permeated the air, like a vast army invading.

Gu Changsheng's expression remained calm, and with a thought, countless Flying Swords attacked, the sky-filling Sword Qi transforming into a sword rain, slaughtering the malevolent ghosts and spirits.

The Zhuxian Sword Formation's killing power was the strongest, specifically countering these spirits and malevolent ghosts.

In the blink of an eye, the malevolent ghosts and living souls in the front row fell in swathes like mown grass, disintegrated and dispersed by the Sword Qi.

Whoosh—

The flow of Yin Qi suddenly changed, and a dark, sharp claw extended from the Yin Qi mist, heading straight for Gu Changsheng's head.

Gu Changsheng's figure flashed, easily dodging it.

He raised his right palm above his head, opening it as if to grasp something.

"Sword, come!"

Roar—

In the high sky, the Azure Dragon Sword shadow pierced through layers of thick Yin Qi mist, transforming into a green-patterned precious sword that landed in Gu Changsheng's palm.

It was precisely the Half-step Spirit Treasure-level longquan sword.

"Slash!"

Dark Qi poured in, and the sword body emitted a clear spiritual glow, an Azure Dragon Sword Qi slashed through, dispelling the Yin Qi and annihilating tens of thousands of ghosts.

Accompanied by a wail from within the mist, a black hand fell to the ground.

At the same time, the surrounding space gradually became illusory and distorted.

Crimson light emanated from the corners of the original City God Temple, the corners gradually melted, and a fiery Hell phantom faintly appeared in the Void Realm.

It looked exactly like a mirage, but its aura was incredibly real.

Under the Spirit Eye Technique, the figure of the dismembered City God ghoul appeared in the mist.

His body gradually melted, as if he was about to turn into green smoke, slowly merging into the fiery Hell phantom.

"Sure enough, this old ghost possesses a method to enter the deeper Ghost Domain..."

"Yellow Springs Heaven-Overturning Seal."

"Suppress!"

The Xuanhuang mountain peak transformed into a streak of light, accurately piercing the City God ghoul's chest, and countless living souls and malevolent ghosts flew out from it.

These were all the Yin souls it had devoured over many years.

At the same time, the City God ghoul's aura plummeted.

Dongxuan Realm... Peak True Core Realm... Early Stage True Core Realm.

It dropped all the way to the Early Stage True Core Realm before it barely stopped.

"So it's a Soul Path secret technique that fuses Yin souls to boost combat power.

Not bad."

A hint of pleasant surprise appeared in Gu Changsheng's eyes.

The longquan sword light slashed out, a thick Sword Qi piercing the City God ghoul's head, annihilating every inch of its flesh and blood.

However, even after the City God ghoul died, the fiery Hell phantom in the Void Realm did not disappear; instead, it continued to expand.

At the same time, the surrounding scenery gradually became illusory, like the mottled paint on an old house's wall, constantly peeling off, revealing a Netheworld aura.

After a few breaths, Gu Changsheng looked around; the City God Temple had vanished, and the ground was no longer paved with blue bricks, but with flesh walls that resembled piled-up meat.

Looking as far as the eye could see, there was a forest of white bones in the distance, with skewers of fragrant meat hanging from the branches.

Beside it, blood flowed like a river, surging with waves, countless Yin souls and malevolent ghosts floating within, wailing and screaming.

"Blood pool and meat forest... It's quite similar to the scene of the Heretical Golem wielding the Hell Path."

Gu Changsheng remembered that Zhang Liang had once said that the Ancestral Master of the The Way of Peace had Cultivated a Peerless Grade True Core.

Although the creator of the Heretical Golem technique was unknown, its method of refining the essence of dao karma was clearly useful when Cultivating a Peerless Grade True Core.

Presumably, the Ancestral Master of the The Way of Peace had a high probability of having visited this place.

"Speaking of which, after entering the Ghost Domain, Zhang Liang disappeared.

The intelligence he possesses should be more than mine.

Coupled with his methods, a Dongxuan ghost Cultivator like the City God ghoul wouldn't be able to stop him... I estimate he entered the depths of this Ghost Domain a step before me.

For now, it's best to secretly gather information and understand the situation... Also, that City God ghoul's secret technique..."

Gu Changsheng used the ground as a canvas and Sword Qi as a brush, his fingertips trembling, and a painting of the City God evil ghost appeared on the ground.

A spark of spiritual light entered his mind.

A new secret technique appeared on his panel.

【Soul Devouring Technique: Devouring Yin ghosts and living souls can refine them into ghost soldiers to summon for battle. Stored in the abdomen, it can enhance one's state and strength.】

"It is indeed this technique..."

Gu Changsheng's face lit up with joy.

This technique was not difficult to Cultivate, but it required an extremely high quantity of living soul refining materials.

Like that City God ghoul, despite being True Core Cultivation, it used this technique to boost its strength to the Dongxuan Realm, having devoured an unknown number of souls.

And in this place, the one thing not lacking was living souls and malevolent ghosts.

Gu Changsheng walked and stopped, continuously refining fierce souls and malevolent ghosts along the way by using the Soul Devouring Technique.

Suddenly, the sound of suonas playing came from a distance, the melody suppressed and noisy.

He looked over, and a grand wedding procession swept past.

The leading palace-dressed maid held up a "Make Way" sign, and along the way, pale-faced imps played suonas and beat gongs.

In the center of the procession, hundreds of strong, bare-chested laborers were sweating profusely.

They laboriously carried a sedan chair.