86: Chapter 86 The Tricky Evil

Qin Ling transformed into a streak of golden light and swooped down from mid-air.

That streak of light was so fast, so fast that Zhou Ping and Zhou Hu only saw a golden arc flash across above their heads.

The three patrol guards who were charging toward the villagers had no time to react, and the roots crawling out from their wounds were swallowed by the golden light before they even had time to wriggle.

The bodies of the three patrol guards stiffened in the golden light.

Their mouths were wide open, and the dark shadows in their eye sockets were writhing frantically, as if struggling.

The roots pulled out from their wounds and whipped about frantically.

Those black flowers trembled in the golden light, and the black Qi on the petals was beaten back by the golden light.

Qin Ling's avatar raised his hand with his fingers spread wide, his palm facing the three stiffened bodies.

Golden light surged from his palm, wrapping tightly around the three bodies.

Then he clenched his fist.

"Puff—"

Three muffled thuds rang out almost simultaneously.

The bodies of the three patrol guards exploded from within.

Their bodies turned to ashes in the golden light.

Under Qin Ling's deliberate control, those roots and black flowers remained suspended in mid-air, writhing.

They looked like parasites that had lost their host and were desperately searching for their next target.

Qin Ling retracted his hand and reached out again, this time with two fingers pressed together, his fingertip tapping on the nearest black flower.

Divine Technique, Exorcism.

Golden light seeped from his fingertip into the petals, and the black flower shuddered violently, the black Qi on its petals shrinking back as if scalded.

That flower withered at his fingertip.

His finger moved from one flower to another, his movements not fast, but very steady.

With every tap, a black flower withered, turned to powder, and a wisp of black Qi dissipated in the golden light.

Three flowers, three breaths, all turned to ashes.

Zhou Ping stood at the back, his carrying pole still clutched in his hand, but his hand was no longer shaking.

He looked at that figure standing in the golden light, and at the place where the three patrol guards had vanished.

There was nothing left, only a few dark gray stains on the ground.

Zhou Hu stood beside him, his fish-slaying saber still gripped in his hand, the blood on the tip of the blade already dry.

Seeing this all-too-familiar golden light, how could he not know that Lord Qinling was manifesting his divine presence?

He thrust his fish-slaying saber back into his waistband and bowed deeply toward that figure.

Behind him, the villagers who had been scared silly also came to their senses and bowed one after another.

"Thank you, Lord Qinling."

"Thank you for Lord Qinling's protection."

"Lord Qinling above, our Zhou Family Village will surely offer incense and worship every day."

Qin Ling's avatar did not look back.

He stood there, looking down at the dark gray stains on the ground.

Then he directly transformed into a streak of golden light, plunging into the glabella of the small divine statue inside the temple.

The divine statue lit up for a moment, very faintly, just for an instant, and then dimmed.

Blue smoke drifted out from the small incense burner in front of the shrine.

Returning to the shrine, Qin Ling checked the system messages in his mind.

[Detected that the host purified a portion of evil entities, rewarded with 30 incense points.]

With the experience of eliminating the Demon Tiger last time, Qin Ling was not surprised by this pop-up message prompt.

And this time, using the Exorcism to purify the Demon Tiger, he had used a total of 15 incense points.

Although he gained incense points, Qin Ling was frowning.

According to Constable Meng Yu's account, he had taken three patrol guards to Liujia Village and encountered the Demon Tiger.

The Demon Tiger was reborn in a bizarre posture after death, and pursued and killed the three patrol guards.

Only Constable Meng Yu and a youth managed to escape on horseback.

In other words, the Demon Tiger had been parasitized by the evil entity's seeds from the very beginning.

And the parasitism of the three patrol guards' corpses happened later.

If that was the case, could the evil entity hiding in the dark use seeds to parasitize all dead creatures?

Realizing this possibility, Qin Ling's expression turned solemn.

Obviously, as a deity who had watched zombie movies in his past life, he felt this could indeed cause very serious consequences.

"So this is what an evil entity is."

Qin Ling muttered while rubbing his chin.

Previously, he hadn't felt how tricky evil entities were.

After all, although people in this world only felt fear toward evil entities, he, at any rate, possessed Exorcism.

But now it seemed that if he really encountered evil entities, there were still troublesome aspects.

For example, right now he had no way of knowing where the main body of the evil entity was located.

Naturally, Qin Ling wouldn't just leave things unattended like this.

Since he already knew of the evil entity's existence, he still needed to gather more information.

Therefore, over the next few days, Qin Ling sent out his avatar to patrol other villages in Guanhai County.

Both Qin Family Village and Zhou Family Village had encountered such creatures parasitized by evil entities, so it was very likely that such creatures were everywhere in Guanhai County.

Furthermore, after Qin Ling's cultivation advanced to the Xiansheng Realm, his active range had also become much larger than before.

Setting off from Qin Family Village, he headed all the way north along the coastline, sweeping through every village he passed without missing a single one.

The vast divine sense of the Xiansheng Realm spread out like an invisible net, not missing a single corner.

He actually found some creatures parasitized by evil entities.

On the necks, bellies, and eye sockets of these creatures, there were ulcerated wounds.

Roots were writhing inside the wounds, with black flowers blooming at the tips of the roots.

All of this looked identical to the Demon Tiger and patrol guards Qin Ling had seen before.

Toward these creatures parasitized by evil entities, Qin Ling's avatar naturally did not hesitate; golden light lit up at his fingertips, and he used Divine Technique: Exorcism on them.

[Detected that the host purified a portion of evil entities, rewarded with 20 incense points.]

[Detected that the host purified a portion of evil entities, rewarded with 30 incense points.]

[Detected that the host purified a portion of evil entities, rewarded with 10 incense points.]

In the face of Divine Technique: Exorcism, these black flowers naturally had no resistance whatsoever.

Qin Ling even earned some difference in incense points from this.

But even so, there was still no look of joy on his face.

Because although the range he could move around in after stepping into the Xiansheng Realm was still very large, he still hadn't found any trace of the evil entity's main body.

And just as he had anticipated, these creatures parasitized by evil entities were already everywhere in Guanhai County.

If this went on, it would likely run even more rampant and severe.

Once the number of creatures parasitized by evil entities became too large, they might even spread across the entire Guanhai County.

In the days that followed, Qin Ling's avatar still patrolled every day.

And just as he had expected, more and more creatures parasitized by evil entities appeared throughout Guanhai County.

What made Qin Ling frown even more deeply was that he discovered these creatures parasitized by evil entities were actually avoiding his patrol range.

Realizing this, he felt a bit chilled.

Because judging from the state of these creatures parasitized by evil entities, it was certainly impossible for them to still retain consciousness.

After all, some creatures whose brains had been churned to mush could still move freely after being parasitized.

Then if these creatures still had consciousness, it meant that this was most likely the consciousness of the evil entity!