Chapter 501: The Malevolent Spirit's Technique
Chapter 501: The Malevolent Spirit's Technique
Living Stake.
According to the old abacus, this technique originated from the Malevolent Origin Sect, and it was often used during bridge construction and temple building when the feng shui was unfavorable, leading to disturbances from ghosts and spirits. To forcefully create a killing aura and ward off the spirits, they would use living people as stakes, making it one of the most sinister methods in the world.
Although Hu Ma was using this technique to save herself, it was still a sinister method. Therefore, the practitioner would inevitably suffer backlash.
In simple terms, this technique was like cheating the gods and spirits, akin to Hu Ma burning her hand with a sweet potato, killing herself, and being driven into the living stake. As a result, the backlash was entirely on her, while Hu Ma remained unharmed.
Since it was better for reincarnators not to meet, Hu Ma only briefly mentioned these matters to Di Gua Shao when they communicated. She informed her of the time and location, and Di Gua Shao directly came to perform the technique without asking any questions.
If one were to analyze the situation, this was indeed a difficult request. After all, reincarnators didn't have complete trust in each other, and there was always the possibility of a trap or hidden malicious techniques. However, only someone as bold and impulsive as Di Gua Shao would dare to agree, and not only that, she actually came as promised and immediately started performing the technique on the coffin without asking any questions...
Even among the reincarnators, this was a fearless act.
Hu Ma secretly thought, "But I sealed myself in the coffin and let someone like Di Gua Shao 'kill' me. Isn't that also considered bold?"
As she was thinking, Di Gua Shao finished chanting the incantation and raised the three incense sticks high above her head. Suddenly, she took a step back, knelt on one knee, and then the other, before heavily banging her head.
"Dong!"
Her head hit the coffin, and the iron nail, which was only shallowly inserted into the ground, was now slightly deeper.
Another head bang followed, and then another.
With each bang, the nail sank an inch deeper into the ground. After three head bangs, the nail was already three inches deep, mostly buried, and most importantly, inside the coffin, Hu Ma felt her body shake, and the coffin began to sink. Yellow dust and chilling yin energy rose from the ground, engulfing and swirling around the entire coffin.
Above her head, it felt like a heavy hammer was striking, causing a deafening roar, and she felt as if she was slowly being buried underground.
"Hmm-wah-wah..."
Hu Ma was prepared and could endure it, but the thing in her arm suddenly became agitated, fearful, and desperately struggling, as if trying to escape.
Heh...
However, Hu Ma was also prepared for this. With a slight movement of her divine soul, she firmly pressed down on the thing, even deliberately positioning herself beneath the force of the blow, causing a part of her divine soul to be crushed into the ground.
"You dare... you dare..."
Earlier, this thing had intentionally avoided communicating with Hu Ma, only revealing itself when the Meng family's second young master summoned the ancestor. It had briefly shown its head and spoken.
But now, it seemed to have realized something and was desperately crying out, struggling fiercely as if it had suddenly awakened some ethereal power.
"Hu La..."
At that moment, a strong wind blew outside the valley, and a dark cloud gradually gathered in the sky.
Di Gua Shao, who was holding the incense sticks in her hand and preparing to continue the ritual, was startled. She saw the incense burning vigorously, and the chilling yin wind by her side was fierce. She couldn't help but show a hint of panic on her face, thinking, 'Is Elder Old Bai Gan asking me to set up such a fierce stake? Why is it so intense?'
Out of respect for Elder Old Bai Gan, she decided to grit her teeth and complete the technique. However, just as she raised the incense sticks again, she heard a wailing sound coming from her side.
She turned her head abruptly and saw that the expressions on the two paper puppets beside her, which were originally cheerful, had now turned into bitter faces due to the wrinkles. The faint crying sound seemed to be coming from them.
Di Gua Shao took a deep breath and was about to speak when the paper puppets suddenly cried out and burst into flames.
She was startled and exclaimed, "I thought Elder Old Bai Gan gave me a simple task, but I didn't expect it to be..."
"...a test!"
As she thought, she quickly pondered and suddenly threw the incense sticks to the side. Seeing that the two paper puppets were burning rapidly, she quickly formed a Ground Touch Seal with both hands, gritted her teeth, and fiercely pointed at the nail.
"Firm!"
This finger movement, infused with Dao virtue, was faster than a simple technique. In an instant, the nail, which still had a small portion protruding from the ground, was driven into the earth.
At that moment, the coffin in which Hu Ma was standing also made a loud rumbling sound. The soil beneath it cracked, and the coffin sank into the ground. Yellow dust and chilling yin energy engulfed the entire coffin.
After completing the task, Di Gua Shao saw that the two paper puppets beside her had burned down to just their feet. She let out a strange cry and jumped up, turning to run out of the valley.
Despite her injured leg, she ran surprisingly fast. By the time the last bit of firelight disappeared, she had already escaped the valley. However, the valley was filled with strange yin winds, carrying some still-burning embers that chased after her.
But as she rushed out of the valley, she saw that on either side of the valley, two paper puppets still stood.
The ash pursued her, and the paper puppets also caught fire.
However, with the strong gust of Yin wind, they burned even faster than inside, and the rolling ash chased her all the way into the forest. Surprisingly, Sweet Potato Burn didn't even turn back; she just kept running forward.
Along the way, every ten zhang or so, there were two paper puppets she had placed, and even some jars covered in mud, seemingly filled with bones. She didn't know which grave she had freshly dug them out from...
So, she kept running and burning, covering several li, even losing her shoes, before she finally felt the Yin wind behind her weaken.
"Backfiring on me?"
Sweet Potato Burn turned around and glared, "Not a single one of my skills doesn't backfire. I've been avoiding sinful debts since I started learning the Way. Can you catch up to me?"
After a moment of defiance, she sat down on a grave, pounding her leg, and muttered towards the direction of the Blood Food Mine, "But what kind of task did Elder Bai Gan arrange for me?"
"Even if I beat the Ten Surnames' disciples into the ground, it probably wouldn't be this bad, right?"
"..."
"..."
"Luckily, it's Sweet Potato Burn..."
Inside the coffin, Hu Ma was startled, feeling a tangible ethereal power being disturbed.
Fortunately, he was only pretending to be dead, and he had taken precautions. He had set up a ritual altar in the valley, and although he didn't deliberately use the power of the altar, it had still prevented some changes, thus saving Sweet Potato Burn from dying on the spot.
If it had been someone else, even if he had told them he could protect them, upon seeing the grand spectacle just now, they would have undoubtedly stopped the technique and fled...
...like the Left Protector, or the young master of Grass Heart Hall.
"Hua..."
As the technique took effect, he, who was deeply buried underground, suddenly came alive, his Yang energy surging. With a loud boom, he broke through the coffin plank and jumped out of the ground.
However, the Living Stake had already been planted, and this technique was meant to trap one's divine soul and confine them underground. Even though Hu Ma forcefully jumped out, a part of his divine soul remained below, along with the foreign object within his soul.
As soon as Hu Ma emerged, he stomped on the ground and cast a spell to disperse the ethereal power. Outside, Sweet Potato Burn, who was still fleeing, didn't realize that she had underestimated the backlash. If not for Hu Ma's timely dispersal, she might have already been affected by the backlash.
After finishing, Hu Ma turned around, his eyes cold, and fixed his gaze on the stone weight that was usually forgotten in the valley.
He displayed his current weakened Dharmakaya and lifted the stone weight with both hands. Then, he firmly smashed it onto the spot where the nail had been driven into the ground. Only then did he sit down in meditation in front of the stone weight and slowly chanted an incantation.
As soon as he began, Sweet Potato Burn's technique pulled something out of her body and drove it into the ground, confining it there. But Hu Ma's true purpose was to subdue, refine, and form his fourth pillar proficiency at this moment!
As he sat in meditation, he could feel the chaos and screams underground, half of which seemed to echo in the outside world, reaching his ears, and the other half seemed to resonate directly within his body.
The overlapping sounds made his head spin, and vaguely, he seemed to see a figure being crushed under the stone weight, desperately reaching out and scratching, his mouth filled with curses and screams, "Damn it, damn it, how dare you?"
"I am the fourth master of the Shadow Bridge Meng Family, how dare you use this evil technique on me?"
"..."
Hu Ma coldly stared at him, extending his hand and pressing it onto the stone weight, continuously chanting the exorcism spell.
"The Hu Family, the Hu Family, was clearly ordered to exterminate the evil ghosts of hell and reincarnated malevolent spirits. That's why the Demon Suppressing Bureau was handed over to your family. But you, you're also a reincarnator..."
"You evil spirits invade the living world and disrupt the universe. The Ancestor will know, and he will tear you apart..."
"..."
"Is that so?"
Listening to his screams, Hu Ma silently recited the incantation until the timing was right. Then, he opened his eyes and looked at the man, his face filled with mockery, "Who would've thought that the descendants of the New Year's Guardian Hu Family are also reincarnators?"
"Don't worry, I know you've been silent because you want me to kill you. First, if I kill you, my divine soul will also be injured. Second, after killing you, your Shadow Bridge Meng Family will still have other ways to get the message, right?"
"..."
Guessing his thoughts, a sinister smile appeared on his face, and he said in a low voice, "So, I won't kill you. I want you to live, but as my substitute body!"
The invisible fear made the being crushed under the stone weight scream in madness, "How dare the descendants of the New Year's Guardian Hu Family use this evil technique?"
"Weren't you just calling me an evil spirit?"
Hu Ma looked at him and smiled, "So, if I am an evil spirit, what's the harm in using a little evil technique?"
(End of Chapter)
Chapter end
Report
