Chapter 524: The Unexpected Twist
Chapter 524: The Unexpected Twist
One was the wealthy and influential Tongyin Meng family, high above all.
The other was the poor and forgotten Old Yin Mountain Stone Box Village...
But why, between these two, did such an eerie yet similar phenomenon occur?
As soon as Hu Ma noticed this, his mind felt shaken, filled with countless questions. At that moment, the hunched-over Clan Elder slowly rose, his mouth gaping wide.
A burst of black energy erupted from his mouth, and within it, countless vengeful spirits could be vaguely seen, instantly filling the entire village.
The Year Guardian, acting as the village's guardian, stood firm between the ritual altars. Within the village, Hu Ma could borrow the power of the altars, but these vengeful spirits seemed to possess a force capable of shaking the entire altar, causing a series of tearing and booming sounds.
The malevolent spirits in this village were already much heavier than those seen elsewhere, and now they were countless times more ferocious. Even Hu Ma's incantations couldn't suppress them.
In an instant, the sky was filled with eerie laughter, as excited little demons stretched out their arms, desperately reaching towards Hu Ma as if to embrace him.
Crack!
At this moment, Hu Ma felt the surrounding air become several times heavier, suffocating him. He had no time to react and quickly pulled out a piece of candle from his sleeve, placing it in front of himself.
With a slight delay, the vengeful spirit had already reached his front, desperately compressing the surrounding air.
Both the surrounding Guardian Stones and Hu Ma, who was in the middle of the altar, shook violently, and his incantation nearly broke off. Several syllables became blurred and weak, but Hu Ma clenched his teeth and continued to recite, and his incantation suddenly grew louder.
It was as if another incantation overlapped with Hu Ma's, instantly pushing back the vengeful spirits that had rushed towards him.
'That is...'
Hu Ma was startled, and quickly looked around. He saw dust swirling, and the four standing stones surrounding the village had cracked, almost on the verge of collapsing.
But within these cracks, a faint voice could be heard, overlapping with Hu Ma's incantation, making it seem twice as powerful.
"Mother-in-law..."
Hu Ma recognized the voice, and his heart stirred with a subtle emotion. He gently waved his hand.
The Four Directions Sealing Stones were set up by his mother-in-law years ago. Perhaps when she erected the stones, she was also reciting this incantation, and since the stones had remained, the incantation lingered, resonating with Hu Ma's own recitation ten years later.
Looking closely, he could even see a blurry shadow beneath each stone, resembling his mother-in-law, reciting alongside him, dispelling the eerie and heavy resentment in the area.
'Mother-in-law, over the past few years, I've also learned some skills. You don't need to use your residual spiritual power to help me anymore...'
The stirring in his heart made his eyes water, but he managed a smile and said, 'If you're really here, I'd rather you stay and talk to me for a while...'
As he thought this, his incantation continued uninterrupted, and he stood up.
"Sizzle..."
At the same time, the hunched-over elder, seeing the dark energy dissipate, suddenly raised his cane. It was as thick as a stone pillar, seemingly woven from countless dry bones, and he thrust it towards Hu Ma, who was seated cross-legged in the village.
The opponent was likely not a physical entity but just a shadow, yet the cane he wielded was solid and terrifying, filled with dark energy. It had the force of a Year Guardian turning into a dead body, striking right in front of Hu Ma.
The Four Directions Sealing Stones, along with Hu Ma, were the five village guardians. If any one of them was destroyed, it would be like breaking free from a cage.
Compared to the Four Directions Sealing Stones that had trapped it for ten years, it instinctively felt that Hu Ma was slightly weaker. Additionally, Hu Ma was the fifth guardian, a crucial part of the ritual altar, so it still chose him.
However, it seemed that the spirit hadn't anticipated Hu Ma's bold move of standing up to meet its attack. With a deep roar, Hu Ma's spiritual light burst forth, transforming into a three-zhang-tall, fierce-faced figure resembling Hu Ma himself above his head.
Then, taking a solid step forward, he swung his fist with force.
In an instant, the cane wielded by the hunched-over figure was smashed to pieces, and the broken bones scattered to the ground, wailing as they fell, causing everyone's eardrums to buzz.
Hu Ma, however, remained expressionless. He sat down again, and the spiritual image on his body disappeared with the action. He continued his incantation, his face turning cold, and he formed a hand seal, pointing forward.
In the air, crackling sounds filled the space, and although nothing could be seen, there seemed to be a powerful and eerie force rolling in front of him.
The massive hunched-over figure, just formed by Hu Ma's spiritual image, had barely been struck by his fist, shattering its cane, when it was immediately engulfed by the rolling dark thunder, its body tearing open with several large gashes.
Summon Dark Thunder.
This is the ability that only Ghost Walkers who have entered the mansion can master, and it is the most formidable method of exorcism.
Correspondingly, there is also the Summoning Bright Thunder, which is even more fierce and formidable. It requires a Pure Yang Body to perform, and once summoned, it shows no mercy, easily shattering the opponent's soul. However, it also consumes one's Dao Virtue at an exaggerated rate.
After using these two methods consecutively, Hu Ma retreated back into the altar, continuing to chant incantations without stopping for a moment. It can be said that both methods were executed swiftly and efficiently, seamlessly transitioning between the two, yet they spanned two different paths, giving onlookers a peculiar feeling...
Just at this moment, the mother-in-law's incantation faded away, as if she had been shocked by the power of the spells. Her expression was one of astonishment:
How should I put it?
It's not that it's impossible, but it's just a bit of a sigh. This grandson has indeed gone astray...
...
...
Of course, while he has strayed, his methods are effective.
The massive black figure, after being struck by Hu Ma's fist and the rolling dark thunder, showed signs of disintegration. Its enormous body, which had been stuck together, now exhibited subtle signs of crumbling.
Seizing the opportunity, Hu Ma continued to recite the Erasure Charm, and the black threads of vengeful energy dissipated. The Yin energy on its body decreased significantly, and even some purely evil entities began to fall from its body, one by one.
These pure evil entities trembled, sometimes taking on human forms, but they were unclear and filled with confusion and helplessness.
These were the villagers from the Abandoned Village, whose vengeful energy had been dispelled, and they were now free from the influence of that strange thing.
As the villagers' souls fell from its body, the massive hunched shadow also became increasingly hunched, despondent, and smaller. This thing had been nurtured in the Abandoned Village for ten years, barely taking shape, but now it was rapidly dissipating.
If one were to describe it, it would be like a pillar of cultivation that had been painstakingly cultivated, rapidly disappearing.
The Hu Family's Divine Light Exorcism Spell seemed to this thing like using sweet potato burn paper money to buy a living person's life.
Of course, when sweet potato burn buys a person's life, no one can resist it, and they may not even notice it. But this thing was clearly extremely ferocious, and although the evil entities falling from its body were increasing, the remaining part became more agile.
Hu Ma even saw that among the chaotic Yin wind, the Stone Box Village Clan Elder's face was ashen, and he was desperately shouting at Hu Ma: "How harsh it is..."
"Your family has already trapped us here, and now you want to prevent us from ascending to immortality?"
"..."
'You still talk about ascending to immortality with such a ghostly thing? Are you serious?'
Hu Ma thought to herself, her eyes fixed on the creature.
Indeed, the Erasure Charm had a significant impact on the creature. As the evil entities fell from its body, it struggled to support itself, and its body began to collapse.
However, the Clan Elder's face, filled with tears and pleas, also showed a hint of resentment. Perhaps he sensed the impending crisis, and he suddenly roared, mustering his remaining strength and lunging towards Hu Ma.
At this moment, the creature no longer resembled a human form but instead resembled a soft, black, wet mud, or perhaps just a piece of the Year God's flesh that had come to life, supported by the Clan Elder and a few other villagers' evil entities, allowing it to move in this world.
As it lunged forward, it continued to writhe, forcefully pulling towards itself the confused souls that had just fallen from its body.
A strong bloody smell filled the air, entering the nostrils and instinctively causing a sense of inexplicable terror.
'Finally willing to shed its skin?'
But at this very moment, Hu Ma suddenly raised her head, staring intently at the creature without flinching. Her heart was determined: 'But I have dealt with things even more formidable than you...'
"..."
Facing the charging creature, she did not dodge or evade, treating the eerie and ferocious thing as if it were nothing. However, she had already lit a fire stick and brought it close to the candle, igniting the candle.
The newly lit candle had only a tiny flame, devoid of any spiritual power.
Although protected by the altar's spiritual power, it would not be extinguished by the surrounding chaotic Yin wind, but it only burned normally, appearing almost insignificant.
However, when the candlelight illuminated Hu Ma's face, the massive creature that was rushing towards her suddenly froze in mid-air for no apparent reason, as if it had forgotten to pounce on Hu Ma.
A strange scene unfolded, as the ferocious Clan Elder only needed to lunge forward to knock Hu Ma to the ground, but as the candlelight brightened, it stiffened on the ground, as if this tiny flame had blocked its path.
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...
The wind around them momentarily ceased, leaving only Hu Ma's incantation, echoing towards the four stone tablets and reverberating back into the village.
The sound seemed to be everywhere, sacred and solemn.
Within the village, whether it was the wandering vengeful spirits or the massive hunched shadow deep in the village, they all quickly dissolved under the incantation, emitting vengeful energy.
(End of Chapter)
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