I become a god in another world

Chapter 774 Devouring Ghost Fire
Chapter 774

Zhao Fusheng held a terrifying human-skin ghost whip in her hand. Holding the ghost whip, she lashed it hard in the direction of the ghost lamp!
'Snapped--'

The ghost whip tore through the void and struck out.

Ghostly figures loomed, and countless vengeful spirits howled as they rushed toward the direction where the ghost lantern was.

The Human Skin Demon Whip is the transformed form of the Human Skin Demon Mother—it absorbs the power of countless living beings in Shangyang County, and its own malevolent aura is extraordinary.

But the calamity in Tongshan County was different from the others; it was the culmination of the entire county's devout faith and fear.

In the hearts of the people of Tongshan County, the Ghost Lantern Festival is like a ghost or a god.

As soon as the lantern was offended, countless painful and angry faces suddenly appeared on the body of the vengeful ghost holding the lantern.

These are the people of Tongshan County who were once exploited and oppressed.

After their deaths, their remains transformed into the skeletons of the lantern bearers, merging with the vengeful spirits of the lantern bearers.

Now a ghostly whip is being lashed out, and these vengeful ghosts let out sharp howls.

Sensing the resentful aura of the lantern bearer, the ghost lantern suddenly lit up with a bright blue flame.

Just then, the human-skinned ghost whip lashed out, striking the lantern-carrying ghost with a 'bang'.

The two demons clashed.

The fierce and ruthless power of Erlang Shen instantly punched a huge hole in the back of the Lantern-Carrying Ghost.

The shattered fragments of the ghost's body transformed into the most ferocious and malevolent Yin Fire in the world, which burned back at the human-skinned ghost mother.

Suddenly, specks of blue flame appeared on the ghost whip, and countless agonizing ghost faces emerged from it.

Their power was instantly suppressed due to the corrosion of the will-o'-the-wisp.

The pale blue flames climbed up the whip at breakneck speed, trying to smear Zhao Fusheng's hands and arms.

In the critical moment, Zhao Fusheng did not panic, but instead summoned Zhu Guangling.

The Day Wanderer reappeared, flicking her ghost whip and hurling it to the ground.

Suddenly, a pair of eerie footprints appeared on the ground. These footprints, like experienced horses, swiftly enveloped the ghost whip.

The law of regression comes into play, and time begins to flow backward.

The demon whip decomposed, transforming into a human-skinned demon mother and demon accomplices, the flames it touched being extinguished one by one in the tracing back to the source.

In a short while, the ghost mother and ghost accomplice, after the reversal, merged into one and recombined into a long whip. With a wave of Zhao Fusheng's hand, the ghost whip was summoned and flew back into the hand of 'Erlang Zhenshen'.

Although Zhao Fusheng reacted quickly, this action clearly severely damaged the power of Zhu Guangling, the Day-Wandering God.

The ghost rain was still falling where it was, but the rain was much less intense than before. When it collided with the ghost lantern, the rising black smoke instantly dispersed the ghost rain.

……

Zhu Guangling was instantly subdued, and the spirits were affected. Zhao Fusheng then invited him into the shrine.

In the blink of an eye, Zhao Fusheng's Ghost Whip and Zhu Guangling were both restrained, causing her heart to sink.

She launched several proactive attacks, halting the ghost's advance and pinning it to the Zhang family's old residence.

However, the vengeful ghost was not content to be trapped in one place.

The shattered back of the ghost writhes as countless screaming, vengeful spirits shift their bodies to fill the void.

The ghost holding the lantern raised it.

Amidst the wind, thunder, and lightning, a faint blue flame illuminated Wan'an County.

"What...what is this?!"

As the firelight shone on thousands of households, many people felt a chill run through their souls and couldn't help but shiver.

In the instant the firelight illuminated the living, countless souls were immediately captured.

The shadows were reflected inside the lantern, and the life force of each shadow turned into a shadow, shrinking again and again until it finally condensed into a small black dot, jumping around the lantern.

Soon after, they will be melted by the ghost lantern, becoming its nourishment, while the original souls will become walking corpses, just one of the thousands of accomplices among the ghost lantern's corpses.

The moment their souls were captured by the ghost lamp, many people illuminated by the light immediately lost their spirits, their eyes glazed over, and their faces stiffened.

This includes Magistrate Pang, who was with Zhao Fusheng.

His pale face was bathed in a blue light, his eyes were grayish-blue, and he stood frozen in place.

At this critical moment, Zhao Fusheng called upon Liu Huacheng!

The City God and the Ghost Judge of Confucius Temple have appeared in the world.

In an instant, blood-red light began to linger in the sky.

Strands of blood entwined with the smoke, and lightning flashed through the blood mist, creating a magnificent spectacle.

Beneath the blood-red light, Liu Huacheng's ghostly figure appeared.

As soon as it appeared, the ghost register in its hand emitted a strange bloody light, with blue flames swirling around it, and it burned several registers in succession.

Two evildoers cannot coexist in one place!
Liu Huacheng could not tolerate a ghost snatching the mark from its hands, so it immediately unleashed its power.

Holding a book in one hand and making a writing motion with the other, it began to erase the areas where the blue flames were located.

Then something strange happened.

The dark shadows surrounding the flame began to flicker, seemingly in an extremely unstable state, appearing and disappearing around the flame in an instant.

Magistrate Pang's face also showed signs of pain.

His expression was still stiff and numb, but a faint halo emanated from within, illuminating his gaunt face. However, his expression was no longer as numb as before—clearly, Liu Huacheng's appearance had taken back his soul, which had been captured by the ghost lamp.

However, the crisis was not completely over.

Liu Huacheng extinguished the ghost flames.

The ghost flames disappeared by more than half, but at the same time, the lantern's law defied the heavens and resisted Liu Huacheng's law, even attempting to revive several times.

The standoff between Liu Huacheng and Gui Deng has reached a stalemate.

This can't go on.

Zhao Fusheng made a quick decision and looked at Xu Yu:

"Ah Yu, may I borrow your ghost pen?"

Xu Yu nodded without hesitation.

Zhao Fusheng bent down and swiftly grasped the Qiankun Brush in his hand.

Unable to contain his emotions, Qiankun Brush wrote: "Subjected by the Boundless Heavenly Venerable."

With Zhao Fusheng accumulating a large amount of merit, the power of the Qiankun Brush was suppressed, making it difficult for him to recover.

Zhao Fusheng handed the Ghost Pen to Liu Huacheng. The City God and Ghost Judge, upon receiving the Qiankun Pen, were immediately empowered.

With one hand holding a pen and the other a book, Liu Huacheng made a gesture of erasing the will-o'-the-wisps from the names, and those rekindled will-o'-the-wisps were completely extinguished within the book of ghosts.

The previously stiff-looking Magistrate Pang and his entourage immediately began to groan in pain. Magistrate Pang recalled the events that had transpired earlier:
When Zhao Fusheng transformed into the image of a ghost and fought against the fierce ghost with the lantern, he only felt a faint blue light shining down on him. Then he floated up lightly, as if circling around a ball of blue fire.

I can't remember anything after that.

At this moment, Magistrate Pang, having narrowly escaped death, naturally understood that he had almost passed through the gates of hell.

He didn't know how he was resurrected, but he was sure it was related to Zhao Fusheng.

Just then, Zhao Fusheng shouted:

"Everyone hide in the shadows, do not look directly at the ghost lamp, do not be illuminated by the ghost lamp. Those with homes should go home and keep their doors tightly closed; those without homes should seek out street corners. The Demon Suppression Division is handling cases, so living people should avoid them and not wander around, lest they offend ghosts and spirits!"

Her shouts were like thunder.

As she spoke, she flicked her ghost whip, engulfing Magistrate Pang and placing him beneath the ground.

"Old magistrate, find a place to hide—"

Magistrate Pang nodded.

He knew that Zhao Fusheng and the others were in a tough fight, and it was not the time for him to cause trouble.

Just then, the lantern-wielding ghost 'moved' again.

The ghost lantern it held in its hand slowly rose into the air, like a blue moon, shining on the night sky of Wan'an County.

Wherever the light reached, the ghostly mist and the blood-red moonlight were ignited. The will-o'-the-wisps were invincible, with no rivals. Under the will-o'-the-wisps, the rooftops of houses in Wan'an County were dyed blue, and then these blue lights spontaneously combusted, forming a thin layer of flames.

Before the civilians could dodge, faint flames also appeared on their bodies, followed by shrill screams.

Although Liu Huacheng's influence allowed the Ghost Judge to temporarily slow the pace of death through the laws of nature, if this continued, the deaths of many people and the destruction of houses would be inevitable.

"We can't let the ghost lanterns illuminate the night sky of Wan'an County," Zhao Fusheng said decisively.

As she spoke, she strode toward the lantern-bearing ghost, and at the moment she got close to the ghost, she leaped and crashed into the ghost's back.

Zhao Fusheng borrowed the power of Erlang Shen, and possessed the supernatural ability to manifest the heavens and the earth, making him incredibly strong.

With this impact, the ghost's bones shattered.

Countless wronged souls and vengeful ghosts wailed, their cries transforming into sharp, invisible thorns that pierced into Zhao Fusheng's sea of ​​consciousness.

Her eyes immediately throbbed with pain, and her head throbbed with an intense headache.

Then, a venomous face emerged from the lantern-carrying ghost.

At the same time, its raised hand drooped slightly, and as it shook the ghost lamp, the halo around the lamp body formed a faint, indistinct film, turning it into a perfectly formed ghost lamp.

Once the ghost lantern is formed, thousands of black dots emerge from within it.

These black dots, like moths trapped inside a lampshade, fluttered and struggled desperately within the halo of light.

The moment they collided with the halo, they instantly transformed into a hideous, pained human face.

Immediately afterwards, the halo projected these faces onto the ground, transforming them into vengeful ghosts that crawled one after another toward Zhao Fusheng's location.

Upon seeing this scene, Kuai Manzhou, who was guarding the south, did not hesitate to open the Yellow Springs.

With a hissing sound, the River of the Underworld appeared, its banks covered with ghost flowers, which drew in the newly revived Ghost Lantern Entangled.

However, a small number of ghosts still wandered in all directions, and the scattered ghosts were led away by the Fan brothers, Xie Jingsheng and others.

……

Zhao Fusheng struck the vengeful ghost, but failed to completely destroy it. However, he did stop the ghost from raising the lamp, which could be considered a victory.

She then made another move.

The ghost whip transformed into a spear in her palm, and she thrust it out.

The spear's shadow transformed into a long rainbow, slashing towards the ghostly body of the lantern-carrying demon.

The two sources of malevolent energy collided silently, and ghostly flames scattered. Just as the ghostly spear was about to ignite, Zhao Fusheng, with the help of the door gods, flashed in front of it:
"block!"

The ground shook.

The pitch-black shadow transformed into a towering giant door panel, which she carried on her back. Scattered sparks 'bang' ignited the ghost door panel.

In a short while, the door panel formed by the shadow was pierced through, and then collapsed into evil energy and dissipated.

The impact of the will-o'-the-wisp was immense, and some of it still struck around Zhao Fusheng.

The vengeful ghost held up the lantern once more.

The lamplight flickered with tiny sparks, illuminating Zhao Fusheng's forehead, arms, torso, and legs.

Just then, Zhao Fusheng's mind raced, and his ghost eye appeared.

She borrowed Zang Junji's power, and each of her ghostly eyes absorbed the firelight.

The vengeful spirit hidden within the ghost's eyeball instantly ignited a cluster of ghostly flames, glaring venomously at Zhao Fusheng through the eyeball.

Terrifying forces emanating from all directions tore at Zhao Fusheng's body, attempting to split and reassemble her.

From the moment the lantern-wielding ghost appeared to the moment Zhao Fusheng used his supernatural powers to fight it, the battle lasted only a moment, yet Zhao Fusheng did not gain a complete advantage.

Taking advantage of her being restrained, the vengeful spirit once again lit the lantern and searched for its followers.

When Hozuki raised it again, an eerie blue light shone on the earth, and in an instant, houses collapsed and walls were burned down.

Those unlucky souls hiding behind the walls were immediately 'hit' by the ghost lantern, their bodies instantly dried by the flame, turning into dried-up human bodies and becoming ghostly accomplices.

Upon seeing this, Zhao Fusheng was furious.

The spear in her hand transformed into a blade, slashing and chopping. Taking advantage of the lantern ghost's unpreparedness, it also transformed into a long whip, wrapping around the lantern ghost's neck.

With a swift lift and a slash, Zhao Fusheng transformed the malevolent energy into the sharpest blade in the world, severing the neck of the lantern-carrying ghost.

However, the ghost's body itself switches between tangible and intangible forms.

The moment the demon's head and neck separated, flames suddenly shot out from the severed ends. The flames licked each other, and in the instant they intersected, the severed neck was pieced back together as before.

The lantern-carrying ghost paused for only a moment before striking again.

……

This vengeful ghost is incredibly powerful.

Zhao Fusheng had a sudden thought. Realizing that he couldn't break it with brute force, he thought of Zhang the Paper Doll's method: using himself as a lampshade to trap it.

She looked at Hozuki, and then the beggar's power was activated.

'Hmph, hmph, hmph.'

With three knocks, the Beggar's Law is activated.

The ghostly lantern couldn't help but hand over the lantern.

The moment the lamp entered Zhao Fusheng's hand, the beggar's ghostly arm was instantly melted away.

The rules of beggars have been broken!
It's hard to describe this feeling.

Zhao Fusheng had been using the beggar ghost for a long time and had made considerable use of its power.

But at this moment, she felt that when the ghost fire entered, it was like a deadly poison to a beggar ghost. Its lifelong obsession was forcibly destroyed and dissolved by the supreme domineering power, and the ghost arm turned into black ash and scattered in mid-air.

The will-o'-the-wisp entered Zhao Fusheng's hand, and she felt a sharp pain in her palm.

"Does it hurt?"

The voice of Paper Doll Zhang rang in Zhao Fusheng's ears:

"It hurts, why won't you let go?"

He spoke with an air of anticipation, as if he were watching a good show.

The next moment, Zhao Fusheng endured the excruciating pain and swallowed the ball of will-o'-the-wisp into his mouth!
"grown ups--"

"grown ups!"

"Fusheng——"

All the members of the Demon Suppression Division of Wan'an County who witnessed this couldn't help but gasp in surprise.

Magistrate Pang, who had been hiding in the shadows, was startled when he heard the crowd's shouts and immediately poked his head out.

Although he knew that everyone was fighting at this time, he should hide himself well and not cause trouble for the people of Wan'an County.

Humans are not plants or trees; how can they be without feelings?

From the conversations of the crowd, he clearly heard that Zhao Fusheng had gotten into trouble.

Zhao Fusheng is the backbone of Wan'an County. Wherever she is, it is like a pillar of strength. Even when faced with ghostly calamities, everyone seems to have a belief that they can always overcome the difficulties.

She was also a confidante of Magistrate Pang.

It was only because of her absolute trust, letting go, and respect that he later had the opportunity to put his knowledge to use.

"Please, sir, don't let anything happen to you."

Magistrate Pang was thinking to himself.

He couldn't help but peek over, only to witness a scene that terrified him: Zhao Fusheng's mountain-like mind suddenly shone brightly.

Her face and features were blurred by the bright lights, making it difficult to look directly at her.

From Magistrate Pang's perspective, however, one could vaguely see that she had opened her mouth, holding a ball of will-o'-the-wisp inside.

……

As Kuai Manzhou, Liu Yizhen, and others investigated ghost cases, they witnessed many people whose souls were burned away after consuming ghost fire.

Although Zhao Fusheng is powerful, she is, after all, a human being, not a god.

The ghost lantern of Tongshan County is unparalleled in the world. If she were to swallow this world-destroying ghost fire now, wouldn't it dry her up and turn her into a lampshade, thus combining with the ghost lantern?
(End of this chapter)