The Legend of Tokyo Taoist

Chapter 700 Hope and Despair (3)

Seeing Qian Xiaoyi's disregard for the rules, Inuyama Heita whispered, "Brother Yi, isn't it a bad idea for you to just go in like this? This is also a tourist attraction. What if you get caught..."

Qian Xiaoyi studied the killing stone with a flashlight and said, "So I asked you to help me keep an eye on whether anyone is coming. Don't talk too much, I'll be done soon."

Inuyama Heita began to keep watch nervously. When doing this kind of petty theft and violation of the rules, Inuyama Heita was much more nervous than when he was doing exorcism commissions. He prayed from the bottom of his heart that no one would come over at this time.

Qian Xiaoyi walked around the stone, thinking: "Something is wrong... Logically speaking, even if it is just an ordinary stone, it has been here for so long, and countless people have come to see it, so it should be able to gather some knowledge, but why is there nothing..."

He stood there, touching his chin, frowning as he looked at this unremarkable stone. This abnormally normal situation actually indicated that there was something wrong.
So he decisively gave up the idea of ​​just taking a look and running away, took out some materials for the formation from his backpack, and said, "You may have to stay a little longer, Heitaro, don't stand there stupidly. You look so nervous that anyone would think there's something wrong with you. Come over and help me be the center of the formation. I want to see what this stone hides."

"Eh? I have to go in too?" Inuyama Heita looked at the Shimenawa and hesitated. This was someone else's property after all, and the Sesshō-shi was a famous tourist attraction... So he said, "Well... I also have to keep watch, in case someone comes..."

Qian Xiaoyi urged, "Don't waste time. Who else would have time to come here and look at this stone at this hour? Let's finish this quickly so we can go back."

Seeing that Inuyama Heita was still somewhat reluctant, Qian Xiaoyi said, "It's just a piece of stone. It will take a long time to smash it with a hammer. What can it do?"

Having said this, Inuyama Heita finally and reluctantly walked into the circle surrounded by the Shimenawa ropes and came to the Killing Stone.

"Just stand there and don't move." Qian Xiaoyi took the compass and directed Inuyama Heita to stand in a certain position. He placed some items around the stone and used ink lines to arrange a Bagua pattern with the stone as the center. After a while, a rather mysterious magic circle appeared around the Killing Stone.

Qian Xiaoyi explained: "Next, I will activate this magic circle, temporarily generate a ghost domain, and then use it to stimulate the things contained in this killing stone. You just need to stand here and act as a human battery."

Inuyama Heita looked around nervously and said, "It doesn't matter what happens, please start quickly."

He was still a little worried that someone would come and discover that they had trespassed into the scenic area.

"I'm ready." Qian Xiaoyi nodded, then his expression became serious. He took strange steps, pinched the magic formula, and muttered obscure spells. After just a moment, Inuyama Heita sensed something.

The formation was activated, and the aura in the surrounding wilderness continued to gather towards Inuyama Heita. He now became the eye of the storm, and the scene around him became distorted and blurred.

Inuyama Heita was not a novice, so he naturally knew how to cooperate with Qian Xiaoyi. He concentrated his mind, closed his eyes, and plunged the world into darkness. At the same time, he ensured that his cognition was connected with the magic circle, and used his own cognition to maintain the operation of the magic circle.

As Qian Xiaoyi murmured, a feeling of weightlessness gradually came over him. At this moment, Inuyama Heita seemed to be floating in space and could not even feel his own body.

He opened his eyes and the world around him was pitch black. All he could see was the Killing Stone in front of him.

"Very good." Qian Xiaoyi walked out from the darkness behind him and said, "Now this stone is under the suppression of the formation. Even if there is something very dangerous inside, I have the confidence to control it. At least it won't be a problem to delay time for us to escape."

The two looked at the stone. Qian Xiaoyi held the spell and shouted, "Lin!"

The invisible force exerted on the Killing Stone, causing it to tremble. "Did you see it? As expected..." Qian Xiaoyi stared at the Killing Stone: "There is definitely something wrong with this stone. It has a weak reaction to the aura gathered around it, so this is not an ordinary stone."

Inuyama Heita asked: "But why doesn't it still emit any strange smell?"

If it weren't for the effect of the magic circle, they would not be able to tell whether this was an ordinary stone or the legendary killing stone.

So even now, the stone is just shaking, and it is not as ferocious as the legend says, unable to kill any living thing that approaches.

Ah Jian emerged from the jade pendant, looking at the stone solemnly, and said expectantly: "It seems that Sun Wukong in Journey to the West jumped out of a stone like this. Do you think a golden-haired animal-eared beast will suddenly jump out of this one..."

Inuyama Heita slapped the jade pendant on Ajian's forehead and sucked him in. Since Ajian dared to comment, it meant that he really didn't feel any danger.

Qian Xiaoyi walked forward and placed his hand on the shaking stone.

Under the vibration, the dust on the surface of the stone was shaken off, revealing a tiny crack. Only when you get close can you feel a faint unknown breath coming from it.

"There's something going on inside." Qian Xiaoyi said, "Heitaro, come over and help. Increase the power of the magic circle!"

"Okay." At this point, Inuyama Heita no longer cared about the rules. He followed Qian Xiaoyi's example, walked to the stone and put his hand on it.

The invisible aura continued to gather, causing the killing stone to vibrate even more violently.

Qian Xiaoyi said, "Try harder! I want to see what's hidden in this stone!"

With the combined efforts of the two of them, the power of the magic circle was activated to the maximum. The stone kept shaking, and the crack became larger and larger, and finally a "crack" sounded...

——The entire Killing Stone cracked, revealing its hollow interior.

As the target cracked, the magic circle reached its limit and stopped abruptly. The gathered aura exploded, and the huge impact force knocked Inuyama Heita, the center of the formation, to the ground. He sat on the ground in embarrassment. At this moment, the whole world returned to its original state, and he came out of the ghost realm!
Looking at the Killing Stone that was broken into two pieces, Inuyama Heita's mind went blank: "Cracked... cracked?!"

From here, the stone looks no different from ordinary stones. It is not hollow like the ones seen in the ghost realm, but is completely solid, revealing the rock structure inside.

"Brother Yi...what should we do! We seem to have destroyed the Killing Stone!" Inuyama Heita looked at Qian Xiaoyi in panic, but he didn't expect Qian Xiaoyi to be faster and had already started picking up the materials for setting up the magic circle on the ground.

"What should we do? Hurry up and pack up and run away!" Qian Xiaoyi said, "If we are discovered, we will have to pay compensation!"

Inuyama Heita's face turned pale, and he hurriedly followed Qian Xiaoyi to pack up his things. Then the two of them took advantage of the night and hurriedly fled from here.

(End of this chapter)