Yin Yang Lantern Man

Chapter 96 Draw a fatal symbol on you
"Wooden Talisman, whether it works or not is up to you."

The wooden talisman he had carved before was affixed to his head, and with it came a cool and itchy feeling in his eye sockets.

The vision became slightly clearer, and I could barely see what was ahead.

The cool and itchy feeling formed a sharp contrast with the pain of splitting, but both were extremely painful.

The black shadow kept moving forward, going deeper into the cold corpse realm.

Cold corpse...

Chen Ning'an heard footsteps coming towards him in the distance, and he felt a chill on his shoulders.

A huge monster-like cold corpse approached him. Before it arrived, it had already opened its huge mouth full of melted flesh, which was full of tiny teeth.

This is how Yu Shengzhuang died.

"roll!"

Chen Ning'an chopped hard with the butcher knife in his hand, cutting off its head with one stroke.

"Are you qualified?"

He put away the butcher knife. The knife was actually enhanced in the Light Realm and was very sharp against monsters.

The cold corpse fell to the ground with a thud. In the first head-on confrontation, Chen Ningan won a complete victory.

But his face didn't look very good. This thing was not just one. The monster he saw alone had countless eggs on its body. He was afraid that he would have to fight a fierce battle.

…………

The shadow's destination was a thorny jungle.

The dark branches intertwined with each other, forming dense shadows on the ground. It was airtight inside, and just entering required a huge amount of effort and luck.

A normal person would get lost in it.

However, there was a group of people inside, pulling each other with a rope, and there was not a single knot in the rope.

Their bodies were all different, the ones at the back had their eyes closed, but the one in the lead had no eyes.

The facial features on his face had completely disappeared, leaving only a layer of skin.

There is an open space in the forest.

The man stopped and lit a white candle, then the second, the third...

After making sure that the light covered everyone, he drew his knife. Instead of chopping the thorns in front of him, he used the knife to scratch the area above his mouth and tear his face.

"You can open your eyes, we're here."

The man used the wound as his lips. Blood kept flowing from his mouth, but it was healing quickly.

Every time he spoke, he felt the pain of being torn apart.

"Thank you, Lao Zhang."

The people of Ye'an began to make arrangements. They took out all kinds of strange things from their bodies, including scepters, stone cubes, and utensils.

These people used these items to draw patterns in the thorny jungle.

A series of incomprehensible trenches were dug out, and there is currently nothing inside.

"The jar is ready to be moved outside the candlelight. Don't lose your way if you want to get those things back."

Someone is giving orders to check for any deficiencies and fill in the gaps.

"Captain Chang, I think I need to get out of the candlelight range first."

When Lao Zhang spoke again, his mouth was already bloody and the scab that had just grown back was torn open again.

Within the range of the white candle, he felt uncomfortable all over and the effect of the special medicine disappeared.

The feeling of suffocation almost made him despair.

"That's perfect." Captain Chang gave him a few jars: "Put these [mother-child niches] outside, and the things in the [mother niches] should be returned."

Old Yu nodded, picked up the lantern and walked to the side, leaving the range of the white candle. His expression immediately relaxed.

Sure enough, he is becoming more and more adapted to this world. If he really reaches the level of a guide, he will probably rarely return to the human world.

He placed the [Mother and Child Shrines] on the ground one by one. They were only the size of a palm, but the method of making them was very difficult.

The pregnant mother needs to be tortured thoroughly, and then steamed at high temperature to make it cooked.

The two are then separated, burned into ashes, and illuminated with a perpetual lamp until a shadow is produced.

At this time, you only need to use the ash powder in the sub-niche as a fuse to smear it on the target, and the black shadow in the main niche will run out, taking away the powder and the target's life.

When they come back, they have to take the trouble to process it with special tools.

Lao Zhang had seen the production process on the first day he joined Ye An. He felt uncomfortable at first, but after a while he found that it was just the same thing.

Not every mother-and-child niche can be made successfully. It takes several to make a box of mother niches, which is considered precious.

The higher-ups really took great pains to prepare for this cold corpse realm.

"Old Zhang."

Suddenly, there was a shout from inside. It was Captain Chang calling him. Lao Zhang went in and saw that the pattern was already prepared.

"Put the things over here."

Captain Chang extinguished a white candle. This house was an alternative among the thorns, and the white candle was not affected by anything outside.

They were just making sure everything went smoothly. It would be a bad ending if the guide blamed them.

"Ok."

Lao Zhang took out a mushroom from his bag and gently placed it in the center of all the lines. There was a bronze basin with openings on all four sides, connected to the ditches on all four sides.

In the bronze basin was the mother-and-child niche that he had just moved in. All the white candles along the way up to here had been blown out and put away.

After doing all this, everyone breathed a sigh of relief and the atmosphere eased slightly.

"Captain Chang, do you think we can really catch the Territory Lord?"

One team member was a little worried: "If the territory master really comes, we may not be able to escape."

"According to the intelligence, this place is indeed one of the places that the territory master often passes by."

Captain Chang held a white candle in his hand, his face looking uncertain as the flame flickered.

"But how far has the territory master gone? How many teams are we moving at the same time? It's basically impossible to meet."

"Even if we really encounter them, Zhang Yinlu and Liang Yinlu will definitely arrive as soon as possible, so we will be much safer."

He looked at the burning flame of the white candle in his hand. With this thing, no monster could get close. It would be easy to hold on until the guide arrived.

"coming."

Suddenly the flames became a little brighter and Captain Chang looked outside.

I saw groups of black shadows drilling into the niche, and then a sucking sound was heard from the niche, followed by bright red blood overflowing from the niche and flowing into the bronze basin.

The bright red color in the bronze basin flowed out from the holes into the ditches dug in all directions, forming a special pattern.

If Chen Ning'an saw this scene, he would definitely feel familiar, as it was almost exactly the same as what Dharma King Anjiang did at the beginning.

The only difference is that the water in Anjiang Dharma King's temple is concentrated in the central silver bowl, while here it flows in all directions.

"The sacrifice has begun."

The people of Ye'an are on high alert. Once the battle starts, it means that the Lord of the Territory may come at any time.

"Wow~"

Outside, there was the sound of chains.

"Is it the territory master?"

Someone whispered, and Captain Chang quickly gave him a sharp look.

He lowered his voice and said, "If you want to die, I can help you right now!"

The man didn't dare to speak, and the sound of chains came closer.

It sounds quite far away, as if it is stationary outside the thorn forest. Is it blocked?

Chen Ning'an's shoulders felt cold at this moment.

He had just put down the coffin and went into the woods. Following the black shadow, he saw Lao Yu, Captain Chang and other Ye'an people.

But now, as he returned to the coffin, he dared not move.

A woman in white, lifeless, stood quietly outside the erected coffin.

like a statue.

This was the second time Chen Ning'an saw her, and for some reason he was unable to move.

"Are you... the territory master?" His voice came from two places, but he asked the same question.

The woman in white did not answer or make any expression. After taking a look at the forest, she suddenly disappeared.

Chen Ning'an immediately went to carry the coffin, this was very important.

Then he drew out his butcher knife and without hesitation cut a path straight inside.

Such a huge noise immediately frightened Ye Anren and Lao Zhang.

"The Territory Master is here?"

Captain Chang asked Lao Zhang: "Smell it, is it the territory master?"

If so, he would immediately inform the guide.

"No."

Lao Zhang sniffed the smell and said, "It seems to be a lantern holder. His scent is not strong."

In other words, just an ordinary person?

Captain Chang frowned and raised his gun. The thorns over there swayed and were finally cut off by one thorn.

The feet came out first, and then the person.

Is it really the Lantern Man?

The red light of the lantern spread out, and Chen Ningan saw the mysterious pattern on the ground at first glance.

This aroused his vigilance, because that was what King An Jiang did in the past.

"Good night."

Chen Ningan knew that they were trying to attract the territory master, so no matter what, he had to destroy their plan.

He walked quickly to the niche and picked up the bronze basin.

With a slight tilt, all the rolling bright red liquid flowed into his mouth.

"What are you doing!"

Captain Chang immediately lit a white candle and approached Chen Ningan.

"Damn, where did you come from?"

He took out a pistol and fired several shots. Chen Ning'an's arm trembled and he actually felt pain.

"What kind of gun is this?"

He inquired, and saw that a small hole had been opened in the body, which the Vajra Talisman could not defend against.

The other shots were not a problem, it was normal that they did not break the defense.

"hiss."

He didn't know that Captain Chang was filled with shock at this moment. The special bullet that he had spent a lot of money to make didn't kill the lantern man in front of him.

He was able to go on missions with Lao Zhang thanks to this type of bullet. For this operation, his superiors specially approved two for him.

But now that one has been used up, this monster...

"Lao Zhang, you tricked me!"

Captain Chang looked grim: "Didn't you say he was just an ordinary lantern bearer?"

The ordinary lantern bearer died long ago!
Lao Zhang used the knife to cut open his mouth again, "I don't know, his breath is accurate."

But Lao Zhang did not panic: "Don't worry, let me handle it."

The only one who can deal with the Lantern Man is the Lantern Man.

Chen Ningan stretched out his hand and pulled the bullet out of the hole in his body. The pain was no match for the peculiarity of the bullet.

The bullet head is actually a carefully polished bone. I don’t know what creature it belongs to.

It was very powerful, and made him be more careful. If he was hit on the head, the damage would be great.

"not talking?"

He continued to hold up the bronze basin and drink from it in big gulps, just enough to make up for the consumption from drawing the talisman before.

The wooden talisman was still attached to his eye, and a lens had regrown under the weird extra eye that he had plucked out.

Unfortunately, it can only grow but not repair.

Chen Ning'an felt regretful, otherwise the diseases in his body would have been cured.

"Put down the basin."

Old Zhang walked out and faced Chen Ningan. He had no face and his mouth was bright red.

As he spoke, the wound was torn wider.

"roll."

Chen Ning'an had only one word to say: When he came here, too much of the bright red had already flowed out, so he should drink as much as he could.

He felt the blood flowing in his body, replenishing it and filling his stomach, but unfortunately his strength did not increase much.

Black-eyed bugs are better.

Lao Zhang did not attack Chen Ning'an, but stood still, memorizing Chen Ning'an's face completely in his mind.

Gradually, the facial features appeared on his face.

At first it looked like a cartoon drawing with watercolor pens, but gradually, the drawing became more and more lifelike and more and more like Chen Ning'an.

Chen Ning'an stopped and raised his head. His hands were shaking and the bronze basin fell to the ground with a clang.

The mother-and-child niches inside were in disarray, and the few remaining ashes were mixed with the bright red, unable to be separated any more.

Chen Ning'an continued to let Lao Zhang watch him, and had a premonition that he would be in big trouble.

"Do you like imitating so much?"

He directly used the bright red and ashes on the ground to write and draw on his face.

A talisman quickly took shape, covering his original appearance.

Is this an evil talisman, or a Vajra talisman?

He just painted it on his face. If others imitate it, they will have to pay a heavy price.

He doesn't have the same energy and blood support as Chen Ning'an.

Sure enough, talismans began to appear on Lao Zhang's face. They were not perfect at first, but when the last stroke was completed, he shook violently and stumbled to the ground.

"what!"

The first thing he did was to hold his stomach and feel cold all over.

His heartbeat became slower and slower, his skin became paler and paler, and he lost weight rapidly. In just a few minutes, he was emaciated.

At the same time, Lao Zhang felt something abnormal in himself, his strength was increasing rapidly.

There is something wrong with me.

Old Zhang was horrified. An incomparable feeling of hunger was urging him to eat, eat!
He wiped his face like crazy, trying to wipe off the Vajra Talisman, but how could Chen Ningan let him do that?

"Lao Zhang, what's wrong with you?"

Captain Chang saw the difference between the two at a glance. They asked loudly, but all they got was Lao Zhang's painful groan.

And...the pair of eyes that suddenly turned around and stared at them.

A smile appeared on Chen Ningan's lips. The hunger caused by using the Vajra Talisman was quite strong and could drive people crazy.

"Captain Chang-Chang."

Old Zhang stood up with difficulty, but each step was so powerful. He was approaching Captain Chang and the Ye'an people.

"Lao Zhang, what are you doing?"

A Night Man lit a white candle and held it high: "Can you lantern bearers face this kind of thing? Get back to normal!"

It is obvious that white candles will make all lantern effects ineffective.

However, Lao Zhang was not affected. His face began to recover, but the talismans on his face remained motionless.

The Vajra Talisman pressed against him, and the huge hunger almost made him lose his mind.

But this was an open space at the edge of the thorn forest, and they had nowhere to hide.

Lao Zhang's hand suddenly grabbed a Ye'an man, and there seemed to be a red light in his eyes:
"Xiao Song, Uncle Zhang, I'm hungry..."

Ten thousand words

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