My Years in the Folklore World

Chapter 813 The culprit
Jiang Xinghuo dispersed the wolf-fang spear in his hand and condensed the black fire into a cone. The black flame spun rapidly, like an indestructible drill.

The golden bell, which was originally formed by the gathering of energy bodies, now became as hard as metal. It rubbed against the black fire cone, making a sharp and piercing sound, and sparks flew everywhere, just like someone was really rubbing the copper bell with an electric drill.

With the idea of ​​breaking the surface with a single point, Jiang Xinghuo poured out black fire mercilessly. Soon, a crack appeared at the junction of the black fire cone and the golden bell. At first, it was only the size of a soybean, but as time went by, the crack became larger and larger, and finally spread to the entire bell like a spider web. But even so, Jiang Xinghuo tried to hit it with his fist, but the golden bell was still indestructible.

"Not broken yet?"

Jiang Xinghuo transformed the black fire cone in his hand into a wolf-fang spear, and swung it like a drumstick, chopping it down more than ten times in a row, each time landing steadily on the same force point. He believed that even if the golden bell was hard enough, there must be a limit. As long as his strength exceeded this limit, he could completely smash the golden bell.

boom!
The wolf-fang spear fell again!

But this time, the wolf-fang spear did not rebound, but directly smashed the golden bell into pieces, and even smashed a big hole in the ground of the Heavenly King Hall. Spider-web-like cracks spread in all directions and almost affected the enshrined Weituo statue.

"It's done!"

After smashing the bell with great force, Jiang Xinghuo's face suddenly lit up with joy. If nothing unexpected happened, he should have passed the test.

as predicted.

Jiang Xinghuo discovered that although he had smashed the bell, the fragments of the bell did not dissipate. Instead, they turned into golden light floating in the air, and finally turned into the shadow of a golden-armored king, which suddenly disappeared into his body.

At the same time, Jiang Xinghuo felt his mind shaken, and a large amount of information poured into the depths of his mind out of nowhere.

"Heavenly King Sutra..."

Jiang Xinghuo comprehended the extra information in his mind and learned the name of this inheritance. It was a unique skill that combined magic and martial arts. In addition to the body protection skill "Heavenly King Bell", there was also a skill called "Heavenly King Body Protection Hammer", which could use the power of the Heavenly King to attack the enemy. In addition, there was also a "Heavenly King Subduing Demons" sound skill, which had the same effect as the Lion's Roar and the Heavenly Drum Thunder Sound.

Jiang Xinghuo was overjoyed. He had spent so much time and effort just to obtain the Dharma inheritance of Dayun Temple. Now he finally got what he wanted and it was worth all his efforts.

Just as he was thinking about this, he suddenly heard a strange sound in his ears. Looking up, he saw that the statue of Weituo Heavenly King in front of him had a crack, which quickly spread to the whole body, and finally collapsed and shattered completely, turning into ruins.

"what's the situation?"

Jiang Xinghuo looked at everything that was happening in front of him in astonishment. How could a statue of a god suddenly collapse?
Could it be because he had inherited the Heavenly King Sutra?

Jiang Xinghuo thought about it and felt that this was the only possibility. Otherwise, there was no reasonable explanation for what was happening before his eyes.

Although the existence of this world itself is not very reasonable.

Jiang Xinghuo shook his head and ignored the ruins on the ground. He gathered them together, turned them into ashes with black fire, then sat on the ground and began to ponder the inheritance in the Heavenly King Sutra.

First is the Uranus Bell.

This inheritance is a typical body protection spell. The magic power in the body circulates according to specific acupoints, and can form a magic bell outside the body, which has the characteristics of being immune to all evil. However, the disadvantage is that when casting the Heavenly King Bell, the movement speed will become very slow. The defense is good, and it can cover all parts of the body.

Jiang Xinghuo has no magic power in his body now, and all his strength comes from the black fire. Therefore, the Heavenly King Bell he cast was also condensed by the black fire. It looked full of mystery, and the shadow of the Heavenly King Buddha on it had also changed, constantly changing its shape.

Moreover, the magic of the Heavenly King Bell can not only be used to protect oneself, but also to imprison enemies. It all depends on how the caster uses it.

Jiang Xinghuo tried to use the Heavenly King Bell. A huge black flaming bell condensed out of thin air and enveloped him completely. While resisting the enemy's external attacks, he could also burn the opponent with black fire through contact.

After repeated experiments, Jiang Xinghuo dissipated the power of the Heavenly King Bell and began to think about the Heavenly King Protective Hammer.

Although this method is a hammer method, it can be used with any long weapon, and there is no mandatory requirement for the weapon. It is divided into 108 paths, and even ordinary people can practice it, and it can also temper the body, which can not only strengthen the body, but also subdue demons.

The wolf-fang spear condensed by Jiang Xinghuo with black fire can just bring out the power of the Heavenly King's protective hammer.

Finally, there is the sound technique used by the Heavenly King to subdue demons. It does not require much technical content. How to use it depends entirely on personal will. The effect is also very simple, exactly the same as the Lion's Roar.

Jiang Xinghuo took this opportunity to ponder in the Heavenly King Palace and thoroughly understood the inheritance contained in the Heavenly King Sutra. Then he got up and left the Heavenly King Palace, planning to go to other places to have a look.

Unexpectedly, the moment he walked out of the Heavenly King Palace, the time and space that had been stagnant suddenly resumed its normal flow, as if someone had pressed the play button.

Jiang Xinghuo subconsciously looked back into the Heavenly King Hall, only to see that the statue of Heavenly King Weituo, which had been broken and collapsed before, was standing there intact again without any signs of damage.

Jiang Xinghuo turned and walked into the Hall of Heavenly Kings, releasing a wisp of black fire towards the statue of Weituo, but it did not cause any abnormal changes.

"Forget it, it doesn't matter..."

Jiang Xinghuo frowned slightly. In this already strange world, it was only natural that more strange things would occur. There was no need to get to the bottom of these things.

Afterwards, Jiang Xinghuo left Dayun Temple and returned to Bainiu Temple not far away.

He originally wanted to look for the trace of the old abbot, but after walking around for a long time, he couldn't find the other party's whereabouts. He didn't know whether he was deliberately avoiding him or for some other reason.

"It seems that our fate has ended... We will never meet again."

Jiang Xinghuo sighed lightly, walked into the Lingguan Hall, bowed to the Lingguan statue, and then left the mountain gate of Bainiu Temple.

Looking at the busy streets outside, Jiang Xinghuo suddenly thought of a very serious question, that is, how should he leave this world?

He was sent to this world by the statue, so what should he do if he wants to leave?
"Return immediately!"

"I want to leave!"

"let me out!"

"The soul returns to the body!" Jiang Xinghuo shouted a few times while standing on the street.

But there was no reaction at all, instead it attracted a lot of attention, and people probably thought they had met a lunatic.

Jiang Xinghuo touched his nose embarrassedly, but he was not too nervous. Since the other party had sent him here, he could also take him out. It was just a matter of time.

After thinking this through, Jiang Xinghuo stopped worrying about these things and started wandering around the city as he pleased.

Until the evening.

On top of the tallest building in the city, Jiang Xinghuo sat on the edge of the rooftop, eating skewers and drinking beer, quietly watching the hustle and bustle of the city.

He didn't have any other intentions, he just wanted to see what would happen when the world collapsed.

According to the old abbot of Bainiu Temple, he heard a loud noise in the middle of the night, and when he came out, everything within his field of vision was destroyed. As for the main reason for the destruction, the old abbot was not particularly clear.

Jiang Xinghuo was enjoying the evening breeze, drinking wine and eating skewers, living a life as carefree as a god. But just when the moon was at its zenith, Jiang Xinghuo suddenly felt a deathly aura spreading. He stood up and looked, only to see an extremely ferocious beast appear above the moon in the sky. It swallowed the moon into its belly in the instant it appeared, and then a powerful destructive force spread out, and the whole city collapsed in an instant. The prosperous city that was still bustling with lights and wine in the previous second ushered in a doomsday-like disaster, and everything within sight turned to dust and dissipated.

But this situation only lasted for a short moment, and the destroyed city returned to its original appearance again. Jiang Xinghuo looked at the beer on the ground, his pupils shrank slightly. The beer can that had been crushed by him had now returned to its original state, and the pull ring seal on it was intact.

"Has time and space been reset again?"

Jiang Xinghuo murmured to himself and suddenly felt a strong sense of threat. Looking up, he saw that the ferocious beast shadow in the sky had not disappeared. Instead, it rushed down from the moon and bit Jiang Xinghuo on the rooftop.

"A real projection?"

Jiang Xinghuo frowned, and black fire immediately surged out, condensing into a sharp wolf-fang spear in his palm, and smashed hard at the ferocious beast shadow.

boom!
The big spear and the beast claw collided with a dull sound. Jiang Xinghuo felt a huge force coming at him. He held the spear in front of him with both hands and flew backwards uncontrollably.

"What a powerful force!"

Jiang Xinghuo was horrified. This was just a projection of the past reappearing. If the real body of the giant beast came, he would probably be killed in one move.

After the ferocious beast succeeded in its attack, it did not stop and rushed towards Jiang Xinghuo again. Its sharp claws flashed like a knife. Jiang Xinghuo swung the black fire spear in his hand horizontally, and the spear handle was cut into several pieces. Fortunately, the spear was condensed from black fire and had no physical existence. Even if it was destroyed, it could be condensed again.

Jiang Xinghuo condensed the wolf-fang spear again and used the techniques from the Heavenly King's Protective Hammer to engage in a fierce battle with the ferocious beast in front of him.

The wolf-fang spear danced like the wind, as if to split mountains and seas, and pierce through the night. Although it was the first time that Jiang Xinghuo used the Heavenly King's Protective Hammer to fight the enemy, he did not feel the slightest bit of unfamiliarity and sluggishness. The 108 protective hammers danced tightly and tightly. Although the ferocious beast shadow was powerful and far superior to Jiang Xinghuo, its huge body was a living target. Jiang Xinghuo could hit the beast's body with a casual blow. Although he could not cause direct damage to it, the black fire could burn quickly on its body.

Moreover, Jiang Xinghuo keenly noticed one thing, that is, every time the burning black fire was extinguished, the giant beast's body would become thinner.

This ferocious beast is just a projection of the past. Although I don’t know why it attacked me, this projection is destined to be rootless water. As long as I can last long enough, I will be the one laughing last.

After discovering this, Jiang Xinghuo also adopted a conservative tactic of steady progress, just as a way to hone his skills. The moves of the Heavenly King's Protective Hammer became more and more proficient, and the 108 hammer techniques were danced out one after another like the wind, hitting the giant beast and making it roar in anger. It wanted to slap Jiang Xinghuo to death with a single slap, but Jiang Xinghuo was as slippery as a loach and could not confront it head-on.

"Forget it. I won't continue to tangle with you. After I kill your projection, my real body will probably come out."

Black flames emerged behind Jiang Xinghuo, and he flew into the air like a flapping pair of wings. Then he threw the spear in his hand downwards.

Swish!
The huge spear that seemed to be made of black gold instantly tore through the night sky, penetrated into the giant beast's back, and came out of its belly, nailing it directly to the rooftop. Black fire quickly spread along the giant beast's wound.

Jiang Xinghuo formed seals with his hands and pressed towards the void below. In an instant, the black fire condensed into a vortex and turned into a black and gold alchemy furnace, trapping the giant beast inside.

"Six Ding Divine Fire, rise!"

Jiang Xinghuo kept moving. He took a deep breath and then exhaled the Six Ding Divine Fire from his body. The nine coiled dragons on the alchemy furnace also exhaled the Six Ding Divine Fire at the same time and began to refine the giant beast in the alchemy furnace.

At this moment, a number appeared in Jiang Xinghuo's mind.

"thirty minutes?"

"What do you mean?"

Jiang Xinghuo looked at the alchemy furnace below thoughtfully. Could it be that it would take thirty minutes to refine it?

Half an hour passed quickly.

The nine coiled dragons on the alchemy furnace also stopped spitting fire and returned to their original appearance. Jiang Xinghuo waved his hand to open the lid of the alchemy furnace, only to see that the giant beast trapped inside had disappeared, replaced by a round pendant shining with silver light.

"Pocket watch?"

Jiang Xinghuo was greatly surprised when he saw the items in the furnace. He did not expect that after refining this ferocious beast, it would become a pocket watch.

To be on the safe side, Jiang Xinghuo did not touch the pocket watch directly with his hands, but used black fire to take it out of the furnace. On the surface, there was nothing abnormal, and even no unique breath could be sensed.

"It's a pity that I didn't bring the Sky-Watcher's Eye with me, otherwise I would have known what this thing was..."

Just when Jiang Xinghuo was feeling regretful, he suddenly shuddered for no reason. A deathly aura that was countless times stronger than before quietly appeared above the city.

Jiang Xinghuo subconsciously raised his head and saw that the silvery white full moon in the sky had a crack in the middle...

(End of this chapter)