The Terror of the Heavens Begins with Gu

Chapter 194 The Test of the Great Black Buddha Mother
The door opened by itself and was then slammed shut.

The tables, chairs, and benches all fell to the ground at the same time, making a series of ear-piercing loud noises.

A gust of cold wind blew into the room from outside the window, causing the curtains to flutter continuously.

Faint shadows flickered throughout the room.

The once peaceful house was transformed into a terrifying haunted house in an instant.

Xie Qiming, whose consciousness was somewhat hazy, opened his eyes wide and looked around in fear.

"They...they're here! I see them!"

"Don't worry, I'm here. Lie down and close your eyes."

For some reason, Xie Qiming felt that Li Zhen's voice had a special power that reassured him.

Hearing Li Zhen's words, his fear subsided slightly. He lay down as instructed and closed his eyes.

Li Zhen dipped his finger in the ink and then dabbed it on Xie Qiming's eyes.

Xie Qiming, who was still somewhat afraid, was immediately calmed down.

Li Zhen, who remained unmoved by all the changes around him, looked at his index finger.

Before his first transformation, he would be burned by the yang energy of cinnabar whenever he came into contact with it.

Now, he only feels a slight stinging sensation when he comes into direct contact with cinnabar.

Moreover, Li Zhen felt that the stinging pain was more caused by the coffin nails driven into his body.

After his transformation, his body had indeed undergone a significant change compared to before.

Once we get back, we'll have to study the second transformation...

Li Zhen looked up at the messy living room.

The chandelier hanging above his head suddenly fell and crashed down on Li Zhen.

The chandelier was quite heavy; if someone were hit by it, they would at least suffer a head injury. However, Li Zhen remained unmoved by the falling lamp.

The vampire standing quietly behind Li Zhen stepped forward, swung his arms, and smashed the falling chandelier against the wall to Li Zhen's left.

The vampire roared to the sky.

A wisp of immense corpse energy emanated from the room, making the yin energy in the room even heavier.

Under the intimidation of the vampire, the chaotic noise inside the house immediately disappeared.

Li Zhen got up and took a few white candles from behind the vampire.

When performing the "Corpse Returning Spell" on a rotting corpse, after the first step of processing the corpse to greatly increase its yin energy and make it a tool to carry ghosts, the next step is to call back the soul, bringing the wandering soul back into the body.

Xie Qiming is a living person, so it is impossible to summon his soul.

To prevent consciousness from having too much of an impact on Xie Qiming's soul, Li Zhen needed to "stabilize" Xie Qiming's soul using a special method.

Then, a ghost that was lingering nearby was summoned to enter Xie Qiming's body in order to carry out the next ritual.

If Li Zhen weren't around, it would be very dangerous for an ordinary person to summon a demon, but Li Zhen wouldn't worry about a little ghost causing him any trouble.

After breaking the candle into eight pieces and lighting them one by one, Li Zhen placed seven of the candles on Xie Qiming's head, shoulders, knees, and feet, and held the remaining candle in his hand.

Li Zhen sat cross-legged on Xie Qiming's head, and then held a candle and circled it counterclockwise nine times on Xie Qiming's head.

"...Blood soaks the corpse, divine incantations seal the soul...Candlelight guides the way, yin wind clears the path, I suppress the soul with true words..."

Xie Qiming's brows gradually relaxed.

More blood flowed from his nasal cavity.

Even more strangely, Xie Qiming's mouth did not move, but a "crunching" sound came from his mouth, as if his loose teeth were rubbing against each other.

The Curse of the Great Black Mother

With the soul-suppressing ritual complete, the next step is to introduce an evil spirit into Xie Qiming's body.

Logically, this would require setting something up to attract the evil spirit to Xie Qiming, but for Detective Li, this step could be simplified to save some time.

He closed his eyes.

The powerful primordial spirit detached from the body and walked outside the house.

A few minutes later, Li Zhen's spirit returned to Xie Qiming's house, with a small, struggling ghost on his right hand.

After the curse of the Great Black Buddha Mother took effect on Xie Qiming, it attracted many such creatures, making it difficult for Detective Li to catch even one easily.

The spirit returned to the body, and Li Zhen pried open Xie Qiming's mouth and stuffed the little ghost in his hand directly into Xie Qiming's mouth.

As if swallowing something extremely difficult, Xie Qiming struggled to swallow it down.

Xie Qiming tilted his head back, the veins on his neck bulging, looking extremely pained.

He tried to open his mouth to make a sound, but Li Zhen covered his mouth.

Xie Qiming's body suddenly weakened, causing his skin to turn an unhealthy dark purple.

His double eyelids kept twitching, but ultimately he didn't open them.

Pressing Xie Qiming's head back to the ground, Li Zhen squeezed out more blood from his own cut and applied more talismans to Xie Qiming's face to seal the little ghost.

Seeing that Xie Qiming had gradually calmed down, Li Zhen released Xie Qiming's head and added more talismans to Xie Qiming's body.

It was clear that Xie Qiming's skin was constantly bulging upwards, as if something was trying to break through his skin and escape from his body.

Suppressed, pitiful screams emanated from Xie Qiming's body.

Li Zhen plucked a few strands of hair from his own head, wrapped them around Xie Qiming's middle fingers, and dripped some of his own blood onto them.

The fleshy demon statue was placed on Xie Qiming's head, and Li Zhen finally dripped a drop of blood onto Xie Qiming's forehead.

The shadows of the fleshy demon statue became even more distorted.

The bumps on Xie Qiming's skin returned to normal, and the screams disappeared at the same time.

Everything has returned to calm.

Li Zhen observed the changes in Xie Qiming.

After five or six breaths, Xie Qiming's body suddenly began to twitch unconsciously.

"The soul is in my grasp, the corpse is under my control..."

Li Zhen took out some strange-smelling powder from behind the succubus and sprinkled it on the burning candle.

Thick smoke, emitting an even stronger, strange odor, billowed from the flames and gradually enveloped Xie Qiming.

Li Zhen squeezed out blood and sprayed it on Xie Qiming three times.

Each time he sprinkled it, he shouted "Xie Qiming!"

After three times, Xie Qiming, who was convulsing, suddenly sat up from the ground and opened his eyes abruptly.

At this moment, his eyes were bloodshot, giving them an eerie, bloody color that looked rather frightening.

A faint, pungent odor emanated from Xie Qiming, as if he had truly become a decaying corpse.

Xie Qiming suddenly opened his mouth and let out a dry, miserable scream.

The sudden, intense pain contorted his face. He managed to raise his stiff arms and clutch his head, his bloodshot eyes fixed on Li Zhen, filled with a desperate plea for help.

Two bloody teeth fell out of his mouth.

In an instant, he looked as if he had aged decades, with wrinkles appearing on his face.

An even stronger stench of corruption emanated from him.

Suddenly, Xie Qiming seemed to hear something and turned his head in pain to look behind him.

His expression became even more dazed.

His face displayed a twisted expression of pain and disorientation, making him look extremely eerie.

Li Zhen was not surprised by what he saw.

Sensing that the ceremony is about to be completed, the Great Black Mother will naturally launch an even stronger counterattack.

As an evil spirit that exudes malice at all times, the Great Black Mother would never allow anyone to escape her curse.

To temporarily save Xie Qiming, it is necessary to have a battle with the Great Black Buddha Mother on Xie Qiming's body.

This was something Detective Li had anticipated, and something he had hoped would happen.

Xie Qiming was cursed by the Great Black Buddha Mother. Through this curse, Li Zhen could roughly see the state of the Great Black Buddha Mother and the maximum strength of the curse that could be spread.

It is impossible to come here without facing the Great Black Mother.

Li Zhen dared not be careless towards any evil spirit, let alone the Great Black Buddha Mother whose origins were unknown.

Furthermore, what he needs to do is not to destroy the Great Black Buddha Mother, but to find a way to seal her, which is no easy task.

He didn't want to arrive in Chenjia Village full of excitement only to be thoroughly humiliated by the Great Black Buddha Mother.

Now is a very opportune time to test the waters.

Xie Qiming suddenly fell backward, slamming the back of his head hard against the ground.

Having anticipated this, Li Zhen stretched out his foot and placed it behind Xie Qiming's head.

Li Zhen circled the candle in his hand around Xie Qiming's head three times, and then called out "Xie Qiming" three times.

Just as Xie Qiming raised his head, preparing to slam it back, his body stiffened even more, leaving him frozen in mid-air in a sit-up position.

Sitting cross-legged, Li Zhen casually placed the candle beside him, picked up the fleshy demon statue, and began chanting incantations in a peculiar rhythm.

The fleshy texture on the demon statue began to writhe, and the shadows cast by the candlelight became even more distorted.

A peculiar, bloody aura emanating from the fleshy demon statue enveloped the entire room.

At the same time, in Li Zhen's consciousness, Damasulu, one of the three great demons, also opened his eyes, making Li Zhen's temperament become sinister.

On his body, black blood trickled from the unhealed wounds.

Xie Qiming was in even greater pain, caught between a rock and a hard place.

Li Zhen reached out a hand and placed it on Xie Qiming's back, gently pushing the stiff Xie Qiming upwards.

A jumble of images flashed through Li Zhen's mind.

Dark and narrow tunnels, eerie and bloody Buddha statues, broken mirrors...

Numerous eerie images flashed before Li Zhen's eyes, like getting into a car with polluted air, and Li Zhen suddenly felt nauseous, as if he were carsick.

In his mind, Damasul became more active, which stimulated the other two great demons to open their eyes as well.

Stimulated by the evil energy, Li Zhen's body began to writhe like a demon statue.

The nausea he felt began to subside.

Xie Qi'an's distorted application gradually returned to normal.

After he sat up straight, he began to pant heavily.

Ten minutes later, Xie Qiming, whose face was extremely pale, said with trembling lips, "I...I'm much better now."

Li Zhen didn't say anything.

"How are you?" Xie Qiming twisted his somewhat stiff body and slowly turned to look at Li Zhen.

Li Zhen opened his mouth and spat out a large clump of disgusting, foul-smelling, slimy worms beside him.

The insects were still alive, wriggling in the mucus, which looked extremely creepy.

Xie Qiming's eyes widened: "This is..."

Li Zhen wiped the filth from the corner of his mouth: "Spitting out these things means I've lifted the curse from the evil spirit. If I can't spit them out, I'll be in big trouble."

He looked at the wriggling worms, the scenes he had just witnessed flashing through his mind.

The Great Black Buddha Mother truly lives up to her reputation as a terrifying evil spirit...

Even with his visualization of the primordial spirits of the three great demons, he was still unable to completely resist the curse of the Great Black Buddha Mother...

Presumably, after seeing the face of the Great Black Buddha Mother, they will surely suffer an even stronger curse.

Preparations must be made before heading to Chenjia Village...

Having probed some of the details of the Great Black Buddha Mother and learned the strength of her curse after it was removed from her physical body, Li Zhen felt somewhat relieved.

The power displayed by the Great Black Buddha Mother could not possibly have directly broken through the evil thoughts of the three great demons and destroyed Li Zhen's own primordial spirit.

This was a prerequisite for Li Zhen to go to Chenjia Village.

If the Great Black Buddha Mother is too powerful, she might curse him to death upon meeting him, then he definitely cannot go directly to Chen Family Village.

In addition, Li Zhen also noticed something else.

The evil thoughts of the Great Black Mother were purer than those of the three evil demons he had visualized.

This is not to say that there is anything wrong with the evil thoughts of the three demons he visualized, but rather that the evil thoughts of the Great Black Mother seem to be emanating from the Great Black Mother's true form.

The three evil spirits in Li Zhen's consciousness were not the actual entities of evil spirits, but rather some of their thoughts. Naturally, the evil thoughts they emitted were different from those emitted by the actual entities of evil spirits.

After experiencing the evil thoughts of the Great Black Buddha Mother, Li Zhen discovered the difference between the two.

If that's the case, then the Great Black Buddha Mother must have encountered a serious problem, otherwise she wouldn't be so weak.

Even now, the Great Black Buddha Mother may be on her deathbed.

Perhaps we could raise the Great Black Buddha Mother like a little demon...

Noticing that Li Zhen's arms had some skin that looked like dried, cracked black mud, Xie Qiming smiled weakly and said, "It's my fault for dragging you into this. If it weren't for me, you wouldn't have been involved in this."

Li Zhen shook his head: "This matter is related to me from the beginning, and I can't stay out of it."

"My problem isn't serious; I just suffered a slight backlash when casting the spell."

"You should have realized that there are some problems within yourself."

Xie Qiming did indeed feel some changes in his body. Not only were his hands and feet very stiff, but his whole body was also ice cold, as if he had just crawled out of an ice cave.

Looking at Xie Qiming trying to move, Li Zhen continued, "The evil spirit's curse has had a substantial impact on your body. I tried a simple method, but found that it could not expel the curse. I can only use more... terrifying magic to suppress the evil spirit's curse."

"I have suppressed the evil spirit's curse, but the spell I cast also has some side effects."

(End of this chapter)