A master of comedy!

Zhong Kui Opera combines the grandeur of painted-face roles, the agility of martial arts actors, and the humor of clowns, while also incorporating unique ghostly dances and the legacy of Nuo opera.

As soon as the opening poem was recited, Zhou Sheng pinched the judge's finger with his hand, stepped with the steps of Zhong Kui, and his black official robe, transformed from heavenly clothes, resembled a black python churning waves, as if ghosts and gods were hidden in his sleeves.

He has a profound understanding of Zhong Kui opera. He successfully slayed the Five Witches by singing Zhong Kui. Through persistent practice, he has long been able to easily enter the realm of oneness with the actor.

Its left eye was blue like a green flame, and its right eye was red like cinnabar, as if yin and yang overlapped, with tiny black and white fish swimming faintly in its pupil.

The "Complete History of Immortals Through the Ages" records that when Zhong Kui was appointed "Great God of Exorcism" by the Jade Emperor, his eyes emitted red light that illuminated the underworld, and he has maintained the "different colors of his pupils" ever since.

Zhou Sheng's current appearance has changed as if he has been possessed by a deity. He is neither human nor god, and although he has a human body, he has the appearance of a god.

In an instant, the "naughty" soul-collecting gourd suddenly trembled, its mouth shaking violently.

On a gourd, a variety of emotions were expressed, including shock, ecstasy, excitement, and doubt.

"This gourd, on which peak of Kunlun did it grow? It was forged in Laozi's furnace! Its purple skin contains the gall of the Thunder God, and its golden mouth holds the eyes of Meng Po."

"Magic gourd, hurry back!"

As Zhou Sheng's opera singing resumed, the purple-gold gourd finally stopped hesitating and transformed into a stream of light, flying towards him on its own initiative.

hum!
When he held the gourd in his hands, his palms felt slightly hot, and a warm current flowed into his body, while the thunder and fire symbols on the gourd shone brightly.

Boom!

Zhou Sheng seemed to hear a thunderclap, followed by a blur before his eyes, where he saw thunderclouds stretching for miles, countless bolts of lightning falling like rain, and the earth cracking open, spewing out raging flames.

The intense energy of thunder and fire almost engulfed him like a vast ocean.

yah~
A tearing sound startled him awake, and he realized that the Taiyin Talisman on his body was rapidly dissipating.

Without any hesitation, he immediately began reciting the incantation.

The next moment, the dragon-binding lock around his waist roared and emitted a dazzling golden light, pulling him in rapidly.

Zhou Sheng reacted quickly and grabbed an iron box from the nearby bookshelf.

All the treasures placed here are rare treasures in the world. Taking one is a win. Zhou Sheng didn't care what was in the box, he just picked it up and stuffed it into his pocket.

Unfortunately, the dragon lock contracted too quickly. He only had time to grab an iron box before he felt an extremely strong pulling force, and his whole body flew backward like a cannonball.

Just as he was still feeling regretful, his eardrums suddenly vibrated violently, buzzing incessantly, and an angry roar exploded like thunder.

"Who dares to steal treasure here?!"

The enormous sound waves caused dust to fall from the mountainside, and the heavy footsteps shook the earth.

The black bear spirit has awakened!

In an instant, Zhou Sheng felt a terrifying sense of crisis, as if a great disaster was about to befall him, and his originally clear mind became gloomy.

However, he was in no hurry. He formed a hand seal and opened the Immortal Stone Cave when he passed by those "gold mountains".

Take the money!!!

Splash!
One by one, the incense coins were sucked into the Immortal Stone Cave, making a crisp clanging sound, which was simply the most pleasant sound in the world.

His immortal stone cave was not small, able to accommodate about seven or eight people, but it was already full in just a few breaths.

The golden boy and jade girl were overwhelmed by the incense money, leaving them no place to stand.

Even so, the incense money in this treasure trove has piled up like mountains and as vast as the sea, without decreasing in the slightest.

By this time, he had already used the earth-遁法 (earth-遁法, a technique to escape from underground) to leave the cave.

boom!
As soon as it appeared, a black-tasseled spear thrust at it, its tip seemingly tearing through the void, revealing streaks of pitch-black cracks.

The black bear demon's eyes blazed with flames, its feet treading on black wind, its robes billowing wildly, emitting a strong stench of blood.

It was as if the red robe was dyed with fresh blood. A demonic aura filled the sky!

This shot seemed capable of piercing a hole in the sky!

Zhou Sheng was hiding a hundred feet underground when the spear light grazed his scalp. The bronze-armored corpse's body shuddered violently, and blood dripped down its forehead.

Click!

The earth was torn apart by the spear's edge, splitting it in two like a cliff.

Fortunately, the Dragon Lock lived up to its name; it was incredibly fast, and it pulled Zhou Sheng away from the bullet with a narrow escape.

"come out!!"

Seeing that he had failed to take down his opponent with a single shot, the Black Bear Demon flew into a rage, his body swelling in the wind, his already towering three zhang tall body continuing to grow larger.

In the blink of an eye, a colossal black bear, tens of feet tall and towering between heaven and earth, appeared between heaven and earth. It seemed to be a ferocious beast born in the ancient primordial era, with demonic energy swirling and blood waves surging into the sky. Every muscle was like a swimming dragon, filled with terrifying power.

Supernatural power—the law of heaven and earth!
Legend has it that this is an unparalleled divine power for physical combat, and only those with extremely strong physical bodies can cultivate it. Back then, Sun Wukong and Erlang Shen used this divine power to fight, transforming into giants and giant apes with physical bodies tens of thousands of feet tall, attracting the attention of the three realms.

This black bear spirit was naturally far weaker than the Great Sage and Erlang Shen, but he had indeed mastered this divine power. After activating it, although his body was less than a hundred feet tall, his strength had been terrifyingly amplified.

With a single stomp, he crushed a mountain peak, causing the earth to crack and the earth element to vibrate violently.

Zhou Sheng's earth-遁法 (earth-遁法 is a technique that allows one to escape underground) was immediately broken, forcing him to come to the ground.

boom!
Another stomp came down, blotting out the sky, as if to crush him into a pulp. The previously sleeping Hundred-Eyed True Monarch was also awakened by the violent tremor and shot countless golden rays at Zhou Sheng.

"Wang!"

The howls of the vicious dogs rang out again, and three black shadows rushed forward like lightning, baring their serrated canine teeth at Zhou Sheng.

Even more terrifying, Zhou Sheng could sense that streaks of black mist were rushing towards them from afar, each exuding a powerful aura.

With the Taiyin Talisman broken, his aura as a living person became as bright as the sun in the sky, extremely conspicuous, instantly attracting the attention of the entire city.

He didn't know where he was, but he knew that the danger here far exceeded that of Xunyang Ghost City.

Hurry! Faster!

Zhou Sheng kept chanting the incantation to lock the lock, and with the help of the magic weapon of the imperial tutor Liu Bowen, he narrowly escaped the pursuit several times. He was about to reach the door he had come from.

"Thief, don't run away!!!"

Just as Zhou Sheng was about to escape, the black bear demon with the highest cultivation level suddenly spewed out two streams of white smoke like swimming dragons, and then its body actually swelled up again, rising higher and breaking through the hundred-zhang barrier.

In the instant its physical body reached a height of a hundred feet, it seemed to shatter some kind of bottleneck, and the vast ocean of blood and energy even distorted the portal from which Zhou Sheng had come.

It mustered all its strength, its golden blood almost bursting forth, and suddenly hurled the black-tasseled spear in its hand, not at Zhou Sheng, but at the Dragon Binding Lock.

With a single throw, the wind and thunder roared.

The black-tasseled spear tore through the void and slammed into the Dragon-Binding Lock, striking the dragon's vital spot and causing the lock to pause in its retraction, even emitting a painful groan.

Blood flowed from the rope.

Zhou Sheng's rapidly retreating figure came to an abrupt halt. The Dragon Binding Lock had actually broken in two by this spear, and of course, many fine cracks also appeared on the spear tip.

Even the mighty Black Bear Spirit was panting heavily after throwing that shot, having expended a great deal of energy.

But a hint of smugness and mockery flashed in its bloodthirsty eyes.

It seems to be saying—

Without this rope, how will you run? (End of Chapter)