Tianjin, starting with unorthodox methods to achieve immortality

Chapter 293 The Vengeful Spirit is Obtained

"Is this woman pointing the hammer at herself?"

Chen Mo withstood the overwhelming force, a hint of solemnity flashing deep in his pupils.

With his current strength, he simply cannot withstand this attack head-on.

This is not self-deprecation.

Although he was rarely matched in the early stage of Qi Condensation, the Shadow Puppet Giant Spirit God and the vengeful spirit of the Merit Banner were enough to crush cultivators of the same level.

But what's sealed inside the White Bone Heart-Locking Hammer is the remains of a Foundation Establishment cultivator, a being a whole realm higher.

The difference between Foundation Building and Qi Condensation cannot be easily bridged by sheer numbers.

And judging from the state of the remains, they weren't ordinary Foundation Establishment stage remains...

Seemingly sensing Chen Mo's nervousness, Yin Sutang glanced at him with a cold smile and released the White Bone Heart-Locking Hammer.

The air was torn open with white cracks, and pale white flames burned at the edges of the cracks, which were the remaining spiritual energy burning in the Foundation Establishment remains.

Gu Yunzhou noticed it the moment the hammerhead was activated.

However, the roots were blocked by Chen Mo's shield and shadow puppets, making it impossible to stop Yin Sutang's actions.

The pressure emanating from the white hammer, a power akin to that of a Foundation Establishment cultivator, struck him as if it were a tangible object.

Fang Xiang, who was searching for the hammer, was heading straight for the blind man. A genuine look of fear appeared on his ashen face.

"No, don't even think about killing me."

His hands frantically formed hand seals, retracting all the roots that were outside.

At the same time, the flower bud beneath him trembled violently and suddenly opened, its fleshy scales rolling outwards to envelop Gu Yunzhou's upper body as well.

The scales closed up layer by layer, and dark purple sap seeped out from the gaps, solidifying into a hard shell.

In just two breaths, he was completely enveloped by the flower buds.

At the bottom, countless roots entwine around the outer wall of the flower bud, wrapping it into a giant cocoon of roots.

Under everyone's watchful eyes, the White Bone Heart-Locking Hammer crashed into the first line of defense formed by roots.

A pale white light exploded from the hammerhead, like a second sun rising from the ruins.

The light was so dazzling that it was impossible to look directly at it, and even the bronze mirror in Jian Yin's hand was reflected as a pale white.

Wherever it passed, all colors were swallowed up, even the sky turned white.

A visible white blast of air spread outwards from the hammerhead.

The blood pool was instantly evaporated, the broken walls and pillars were leveled, and an entire layer of the ground was shaved off.

Within a radius of several tens of feet, everything above ground was leveled.

The roots on the outer wall writhed wildly in the ghastly white light, being swallowed up inch by inch by the white light.

layer.

Two layers.

Three floors.

The hammerhead pierced through the cocoon of roots with unstoppable force. With each layer it penetrated, a ring of ash exploded from the point of impact, like white petals blooming.

The flower bud trembled violently, and its dark purple fleshy scales began to crack the moment the hammer head touched it.

The liquid was ignited by the pale white flames in the air, turning into clusters of burning purple fireballs.

"No~~!"

Gu Yunzhou, inside the flower bud, let out a scream as his body was exposed to the air.

His lower body was already mixed with the remains of the flower buds, making it impossible to distinguish which part was human and which part was flower.

A fist-sized hole was clearly visible right in the center of his chest.

The edges of the hole were jagged, and pale white flames were still burning at the edge of the hole, turning his flesh and blood to ashes inch by inch.

His face was tilted back, and the blood rings in his pupils had completely disappeared, leaving only a deathly gray.

From the moment the bone hammer was fired to Gu Yunzhou's death, only two breaths had passed.

"Is this the power of a high-level magical artifact?"

The pale white light that had not yet completely dissipated was still reflected in Chen Mo's pupils, and his heart was filled with turmoil.

He had seen many magical artifacts, but compared to the attack before him, they were nothing.

The whole process took no more than two breaths.

In the blink of an eye, a wicked cultivator at the early stage of the Qi Condensation realm, along with the sacred flower he had cultivated for ten years, was completely wiped out.

Chen Mo's gaze fell on the white bone lock hammer that had fallen back into Yin Sutang's palm.

The white light on the hammer body dimmed like a candle flickering in the wind, and the aura of the Foundation Establishment remains transformed from a raging inferno into a faint pulsation.

Clearly, this strike had exhausted all the power of the remains in the hammer, making it impossible to deliver a second blow in a short period of time.

But what if we do it again?

Chen Mo subconsciously tightened his grip on the merit banner in his hand.

His merit banner contains nine hundred and ninety-nine vengeful spirits. When fully activated, it can produce astonishing power, but it is completely different from the White Bone Heart-Locking Hammer, which concentrates all its power into one point and explodes instantly.

The vengeful spirits of the Merit Banner are more inclined to engage in prolonged battles and group suppression, rather than being adept at this kind of decisive, life-or-death burst.

It's not that the merit banner is bad, but rather that his merit banner is not strong enough.

Nine hundred and ninety-nine vengeful spirits may sound like a lot, but in the face of a true high-level cultivator, they are nothing more than cannon fodder.

What if the spirit sealed in his merit banner is not a vengeful spirit, but the spirit of a cultivator?

Chen Mo shifted his gaze from the White Bone Heart-Locking Hammer to Gu Yunzhou's still-burning corpse.

Fortunately, the vengeful spirit guide was undamaged.

Activating the remains within the hammer at full power was extremely taxing on her, draining almost 80% of her mana.

The round-faced woman quickly reached out to support her and took out two pills the size of longans from the medicine bottle in her hand.

"Senior sister, Qi-restoring pills."

Yin Sutang took the pill, swallowed it, and shifted her gaze from Gu Yunzhou's collapsing corpse to Chen Mo.

The hammer head slowly rotated, aiming at the figure in the green robe.

"Senior sister..."

'

The round-faced woman gasped in surprise and gripped the bone knife tightly with both hands.

Yin Sutang didn't speak, she just stared coldly at Chen Mo.

The runes on the hammerhead lit up one after another, though they were far less powerful than the previous strike, but the killing intent was real.

She doesn't trust this person.

From the moment Chen Mo revealed the second giant spirit god, she knew that this person had been hiding his true strength from beginning to end.

One shadow puppet was enough to fight Gu Yunzhou to a standstill. With two giant spirit gods and his water control talent, he was fully capable of ending the battle in a shorter time, but his opponent did not.

Now that Gu Yunzhou is dead, the Resentful Soul Guide and the Corpse Dissolution Technique are right before our eyes.

If this person turns hostile, we might not be able to gain any advantage.

Rather than waiting for the other party to make the first move, it's better to strike first.

Although her mana had been depleted by 70%, and the power of the White Bone Heart-Locking Hammer was less than 30% of its peak, the residual power of the Foundation Establishment remains was still enough to intimidate ordinary Qi Condensation cultivators.

Chen Mo looked at the white bone lock hammer pointed at him, and the corner of his mouth curled up slightly, it was impossible to tell whether it was a sneer or a mockery.

"Can't wait?"

Before he finished speaking, the small black banner in his hand suddenly unfurled.

Merit Banner.

The moment the banner was unfurled, the light in the entire backyard dimmed.

The sky turned black, and even the remaining pale white light on the White Bone Lock Heart Hammer in Yin Sutang's hand was almost invisible under the darkness.

Nine hundred and ninety-nine vengeful spirits surged out of the banner, covering the sky and blotting out the sun.

The yin energy they emitted overlapped, forming a visible black vortex that slowly rotated around Chen Mo.

They hovered in mid-air, their eerie green flames burning in their eye sockets, staring intently at Yin Sutang and the round-faced woman.

The temperature in the air plummeted, carrying a chill that penetrated to the bone.

The three people, including Shi Hu, who were hiding in the distance, had finally caught their breath after Gu Yunzhou's death, but now they were forced to lie on the ground by this yin energy.

Li Changye had been unconscious and hadn't woken up yet when he was struck by the yin energy, causing him to convulse violently while unconscious, with white foam spilling from the corners of his mouth.

Jian Yin and the other feng shui masters didn't look much better either.

The three feng shui masters behind him were completely paralyzed, and two of them were vomiting on the ground.

The remaining one curled up in a ball, clutching his head, muttering something under his breath, whether he was chanting scriptures or crying, it was unclear.

"Let's go, we can't stay here any longer, we have to leave now!"

Jian Yin's face was as white as paper, and the veins on his forehead were bulging.

In his pupils, the densely packed vengeful spirits in the sky were still reflected.

"President Jian, are we just going to leave like this?" A feng shui master behind us asked, his voice filled with resentment. "Gu Yunzhou is dead, his things..."

'

"Do you want your life or your possessions?" Jian Yin pulled up his eldest apprentice, who was sprawled on the ground, and quickly headed out of the city.

"Cooperating with that kind of old devil is like asking a tiger for its skin."

The other two feng shui masters opened their mouths, turned around and glanced at the dozen or so fierce ghosts mixed in with the yin spirits, and their scalps instantly tingled.

"President, wait for me!"

Behind them, the sky above the backyard was pitch black, and the shrieks of the vengeful spirits still echoed in the wind, lingering for a long time.

Amidst the ruins, Yin Sutang's pupils suddenly contracted, and she subconsciously took a half-step back. The runes that had just lit up on the hammer head dimmed again.

Ghost banner.

She had seen this kind of magical artifact before, but most of the ones she encountered had a hundred or eighty heads; she had never seen one with nine hundred and ninety-nine heads.

"How many more cards is he hiding?"

Yin Sutang was somewhat frantic. She shifted her gaze from the vengeful spirits to Chen Mo's face, looking somewhat resentful.

If this person had revealed this magical artifact earlier, she wouldn't have had to expend so much effort to use this secret technique.

Across from him, Chen Mo's appearance remained the same, his face covered in white ash, making it impossible to discern his true features.

He remained calm, as if releasing nine hundred and ninety-nine vengeful spirits was nothing more than a trivial matter.

At the same time, the two shadow puppet giants turned around, one on the left and one on the right, sandwiching Yin Sutang and the round-faced woman in the middle.

Just three breaths ago, they were allies.

Three breaths later, they turned against each other with swords drawn.

The round-faced woman's hand holding the bone knife trembled slightly.

The combined pressure of the nine hundred and ninety-nine vengeful spirits was so great that cultivators below the Qi Condensation level couldn't even stand steadily; the fact that she could stand was already a feat of endurance.

"Senior sister."

'

Yin Sutang did not respond, her gaze fixed on Chen Mo, her grip on the White Bone Heart-Locking Hammer tightening.

She knew that the previous strike had consumed most of the White Bone Heart-Locking Hammer's power, and the Foundation Establishment cultivator's remains sealed within the hammer would need at least a month to recover. Now, the hammer's power was less than thirty percent of its peak strength.

The person opposite him had two giant spirits intact, nine hundred and ninety-nine vengeful spirits poised to attack, and he himself hadn't even broken a sweat from beginning to end.

If things really turned sour, she and her junior sister wouldn't even have a chance to escape.

Chen Mo ignored her and walked straight toward Gu Yunzhou's corpse.

The corpse had mostly collapsed, leaving only a mangled torso and the gray-black talisman.

The blanket slipped off the corpse and lay scattered among the rubble and bloodstains, the human face appearing and disappearing in the texture.

He crouched down and reached out to grab the edge of the vengeful spirit guide.

It felt icy cold to the touch, like holding a piece of ancient ice.

The texture of the blanket surface writhed slightly under his palm, and faces appeared one by one, roaring silently, as if warning or pleading.

Chen Mo ignored it, ripped the vengeful spirit from the corpse, and put it into his storage space.

After watching him finish doing all this, Yin Sutang finally spoke.

"Where are my things?"

The voice was cold, but less hostile than before.

Chen Mo stood up, dusted off his hands, and turned to look at her.

"The method of dissecting the corpse is on this body; take it yourself."

This technique is too unorthodox; he doesn't approve of it.

After the Red Moon, even orthodox cultivators were corrupted, so he didn't believe this method would be without side effects.

After Chen Mo finished speaking, he retrieved the two giant spirits and shook the merit banner. Nine hundred and ninety-nine vengeful spirits surged back into the banner like a tide.

The darkness in the backyard dissipated, leaving only blood mist and ruins.

Yin Sutang remained silent for a moment, then put away the White Bone Heart-Locking Hammer and walked towards Gu Yunzhou's corpse.

The round-faced woman secretly breathed a sigh of relief and followed behind her senior sister. When passing Chen Mo, she carefully took a large detour, completely losing the haughty demeanor she had shown when they first met.

Chen Mo stopped looking at them and instead focused his gaze on the shadows of the ruins in the distance.

There, Shi Hu and his two companions were huddled behind the rubble, trembling all over, not daring to even breathe.

Chen Mo glanced at the two women who were squatting beside Gu Yunzhou's body and searching through it, then looked away and walked towards the direction where Shi Hu and the other two were hiding.

Shi Hu froze, his mind blanking as he watched the figure in green robes get closer and closer.

Chen Mo stopped three steps away from them, looking down at the three trembling nobodys.

killed?

Seeing the glint in his eyes, Shi Hu was terrified and could only brace himself and say, "Senior, I was blind to your greatness. I beg you to show mercy and spare my life."

As he spoke, his knees buckled, and he collapsed to his knees on the gravel.

Chu Shuling was stunned for a moment, then knelt down as well.

Li Changye was still unconscious when Chu Shuling pulled him, causing him to fall to the ground, still unconscious.

"This junior swears an oath with a sincere heart!"

Shi Hu gritted his teeth and pressed his right hand to his chest. "If the three of us reveal even the slightest bit of information about you to anyone about what happened today, may we be struck by lightning, our Dao hearts shattered, and our cultivation never to advance again."

"After death, you will fall into the eighteen levels of hell, never to be reborn!"

Chu Shuling also came to her senses and quickly followed suit, swearing, "This junior also swears with a sincere heart that I would never dare to reveal any information about you, senior."

"May I be struck down by heaven and earth if I break this oath!"

"Smart. I hope we'll have the opportunity to work together again in the future."

Chen Mo dispersed the magical power gathered at his fingertips and casually waved his right hand.

Shi Hu felt something that had been tense inside his body suddenly relax.

He was stunned for a moment, then realized that the restriction had been lifted.

"Thank you, senior."

Chu Shuling sensed it too, and a hint of surprise flashed in her eyes. "Thank you, senior."

Chen Mo did not turn around. The hem of his green robe brushed against the broken stones and tiles, and he disappeared from their sight in the blink of an eye.

Shi Hu slumped on the gravel, panting heavily, his whole body soaked in sweat.

Chu Shuling leaned against him, her face still pale, but the fear in her eyes had mostly subsided.

"Let's go too."

Shi Hu supported himself on his knees to stand up, reached out and pulled Chu Shuling up, then bent down and carried the still unconscious Li Changye on his back.

"I'll never come to this mortal world again, even if you beat me to death. I've had the worst luck ever."

"But what does he mean by saying there's still a chance for cooperation?"

"You ask me? Who am I supposed to ask?"