After nine lifetimes of reincarnation, the yandere villainous heroine descends.

"Upon hearing this!"

Li Gen's heart skipped a beat, and he subconsciously thought that Shan Jun was saying these words to him.

Just as I was about to reply, a very light footstep suddenly came from behind me, like a leaf brushing the ground, subtle yet clear.

He froze, turned around abruptly, his eyes blazing as he stared intently into the impenetrable darkness behind him.

"Guests come from afar."

From the depths of darkness, a calm voice drifted out.

The sound was neither loud nor soft, yet it was like a pebble thrown into still water, creating silent ripples in front of the mountain temple.

Before the words were finished, a figure slowly stepped out from the consuming darkness.

He was dressed in a blue Taoist robe, the sleeves of which fluttered and rustled even though there was no wind.

The face, which had gradually become clearer in the shadows, now came into full view of the people in front of the mountain temple, instantly capturing everyone's attention.

Within the Buddha statue in the mountain temple, a powerful divine consciousness suddenly erupted, enveloping Shen Shuchou's entire body like a net.

But the moment their divine sense landed, the gods and Buddhas frowned even more deeply.

He clearly did not detect any forbidden power fluctuations from the person in front of him, but the faint sense of danger pierced his senses like needles.

"You audacious scoundrel! How dare you not kneel before me, the Mountain Lord?"

Before the gods and Buddhas could speak, Li Gen, standing beside him, could no longer contain himself and shouted angrily, his eyes filled with fanatical protection.

Shen Shuchou ignored the angry shout, slowly raised his finger, and gently pointed at the person at the end of the line, his voice calm and unwavering: "I came here only for her."

The gods and Buddhas followed his finger and looked down at the inconspicuous little girl at the very end of the line.

From the moment Shen Shuchou appeared, the little girl's gaze never left him.

Those eyes, which should have been calm and still, now held a faint trace of greed surging within them, like a lurking wolf eyeing its prey.

At this moment, only one thought was growing wildly in her mind—to eat him.

You have to swallow it whole, bone and all, in one gulp!

"How dare you! How dare you covet the mountain king's offerings!"

Li Gen roared like thunder, then suddenly knelt down and kowtowed towards the mountain temple: "I humbly beg the Mountain Lord to grant me permission to rid you of this arrogant and ignorant wild dog!"

The gods and Buddhas in the mountain temple remained silent, but their silence tacitly granted his request.

He also wanted to see what kind of danger this young Taoist priest, whose power seemed to have no restraints, was hiding.

Li Gen understood the agreement from the silence and abruptly stood up. In an instant, a fierce and extraordinary aura erupted from his body.

With a sudden stomp of his foot, the hard ground caved in, creating a deep pit. He shot towards Shen Shuchou like an arrow, creating a whistling gust of wind.

Facing Li Gen who was rushing towards him, Shen Shuchou remained expressionless, only slowly raising his right fist and swinging it out horizontally.

"boom--!"

A deafening explosion rang out.

As swiftly he charged forward, Li Gen now flew in a sorry state, crashing straight into the temple gate like a tattered sack, smashing the heavy wooden door to pieces.

Even more terrifying, his body was completely destroyed by the force of the punch, turning into a shower of blood and gore, leaving no intact skeleton behind.

Shen Shuchou never intended to hold back against these fanatical henchmen.

Before the deafening explosion had even subsided, the air had instantly frozen into a deathly silence.

The next second, the children's screams suddenly erupted, followed by a chorus of sobs.

Apart from the little girl's increasingly burning and greedy gaze, all other eyes that fell on Shen Shuchou were filled with undisguised terror, as if they were looking at a deadly demon.

Even the gods and Buddhas in the mountain temple had their pupils shrink sharply when the residual force of the punch passed.

Only now did He finally understand why this Taoist priest, though he could not sense any forbidden power, possessed a terrifying danger.

Because He clearly perceived that although the young Taoist in front of Him had no forbidden power flowing through his body, his body itself was a walking forbidden force.

This forbidden body is the foundation of his cultivation in this life, bestowed upon him by the system.

With the invisible power of the system, it quietly stole the forbidden origin of this world and finally condensed it into a body.

The source of that forbidden power, when traced back to its origin, points directly to Tantai Chigu!

If Tantai Chigu wants to truly reach the Great Emperor realm and achieve a unique forbidden position, he must devour Shen Shuchou and completely reclaim the stolen power.

This is precisely why Tantai Chigu instinctively felt that Shen Shuchou was an extremely delicious thing from the moment he appeared.

That was a call from the very source of power, a forbidden thirst for its own fragments.

"Since you are forbidden just like me, you are entitled to share these forbidden things with me."

The deity spoke slowly, not wanting to easily make an enemy of this powerful being who also bore taboos.

"I am not like you."

Shen Shuchou shook his head slightly.

Her fingertip was still pointing at Tantai Chigu, her tone firm, "I've made it very clear, I only want her."

"I have already refrained from making things difficult for you because you are both taboo subjects, so do not push your luck!"

Upon hearing this, the gods and Buddhas unleashed a terrifying pressure that enveloped the entire area like dark clouds pressing down.

Although He did not want to fight Shen Shuchou to the death, He would not easily back down if it came to taking away Tantai Chigu, who was equally tempting to Him.

"You can't stop me."

Faced with overwhelming pressure, Shen Shuchou remained calm and composed.

After saying that, he walked straight towards Tantai Chigu, looking at her small figure and the undisguised greed in her eyes, he suddenly smiled slightly and slowly extended his hand: "Come with me."

The next second, Tantai Chigu pounced forward, grabbed Shen Shuchou's arm, and bit down without hesitation!

She was so hungry that all she could think about was swallowing this delicious food.

But the moment her teeth touched Shen Shuchou's skin, it was like biting into a hard rock.

No matter how hard she tried, she could only leave a few strands of saliva and shallow teeth marks; she couldn't even break through the skin.

Seeing this, Shen Shuchou's eyebrows twitched involuntarily.

He felt even more strongly that things wouldn't be easy for him to get along with this little guy from now on.

"Insolence! This is my territory!"

Before the words were even finished, the gods and Buddhas inside the mountain temple suddenly stepped out.

The originally rigid lime shell instantly shattered and flew apart, revealing the already festering and oozing flesh underneath.

The fleshy tissue was stuck together, and pus, tinged with bluish-black and dark red, gushed out along the ravines, instantly filling the entire mountain temple with a foul stench.

Countless blood vessels, as thick as bowls, bulged out from deep within the flesh, writhing and thrashing wildly like living creatures.

Some even penetrated the rotting flesh, hanging in mid-air, dripping viscous blood.

Two huge, gaping wounds suddenly tore open on His back, from which emerged a pair of fleshy wings woven from blood vessels and bone fragments.

The wing membrane was covered with countless holes, from which bits of flesh and blood splattered continuously, each flap of the wings bringing with it a nauseating stench.

At the top of this mass of rotten flesh, the original Buddha head completely shattered, replaced by a tiger head that was forcibly squeezed out of the flesh.

The animal head had no intact fur; the exposed muscles were turned outwards, and the eyeballs bulged out like rotten, dead fish.

His mouth was split open to his ears, revealing two rows of serrated fangs stained with black blood, and saliva mixed with bits of flesh dripped from between his teeth.

Each breath produced a hissing, leaky sound, as if it were about to fall apart into a pile of minced meat at any moment.

Upon seeing the gods and Buddhas display such a terrifying appearance, the children present froze on the spot, their faces turning pale, and they even forgot to cry.

The remaining burly men gaped, their throats feeling like they had hot stones stuck in them, unable to utter a sound for a long time.

Is this the mountain deity they've been worshipping for years? Its ferocious and terrifying appearance is a hundred times more frightening than the most vicious evil spirit.

"Put her down."

The mountain lord, revealing its true form, let out a low roar, its murky beastly eyes fixed on Shen Shuchou.

Blood dripped from its fangs, splashing onto the ground and creating foul-smelling spots.

Shen Shuchou suddenly frowned, his tone filled with undisguised disdain: "You look... way too ugly, don't you?"