The ultimate master in the city

A dark, deep pit, several mummified corpses flying up, a strange, sinister laugh, and thick, long hair—this scene on a snowy night was incredibly eerie!

"ah--"

"ah--"

The crowd instantly descended into chaos; adults cried, children screamed, some fell, some rolled around...

Four or five men, covered in slime and with terrified expressions, crawled out of the pit. However, they only managed to run five or six meters before their bodies were pierced by strands of hair, and blood dripped onto the snow.

Seeing that something was wrong, the Zhang family patriarch, Daoist Mo Wei, and the corpse-driving craftsman A Kui took the opportunity to slip away.

Zhou Fengchen picked up the bag and threw it to Aruhanzi, "Hold this for me and run!"

As he spoke, he pushed aside the panicked people who were running towards him and looked into the pit. He saw that more and more strands of hair were growing upwards, and the bodies of the four or five men hanging above were slowly shriveling up. It was too late to save them.

The crowd gradually ran away, and the lewd laughter from the pit grew louder and louder. Suddenly, a girl's head rose up with strands of hair. Her features were very beautiful. Then came her snow-white neck, pink breasts, and finally a huge body.

Beneath that body was what looked like a huge, thick sputum, sticky and emitting an incredibly strong, fishy stench. And within that sputum were a group of the "freak" children they had encountered earlier, crawling around happily.

The "girl" stretched out her bat-wing-like claws, the tips of which were very sharp, like bird claws. She tilted her head back and chuckled evilly, looking extremely terrifying.

"Holy crap—"

Zhou Fengchen felt a chill run down his spine. He recognized the object and understood why Daoist Mo Wei had used the corpse of the Zhang family's ancestor.

This thing is called—the Swamp Forbidden Woman!

The demons and monsters in the world can be roughly divided into four categories: demons, monsters, spirits, and spirits. Demons refer to animals such as foxes, wolves, and weasels that cultivate immortality; monsters refer to unfathomable evil spirits, such as calligraphy and paintings, jade artifacts, temple deities, household spirits, and mountain goblins; spirits refer to plants such as flowers, trees, and bamboo that achieve immortality; and spirits refer to legendary divine creatures, such as dragons, phoenixes, turtles, and deer.

However, later generations have confused the terminology, and in any case, supernatural and terrifying things are either monsters or ghosts.

This "swamp forbidden woman" is a kind of monster, formed from filthy air. She is born to eat people, and her true form is similar to earth or moss. Her transformed body is mostly in the shape of a young girl or woman, hence the name.

The most common place where they are found is under piles of corpses on ancient battlefields. It is unknown what this mountainous area was before.

This "swamp forbidden woman" may have been withered before, but was brought back to life by the filth such as excrement that the Zhang family splashed on it.

It cannot move and escape to get away with it unless it finds a substitute, such as a heinous old corpse or a zombie.

It seems that Mo Wei, the old Taoist priest, was using such rituals to deceive the Zhang family, intending to use the ancestor's body to move him away.

"Waaaaah, Mommy..."

Just then, a crying sound suddenly came from not far from where the "swamp forbidden woman" was. It was an eight or nine-year-old girl who was so frightened that she lay on the ground.

"child!"

A couple in the distance screamed their hearts out, then staggered over.

"Um--"

The swamp witch let out a long, nasal snort, looked down, and saw five or six meters long, messy hair fluttering in the wind. When she saw that it was a little girl, she stuck out her tongue, which was covered in sticky filth, and attacked in a flash.

Zhou Fengchen's chest tightened, and with a light step, he rushed forward, picked up the little girl with one hand, and slashed at her tongue with his knife.

The long tongue was very flexible and was not cut off by the blade. It flashed back and instead aroused the wrath of the "swamp witch". With a roar, her thick long hair wrapped around it.

It was too late to run. Zhou Fengchen could only stick the knife into the snow, holding the little girl in one arm and forming a hand seal with the other, chanting an incantation: "Heaven and Earth, Mysterious Origin, Root of All Qi, Cultivate for countless eons, Prove My Divine Power, Within and Without the Three Realms, Only the Dao is Supreme... Golden Light Divine Mantra, Immeasurable Against All Evil, Hurry!"

Just as those strands of hair were about to wrap around her body, they were instantly shattered by a flash of golden light from her protective aura.

"Fuck you!"

Zhou Fengchen seized the opportunity to pull out the ancient sword and turned to run away.

The couple happened to be running towards them, and Zhou Fengchen quickly handed the little girl to them, saying, "Don't make a sound, run!"

The couple were terrified. They held the little girl and tried to say thank you, but no words came out. They turned and ran away.

As soon as they ran away, the "swamp witch" behind them became completely enraged. Her body suddenly grew five or six meters tall, brandishing a pair of sharp claws, swaying left and right, and screaming. The pile of "phlegm" rose and fell, and the "children" crawled around like the angry mandrill.

Zhou Fengchen smiled and walked over without fear.

……

The fleeing crowd in the distance turned around and exclaimed in surprise! Someone wasn't afraid of the monster; he had escaped from its clutches and now wanted to fight it again? Thinking that this distance should be safe, they all stopped to watch.

Some are curious:

"What is that monster? How did we dig it out? It's terrifying!"

"I don't know! It's like watching a cartoon, oh my god!"

"Where is the Taoist priest?"

"I don't know where they went!"

Some are sad:

"Zhang Long is dead!"

"Zhang Hu is dead too!"

"Waaaaah..."

"Liu Gang took two hundred yuan to help dig the hole, and he died too!"

There is also research:

"What does that young man do?"

"It seems like he was the one who stopped them from digging the hole just now!"

"Old Zhang?" someone asked the Zhang family patriarch, "Do you know that young man?"

The Zhang family patriarch hid in the crowd, his face deathly pale. His mind was a complete mess, and he shook his head violently, "I don't know, I don't know, don't ask me!"

Then someone remembered something and asked Aru, who was staring wide-eyed, "Oh right! This young man seems to live at your house, you should know him, right?"

"He is..." Aru was about to blurt out that Zhou Fengchen was a magician, but he clearly didn't seem like it in the current situation. So, his eyes darted around, and he sighed, saying, "To tell you the truth, I sensed something was wrong with this land a long time ago, so I secretly went to Wuling Mountain to invite a Taoist priest!"

"Bullshit!" someone cursed. "You're all talk. You're always in the village, when did you ever go to Wuling Mountain?"

"Is it any of your business?"

……

At this moment, the "Swamp Forbidden Woman" glared angrily at Zhou Fengchen and spoke in human language: "Where did you come from, you filthy person, daring to oppose me?"

Zhou Fengchen was too lazy to pay attention to it. He had no experience in subduing or killing such things and was secretly thinking about how to kill it instantly, otherwise other unexpected things might happen. He couldn't afford to waste time here.

Seeing that he remained silent, the "swamp forbidden woman" roared and leaned forward, "Eat him—"

"Chirp chirp—"

Dozens of freakish "children" jumped out of the "thick phlegm" and pounced on it with strange cries.

Zhou Fengchen took out a rattle drum from his waist, shook it twice, and called out, "Xiao Bao, come out!"

Little Bao wobbled out, his eyes wide as he looked around. "What's going on, Dad?"

Zhou Fengchen pointed at the horde of freaks rushing towards him, "Transform! Beat them to a pulp!"

"Okay, Daddy!" Xiao Bao exclaimed excitedly, his body instantly growing to the size of a house. He led a bunch of little devils, screaming as they surrounded the freak "children," shouting, "You bullied my daddy! I'll kill you all!"

The crowd watching from afar was immediately horrified and screamed wildly, "Wow! That person pulled out a baby!"

"The baby has grown bigger than the house!"

"She's had another bunch of babies!"

"This person is a great sorcerer!"

……

Zhou Fengchen took a deep breath. In this mountainous forest, using a forbidden spell shouldn't be a problem. He planted the knife in the snow, sat cross-legged opposite the "Swamp Forbidden Woman," formed hand seals, and chanted: "Mysterious Twenty-Eight! Forbidden Spell! Bow-Headed Soul-Seizing Blade!"

"ah--"

The "swamp forbidden woman" screamed, her dense hair attacking like steel wires, but she secretly parted some of it to pull the coffin and the corpses of Zhang's ancestors inside the pit.

Zhou Fengchen watched without paying any attention. He focused his mind and spirit, chanting, "The Dao that can be spoken of, the Dao of subduing demons, I obey the mighty Dao of Heaven! All demons and monsters under Heaven, perish and be annihilated! Draw your blade! Hasten... As the law commands!"

Whoosh!

As the wind shifted, a strange, illusory greatsword suddenly appeared above Zhou Fengchen's head. Its tip was curved, and its blade was exceptionally sharp. In a flash, it slashed at him!

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