Chapter Fifteen: The First Battle Against the Onmyouji

  "Damn it, damn it, wear armor!"

  Luo Han's anger erupted with two loud roars, and he let out a fierce howl. As the words "don armor" violently burst forth from his mouth, dazzling light began to emanate from his body. In the depths of the light, heavy armor materialized, and in an instant, his headgear, breastplate, gauntlets, greaves, and steel boots enveloped his entire being.

  Armored troops!

  Just like the Black Otter Army that was mobilized when the Second World destroyed the Hundred Poison Gate, the Flower Otter Guard also wore armor, and the armor on their bodies were all artifacts. At least the leader-level Flower Otter Guards had artifacts on them, and they were mid-grade artifacts.

  The armor style of Huā Lí Wèi is similar to that of the Black Lí Army, but with some differences in color. The Black Lí Army's armor is all black, giving a sense of heaviness and deadliness, while Huā Lí Wèi's armor is light yellow overall, covered with small black stripes, just like the fur of the Huā Lí in the Duàn Hún Mountains, revealing a sense of swiftness and ferocity.

  After wearing the armor, the heavy armor did not affect Luohan's speed and strength. On the contrary, his speed and strength were greatly enhanced, and even his momentum was growing exponentially.

  A faint yellow glow emerged, dispelling all the resentful spirits and yin energy around him. In an instant, he broke free from his restraints and escaped the cage.

  "The Dominance of Huā Lí Wèi!" Only now did the Onmyōji realize his opponent's identity, and his thoughts couldn't help but become a little heavier. However, he didn't panic. The Taoist armor was only a mid-grade artifact, but his Banner of Ten Thousand Ghosts was a spiritual artifact. Although it was just a damaged spiritual artifact, it was enough to suppress the mid-grade artifact.

  Another talisman character appeared in the void, but this time it was accompanied by a mouthful of vital blood that he spat out after biting his tongue. The talisman characters and vital blood merged in mid-air and sprayed directly onto the surface of the Ten Thousand Ghosts Flag. The flag suddenly emitted a large amount of black light and let out a sharp scream. Within the screaming sound, black spiritual lights flashed about, and the yin energy and vengeful spirits seemed to have been injected with a strong stimulant, once again pouncing on Luo Han. This time, the Daoist soldier's armor no longer shone brightly; under the pressure of the low-grade spirit artifact, the mid-grade law artifact was unable to hold its ground. He fell into another bitter struggle.

  Rumors of ants biting an elephant to death were successfully staged on his body.

  "Being able to come with the leader of Huā Lí Wèi, it seems that this little one's status is not low!" Yǔ Guǐ Shī nodded in satisfaction and smiled, but also looked at the Wàn Guǐ Qí with some heartache, "What a pity! After this battle, this Wàn Guǐ Qí can be considered useless!" However, he was also clear in his mind that if he could obtain the Yì Huǒ Zhǒng, even if it meant discarding ten Wàn Guǐ Qís, it would still be worth it!

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  "What a troublesome guy!" Wang Guanlan replaced Ku Han to sweep the array, but his martial arts cultivation was only three layers of refining Qi, and his Taoist cultivation was only two stages. The so-called sweeping array was almost like a joke. At first, he didn't see what happened, but when Ku Han was completely trapped by the dark array and that strange Onmyoji suddenly appeared, approaching him, he almost understood what was about to happen.

  With a sigh of helplessness, he raised his left hand and five fireballs shot out rapidly.

  The figure of the Honorable Ghost Master suddenly leapt up, easily avoiding the five fireballs. His fingers spread apart, and his fingertips emitted threads of black air that wrapped around Wang Guanlan.

  "Hand over that green flame, no matter who you are, and I'll spare your life!"

  "Damn it!" Wang Guanlan cursed in a low voice, and this time he shot out ten fingers at the same time, and another ten fireballs greeted the five black auras.

  Mmmmmmmm!!

  The black air and the fireball collided, emitting a "sizzling" sound, as if meat juice had fallen onto red-hot charcoal. The fireball was instantly torn apart by the black air, but contrary to the expectations of the Onmyodo master, the fireball did not disappear under the black air's strangulation, instead stubbornly entwining itself with the black air.

  "As expected, you're indeed a wielder of the heterochromatic flames. Even a small fireball technique like this is extraordinary!" The Greedy Ghost's eyes gleamed with desire as his gray robes fluttered in the wind, covering an area of over ten zhang, and he charged straight at Wang Guanlan.

  A chill breath came from the gray cloak, and the fireball that was still struggling just now was extinguished in an instant. Wang Guanlan also felt the deep chill in her bones almost at the same time, and between the slight movements of her expression, another dozen or so fireballs flew out.

  "This place is basically sealed by yin energy, and that green flame isn't like this. Where did this little guy get such a powerful yuan force? Could it be that he still has another magical artifact on him?" The Onmyodo master's heart was racing with excitement, "I didn't expect this young kid to be a multi-treasured child!!"

  Wang Guanlan didn't want to be treated as a treasure, after the second round of fireballs were released, he had already retreated, hoping to retreat outside the range of this gray robe, but it was clearly unrealistic.

  The grey cloak of Yu Gui Shi was also a magical artifact. Once it was spread out, it sealed off all escape routes for Wang Guan Lan.

  Wang Guanlan's expression turned unsightly, this was his first time facing a cultivator head-on, and one who was even higher in rank than him. Generally speaking, there would be almost no chance of winning, however, when it came down to it, not putting up a fight was not an option.

  A green flame appeared in front of him and then transformed into a green "circle" that expanded outward.

  Ahhhhh!!!!!

  "Yuan", is one of the basic means by which a Taoist practitioner uses his spiritual soul power, and it is also one of the earliest spiritual soul techniques that a cultivator can cultivate. For ordinary cultivators, "yuan" is just a detection technique, but after Wang Guanlan's spiritual soul merged with the green fire, his "yuan" underwent a strange transformation, not only being a means of detection, but also possessing powerful attacking power.

  It is said to be powerful because his "round" has the ability of ordinary fire elements to scorch, and also has the power of green flames to restrain yin energy and vengeful spirits. When this is applied, it produces a remarkable effect.

  Wang Guanlan's "round" not only blocked the gray robe, but also seemed to have harmed it, suddenly lifting it up and restoring its original shape, no longer covering the twenty or so feet of domineering aura.

  "What a fierce flame!" The Royal Ghost Master did not expect that Wang Guanlan's green flame would have such an unusual effect, it was completely the nemesis of his type of cultivator. Realizing this, he didn't become disheartened, but instead became quite excited.

  "Alright, pretty good, but with just this half-baked foreign fire, you can't beat me!" As he spoke, his hands churned out a dark energy, drawing a symbol in the air. "Heaven and Earth's primal energy, heed my command, Ground Bind!!"

  As the two words "earth binding" were spat out, Wang Guanlan only felt a movement under his feet, and an invisible force surged up from the ground, winding around him like a snake crawling on his soles.

  Wang Guanlan didn't know much about the world of Taoist priests, and he had no idea what kind of magic this ghost-controlling priest was using. At first, he panicked and tried to struggle, but the invisible vital energy moved too quickly, binding him tightly like a rope. As soon as he struggled, he lost his balance and fell directly to the ground.

  The demon master saw Wang Guanlan fall, and a hint of joy suddenly appeared on his face. Before he could step forward, two extremely sharp knife auras burst out from Wang Guanlan's body, cutting the invisible heavenly energy in two, leaving two deep gashes on the ground as well. Wang Guanlan's figure leapt up, but instead of counterattacking with momentum, he retreated two steps and assumed a defensive posture.

  "Buddhist divine power, Vajra Demon-subduing Sword!!" The Onmyodo Master was shocked and looked at Wang Guanlan, "You are a secret disciple of the Buddhist sect?!"

  In his opinion, Wang Guanlan was too young and it was impossible for him to have read Buddhist scriptures for decades and suddenly attain enlightenment. The idea of sudden enlightenment and supernatural powers was also too mysterious, so he judged that Wang Guanlan must be a secret disciple of Buddhism who had cultivated this kind of supernatural power.

  The unity of law and martial arts is divine power

  The Vajra Demon Subduing Knife is one of the three Buddhist minor magical powers that Wang Guanlan possesses, and it can naturally cut through the chains formed by the primordial energy of heaven and earth.

  "Cough, cough!" Wang Guanlan covered his mouth and coughed lightly twice, feeling a sharp pain in his chest and abdomen. As a cultivator of the Unity of Body and Mind, he not only needed to use the power of his soul but also his internal energy. His injuries had not fully healed, and suddenly using his internal energy naturally pulled on his wounds, making his already unpleasant mood even worse.

  He mastered three Buddhist knife techniques, but now he can only use the Vajra Demon Subduing Knife. The Bodhi Town Law Knife and the Ksitigarbha Original Vow Knife require too much internal energy control, which is not something his injured body can handle right now. Even with the Vajra Demon Subduing Knife, he's already struggling after just two strikes.

  "Ah, you're actually injured!" Seeing Wang Guanlan's predicament, the Onmyodo master was overjoyed in his heart. His gray robes fluttered as he drew symbols with both hands once more, "Heaven and Earth's primordial energy, heed my command, conceal yourself in mist!"

  A faint mist rose beside him, and in an instant, it enveloped him, expanding to several tens of feet around, completely shrouded in a sea of fog.

  The air was thick with fog, and it was an environment where one couldn't see their hand in front of their face. Wang Guanlan's "circle" expanded once again, but this time, it wasn't as smooth as before. The "circle" pushed forward for about ten feet in diameter, then stopped. Wang Guanlan only felt that the fog around him seemed to turn into a muddy swamp, making his circle unable to move forward. The dense water vapor hidden in the fog also subtly restrained his "circle". After all, his "circle" contained the fire element of yuan force, and the mutual restraint between water and fire was an eternal truth.

  The rising mist gave Wang Guanlan a very bad premonition, he could no longer see the shadow of the Onmyouji, and could only rely on his own "circle" to defend himself. However, a distance of one zhang was really too close, so close that when the opponent launched a surprise attack, he might not be able to react in time, this was not the outcome he wanted.

  "After all, it's just that I don't know enough spells!" Indeed, the spells he knew were too few, and none of them could be used in this situation. Fireball, Scarlet Arrow, even Golden Rainbow Piercing the Sun, they were all useless when there was no target to aim at."