Chapter Twenty-Four: Three Feet of Green Edge; Wielding a Sword to Exorcise Demons
"Little kid, you're quite bold. With so many sword symbols, it seems I'll have to use some tricks to take you down." Qin Hu dodged Sun Tao's sword symbol attack and sneered at him.
The handprint in Qin Hu's hand changed suddenly, and the dead spirit puppet suddenly burst out with a thick death aura. Suddenly, the red light in the eyes of those dead spirit puppets grew stronger, changing into an infinite force that burst out with a fierce and violent energy. The entire dilapidated land temple was covered by the thick death aura, with a gloomy and eerie atmosphere, dark clouds rushing to the sky, and even from far away, one could feel the abnormality of this place.
The undead puppet, under Qin Hu's control, suddenly exerted its power, and the two generals of Tongbei, Bao and Ba, were instantly at a disadvantage. In just a few rounds, they were overwhelmed by the tide of people. Sun Tao had no choice but to incorporate it into the world of Journey to the West.
Sun Tuo received the collapsed second general, Bao Zhang, and then accepted another general, Bao Zhang. Under Sun Tuo's command, Bao Zhang immediately joined the battle again. Within an hour, Sun Tuo could continuously summon reinforcements from the world of Journey to the West. Unfortunately, like Bao Zhang, a high-combat general, Sun Tuo could only summon one at a time; otherwise, summoning hundreds of monkey soldiers and generals would be enough to destroy these undead puppets.
"The heavens are clear, what kind of evil spirit is causing trouble here? You should obediently accept your death." The undead puppets continued to charge towards Sun Tao. Outside the dilapidated temple, a surge of yin energy shot up into the clouds. A loud shout suddenly exploded in mid-air, and a young Daoist wearing a cyan robe stood on a flying sword, suspended in the void.
"Damn you, exorcist!" The young Taoist in green robes with sword-like eyebrows and starry eyes had a tragic expression, waved his hand, and one by one, fireballs shot out like a fairy scattering flowers towards the dead spirit puppets that were frantically attacking. Qin Hu saw his carefully crafted dead spirit puppets being burned to ashes, his eyes blazing like they could spit out fire, staring at the young Taoist in mid-air, word by word, saying...
Demon-slaying cultivator, this is a general term used by the secular world to refer to those cultivators who rid of demons and guard the Tao. It does not refer to a specific sect, but rather to some chivalrous and righteous cultivators from various sects. Qin Hu was just an ordinary loose cultivator. For those cultivators who claimed to rid of demons and slay monsters, these cultivators who mixed with the secular world were all called demon-slaying cultivators by the secular people. He was a cultivator who had cultivated evil methods and was extremely disgusted with these demon-slaying cultivators who used the banner of ridding of demons to harm others.
In the mortal world, there are many demons and monsters. These demons and monsters, under certain temptations, will disturb the people of the secular world. Some disciples of famous schools go out to practice, they often cut off demons and eliminate evil, upholding justice. In the secular world, practicing, killing some demons and monsters that haunt the mortal world.
The Five Tigers' Qin Hu used the corpses of the dead to refine the vengeful puppet, which was an evil technique that was severely suppressed by the Orthodox Daoist cultivators. In order to prevent encountering some Orthodox Daoist cultivators who were driving out demons, Qin Hu did not make a move in He Shui County, but instead came to this dilapidated temple, only to encounter one again. Qin Hu's hatred in his heart! If eyes could kill people, the young Daoist would have been killed by him tens of thousands of times already!
"Exorcist, it seems that Qin Hu is in trouble this time. Fire-based spells are the bane of these undead puppets." Sun Tao muttered to himself as he looked at the young Daoist who had suddenly appeared. The sudden intervention by the young Daoist greatly reduced his pressure.
"Evil head, accept your death! Using the corpse of the dead to refine this vengeful spirit puppet, you are truly deserving of death. After death, you will definitely fall into the 18th level of hell. Let me send you to hell!" Hearing Qin Hu's stern rebuke, that young Taoist let out a light snort, pinched his fingers together in a hand seal, and leapt down from the flying sword, urging it to slash towards Qin Hu.
"Brother, this demon head is extremely powerful. Only by beheading it can these undead puppets be defeated without a fight." Sun Tao clearly remembered that in the Five Tigers Sect, he hadn't killed so many sect members. There were over 400 undead puppets here, most of whom were injured Five Tigers Sect members who were later beheaded and refined into undead puppets by Qin Hu. He suddenly reminded the young Daoist.
"This Daoist friend, this evil demon's wicked path has not yet entered my Poverty Dao's eyes. You, Daoist friend, watch from the side as I exterminate this demon!" Hearing Sun Tao's reminder, that young Daoist Liu Kai gave a kind smile to Sun Tao, and then his face returned to calm."
This young cultivator is a Taoist from Qing Song Guan, surnamed Liu and named Kai. His cultivation has reached the peak of perfection, only one step away from successfully building his foundation! Especially with fire-based spells, he has achieved remarkable success. This time, he was ordered by his master to go out and gain experience, but unexpectedly encountered this demonic puppeteer as soon as he left the mountain. With his three-foot-long sword, he vowed to vanquish evil and eliminate demons, a lifelong ambition. Slaying demons and eliminating evil is the ultimate goal of all righteous cultivators, an unshakeable duty. This is why he hastened to come and eliminate the demon as soon as he saw it wreak havoc in this place.
Exorcist, without any means, can he slay the demons and evil spirits? Those demon heads are not ruthless and cruel. The green-robed Taoist Liu Kai knew the ferocity of these demon heads, so as soon as he came up with a big move, he slaughtered a large number of dead spirit puppets, and then charged towards Qin Hu with his sword.
Liu Kai urged the flying sword to kill Qin Hu, and Qin Hu tried his best to resist. As a result, he lacked precise control over the surrounding dead puppets. Sun Tao cooperated with the second general of the collapsed blade, Bao Jiang, and launched a fierce attack on the surrounding dead puppets. Without the true yuan of spiritual power in his body, he couldn't wield the flying sword. Liu Kai and Qin Hu's battle was something he couldn't intervene in. He could only rely on the sharpness of the flying sword artifact. Only by dismembering a dead puppet refined from a corpse into eight pieces could they truly eliminate these dead puppets.
The battle continued, Liu Kai and Qin Hu were fighting to the point of exhaustion, their swords and magic flying back and forth. Qin Hu's pale face grew even paler as he unleashed his fierce strength, barely holding off Liu Kai's attacks. Meanwhile, Liu Kai would occasionally release a fire spell to attack the undead puppets below. Dozens of undead puppets were reduced to ashes under Qin Hu's watchful eye, enraging him to the point where his eyes seemed about to spew fire. If he let this continue, all the undead puppets would be destroyed, and what would they use to counter the demon hunter Liu Kai then?
"You're all going to die! You've driven me to this point, you can all go to hell!" The undead puppets were being continuously slaughtered by Sun Tao and Na Ba, with only over a hundred of the original four or five hundred still able to fight. Qin Hu saw this and suddenly let out an angry shout, waving his hand and violently shaking the Soul Control Bell in his hand. A layer of death ripples burst forth from the bell, and the over a hundred undead puppets that were still fighting suddenly had their bodies rapidly inflate as they released a thick, substantial death aura.
"Be careful, fellow Taoist. This demon head is going to make these undead puppets self-destruct." Watching the undead puppets emit a thick, substantial death aura, their bodies constantly expanding like inflated balloons, they all floated up into the air, their feet leaving the ground. Seeing this, Liu Kai, the blue-robed Taoist, immediately rushed to remind Sun Tao.
Sun Tao heard this and immediately abandoned the four dead spirit puppets around him, and pulled Ba Jiang, who was still fighting, into the world of Journey to the West. With the help of the divine effect of the Shén Xíng Fú symbol, he rushed towards the broken temple.
"Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom......"
Qin Hu's true words were still echoing, when a loud explosion was heard. The inflated corpse puppet, like a balloon, suddenly burst open, splashing foul-smelling black blood everywhere. Bones scattered all over the place, with endless fragments of bone flying in all directions. The broken courtyard wall exploded, sending mud and sand flying. Sun Tao was knocked to the ground by the powerful energy. One corpse puppet after another exploded around Sun Tao and Liu Kai's bodies. In just a short while, dozens of corpse puppets had burst open, with deafening explosions ringing in their ears. The air above the ruined temple was filled with a nauseating stench that made people want to vomit.
"Qin Hu, look out for the flying sword!" Having dodged the self-destructing undead puppet, the protective divine light produced by the Vajra symbol on Sun Tao's body was completely extinguished. Without hesitation, Sun Tao slapped another Vajra symbol onto his body and suddenly let out a loud roar, flinging three sword symbols at Qin Hu in quick succession.
Three sword talismans, these are the last three sword talismans left on Sun Tuo's body. Sun Tuo threw them all out at once, all of this was to kill Qin Hu, because there were not many symbols on his body, if he didn't kill Qin Hu, Sun Tuo would be in danger. Without the Vajra symbol, he couldn't escape the self-destruction of the Death Spirit Puppet.
Sun Tuo's loud shout was a reminder to Qingyi Daoist Liu Kai, lest he be injured by the ash of the sword symbol. And Liu Kai also knew that Qin Hu had used evil methods to detonate the dead spirit puppet, this was being forced into a desperate situation, this was wanting to fight to the death, Liu Kai would not be foolish enough to collide head-on with Qin Hu, instead he waved his hand and recalled the flying sword artifact that had been slashed out, his foot treading on the flying sword suspended in mid-air.
