Chapter 212: The prelude to the battle

The place where Zhenya committed suicide is not far from the river where we are standing. This was once the territory of Uncle Johnny’s family. The three of them spent a happy summer here, which according to Uncle Johnny was the happiest summer of all.

But as the relationship gradually froze, no one remembered this relatively poor but full of natural vitality territory, perhaps unwilling to be saddened by the sight.

On the day that Yaya committed suicide, many people witnessed a beautiful woman wandering near the riverbank. This was an ordinary behavior, but because Yaya was so beautiful, her veil could not hide her peerless charm, so more people noticed her.

Later… she drowned herself in the surging Ganges. Later still, the sound of a woman’s weeping would be heard on this stretch of river, heard by night-sailing sailors and by the people nearby.

In the end, what was originally just a frightening sound became a sound of murder, because those who heard it would be confused, especially when ships would disappear.

When Durga’s tragedy occurred, Sharma’s life seemed to have reached a dead end. His father could not bear the shock of Durga’s suicide and died. Durga was gone, and his family became subordinate. If it weren’t for a hatred that supported Sharma, he would have ended his life, because sometimes the pain is too painful. Not everyone can be tough enough to accept it without a bottom line, and not every heart can withstand its tempering.

Sharma’s final hatred came from Patel’s calmness. So many people witnessed Yaya’s suicide, and the news that came pouring in all proved that the person who committed suicide was Yaya. There was no need to doubt it, but Patel was still so calm, as if nothing had happened! Thinking of Yaya’s true feelings for Patel, Sharma wanted to tear off pieces of Patel’s flesh and eat them raw.

But he couldn’t do it. He could only hate weakly. He couldn’t end his life, for fear that the seed of revenge would be completely extinguished from him.

No, Patil was not talking about it. He just became more and more crazy. Every day, more and more people did not make the sacrifice. Before the ritual was held, the blood pool really became a pond full of bloody stench!

Finally, three days before the ceremony, a stranger appeared in Sharma’s life. They met in the middle of the night in the pouring rain on the streets of a drunk Sharma. That person was my master, Old Li!

The encounter between my master and Sharma, and the story of how they stopped Patel, is another story, full of thrills and battles of wits and brawn… The story ends with the fact that Patel was unable to hold his ritual and was sealed to death! The blood pool was destroyed…

During the time that Sharma and his master were together, Sharma also changed his beliefs. Because during the most desperate period, it was a Taoist who saved him, and his shining thoughts also convinced Sharma, pulling Sharma out of the abyss of hatred and preventing him from taking the extreme path.

The story ends with a bleak ending: his parents die, his sister commits suicide, and Patel’s body is sealed away, leaving Sharma alone… In theory, after all these trials and tribulations, Sharma’s future should be extremely bright, and the family has regained its former glory! But Sharma gave up his bright future, devoted himself to managing the family for a few years, and then began to travel the world.

“In the end, I met Alina. She’s not an ordinary woman, you know? She’s a Western cultivator, and her profession is a demon slayer! I was with Alina, and then I became Johnny… That’s another story, and it’s too long, I don’t have the strength to continue. In short, not everything needs to have an ending. For example, the me you see in the slums is not my final ending.” As he spoke, Mr. Johnny loosened the necklace he had been holding and said with a smile, “This is something Alina left me. It contains a lock of her hair. The thing I regret most in my life is that I didn’t meet Alina earlier, so that Ziya could meet her, or that her wisdom could save us from the suffering we were in at that time, instead of this miserable fate.”

At this point, Uncle Johnny stood up and said, “You guys get ready, I’m going to do something that will completely open up this battle. And I need you to do something with me to help us transcend this.” He was talking to Huigen.

Hui Gen nodded in silence.

“As for you, the formation is complete, and you should know how to operate it. But I will give you the greatest help when needed. That is the last blow I will keep in my life.” When the battle was about to begin, Uncle Johnny’s tone became calm and composed, but we were a little nervous.

The wind blew over the rocks, perhaps sensing that we were about to prepare for battle, and the atmosphere that had just been sad had become solemn.

We didn’t know what Master Johnny was going to do to start the battle, nor did we know what the sealed Patel would do next. All we could do was silently take our places in the complex formation and watch as Master Johnny walked step by step toward the red flower. His back was a little desolate, and Huigen followed behind him, because he was going to perform the transcendence, his aura also became solemn.

The collision between solemnity and desolation is like an abstract painting. Looking at it in our eyes, an indescribable feeling suddenly wells up in our hearts.

I stand in the center of the formation, which is also the main position of the formation. Here, I will receive support from the soul power, spiritual power, and even the power of the formation from all positions, but I am the main fighter! This is the conclusion we came to when drawing the formation. After all, you can’t fully understand something at a glance. You can only gain a deeper understanding during the drawing process.

Behind that diagram of the formation, there is a spell that allows the formation to operate completely. However, after just one glance, I knew that the spell was incomplete. It had to be combined with a spell for a formation passed down in the Li family line to make the formation completely operational.

However, when I stood in the main position, the formation clearly did not start to operate, but I already felt that various forces began to flow with the formation… The formation left behind by the master is so mysterious that it is indeed not something we can fully understand.

In the brief moment I was feeling the formation, Uncle Johnny and Huigen had already reached the red flower. Huigen sat cross-legged, holding a rosary, looking solemn and dignified.

Uncle Johnny stood in front of the red flower, quietly watching it, and remained silent for a long time.

In the meantime, Chengzhen was explaining to people who were not from the Li family, such as Ruyue and Lushan, the points to note when performing the formation together.

This compound array has many reset points, but it can be said that every combination of two array patterns can form a reset, which means that it can accommodate the power of many people. However, our manpower is limited, and even if we count the partners who are not from the Li family, it is still far from reaching the maximum load of the array. However, for the existence of such a terrible person as Patel, no matter how many people there are, it will not be too many.

After a long silence, Uncle Johnny finally spoke, looking into the deep pool: “Patel, I know you are under this pool. For so many years, I thought you only used Ziya, and your love for her was pitiful. But when I learned that the place you chose to stay was the last place Ziya was, I could feel that your feelings for her might not be what I thought. Forgive me for always avoiding coming here to look for the last traces of Zoya. I just wanted to let her rest in peace because I couldn’t face it… So I learned about this a little late, and I’m sorry to you a little late.

When he said this, Uncle Johnny’s voice was calm, but it was full of an indescribable affection. He paused here, and then suddenly said loudly, “But what I recognize is love itself, not your way of being. You ultimately let down Ziya, and you let her down to the point of losing her life. In that moment of despair, you didn’t even realize that you were her last support. What I am about to do may offend you, because I am going to take away Ziya’s soul and liberate her… But what do I care if I offend you? Just as I sealed you off back then, I knew that many years later, there would be a battle, so let this be the beginning of the battle!

As soon as Uncle Johnny finished speaking, the sky above the deep pool was suddenly covered by a gray-black cloud, like a dark cloud covering the sky, pressing down on us.

The rocks we were standing on began to shake violently. This time it wasn’t a spiritual illusion, but the entire rock began to shake. The entire deep pool began to boil like boiling water, and large waves of reality rose inexplicably. Then the waves began to grow larger and larger, roaring and surging, rising to a height of 3 to 4 meters, and picking up some smaller, ferocious fish mixed in!

We were standing in the middle of the formation, protected by an inexplicable force, and we were able to keep our balance… I haven’t yet delved into what it was, but I saw that the area within the red flower was also quiet and stable.

And Uncle Johnny had a complex look on his face, and one hand was already trembling as he reached for the red flower…