Chapter 126: The Battle (5)
People have a psychology. After doing something that they know will definitely anger others, if the other person’s reaction is direct anger and irritability, the person who did the thing is not so panicked. But if the other person’s reaction is calm and cold, the psychological pressure is huge.
Qing’s current state is just like this. The inexplicable calmness makes people even more uneasy. And when the flame went out, I knew that things were not that simple. I almost thought that it was a situation of certain death, but not only did it stand up, it also extinguished the flame that was burning on it.
“I don’t know if you look good or not, but I know I have to kill you today.” Faced with Qing, who had such a terrifying face, Tao Bai was not the least bit shaken. He bathed in the red and golden light of the fire, like a god descending from heaven, walking toward Qing step by step, and then the pace became faster and faster, and finally he ran.
Facing such a Tao Bai, Qing did not get angry but laughed instead, and shouted, “Then come on.”
The next moment, a shadow of a quiet lake appeared behind Qing. It looked like it was limited in area, but it looked like it was vast and endless.
The lake water was black, and in fact, from the shadow, it always had a somewhat familiar flavor. I only then realized that the shadow behind it was actually eight-tenths like the lake where we were… Could it be that it accidentally drowned in this lake?
The answer is no longer important, because the lake was only calm for a moment, and then the lake water boiled like it was boiling, and countless painful human faces appeared. They struggled to escape the shackles of the lake, but they kept tumbling in it.
“From the moment I entered here, until now! There are 736 souls in my lake, living with me. You are also drowning in it.” After Qing roared, the lake behind him suddenly turned into a solid black lake, with struggling souls rushing towards Tao Bai.
I don’t think this is real lake water. This is just a manifestation of Qing’s powerful spiritual power. It can be made into seawater, but the ghosts in it are real. They are swallowed by Qing and cannot be digested. The will that accompanies Qing’s spiritual power has become a will with an extremely deep resentment over a long period of time, and it is the most harmful!
This is the true power of Qing, right? I let out a long sigh. The strength of the red-robed ghost is so powerful. What else is there in the hall? Not to mention that the Yucuizi is like a mountain, weighing heavily on my heart.
At the same time, I was also worried about Tao Bai. Could he really withstand Qing’s final trump card?
The black lake water rushed towards Tao Bai, then evaporated in the flames on his body. Tao Bai still charged forward, but the surging lake water was too fierce. In the face of such pressure, Tao Bai could hardly move an inch.
At first, Tao Bai could still hold on, but as the lake water continued to pour in, the flames on Tao Bai’s body were no longer able to evaporate the lake water. According to the principle of the five elements, fire always loses out to water.
In less than half a minute, Tao Bai’s figure was submerged in the black lake.
Can there be another miracle? I looked at the strange black water that had merged into the ground, turning part of the square into a pool. My heart was tense to the breaking point, and I hoped that Tao Bai would be able to stand up as strongly as he had just done.
Lushan raised his hand drum and for the first time, he showed a worried expression. But the next moment, a strange red-haired figure appeared and kicked Lushan away. Then, with lightning speed, he tore a piece of flesh (soul power) from Lushan’s shoulder and laughed in his weird tone. Then he landed and said to Lushan in a mocking tone, “Don’t forget, your opponent is me.”
Lu Shan got up from the ground in a somewhat embarrassed manner, still holding the hand drum in his hands. He sighed and said, “Even if it is a ghost, it is rare to be as despicable as you are, isn’t it?”
After the red-robed, white-haired guy had taken a mouthful of Lu Shan’s flesh and blood, he had originally removed his mask without a care in the world, preparing to devour the flesh and blood. Upon hearing Lu Shan’s words, his expression changed, and he looked at Lu Shan, smiling strangely and saying, “If being despicable can make me happier, I don’t mind continuing to be despicable, it is better than being oppressed by despicable people for a lifetime…” It paused for a moment, and its expression suddenly became extremely nervous, and even its tone of voice became nervous, saying, “Haha, it is better than dying with the last resentment in your heart, isn’t it? Hahaha, don’t you think so?”
After saying this, it swallowed the piece of flesh (spiritual power) in its hand in one gulp, licked its lips with its tongue, and with its hooked nose, sunken cheeks, and somewhat gloomy and neurotic appearance, it looked extremely bloodthirsty.
“If you turn back and let go, you will see a bright path,” said the god. But I have suffered too much already, so if I turn back, it will all be in vain. I am unwilling, so I hate and resent, and I will never turn back. I will go all the way to the end and give back all my resentment to the path I came from.” Lu Shan stood up, touched his wound with his hand, then solemnly put down the drum in his hand and looked at the white-haired ghost with a look of pity.
“In fact, it is not the person who is at odds with himself, and without resentment, there is no torment. Without torment, turning back is a kind of happiness, isn’t it?” Lu Shan raised the drumstick and struck the big drum on the ground. This time, the big drum did not emit a loud drum sound, but a chanting of a young girl.
The white-haired ghost seemed to sense something dangerous, pulled down his mask, and suddenly disappeared again, replaced by a sigh from Lushan…
What is this girl chanting? What is the secret hidden in the strange drum of Lushan?
But over there, the black water, which had been quiet, finally made a sound. Worried about Tao Bai’s situation, I couldn’t help but look over and found that the sound was caused by the large bubbles on the surface of the black water.
If the water boils and bubbles, it makes this kind of noise!
Tao Bai! Sure enough! It’s not that simple!
I let out a sigh of relief, but then I noticed that Qing’s expression had become tense. This ordinary expression, made by a face swollen with blisters, was incredibly terrifying, but this terror could no longer shake me, because I had discovered an even more bizarre situation. The flowing red color on Qing’s red robe was rapidly fading, and in the blink of an eye, the red robe had turned into a strange white robe!
At this moment, even I, the stupidest person, knew what was going on. The red robe was originally white, and the flowing red color was the unique soul power of the ghost! It seemed that Qing was preparing to fight desperately at this moment!
Behind it, a lake of illusory water once again condensed, only that the lake was devoid of the struggling souls. Instead, it was pure soul power that formed the black water, which was now pressing down on the boiling black water like a desperate man.
However, it was already too late. No amount of spiritual power could prevent the water from boiling. As the water boiled, the spirits of the lake began to struggle and scream. Unfortunately, they could not escape the shackles of the lake and watched helplessly as they turned into wisps of blue smoke.
Qing perhaps because of exhaustion, took a few steps back. His already pale face became even paler! His eyes revealed a look of despair. Now, anyone could see that Tao Bai was already exerting his power, and his defeat was only a matter of time.
Finally, the entire lake was not only boiling, just as they had fought at the beginning, a large amount of steam was produced. The amount was so large that even the strong winds in the square could not disperse the slowly rising steam. In this hazy scene, a figure bathed in red and gold suddenly burst out of the bottom of the lake!
It was Tao Bai. At that moment, he was wrapped in no less than a hundred wills of injustice, but at the moment he burst out, all of them were burned by the red and gold light around him and turned into wisps of smoke.
“If that’s all, you’ll be killed.” Tao Bai walked towards Qing step by step, and there was a strange, aloof, emotionless feeling in his voice.
At this moment, I had no way to ask Lu Shan what Tao Bai’s state of mind meant. Because Lu Shan had also begun to fight formally! I could not possibly know what had happened under the bottom of the lake that had suddenly allowed Tao Bai to turn the situation around and almost completely defeat Qing.
“No, no…” Qing suddenly shouted out of control: “I will not fail. I am the king’s general. I still want to accomplish great things with it and return to the world of the living.”
“It’s impossible!” Tao Bai’s speed began to increase rapidly. This time, the black water that was wrapped around his feet no longer had any resistance to him. As soon as it touched him, it turned into rising steam.
But Qing was completely crazy. Where would it not make a last-ditch struggle? It mobilized the lake and desperately swam towards Tao Bai again.
At that moment, I squinted my eyes. If my body were still there, I would have been heart-pounding. What did I see? I saw a specious shadow behind Tao Bai. Could it be… I wasn’t sure, and I absolutely couldn’t believe it!
The next moment, Tao Bai’s red light suddenly condensed into a pair of huge wings, and then, facing the surging black water, he suddenly flapped his wings. The black water suddenly vaporized at a speed visible to the naked eye. Tao Bai rushed to Qing’s front and said coldly, “I said it was impossible.”