Chapter 69: The Ghost Tide (Part 2)

Tao Bai’s blood had a strange, fiery scent. When his blood was smeared on the whisk, I could feel a different kind of energy flowing through my hand!

Lushan had already opened his eyes at this point, and when he saw me, he inexplicably revealed a hint of relief in his eyes. I pointed at him, implying that you little brat lied to me. You said you were a descendant of the Taoist mountain lineage, but why are you using the secret techniques of the Tantric sect?

Lushan seemed to sense my inquiry, smiled weakly at me, then glanced at the approaching ghost tide, reminding me to talk about it when I got back, and to solve the problem at hand first?

I held a whisk and tried to face the waves of ghosts with a calm mind. It wasn’t that I didn’t want to use my ultimate move or use Shatu, but in this situation, there was no way to use my ultimate move, and Shatu had just recovered from his injuries.

Tao Bai finally put Lu Shan on his shoulders. From the way he looked, it seemed like he wasn’t carrying any burden at all, but the moment Lu Shan was carried up, the golden shield couldn’t hold it anymore and broke, and all kinds of fierce ghosts came rushing in…

“Charge!” I roared, and the whisk was swung out at that moment. The whisk, which had the blood of Tao Bai and me on it, knocked away a dozen ghosts in one go. We began to rush forward desperately!

In order to avoid Tao Bai getting lost, I used the same method I used when we were climbing the mountains in the deserted village, tying us together with a red rope knot! In this way, even if Tao Bai was eventually trapped in the environment, he could still follow me out of the fog!

I can’t describe the feeling of being surrounded by ghosts in the fog. The cold waves of energy hit my body recklessly, then exploded, and every time it was like my blood was freezing! Not to mention that there were more than ten times a second!

This is a sign that the ghosts are about to possess me after I have lost all my amulets. At this time, I dare not be negligent. I use my power to protect myself, biting the incense beads while pressing my tongue against my palate, not daring to let my breath out for even a moment!

In addition, I also had to use some of my spiritual power to maintain the state of my third eye. As we rushed out, it seemed that we were not moving fast enough to escape the ghosts, but in fact, the five seconds felt like five hours!

The power was rapidly depleted, and the ghosts’ attacks became more and more frantic. Previously, there were more than a dozen ghosts trying to force their way into my body every second, but now there were dozens of ghosts trying to do so every second…

Sihu roared in my soul, and began to defend subconsciously. Several times, it wanted to break out of my soul, but I stopped it forcibly. I couldn’t say why I stopped it. I always felt that now was not the time to let Sihu out, and I had to restrain it!

Although it was impossible to be possessed at the moment, my soul was still invaded by the evil spirits. I felt that it was getting harder and harder to support, and my body had a real illusion of being frozen and unable to move.

I panted, looking at the entrance. There were still 20 meters to go, but it felt like 20 kilometers!

The last 10 meters or so were free of ghosts, probably because of the calamus. But within the 10 meters we were in, there were even more ghosts, overwhelming us…

The weakness that came from my soul made it impossible for me to run again. Tao Bai behind me shouted at me, “Chen, hurry up! They can’t hold on much longer!”

I looked back and saw that Tao Bai was not affected much, at least his consciousness was still quite clear, but Lushan had already begun to speak incoherently, and the other middle-aged man was in an even worse condition. He rolled his eyes, which was a typical sign of being possessed! If it weren’t for the secret medicine I used in advance to seal his spirit with the blood of a rooster, I’m afraid his own soul would have been squeezed out of his body!

Watching this scene, I gritted my teeth and forced myself to keep going, not stopping. But at this moment, I suddenly realized that no matter how hard I ran, the entrance seemed to be fixed in one place, not far away, and I couldn’t get close to it!

It was a ghost wall! So many ghosts had finally united to use a ghost wall to deal with me! Even with my heavenly eyes open, I was unable to deal with this ghost wall because my soul had been attacked by too many ghosts and had already begun to weaken.

I could not go any further. I saw a fierce ghost laughing at me from a short distance away. I believed that this powerful ghost wall was the work of this ghost!

“Brother Chen, why aren’t you moving?” Tao Bai shouted behind me in a somewhat anxious tone. I was very relieved to hear this. No matter how pure your yang body is, you’re still a big idiot! You still have to rely on me, don’t you?

I tried to make myself feel good and fill my heart with positive energy, so that I wouldn’t lose my fighting spirit and become filled with negative emotions and end up falling prey to the ghosts!

“I can’t leave for the time being, but I have a way. Try to talk to Lushan and keep him awake! By the way, pinch the other person’s nose so that his consciousness is not completely worn away.” I said loudly to Tao Bai, but my eyes had already locked onto the ghost looking at me with a sinister smile. When I’m young, don’t I have a way?

In the midst of my gaze, I took out a blue talisman and pasted it on my chest. The next moment, I began to move my feet to summon the gods!

This is a technique that I rarely use, but for me, the difficulty of the technique itself is not great, not even comparable to the technique of summoning the underworld. You use ghosts to fight me, so I will summon the land here to show me the way!

The land belongs to a “low-level god,” but even the master can’t give an exact answer as to what the land is. In fact, there is a saying in the circle that the real land god is an old ghost who has been honored for his virtue in the area (within a certain radius). No matter what it is, the land-inviting technique is indeed the easiest of all the spirit-inviting techniques!

However, if I stop to use the spirit summoning technique among the ghosts, I am afraid that my master would be dumbfounded if he knew about my behavior. Because whether it is the spirit summoning technique or the technique of descending to the underworld, they both require a high degree of concentration in order to communicate with the spirit. The spirits of the dead are the most influential on the human mind. I am afraid that my master would be dumbfounded and think that I have been possessed by a ghost if I do this.

However, I couldn’t think about that. I had already started the ritual, and unless I was willing to be possessed by the ghost, there was no way I could stop! My whole heart and mind were calm, and my thoughts had entered the world of meditation.

“Sanwa, today I made your favorite braised pork ribs. Do you want to come over and try some?” In the absolute silence of my five senses, a voice suddenly entered my ears. It was my mother’s voice.

I continued to practice the steps, my fists clenched tightly…

“Sanwa, come and eat. Look at your older sister and younger sister, they’ve washed their hands, what are you still doing? Hurry up and help me pour a glass of wine.” My father’s voice came into my ears again.

I was chanting in my mouth, but my clenched fist had already been released. After two such hallucinations, they no longer affected me at all!

It was quiet outside, as if the ghosts knew it was useless and stopped bothering me with such illusions. But the next moment, the overwhelming ghosts in front of my eyes disappeared in an instant, and the space filled with thick fog and black energy also disappeared.

The scene slowly changed, turning into the small village I was familiar with, the land that raised me, as if time had stopped when I was a child. My gaze traveled all the way through the village, penetrating the outer wall of our courtyard, and I saw the familiar main room…

In the main room, my family was eating dinner, except for me. My father was drinking, my mother was serving food to my two sisters, and my eldest sister looked at me and said, “Sanwa, why aren’t you sitting down?”

This scene… a strange feeling welled up in my heart, but I didn’t linger. I turned and left. I had experienced the gradual entanglement of the snake maze since I was young, so how could this illusion affect me?

“Sanwa, what are you doing?” My mother’s anxious voice came from behind me. I didn’t turn around, my heart was like a rock, but at this moment, a huge roar came from behind me, and the smoke and dust suddenly enveloped me. Did the house behind me collapse?

In reality, I simply closed my eyes. It was just an illusion. It collapsed, so be it! Everything had disappeared, but in my ears came the desperate cries of my family.

“Sanwa, help! I’m trapped under the beam!” It was my mother’s voice!

“Sanwa, come save your mother. She’s been crushed by a beam and I can’t move either.” That was my father’s voice.

“Sanwa, come help me pull your second sister up. Your second sister is not going to make it.” My eldest sister’s voice was so weak, accompanied by the sound of my second sister crying.

My throat tightened, and my closed eyes couldn’t help but feel a bit sour. I knew it was an illusion, but why did I feel so much pain? In that moment, the power that had clearly begun to flow from the step-shaped grid came to a halt, and a mouthful of sweet blood rushed to my throat! I quickly stamped my foot down hard, stabilizing the power that was about to collapse and start to bite back!

This is where the real terror of evil spirits lies! A group of evil spirits have actually taken the most cherished part of my past and toyed with it!

But I was not angry, because anger would affect the entire spirit-invocation technique. I forced myself to calm down and then quickly continued to step on the spirit-invocation technique!

“Chengyi…” A gentle but light voice sounded in my ear, so familiar, touching the deepest emotions in my heart!

It’s Ruoxue! Is it Ruoxue again?

A sneer appeared on my face, and I suddenly opened my eyes. The next moment, a standard hand gesture for summoning spirits was already in place. There was no need to use Ru Xue to confuse me anymore. The step-gong was complete. The land appeared!

Finally, behind me, a green arm appeared, slightly trembling and pointing to a place diagonally in front of me. Then a hoarse voice rang in my head: “Go in that direction. No matter what, keep going in that direction!”

Then the voice disappeared silently, and so did the green arm!

I smiled wryly, understanding that as soon as the land appeared, all the ghosts stared at my back with strange angry eyes, as if they were going to devour the land behind me!

Could it be that the land was really a ghost? I thought about it for a moment, then shouted, “Taobai, follow me!” and walked in the direction the land was pointing without looking back!

Tao Bai was a little dazed. When I told him to go, he was relieved and didn’t ask any questions. He stood up and followed me, but my heart was beating very fast! This time it was really a fluke!

My weakness has always been my emotions. I almost got bitten by the illusion, even though I knew it was an illusion. If the spell had lasted longer, these ghosts would have moved out my friends, and even my master… the consequences would have been unimaginable!

I ran in a daze, but Tao Bai’s terrified voice rang behind me: “Brother Chen, stop! Don’t go any further!”

I looked up and saw that the scenery in front of us had suddenly changed, and it had become the black water and black mountains again. Tao Bai and I were standing on the shore of the water, and in the water, an unknown creature was lurking, with two eerie green eyes staring at me and Tao Bai. It opened its mouth wide, as if waiting for me and Tao Bai to walk into its trap!

The direction it was facing was exactly the direction the land had pointed me in!

“Do you believe me? If you believe me, don’t stop!” I could feel the pressure that the unknown creature was putting on me. The pressure was so strong that I couldn’t even think about what kind of existence it was. But I knew I couldn’t stop. Behind me came the characteristic “woof” of the ghost, and the sound was so loud that it seemed like a large group had arrived.

“Okay, Chen, I’ll follow you!” Tao Bai said without hesitation!

I nodded, and the next moment, I simply closed my eyes and, with Tao Bai, rushed towards the unknown creature, speeding up!