Above the Great Dao
Chapter 340 - 172 Host Death (Seeking monthly ticket at the end of the month!)

Chapter 340: Chapter 172 Host Death (Seeking monthly ticket at the end of the month!)

On the surface of the Min River, the Old Lady of the Min swam swiftly underwater, her huge body even raised the river level by more than a fathom!

Her speed had reached its limit, but behind her, spell after spell chased after, several times faster than her speed! freewēbnoveℓ.com

Fei Tianzheng and others were determined to silence her, and the first to be eliminated was the Old Lady of the Min, Red Mountain Lady, and other such "foster mothers," followed by the eradication of all the members of the Cao Elder Association and the Red Mountain Hall, returning peace to Gongzhou, so they could rest easy.

They were powerhouses of the Divine Descent Realm’s Refining Void Realm, possessing extensive divine skills; a single spell could strike a hundred miles away with astonishing power. Wiping out an existence like the Old Lady of the Min was but a flick of the sleeve for them.

Chen Shi stood on the Old Lady of the Min’s head, looking back only to see blazing flames blocking all sights, leaving only an overwhelming inferno rushing toward him.

Strangely, the water of the river began to evaporate rapidly beneath that flame.

What’s peculiar was that the river did not boil; it evaporated directly.

An idea popped into his head: "At this critical moment of life and death, I’m still thinking about these trivial matters."

The inferno that blocked Chen Shi’s vision was merely one of Jiang Shouqing, the Deputy General’s spells, the Zhu Rong’s Transformation from the Qiongtai Three Changes, manifesting the hem of God Demon Zhu Rong’s garment.

The actual spell was incredibly vast; from Chen Shi’s perspective, he could not see the full picture.

And following Zhu Rong’s Transformation, there were over a dozen other spells, each more powerful than Zhu Rong’s Transformation!

However, it was the speed of Zhu Rong’s Transformation that was the fastest, arriving first behind the Old Lady of the Min.

Just as Zhu Rong’s Transformation was about to engulf them, suddenly, Doggy barked urgently towards the front, Chen Shi quickly looked ahead and saw Granny Sha standing on the river ahead, holding a bamboo basket in her hand.

Chen Shi remembered this basket. Granny Sha usually raised chickens, and when the chickens laid eggs, she would put them in the basket.

Once the basket was full of eggs, the little old lady would carry the basket to the nearest Bridge Bay Town market to sell the eggs.

A basket of eggs could be exchanged for a few dozen coins.

This was one of the few extra sources of income for Granny Sha outside of summoning souls.

The reason Chen Shi knew this so well was that he had once stayed at Granny Sha’s house, where he lived so poor that the pot was often empty, and naturally, he had eaten his fair share of eggs, to the extent that Granny Sha had once seen him as a "debt-collecting spawn."

That little old lady threw the bamboo basket from afar, uttering words under her breath. The rotating basket flew towards them, growing larger and larger, quickly passing Chen Shi and the Old Lady of the Min, confronting the mighty spells of the Gongzhou officials coming from behind!

"Whistle, whistle, whistle!"

Divine skills were sucked into the basket, causing it to fluctuate in size. By the time the last spell entered the basket, it spun rapidly, shrinking smaller, and returned to Granny Sha’s elbow.

"The honorable gentlemen have such fiery tempers, you must have had many sleepless nights, haven’t you? Might you give this old body some face?"

Granny Sha, looking at the approaching Fei Tianzheng and the others, lightly swayed the bamboo basket on the river water, causing the water to rise up and form Qian, Kun, Xun, Zhen, Kan, Li, Gen, and Dui—the eight trigrams.

The uneven trigrams, immense in size, slowly rotated and spread out from the river’s surface.

Just as Fei Tianzheng and the others were about to pass through, the trigrams in front of them suddenly changed.

Fei Tianzheng passed through the Kan Trigram and just as he traversed this trigram, he saw surging floodwaters engulf the heavens and earth, pressing down like a blanket.

He raised his hand to counter the floodwaters with a grunt. The flood was heavier than mountains, and with his strength, he could not resist it!

Fei Tianzheng gave up resisting, crossing the great flood physically. His True Qi formed a giant shield, and instantly, the raging current overwhelmed him.

He forged ahead through the torrent. However, this flood was endless, with no sense of up, down, left, or right.

Xia Chuli entered the Xun Trigram, facing a black wind coming towards him, as if time and space had grown black hair, nearly dissolving his flesh and bones. He hastily summoned his Primordial Spirit, but he and his Primordial Spirit were blown about, tumbling and rolling, unable to steady himself.

Yan Jiuling entered the Zhen Trigram, and just as he entered, he saw the world change abruptly—the sky filled with ceaseless thunder that fell like rain.

He braced against several bolts of lightning, almost flipping over due to the impact, and with a startle in his heart, he quickly grabbed a Ten Thousand Soul Banner and raised it!

The banner was only as tall as a person, with a short flagpole and a triangular flag face, hanging with six white strips underneath.

Above the banner were bullhorns, symbolizing the underworld bull-headed monster, Turbid. The flag’s surface was intricate, embroidered with a winding yellow spring flowing downward, where each bend had a palace, representing the Ten Halls of Yama.

The Tenth Hall was at the very bottom of the yellow spring.

The banner shook, and countless giant Blood Skulls appeared behind it, each about five feet tall, covered in blood, formed by a surge of mana from grievance.

Yan Jiuling vigorously waved the Ten Thousand Soul Banner, and with a rustle, countless Blood Skulls followed the banner’s movement, flying forward, spewing out streams of underworld Demon Fire, burning through the Zhen Trigram!

A cold laugh sounded. Fei Tianzheng also waved a Ten Thousand Soul Banner, breaking free from the Kan Trigram and sneered, "With life and wealth on the line, what’s a little face worth?"

On another side, Xia Chuli raised a Ten Thousand Soul Banner, breaking through the Xun Trigram, and Governor Zhang raised a Ten Thousand Soul Banner, breaching the Qian Trigram.

The four of them each wielded a Ten Thousand Soul Banner, shattering Granny Sha’s Eight Trigrams Array, revealing the figures of Zhang, Xu, Jiang, Zhai, and other officials.

Granny Sha’s heart lurched; although these people’s cultivation was not as great as hers, their numbers were too many, and the four Ten Thousand Soul Banners were difficult to contend with.

Gongzhou’s lax governance over the years had led to many deaths and great resentment, causing many who died not to return to the underworld but were directly taken into the Ten Thousand Soul Banners.

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