Above the Great Dao
Chapter 86 - 53 The Entire Family’s Loyal and Brave Martyrs_2

Chapter 86: Chapter 53 The Entire Family’s Loyal and Brave Martyrs_2

Li Tianqing nodded, "Mutant beasts are all affected, it’s impossible for an ordinary black dog to be unaffected."

"And Grandpa and I suspected there was something wrong with it too!"

Chen Shi whispered quietly, "It’s just that we couldn’t catch it red-handed."

The dog in front of them suddenly became listless, walking at a snail’s pace, almost like the tired rats from Xinxiang.

"It heard our conversation and is pretending to be like this!"

Li Tianqing exclaimed in horror, "It must be up to something!"

Black Pot turned around, wagging its big tail noisily and approached Li Tianqing with a shameless expression, affectionately nuzzling his leg with its head.

The two boys burst into laughter.

At that moment, Chen Shi suddenly had a thought, "It’s been several days since I’ve seen Grandpa."

His grandpa had been missing for a few days, and he felt uneasy, especially since his grandpa was getting on in years, and if there were an accident...

Just then, he heard his grandpa’s voice from behind him, calling, "Xiao Shi."

"Grandpa!"

Chen Shi turned around, both shocked and delighted.

As he turned his head, it was as though a pair of invisible giant hands grasped his neck.

The Evil, Neck-Snapping Vegetable!

It specialized in twisting off the heads of people who turned back.

Chen Shi’s mind went blank, totally unprepared for an Evil that was following them.

This kind of Evil followed certain rules.

As long as you abided by the rules, even if you strutted in front of it or even slapped it twice, you’d be safe.

But if you broke the rules, you would die horribly!

Chen Shi knew this was bad and immediately mustered his Qi-Blood; he had cultivated the Holy Embryo Body, and the Qi-Blood within him was excessively vigorous, even more so than that of a Golden Core Realm master’s!

His Qi-Blood concentrated around his neck, and instantly his neck swelled as thick as his head.

The neck continued to inflate until it was several times thicker than his head!

The Evil gripping his neck, ready to twist it off, found in the next moment that Chen Shi’s neck had become too thick to hold on to.

Li Tianqing and Black Pot also noticed that something was wrong; Chen Shi’s neck swelled up as though being inflated, then as if something was gripping his neck, he was yanked off the ground and lifted a good height into the air!

"Don’t look back!"

Chen Shi still shouted loudly, "There’s an Evil following us, you’ll die if you turn around!"

Li Tianqing felt a surge of terror and immediately activated the Divine Shrine Divine Embryo, while the Six Yin Jade Wheel slashed towards the space behind Chen Shi.

However, the Evil was intangible, as if it didn’t exist at all; the Jade Wheel passing through it was like cutting through air.

The Jade Wheel spun around Chen Shi, unable to touch even a hair of the Evil.

Li Tianqing grew increasingly anxious, and Chen Shi could feel the Neck-Snapping Vegetable exerting force, the Evil’s brute strength surprisingly great, as it clung to his neck and stretched upwards!

It was as if it were kneading dough, attempting to pull his neck out!

"You want my life... in your dreams! I don’t have a neck!"

Chen Shi, throwing caution to the wind, summoned all his strength to muster his Qi-Blood, concentrating it in his neck.

After a moment, the Neck-Snapping Vegetable, unable to stretch Chen Shi’s neck any further, dropped him to the ground and transformed into a cold wind, whistling away.

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In the gloomy wind, it seemed as if something was cursing and swearing in an unintelligible language.

Chen Shi gasped for air, clutching at his neck with a lingering sense of terror.

Li Tianqing was both shocked and horrified—the folding vegetable stalk had actually failed to break Chen Shi’s neck!

"I heard Grandfather calling my name!" Li Tianqing suddenly exclaimed.

Chen Shi quickly responded, "Don’t look back, it must be that fiend coming back! The moment you turn your head, it’ll snap your neck! This fiend can sense your thoughts and create the voice of someone close to you in your mind! Let’s go quickly!"

The two men and a dog, dragging along more than a dozen Xinxiang rats, hurriedly moved forward, quickly turning past a hillside and vanishing from Li Jindou’s line of sight.

Li Jindou coughed up blood in large gulps, propping himself up on his arms, desperately crawling forward, his voice hoarse as he called out to Li Tianqing a few more times.

"Damned brat..."

Li Jindou’s arms weakened, his body rolling and tumbling into a shady ditch, lying there face up, panting heavily, unable to move.

Defeated.

That was his feeble thought.

After three days of fierce battle, Granny Sha, Xiao Wangsun, Jin Hongying, along with himself, had still been defeated!

The four of them had surrounded the Evil Bodhisattva, killing two kiln workers, only for the Evil Bodhisattva to detect their intent, and with an open mouth, sucked the last kiln worker into its hollow belly.

Inside its belly, the kiln worker crawled back and forth, repairing the cracks on its body.

Despite their multiple successes in fracturing the Evil Bodhisattva’s body, because of this kiln worker, they could never defeat the Evil Bodhisattva.

The Evil Bodhisattva, with eight arms, wielded eight weapons: two orbs representing the sun and moon, a gold brick, the Soul-shaking Bell, the Demon-Subduing Pestle, the Palm Leaf Fan, a bow, and arrows. Though made of porcelain, these weapons were cultivated for fighting, covered in talismans and secret incantations, possessing immense power.

Fortunately, Granny Sha wielded the Sheep Horn Heavenly Spirit Lamp, which countered the Soul-shaking Bell and the Demon-Subduing Pestle, suppressing the Demon Soul, and allowed them to persist for so long.

However, out of the four, three were injured, and Li Jindou’s two shins were still made of porcelain, which led to the three of them relapsing into their old injuries on the third day, leading to the collapse of their battle formation.

All four were severely wounded by the Evil Bodhisattva, nearly at the end of their strength.

Granny Sha and Xiao Wangsun covered their retreat, while Li Jindou and Jin Hongying fled first. Li Jindou came to this place and, upon seeing his talented grandson and Chen Shi just ahead, called out to his grandson joyfully, only for the two to run even faster.

"The Evil Bodhisattva is too ferocious; even without injuries, I’m no match for it."

Li Jindou coughed blood, lying in the ditch, his gaze growing dim as he whispered, "Qianyang Mountain people, where on earth are you, and why haven’t you taken action? If you don’t, everyone in the Demon Domain will perish..."

At that moment, the sound of horse hooves approached rapidly as four mutant horses pulled a carriage swiftly towards him.

When the carriage stopped, Xiao Wangsun lifted the beaded curtain and glanced indifferently into the ditch, "Are you still breathing? If you are, get up."

Li Jindou’s eyes regained a hint of vitality. Propping himself up on his scarred arms, he struggled to climb up, and when he couldn’t, he clutched at the grass and pulled himself with all his might.

It took a while, but he managed to drag himself onto the road and with great difficulty, clambered into the carriage.

The carriage moved on.

Li Jindou looked at Xiao Wangsun, only to see him dressed in a fresh, well-fitted set of new clothes, nothing like the ragged ones from his earlier battle—he must have changed specially before coming to pick him up.

"You’re not injured?" Li Jindou, feeling rather disgruntled, asked.

Xiao Wangsun, as composed and elegant as ever, replied, "I am injured."

Li Jindou, even less convinced, retorted, "Then why aren’t you as disheveled as I am? Your injuries can’t be as severe as mine!"

Xiao Wangsun, with his usual dignity, pulled out a white handkerchief to cover his mouth and coughed softly, "I was taught various etiquettes from youth—even when injured, I do not let it show; even in death, I will remain dignified, unlike you. Don’t talk; conserve your strength for healing. I’ll take you to Master Chen."

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