I Slay Gods and Demons in the Deceit Night
Chapter 128 - 103: Subduing the Minor God Venerate!

Chapter 128: Chapter 103: Subduing the Minor God Venerate!

Jinliu Manor, southwest corner.

The master of the manor, with his hands clasped behind his back, quietly observed the old man in front of him.

A year ago, the Liu Venerate Temple of High Willow City had sent three incense burners.

Among them, this elder served as the lead!

At this moment, the elder, sitting cross-legged, radiated light that enveloped an area about ten feet around him.

His face was as pale as it could be, yet he still clenched his teeth, maintaining the aura of light surrounding him.

Behind him, a root had penetrated his back, almost fusing with his spine.

What Lin Yan and Pei Xiong had heard was that this elder, the most senior among the three incense burners, had been conscripted by the Left City Guard Army.

But now it seemed that the elder had always been trapped in this small courtyard at the southwest corner of Jinliu Manor.

"Why endure such hardship, Mr. Lu?"

The manor’s master sighed, "The minor deity has already died, and the last divine light it bestowed upon you is nothing but rootless water!"

"You plan to use it to maintain the minor deity’s corpse outside our control, but to what end now?"

"At most in another two hours, you will be exhausted!"

The manor’s master immediately shook his head and said, "It’s truly a waste of effort!"

"If I can hold on for a moment, I have done my best," Mr. Lu replied, gritting his teeth, his eyes nearly spewing flames.

"Why bother? It’s a futile effort!"

The manor’s master slowly said, "Those who refused to join our Tribulation Ash Sect are already burned to ashes and scattered beside the minor deity... Mr. Lu, you surely don’t want to end up like that, do you?"

Mr. Lu’s breathing grew heavier, his body unable to stop trembling as he spoke in a low tone, "Liu Venerate will not spare you!"

"Liu Venerate?"

The manor’s master laughed and said, "Isn’t Liu Venerate right here?"

He pointed outside to the withered minor deity and said, "Mr. Lu, as long as you abandon this external divine light and let us take control of the deity’s body, the more than two thousand people outside can live."

"If you stubbornly persist, we will use the flesh and blood of these more than two thousand people to nourish the minor deity!"

"Your bit of rootless water will no longer be able to stop the resurrection of the minor deity."

As his voice fell, footsteps were heard from outside.

An Overwatch’s flag bearer approached quietly, saying, "A lamp has been hung at the top of a building in the Cloud Ascending Tower."

"Hmm?"

"It looks like a Liu Branch Night Lamp, but seems to be quite different," the flag bearer said, somewhat uncertainly.

"What do you mean?"

The manor’s master took a few steps back, went outside the courtyard, slowly looked up, his gaze slightly focused, and said in a low voice, "It’s the Bright Night Divine Lamp of Liu Venerate himself!"

The flag bearer whispered, "Someone has already been sent to destroy it."

The manor’s master nodded slightly, seeming to recall something, his face suddenly brightening.

But the next moment, he grew anxious, grabbed the flag bearer, and said angrily, "Don’t destroy it! Have them leave the Bright Night Divine Lamp!"

Hearing this, the flag bearer quickly walked toward the location of the divine lamp.

The manor’s master took a deep breath and re-entered the courtyard.

He then heard Mr. Lu chuckle coldly.

"The Bright Night Divine Lamp has been hung up; it seems someone upstairs has arrived at Jinliu Manor."

Mr. Lu said gravely, "No wonder you want me to give up; it’s because you can’t hold out much longer!"

"You think too much, a General Flag Envoy from Li City, a Flag Commander from High Willow City, and six flags can’t make much of a wave," the manor’s master said, hands behind his back, speaking slowly.

"Before I left, they had lowered their guard against Jinliu Manor!"

"Unawares, using a heavy crossbow to kill a Refining Essence Realm deity, despite some shortcomings, with two newly born evil spirits, it’s more than enough!"

"As for that Flag Commander and the six flag bearers, they’re not worth considering at all."

"The rescuers you’re counting on are just additional meat for the pit."

"But adding a Refining Essence Realm’s blood and flesh, we can probably completely possess the minor deity," the manor’s master said, laughing loudly, "Tonight, with enough people here, Mr. Lu, since you refuse to join Tribulation Ash, just watch us... create a New God!"

His expression turned solemn as he pulled out an object from his chest.

It was a flag.

An Overwatch’s flag, inscribed with the characters for a cold-household.

Outside of High Willow, in the southwest region, the flag of a cold-household.

Upon seeing this, Mr. Lu’s pupils shrank suddenly.

"You..."

"It was meant to be a flag from Linjiang Square or Green Mountain Square, but the southern region of the outer city is tightly controlled by Han Zheng," the manor’s master said with a laugh. "We had to find a divine essence from the southwest region! This morning, my men returned from High Willow City with this flag!"

He gently stroked his beard, smiling, "With this cold-household flag, the divine essence within it, merging into the ancestors I worship, and with the help of the minor deity’s body."

"Thus, even if a Great Temple Priest from Liu Venerate Temple should arrive, they likely could not see through it."

"Mr. Lu, you should understand what the divine essence represents!"

The manor’s master laughed again, pointing outside and said excitedly, "The Bright Night Divine Lamp of Liu Venerate itself not only can’t suppress us but will stimulate the growth of the reborn minor deity!"

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In the darkness, the presence of evil grew.

Lin Yan took a deep breath, pushing his Vajra Strong Soul Divine Skill to its limits.

His sturdy body, about ten feet tall, appeared incredibly powerful.

He immediately spat a mouthful of essence blood onto the sword.

The blood flowed and elongated, transforming into a blood-red giant saber, two palm-widths wide!

He looked at the myna, speaking, "I want this letter to somehow reach Mr. Lu and Han Commander."

The myna, a claw holding a piece of paper, cocked its head and asked, "Are you still going in?"

"It was my misjudgment that led them to gather in the southwest corner, directly into the tiger’s den; I cannot just sit by and watch this unfold," Lin Yan said.

Lin Yan’s gaze was serious as he spoke, "As long as the Young Venerate hasn’t turned into an evil entity, I can try to save the lives of these two thousand people from Jinliu Manor!"

Before his words fell, he raised his long saber and swept away a roaming spirit that approached.

Following that, Lin Yan strode forward.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

All around Jinliu Manor, countless houses began to collapse!

Massive roots were seen growing from the ground!

Centered around the southwest corner of Jinliu Manor, about a hundred houses, edges of massive roots broke through the soil!

Those roots twisted together, gradually forming a giant wooden ball!

As large as a mountain!

Inside were over a hundred houses, trapping more than two thousand people who had gathered there!

Just as Lin Yan was about to try using the Blood Evil Divine Saber to cleave a path,

suddenly, the sound of rushing wind arose!

A huge arrow, like a spear, pierced through the wooden ball ahead!

"General Pei?"

Lin Yan looked up.

He could vaguely see Pei Xiong coercing two incense burners to assist, forcibly using a heavy crossbow despite being in the Refining Essence Realm.

Seeing this, Lin Yan took a deep breath, stepped forward, and punched at the end of the giant arrow!

With a loud bang!

The giant arrow completely penetrated!

Lin Yan raised his blood-colored saber and ferociously chopped down along the breach!

The root-formed wooden ball was slashed open with a split!

Another diagonal slash followed!

He directly broke through the breach and stormed in!

But Lin Yan did not allow the people inside the manor to flee towards the breach!

For outside, the darkness was vast, and evil converged!

Entering there, Lin Yan immediately heard cheering and shouting from all directions.

It turned out, the villagers believed that the many roots rising from the ground, ensnaring them, were the Young Venerate’s way of protecting them!

Without hesitation, Lin Yan lit the emergency smoke signal from the Observatory.

Moments later, two of Pei Xiong’s subordinates hurried over.

Their long sabers stained with blood, they had clearly been through fierce battles.

"Hmm?"

Seeing the two approach, their expressions solemn and even somewhat cautious, they looked at this robust man.

"I am here by the order of the Inspection Envoy. Where is the most dangerous spot here?"

"That direction, there’s something wrong in the courtyard... the Young Venerate seems to be there!"

Although hesitant, the two finally spoke up, having no other choice at that moment.

Lin Yan slightly frowned.

Normally, the construction of Jinliu Manor was centered around the Young Venerate.

But now, the Young Venerate was not in the center of Jinliu Manor but in the southwest direction!

This baffled Lin Yan.

But just then, the ground suddenly split open!

Lin Yan quickly leaped forward, pulling the two subordinates along,

just as several root-like spears burst through where the three of them had just been standing.

"They have controlled the Young Venerate’s body?"

Understanding dawned on Lin Yan.

Just then, cries of agony erupted from around, continuous and overlapping.

It turned out that the people of Tribulation Ash were beginning a massive slaughter, using everyone in Jinliu Manor, regardless of age or gender, as nutrients for the Young Venerate’s body!

"Save them!"

Lin Yan brandished his saber and rushed forward, a boundless fury rising in his heart.

He had slain six or seven Tribulation Ash members when he heard a voice.

"Wu Chang, brother, kill the manor owner first, where is he?"

It turned out Pei Xiong had also barged in, but evidently, he knew more from the two incense burners than Lin Yan did.

"You go save them, I’ll kill him!"

Upon seeing this, Lin Yan was overjoyed and dashed directly into the nearest courtyard.

But before he approached, he saw the small courtyard violently explode!

A willow tree seemed to rise from the ground!

Its might rolling and sweeping through!

Was this the Young Venerate?

Boom!

Without hesitation, Lin Yan cleaved with his saber!

Gathering all his strength, he slashed a blood-colored blade light nearly thirty feet long!

Divine Skills! Demon Suppression!

This ferocious slash actually cut the willow tree in half!

But the next moment, numerous roots burst from the ground, directly attacking Lin Yan!

In the blink of an eye, Lin Yan’s robust body, over ten feet tall, was completely enveloped!

"Is that all... "

In the courtyard, the master of Jinliu Manor burst out laughing and said, "Another nutrient of the Refining Essence Realm, very good... "