I Slay Gods and Demons in the Deceit Night
Chapter 188 - 138: Mercy, Lady in Red!

Chapter 188: Chapter 138: Mercy, Lady in Red!

High Willow Inner City, Observatory Tower.

"Report! Another incident occurred in Dayin River!"

The principal outside the tower hurriedly came in, his voice trembling, "The river gives off a ghostly light, the strange qi is everywhere, the Divine Mirror’s scene is overflowing, and we can’t even look directly at it."

"You have trained for so long, yet is this the best you can do? At a critical moment, you became as good as blind?"

Mr. Liu Qi’s face turned angry, he slapped the table and stood up, walking to the west side of the tower.

He stood atop the high tower, his gaze fixed on the Divine Mirror.

He saw reflections of ghostly light and boundless strange qi, covering everything, no longer able to see clearly.

He fell silent for a moment, then turned and walked back inside the tower.

After a while, he came out holding a Spirit Talisman.

He recited a spell and lit the Spirit Talisman.

He crushed the ashes with his fingertips, then closed his eyes and rubbed them on his upper eyelids.

When he opened his eyes again, they shone brightly.

Looking at the Divine Mirror once more, his expression changed abruptly, he said solemnly, "Weren’t these extremely malicious and evil things sent out beyond a hundred miles away?"

He turned his head and ordered, "Go to the temple immediately and signal for two temple priests to come for support!"

"Tell them, Dayin River has widened fivefold, the river water has become abnormal!"

"The river now has Jiaolong, the ghostly mists around a lonely boat, and the Life-taking Mysterious Lamp have all appeared."

"No, there are two more ’presences’ here?"

This Seventh Temple Priest, with fluctuating eyes, whispered, "Other than Zhou Yuan as Deputy Commander, there’s another Qi Refining Realm?"

Just about to go back into the tower, he suddenly caught something out of the corner of his eye, his heart slightly shocked.

He stepped closer and saw a touch of red mist at the edge of the Divine Mirror.

"Another extremely violent and evil being?"

The heart of the Seventh Temple Priest sank.

He vaguely understood something and thought to himself, "No wonder the Venerate doesn’t approve, the Holy Cup doesn’t foretell!"

Today, the powerful ones of High Willow City were supposed to march out of the city, joining forces to kill the Jiaolong.

But despite repeatedly asking the Venerate for a sign, no divine approval was granted!

If today, all the strong individuals of High Willow City gathered at Dayin River, and collided with these myriad malicious and evil entities, casualties would be inevitable!

He hurried back into the tower and recorded the various incidents that had occurred today.

It wasn’t long before he saw three temple priests, hurrying up to the tower.

"Ascend to the top tower, light up the beacon, and sound the alarm!" the Second Temple Priest said solemnly.

"What?" Mr. Liu Qi was startled and asked, "Who are we signaling to?"

"The Lord of Residual Prison Mansion had already been informed about the changes in Dayin River before us," the Second Temple Priest said solemnly. "The source of Dayin River is within the territory of Residual Prison Mansion; he has been descending along the river since this evening..."

"What?" Mr. Liu Qi’s expression slightly changed.

"We originally planned to ask him to assist upstream, to help us in the midstream, to deploy the Jiaolong prison column," the Second Temple Priest said solemnly. "The changes were too abrupt, beyond our expectations."

"The beacon has already been lit." The third temple priest shouted from the top tower, "If the Lord of Residual Prison Mansion is approaching, he can get the warning and avoid a direct collision!"

"The four of us will personally check the movements in all directions." The Second Temple Priest said with a grave tone, "The Jiaolong prison column might be set up at any moment, once it’s done, we must immediately head west, the departure of all such powerful individuals from the city will surely lead to vulnerabilities."

"Afraid of the evil beings attacking from all sides?" Mr. Liu Qi whispered.

"While the Venerate is still here, the powerful evil beings dare not attack the city," the Second Temple Priest slightly shook his head and said, "Rather, I fear Tribulation Ash making trouble, and fear that too many new Tribulation Ash might be born overnight."

"Understood."

Mr. Liu Qi’s expression became stern.

——

Lin Yan ran wildly, his heart sinking slightly.

The Life-taking Mysterious Lamp had crossed paths with him a few times, which was still manageable.

Why was this lonely boat ghostly mist insistent on targeting him?

His understanding of the ghostly mist was from the Little White Ape.

It seemed that one night, it was the ghostly mist that had consumed the grandfather of the Little White Ape.

And his grandfather, in a deadly rear-guard action, enabled the Little White Ape to escape... In fact, it wasn’t really an escape, as in the end, it died from severe injuries, falling at his own feet.

"The lonely boat mysterious case..."

Lin Yan thought back to the records related to the case.

This ghostly mist had once consumed the souls of six people within a 20-mile radius of Qifeng Prefecture City, under the unextinguished Night Lamp of the great Wutong tree, and among these there was a Martial Artist from the Refining Essence Realm.

This incident was called the lonely boat mysterious case, and it shocked Qifeng Prefecture.

The impact was huge, not because a Refining Essence Realm Martial Artist had died.

But because the Night Lamp of the great Wutong tree was unextinguished, meaning it had consumed six Martial Artists right under the eyes of Wutong Divine Mother.

And the previous time, it had already approached within ten miles of High Willow City!

Just as he had left the city to save his elder brother and encountered the lonely boat ghostly mist, he used the Demon Suppression Divine Power to scare it off.

"Could it be that it has recently gained intelligence, no longer just possessing instincts?"

"Having developed intelligence, it realized that I am not very powerful."

"Considering that it was scared off by me, a mere ant, could it now harbor sentiments of anger?"

Lin Yan speculated in his heart and then saw a red mist emerging in front of him.

His heart trembled instantaneously.

He glanced back at the lonely boat ghostly mist.

He couldn’t help but remember the night he encountered the lonely boat ghostly mist, when he killed an intelligent tiger, obtained the Nirvana Divine Egg, and last saw the woman in red.

After dawn, the woman in red transformed into a red mist and disappeared.

Now this red mist was quickly approaching.

"Another one is coming?" Zhou, the Deputy Commander’s face changed drastically.

"Split up and run!" Lin Yan shouted, "Since we can’t reach the Pure Land, there’s no need to die together!"

"I’ll lead them away!" Zhou, the Deputy Commander, began to channel his True Qi, ready to strike back.

"Don’t waste your effort, they are coming for me!"

Lin Yan directly threw over the body of his fallen comrade, "Take this brother back, ensure he’s buried properly!"

He then shifted his direction and ran headlong.

As he had predicted, both the lonely boat ghostly mist and the Life-taking Mysterious Lamp headed in his direction.

Including the red mist from a distance, which was also coming towards him.

The only exception was the mighty wave, the Jiaolong letting out a long cry, which wasn’t headed for Lin Yan but still toward Zhou, the Deputy Commander.

At this moment, Lin Yan couldn’t tell whether the Jiaolong was merely creating wind and waves in a desperate flight, or if it intended to take Zhou, the Deputy Commander with it to death.

"Oh no!"

Lin Yan’s heart trembled slightly as he thought, "Without the dragon trailing behind, there are also these three extremely vicious and evil beings! Even with my Demon Suppression Divine Power, I’m afraid I won’t be able to fight all three alone!"

He gritted his teeth slightly but didn’t choose to fight to the death; instead, he continued to flee forward.

He calculated in his mind that in less than two hours, daylight would break!

He ran straight ahead, not looking back even once.

Because every time he looked back, it would inevitably delay his forward momentum.

After fleeing for about half an incense stick’s time, he suddenly felt that there was no sound behind him.

Instead, the roaring sound of the Dayin River became more deafening.

He couldn’t help but look back and found that the solitary boat in the ghostly mist, the Life-taking Mysterious Lamp, and that wisp of red mist had all disappeared.

—

In fact, half an incense stick of time earlier.

The red mist had chased to a thousand steps behind Lin Yan.

Then it stopped and gradually condensed, forming the shadow of a woman in a red dress.

Squinting, one could see her delicate features, shy and timid between her brows and eyes, with a slight smile.

She gently stretched out her hand, her illusory right hand seeming to scoop something from the air.

Then a piece of the mist ahead suddenly disappeared.

In her hand, however, there inexplicably appeared a wisp of mist.

With a smile in her eyes, she raised her left hand, her sleeve covering below her nose.

Her right hand moved the mist to her mouth, and under the cover of her sleeve, she seemed to chew gently, gracefully and elegantly.

Boom!

The ghostly mist from the solitary boat suddenly burst apart, turning into billions of hair-like strands of air, scattering in all directions.

Seeing this, the shadow in the red dress narrowed her eyes and reached out again.

A large amount of mist was then forced to gather back together, landing in her hand.

Only a few wisps of mist managed to escape into the distance, using the dim light of the Dayin River to disappear at the horizon’s end.

But the "mist" caught in one hand continued to surge in her slender hand, seemingly struggling.

There was a smile in her eyes.

She raised her left arm again, her sleeve covering.

This mist, she slowly chewed and swallowed it down.

Then, she drifted forward, suddenly a thousand steps.

Tens of thousands of lanterns suddenly dispersed.

Only a white lantern remained hanging in mid-air.

It seemed to tremble slightly in the air as if it were being blown by the wind.

"..."

The woman in the red dress didn’t speak but came closer to take a closer look.

Suddenly a piece of gold fell from below the Life-taking Mysterious Lamp.

With a snap!

The woman in red showed a faint look of displeasure and then gently slapped it.

The Life-taking Mysterious Lamp fell to the ground, its light nearly extinguished.

Then she lightly kicked the piece of gold far away.

But in the next moment, the Life-taking Mysterious Lamp started to tremble, floating up and encircling the woman in red.

And that piece of gold also rose in the distance, then shakily flew to the front of the woman in red, bouncing up and down nine times.

As if performing three prostrations of the nine kowtows!

"..."

The woman in red still didn’t speak but glanced deeply in the direction Lin Yan had fled.

She seemed to calm down and then stretched out her slender hand.

The life ransom suddenly jumped on its own, falling into the middle of the lantern.

The flame burned, the gold melted, and then transformed into a golden stick.

And the Life-taking Mysterious Lamp, trembling, positioned itself in front of her.

The woman in red leisurely extended her hand, grasping the golden stick that passed through the top of the lantern.

She glanced back in the direction of Lin Yan, her face showing some hesitation.

In the end, she didn’t choose to follow but, holding the lantern, proceeded along the Dayin River, heading downstream.

And in the mid-lower reaches of the Dayin River, there was a white ape less than two feet tall with wings, constantly flapping as it flew through the air.

"This is really bad."

The Little White Ape’s golden eyes flickered with unease.

It hurried to find its paper body but couldn’t find it anywhere; in the end, it had to rely on the "Mechanical Puppet Technique" to quickly make a "Lin Yan."

It immediately dove into its chest, ready to take control of this paper person.

But it felt as though its tail was being yanked.

It quickly came out, looked left and right, and seeing no one around, breathed a sigh of relief and dived in again.

It felt someone pulling its tail, yanking it out while it tried to dive in.

"Damn it, this is haunted!"

The Little White Ape almost cried in fear but decided to abandon the paper person and flapped its wings, flying upward.

But at that moment, it felt its body stiffen.

It couldn’t even flap its wings.

Yet it was fixed in mid-air and didn’t fall.

From the corner of its eye, it saw a shadow in a red dress holding a lantern, strolling in from above the Dayin River.

Doomed! It’s really haunted!

The Little White Ape quickly mobilized the bloodline divine powers of its two races within its body.

But it only saw the woman in red gently wave her hand.

It was pulled back like a kite on a string by the person controlling it.

"I’m going to die... I’m going to die..."

The Little White Ape struggled and cried out, "Mercy, my lady...!"

The woman in red’s hand suddenly stiffened.

Her facial expression gradually became strange.

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