Killing Dao Fruit
Chapter 396 - 393: Little Bunny, Open the Door

Chapter 396: Chapter 393: Little Bunny, Open the Door

"Ah—!"

In Huang Wu’s expectations, this pursuer, who should have appeared on August 15, had arrived unexpectedly two whole days earlier.

The girl, who had planned to buy a mask and joyfully attend the lantern festival, was caught completely off guard.

Confronted with the increasingly large blood-red rabbit mouth in front of her.

She only managed to let out a cry of surprise, but was frozen in place.

Luckily, Wang Yuan, who also found the rabbit mask somewhat abrupt and had been watching it closely, reacted swiftly, pulling Huang Wu into his arms.

Bang!

A black gust of wind exploded, and when the two reappeared, they were standing on top of a big tree a mile away.

Still unsettled, they looked back at the blood-covered Jade Rabbit.

"How is this... possible?!!"

Even though they saw it with their own eyes, the severe clash between memory and reality still made it hard for Huang Wu to believe in this sudden turn of events.

Especially since the "Ying Huo Heart Guarding" in the sky and the real moon phase sensed by [Doumu Taiyin Lord]—the waxing gibbous moon—were undeniable.

Everything pointed to it being August 13 without a doubt!

"But if it’s August 13 and the power of Taiyin is insufficient, how could the Jade Rabbit come down to the Mortal World from the moon?"

They did not wait to understand this question.

The Jade Rabbit somehow produced a medicine mortar smeared with bits of flesh and hair, looking disgustingly filthy.

With a bloodthirsty smile hanging on its lips, it charged toward them at full speed.

Whoosh—!

The rabbit seemed to turn into light and move so fast that only a white blur remained in their sight.

At this moment, taking advantage of the close contact just now, the [Heart Communication Conch] had already secretly heard the taboo of [Moon Essence·Jade Rabbit].

It promptly informed them:

"Deceit God Power: Black Rabbit Flees!"

Meaning time flies swiftly without stopping.

The pursuit of the Jade Rabbit, just like the rise and set of the sun, from dawn till dusk.

Once it targets someone, it never stops, has no intervals, and lets nothing block its path.

Time passes thusly, unabating day and night!

Once caught by the Jade Rabbit, one would be taken into its body’s powerful [Personal Magic Domain-like Deceit Realm · Medicine Mortar] and be freshly pounded into a Frog Pill.

Due to different ingredients, each pill has its unique effects.

Run fast! Do not get caught!"

Even though time, memory, Taoist ability, etc., were all reset and fixed to August 13, their knowledge and existing Daoist skills were unaffected.

Seeing the Jade Rabbit fast approaching, Wang Yuan grabbed Huang Wu, and they instantly shrunk into a small black dot and disappeared from the spot.

Bang!

But in the next moment, accompanying a loud noise,

Wang Yuan’s figure reappeared sixty miles away from Yunjing City.

Although,

Disturbed by the unexpected factor of the Jade Rabbit, he finally stepped off the predetermined path of "August 13" and made his first choice to deviate.

Unexpectedly, while using [Yin Yang Dharma Body] to open the "door" and transport,

He had run headfirst into the outer boundary membrane of [One Day Prison Heavenly Array]!

Immediately, he was hit so hard that he felt dizzy.

[Yin Yang Dharma Body] represents the [Golden Que] that invoke the Divine Lord and the [door] that travels between Yin Yang Realm.

It can communicate between the Yin Yang Realm at any time and place, and except for the naturally formed Grotto Heaven and Blessed Land within these two realms, almost nothing could trap him.

Definitely quicker than the light-speed rabbit!

Yet here, he met his nemesis.

Because [One Day Prison Heavenly Array] was not just a "spatial" division, it was also a "temporal" division.

Even [Yin Yang Dharma Body] could not break through it.

Seeing the violently fluctuating dull yellow boundary membrane in front of him due to external forces, Wang Yuan’s expression changed repeatedly.

Finally, realization dawned, and he muttered:

"One Day Prison! One Day Prison! I finally understand what this means!"

In his heart, he already vaguely realized what had happened to him and Huang Wu, and he quickly pulled out his own [Small Book of Life and Death].

After scrutinizing it carefully, he finally found something amiss.

This highly revered Innate Treasure, although showing no signs of tampering, remained in a... "disconnected" state.

Its existing rank allowed the information it recorded to remain unaffected.

But the subsequent information carried by time and space was intercepted, all twisted to the day of August 13.

And the last entry was not the current "August 13, 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.," but "0 a.m. on August 14."

This was the merit shared with him by the Military Judge Nie Renxiong after slaying demons and exterminating evil.

Since then, no new data had been updated.

But just the prematurely appearing Jade Rabbit and this three-hour time difference in the records, were enough for Wang Yuan to confirm his suspicions.

"No-Life Dao, truly a clever scheme!"

The month had passed far too peacefully, and particularly on August 13, there had not been any incident requiring alterations to the [Small Book of Life and Death].

Had it not been for the intruding Jade Rabbit, originally outside the plot, entering the capital and causing a suspicious Wang Yuan to seek clues,

He might still be in the dark.

After cross-verifying the clues, he decisively said to himself:

"Today is truly August 15!

Yet, we were unknowingly trapped on August 13, someone quietly stole two days from us."

A "Small Book of Life and Death" comparable to a "Corpse Dissection Immortal" was also influenced to a certain extent, as if it were another form of ’Deceitful Heart’.

"This ’One Day Prison Heavenly Array’ must have involved the power of the ’No-Life Buddha’ who is a ’Heavenly Official’!"

The plan that was supposed to be under control had been outwitted and toyed with, making Wang Yuan’s face flush with embarrassment.

"If I had already refined the ’Small Book of Life and Death’ into my ’Lifebound Magic Treasure’, I would have been alerted to any anomalies immediately.

There wouldn’t have been such an unexpected and embarrassing situation.

But now is not the time to worry about that.

As time passed and the full moon approached, the ’Killing Banquet’ could begin at any moment.

I must find a way to break this ’One Day Prison Heavenly Array’ to communicate with the outside world.

I remember before the reset of time, the ’No-Life Dao’ had been holed up in the ’Three Yang Small Realm’ within the Imperial City, which must be the core of the formation.

Head to the Imperial City immediately!"

His body turned and disappeared out of sight.

The swift rabbit shadow behind him also immediately turned.

Wang Yuan knew that the most dangerous aspect of the rabbit wasn’t the ’Deceit Realm·Medicine Mortar’ that could crush a person into frog pills but its relentless pursuit day and night.

Being relentlessly hunted without rest, even a person of iron could not withstand it.

In February, he had witnessed the ’Jade Toad’ being chased by the ’Jade Rabbit’, and then in June, Huang Wu obtained the position of Immortal Official just in time to see it die tragically by the rabbit.

A relentless flight lasting four months ended when it was finally caught.

The rabbit might miss countless times, but those being hunted could lose everything with just one failure.

If it were just up to Huang Wu alone, she would likely be caught before long.

But with the ability to leap through spaces with ’Dharma Body of Yin Yang Realm’, Wang Yuan was still able to hold on for a while.

At this moment, rather than the pursuit, he was more grateful for the rabbit’s interruption, without which he might have really died in confusion this time.

Meanwhile.

Wuu wuu wuu...

Cold winds began blowing everywhere in Yunjing City.

Xin Xiaowei, who was teaching the poor how to identify non-poisonous wild vegetables, Guo Feihu and Xin Ruoheng, who were robbing the rich to aid the poor, suddenly found themselves next to Wang Yuan.

They were all swiftly gathered into his ’Ghost Realm·Yama Palace’.

Huang Wu, who had been waiting there, immediately started explaining the dire situation to them.

"What did you say? Today is already August 15?!"

This news unsurprisingly caused their expressions to drastically change.

The shock was as if they were still on holiday and suddenly, upon waking up in the morning, found out that they had to go to school.

And the homework assigned by the teacher had still not been done; it was exactly like that.

Wang Yuan was very aware that, at this time, their abilities were of no help.

But he himself was not ready to concede.

While talking, Wang Yuan had already dashed alone into the Imperial City and stood at a corner of the Imperial Garden, which showed no signs of anomaly.

As he anticipated, the entire Imperial Palace was undefended, with no one coming to stop him.

The three concubines, the new Emperor Zhou Jingliang, the Supreme Emperor Zhou Wenrui, Xue Jiexi, Zhou Xinglou... all these key figures had been sent into the ’Three Yang Small Realm’.

The ones left outside were mere sacrificial pieces.

In fact.

At this time, those ’No-Life Dao’ demons inside still hadn’t noticed that their perfect ’One Day Prison Heavenly Array’ had malfunctioned.

Separated by a layer of the Boundary Membrane, unable to even exchange information before the ’Inner Scene Heaven and Earth·Three Yang Small Realm’ commenced the ’Killing Banquet’ under the full moon.

They stood in the ’present’ of the Imperial Garden looking back at the ’past’ in Yunjing City, still seeing the scenes of August 13.

Naturally, they did not realize that a rabbit had spoiled their big plan.

Standing there, Wang Yuan finally clearly felt the presence of another layer of the Boundary Membrane.

It was of the same origin as the one outside the city, but it felt much thinner than that one.

"If it were any other sect’s Taoist Skill, even knowing that we are trapped in the ’One Day Prison Heavenly Array’, we would still be doomed to fail this time.

But blame it on yourselves... You are the ’No-Life Dao’!"

He placed his hand on the Boundary Membrane, and an invisible ripple spread out.

Wang Yuan’s ’Three Flowers Gathering at the Top, Five Qi Toward the Origin’ activated automatically, and white, golden, and black lotus flowers blossomed above his head.

The ’Three True Dharma Body’ sat on a Lotus Platform, its body’s Dharma Light naturally connecting into one piece, merging seamlessly with the Boundary Membrane like milk blending with water!

The Taoist knowledge hidden therein swarmed towards him like tadpoles finding their mother.

This made Wang Yuan’s eyes shine brighter.

The Dharma Sects passed down within the sect were partly designed for the convenience of "consumption."

The higher one’s realm, the closer their cultivation method to their sect’s Taoist Lineage, the higher their authority within the sect.

Su Guyun, who had cultivated the ’Three True Dharma Body’, was essentially granted the right to "consume" all fellow sect members and even elders.

And Wang Yuan, having cultivated the ’Three True Dharma Body’, stealthily stole the highest authority of the ’No-Life Dao’ and naturally obtained the right to devour all ’No-Life Dao’ disciples and Su Guyun!

"Little rabbit, dear, open the gate, open it quickly, I want to come in!"

Having grasped the key to the Taoist Skill and breathing a slight sigh of relief, Wang Yuan sneered inwardly.

With a step forward, the Boundary Membrane fluctuated, and his figure had already vanished without a trace.

The white shadow behind him, however, was a step too slow.

However.

Perhaps the ’One Day Prison Heavenly Array’ indeed belonged uniquely to the knowledge of No-Life Buddha, but aspects involving the power of time are not limited to him alone, symbolized by the ’Three Yang.’

For instance: its counterpart... the moon!

Through the anchoring between himself and Huang Wu, as well as his own ’Rapid Rabbit’ power.

The pursuing Jade Rabbit also dove headfirst into the still mending hole and likewise disappeared.