Killing Dao Fruit -
Chapter 426 - 423 Corpse Dissection Relics, Conflict Escalation
Chapter 426: Chapter 423 Corpse Dissection Relics, Conflict Escalation
When the "Eighteen Mud Plough Ghost King" smashed everything to smithereens at a previous stronghold of the "Demon Master Dao,"
this weird immortal was the only one to slip through the net.
The five of them chased relentlessly and came upon this scene after arriving at the small fishing village.
After its original shell was smashed, the "Parasitic Shell" had already seized a brand new body.
The villagers awakened by the noise peered through the cracks in their doors at the familiar figure now grotesquely transformed, each of them silent as a cicada in winter.
Even the crying of the children was muffled by the adults.
Once it lost its shell, the "Parasitic Shell" would lose all its strength, becoming even weaker than mortals.
But upon seizing a new shell, it immediately returned to its former state, using this new body as a medium to display traits of various creatures.
First, eyes belonging to different animals emerged one by one on its face, densely packed and disturbing to behold.
Then its body also swelled and mutated rapidly, growing countless tentacles, arms, claws, legs...
Especially its mouth, which churned layer upon layer, a big mouth nested within a smaller one, like a flesh explosion, it fiercely snapped at the "Eighteen Mud Plough Ghost King."
This was none other than the "Hundred Beasts Dharma Body," the fundamental of the Tao lineage, also mockingly called the patchwork "Hundred-Patched Dharma Body" by the cultivation world.
Numerous mouths screamed in unison:
"I’ll eat you all!"
The five exchanged glances, having fought several battles tonight, they had developed a level of tacit understanding, and together they raised their hands.
Eighteen robust arms grabbed fiercely, entangling deadlocked with the limbs of the "Hundred Beasts Dharma Body."
They stood atop the head of the Ghost King, each performing sealing techniques, and chanted once more:
"Fengdu protects the soul, eternal darkness abides. Fengdu’s fierce generals, swiftly commune with spirits. By imperial decree commanded, dare not fail to appear. Catch the secret within darkness, bind possession fast. Swiftly, swiftly like the imperial decree!"
Hum—!
Behind the "Eighteen Mud Plough Ghost King’s" head, a series of dull black halos suddenly burst forth.
Indistinctly visible were hellish scenes of unspeakable horror and misery, such as mountains of knives, seas of fire, heart carving, liver gouging, tendon cutting, bone scraping, and skin flaying...
Then those halos enveloped the "Parasitic Shell" in front of them, and the visions of the eighteen hells suddenly became reality.
"Ahh ahh ahh ahh... it hurts so much, I’m in so much pain!"
"Come down and suffer with me!"
"If I am suffering, you will not get away with it!"
Upon the full release of the "Fengdu Iron Enclosure," they jointly established their own Dharma Domain—the "Eighteen Scenes of Hell!"
In an instant.
Infinite evil spirits howled pitifully in Avici Hell, endless ghostly claws tore relentlessly at the deformed body of the "Parasitic Shell," dragging it mercilessly into the depths of hell.
As for this weird immortal "Parasitic Shell," despite its unusual abilities, it simply did not possess the Taoist prowess of the divine transformation realm.
It was soon forcibly subdued and consumed entirely by the countless evil spirits in hell.
"Gaga, eaten up entirely by evil spirits, it should finally be dead now, right?"
No sooner had Fu Chensha’s words faded,
"Ahh—!"
From a corner of the little fishing village, from a small thatched hut, suddenly came a piercing scream.
And there emerged another fisherman, slowly growing a blood-red eye on his cheek, sporting the same bloody smile as in the beginning.
It seemed as if what they had just killed was not it at all.
This weird immortal’s combat power was nothing compared to the "Fengdu Iron Enclosure," but its extreme undying nature made it exceedingly troublesome.
As long as a part of its tissue was left behind somewhere in advance, it could recover quickly, even if it was annihilated.
Wang Yuan and the others realized that rather than being an individual, the "Parasitic Shell" was better understood as a biological group sharing memories and thoughts.
As long as a fragment of tissue remained, this species could not be physically eradicated.
Perhaps the new ability "Red Pen Decision" unlocked by the "Small Book of Life and Death" could be tried to pronounce death upon this entity as a whole from its source.
But the current situation was somewhat inappropriate.
To jeopardize the entire ruse planned just for a mere "Parasitic Shell" seemed hardly worth it.
The group raised their hands, ready to kill it once more.
"Ah! You monster, give me my father back!"
A scrawny child covered in patched clothes suddenly burst out of the hut, desperately clinging to the sleeve of his "father."
Whether due to his tender age or malnutrition, the child looked like a little radish, androgynous and so frail it was heartbreaking.
His hair was yellowed, and his big, clear black-and-white eyes stood out on his gaunt face.
His expression was fearless, yet filled with defiance, as if he was convinced that by making the "Parasitic Shell" leave his father’s body, he could bring him back to normal.
"Huh?"
The "Parasitic Shell" seemed surprised by the child’s courage but did not hesitate to prepare to crush the child with a fist, smashing him into a pulp.
"Stop!"
"How bold!"
At this time, the four cultivators of the "Five Organs Temple" acted more like the righteous path than Wang Yuan.
Watching the weird immortal ruthlessly slaughter in front of them, the "Heart-Eating Worm" within their chests began to rage like thunder.
Slap!
Before Wang Yuan could act, two arms controlled by Ye Hanmei suddenly clapped and a chill wind arose in the village.
All the villagers, including the child, were instantly swallowed by the Yin Road and transported to a beach ten miles away, well out of the "Parasitic Shell’s" reach.
As a group of "Great Saints" who had undergone reformation and enlightenment,
they did not go so far as to fear "harming an ant while sweeping, or to cherish a moth’s life against the lampshade,"
but they had always been careful not to harm the innocent during combat.
At this moment, it was just the same.
Seeing this, the "Parasitic Shell" slightly tilted its head, scoffing mockingly,
"Pretending to be the chivalrous "Nine Soldiers" when you’re clearly under the sect? Do you actually plan to betray the "Heavenly Official" and turn from darkness to light?
That’s hilariously absurd! Hahaha..."
"Shut up!"
Seeing that a few members of the "Five Organs Temple," somewhat red-faced with anger, were about to surround him again.
The Parasitic Shell, ready to leave and find a new battlefield, suddenly turned pale as if he heard something unexpected.
"What? Aside from me and "Wild Fox Zen," all the forces that returned to Red County Shenzhou have been completely annihilated?!"
He turned his head, looking at the five people behind him with shock and disbelief.
He was privy to the overall plan.
The first phase of the plan was to strangle wandering ghosts, City Gods and Yin Soldiers who had no backing.
The second phase initially aimed to concentrate forces to break small Ghost Dao sects, sweeping away their years of accumulated ghosts.
Then with "Ghost Medicine," greatly enhance the strength of the entire Tao lineage, birthing more Yellow Seal Mages within a short time.
Living off warfare, they would next target the Ghost Dao sects that had a wealth of mages.
But even at that point, they had to act quietly, taking caution not to alert others.
The ultimate goal was to help the "Taoist Heavenly Prison" gather a massive amount of "Ghost Medicine" for an unprecedented metamorphosis.
Sixteen years ago, the "Taoist Heavenly Prison" at the "Divine Transformation" realm had already replaced his frail human body with ninety-nine organs and tissues from heretical sources.
He fulfilled the "Promotion Ceremony" of the "Blood Immortal Parasite Technique."
This time, as he aspired to ascend from Yellow Seal to Green Seal, he intended to use the metamorphosis ceremony as a furnace to achieve a fundamental leap.
Presently, the gathered Tao lineages, at least thirty to forty Yellow Seal Mages, surged out from their respective palaces and converged together.
It was an opportunity that comes once in a thousand years, a chance to capture them all in one net.
The "Parasitic Shell" speculated that the Taoist Master, the Heavenly Prison, had perhaps seen this opportunity, thus was ecstatic, preparing to bait the snake out of the hole and ensnare them all.
"I truly wish that old ghost’s promotion fails and that he kicks the bucket.
Only with his death could we have the chance to lay hands on the Taoist Inheritance Artifact that would allow us to match a true "Sage" of the "Inner Scene" realm just by draping it over ourselves!"
Obviously, within sects like the "Demon Master Dao," there was dissatisfaction at every level.
The "Parasitic Shell" as an undying Weird Immortal knew far more secrets than an average disciple.
When a "Green Seal Sage" passes the third stage of the "Corpse Dissection" realm,
He can abandon his body and become a divine immortal through the soul or leave no relic except an object—like clothing, a staff, a sword... and undergo a process of rebirth through death, known as "Corpse Dissection."
And the "Taoist Inheritance Artifact - Hundred-Patched Coat - Ancestral Relic" happens to be such a relic discovered by the "Demon Master Dao" lineage!
The "Parasitic Shell" had once had the fortune to set eyes upon it.
Its original body was a wrinkled piece of human skin, onto which countless generations of sect predecessors’ skin patches were sewn, eventually forming a Hundred-Patched Coat.
But aside from knowing that this relic’s owner could not be any current "Corpse Dissection Immortal,"
No one knew who its true master was.
Whether it’s alive or not now, what happened to it?
The disciples have always been guessing why the "Taoist Inheritance Artifact" suddenly began to "speak."
But apart from the Taoist Heavenly Prison himself, probably no one understands the details.
This Taoist Master only revealed a little to his disciples.
He had found the third path beyond "Weird Immortal" and "Corpse Dissection Immortal"—the way of "Spirit and Body Unification."
He was about to realize this great breakthrough.
Alas, even though every disciple was itching to proceed,
The changed "Taoist Inheritance Artifact" was firmly in the grasp of Taoist Heavenly Prison, and no disciple dared defy his will.
"However...
Perfect, since you’re so eager to have these Ghost Dao Cultivators seek you out, I’ll grant your wish, hehe..."
The "Parasitic Shell" sneered coldly, darting away in an escape light, narrowly dodging a punch from the Ghost King,
Suddenly turning back and yelling mockingly,
"My master, the Taoist Master of the Osumi Country on Chikushido Island of the Heavenly Prison, is soon to break through the Green Seal Sage. The day he breaks through will be the day you Ghost Dao submit your heads!
Just wait for it, all of you; you’re destined to become our prey!"
The "Eighteen Mud Plow Ghost King" paused for a moment, shocked by this astonishing news.
The people exchanged glances, their expressions grim.
"Another Green Seal Sage is to emerge from among the Side Doors, one who feeds on our Ghost Dao and is a natural nemesis to us?"
They immediately believed most of what the "Parasitic Shell" claimed.
Apart from Emperor Mu, the "Six Paths Ghost Dragon" who had turned into a "beast of burden," there was no second Green Seal in "Peach God Tao."
In these chaotic times, the Dharma Prohibition had collapsed, and the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Mechanism was more active than ever before.
The difficulty for both the Martial Saints and Green Seal Sages to break through was much lower than in the era of a flourishing dynasty.
This applies not just to the "Demon Master Dao," but including "Peach God Tao," all major forces were trying to create their own Green Seal Sages.
If they let him be the first to successfully break through and then to Red County Shenzhou to hunt down Ghost Dao Cultivators personally, which sect could stand alone against him?
If the Yin God Shrine is a hidden threat, then the Taoist Heavenly Prison is an enemy they must eliminate.
"Quick, forget about this Weird Immortal, we must first gather the other allies to discuss countermeasures!
At all costs, we cannot allow him to succeed in his breakthrough!"
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