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Chapter 976 - 630: Taking the Initiative

Chapter 976: Chapter 630: Taking the Initiative

Now that he knew who his enemy was, the Three Corpses God was no longer in a hurry to approach the Dragon Vein.

It was certainly important to rid of the Soul Locking Coffin, but he was more eager to eradicate that ’nemesis’ before its birth.

Otherwise, once that Taoist maiden escaped, it would be really difficult for him to locate her. It was a choice between releasing the tiger back into the mountains to recover its strength or cutting off future troubles once and for all, and he chose the latter.

"Heavenly Mandate can be defied, and now is the time," the Three Corpses God murmured to himself as he flicked his fingers.

The remaining unconscious individuals began to stir and rise.

....

Elsewhere, inside an old temple. The meeting with Li Changhe and others had also come to an end.

Li Kun might have thought of some details and decided to deduce them once again.

He asked Li Changhe and the others to rest first and also brought in a few bowls of noodles, having seen Ghost Hand eat them voraciously; he too wanted to eat a few bowls.

It seemed that if they hadn’t run into trouble, Li Changhe’s noodle shop could perfectly open inside their mountain gate.

At the same time, Sword in Wine woke up.

The right hand of Sword in Wine was now useless. Initially, when he tried to stop the wine gourd, he had broken three fingers, and his palm was nearly sliced in half.

Afterward, even with the Taoist’s help, his right hand couldn’t be saved.

Fortunately, when he woke up and saw his right hand, he merely sighed and showed little despair.

Looking at Sword in Wine, whose complexion was normal and breathing was steady.

Li Changhe asked, "Now, how do you feel? Can you sense the Black Mud?"

Sword in Wine was the only being Li Changhe had granted Black Mud, who theoretically should become the new Black Mud Sufferer.

Also, thinking with the mind of divine creatures, Sword in Wine was now an apostle of Li Changhe.

Of course, Black Mud Divinity is different from other Divinities, as it is the personification of human malice that does not require faith.

So, whether this theory holds still needs further research.

If the success rate can be ensured, Li Changhe could theoretically grant Black Mud Divinity to everyone.

With Black Mud to suppress the Three Corpses God, the deity would have no choice but to watch helplessly. There wouldn’t be a need to restrain themselves; they could gang up and beat him to death with chaotic punches.

If they can’t beat him to death... they’ll try to seal him.

"I can feel it, a very peculiar and powerful force residing within me. That must be the Black Mud you spoke of," Sword in Wine closed his eyes to sense it before speaking, "But it’s very dangerous, I have a premonition that once I use that power, my fate will not be much better than being possessed by the Three Corpses."

"Exactly, even the Three Corpses are suppressed by such a force. If you recklessly use this method, it won’t be long before you are devoured by the malice within and turn into an unrecognizable monster. Of course, you would also become very strong. Do not use it unless absolutely necessary, and be very careful," Li Changhe certainly wouldn’t boast about how strong his Black Mud Divinity was, how good it was.

This power was not meant to be wielded by humans.

In fact, Black Mud Divinity has always been closely related to vengeance.

Black Mud was first discovered during the Seven Kings War, by the Ninth King and the Sword Rank Heroic Spirit Chen Tianjiao by accident.

One was the leader of the magic association (equivalent to this era’s Li Kun), the other a Holder with dual Divinities. (Chen Tianjiao possessed both the God Sealing and seventy-two Demon God Divinities)

Neither of them could figure it out.

Later, the Ninth King encountered an evil spirit holding the title of king and was nearly killed.

The research was reopened to exact revenge, using Black Mud Divinity.

It took hundreds of years to unravel some clues and create the Mad King.

At last, it endowed Li Changhe with the means of Black Mud.

In fact, the Black Mud Divinity should have ended there.

Using conventional methods, it would have been very difficult for Li Changhe to develop the Black Mud Divinity further.

Until, within the disaster fog, the appearance of another self of the God of Sin and Vengeance...

Sword in Wine naturally followed Li Changhe’s advice. Then, he said to Ghost Hand, who had also come to see him, "I’m truly sorry about what happened before."

He felt guilty for his previous actions.

"I’m not some irrational guy. So, I’ll hold this grudge against the Three Corpses God," Ghost Hand said calmly. "Since you feel guilty, do your utmost to protect the mute girl from now on."

"Of course," Sword in Wine nodded. He already felt guilty and naturally agreed to the plan to protect the mute girl.

It was at that moment.

A loud shout came from outside the house.

"Enemy attack!"

Li Changhe and Ghost Hand were startled and quickly pushed open the room’s door.

They saw many Taoist disciples springing into action in the courtyard.

"An enemy attack... where are the enemies?" Ghost Hand shouted in inquiry.

"At the foot of the mountain!" one Taoist disciple responded. "Our master and two junior brothers sent a warning, saying they saw a large number of enemies."

"Then pull back all sentries. If anyone has been possessed by the Three Corpses, that’s the real danger!" Li Changhe came to the front of the old temple and indeed saw some trees rustling in the distance. "Are the enemies Taoist Soldiers?"

"No, they also have some unconscious Japanese Transcendents. They’re being carried by Taoist Soldiers and are approaching us," the Taoist disciple responded.

"What’s the point of that? Unconscious folks have no combat ability at all," Li Changhe asked, frowning. "Have you spotted the Three Corpses God?"

"No, our master and the others retreated after encountering the enemy’s vanguard. He could be in the rear of the troops or might not have come at all," the Taoist disciple shook his head.

Too bad, Hawk Eye Magic Eye was sealed, otherwise Li Changhe could have directly scouted the enemy’s deployment.

"It seems that rather than fleeing to the River Dragon Vein, he’d prefer to kill off the danger," Qiu Wentian said as he arrived at the temple gate with a large iron sword. "Daring to take the offensive like this, the Three Corpses God has got something indeed."

Soon, all the Earth Level Extraordinaries gathered in the old temple courtyard. Even the injured mute girl sat in a corner with the help of her senior sisters.

As for the other Taoist disciples, they were moving all kinds of weapons out.

It’s just that the scene looked somewhat bizarre, with not just flying swords and magical artifacts but also rocket launchers being brought out?

A group of Taoists carrying rocket launchers, striding with vigor... the style was quite Abnormal.

"Ah, that. Although we generally believe that matters regarding Extraordinaries should be resolved by Extraordinaries themselves, which has been the case over the years, this time master was very cautious and got some modern weapons from above. Just that there aren’t many of them," a second-generation disciple holding a rocket launcher said, "Actually, I’ve never used this thing before, but I heard it’s more useful than palm thunder."

"Eh... I can understand," Li Changhe didn’t find it surprising as Li Kun would naturally have known that this time’s enemy was not the usual law-breaking Transcendents.

But rather a great calamity concerning the life and death of them all. So they wouldn’t care about whether their actions were honorable or not.

For Extraordinaries with mere mortal bodies, such modern weaponry still posed a grave threat.

Even among the players, there were many experts who killed enemies with firearms.

If the Three Corpses God really wanted to rely on Planting Beans into Soldiers for an overwhelming numerical advantage,

Everyone could indeed give him a lesson on ’times have changed.’

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