Chapter 260: Heretical Ways Are Not to Be Feared!

“Impressive. Forcing me to use the power of the Ba snake[1]... No wonder you were able to slaughter those three useless fools, and even kill the Bei with your own hands.” The cold-faced young man’s voice was icy.

“Who are you?” Li Yanchu asked calmly.

“You killed my guardian envoys and my disciples, wiping out nearly all of my Shaman Sect’s upper ranks, and now you ask who I am?” the young man replied.

At these words, Li Yanchu’s expression shifted slightly. “You... are the leader of the Shaman Sect?”

He found it hard to believe. How could the leader of such a bloodthirsty, mysterious, and savage cult be such a young man?

It didn’t match his expectations, nor the common image most people held of the Shaman Sect.

“That’s right. I am the current leader of the Shaman Sect, Yelu Jinke. Didn’t you say your friend was harmed, and that you would wipe out our sect’s entire lineage? Today, I’ll flay you alive, strip your sinews, and turn you into a drum of human skin.” Yelu Jinke’s voice was frigid.

Behind him, the phantom of the Ba snake roared, its aura blazing with terrifying grandeur.

Li Yanchu gave a cold, mocking smile. “You think someone like you can defeat me?”

Yelu Jinke’s eyes turned to ice, and the Ba snake phantom gaped its bloody maw and lunged at Li Yanchu.

The

Classic of Mountains and Seas

recorded the Ba snake as having a cyan head and a black body, and that it devoured elephants. It was one of the fierce beasts of the

Classic

, and ranked high among them.

Li Yanchu’s blood and qi once again surged to their peak as every talismanic armor on his body unlocked!

A mysterious Daoist aura spread outward from him, layer after layer like ripples in still water.

The Jiaoslayer cleaved toward the massive phantom of the Ba snake, as if a blazing sun had fallen from the heavens.

Boom!

A deafening explosion rang out, the shockwave blasting outward in all directions.

Boom!

Boom!

Li Yanchu’s battle intent boiled over. With the strength of dragon and elephant, the blessing of Daoist talismanic armor, and the peerless weapon Jiaoslayer in his hands, he, a mere mortal in flesh, suppressed the colossal and savage phantom of the Ba snake more than ten zhang long, and held back its terrifying power to devour all.

A flicker of surprise flashed in Yelu Jinke’s cold, emotionless eyes. This young Daoist was actually so fierce and domineering!?

Bang!

The massive cyan head of the Ba snake was stomped under Li Yanchu’s foot! The ground instantly caved in, forming a deep pit and kicking up a cloud of dust.

“With just this? Your Ba snake is nothing but a showpiece, isn’t it?” Li Yanchu sneered.

Yelu Jinke’s expression darkened, the blackness in his pupils growing even deeper.

“How arrogant! You’re a mere mortal, daring to boast before the power of the Ba snake!”

Bang!

The Ba snake’s tail lashed violently toward Li Yanchu, its force so great it shattered the very air! His power was even greater now than when the battle began!

The strength of the Ba snake was

devouring

; it was able to consume everything around it to bolster its own might. Much of Li Yanchu’s heavy palm force and domineering saber qi had been swallowed, naturally boosting Yelu Jinke’s power.

Boom!

The Jiaoslayer once again smashed into the Ba snake, sending its massive body hurtling backward. Even Yelu Jinke himself staggered several steps from the impact!

He was slightly taken aback; this young Daoist’s strength was beyond his expectations.

However... He didn’t care. With the power of the Ba snake, he could grow stronger the longer he fought. What could this young Daoist possibly rely on?

Unless Li Yanchu could instantly destroy the Ba snake phantom, he was merely feeding it more power with every strike.

The man and serpent clashed with earth-shaking force. Li Yanchu’s brows furrowed. He, too, had sensed the Ba snake’s ability to grow stronger with each battle.

“You like swallowing, do you? Then I’ll let you have your fill all at once!”

He directly summoned the Heaven-Illuminating Seal! The ancient, radiant seal flew into the air, instantly expanding to several zhang in size.

A wave of primordial aura poured from it. In the next instant, divine fire swept across the Ba snake phantom.

Scorching Sun!

The Ba snake’s power was of the yin attribute, and against this pure yang divine fire, it was perfectly restrained! The divine flames began devouring the Ba snake.

Yelu Jinke’s face changed drastically. From his robes, he drew a hardened snake fang, and without hesitation, stabbed it directly into his own heart!

Strangely, not a single drop of blood flowed out, all of it was absorbed into the fang. The heavens shifted; wind and cloud churned, dark clouds roiled overhead.

It was as if a vast yin qi had blanketed the world, blotting out sun and moon alike!

The Ba snake phantom suddenly swelled again, its body surging with black qi that broke through the burning divine flames, and it tore itself free!

The fang of the Ba snake! A secret treasure of the Shaman Sect!

Li Yanchu summoned two divine wooden talismans, each flashing with brilliant golden light.

Two fierce and domineering beasts burst forth, Baxia and Chaofeng. Ever since devouring the

Bei

, the great calamity beast recorded in the

Classic of Mountains and Seas

, their killing aura had only grown more terrifying. Majestic and overbearing, they charged straight at the Ba snake!

Yelu Jinke began chanting in an ancient sacrificial tongue, black qi seeping from his eyes and merging perfectly with the sinister aura around him.

This was

witchcraft

. The Ba snake fought against the two ferocious beasts, yet its momentum did not falter in the slightest!

Bang!

A dazzling white beam struck the Ba snake’s body, shattering its scales and leaving a gaping hole!

The Eight Trigams Mirror was the banisher of evil and scourge of fiends!

“With just this self-mutilating trick, you think you can beat me?” Li Yanchu sneered.

Yelu Jinke’s lips twitched slightly, a killing intent he could no longer suppress flashing in his eyes.

His ancient witchcraft incantation grew faster and faster, until the words became indistinct syllables, like a great drum pounding directly on the hearts of all present.

A flash of pure light shone from Li Yanchu’s body, and he formed a hand seal.

Amidst the overwhelming dread that filled the heavens and earth, and a bright, clear voice rang out. It was not loud, but it was crystal-clear. “Danzhu Mouth God, spit out filth and dispel miasma; Luoqian Teeth God, repel evil and guard the true; swiftly, in accordance with the command!”

It was one of the Daoist Eight Great Divine Mantras, the Mouth-Cleansing Divine Mantra!

An invisible restriction appeared, instantly severing the mysterious leader’s ancient witchcraft.

Pfft!

Yelu Jinke spat out a mouthful of blood, and fury flashed across his face.

“Daoist divine incantation!?”

His very soul was wracked with unbearable agony, the backlash from his broken witchcraft tearing at him as if with a thousand sabers!

Li Yanchu’s expression was solemn, his gaze icy cold.

“You’re dabbling in mere witchcraft, and you dare to flaunt it before me? Today I’ll show you that evil can never triumph over the righteous! Five-Lightning Pure Yang, Heaven and Earth, lend me your power!”

He then thrust out his palm!

Boom!

A domineering bolt of lightning shot directly from his palm.

Yelu Jinke’s body was blasted away, and nearly half of it vanished in an instant. The black qi around him was utterly dispersed by this pure, unyielding yang lightning!

His vision went blinding white, and for the first time, fear rose in his heart. He had been struck at his very core by the Five-Lightning Spell, and his soul was shaken, his spirit wounded! The Five-Lightning Spell could suppress all evil, heresy, and demonic forces.

Li Yanchu had not yet mastered the spell of Palm Thunder Technique; just now, he had drawn upon the thunderous power enhanced within a Five-Lightning Talisman to strike down evil and destroy demons.

So what if Yelu Jinke possessed the power of the Ba snake? Li Yanchu felt no fear whatsoever.

In his hand, he still had one fourfold-enhanced Five-Lightning Talisman, and another triple-enhanced one!

For slaying heretical powers, that was more than enough!

1. Ba snake was a python-like Chinese mythological giant snake that ate elephants. Here’s a reference

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