Chapter 477: Taisui Talisman! Extreme Bad Luck! Uncontrollable Growing Ghost Creature!

“Freeze!” Li Yanchu immediately cast the Immobilization Spell, controlling the ghost once again.

Zhang Wei instinctively wanted to retreat. The human and ghost were now dangerously close, almost face-to-face. He had a premonition that if this fake Zhang Wei entered his body, he himself might completely vanish! The thought filled him with terror.

Shhkk!

Gritting his teeth, Zhang Wei drove the coffin nail into the fake Zhang Wei’s eye. At the same time, Master Zhiqing quickly struck, using a Buddhist talisman to smash down hard on the fake Zhang Wei’s head. This guy’s combat style was direct and brutal.

Pain contorted the fake Zhang Wei’s face, white smoke hissed from his body. However, he finally broke free from the Immobilization Spell and tried to lunge at Zhang Wei again, but unexpectedly, a strong sucking force attacked him from behind.

Daoist art: Soul Snare!

With that, Li Yanchu controlled the fake Zhang Wei almost step by step. The fake Zhang Wei’s scalp tingled under the overwhelming control!

Meanwhile, Xu Ming and Xu Hui also struck with their own talismans, hitting the fake Zhang Wei hard.

Shhkk! Shhkk!

Bubbles rose from the fake Zhang Wei’s body, as if boiling water were bubbling violently, and his expression twisted in extreme pain.

The next moment, he transformed into Master Zhiqing’s form.

Thud!

The coffin nails and Buddhist talismans fell uselessly to the ground, and their effects had no hold on him.

Just then, the fake Zhang Wei lunged straight at Master Zhiqing. The malevolence and trickiness of this creature were astonishing.

Whoosh!

A yellow talisman shot through the air, striking the back of the malevolent spirit’s head. He had unleashed the Taisui Talisman!

According to folk belief, offending the Taisui[1] brings misfortune. Those who offend it suffer calamities, even the minor ones, like choking on drinking water.

This talisman was the only yellow talisman Li Yanchu had on him, capable of bringing bad luck, and its effect was extraordinary. The moment it struck the spirit, the energy within the creature became disordered, and it crashed heavily to the ground!

The spirit looked up in utter confusion; he was a ghost, so how could he suddenly fall?

But the misfortune didn’t end there. Sadly, he landed directly on a coffin nail, and it pinned his left hand.

Who would have guessed that a coffin nail, so thin and lying on the ground, would stand upright and just at the exact spot where the ghost fell? And there was no way to dodge it.

This was the power of the Taisui Talisman: it brought misfortune and bloodshed!

However, the Dao essence within this talisman was minimal, perhaps worn down over time. It could only affect the ghost for a short while, it couldn’t kill him outright.

Shhk! Shhk!

Li Yanchu used his Telekinetic Command to drive two more coffin nails into the unfortunate ghost. With that, the spirit could no longer move, his expression twisted in agony.

The next moment, he was about to change his form again and become someone else.

“Shit! He’s going to transform again!” Zhang Wei exclaimed.

The next moment, the surroundings transformed into a landscape resembling a Chinese ink-and-wash painting. Immediately, Zhang Wei looked at Li Yanchu with a mix of surprise and admiration.

Above Li Yanchu’s head, a Taiji diagram rose, spinning continuously with profound mysticism. Ink-colored energies swirled around him, giving him an ethereal, transcendent aura, filled with the sense of a cultivator in another realm.

Just as the malevolent spirit assumed the form of Xu Ming and freed itself from the talismans, a surge of ink-colored energy suddenly struck him.

Boom!

Half of the ghost’s body shattered instantly, but astonishingly, the remaining half managed to escape.

Then, the Taiji diagram followed immediately.

A human mind was incredibly fast; in an instant, hundreds or even thousands of thoughts could flash by. The speed of a primordial spirit manifestation was even faster, so much so that it was beyond calculation. This was why cultivators who had mastered the primordial spirit manifestation held overwhelming advantage in magical duels against ordinary practitioners.

Unless you possessed a powerful protective artifact, you simply could not withstand an attack from a primordial spirit manifestation. It was too fast, and the force was immense, transcending the limitations of the physical body!

Li Yanchu controlled the Taiji diagram manifestation, and another wave of ink-colored energy surged forward!

Boom!!

The ghost’s body was shattered once again.

At this point, it could no longer assume anyone’s appearance. Instead, it transformed into a black mist and fled toward the Liu ancestral hall.

Li Yanchu did not continue the pursuit. He retracted his primordial spirit manifestation, and his physical eyes slowly opened as a cold, stern look crept onto his face.

“What a pity that it got away!” Zhang Wei said.

This ghost could transform into anyone and was immune to damage while doing so, it was truly insidious and bizarre. Even if they couldn’t kill it this time, it would be much harder next time.

After retracting the manifestation, a swirl of black energy lingered in Li Yanchu’s palm. He pulled out a piece of joss paper he had previously found, the ordinary kind burned for the dead, and infused the black energy into it.

Daoist art: Art of Pursuit!

This strange ghost had appeared under mysterious circumstances. Li Yanchu suspected it was being controlled, perhaps by a person, or even by another spirit. He wanted to see who the hidden hand behind it was.

Inside the Liu ancestral hall, in the Eight Trigrams Tower, a black shadow stood within. Its features were indistinct, and its gender was unrecognizable.

Suddenly, a small black wisp flew in from outside the Eight Trigrams Tower and entered its body. It slowly opened its eyes, revealing cunning and malevolent intent.

Sigh, it failed. Could this young Daoist be some kind of immortal? Why is his Dao technique so profound? How is he maintaining his cultivation inside this town? Impossible... The core of this formation is comparable to an immortal artifact, why can’t it suppress this young man? Does he also have an immortal artifact? That can’t be!

The shadow’s eyes widened in bewilderment.

Roar! Roar! Roar!

Inside the ancestral hall, furious roars echoed continuously. The giant ghost, constantly devouring others, tore through the hall’s strange anomalies and consumed them outright.

“This cursed thing... is addicted to eating!?” the shadow growled angrily.

Before it was a projection of light, showing the scene inside the ancestral hall.

A massive ghost rampaged inside, toppling buildings and releasing sinister energy. One terrifying spirit after another was grabbed by the giant and devoured.

At this moment, the giant ghost’s form began to change, and the mouths on its palms and other parts of its body disappeared. Only the mouth on its chest remained, exuding a powerful, ominous aura. The two pairs of crimson eyes on its forehead vanished as well, leaving only the gaping mouth on its chest.

After this ghost devoured an elderly man covered in corpse marks, its aura surged again, growing even stronger as terrifying tearing force now radiated from the mouth on its chest. Bricks, wood, roof tiles, plants... everything within reach was sucked directly into that mouth!

1. Just to refresh your memory: Tai Sui refers to the Grand Duke Jupiter in Chinese astrology, a concept personified as a deity who oversees the affairs of a particular year. The 12-year orbital cycle of Jupiter corresponds to the 12-year cycle of the Chinese zodiac animals, and the position of Tai Sui at any given time is linked to the zodiac sign of that year. ☜