Free Web NovelChapter 368: Chapter 207: I Wield the Art of Equality for All Beings
Zheng Yuchun let out a great roar, kicking up a whirlwind of foul, stinking breath that blew straight at Lu Yuan.
Lu Yuan gasped, feeling as if he’d just eaten pig intestine sashimi. It was utterly rancid, and the taste in his mouth was awful.
’No, compared to pig intestine sashimi, the smell of a soccer player’s stinky feet might be a more fitting description.’
’Speaking of which, some people are terrible at soccer, and their driving isn’t any better. Stinky feet are stinky feet; you can wash them a dozen times, and they’ll still reek.’
Lu Yuan halted his attack. Leaning on his Celestial Master Sword, he bent over, gagging but unable to throw up. "BLECH... BLECH..."
’I curse that Da Xingzi’s entire family,’ Lu Yuan thought. ’If you can’t win a fight, why resort to disgusting people? What’s the difference between this and wiping your spit on someone’s face?’
As a Xingzi in a Void Body state, Zheng Yuchun wasn’t afraid of the Celestial Master Sword in Lu Yuan’s hand, but of the Flame on it, which was searing his soul.
Seizing the opportunity while Lu Yuan was bent over, Zheng Yuchun charged forward. On his way, he casually crushed a Celestial Master who had been fighting another Xingzi between them.
"Honey, look out!" his wife’s voice echoed in Lu Yuan’s mind.
Lu Yuan held the sword in his right hand while his left conjured four or five Basic Thunder Talismans, which he shot straight ahead.
Zheng Yuchun caught the Talismans with both hands. The lightning they carried slithered over his body like tiny snakes.
"Is this supposed to be tickling me, little one?" Zheng Yuchun said disdainfully as he moved to tear the Talismans in his hands to shreds.
A smirk appeared on Lu Yuan’s face as he muttered, "Explode!"
Since Zheng Yuchun himself could use Thunder Skills, he naturally wasn’t afraid. What he didn’t know was that the Talismans would explode when torn.
After a loud explosion, Lu Yuan saw that Zheng Yuchun, in his Void Body state, was spiritually shaken and unstable.
’Even that didn’t blow him apart. What a tough bastard. Seeing how weak he looks, I might as well send him on his way,’ Lu Yuan thought.
’If he doesn’t want to enter the Six Paths of Reincarnation, then he can just dissipate.’
Zheng Yuchun’s hoarse voice spread across the entire battlefield. The crowd couldn’t hear it clearly, but it sounded like the chanting of the Great Compassion Mantra.
The other Xingzi clutched their heads and whimpered in pain. The Celestial Masters stopped fighting and quickly fell back to regroup.
The crowd watched as the Xingzi dissolved into wisps of green smoke that flowed into Zheng Yuchun’s mouth. He chewed for a moment before swallowing.
The scene unfolded in a matter of breaths, giving Lu Yuan and the others no time to react.
A sense of foreboding washed over Lu Yuan. He retrieved a set of Long Snake Armor from his System Space and equipped it under his outer clothes, preparing for the fight ahead.
Having absorbed the soldier souls to stabilize himself, the Void Body Zheng Yuchun found a relatively intact Celestial Master’s corpse on the battlefield and burrowed into it.
The corpse possessed by Zheng Yuchun stood up stiffly, its movements mechanical, just like a string puppet.
’He probably hasn’t adapted to this Celestial Master’s body yet.’
"A corpse is reanimated!" someone in the crowd shouted.
The common folk watching from a distance behind the Daoists couldn’t see the Void Body Practitioners. All they saw were a bunch of Daoists making a ruckus, with lightning and explosions, before some of them dropped dead.
But now they could see something: a Daoist who wasn’t even cold yet had come back to life.
Seeing this, the townsfolk panicked even more, scrambling and crawling away amid sharp screams.
Zheng Yuchun, now inhabiting the corpse, reached out his hand and telekinetically pulled a sword into his grasp.
Su Liyan saw that all the soldier Xingzi had been absorbed by the Da Xingzi. There was no longer a need for her to guard the mountain path; she just had to trap this one Da Xingzi and make sure it didn’t hurt anyone.
Su Liyan leaped down, landing beside Lu Yuan.
The other Daoists had all retreated behind Lu Yuan and Su Liyan, clearly pushing the pair to the front lines.
Lu Yuan glanced back at the group of Daoists. ’I can’t really blame them,’ he thought. ’There are hardly any left who can still fight.’
"Benefactor, go! Benefactor, you can do it!" the Daoists shouted, pumping their fists to cheer on Lu Yuan and Su Liyan, having lost all of their usual transcendent composure.
’If Zheng Yuchun had remained in his Void Body state after absorbing the souls of his subordinates, I wouldn’t have known what to do with him, at least not right away.’
’But now that he’s possessed a corpse, he’s actually much easier to deal with.’
Lu Yuan shoved the Celestial Master Sword into his wife’s hands and said, "Here, take this!"
Su Liyan took the Celestial Master Sword instinctively. "Honey, you gave me the Celestial Master Sword," she asked. "What about you?"
"I’ll make do with whatever," Lu Yuan said, then pulled a compact submachine gun from his coat.
’With everyone watching, it wouldn’t be appropriate for me to pull a Mortar out of my coat.’
’This compact submachine gun is one I custom-made, mainly so that when I pull it from my coat, it looks at least somewhat plausible.’
’If this Zheng Yuchun were still a Da Xingzi in a soul state—a Void Body state—I wouldn’t have many ways to deal with him.’
’But since he’s playing the reanimated corpse game, I have plenty of options.’
Su Liyan glanced at the Celestial Master Sword in her hands, then at the gun in her honey’s hands. ’Suddenly, the Celestial Master Sword doesn’t seem so impressive anymore.’
Lu Yuan found a rock, brushed the dust off it, and sat down.
This action from Lu Yuan made Zheng Yuchun, one of the legendary Twenty-four Generals of Huai West, feel deeply humiliated.
Zheng Yuchun raised his sword, his vocal cords vibrating in his throat as he growled, "Little one, watch closely how a true General wields a sword."
After speaking, Zheng Yuchun charged forward with his sword raised.
Seeing this, Su Liyan gripped the Celestial Master Sword, chanted an incantation, and rushed to meet him.
The Observatory Master of Guyang Temple, though severely wounded, refused to retreat. He sat cross-legged on the ground, regulating his breathing to suppress the poison in his body.
The other Daoists gathered around their master, some standing and some sitting, watching Lu Yuan and his wife. A few even shouted well-intentioned advice.
Before Su Liyan could even clash with Zheng Yuchun, a rapid burst of gunfire erupted from behind her.
Su Liyan could feel a dozen or so bullets WHIZ past, barely a meter away from her.
A dozen or so bullets slammed squarely into the Celestial Master’s corpse that Zheng Yuchun was possessing.
The burst of gunfire startled the Daoists, making them jump back several steps. Some covered their ears, completely bewildered.
The Observatory Master, who was sitting on the ground regulating his breath, got so agitated that he coughed up a mouthful of old blood.
These Daoists had never seen anything like it and had no idea what kind of Divine Artifact Lu Yuan was holding.
Sitting on the rock, Lu Yuan pointed the muzzle of his submachine gun upward, blew on it, and then swapped in a new magazine.
Zheng Yuchun, who was in mid-charge, felt no pain, only that his body had suddenly become extremely uncoordinated.
Su Liyan seized the opportunity, swinging her sword horizontally across his waist.
Zheng Yuchun fell to the ground. He tried to get back up but couldn’t.
Left with no choice, Zheng Yuchun had to abandon the body he had just possessed.
Now free from the corpse, Zheng Yuchun looked at the gruesome scene on the ground and said, "You’re ruthless, little one!"
In a flash, Su Liyan sliced off his arm.
"What a powerful woman!" the Daoists exclaimed in awe.
Lu Yuan also marveled. ’My wife is a woman of few words and ruthless action. When it comes to a fight, she’d rather throw a punch than waste time talking.’
Su Liyan hadn’t transformed; she was in her normal human form. Although her power was limited, her moves were still extraordinary.
Lu Yuan switched the submachine gun’s safety on, placed it at his feet, and pretended to rummage in the pocket of his pants.
Having "found" what he was looking for, Lu Yuan stood up and shouted, "General Zheng, look at this treasure!"
A golden light shot out and struck Zheng Yuchun, pinning him in place, unable to move.
Lu Yuan held an Eight Trigrams Mirror, and the golden light it emitted was gradually dispersing the Evil Qi from Zheng Yuchun’s body.
"Honey, come on back."
Hearing her husband’s words, Su Liyan retreated to Lu Yuan’s side and did not interfere further.
Lu Yuan turned to the Daoists behind him and said, "Don’t just stand there gawking. Aren’t you going to start chanting scriptures to guide his soul?"
After some thought, Lu Yuan decided he didn’t want Zheng Yuchun to dissipate into dust. He would have the Daoists guide his soul instead.
At Lu Yuan’s prompting, every Daoist who could still speak began chanting scriptures and performing the Rituals.
A quarter of an hour later, with his Evil Qi cleansed, Zheng Yuchun was about to enter the Six Paths of Reincarnation. Just before he faded away, he nodded at Lu Yuan and then vanished.
Only then did Lu Yuan put away the Eight Trigrams Mirror and pick up the submachine gun at his feet.
The clouds and mist dispersed, and a ray of sunlight shone down on everyone.
Many of the Daoists, ignoring their injured Observatory Master, rushed over to Lu Yuan and crowded around him, asking, "Benefactor, what Divine Artifact is that in your hand?"
Lu Yuan showed the submachine gun to the crowd and declared, "This is the art that makes all living beings equal!"
