The Lord of Void and Real
Chapter 496

Chapter 496: Chapter 492: Reinforcements Chapter 496: Chapter 492: Reinforcements Shen Luo, while running the Great Unsealing Technique to heal his lower leg injury, formed sword techniques with one hand. A flash of red light occurred, and the Pure Yang Sword Embryo emerged out of thin air; he shook his wrist again.

With a “slip” sound, the Pure Yang Sword Embryo turned into a red sword rainbow tens of feet long. Above it, a layer of crimson flames appeared, slashing towards the dark red skeleton and two other ghost creatures.

Practicing the Pure Yang Sword Technique, Shen Luo was much faster in activating the Pure Yang Sword Embryo. The sword rainbow drew a ring of light and almost simultaneously slashed at the three ghosts.

The three ghost creatures clearly did not expect Shen Luo's counterattack to be so swift. Despite their best efforts to dodge, they still got injured by the sword rainbow.

The blood-red demon had its left arm chopped off, the green-faced zombie chest got a huge wound, revealing its internal organs.

The dark red skeleton standing closest to Shen Luo had its hands chopped off by the Pure Yang Sword Embryo.

Some Red Lotus Karmic Fire could be seen at the wounds of all three ghosts. This fire is the nemesis of all ghost creatures. Like the dark red skeleton's crimson flames just now, it swiftly spreads from the wound to other areas of their bodies.

The three ghosts creatures hurriedly applied their measures, attempting to extinguish the Red Lotus Karmic Fire on them.

But how could Shen Luo let them succeed? The sword technique in his hand changed, and the vast red sword rainbow immediately split into dozens of small sword rainbows, lashing at the three ghosts like a storm.

However, these three ghost creatures were not weak, and didn't make the same mistake as the spectral ghost creature before by consuming the Pure Yang Sword Embryo, therefore, no matter how hard he tried, he was still being hindered and couldn't escape for the moment.

On both sides of the river, several villagers had already jumped in toward the Golden Sword Array, like moths to a flame.

Golden sword shadows flicked, several villagers were immediately chopped into halves, splattering blood and falling onto the ground.

The black Qi that originally hovered around them infused into the corpses. The corpses quickly turned pitch-black, then exploded directly, turning into clusters of black and red blood stains on the golden light pillars.

The light inside the pillars flickered, and the sword Qi surged, immediately shaking off most of the blood stains, yet a patch of dark red traces were still firmly attached to them.

The originally dazzling golden light pillars dimmed slightly, and the movement of the sword shadows inside was also slightly sluggish.

“Haha! It works, it really works, foolish humans, become the sacrifice that will free my Dragon Head!” the laugh of the middle-aged scholar came out from the black Qi, and the surrounding black Qi surged towards the Golden Sword Array.

The black Qi this time was different from before, appearing more substantial, almost like a liquid. In the blink of an eye, it covered the distance of tens of feet and enveloped the Golden Sword Array, leaking in from a few dark red blood stains.

The Golden Sword Array immediately lit up with tens of thick sword shadows slashing towards the enveloping black Qi, tearing dozens of cracks in the black Qi.

However, the black Qi immediately filled back, continuing to seep towards the Golden Sword Array, and the golden light pillars once again darkened.

“Who dares to act recklessly in Chang'an City?!” A thunderbolt-like roar came from afar. Before the voice fell, several escape lights shot over from a distance, revealing four figures.

Shen Luo looked over while battling fiercely, a look of surprise appeared on his face.

The leader among the four was none other than Lu Huaming, and the other three were also wearing the official costumes of the Great Tang Dynasty government, all appearing to have strong cultivation levels.

They didn't fly from the direction of the Great Tang Dynasty government but from the city gate, appearing to have just returned to the city. They noticed the commotion here and came to check.

“Brother Shen! What's happening?” Lu Huaming immediately recognized Shen Luo and called out to him.

“Brother Lu, your timing is perfect! The ghost of the Jing River Dragon King is in this black Qi. Somehow he has managed to escape from the seal I set. He is trying to use dark magic to force the villagers to blood sacrifice the sword array in the river to extract the imprisoned Dragon Head from there. We mustn't let it succeed!” Shen Luo explained the situation while battling the three ghosts.

Upon hearing Shen Luo's words, Lu Huaming and the others' expressions changed dramatically.

“Fellow cultivators, I heard Duke Cheng say that there is a Golden Sword Array in the Jingguang River set up by Duke Wei himself. It suppresses a piece of evil object, which is undoubtedly this Dragon Head,” said a tall, elegant, and refined young woman who was standing behind Lu Huaming.

The other two were also young men; one was handsome with red lips and white teeth, the other had a robust body, with a broad back and a bearish waist.

Initially, the two young men didn't recognize Shen Luo and were somewhat skeptical. Their doubts vanished after hearing the eloquent woman spoke. They set off towards where the Jing River Dragon King was on the wooden bridge.

“Wait, Lin and I will handle the ghost of the Jing River Dragon King. Wang and Sun, you both stop the common people from going to the river!” Lu Huaming suddenly stopped others and hastily suggested.

“Alright.” The remaining three seemed to have utter confidence in Lu Huaming, and at once followed his command dispersing in different directions.

“Rats! Stop them!” The voice of the middle-aged scholar echoed from within the black mist.

The nearby ghosts immediately sprang forth, blocking Lu Huaming and the three others and engaging them in battle.

Simultaneously, the dragon-shaped black mist controlling the commoners suddenly swelled up considerably. Their walking speed also increased, multi-folding, everyone hurriedly skipped into the river, rushing towards the golden light pillar.

Puff! Puff! Puff!

In the blink of an eye, many common people fell dead, their bodies exploding and turning into bloodstains that tainted the golden light pillar.

Upon witnessing this, Shen Luo became extremely anxious.

At that moment, a brilliant yellow light illuminated from the body of a manipulated commoner standing by the shore. The person halted, it was Lian Xiang, the young girl from the Liuxiang Pavilion.

A yellow talisman soared up from her body, emitting a bright yellow radiance. The talisman then transformed into a bright yellow copper bell.

Ding dong… Ding dong…

The crisp bell sound was issued from the copper bell. The sound was not loud, but it traveled far, audible to both sides of the river.

Upon hearing the sound, the manipulated commoners on both sides showed slight changes in their vacant expressions, seeming to awaken. Their steps halted there.

On the contrary, the nearby ghosts became even more bewildered upon hearing this sound. As if hypnotized, they stood there motionless.

Three ghosts engaged in combat with Shen Luo reacted in the same manner, abruptly standing there motionless.

Although he was confused about what happened, his face lit up with joy and he urged his sword technique.

The Pure Yang Sword Embryo flickered and transformed into countless red sword shadows, as if a sky full of sword rain was shrouding the dark red skeletons and other ghosts, suddenly constricting them.

The three ghosts were extremely fragile against the Red Lotus Karmic Fire and were immediately crushed to dust.

Three items filled with a strong Yin Qi fell from their bodies: a dark-red rib bone, a blood-red curved horn, and a blackish-yellow bead.

Shen Luo pocketed the three items immediately and urged the Pure Yang Sword Embryo to attack other ghosts quickly. However, his gaze was fixed upon the copper bell hovering in mid-air.

“How did the talisman transform into a copper bell? That's right, the elder Daoist in a grey robe did mention that when the bell rings, I should smash the green jade!” Shen Luo suddenly recalled the words of the elder Daoist in the grey robe, and took out the block of green jade immediately throwing it hard on the ground.

Bang!

The jade shattered, unexpectedly transforming into a large cloud of green gas.

The green gas appeared and raced towards the black magic array on the wooden bridge, merging into it.

The runes on the black magic array were immediately dyed green and began to operate in the reverse direction automatically.

The figures of the nearby ghosts on the wooden bridge suddenly turned transparent, flickered a few times and disappeared entirely.