Chapter 156: Node In Hand
With a shrill screech from the Purple-Haired Fox, waves of foul wind came surging forth.
Gravel flew splashing from the large pit, spinning in whirlwind circles.
Lu Bai watched this series of changes and could sense Aunt Hu San’s means—they were truly sinister and vicious.
With the Four Immortal Lotus present, Master Bai Fourteen and Chang Shengtian, these two immortals, could not be counted on; he could only rely on himself.
Decisively activating [Ink Black], Lu Bai turned everything before his eyes, including himself, pitch black, like a black hole that appeared out of thin air, devouring all incoming light rays completely.
Taking advantage of Aunt Hu San being stunned by this change of circumstance.
His figure moved like a ghost, silently drifting toward the Purple-Haired Fox.
Pitch-black mana spikes were already gripped in his hand, and once he closed to a certain distance, he abruptly activated [Flash Time].
For a great immortal of Aunt Hu San’s level, even in pitch darkness, she could still see normally.
Yet the blackness of [Ink Black] prevented her from seeing clearly no matter what, forcing her to muster utmost vigilance.
But due to the existence of [Flash Time], no matter how vigilant she was, it would be meaningless.
Puff~
When the world resumed flowing, the mana spikes in Lu Bai’s hand had already pierced into the Purple-Haired Fox’s body.
Aunt Hu San immediately felt stinging pain from the back of her neck and instinctively raised her front paw to touch it, but grabbed at empty air.
After all, her true form was indeed very large in size, and this injury was not actually serious.
Lu Bai naturally had not placed all his hope on this one strike.
The moment it struck, he controlled the great serpent phantom on his left arm, making it like a spring that propelled him toward the fox’s head.
In midair, he reached out with his right hand, plucking away the Four Immortal Lotus like scooping the moon from the water.
The great serpent phantom that provided the propulsion rapidly contracted, allowing him to spin three and a half turns in the air.
Then, he fiercely twisted his waist and exerted force, shooting out the retracted great serpent phantom.
Like a heavy punch descending from the heavens, carrying violent great strength, it precisely smashed onto the top of the fox’s head.
Bang!!!
Amid the pitch blackness, an extremely dull collision sound rang out, even faintly mixed with the cracking sound of bones.
The darkness dispersed, revealing the scene at the site.
That massive Purple-Haired Fox was head-first into the ground, smashing out a three-meter-square pit, with dense spiderweb-like cracks scattered around the pit’s edges.
Lu Bai held the Four Immortal Lotus in his left hand, steadily standing atop the Purple-Haired Fox’s head.
Aunt Hu San lay on the ground, her brain churning like stormy seas, unable even to cry out, only emitting unconscious groans of pain.
The extreme size disparity between the two made the scene appear especially shocking.
Seeing this sight, Master Bai Fourteen, and Chang Shengtian whom he supported, both briefly lost the ability to speak.
Chang Shengtian’s expression no longer held its former arrogance and cold severity, instead becoming somewhat like Master Bai Fourteen’s honest simplicity.
“He looks just like him, really just like him.”
Chang Shengtian stared fixedly at Lu Bai: “Master Bai Fourteen… what do you think…”
Hearing the movement beside him, Master Bai Fourteen came back to his senses and immediately realized what he meant.
“Yeah, this kid might just become the next Grandma Wang San.”
Lu Bai had no idea what these two immortals were chatting about.
Of course, even if he knew, he probably wouldn’t care.
He grinned and waved at the two of them, saying, “Do you two have any way to make her revert to human form?”
Aunt Hu San’s Purple-Haired Fox true form was too large; to use her as a hostage, it would be better to have her turn into a more portable human form.
Master Bai Fourteen and Chang Shengtian obediently walked to the side of the Purple-Haired Fox.
“Um, Little Bai, you put that out first.”
Master Bai Fourteen pointed at the Four Immortal Lotus, speaking in a slightly fawning tone.
With that incense stick of the Four Immortal Lotus burning, it was not easy for immortals like them to mobilize magic power.
Watching Lu Bai pinch out the Four Immortal Lotus with two fingers, Master Bai Fourteen immediately got to work and soon controlled the Purple-Haired Fox to revert to human form.
After observing for a while and confirming that Aunt Hu San was in a comatose state, he finally relaxed completely.
“Little Bai, are you really planning to use her as a hostage?”
Seeing him ask, Lu Bai casually waved his hand.
“Just trying my luck; if it doesn’t work, no big deal.”
After tossing and turning for most of the night, the sky had already begun to lighten with fish-belly white.
Several fire sites in the county town were still not extinguished, continuously belching thick smoke.
If one held their breath and listened carefully, they could still hear masses of crying and shouting from afar.
“Alright, give her to me; you’ve still got work to do.”
Lu Bai took the comatose Aunt Hu San from Master Bai Fourteen’s hands, gesturing for him to hurry and maintain order.
Master Bai Fourteen naturally would not refute; after all, this county town was his territory.
Before, he simply couldn’t free up his hands and could only let the common folk suffer more.
Now that he was free, he immediately dashed madly toward the city gate.
After running some distance, he realized this was too slow, so he simply revealed his hedgehog true form and ascended into the air.
Against immortals with temple building cultivation level, Master Bai Fourteen was indeed outmatched.
But if the opponents were changed to those household guardian immortals, no matter their quantity, he wouldn’t flinch in the slightest.
The massive hedgehog suspended in the sky above the county town wasted no time and immediately unleashed a sky-maiden-scattering-flowers barrage of spike attacks.
The sharp spikes were like dense arrow rain, successively piercing through one red-eyed evil spirit after another.
Anyway, he couldn’t perfectly control every single spike; if an evil spirit was unlucky and killed on the spot, it really couldn’t be blamed on him.
Countless disaster-surviving common folk immediately cheered; seeing the tide had turned, some burly men holding hoes and rake-poles plopped down on their butts, finally able to catch their breath.
As for those few fires in the county town…
Well, after one night, everything that could burn had burned; putting out the fires now was far too late, so they might as well let the flames die out on their own.
Lu Bai looked up at Master Bai Fourteen’s “performance” and made no evaluation of it.
On the contrary, Chang Shengtian’s expression was conflicted; perhaps he truly worried that Lu Bai would become a legendary incense master like Grandma Wang San, and couldn’t help but remind him indirectly.
“Guarding a territory is way too much trouble; even if I jumped down and died outside, I wouldn’t become some steward immortal.”
Lu Bai didn’t know if he heard or not, showing no reaction anyway, and silently squatted down to cover Aunt Hu San with a big energy dome.
Seeing that this beautiful woman still showed no reaction, Lu Bai then alternated left and right.
Slap! Slap! Slap!
“Hold on a bit.”
Aunt Hu San stared wide-eyed in terror, sobbing as she said, “I’m awake… awake, don’t hit me anymore.”
Lu Bai hummed in acknowledgment and crossed his arms.
“Where is your Second Brother now?”
“What Second Brother?”
Slap!
“…Yang Hu Zi Mountain.”
“Are those reincarnated demon persons all with him too?”
“I don’t know.”
Slap!
“I really don’t know…”
Slap!
“…”
Slap!
“I know…”
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