Divine & Bizarre: Increasing Points to Invincibility-Chapter 789 - 221: Demons and Devils: Damn it! Am I the demon, or are you the demon?_1
Unlike ordinary people, the Holy Fire Guards could see much more. With their own eyes, they looked through layers of smoke and dust and saw a terrifying demon burst forth from within the statue of the City Lord God!
At first, they thought they had seen wrong, but after the smoke and dust had cleared, such a horrific demon presented itself right before their eyes.
The sight left them so stunned that their minds couldn’t comprehend what they were seeing for a good while.
Especially the surging, overwhelming demon winds that had just blown through left them feeling as if they were in an ice cellar!
They felt bone-chilling coldness throughout their bodies, their joints were stiff, and the air became so dense it was extremely difficult to move even a step.
It wasn’t until the aura around Daoist Fan Wu from Qiulong Temple exploded and counterbalanced the demon’s menacing presence that they finally began to recover.
The bone-chilling cold and stiffness in their bodies persisted, albeit not as intense as before.
"Illusion! It must... it must be an illusion!" one cultivator clad in a Daoist robe said, his demeanor one of someone whose mind was fraying, "How could the City Lord God possibly be a demon? This scene must be an illusion!"
"No... it’s not likely an illusion," another cultivator spoke up, his throat moving up and down nervously before he said, "Our family specializes in the Heavenly Eye technique that pierces through any illusion; no illusion can deceive our family’s vision."
"Damn it! If this isn’t an illusion, then does that mean the City God of Zhu Yao City has been a demon all along? Have we been worshiping a demon from the start? Have we been offering incense to a demon?"
"Oh my God! If that’s the case, then hasn’t all our incense been devoured by a demon? What if, what if this demon is the mount of the City Lord God?"
"If it was a demon subdued by the City Lord God, how could it possess such intense Evil Qi?"
"Could that fugitive have known about this all along?"
"Should we... should we get away from this place of calamity?"
"That fugitive is trying to confront a demon with sorcery!"
"Turns out he’s not the mad one; we are."
"..."
The cultivators, having glimpsed the truth, looked as if their faith had crumbled in an instant, their faces filled with a dazed expression, their eyes lifeless, lost in self-doubt.
And as for the common people, there was no need to say more; they weren’t deaf and could hear what the cultivators were discussing.
Nor were they blind, for they could see a giant demon facing off against a tall man right before their eyes.
Panic and mental collapse spread through the crowd ceaselessly.
"Run!!!" It’s unclear who among the more faint-hearted cried out these words, but the inside and outside of the City God Temple instantly descended into chaos.
One by one, the citizens of the Great Yan Dynasty scrambled frantically to leave the place of calamity, shoving others aside and pouring out like the ebbing tide.
Those who ran from the City God Temple quickly fled even further away; none of them wanted to be devoured by a demon.
And with nightfall approaching, encountering a demon in the dark was too horrifying!
"So that’s how it is..." Sensing the rolling Evil Qi emanating from the Demon Wolf Commander and the surging deadly aura from Daoist Fan Wu, Yun Jiuqing murmured in shock, "I knew something was off; the aura of this City God is entirely different from any City God I’ve encountered before. So it turns out, it’s not a true City God at all."
Xing Fengzi’s gaze fixed intently on the demon: "Remember the old Taoist priest we met before?"
"Which Taoist priest?" Liu Feng felt they had encountered many old Taoist priests on their journey.
Xing Fengzi said, "The one who turned into a half-wolf, half-human Taoist priest."
With that hint, Liu Feng remembered.
Indeed, he remembered that Taoist priest, whose appearance was too conspicuous and memorable.
Back then, they had learned from Daoist Fan Wu that the half-human, half-wolf creature was an old Taoist priest.
Liu Feng exclaimed in surprise, "Could it be that this demon is somehow related to that old Taoist priest?"
Xing Fengzi replied, "That old Taoist priest had the appearance of a hybrid, half-human, half-wolf, as if eroded by a demon’s power. And such a demon is purely in the likeness of a demon wolf. It seems that old Taoist priest was assimilated by such a demon."
"Hiss!" Liu Feng said in shock, "No wonder Daoist Fan Wu came to us directly; surely he realized there was some connection between this City God and that old Taoist, right?"
"This demon darest to masquerade as a City God in a provincial city; it’s unbelievable! Does it not fear being discovered by a true City God?"
Yun Jiuqing remarked, "Do you remember what the Destiny Coffin mentioned about the Heart Demon Mirror?"
Liu Feng paused, "What does that have to do with the Heart Demon Mirror?"
He did remember the Heart Demon Mirror.
A bizarre jade bi like that had caused his friend’s death; it was also the reason why they were being hunted by the Great Yan Dynasty, becoming fugitives. That jade bi was the root of all their troubles.
