Immortality from Taming Elephant-Chapter 150 - 109: Extraordinary True Blood, First Divine Descent, Slaying Ghosts and Devouring Evil, True Monarch’s Divine Might
"Six days, and the knocking is becoming more frequent. Tomorrow, all of us will die!"
A woman’s expression showed signs of collapse. She looked at the middle-aged elder before her, speaking almost hysterically, "Mayor, can the Divine Statue you found truly call upon the gods for our protection?"
With those words, everyone’s eyes fell upon the mayor, their expressions solemn, each with bloodshot eyes brimming with hope and longing.
"I..."
This was a world on the verge of collapse, Fierce Ghosts rampant, leaving towns like theirs almost entirely deserted.
"In such times, who can save us but the gods?"
Staring at the unchanged shrine, a hint of anxiety welled up in his heart, a wild impulse flashing through his mind.
I want to smash this broken Divine Statue!
The knocking outside became even more urgent.
Until...
With a thunderous crash.
The earth lit up brightly as black Yin winds accompanied by green smoke surged in.
Everyone’s faces displayed horror.
This cave, though only a meter or so underground, being so easily torn open brought a shock that...
Despair had already manifested in their eyes.
Then came the sound of sobbing as they witnessed the emergence of the green smoke.
An elderly man in tattered clothes was there, continuously knocking on something, making a sound akin to knocking on a door.
His body emitted a sinister green smoke with faint ghostly wails, stacked upon bones underfoot.
He walked slowly, the bloodthirsty aura around him soaring to the sky, his eyes cold and lifeless.
Suddenly, he stopped, seeming to sense something, his vacant eyes locking firmly onto the shrine on the offering table.
The believers felt as though they had survived a calamity, as if they no longer needed to die.
The ghostly elder continued forward, each step like an instant teleportation.
But suddenly.
Perhaps it was divine intervention, perhaps the mysterious gods watched over them, for the Divine Statue began to change.
A point of mystical light appeared on the statue, first lighting up its eyes, then blossoming with golden mystical light.
The figure of General Wei slowly manifested, followed by Xu Guang.
"Is this the Divine Descent?"
Xu Guang was astounded, curious, sensing his current state was not of flesh and blood, but an illusionary figure sculpted from the Power of Heaven and Earth.
His own strength was but Spiritual Power.
General Wei was the same, though his illusion was more solid, with Demonic Power on him, about a third of his true form.
Xu Guang could feel both bodies solidifying; was this... a Divine Descent?
That he could come here was because...
He found a loophole again.
The near-source power he shared with General Wei allowed Xu Guang’s Spiritual Power to merge in, oddly joining the Divine Descent.
’This must be Divine Descent.’ he thought.
Xu Guang watched as the scene before him, with a mist-like element dissipating, gradually becoming clear.
Darkness, silence, despair...
Below were believers clad in strange attire, resembling beggars.
In the mysterious realm, General Wei received the call for [Divine Descent].
To slay the knocking Fierce Ghost and protect the believers.
"The True Monarch manifests!"
"The True Monarch truly manifests!"
The crowd saw the change on the Divine Statue, cried out in surprise, then saw the statue gradually change, revealing an illusionary form of a deity.
Xu Guang and General Wei appeared, the Fierce Ghost sensing something, letting out a ghostly wail that shook the heavens, its pores oozing blood mist that turned into green ghost smoke.
"Is this the knocking ghost people speak of?"
"Ah Wei!"
At the right time.
The earth flipped, the world seemed overturned at that instant, the Divine Statue releasing its restraint as General Wei and Xu Guang’s celestial illusion emerged!
Shocking the heavens and astounding the world, Divine Might unparalleled.
Brilliant celestial light, a crisp male voice resonated from thin air.
"This Fierce Ghost, its strength isn’t bad."
With this voice, General Wei’s body burst forth with golden light, stretching tens of meters, resembling a colossal golden elephant from afar.
In the void, a Divine Elephant silently responded to General Wei.
In a mere instant, the breath of the heavens and earth transformed, myriad malicious deities and demons trembled as if encountering the almighty universe.
Astonishment spread across the faces of the believers, followed by a unanimous kneeling in worship.
"Bowing to the True Monarch!"
"The True Monarch above!"
The presence of the Divine Descent brought forth the Divine Shadow, with General Wei’s aura soaring, the elephant’s trunk sweeping forth.
In an instant, countless mystical forces composed of dragon patterns, phoenix motifs, red documents, and cloudy seals erupted in the golden light.
In the blink of an eye, the green ghost smoke around the ghostly elder was dispelled, its body enveloped in golden light, the Divine Shadow behind General Wei instantly manifesting its original form.
A gigantic maw.
From top to bottom.
Swallowing whole.
"Now, slay the ghost, devour the evil, with perfect merit!"
A strange voice seemed to echo from the heavens and earth.
Xu Guang and General Wei’s figures gradually dissipated.
"Believer Chen Tong, thankful to the True Monarch, the True Monarch’s great mercy and great kindness, Great Saint of great mercy."
...
Beneath Wanhua Peak.
Xu Guang opened his eyes, looking at General Wei with a peculiar expression.
[Acquired 900 Celestial Merit]
Then he noticed the seven additional Spirit Crystals beside General Wei, and Xu Guang had a strange look.
He was merely a bystander in this, yet he received so much Celestial Merit. What about General Wei, who slew the Fierce Ghost?
Soon, the answer came.
General Wei gained 3,100 Celestial Merit.
Truly terrifying!
Xu Guang finally understood the true meaning of this Divine Blessing by General Wei.
It meant that if there were a tributor, they could respond to believers’ calls, slaying ghosts, and devouring evil.
After killing the Fierce Ghost, they would return.
A bit like the Divine Descent Technique from mythological tales of the past.
Marvelous, astonishingly marvelous.
Xu Guang mused about the peculiar world, realizing neither he nor General Wei could directly communicate with the believers, as if isolated by some force.
Their descent’s sole purpose was to slay the ghost.
However...
Though he stayed in that world for less than a quarter of an hour, he could distinctly feel how overwhelmingly strong the Yin Qi there was! 𝘧𝓇𝑒𝑒𝑤ℯ𝑏𝓃𝘰𝑣ℯ𝘭.𝘤ℴ𝘮
It was a decaying place, with Yin prevailing over Yang, and ghosts rampant.
Who knows where it actually is?
But Xu Guang was certain of one thing; that place must have no shortage of Spirit Crystals.
The rewards after a Divine Descent and ghost-slaying primarily benefited General Wei, enabling instantaneous refinement of Ghost Treasures for Celestial Merit, with the Divine Shadow being enhanced after each descent.
As for the things in that world, besides those for worship and belonging to the Fierce Ghost, nothing else could be taken away.
Thinking of the woman offered as a sacrifice by the believers, Xu Guang’s face showed a hint of helplessness.
He hoped next time, those people would be more thoughtful and use Spirit Crystals as offerings.
The effect of this Divine Blessing was indeed extraordinary, worthy of a blessing from the Fifth-Grade Celestial Register.
In the first Divine Descent, he and General Wei altogether received 4,000 Celestial Merit, and seven Wood Attribute Spirit Crystals.
He thought of the dozen or so believers, hoping they could survive, and soon encounter the Fierce Ghosts seeking General Wei’s aid.
No other reason, General Wei had no devotees. This was the first time in half a year that a believer called upon him.
