Ch 127: Flame Jiao

After Black Pine felt that there was no movement around him, he also poked his head out from the black cloth.

“Boss, are you alright!” Black Pine called out to Wu Zhuogong loudly.

From a pyramid made of countless rats, Wu Zhuogong walked out.

“Damn it! I almost failed!”

Wu Zhuogong glared fiercely at the Deathly Calamity Ghost; its earlier rampage almost killed everyone.

Wu Zhuogong painstakingly gathered the powerful figures of Magic City together, intending to curse them.

Now, the Deathly Calamity Ghost’s bombardment, if it killed everyone, Wu Zhuogong’s efforts would have been in vain.

Worst-case scenario, the Daoist Alliance would attribute everything to Wu Zhuogong and hunt him down!

Then Wu Zhuogong would have suffered a net loss.

“Luckily, the kid from the Daoist Alliance who uses talismans actually protected everyone with talismans…”

Wu Zhuogong stared at Luo Fang, a slight curve appearing on his lips.

Suddenly, Wu Zhuogong sensed something and his expression changed in alarm.

“The curse, is complete!”

Wu Zhuogong looked at the ordinary people present; a layer of cursed aura had appeared on them, a sign that they had been successfully cursed by the Deathly Calamity Ghost!

Wu Zhuogong’s objective, was achieved!

Only needing to curse everyone, the next step wouldn’t require Wu Zhuogong’s concern.

Luo Fang, anxious to save people, had inadvertently accomplished Wu Zhuogong’s plan.

“Black Pine, retreat!” Wu Zhuogong decisively fled.

After all, the Deathly Calamity Ghost had caused too much commotion.

Now Wu Zhuogong was already overwhelmed; if one or two more Daoists appeared, Wu Zhuogong would become a turtle in a jar.

“Yes, Boss! Coming right behind you!”

Black Pine made a grasping motion towards the Deathly Calamity Ghost in the air, intending to take it away.

But the Deathly Calamity Ghost was unwilling, even breaking free from Black Pine’s restraint: “A mere human, dares to command me around!”

“Whether you leave or not is up to you! If you want to stay and die, I don’t care!”

Black Pine cursed angrily, about to flee.

This King-Level Ghost, was indeed difficult to control.

Black Pine and the Deathly Calamity Ghost were currently in a cooperative relationship, and he could not issue commands that would ensure 100% obedience.

As long as the Deathly Calamity Ghost refused, it could not be taken away by Black Pine.

“Cowardly rat! Mere human, this lord will kill one if one comes, and kill a group if a group comes! What is there to fear!”

The Deathly Calamity Ghost issued a disdainful taunt, utterly contemptuous.

Black Pine followed behind Wu Zhuogong, running while shouting back: “Then you stay here, I heard that Zhang Buran returned to the Daoist Alliance!”

“I guess now… he’s on his way!”

Upon hearing the three words “Zhang Buran,” the Deathly Calamity Ghost instantly trembled, terrified, its pupils shrinking to pinpricks.

“Zhang… Bur…an…”

“Zhang! Bur! An!”

The Deathly Calamity Ghost let out a hysterical roar, condensing into a black sphere, swiftly flying towards Black Pine.

The Ghost Domain also dissipated.

Three years ago, during the Hundred Ghosts Parade at Night, the Deathly Calamity Ghost also participated, and was as arrogant and overbearing as it is now.

Until it encountered that man—Zhang Buran.

Ever since the Deathly Calamity Ghost was almost shattered after being instantly defeated by Zhang Buran, its fear of this man had become ingrained in its very being!

As long as the name “Zhang Buran” was mentioned, the Deathly Calamity Ghost would shrink in fear.

The Deathly Calamity Ghost transformed into a small black sphere the size of a palm, fleeing behind Black Pine.

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Inside the golden barrier formed by talismans, Luo Fang was panting heavily.

At the moment of the explosion, Luo Fang relentlessly used talismans to protect everyone, but as a result, his talismans were depleted, and his magical power was almost exhausted.

Beside Luo Fang, Meng Changyong didn’t care about Luo Fang’s heavy breathing, but instead glared fiercely at the fleeing Black Pine and Wu Zhuogong.

“They caused destruction and then tried to escape!”

“Unforgivable!”

Meng Changyong bit his finger, and bright red blood seeped out.

Several drops of blood floated into the air, the blood condensing into a dragon-shaped form as thick as a finger.

Upon seeing this, Luo Fang exclaimed in alarm: “Meng Changyong, you’re crazy! You haven’t mastered this technique yet, it will harm innocent people!”

Meng Changyong stubbornly continued forming hand seals and casting the spell.

“I can control it!”

“Flame Dragon!”

The dragon formed from blood was ignited by fire.

Golden flames instantly expanded, transforming into a pillar of fire that shot straight into the sky!

As Meng Changyong waved his hands, his body rotated, and the pillar of fire also spiraled upwards, curving like a spring ascending into the heavens.

The top of the fire pillar transformed into a majestic dragon head, and the fire pillar instantly became a soaring dragon!

The flame dragon twisted its huge body, circled several times, and dived from the sky, charging towards Wu Zhuogong and Black Pine!

Brilliant firelight rained down from the sky, dyeing the whole world crimson.

“Damn! This kid actually knows such powerful magic!”

“Damn it! With such powerful destructive magic, does this kid not care about the lives of ordinary people?”

Wu Zhuogong and Black Pine felt the pressure from the sky, and the scorching flames, their expressions drastically changing!

Black Pine once again summoned countless rats, the rats beginning to continuously coalesce into a giant rat shikigami.

The previous giant rat shikigami had already been destroyed in the explosion.

However, before the giant rat shikigami could fully form, it was bitten by the descending flame dragon, burning to ashes!

Several nearby rats were also ignited by the residual heat and turned to ash!

“Wu Heart Gu!”

Wu Zhuogong had to use his trump card, pulling out a shriveled, dry heart the size of half a palm from his bosom.

The moment the dry heart touched the flames, it instantly exploded, bursting into thick green mist that scattered, and the flame dragon also exploded!

“Boom!” “Bang!”

Two loud bangs rang out simultaneously, firelight mixed with green mist, sweeping across the sky!

The scorching temperature enveloped the surroundings, baking the cement and steel structures until they deformed!

The entire Heaven and Earth was like a giant oven, roasting everything.

“It’s out of control!”

Meng Changyong exclaimed in panic; he had lost control of the flame dragon.

The flame dragon exploded, the power was incredibly terrifying!

Luo Fang gritted his teeth and intensified his spellcasting.

The firelight dissipated…

Most people were unharmed in the flames, thanks to the talisman barriers surrounding them.

Once again, Luo Fang saved everyone.

“Luo Fang, you’re amazing! Your talismans actually withstood the explosion of my Black Gold Flame!”

Meng Changyong, without a care for his own condition, excitedly patted Luo Fang on the shoulder.

But Luo Fang, whose body was already exhausted, vomited blood from this pat, and fainted, all his talismans turning to dust and dissipating.

“Luo Fang? What’s wrong with you? Why did you faint?”

Meng Changyong looked at the unconscious Luo Fang in a daze, not considering that it was his fault.

“I know, it must be those two wicked ways that caused this!”

Meng Changyong angrily stood up, condensing a fireball in his hand, and charged towards Black Pine.

Wu Zhuogong, having used the Wu Heart Gu to resist the flame dragon, was also blown away tens of meters, and struggled to get up, not seriously injured, and could barely move.

But Black Pine wasn’t so lucky.

Black Pine, at the center of the explosion, had one arm blown off, and one leg was also mangled, making it difficult to move, he could only hobble along.

Facing the charging Meng Changyong, Black Pine couldn’t escape.

“Don’t come closer, or I’ll kill this woman!”

In a panic, Black Pine grabbed a nearby unconscious woman as a hostage.

“Let her go!”

A sudden male voice rang out.

Nan Liu ran over, swinging his fist at Black Pine.

Because the woman Black Pine had grabbed, was Bai Wangshu.

Nan Liu had not fainted from the beginning, witnessing this earth-shattering battle, his worldview was greatly shaken.

Nan Liu had never seen such a destructive scene in his life, he was scared silly.

But seeing the unconscious Bai Wangshu being used as a hostage by Black Pine…

Nan Liu, an ordinary person, still rushed forward without hesitation.

“Sigh! Don’t rush over to die!”

Meng Changyong was still some distance from Black Pine, but seeing Nan Liu rushing forward selflessly, he shouted a warning.

Nan Liu, fearless, swung his fist at Black Pine…

“Ssh—”

However, the next moment, a slender claw emerged from the black sphere that was the Deathly Calamity Ghost beside Black Pine, piercing Nan Liu’s chest.

The claw quickly retracted.

Nan Liu looked down, at the hole in his chest bleeding profusely, his head swam, the pain and dizziness…

Nan Liu couldn’t distinguish between reality and illusion.

Nan Liu, ultimately an ordinary person, fell.

“Mere human!” the Deathly Calamity Ghost scoffed.

In the eyes of this evil ghost that had murdered countless people, a mere life was insignificant!

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