Ch 261: Qiang Liu’s Trap!
Daoist Alliance.
Qiang Liu lay lazily on the bone chair, carelessly asking:
“I have everything prepared here. To open Fengdu Ghost City, we only need the Ghost Qi of Hei Gu and Death-Faced Buddha. What is your plan?”
In front of him, a Fallen Immortal with long hair and the appearance of a human man looked into the distance: “Let’s put their Ghost Qi aside for now. The big trouble you mentioned seems to be coming.”
In the distance, a rapidly enlarging small black dot was approaching at high speed.
The next moment, a thunderous roar exploded!
Purple lightning suddenly flashed! The lightning that fell from the sky completely destroyed the entire building where Qiang Liu was located, causing a complete collapse!
However, after the thunderous light dissipated, Qiang Liu and the Fallen Immortal appeared tens of meters away, one on the left and one on the right.
Qiang Liu was still carrying Meng Changyong, who had been scared silly.
“What… what is going on?”
Meng Changyong was completely distraught, trembling as he asked.
“There, your Senior has arrived.”
Qiang Liu looked at the figure shrouded in lightning in the air without the slightest fear, even showing a hint of excitement.
Meng Changyong, however, was sweating profusely and even had the urge to run away…
It was Zhang Buran!
“Qiang Liu, what exactly did you do!”
Glancing at the surrounding devastation, Zhang Buran immediately understood what had happened and was filled with rage.
However, what caught Zhang Buran’s attention even more was… the figure beside Qiang Liu, a figure Zhang Buran had never seen before, yet one that filled him with palpitations.
With black hair flowing over his shoulders, he had the appearance of a very handsome human man, but his eyes were like deep abysses…
He did not deliberately conceal it, yet he emitted incredibly powerful Ghost Qi… not inferior to the Ten-Eyed Demon Lord Zhang Buran had fought before.
One of the Four Ghost Emperors!
For the first time, Zhang Buran felt challenged.
A Ghost Emperor, Qiang Liu… either one was incredibly challenging for Zhang Buran.
“Thump… thump…”
His heartbeat gradually accelerated, but it wasn’t from nervousness, but from excitement!
The gradually accelerating heartbeat was like a war drum…
That long-lost fighting spirit filled his entire body, causing every cell in Zhang Buran to become excited!
The two and the ghost faced off like this, observing each other’s every move, neither making the first move.
“Little Fallen One, do you want to go first?”
Qiang Liu was the first to speak, breaking the eerie silence.
The Fallen Immortal glanced at Qiang Liu, his expression indifferent: “Why don’t you go?”
“My strength hasn’t fully recovered yet. I can’t beat him now.”
Qiang Liu said matter-of-factly.
The next moment, a thunderclap exploded, and Zhang Buran launched an attack at the Fallen Immortal!
Because Zhang Buran recognized him.
One of the Four Ghost Emperors, the Fallen Immortal Emperor, was the murderer of Zhang Buran’s father, mother, and grandfather!
When enemies meet, their eyes blaze with anger.
Without a word, Zhang Buran fought the Fallen Immortal!
However, Zhang Buran’s usually invincible fists missed their mark!
The Fallen Immortal quickly dodged, flying straight towards the sky.
Zhang Buran reappeared instantly, delivering another punch wrapped in purple electricity!
“Boom!”
A deafening explosion spread out!
The Fallen Immortal also punched!
A fist radiating black energy collided with Zhang Buran’s fist!
The two forces canceled each other out, and neither the man nor the ghost retreated a single step!
Truly formidable!
A numbing sensation in his arm shocked Zhang Buran.
But with new grievances added to old hatred, Zhang Buran was full of fighting spirit!
He unleashed several more punches, as if hundreds of fists were striking simultaneously, the force of the punches was fierce, electric arcs danced around, forcing the Fallen Immortal to retreat step by step…
“You seem to hate me?”
The Fallen Immortal perceived Zhang Buran’s emotion, feigning ignorance.
“You killed my parents, you killed my grandfather, do you remember!”
Zhang Buran gritted his teeth, bringing his palms together, and a purple lightning column shot out!
“Boom!”
The massive purple lightning instantly annihilated a patch of space in front of Zhang Buran!
The thunderous light dissipated.
Sure enough, the Fallen Immortal appeared unharmed a short distance away.
Looking at the dazzling purple lightning, the Fallen Immortal thought of something, and a playful smile curved his lips:
“Your grandfather, your father, both used this purple lightning, but they couldn’t kill me.”
“Why do you think you can?”
However, as soon as the Fallen Immortal’s confident words left his mouth, he felt a tingling sensation in his body.
The Fallen Immortal frowned slightly, checking his body and discovering extremely small, imperceptible electric arcs that had penetrated his skin and were wreaking havoc within him.
“This is from just now…”
The Fallen Immortal remembered that although he had dodged the lightning strike, some imperceptible purple electric arcs had still flowed into his body.
“Hahaha, Zhang Buran… you really are stronger than your grandfather!”
The Fallen Immortal found it amusing and laughed heartily.
“However, I don’t have the time to waste with you now.”
Zhang Buran brought his fists together, the purple electric arcs swirling around him eager to strike, “But I do!”
“Heh.”
The Fallen Immortal lightly tapped his toes on the ground, and powerful Ghost Qi filled the air.
“Ghost Domain unfolds… Sunken Lotus Dusk.”
In an instant, Heaven and Earth were filled with Ghost Qi, and the entire space was covered in a chilling aura!
The next moment, black lotuses suddenly appeared from all directions, these lotuses emitting black mist slowly rising…
Each black lotus seemed to be the embodiment of all the negative emotions in the world…
Arrogance, extremity, greed, furious lust, gluttony…
All negative emotions condensed into one black lotus, and there were thousands of such lotuses rising up!
Zhang Buran’s eyelids twitched.
Why hadn’t he even gotten serious yet, and the Fallen Immortal was already playing his trump card?
Ghost Domain could be considered a ghost’s greatest trump card.
However, since the Fallen Immortal dared to reveal his trump card, Zhang Buran certainly wouldn’t back down, preparing to advance to Transformation into Yang Divinity!
“Rolling Divine Lightning, cut…”
But before Zhang Buran finished chanting the incantation, Qiang Liu’s voice suddenly came from below.
“Hey, look over here!”
Zhang Buran worried it was a ghost trick to distract him, and glanced at it with his peripheral vision.
But this glance made Zhang Buran unable to remain calm!
Qiang Liu was holding Xia Yun’s neck tightly!
Xia Yun struggled frantically, her cheeks flushed red. With the slightest force from Qiang Liu, she would suffocate.
“Xia Yun!”
Zhang Buran roared, quickly appearing in front of Qiang Liu, and unleashed a punch!
Qiang Liu also unhesitatingly threw Xia Yun down, and Zhang Buran caught her in his arms.
But the moment he held Xia Yun in his arms, Zhang Buran discovered something was wrong… This wasn’t Xia Yun’s aura!
Seeing Xia Yun in distress, Zhang Buran panicked first.
And because his attention was distracted by the Fallen Immortal, he didn’t identify it immediately.
Only now did Zhang Buran realize.
This was just a corpse of someone unknown!
It had simply been used with some kind of evil magic to simulate Xia Yun’s struggling appearance!
By the time Zhang Buran reacted, it was too late.
Qiang Liu extended a claw, piercing Xia Yun’s chest.
Zhang Buran quickly retreated, but Qiang Liu also grabbed his clothes.
“Panicked? So this woman is important to you!”
“If I had known… I wouldn’t have killed her.”
“What, you killed Xia Yun!” Zhang Buran struggled to process it.
“Of course, her body is already cold, look over there if you don’t believe me.”
Zhang Buran looked in the direction Qiang Liu’s finger pointed.
Sure enough, he saw a corpse with a pierced chest, already cold… it was Xia Yun!
While Zhang Buran was distracted, Qiang Liu kicked out.
“I’ll kill you!”
Zhang Buran reacted quickly, blocking the kick with his hand, gritting his teeth!
At this moment, Zhang Buran’s anger reached its peak!
In his burning rage, Zhang Buran used all his strength with every punch!
Although Qiang Liu could barely parry, he was also forced to retreat…
“Little Fallen One! I can’t hold on anymore, why don’t you come and help?”
Qiang Liu fought and retreated, calling for help.
The Fallen Immortal, who had been observing from a distance, swiped his finger.
Under Zhang Buran and Qiang Liu’s feet, a black lotus suddenly appeared, engulfing them both without warning!
The moment they were enveloped, countless negative emotions flooded Zhang Buran’s mind…
“Give me back my life…”
“Give me back my life…”
Zhang Buran was momentarily dazed, as if millions of ghosts were howling and roaring in his ears…
Qiang Liu, being a human body, should also have been affected.
But the current Qiang Liu was merely a resurrected ghost, with Nan Liu’s soul still inside…
Nan Liu bore all the negative emotions.
Qiang Liu was unaffected.
However, Zhang Buran was only stunned for a moment.
But in that moment, Qiang Liu seized the opportunity!
Qiang Liu struck out with a claw, aiming straight for Zhang Buran’s chest!
After a brief second of being stunned, Zhang Buran recovered his senses and reacted quickly, grabbing Qiang Liu’s hand!
But Qiang Liu’s sharp fingertips still pierced half a centimeter into Zhang Buran’s chest! A little crimson blood seeped out!
Fortunately, it didn’t injure his heart!
But what Zhang Buran didn’t expect was… the next moment, Qiang Liu actually used his other hand to break off the hand that Zhang Buran was holding, and quickly retreated after severing the arm!
Qiang Liu hated himself that much!
While Zhang Buran was stunned, Qiang Liu used his remaining hand to form hand seals and cast a spell, murmuring softly.
“Reverse Blood Curse!”
Zhang Buran was horrified to discover that the hand seal Qiang Liu was forming with one hand was the Reverse Blood Curse hand seal.
The severed arm was the other half of the Reverse Blood Curse hand seal!
Qiang Liu was activating the Reverse Blood Curse.
Activating the Reverse Blood Curse, which didn’t require a voluntary ghost sacrifice to work!
And the black lotus beneath their feet was full of Ghost Qi… perfectly fulfilling the conditions of the Reverse Blood Curse!
Qiang Liu was going to curse himself!
Zhang Buran’s mind raced, reacting in 0.1 seconds, using his magical power to resist…
However, in that 0.1 second, the Reverse Blood Curse was activated!
Qiang Liu’s severed arm turned to ash and dissipated…
Zhang Buran felt a lingering fear, touching the few bloody holes in his chest.
These minor wounds were nothing…
He also felt nothing unusual or uncomfortable in his body.
However, Zhang Buran was 100% certain that Qiang Liu’s Reverse Blood Curse had been successfully activated!
Qiang Liu, with one arm gone, had already retreated tens of meters, a cunning smile on his lips.
As if to answer Zhang Buran’s question, Qiang Liu spoke:
“Zhang Buran, you are strong. Even if I use the most powerful Reverse Blood Curse, I can’t harm you, I can only barely restrain one of your abilities…”
“Zhang Buran, I hope you can break the Reverse Blood Curse by yourself.”
Qiang Liu knew that even if his strength had somewhat recovered, his chances of winning against the current Zhang Buran were still slim.
Since the last time he fought Zhang Buran, until now… Qiang Liu could feel that he had become even stronger.
Therefore, Qiang Liu and the Fallen Immortal had planned this strategy beforehand, the Fallen Immortal providing cover for Qiang Liu, while Qiang Liu activated the Reverse Blood Curse to restrain him…
Xia Yun’s death was actually to unsettle Zhang Buran.
Deliberately provoking Zhang Buran was also to make him desperately want to kill Qiang Liu.
Anger can make one lose their reason.
The goal was to make Zhang Buran lose his reason!
Only now did Zhang Buran realize that this was a carefully planned trap set by Qiang Liu!
Before Zhang Buran could figure out what harm the Reverse Blood Curse had caused his body, the Fallen Immortal’s Ghost Domain was lifted.
After the Fallen Immortal lifted the Ghost Domain, he unexpectedly retreated quickly.
“See you later.”
Qiang Liu also waved to Zhang Buran, with an annoying expression, wanting to escape.
“Don’t run!”
Zhang Buran flashed in front of Qiang Liu and exchanged a few more blows with him.
Qiang Liu had no intention of fighting any further, fighting and retreating at the same time.
“You’re staying here today!”
Zhang Buran’s attacks became even more fierce, each strike powerful and forceful, with added lightning damage.
Qiang Liu, with one arm gone, could not parry them.
After two moves, Qiang Liu was hit in the abdomen by Zhang Buran’s punch and sent flying tens of meters…
Qiang Liu landed clumsily, using a dark candle to cushion his fall.
Yet a smile appeared on his lips: “Zhang Buran, aren’t you worried about your disciples?”
“What’s her name… Su Anlan?”
“You touched them too!”
Zhang Buran’s temples throbbed, his fists clenched, and purple electric arcs on his body uncontrollably surged.
“I haven’t touched them yet, but I’ve sent people to kill them…”
“If you don’t want your dear disciples’ heads to roll, go save them.”
“With your speed, you still have time.”
“But if you continue to tangle with me for another ten minutes, it might be too late…”
Zhang Buran clenched his fists tightly, then disappeared with a “whoosh”.
Qiang Liu was right.
Subduing him would take more than a minute or two.
Compared to a hard-fought victory over Qiang Liu, the lives of Su Anlan and the others were clearly worth saving.
Regardless of whether Qiang Liu’s words were true or false.
If Su Anlan died, Zhang Buran would live with guilt for the rest of his life!
…
After Zhang Buran left, Qiang Liu met with the Fallen Immortal again.
“This Zhang Buran isn’t as difficult as you said. We used a little trick, and he fell right into the trap.”
“There was no need to specifically use the Reverse Blood Curse on him.”
The Fallen Immortal gave his assessment, full of disdain.
Qiang Liu treated the wound on his severed arm while calmly saying:
“He lost his composure because he was anxious. The death of those he cared about, the anger certainly made Zhang Buran lose his reason.”
“Besides, significantly weakening a Heavenly Level Daoist’s combat power is also beneficial.”
“My current strength is less than half of my peak, facing a Heavenly Level Daoist is still a bit tricky.”
“As far as I know, the Daoist Alliance has two other Heavenly Level Daoists. Knowing that the Magic City Daoist Alliance has fallen, they will certainly come here as soon as possible.”
“Heavenly Level Daoists…” The Fallen Immortal frowned slightly, “Indeed a bit troublesome.”
“However, the most important thing now is to lure Hei Gu and Death-Faced Buddha over.”
“Proceed as planned.”
Qiang Liu was dubious: “Will those two really come?”
The Fallen Immortal was very certain, “Using my original body as bait, the temptation is great enough.”
“We Four Ghost Emperors always want to devour each other’s Ghost Qi.”
“Fine, whatever,” Qiang Liu shrugged indifferently.
As a thousand-year-old monster, Qiang Liu just wanted to see how many people in the current Daoist Alliance… could pique his interest like Zhang Buran?
