The Azure-Clad Evil Spirit, what exactly did it want to do…

These zougui people (traveling exorcists) had nothing to do with the events here. They were merely kind-hearted individuals who came to help…

You conjure misfortune and attract calamity here, but why send the Azure-Clad Children to kill people?

At this moment, Hu Ma could not describe his feelings. When he saw the Azure-Clad Child sitting on the millstone, his eyes turned red.

Since his rebirth, never had he felt such a surge of murderous intent.

Still on his horse, he swiftly drew his saber, clenched his teeth, lowered his body, and charged towards the Azure-Clad Child.

"Shua!"

But as Hu Ma charged forward, the Azure-Clad Child suddenly glared at him.

It seemed to sense the rage and killing intent in Hu Ma's heart. Without a word, it excitedly laughed, and suddenly jumped from the millstone. The head it held in its hands was thrown heavily towards Hu Ma on horseback, its body following close behind.

"This…"

Hu Ma saw the head flying through the air, its dim eyes open, its face filled with unwillingness.

His heart trembled slightly, unable to bear the thought of the head being tossed around like this. Hu Ma exerted strength in his legs, jumped directly from the horse, and caught the zougui person's head with both hands.

Using the excellent physique of a Shousui Ren (Year Keeper), he twisted his body in the air, somersaulted, landed lightly, and gently placed the head on a relatively clean stone platform nearby, where the villagers placed offerings.

At the same time, his left foot kicked out fiercely, using the "monkey plucking peaches" technique.

After throwing the head, the Azure-Clad Child took advantage of the momentum to follow up, wanting to kill Hu Ma while he was flustered. It was about to grab Hu Ma's back, but unexpectedly, this kick came, precisely hitting its lower abdomen.

The Shousui Ren had trained his limbs. The force of this kick was terrifying. An ordinary person's intestines would have been ruptured.

But the Azure-Clad Child was kicked two or three zhang (approximately 6-9 meters) away by Hu Ma's unexpected kick. After rolling a few times on the ground, it actually flipped over and jumped up again. Its face, stained with dirt, revealed an extremely violent and sinister expression.

It howled strangely, its legs bounced off the ground, and like a humanoid wildcat, it charged towards Hu Ma again.

It seemed as if it hadn't been injured by the kick.

A fierce aura rushed towards him, causing his eyebrows to twitch wildly.

The Azure-Clad Children were equivalent to the Red Incense disciples of the Red Lantern Mother Goddess, and even the most outstanding among them.

They all belonged to fu ling ren (spirit-burdened people).

And within the mysteries of the Dao, there were not many who could engage in close combat with Shousui Ren. The fu ling ren were one of them.

The reason was that they were bathed in yin qi (yin energy) all year round, possessing a strange agility and numbness, and were not afraid of injury or pain. Their minds were deranged, and their strength was immense. Even more, they could borrow the magic power of the Azure-Clad Evil Spirit.

In other words, compared to the Shousui Ren's cultivation of Daoism through painstaking practice, they could directly allow evil spirits and demons to pour magic power into their bodies, with almost no limit…

This kind of magic power was naturally not as versatile as one's own Daoism, which could nourish the body and strengthen the physique.

But it was enough for fighting to the death in a short period of time.

Now, the Azure-Clad Child was rushing over in a rage, its body surging with ghost qi (ghost energy), so fast that it seemed as if a huge ghost face was rushing towards Hu Ma. The cold and baleful aura contained in that ghost face was an unimaginable terror to ordinary people.

Hu Ma had already put down the zougui person's head, turned around, and faced the Azure-Clad Child. He was almost suffocating.

But now, he was also cold-faced and had murderous intent towards this Azure-Clad Child. Facing its wide-open mouth, revealing sharp fangs, he did not dodge or evade.

When it rushed close, the powerful yin qi almost knocked him down in an instant. He suddenly raised his left arm, blocking it in front of him, and was bitten by the Azure-Clad Child. The sharp teeth sank deeply into his flesh.

But Hu Ma suddenly used the move of the ban lan hammer (block and intercept hammer), pulling his body back violently, instead dragging the Azure-Clad Child. He retreated more than a zhang, using the force of this backward movement to dissolve its pounce.

When its strength was exhausted, he suddenly shouted and chopped at its head with his saber.

Although the Azure-Clad Child was crazy, it reacted quickly, twisting its neck to dodge the saber.

But Hu Ma pressed his advantage, abandoning the saber and lunging forward. He used the "mountain opening" technique with his left fist, his knuckles protruding, and struck its ear.

"Ka…"

This punch landed squarely on the Azure-Clad Child's head, causing it to ring loudly. Its neck snapped open, and still biting a piece of Hu Ma's flesh in its mouth, it was sent flying.

When it landed, its head was limply drooping on its shoulder.

Hu Ma's punch had directly broken its neck bones. The neck could no longer support the head, only barely connecting it like putty.

But even to this extent, the Azure-Clad Child was still not dead.

It didn't even seem to feel pain. Its head was drooping on its shoulder, but it was still trying to turn its face towards Hu Ma, its eyes rolling, smiling at Hu Ma.

At the same time, it stood on its feet, pinched its fingers into a mudra, raised its right foot, and stomped hard on the ground.

It was clearly trying to borrow magic power.

The Azure-Clad Child was already so powerful. What would happen if it borrowed the magic power of the Azure-Clad Evil Spirit?

Hu Ma knew the danger. Without time to think, as the other party pinched its fingers into a mudra and raised its right foot, he also rushed towards it, raising both hands and pressing them against his chest and ribs. He took a deep breath, and the three organs in his body resonated, as if he was spitting out a thunderous roar.

"He!"

This roar of the Five Thunder Golden Toad shook the paper windows on the surrounding houses.

The Azure-Clad Child raised its right foot and stomped twice. It was about to stomp a third time to invite magic power. At that time, its magic power would greatly increase, and Hu Ma might not be its opponent.

But it was suddenly shocked by the roar. The third stomp did not land, and its body staggered back a few steps, unable to stand firmly.

Hu Ma seized the opportunity to rush forward quickly, leaned over, and picked up the serrated knife on the ground.

The Azure-Clad Child's head was drooping on its shoulder. Seeing Hu Ma coming, it revealed a ferocious expression. It strained its neck and tried to swing its mouth over to bite Hu Ma, but Hu Ma tilted his body to dodge the bite.

Then, he reached out and grabbed the small braid on top of its head, pulling it hard to expose its neck. With the other hand, he swung the knife and chopped down, cutting back and forth a few times.

"Pu…"

The head was directly torn off by him, and blood splattered everywhere.

Even so, the Azure-Clad Child was still desperately waving its arms, still unwilling to die.

But Hu Ma ignored it even more. He picked up its head and kicked it into the latrine in the courtyard next door. Then, he kicked the Azure-Clad Child over, stepped on its chest to prevent it from turning over, his body filled with rolling killing intent, which had not yet dissipated.

"Evil spirit, evil spirit!"

Killing this Azure-Clad Child did not relieve his anger. He also knew that the one causing trouble was not this child, but the Azure-Clad Evil Spirit.

Or rather, the person who came from the Meng family.

But what exactly did they want to do? If they suspected his village, why didn't they attack the village?

Why didn't they attack him, but instead attacked these zougui people?

"Hu…"

Before he could figure it out, a gust of wind rose between heaven and earth, and the sunlight suddenly dimmed, as if in the eighth month, dark clouds suddenly covered the sky, a strong wind rose, and day turned into black.

Hu Ma felt countless wailing sounds in his ears, and the hairs all over his body stood on end, his soul trembling.

"Oh heavens…"

A panicked shout suddenly rang out from the other end of the village, like the opening of a nightmare.

After that evil spirit blew a breath towards here, the surrounding villages had not been peaceful for several days. There was something wrong here, and there was a ghost there.

But after these zougui people came to seal the graves and prescribe the right medicine, they had almost dealt with the evil spirits here. But precisely at this moment, the yin wind was rippling, and the efforts of a long time suddenly disappeared.

The zougui people who were helping to deal with the troubles in the surrounding villages were suddenly startled. A zougui person who was persuading a masterless wronged soul to leave suddenly saw the wronged soul, which had no intention of harming people, suddenly turn into a vengeful ghost.

A lost-soul woman who had just been led back home suddenly stood up straight, looking at the people around her and giggling.

The sheep in someone's pen, with brown horizontal pupils, turned into vertical pupils and stood up little by little.

An old locust tree that had been planted in someone's home for many years suddenly let out a giggling laugh. A row of green-faced dolls with grinning smiles crawled all over it.

Even more, a zougui person was setting up a formation when he suddenly heard a strange cry.

Looking up, he saw two pale-faced people wearing green pants on the roof, staring at them with strange eyes.

"Brother Ma, it's not good, the evil spirits in various places have suddenly started to make trouble again, even more fierce than before…"

Hu Ma sensed something was wrong and strode out of the village. But before he reached the outside, Zhou Datong and others were already driving a donkey cart, running over quickly.

They were all covered in blood. Li Wa Zi was lying on the donkey cart, his life or death unknown. Zhou Datong's voice was filled with crying: "And the evil ghost child who entered the village last time is here too, killing anyone he sees…"

"I…"

Hu Ma's steps, which were about to rush outwards, suddenly stopped, the muscles on his face wriggling.

Suddenly, he seemed to have made up his mind. Without a word, he rushed to the side of the donkey cart, first glanced at Li Wa Zi, saw that he seemed to have been bitten by something, was in a coma, but his life should be safe, so he didn't say much.

At this time, there was chaos everywhere, and Azure-Clad Children were causing trouble and evil spirits were harming people.

Should he go over to help?

Hu Ma suddenly rejected the idea, withdrew his gaze and stopped looking. Instead, he grabbed a package from the donkey cart, jumped onto the horse behind him, and headed straight for the direction of Old Yin Mountain.

(End of Chapter)