Chapter 844: Chapter 543: Spiritual Treasure Song Rhymes Repel Evil Dogs, Toad God Tile Smashes Dog Heads
Previously, when depicting the Void Big Ghost, Records of Strange Compilations only used a corner of a book page from the territory, with just a few lines of text.
Yet when it came to the [Source Sea Demon Dog], it used a whole page. It had extremely detailed text paired with meticulous illustrations, and at the end, there was a special note from Uncle Li Mei.
"The bloodline of this dog is shrouded in mystery, tied to the Great Abyss Demon, while a number of True Immortals and Demon Lords have used the ’Bloodline Origin Tracing Technique’ on it or tried to forcibly predict it, all to no avail. It is known to be related to two unknown ’Innate Gods and Demons.’"
"Nobody knows how many of these dogs exist within the Source Sea; they possess near-undying bodies and have an insatiable hunger. No matter how much they consume, they remain in the form of thin dogs, perpetually hungry, with everything in the Great Abyss on their menu, including some Great Abyss Demons. I once witnessed a hundred demon dogs traverse from an unknown place, completely devouring a divine being known as ’Yellow Demon Immortal Monarch.’"
"These dogs have various names, such as Swallowing Heaven Thin Dog, Life-Killing Mastiff, Heavenly Disaster Dog, et cetera."
"These dogs come and go without a trace, extremely ferocious. Most of the evil spirit demons within the Great Abyss, as well as many child and descendant clans, fear them. Only some innate gods and demons surpass them; although they cannot be tamed, they can be killed or expelled. However, the demon dog clan is exceptionally vengeful; once in conflict, they remember it for millennia and will seize any opportunity to seek revenge."
"I have traveled the Source Sea for many years using secret techniques, and I secretly know the list of this clan’s enemies: the Source Sea Innate God Demon [Emperor Wa] lineage, Daoist Mother Venerable Doumu lineage, Buddhist Ape Clan Great Saint and all their clans, Guanghan Palace Moon God lineage, All Heavens Secret Demon lineage... Each has a resident innate god demon or powerful life, which the demon dogs can do nothing against, yet they battle repeatedly without easing up."
"Though fierce, these dogs inexplicably favor Daoist True Skills. Spirit Treasure Cultivators encountering this clan can recite the [Spirit Treasure Dao Song], Taishang Dao Cultivators can recite the [Old Lord’s Dao Song], and Primordial Cultivators can recite the [Yuqing Xuanhuang Scripture]. These three verses can make the demon dogs retreat without harm."
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Tao Qian glanced over, absorbing all these precious secrets.
Besides detailing these demon dogs, the text also indirectly enhanced Tao Qian’s understanding of various gods, demons, and their child and descendant clans within the Great Abyss.
At the same time, he couldn’t suppress his desire to comment:
"Such fierce and stubborn dogs; the so-called enemy list indicates targets they cannot defeat but must strive to challenge at the slightest chance."
"Emperor Wa, Doumu, Buddhist Great Saint, All Heavens Secret Demon... this list also corroborates these dogs’ strength. To bother them without going extinct?"
While inwardly grumbling, Tao Qian solemnly stared at the dozens of terrifying thin dogs ahead.
Now he knew why these thin dogs had come; there were two targets they bore a grudge against.
One was the clan under the Moon God.
The other was the true disciples of the Doumu lineage.
Just a moment ago, they swallowed the "Moon God’s daughter" Tao Qian had roasted to perfection.
With their oily mouths barely wiped, their eyes turned to the horde of Doumu lineage true disciples within the Star Aperture Secret Realm, including Grandma Taizhen, notable even in the Outer Realm.
Naturally, this also included Yunrong, the kitten female fairy currently giving birth.
As Tao Qian looked at those pairs of cold, malicious eyes, he silently weighed the battle power of both sides.
According to Uncle Li Mei’s descriptions, the clan of Source Sea Demon Dogs numbered over a hundred, capable of devouring divine beings, indeed terrifyingly strong.
However, Records of Strange Compilations had another note, saying that the divine being known as Yellow Demon Immortal Monarch, though possessing a "divine" status, was not particularly strong, merely inheriting some divinity as his parents were god demons, yet inept in fighting, fell due to a secret attack by a hundred demon dogs.
His actual battle power, translated into the Human Clan Cultivation system, should be around the Daoist Transformation Realm.
"A hundred can kill Daoist Transformation."
"There are thirty-six here, killing those in the Ultimate Happiness Realm should be easy."
With these two thoughts, Tao Qian immediately took action.
After all, faced with formidable evil dogs, he didn’t rip things apart directly but followed Uncle Li Mei’s advice, reciting the Spirit Treasure Dao Song, hoping to drive them away.
Unexpectedly, after one recital, it had no effect.
Seventy-two thin dogs continued tearing through the void, taking positions, staring at Tao Qian and behind him toward the Star Aperture Secret Realm.
Drool mixed with starlight and lava, pouring out with an inexplicable stench like a waterfall.
As Tao Qian considered whether to recite it again, one "lead dog" unexpectedly approached and growled at Tao Qian aboard the ship.
It was hard to describe the sound of this "bark," Tao Qian only felt it filled with coldness, stubbornness, and hunger.
This time it didn’t enter through the ears, but pierced through the soul directly.
Instantly, Tao Qian understood the message of these Source Sea Demon Dogs before him: "...make way...descendant of the great existence...we won’t eat you...but can’t spare the clan of the ’Nine-star Mother.’"
What is called Nine-star Mother refers to Doumu Yuanjun.
Clearly, reciting the Spirit Treasure Dao Song could save oneself from being eaten, but it couldn’t negate their malice toward the Doumu lineage.
Tao Qian frowned at their words and continued to recite several more times.
Sadly, it remained ineffective, even inciting the demon dogs’ frenzy, causing them to spew saliva wildly, seemingly ready to rampage at any moment.
This sight made Tao Qian lose his patience entirely, and his eyes immediately showed killing intent.
With his wife endangered in childbirth, how could he tolerate a pack of vicious dogs barking outside?
As this thought arose, Tao Qian instantly turned his face, boldly shouting:
"Refuse the toast and eat the penalty wine!"
"Thirty-six fierce dogs, dare to bully others."
"Come on, let’s see if Tao Qian has the qualifications to be on your clan’s enemies list."
As Tao Qian shouted and cursed, a burst of unimaginable mana erupted from him.
Have spent three years cultivating on Ascending Immortal Island, practicing the Three Teachings simultaneously, though not yet having stepped into the Daoist Transformation Realm, his mana was sufficient to crush any Perfect Ultimate Happiness cultivator within the Longevity Realm, be it a Saint Elder or Bodhisattva from major forces like Evil Sect or Free Temple just the same.
Instantly, the vast and wide Source Qi Tide whipped up monstrous waves.
Amid this commotion, Tao Qian rose, the Shocking God Bell ringing, with the Power of Wandering God howling that the demon dogs couldn’t evade, stimulated to howl continuously, all becoming frantic.
Without the "Blood Food Temptation", these demon dogs wouldn’t stay for long.
The Shocking God Bell, they detest it and can’t endure it.
But their thirst for the blood food of their enemies is enough to overwhelm their instincts.
After all thirty-six demon dogs went completely berserk, instead of retreating, they all turned into cold black light, trying to ride the tide and bypass Tao Qian to burrow into that Star Aperture Secret Realm.
At that moment, Grandma Taizhen suddenly transmitted a message:
"The Source Sea Demon Dogs are [God Demon Species], born with a Void Dharma Body, the Little All Heavens Stars Capturing God Prohibition cannot stop them."
"And the drool of these stinky dogs is toxic enough to corrode everything, not a single one must be let through."
"Don’t worry, Grandma, Tao Qian understands."
Tao Qian, while transmitting back, actively advanced.
However, he did not use the "True Fire of Suppressing Evil" divine skill again but coldly chuckled and summoned a set of magical treasures.
Suddenly, nine treasure beads flew out, and even before reaching their destination, they transformed into nine enormous three-legged golden toads. Their aura and treasure light connected seamlessly, forming a big array without any setup, and an overwhelming golden light surged out, intercepting all thirty-six cold black rays of light.
This treasure, this array, also has a name.
Tao Qian hasn’t left Ascending Immortal Island for three years, but he has many divine skills, the most crucial being his extraordinarily close relationship with the Toad God, a closeness that all the elders and disciples of the Nine Toad Sect envy immensely.
After spending some effort, he managed to collect the complete set of Nine Toad Beads.
The nine treasure beads form an array that not only can become a world on its own but also summon the divine toad light.
Not only did it instantly stop the thirty-six evil dogs, but accompanying the sound of "gua gua gua," it suppressed them all.
However, soon this group of Source Sea Demon Dogs started using all kinds of strange divine skills Tao Qian had never seen before, breaking free from the golden light, and crazily howled as they charged at Tao Qian.
Thirty-six ferocious dog mouths ripped open, and the world immediately turned dim.
The sky full of golden toads was actually devoured by them.
Tao Qian saw this and was not afraid. Instead, he raised his hand and summoned another treasure, which was the Toad God Tile.
"Toad God above!"
"Today, this disciple offers a good one, not smashing human brains, but smashing dog heads, how about that?"
Having said that, Tao Qian stepped out and entered the Nine Toad World.
Seeing this bold Human Clan Cultivator actively approaching, the thirty-six demon dogs grew even more furious.
Their clan usually rampaged throughout the Source Sea; when had they ever encountered such an arrogant human clan?
Previously, the "Records of Strange Compilations" had chronicled that even a single demon dog possessed incredible divine skills like reversing the world and shifting its form.
And at this moment, what Tao Qian faced was: thirty-six demon dogs simultaneously shifting over, their mouths opening, engulfing all space, rendering the area before Tao Qian pitch-black, as if swallowed into a demon dog’s mouth, the sight filled with the perpetual stench and the cold drool gushing endlessly.
An ordinary Ultimate Happiness Realm cultivator, once trapped in this state, any divine skills would become ineffective.
These demon dogs indeed are bizarre.
If let loose into the Longevity Realm, even a single one could likely consume entire cities and mountains, along with hundreds of thousands of people, along its path.
Unfortunately, Tao Qian wasn’t one to be easily messed with either.
"Grow, grow, grow!"
Upon hearing this sound, Tao Qian repeated an old trick, using terrifying mana to manifest the Dharma Image.
The Spirit Treasure Sublime Body expanded in response, immediately breaking free from the darkness, hearing a pained howl resounding, seeing the fore dog retreating, its dog mouth bursting open, its vicious black teeth scattering like a sky full of stardust.
Seeing this, Tao Qian laughed and said, "Trying to eat me, Tao Qian? Broken your teeth, huh?"
Despite the laughter, his actions were swift.
A golden light streaked across the sky.
Immediately there came a "bang", as the ferocious head dog, its bony dog head took a heavy strike from Tao Qian’s Toad God Tile.
Right away, the dog’s head exploded, bits of brain matter spattered, and its eerie, intimidating dog body collapsed, twitching frantically, and soon both urine and feces flowed, its howls echoing ceaselessly.
This sight, even Tao Qian hadn’t anticipated.
"Legend has it that [Source Sea Demon Dogs] possess an Undying Body, making even Immortal Treasures ineffective against them."
"How come a single strike from the Toad God Tile made it end so miserably?"
"Could it be, there’s some restraint?"
Holding the tile, Tao Qian had just conceived this thought.
The treasure immediately trembled slightly, a golden light flashed, and inspiration came forth as a response.
Tao Qian understood immediately and became even more joyful.
"So that’s how it is!"
"The Source Sea Demon Dogs have long roamed the Great Abyss, relying on their God Demon Species Undying Body, often intruding into various divine secret realms to rampage, either stealing or causing chaos."
"The Toad God was also a victim."
"Though they dared not invade the Toad God Palace, they often howled outside, disrupting the Toad God’s rest."
"Unwilling to move due to its nature, the Toad God occasionally used the tile to strike, killing a dog with a single blow."
"Over time, for the Source Sea Demon Dogs, every tile atop the Toad God Palace became a fearsome weapon."