"Hiss!!!" The Abbot of Jinlong Temple almost simultaneously sucked in a cold breath with Yang Yizi. He watched, dumbfounded, as Fan Wu's sword fell again and again, murmuring in shock, "If he... if he keeps slashing like that, this resentful ghost might not even have a chance to reincarnate."
"Is Daoist Priest Fan really a Taoist? Before he took up the path, could he have been someone who ran a human flesh bun shop? Holy mother... What kind of freak did that departed old Heavenly Master take as his disciple?"
He, the Abbot of Jinlong Temple, was also a rather well-known mage in Qiulong County, and he had performed rites to save the souls of more than ten or so ghosts and devils.
Yet his methods of deliverance could still be considered within a normal range.
But what Daoist Priest Fan was doing clearly wasn't normal at all!
He wasn't giving the resentful ghost any chance at all, it was a kill without a burial!
Hiss...
It was too brutal!
He wasn't even this brutal when he was a horse bandit back in the day!
...
[You have successfully slain "a resentful ghost transformed from a deceased Oiran," congratulations on receiving Free Attribute Points: 1.5 points!]
Two lines of prompt text flashed before Fan Wu's eyes.
As for the white-clothed resentful ghost that had fallen to the ground wailing?
It had already been hacked by his sword into oblivion.
Fan Wu felt the Demon-slaying Sword in his hand... was becoming ever more familiar!
Looking at the 1.5 Free Attribute Points he received, there was a moment when he thought about staying in Qiulong County and not leaving.
Of course, this thought only lingered in his mind for less than a breath before he immediately dismissed it.
He stood up straight.
His gaze shifted to the right.
On the other side.
Yang Yizi had already used up all his talismans. His two Taoist disciples were each entangled by little paper men, unable to break free and assist their master.
With no help at hand, Yang Yizi had already brought out all his trump cards.
But he could only desperately hold his ground, unable to gain the upper hand against the paper men.
Fan Wu silently thought to himself: 'System, add points!!!'
'Add them all to [Power]!!!'
[Name: Fan Wu]
[Life: 89＋]
[Power: 7.5＋]
[Skill: None]
[Free Attribute Points: 0]
Knowing that tonight's situation was special, Fan Wu didn't save the Free Attribute Points he had just received. Instead, he added them to the [Power] attribute immediately.
In that moment, his [Power] attribute...
Directly went from 6 to 7.5!
Fan Wu felt the muscles in his body emitting a signal of excitement. The veins under his skin gradually became more prominent and bulged out, like fierce Jiao snakes winding around his body.
The constant thrill signals emanating from his body brought a sense of ease to his brain. He felt a power accumulating in his muscles, incredibly eager to be unleashed.
His sharp eyes were fixed on the towering paper giant.
A "kind" smile crept across his lips.
Fan Wu took steps forward, one by one, neither hurried nor slow, an aura slowly wrapping around him, like a fierce tiger descending the mountain.
It was astonishing!
The Abbot of Jinlong Temple, who was closest to Fan Wu, was so overwhelmed by this fierce aura that he dared not even move.
Sweat started to bead on his shiny bald head, "Ah... Amitabha, what's happening to Daoist Priest Fan... Why does it feel like he's become even more terrifying in a blink of an eye?"
For a moment, the Abbot of Jinlong Temple felt a chill around his neck.
He felt as if Fan Wu's sword could decapitate him at any second.
This thought emerged abruptly.
The Abbot of Jinlong Temple couldn't help but shudder.
"Damn... How many people has Daoist Priest Fan skinned alive? How can he be so frightening?"
He wasn't frightened by the resentful ghost.
Instead, he was frightened by Fan Wu!
...
The huge paper giant, swinging its distorted arms constantly attacking Yang Yizi, seemed to sense something approaching. The arm it had raised paused for a moment.
The enormous baby's head turned stiffly, and its gaze from a pair of huge, hollow black pupils landed on Fan Wu.
Fan Wu just happened to look up at that moment.
Their gazes met midair.
"Daoist Brother Fan, be careful of this fierce creature..."
Yang Yizi had just started to urgently warn him when he suddenly realized, to his astonishment, that Fan Wu was charging straight towards the gigantic paper effigy at a speed so fast that his eyes couldn't keep up!
The Demon-slaying Sword in Fan Wu's hand, seven feet two inches long, was already slashing out in the blink of an eye!
The gigantic paper effigy's raised huge arm shifted targets, slamming down towards Fan Wu!
Whoosh—!!!
But clearly, Fan Wu's movements were even faster, and he sliced off the effigy's twisted arm!
Through the severed part, it could be seen that the inside of the paper effigy was completely hollow.
Logically, it should be exceptionally light in weight...
Similarly, its strength shouldn't be too great.
Yet, the small pits on the ground of Qiulong County's yamen and the shattered green slabs showed that the strength of the gigantic paper effigy had nothing to do with its own weight.
Upon closer inspection, it was clear that the hollow interior of the gigantic paper effigy was strung with pieces of dried meat!
And each piece of meat hanging there...
Had the shape of an infant.
Every piece of meat was affixed with a piece of talisman paper!
This wasn't any kind of dried meat; these were clearly dried corpses of fetuses!!
The severed twisted arm fell to the ground, and the painful cries of the baby resounded like demonic sounds, which would have caused any ordinary person to suffer excruciating headaches.
But Fan Wu seemed unaffected.
And the hanging dried corpses of the fetuses failed to arouse much sympathy in him.
With a raise of his hand, his sword swept out again.
One of the slightly shorter legs of the gigantic paper effigy was directly chopped off by him!
It was still as effortless as ever.
Just like cutting through butter with a hot knife!
This strike caused the gigantic paper effigy to emit an even more chilling and mournful demonic wail that pierced the ears, making the Abbot of Jinlong Temple and Yang Yizi, who were not far away, quickly cover their ears, their faces showing signs of unbearable pain.
Clearly, the thunderous demonic sound tortured them, and even those who practiced Taoism found it hard to withstand.
But Fan Wu remained as if nothing had happened to him.
His expression showed not the slightest trace of pain.
He didn't even cover his ears.
Perhaps the addition of Free Attribute Points to his "Power" attribute provided a near all-encompassing enhancement to his entire body, allowing him to completely ignore the sonic attack of the gigantic paper effigy.
The hollow mouth of the paper effigy opened immensely wide, as if it could swallow two people whole.
While emitting a shrill demonic sound that could pierce the eardrums of ordinary people, it used its other twisted hand to furiously swipe directly down at Fan Wu.
This swipe... was solid and forceful!
Boom!!!!
The fierce collision between muscle and paper effigy produced a dull thud that tugged at the heartstrings!
Dust rose from the ground where Fan Wu stood!
"Not good!" Yang Yizi shouted in alarm from a distance: "Though the paper effigy moves slowly, its strength is incredibly immense. A common man, if struck by it, would have all his bones shattered... shattered... Hiss! Daoist Brother Fan... He actually caught it!!!"
Yang Yizi stared dumbfounded at the scene before him.
He watched with wide eyes as Fan Wu blocked the strike from the gigantic paper effigy with one bent arm in front of him, without dodging or avoiding!
The clothes around the arm seemed unable to contain the bulging muscles and were torn into rags, revealing the muscular forearm!
Yang Yizi could tell...
Fan Wu wasn't injured!
Not in the least!
Yang Yizi's throat moved up and down, he was astounded: "What kind of terrifying physique is this? To catch the full force of the paper effigy's swipe with his bare hands without a single injury, such an astonishing physique, isn't it no different from Demons and Devils?"
He felt that even in his youth, when his body was at its strongest... he couldn't have reached such an exaggerated degree!
Is this still a human being!
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