Chapter 71 - Secretly plot against
When he woke again, Ouyang Zhong was lying under a poplar tree. A few poplar leaves fell on his face with the wind and then naturally slid down. Ouyang Zhong's five senses returned to their place; he could hear noisy voices in his ears and feel the warmth of the sunshine, and his heart filled with a faint sadness.
Shan Xiaohu viciously pinched Ouyang Zhong in the center of the human body, and Shan Xiaohu's urgent shouting gradually became apparent in his ears: ''Ouyang Zhong! What's wrong with you? Quickly wake up!" Shan Xiaohu helped Ouyang Zhong up and asked eagerly, "Just now, I fainted. Then I woke up, looked for you everywhere, and discovered how you lay here; what happened to you? Huh?" Shan Xiaohu carefully scrutinized Ouyang Zhong for a moment and said, "Why do you look as if you are different?"
Ouyang Zhong asked, "How long have I been asleep?"
"Not quite sure, but according to projections, it was dawning time when the two of us escaped into the poplar forest just now, and it's almost sunset now, so it should be 5 o'clock. We've been in this immortal mask for most of the day. Can you find anything unusual?"
"Surprisingly, it's only been half a day?" Ouyang Zhong slowed down his mind, thinking he could remember seeing the sunrise and sunset no less than a thousand times in the Sumeru Illusion Realm. But the matter of Sumeru Illusion Realm was something that he consciously couldn't say more to others, so he just said happily, "You know what? I finally found Fox Xiao Xian! This is what she gave me." Ouyang Zhong fumbled in his arms and took out a delicate red flower resembling a fox's ear. "Look, does it look familiar?"
Shan Xiaohu looked at the flower in surprise, then at Ouyang Zhong; although he was also excited, he was still a little disappointed and sad in his heart and said less happily, "It seems that you've already found that poplar. Indeed, the little sister's heart is only you, although I have also seen that tree in a trance dream, she did not show up to see me, not to mention sending me flowers. However, I am also relieved to hear you say she is well. However, that letter said that three days later, it asked you to meet in the poplar forest; where is that person?"
"Don't be anxious. He'll be here soon. Let's first have Mr. Xuanmo invited in as well; this place is no longer considered earthly; perhaps we can fight with the enemy later." Ouyang Zhong was revitalized. It was very clear that, at this time, he was Ouyang Zhong, not Ni Zhong. He needed to fulfill his mission in this life properly, and no one could replace him.
Xuan Mo was also pulled into the Immortal Mask, and they discussed the countermeasures to deal with the enemy. It was certain that the crow's feathers were the enemy's eyes. Xuan Mo and Ouyang Zhong could both feel a powerful and dark force running fast towards their position. They guessed who it could be. Perhaps it was Tuoba Xian, or perhaps Tuoba Zhe, or perhaps it was one of the dark, evil forces behind Dingling.
At sunset, the sky gradually darkened utterly. Outside the poplar forest suddenly flew sand, and everything was plunged into a kind of thick darkness; from the depths of the darkness, there was a humanoid shadow gradually appearing; he wore a mask, unable to see his face, and his voice was also in a strange state of multiple human voices. This immortal mask was useless to this person, and he quickly broke in.
"Ouyang Zhong, you're here." The voice made Ouyang Zhong; it was the voice of ... his father, Ouyang Ming. Ouyang Zhong hesitated momentarily and was pulled back by Xuan Mo next to him, his eyes signaling not to act rashly. Ouyang Zhong nodded and said to the figure, "Who are you? Why do you recognize me?"
"Of course I recognize you. I've known you since the moment you were born. I even hugged you when you were small!" Although the words were kindly spoken, they were devoid of emotion and even felt cold. Then this voice changed to another, a teenage child's voice: "We met outside the Longitudinal City Gate. I'm satisfied that you came as promised."
"This voice is ... Tuoba Xian!" Shan Xiaohu said in surprise, "Who the hell is he? Could it be that he also knows ventriloquism?" Shan Xiaohu was a bit impatient and loudly scolded, "Hey! Who the hell are you? Report your name! Don't play God here."
"Oh? Who am I? We've met before! How did you forget about me so quickly?" A demonic and evil voice continued, "Hahahahahaha, Xuan Mo, long time no see!"
"Yu Sun? Impossible, you've already been swallowed and refined by me. Who the hell are you?" At this time, Xuan Mo was also a bit confused. What in the world is this? How a while a voice and form.
"I am the Demon Dignitary, commanding all darkness and evil. This honored one can be anyone, in any form, look, or voice. I am the source of evil in thousands of worlds, a collection of all the evil thoughts that sprout from the hearts of thousands of living beings. I am immortal and indestructible, and as long as any evil thought of evil exists in the world, it will become my sustenance and the spell that summons forth my being."
Realizing the seriousness of the situation, Xuanmo stalled his opponent while thinking of a plan to counter it. "It's Impossible. The Master, with our group of heavenly soldiers and generals, had already suppressed you in the Yinghai Abyss hundreds of years ago. How could you be here?"
"Back then, you only suppressed one of my counterparts in the Yinghai Sea. I said that I am the evil origin of thousands of worlds, and as long as evil still exists, I will never die or perish. Especially now that Zhongming and Dingzuo, so raging with evil thoughts and greed, have summoned me out to worship me!"
"Then why did you ask me out here?" Ouyang Zhong was ready to fight at any time, and he gripped the Heavenly Clan's sword tightly in his hand, listening alertly to the changes around him.
"I need your physical body and Linghu Xian's Yuan Shen so that I can truly manifest and become more powerful. This current shell is riddled with holes, and it is unknown if it can still hold up." The Devil Sovereign did not shy away from answering very honestly and directly.
Xuan Mo asked, "The current shell? Every voice that you have just appropriated? Who is this one now? Is it Tuoba Xian or ..."
"I need many husks and Yuan Shen as parasites and sustenance. Tuoba Cheng and Tuoba Xian are all of them; Yu Sun's power isn't bad. It just stinks; I ate your father Ouyang Ming's soul." The demonic father shook his black body in its mud state as if he was admiring a delicious dish as he surrounded Ouyang Zhong, "But it wasn't me who killed him. Rather, my current parasitic body is Marquis of Dingguo Dongfang Chang. That good uncle you've admired since childhood, your father's closest friend."
"You are sincere!" Ouyang Zhong gritted his teeth.
"To weak and powerless humans like you, what kind of plots and yang plots, intrigues, and fighting to the death after but winning half a son. To this honored one, that is all too trivial. Because as long as I want to get, it is impossible to escape from the palm of my hand! Ouyang Zhong! You and Linghu Xian are mine! This poplar forest is your sacrificial ground. The remaining two are your burial!"
The Demonlord whistled and rushed down from the sky to the ground to run toward Ouyang Zhong. Xuan Mo pushed Ouyang Zhong and lured the Demonlord to himself; after all, among the three of them, only he was a Heavenly Deity and better in both magic power and experience. Xuan Mo and the Demonlord began to entangle themselves, fighting each other intensely into a stalemate. Xuan Mo could sense that the Demon God was not as powerful as he said, so it was clear that the Demon God also had a weakness, and that weakness was the power and evilness of the parasite itself. If the parasite still had some good in its heart, the Demon Sovereign would lose its energy or even be driven out. However, even in its not-yet-strong-enough state, the power of the Demon Dharma already made it difficult for Xuan Mo alone to fight. After all, the person who suppressed him in the Yinghai Abyss was the powerful Master Erlang Shen.
Ouyang Zhong and Shan Xiaohu also joined in. Shan Xiaohu felt that Ouyang Zhong was not quite the same, but at that time, he did not perceive precisely how it was not the same. At this moment, he finally understood that the original Ouyang Zhong body's mana was activated; his current mana was almost the same as Shan Xiaohu Fox Xiaxia before they were not sealed. Shan Xiaohu muttered in a small voice: "Master ah! Why don't you stop sealing me at this time? I can barely beat Ouyang Zhong. How can I fight the enemy?"
Shan Xiaohu only heard the Master smilingly say in his ear, "Unseal you, unseal you. But I'll seal them all for you if you dare to use spells before ordinary humans." Then, the spell taboo on Shan Xiaohu's body was opened, and he transformed into a considerable lynx with a ghostly blue light emanating from his body, pouncing on the Demonlord and entangling himself in a fight.
Ouyang Zhong could not transform into a dragon at this time, but he had been able to focus his mana on the sword he was holding, and he kept stabbing at the Demon Lord from the other side. These three people were working together to fend off the Demon Lord, and the Demon Lord was losing ground. However, at this time, the Devil Dignity's black and black mass constantly stretched out some people's hands or half of their bodies to cry out for help, "Save me! Save me!"
Ouyang Zhong and the others saw that there were some people they recognized. For example, the two brothers, Tuoba Cheng and Tuoba Xian, who were struggling to escape, especially Tuoba Xian who had that same look in his eyes as when he was with Shan Xiaohu at that time; he was just a ten-year-old child, but the Demon Demon had already gnawed his soul for most of his life. There was also Dongfang Chang, who was already riddled with holes. The person behind the mask was his physical body; he had a dull gaze and was a walking corpse. Ouyang Zhong saw that his father's soul was also among them, and he tried to pull his father back, but he quickly sunk deeper. A thin and frail woman was crying; her eyes were the same as Tuoba Cheng's and Tuoba Xian's. Even Ouyang Zhong saw Xiao Wushuang's soul and Xiao Feifei's.
These souls and physical bodies that the Demon had captured were sinking and floating in a black mass. No matter how much they struggled, it was useless, and they could never escape the Demon's grip on them.
It turns out that this terrible Demon possessed Xiao Feifei and became his slave. Ouyang Zhong became even more furious and was bound to kill this devil with his sword.
The devil arrogantly laughed out loud and said, "If you chop me up with your sword, then these people and souls that I devoured will also turn into a pile of fragments and will never be able to enter the six paths of reincarnation to reincarnate into a human being. In the end, they die a clean death. You should know I didn't kill them, but you, Ouyang Zhong! Hahahahahaha! I'll tell you one more piece of news: just as you and I were conquering, Dongfang Chang's army in the southern capital, ZhangSun Zhi's army in the west, and Tuoba Zhe's army in the north were all running towards Zongcheng City. You guys are finished! Zongcheng is finished! The entire Zhongming Kingdom is about to be destroyed!"
The ploy of sounding out the east and striking the west was thought of by Fox Xiaxia when they set out from Zong Cheng City, so they made some preparations before they left. However, if three armies were to launch an attack on Zong Cheng City from several different directions simultaneously, General Wei and Fox Xiaxia would be unable to handle it. Thinking of this, Ouyang Zhong quietly discussed with Xuan Mo and Shan Xiaohu that they must not continue engaging in the battle and must fight quickly.
Shan Xiaohu said, "Just now, the Demon Lord clarified that he wants Ouyang Zhong's physical body and Linghu Xian's Yuan Shen, which is this poplar forest. Ouyang Zhong can rely on his ability to escape, but this poplar forest can't. If he can completely cover this poplar forest and form a diamond cover invulnerable to swords and spears, or take it away, it would be great."
"Vajra cover and packing away, I can do both." Xuan Mo said calmly.
Shan Xiaohu and Ouyang Zhong looked at this person with great surprise and asked simultaneously, "Ah? How is that possible?"
"The two of you help me stall him. I'm going to do the method." Xuan Mo said, temporarily moving away from the battlefield and starting to do the Heavy Dharma under the protective cover of the poplar forest. He would change back to the original body of his magic weapon. Not only was it an adamantine cover that no one could open, but it was also the best way to take it with him. Xuan Mo said in his heart, "Cang Cang, I'm going to take you away. I'll protect you with my life." Then Xuan Mo shifted into a blackhound that was as huge as a mountain. Then he began to swallow clouds and mist, ready to open his mouth and swallow this poplar forest together into his mouth.
The Demon Monarch's power was still relatively weak; he still had to keep Dongfang Chang's body as a temporary host, and when he saw that Xuan Mo, the roaring hound, even used his heavy method to start devouring it, he had no choice but to flee in haste. Ouyang Zhong and Shan Xiaohu, for Xuanmo's protection, Shan Xiaohu can manipulate the weather; a roaring dog devouring such a significant movement want not to be seen by mortals is impossible, even if this moment is the grassland at night. Still, inevitably, there was one or two bumped into, so he had to summon the storm clouds to the place surrounded by the next blizzard to block the outside line of sight. Ouyang Zhong's magic power is also a part of the water system techniques. At this time, although it can not be turned into its original form, it can help Shan Xiaohu. The Summer weather blizzard is a bit exaggerated and even a bit of a cover. How about letting the snow turn into rain under the scope of the expansion of some of the dozens of miles around the next a hearty downpour, and then a bit of lightning and thunder to increase the effect of some of the XuanMo even if the movement of the big can also be covered up in the past.
In this way, the three support each other; on a night of lightning, thunder, wind, and rain, the nearby herders again come to this water to graze when surprised. The last time was a shock when a large poplar forest suddenly disappeared in the morning; many people are rumored to have because of Dingling millions of troops passing by when the poplar forest was cut down and trampled and became a flatland. The truth is that Shan Xiaohu and Fox Xiaxia, together, made a joint effort to spell the poplar forest wrapped in the immortal tent boundary to protect it. And this time, again shocked, this whole piece of land was put into huge blisters. The original poplar forest also became a part of the lake, and the previous water and swamp also changed its appearance.
Xuan Mo swallowed the poplar forest and the water swamp that served as the Bagua map into his stomach and then brought Shan Xiaohu and Ouyang Zhong to ride on clouds and mist to rush back to Zongcheng at the fastest speed possible.