Infinite Professions

Chapter 351 - 183: Spoils

Under the onslaught of traps, walls of fire, rain of arrows, and the valiant attacks of the people of Little Huang Village, the more than three hundred bandits were reduced to remnants, and the over ten sorcerers from the Five Immortals Gang dwindled to less than five.

With the death of Wang Po, the precarious situation immediately collapsed. The surviving bandits, sensing the unfavorable turn of events, knelt down and pleaded for surrender, while a few Five Immortals sorcerers continued to resist, even attempting to reclaim Wang Po’s body.

But there was no chance of them succeeding as a dozen Yellow Turban warriors leaped down from the high walls, using swords and spears to knock these sorcerers, whose dark magic had been broken, to the ground.

"Third Brother!"

On the other side, Song Ying and others recovered, propping themselves up as they rushed forward, trying to check Song Wu’s condition. But just as they called out, they saw Song Wu fall backward, causing them to turn pale with shock.

"Third Brother!!!"

Song Ying rushed forward, only to find Song Wu lying on the ground, unconscious, but fortunately still breathing, indicating no immediate danger to his life.

Yet Song Ying dared not delay, immediately calling out to those around him: "Quick, quick, quick, carry Third Brother to the medical hall, no, take him to the Land God Temple."

"Yes!"

Two Yellow Turban warriors rushed forward, lifted Song Wu, and ran towards the Land God Temple.

Meanwhile, others also hurried down from the walls, pulling out prepared sandbags and water jugs to extinguish the fire that was starting to get out of control, while also rounding up prisoners and transporting the injured.

The battle concluded just like that.

But this was only the battle in the Mortal World; the conflict in the Underworld had yet to be resolved.

Outside Little Huang Village, the Yin wind howled, dark currents surged.

Amidst the drifting dark clouds, a shadow lingered, commanding numerous Yin Souls and Evil Ghosts, assaulting the brilliantly glowing Land Realm.

The Divine Dao Realm, resembling a battle formation, was capable of sheltering the place and thwarting evil ghosts and demons. Typically, as long as the realm remained unbroken, the evil ghosts found it difficult to invade.

However, if an evil ghost or demon wielded sufficient power, they could force their way into the realm, just like the previous evil ghost with Tier Three cultivation at Cai Family Village, whose formidable strength allowed it to break into the Twelfth-class Village Land Realm.

But the Land Realm of Little Huang Village was long beyond the Twelfth Class, and even though a group of mountain evil ghosts were madly attacking, they couldn’t find even a sliver of a breakthrough.

Then, the shadow within the dark clouds seemed to sense something, letting out an extraordinarily piercing cry, before flying downward and crashing into the Land Realm.

As the shadow descended, the golden light illuminated, revealing its true form—a demon snake with a body covered in black scales.

The Five Immortals Gang heritage is derived from magicians, where the so-called Five Immortals are actually five poisons, nurtured with human flesh and Primordial Spirit, mutated over time to ultimately become a kind of demon.

This black snake was the leader of the Five Immortals, the Evil God personally worshipped by Wang Po. Years ago, it helped her seize the Black Cloud Village, devouring the evil ghosts the village worshipped, and becoming the most terrifying entity among the Black Cloud, Black Wind, and Black Mountain Villages, revered as the Mountain God by the villagers.

With Wang Po’s death, it sensed the change and immediately went berserk, charging at the Land Realm.

As the Five Immortals Gang’s worshipped Evil God, fifty years ago it had devoured the Baixi Village Land God and two thousand villagers, long transcending mediocrity, reaching Ninth Grade, comparable to Tier Four, surpassing ordinary Fierce Ghosts.

Don’t be fooled by just a single-grade difference; reaching a grade marks an unbridgeable gap, akin to the Foundation Establishment and Qi Refining stages in the Immortal Dao system, where the former truly embarks on the path of Immortal Dao.

The Ninth Grade Evil God, a Tier Four Demon, its power needs no explanation. Just one headbutt made the Land Realm tremble violently, dimming the Divine Dao Golden Light.

"Roar!!!"

Seeing this, the demon snake grew even more excited, letting out a roar resembling a dragon’s cry. The remaining evil ghosts, driven by it, fiercely attacked the realm too.

As the leader of the Five Immortals, Wang Po’s worshipped Ninth Grade Evil God commanded the evil ghosts from the three villages, among them Tier Three evil ghosts, as well as numerous Tier Two old ghosts and Tier One Yin Souls.

In such a way, the tide of evil ghosts fiercely charging caused the long-sustained Land Realm to finally reach its limit, the golden light shattering as the realm crumbled.

"Whoosh!"

Suddenly, the Yin wind howled, and the ghosts rushed into the village, with the demon snake taking the lead, over the walls, heading toward Wang Po’s corpse.

At the same time, Wang Po’s corpse suddenly underwent a strange change.

A mass of black energy gathered, instantly separating from the body, forming Wang Po’s shape.

The dead become ghosts!

Ordinarily, after a person dies, it takes seven days for the soul to completely detach from the deceased flesh and become a ghost soul of the Underworld.

But Wang Po was a Technician, not to be measured by conventional standards. Over the years, she had continuously refined herself with the Five Immortals Evil Technique, enabling her to immediately switch from life to death, from human to ghost upon dying, and become a Tier Three evil ghost, equivalent to her cultivation as a magician during her lifetime.

When the demon snake saw Wang Po’s Yin soul, it was overjoyed, flying towards her immediately.

The Five Immortals Gang and the Five Immortals it worshipped differ from ordinary deities and their followers. Between them, it’s a special symbiotic relationship, whereby upon the death of Wang Po, her soul is merged or rather devoured by the Five Immortals, becoming an entity that exists as both one and many.

This type of evil technique can ultimately nurture a Seventh-grade Evil God.

Do not underestimate this Seventh Grade; in the Immortal Dao system, it equates to a Nascent Soul Cultivator!

Although only one Immortal remains from the Five Immortals now, just merging with Wang Po’s Yin soul could allow it to ascend to Eighth Grade, akin to a demon undergoing Core Formation. Wang Po’s soul is the material for its core.

Therefore, it is no surprise that it went crazy, charging at the Land Realm after Wang Po died.

Now, its wish fulfilled, having broken through the Land Realm, it sees nothing else but Wang Po’s Yin soul.

Wang Po also desires to unite with it, after all, it is her only way to survive now, and it’s her lifelong pursuit as a Five Immortals Technician. She’s quite confident she can seize the demon snake’s consciousness during the fusion to become a true Snake Immortal.