Chapter 115: Dust to Dust, Earth to Earth
While the black shadows were still staring blankly in the direction of the doorway, Liu Haoyu unleashed dozens of Zhenlei Talismans from his hand.
Like firecrackers during the New Year, the deafening sounds of thunder exploded one after another, without a single moment of pause.
Caught off guard, they were also thrown into disarray by these Zhenlei Talismans.
Coupled with such intensive firepower, in the very first round of bombing, more than twenty black shadows were blasted into ashes and smoke.
The remaining ones were not in good shape either, either half-dead or half-crippled.
Using so many Zhenlei Talismans at once made Liu Haoyu’s aura a bit unstable. These talismans couldn’t be thrown out as freely as one wished.
There was naturally a price to pay for this.
A normal ghost exorcist would probably struggle after throwing a few Zhenlei Talismans.
It was fortunate that Liu Haoyu’s strength was extraordinary, otherwise, with these dozens of Zhenlei Talismans, whether the ghosts would die or not was uncertain, but the person throwing the talismans would definitely pass out.
“Hoo…”
After the crackling lightning subsided, Liu Haoyu took a breath and then focused his gaze on the situation inside the room.
There was only one exit here, and all other places were walls.
Although fierce ghosts could pass through walls, after being bombarded again, their faces were contorted, and they were brandishing their fangs and claws, even letting out frenzied roars.
Driven by instinctual rage, these fierce ghosts pounced on Liu Haoyu, who was at the doorway, without mercy.
However, Liu Haoyu had anticipated this situation.
In his hand, besides the fire axe, he also had some Divine Fire Talismans, used to conjure a wall of fire to block the fierce ghosts’ attack.
So, the moment they rushed over, Liu Haoyu first threw out the Divine Fire Talismans in his hand.
A two-meter-high wall of fire directly ignited everything inside the room.
They had been burned to death by fire in their lifetime, and after death, they harbored an extreme fear of flames. Therefore, when faced with raging fire, these fierce ghosts seemed to recall the despair of their living days, and let out sharp and painful wails on the spot.
Especially some of the fierce ghosts that rushed faster, directly plunged into the raging fire.
Their already disfigured bodies were once again engulfed in flames.
These fire figures writhed in pain on the ground, trying to extinguish the flames on their bodies, but the flames summoned by the Divine Fire Talismans were no ordinary flames.
No matter how they rolled, they couldn’t extinguish the flames on their bodies.
The raging flames were filled with wails of pain and despair.
This scene reminded Liu Haoyu of when Longshan Vocational High School caught fire. The current situation bore some resemblance to that time.
Flames scorched their bodies, and amidst the sizzling sound of oil, viscous, dark blood constantly flowed out from their bodies, only to be quickly burned dry.
The raging fire continued to spread, leaving little room to stand in the room. The fierce ghosts, who were initially aggressive, faced with the wails and screams of their companions, instantly calmed down. Their disfigured faces revealed expressions of panic, and they began to retreat bit by bit.
Although they had transformed into fierce ghosts, they still retained their biological instinct for fear.
The strength displayed by Liu Haoyu far exceeded their expectations.
Having always been bullies who picked on the weak, they had now lost their will to fight.
Among them, there were even some timid ones who let out pleas and confessions.
“Don’t kill me… Don’t… Don’t…”
“I was wrong! I was wrong!”
“Spare us…”
Liu Haoyu’s expression was very indifferent to these pleading voices.
Did they realize they were wrong?
No, they just realized they were about to die.
For the victims who died at their hands before, didn’t they also beg for their mercy?
But did they let those pitiful people go?
No.
So why should they expect him to let them go?
Die here.
Perhaps seeing that their pleas were useless, or perhaps seeing that they could not escape, coupled with the intense pain of being burned by the fire, the expressions of these black shadows gradually shifted from pleading to madness. Then, they almost desperately charged towards Liu Haoyu.
Even with the wall of fire blocking them, they were not afraid.
Now, they just wanted to drag Liu Haoyu down to hell with them.
But as they broke through the sea of fire and tried to pounce on Liu Haoyu, they found that what greeted them…
Was a fire axe flashing with cold light.
“Splat!”
As if chopping a watermelon, the fire axe easily split the head of the charging black shadow in two.
However, these fierce ghosts, driven mad by the burning and plunging into frenzy, had already forgotten their fear. They only wanted to embrace Liu Haoyu and transfer the flames on their bodies to him.
While the thought was beautiful, reality was harsh.
Their movements were too slow. Liu Haoyu, a physically fit student, wouldn’t be caught by them in such a state of heightened concentration.
One by one, the black shadows were reaped by the fire axe, and viscous, dark blood sprayed everywhere as if it were free.
The screams and roars began to weaken until the flames burned out and the firelight disappeared.
Everything returned to dust…
What remained before Liu Haoyu were only piles of residue.
“Done.”
Liu Haoyu flicked the fire axe, shaking off the viscous blood.
During the chaos, Liu Haoyu used Hong Yu to capture a black shadow.
After all, he had not forgotten his original purpose, which was to use these burned fierce ghosts to escape the haunting Red Gate.
Liu Haoyu left the secret passage and returned to the surface.
As he walked outside the Panwang Temple, he couldn’t help but take off the mask on his face, feeling the long-lost fresh air.
Qin Liu then appeared behind him, and judging by her tone, she seemed a little happy.
“Can we go back now?”
Although this place looked very grim, it wasn’t actually that scary.
Perhaps it was due to Liu Haoyu’s surprise attack that caught these fierce ghosts off guard.
But even so, Qin Liu felt a bit nauseous from the foul-smelling and bloody environment of the secret passage.
So now she just wanted to go home and get a good night’s sleep.
But Liu Haoyu checked the time and shook his head, saying.
“It’s only 3 AM now. There won’t be many cars outside at this time, so we’ll have to wait until tomorrow to go back.”
“Ah, this… Then we can’t stay in this temple all night, can we?”
Staying in a place where people had died made her feel a bit uneasy.
“Of course not. Longdong Village might have a place like a hotel. We’ll stay there for a night.”
Longdong Village was about a kilometer away from Panwang Temple.
Thus, Liu Haoyu began to climb further up the mountain path.
It took about ten to twenty minutes, and Liu Haoyu finally arrived at this small mountain village that was almost isolated from the world.
Unexpectedly, there was indeed a hotel here, and it was still in business.
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