Chapter 201: Chapter 200: Beiyin Fengdu Displays Its Might

These four were Guardians under the command of the Yellow Heaven Altar. The strongest among them possessed nearly three hundred years of Dao Practice. When this was combined with the power of human Incense and the Yellow Heaven Divine Smoke—a unique creation of the Yellow Heaven God—their assault was something no one below the Sect Leader Level could withstand.

Thus, they had come to wait for him with confidence. But in a moment of gluttonous distraction, they allowed their quarry to swallow the bait whole.

Furious, the four of them attacked at once, intending to kill Taoist Jing Feng to atone for their mistake.

However...

But events took an unexpected turn. Their opponent’s Magical Power seemed sinister, yet it was exceptionally pure, grand, and righteous. It didn’t just break through their smoky miasma; it even summoned eight Ghost Gods with profound Magical Power to join the fray.

The four felt that in terms of raw power, perhaps only the Yellow Heaven God and his wife could defeat this man.

Putting it all together, if he wasn’t the master of Daluo Palace, who else could he be?

Hearing their comrade’s shout, the other three panicked. They frantically channeled power into the porcelain vases in their hands to continuously release the yellow smoke. Simultaneously, they deployed their full Magical Power, combining it with Divine Consciousness Telekinesis to sweep the area around them as they retreated.

Taoist Jing Feng’s aged face was cold as ice. He enveloped an area dozens of feet across with Mingling Prison, carefully avoiding the mortals in the backyard. The domain covered only the front courtyard, securely trapping the four men inside.

At the same time, the Eight Ghost Generals of Mingling Prison took their positions, forming pairs and lunging toward the four men.

The Eight Ghost Generals were Guardians hastily manifested by the Golden Wind Divine King. Their foundations were shallow, and even with the enhancement from the Mingling Prison Illusion Realm, they were ultimately a step weaker than their foes.

Taoist Jing Feng performed the Yu Step and cast the Northern Emperor’s Black Book Great Transformation Divine Spell, transforming into Fengdu and merging with Mingling Hell. At the same time, he cast the Black Law Forbidden Book Black Wind Covering Spell, causing a black wind to howl through Mingling Prison.

Under this dual enhancement, the auras of the Eight Ghost Generals surged dramatically. Even their figures grew a size larger. Some had red hair and green faces, others black hair and white faces, and still others silver hair and blue faces. All bore furious eyes and sharp fangs, appearing like Fierce Ghosts.

"Kill!" The Eight Ghost Generals swarmed forward as one.

The four Guardians from the Yellow Heaven Altar had no choice but to put away their porcelain vases, each of them now forced to fight two Ghost Generals at once. 𝘧𝓇𝑒𝑒𝑤ℯ𝑏𝓃𝘰𝑣ℯ𝘭.𝘤ℴ𝘮

The War-Ghost Divine General and Ghost-Catching Divine General confronted a small, thin man in grey robes who resembled a child. A Funeral Sword and a Hooked Scythe Spear struck from left and right—one slashing for his neck, the other sweeping toward his ribs.

The small man didn’t dare block the attack head-on. His body contracted into a ball, and as he dodged, he fired a volley of sharp spikes that instantly riddled the two Ghost Generals.

The spikes struck home, injecting Magical Power into their bodies and causing the two Ghost Generals to falter for a breath. But then, the Beiyin Yin Qi within them erupted. The sword and spear thrust down again, pinning the small man in place and cutting off his escape.

The small man was both shocked and enraged. He unleashed a burst of Magical Power while simultaneously forming spikes from his Divine Thought, which once again pierced the two Ghost Generals’ bodies.

However, under the suppressive force of the Beiyin Yin Qi, the small man’s techniques came to naught. It took three parts of his Magical Power to neutralize just one part of the Beiyin Yin Qi. Furthermore, he was being besieged by two Ghost Generals who were no weaker than him. After just seven or eight exchanges, he was already at a disadvantage.

"Yellow Guardian, save me!" the small man cried out in desperation, only to realize that the other three were also locked in bitter struggles.

And the one having the worst time of all was the very Yellow Guardian he was calling out to.

Because the old man suspected of being the master of Daluo Palace had now arrived at the Yellow Guardian’s side.

The two Ghost-Slaying Divine Generals were the elites among the Eight Ghost Generals. One wielding a Ghost Head Saber and the other a pair of Double Goose Feather sabers, they had the Yellow Guardian locked in a fierce melee. The Guardian was so preoccupied he never noticed Taoist Jing Feng arrive just outside their fight.

Taoist Jing Feng swiped a hand over the gourd at his waist, and several Yellow Paper Talismans appeared in his grasp. Forming a hand seal, he began to chant a curse, "Across the ninety-thousand-league Mingling Sea, a city of stone stands. Vile fiends guard its passes, venomous dragons devour essence. Water Official, deliver this with haste! Pursue and imprison the Ghost God!"

This was the Water Prison True Talisman from the *Fengdu Examination Summoning Technique*, an offensive Talisman combining Restriction, Attack, and Continuous Damage, best cast in places rich with water vapor.

Although there was no water vapor here in reality, the half-real, half-illusory Mingling Prison had already constructed the necessary environment.

As Taoist Jing Feng finished his chant, waves materialized in the sky above Mingling Prison, revealing a city of stone. Evil Ghosts stood upon its walls while venomous dragons supported it from the sea below, unleashing a sinister pressure that bore down directly on the target.

The Yellow Guardian felt the stone city descending to crush him. His Dantian Magical Power and his Sea of Consciousness Spirit were completely sealed away. At the same time, innumerable streams of Nether Qi pierced his body, eroding his blood, bone, and Divine Soul.

His spirit quaked, and he tried to flee without a second thought. But a figure suddenly materialized before him—Taoist Jing Feng had closed the distance in a single stride. Reaching out, he seized the Guardian’s Divine Soul and ripped it straight out of his body.

"AAAAH!"

As Beiyin Yin Qi flooded his soul, the Yellow Guardian let out an agonized scream. He had barely begun when Taoist Jing Feng slapped a Locking Five Passes Talisman onto his Divine Soul, sealing his Three Souls and Seven Spirits and his Yin Yang Five Qi. With a THUD, his physical body collapsed to the ground.

Seeing their most powerful member, the Yellow Guardian, captured, the other three turned pale with fright. One unleashed his Demon Power and made a mad dash to escape, while the other two retracted their auras and dropped to their knees to beg for mercy.

But Taoist Jing Feng spared none of them. With a wave of his hand, several Ghost Generals brought their blades down at once, hacking all three to death.

Taoist Jing Feng reached out and flicked the Yellow Guardian’s soul into the nearby Mingling Ice Pool. He then withdrew Mingling Prison and all Eight Ghost Generals, absorbing them into the space between his brows.

As Mingling Prison vanished, the scene reverted to the small courtyard building. The furniture was shattered and coated in frost from the battle, and on the ground now lay four animal corpses—the dead men reverted to their true forms.

The most eye-catching of them was a Weasel, a full size larger than a normal one and nearly the size of a medium dog.

"M... Mage..."

Taoist Jing Feng had restricted the scope of the Magical Combat, but the influence of Mingling Prison had still extended beyond the building. Its bone-chilling, Netherworld-like yin aura made it impossible for ordinary people to get near.

It was only after Taoist Jing Feng withdrew his Magic that the townspeople dared to approach, trembling.

"If you’ve found your children, go home now," Taoist Jing Feng instructed. Then, with a wave of his hand, he collected the corpses into his Storage Gourd. "Try not to go out recently unless it’s absolutely necessary."

"Yes, of course!"

"We understand!"

The crowd nodded in agreement and quickly dispersed.

Taoist Jing Feng glanced to the southeast. Not lingering a moment longer, he left the small town with brisk, powerful strides.

He had just left the small town when he saw Taoist Qingyuan striding toward him, alone with his sword.

"Senior Brother Jing Feng!" Taoist Qingyuan spotted him from a distance and waved a greeting. "I’ve come to Guangwu County, too. We can look out for each other now."

Taoist Jing Feng walked up to him and grabbed his hand. "We have to go! Quickly!"

"What’s wrong?" Taoist Qingyuan asked curiously.

"I just took out several masters from the Yellow Heaven Altar. I suspect one of them was a relative of the Yellow Heaven God. He’s probably going to fly into a rage, so let’s get out of here first."

Taoist Jing Feng explained as they hurried away, looking back at Taoist Qingyuan. "When you’re out in the world, safety first!"