Chapter 134: The Altar Rises! Little Red Unleashes Its Might! Execution and Suppression!!

Setting up the altar and performing the rituals!

This was the ultimate trump card for a Yin Walker facing formidable enemies with inferior strength. Once the ritual began, it usually meant the Yin Walker had exhausted all their power.

Chen Yushu knew his own limits.

At the evil spirit level—even against formidable malevolent corpses like corpse fiends—he would not feel the slightest fear, confident that even if he could not defeat them, he could escape from their grasp.

However, the specter level!

That was an existence belonging to an entirely different tier of power.

Truly, in his heart, he had no confidence at all.

Although this time he had slaughtered the entire squad of ghost soldiers under Granny Jiang, it did not necessarily mean that the being herself would personally take action against him.

Still, he had to take precautions.

What if she actually came?

Submit without a fight?

Naturally, that was impossible.

Therefore, he could only save himself, choosing to offer resistance through the method of setting up the altar.

He moved the table into the courtyard.

Immediately afterward, Chen Yushu grabbed five handfuls of rice from the kitchen.

These five handfuls consisted of regular rice, millet, sorghum rice, corn, and glutinous rice—all grains possessing evil-repelling properties. Mixing them all together yielded a certain anti-evil effect, something he had deliberately purchased specifically for use when setting up his altar.

Next, he retrieved the Judge’s Brush, the Fire-Gathering Basin, and the Demon-Suppressing Ruler from his storage pouch... along with numerous antique ritual implements.

Among them, the Judge’s Brush and the Fire-Gathering Basin were items he had acquired from the corpse fiend's storage pouch during his recent corpse-raising expedition, while the antique implements were items he had purchased with silver at the cultivators' gathering.

Of these items, the Judge’s Brush and the Demon-Suppressing Ruler were placed upon the table.

Beneath the table, he placed the Fire-Gathering Basin.

Flanking the Fire-Gathering Basin, he neatly arranged the various antique implements.

Furthermore, beneath each antique implement, he pressed a talisman.

The talismans were Armored Soldier Talismans!

For every single one, he had selected Armored Soldier Talismans of the highest possible grade.

Eight on each side, sixteen in total.

Even so, he still could not completely set his mind at ease. He retrieved three large sticks of incense and a large stack of yellow paper from his room, placing them one by one beside him.

Finally, he produced a section of jade bone.

This section of jade bone was also something he had exchanged for at the previous cultivators' gathering.

The jade bone was a sin bone, rumored to be the finger bone of an ancient cultivator, and served as the absolute best suppression object for a Yin Walker.

However, using a sin bone as a suppression object carried immense risks.

It was highly possible that through it, an ancient cultivator's soul could be summoned back from the netherworld, making a personal descent, and thereby inflicting a backlash upon the one who set up the altar.

Consequently, even though the sin bone was universally recognized among Yin Walkers as an effective suppression object, it was nevertheless strictly forbidden by orders, and practitioners were warned to use it with caution.

Although Chen Yushu had his reservations about this, at such a critical juncture, he could no longer afford to care about that.

"Next, it is just a matter of waiting."

With that, Chen Yushu relaxed slightly.

Fortunately, time was ample, and he had completed all the preparations he needed to make.

Otherwise, if that evil specter were to descend abruptly, it certainly would not allow him to set up this altar with such ease.

The only thing he found regrettable was that he lacked a sufficiently powerful 'spirit.'

For suppression objects, the ritual of setting up the altar amplified the aura within the suppression object; the stronger the inherent aura of the suppression object itself, the better the resulting effect.

Yet the 'spirit' was the tangible existence that had to face the evil specter directly.

Although one could use the altar-setting ritual to forcibly elevate and enhance the power realm corresponding to the 'spirit,' naturally, the stronger the 'spirit' itself was, the higher the tier of power it could achieve.

For example, previously when Chen Yushu tested the altar-setting ritual, he used Xiaoyin as the 'spirit.' Even though Xiaoyin was at most at the baleful ghost level back then, she was able to display strength comparable to fierce ghosts and went on a massive slaughter of baleful ghosts.

"Fortunately, my preparations are currently very thorough.

The altar-setting ritual has also been elevated by me to the mastery realm, and coupled with Xiaochong’s strength being solidly at the fierce ghost level, the power she can withstand is even greater.

It is not as though we have no power to fight."

This was also the source of a major part of his confidence.

At the introductory level, the altar-setting ritual could at most elevate the 'spirit's' strength by one to three times.

At the mastery level, with all sorts of implements complete, it could elevate it by three to seven times.

At minor accomplishment, it was five to ten times.

Chen Yushu did not require Xiaochong to defeat Granny Jiang.

He only hoped that Xiaochong would not be defeated so quickly.

Thinking of this, he could not help looking toward Xiaochong at his side and asked, "Are you afraid?"

"Xiaochong is not afraid."

Xiaochong shook her head, her small face filled with an earnest expression.

"Good!"

A smile instantly appeared on Chen Yushu's face.

In his heart, a few more parts of composure settled in.

Time flowed on.

The moon hung high in the sky, revealing a surprising brightness.

"Hasn't come yet?"

A trace of puzzled expression could not help but appear on Chen Yushu's face.

Just as his vigilance was relaxing somewhat.

He suddenly noticed that in the distance, a dense mass of yin qi was slowly gathering.

"It's here!"

Chen Yushu let out a low roar.

He hurriedly and swiftly lit the three sticks of incense, ignited the yellow paper, and tossed it into the fire basin.

Boom!

The flames within the fire basin instantly shot upward, forming a massive wave of fire that swept outward, distorting the surrounding air in a wave of heat.

Moreover, aside from the flames, it was accompanied by thick smoke. Under the billowing smoke, Chen Yushu was entirely shielded behind the fire basin.

Immediately afterward, Chen Yushu swiftly formed hand seals, his mental energy instantly aligning with heaven and earth, fusing the entire ritual altar into a single entity.

It felt as though at this moment, everything around him was within his perception and control.

Then, he let out a low shout from his mouth, saying, "Heavenly spirits, earthly spirits, I, Chen Yushu, set up the altar today."

The words had just fallen.

He saw ahead that another group of ghost soldiers was roaring over.

However, among this group of ghost soldiers, aside from two ghost generals at the fierce ghost level, there was also an existence whose aura was terrifyingly dense, its entire body wrapped in black cloth.

Chen Yushu felt nervous inside, his gaze sweeping across them.

Suddenly, he relaxed.

It was not an evil specter!

Merely an evil spirit.

Granny Jiang hadn't come?

Instantly, the confidence in his heart grew even more abundant.

"Who goes there? State your name!"

Chen Yushu muttered, then pointed forward.

This point went straight toward the evil spirit at the very front.

In an instant, a layer of special power surged along the direction of his finger toward that evil spirit, rapidly pulling it and dragging it directly before his ritual altar.

His voice, amplified by the effect of the ritual altar, boomed like a bronze bell and a great drum, filled with boundless majesty, and transmitted clearly into the ears of all those present, including the evil spirit wrapped in black cloth.

He had directly dragged the entity over from among that group of ghost soldiers.

While speaking, he grabbed a handful of the five-dou rice before him and scattered it forward.

Grain after grain of rice tumbled down around the evil spirit.

At this moment, the evil spirit seemed frightened by Chen Yushu's voice, darting about erratically, yet under the obstruction of the rice grains, it simply could not distinguish directions.

With great difficulty, it managed to circle out.
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The illusion-induced influence immediately made it feel infinitely small, while everything around it became unimaginably gigantic.

For instance, those grains of rice resembled towering boulders standing all around.

And those armor-clad guards, barely human-sized and summoned by Chen Yushu using the Armored Soldier Talismans, immediately transformed into gigantic giants and heavenly soldiers.

The deterrent force against evil spirits was extremely formidable.

"Before my hall, why do you not answer?"

Seeing that within a short time he had already suppressed this evil spirit, Chen Yushu felt another measure of ease in his heart.

Only then did he continue to speak with majesty.

Beneath the ritual altar, he was the Son of Heaven, a supreme deity, possessed of an overwhelmingly formidable deterrent presence.

This evil spirit, flustered, seemed suppressed.

Yet an evil spirit was, after all, an evil spirit.

With its formidable power, it was not so easily subdued; it braced its body, appearing to force its head upward.

"It's looking at me?"

Chen Yushu felt a shock in his heart.

Under the special magical illusion of the ritual altar, it was essentially an advanced illusion specifically targeting ghostly entities.

If one could not suppress or frighten the opponent, it would provoke resistance, requiring powerful means to forcibly suppress them.

At this moment, because Chen Yushu had made thorough preparations and the specifications of the altar were relatively high, this evil spirit had indeed been suppressed.

Yet, it had not submitted.

It was still thinking of relying on itself to 'see clearly' the person standing behind the altar.

Once it saw clearly, it would be able to judge the other's strength and 'see through' the illusion.

If the strength was great, it would obediently submit and docilely cooperate with the judgment.

If the strength was not great, it would rise up in rebellion, smash this ritual altar, and slaughter the person who had dared to toy with ghosts.

Fortunately, the fire basin before him naturally gathered fire, burning extremely fiercely, which could block its prying eyes.

Coupled with the three sticks of incense burning continuously before him, surrounded by billowing thick smoke, he was shielded in front of the evil spirit; even if it widened its eyes to the utmost, it could not see clearly.

It only vaguely sensed that behind that screen was an existence of peerless power, terrifyingly formidable.

That aura seemed even stronger than its master, Granny Jiang.

This, in truth, was the function of the sin bone.

Under the influence of the ritual altar, the aura upon the suppression object was consequently drawn downward.

The specific effect was to draw out the aura originally belonging to the ancient cultivator within the sin bone and ' drape' it over Chen Yushu.

The stronger the power draped upon him, the greater the deterrent force produced against the ghostly entities below.

Fortunately, the tier of power possessed during the lifetime of the sin bone in Chen Yushu's hand was indeed not weak.

Under being drawn forth, that mountain-like and sea-like aura truly suppressed the evil spirit before him.

"I am the Faceless Ghost, a subordinate under Granny Jiang.

This time, sensing that a squad of ghost soldiers had inexplicably gone missing nearby, I came to investigate. I know not why I rushed before the Immortal; I beg the Immortal to spare me."

Flustered, this black-robed ghostly entity honestly confessed everything.

"It confessed?"

Chen Yushu felt a pleasant surprise in his heart.

He grew even more composed.

"Oh, a subordinate of Granny Jiang?

However, that group of ghost soldiers under your command offended me and has already been dealt with by me.

This time, you came charging aggressively—could it be that you are here to seek vengeance against me?"

Chen Yushu's voice transmitted outward once more.

Under the influence of the ritual altar, it was grand and majestic, carrying a special coercive momentum.

"This subordinate dares not..."

The Faceless Ghost hurriedly spoke.

"You wished to do so, yet you dare not?"

Chen Yushu let out a cold snort, then said, "My majesty brooks no offense.

Since there has been an offense, punishment must naturally follow.

Considering that your attitude in admitting your mistake is somewhat sincere, I will give you a chance to redeem yourself through meritorious service.

Next, I will release a squad of ghost soldiers in.

You shall help me eliminate them.

Then I will remit your punishment.

And I will reward you with three incenses and three rices to denote your transgression."

"Yes! Immortal!

Many thanks to the Immortal for giving this subordinate a chance to atone for my sins."

At this moment, the Faceless Ghost was thoroughly suppressed, hastily opening its mouth to comply in response.

Chen Yushu let out a hum.

Then he cast his gaze once more toward that group of ghost soldiers outside the courtyard.

Because the leader, the Faceless Ghost, had been detained by him and subjected directly to trial, the group of ghost soldiers that had been menacing just moments before instantly panicked.

Lacking a leader, the group of ghost soldiers scattered somewhat in disorder.

Had it not been for the intimidation of the two ghost generals, they would have completely dissolved in a rout.

At this moment, Chen Yushu cast his gaze upon the group of ghost soldiers, happening to see the two fierce-ghost-level ghost generals wildly berating and controlling the group of subordinates.

Thus, Chen Yushu raised his hand to make another point, stating, "What ghostly entities dare trespass upon my Daoist arena?

Hurry and bring them hither!"

Instantly, another layer of special halo surged forth.

Ghost soldier after ghost soldier, much like the Faceless Ghost before them, was swiftly dragged before the ritual altar.

Grain after grain of rice, which in their eyes appeared like gigantic boulders, caused all of them to panic, darting around wildly like headless flies.

"Go, go redeem yourselves for the errors you have committed."

Following that, Chen Yushu's voice transmitted into the ears of the evil spirit, the Faceless Ghost.

"Yes, Immortal!"

The Faceless Ghost answered. At that very moment, a baleful ghost rushed before it; without a second thought, it stepped forward swiftly and delivered a fierce smash.

Boom!

The baleful ghost's baleful energy instantly dissipated by more than half, and amidst a shriek from the entity, it was instantly pulverized into soul-scattering nothingness.

The strength of an evil spirit was far too powerful and terrifying for a baleful ghost.

Once they encountered one, they could easily be slaughtered and dealt with.

Then very quickly, the second, the third.

When it encountered the fourth ghost soldier, the Faceless Ghost abruptly opened its mouth and swallowed, gulping down a baleful ghost alive.

Instantly, the aura on its body also elevated by a margin.

Until the Faceless Ghost encountered a ghost general.

"Faceless Lord, what kind of place is this?"

The flustered voice of the ghost general rang out, startling the Faceless Ghost into realizing that this fierce ghost was actually its own subordinate.

Coming to its senses, it widened its eyes once more, gazing toward the fire basin and the mouth of the altar behind it.

Just at that moment, the yellow paper within the fire basin burned down completely, leaving relatively fewer flames; coupled with the rolling smoke, there were occasionally tiny gaps.

It was precisely this tiny gap that allowed it to vaguely 'see' that sitting behind this ritual altar was a person.

A person?

It was as if the originally imprisoned thought and the 'miasma' shrouding the top of its head instantly dissipated into nothingness.

"A ritual altar?

This is a ritual altar?

Playing the god and acting the ghost?

This is playing the god and acting the ghost? Fooling ghosts?"

It was instantly enraged to the point of explosion.

Disregarding everything, it swiftly charged directly toward the ritual altar.

"Hmm? Discovered?

Yet entering my ritual altar, how could I let you charge over so easily?"

Within Chen Yushu's eyes, however, a flash of icy coldness crossed.

He knew that this ritual altar of his was actually not all that orthodox. Even though he had perfected it as much as possible, under limited conditions, it could only fool some weaker ghostly entities.

Evil spirits?

It seemed they were fooled, but such entities could 'awaken' at any moment, see through his trickery, and launch a backlash.

At this moment, it was this evil spirit launching a backlash.

Yet Chen Yushu did not panic in his heart.

He merely reached out a hand and pressed downward.

Boom!

An unimaginably terrifying coercive pressure descended instantly, causing the evil spirit's footsteps to halt abruptly, while its entire body was crushed flat downward.

It was precisely Chen Yushu executing the Subduing Yin Art.

One of the functions of the altar-setting ritual was to bewilder ghostly entities, making them subject to his command, but its greatest function was suppression and slaughter!

Suppressing and slaughtering ghostly entities!

How to suppress and slaughter?

Borrowing the power of the ritual altar to amplify one's own strength for suppression and slaughter.

At this moment, it was precisely so.

The exact same technique, executed by oneself versus executed with the aid of the ritual altar's power, differed in might by heaven and earth.

When he executed the Subduing Yin Art at this time, its already formidable and terrifying efficacy reached an absolute extreme.

It instantly pressed the entity flat to the ground.

Then in the next moment.

Sixteen armored soldiers—eight on each side—also grasped suppression implements and stepped forward rapidly.

Killing ghosts upon encountering ghosts, killing ghost generals upon encountering ghost generals, they swiftly commenced a strangulation of that group of ghost soldiers.

There were also armored soldiers who directly intercepted the Faceless Ghost, conducting a strangulation against it.

Yet an evil spirit was, after all, an evil spirit, possessing formidable strength, whereas the armored soldiers were essentially talismans incarnate; even with the altar's amplification, their actual combat prowess was limited.

They were quickly counter-killed by the Faceless Ghost, which had gotten back up on its feet, and reduced to ashes.

"Xiaochong!"

At that moment, Chen Yushu suddenly let out a low shout.

"I'm here!"

Xiaochong immediately stepped forward.

Chen Yushu picked up the Demon-Suppressing Ruler from the table and tossed it directly toward Xiaochong.

He then formed a spell seal and pointed it upon her.

Boom!

In an instant, Chen Yushu felt in a trance as though he 'saw' a female figure wearing ancient, unadorned robes with a long sword strapped to her back, manifesting from the finger bone—namely the sin bone—and flashing past as she rushed into Xiaochong's body.

Instantly.

Xiaochong felt her power expand boundlessly, becoming immensely mighty.

With every single movement, it seemed to contain momentous power.

She then hopped and bounded as she leaped down from behind him, charging straight toward the Faceless Ghost, drawing the Demon-Suppressing Ruler to lash out fiercely.

Boom!

Terrifying power smashed swiftly onto its body, causing the baleful energy on its body, which had reached an ultimate density, to scatter and disperse slightly.

"Indeed.

Following the altar's setup and the infusion of power, Xiaochong's strength has gained an unimaginably huge elevation.

At this moment, although she is still at the fierce ghost level.

Her actual combat capability has truly reached the evil spirit tier, and is even a notch stronger than ordinary evil spirits."

Observing closely, Chen Yushu noticed that the evil spirit suddenly drew out a whip-like object from its hand and lashed back toward Xiaochong.

Chen Yushu hurriedly stepped out the Seven Stars.

Boom!

Swept along by the terrifying power, he instantly rushed before the Faceless Ghost, directly flipping its entire body over and sending it tumbling in a somersault.

Seven Star Step!

Seeing this, Xiaochong grew even more composed, charging up once more to lash out fiercely at the Faceless Ghost with the Demon-Suppressing Ruler.

Beneath the ritual altar, Chen Yushu was like a divine deity, practically omnipotent.

Not only could he cast spells borrowed from the altar, making ordinarily ordinary techniques soar in might, but he could also coordinate with Xiaochong to launch attacks against the enemy.

Under the accumulation of terrifying power, was it simply one plus one equals two?

It completely reached the realm of one plus one being greater than two, greater than three.

Occasionally, Chen Yushu would also attack other ghost soldiers and ghost generals.

Either executing the Subduing Yin Art, or tossing out one or two talismans.

The talismans on Chen Yushu's person were already unimaginably numerous, and tossing them out one by one caused him no heartache.

Under the explosion of terrifying power, ghost soldier after ghost soldier was executed, and even the two ghost generals successively perished beneath Chen Yushu's Ghost-Executing Talisman and Lightning-Summoning Talisman.

Naturally, this was because the talismans Chen Yushu tossed out were not ordinary spiritual talismans, but rather of superior grade.

Superior-grade spiritual talismans.

This was also due to Chen Yushu's talisman-making skill advancing to mastery, with his Ghost-Executing Talisman and Lightning-Summoning Talisman both achieving great accomplishment successively, greatly increasing his probability of crafting superior talismans.

Coincidentally, he also wished to test the might and intensity of these superior Ghost-Executing and Lightning-Summoning Talismans, so he casually tossed them out.

Their might truly satisfied him.

Although it often required two or three talismans to execute a fierce ghost, against ordinary baleful ghosts, it was one talisman per ghost without the slightest hesitation.

"Kill!"

Xiaochong gave a sweet cry, hurling the Demon-Suppressing Ruler in her hand with all her might.

Bam!

The baleful energy on the Faceless Ghost's body scattered away in another large chunk.

It immediately flew into a rage, lashing out with its ghost whip.

Yet at that very moment, Chen Yushu struck again—the Subduing Yin Art, the Baleful-Dissolving Art, the Point-Yin Sword; these various methods, boosted by the ritual altar, could often unleash unexpected effects.

Subsequently, following Chen Yushu's final execution of the Baleful-Dissolving Art.

Coordinating with Xiaochong swinging the Demon-Suppressing Ruler, it smashed fiercely onto the head of the Faceless Ghost.

"Ah..."

This evil spirit’s ghostly body instantly collapsed and dispersed, growing unimaginably weak.

At this very moment, its tier of power was inferior even to that of a fierce ghost.

And at this time, Xiaochong's power was at an unprecedented peak; following successive strikes and with the altar's assistance.

Finally, it was utterly and completely slaughtered.

And at this very moment.

Bzzzz...

The numerous Armored Soldier Talismans activated by Chen Yushu also reached their duration limit and directly dissipated.

"It's over!

It's settled."

Seeing this, a trace of relief and exhaustion could not help but appear on Chen Yushu's face.

Maintaining the operation of the ritual altar consumed an unimaginably massive amount of his energy.

Almost every moment, he could feel his Daoist cultivation rapidly depleting.

Because of this, he had not dared to use the Divine Descent Art, which could consume a massive amount of his incense Daoist cultivation.

Otherwise, employing this single technique alone, aided by the power of the ritual altar, would have been enough to forcibly suppress and slaughter this Faceless Ghost evil spirit.

Fortunately, everything went smoothly.

He had also resolved the entire squad of ghost soldiers before his Daoist cultivation was completely exhausted.

Hastily dispersing his mental energy and withdrawing the alignment with the ritual altar, just as he was about to circulate the White Tiger Contemplation Method to recover his Daoist cultivation, his expression suddenly shifted drastically.