Hyper-Dimensional Player

Chapter 667 25: An Incense Stick's Time in the Mortal World

A tremor shook the earth and mountains.

The Ox-Head's power to shift mountains was somewhat exaggerated, but at the spot where the two clashed, cracks immediately appeared on the ground beneath them, followed by a large area collapsing to form a massive pit about ten feet in diameter.

The two figures were both forced back by the countershock of the immense force, leaving a crack over a yard deep in the land beneath their feet.

——True Qi disrupted, meridians injured, moderate injury.

For the first time in this world, Duncan suffered a hidden loss in a direct confrontation. Even with the innate True Qi transferred from Lady Jade Face, he fell slightly to a disadvantage, forced back by the Ox-Head's tremendous power. Behind him, Lady Jade Face swallowed the blood in her mouth, wrapping her arms around the young man gracefully as they landed in front of the Chenghuang Temple dozens of meters away.

"My foundation in this world is still too shallow."

"Ordinary martial arts experts pose no threat to me, but an entity like Ox-Head, with a Yin God status, is not so easily dealt with."

"It is at least at the level of an Otherworld Divine Envoy and can even be considered as having a Divine-like Power from the death pantheon."

Duncan had no way to measure the strength of those powerful beings clearly, so he could only use the framework of the Western world for comparisons.

Ox-Head and Horse-Face are considered middle-level in the Underworld, corresponding at least to an Otherworld Divine Envoy in the Western nations.

In the distance beneath the Yin banners, even Ox-Head's expression was unbelievably shocked, now somewhat unstable, breathing heavily like an ox, indicating it was also quite injured, with its steel pitchfork even missing a chunk. Duncan's blood-fiend aura was indeed dominating, and combined with Yun Wangji's demon-slaying sword, which counts as a divine weapon, forcibly notched the Ox-Head's steel pitchfork.

Since when do mortals have the capability to battle it?

Since the Tang Dynasty, experts in the mortal world have become increasingly rare, and the Underworld hasn't added new blood for a long time, with only one notable person named Zhong Kui.

This Ox-Head has the status of a Yin God from the Underworld. While not a high-rank Yin God, it's still significant in the Underworld.

Ordinary evil ghosts and monsters would be scared out of their wits upon seeing it.

——"Thunder God Helps Me!"

Yun Wangji's wooden sword pointed straight to the sky, and the rumbling of thunder resounded. A bolt of lightning struck, forcing Ox-Head not to pursue but instead, with a hand raised, presenting a black token that seemed like a magical artifact, redirecting the falling lightning into the earth.

Authentic Daoist teachings!

This guy was also incredibly troublesome; Daoist spells could really harm it, and it also seemed that this person knew quite a few techniques from Witchcraft. After the fusion of Dao and Witch techniques, the Maoshan sect absorbed most of the witchcraft and ritual practices, making Yun Wangji's thunder techniques equally impressive as Maoshan's authentic teachings.

The soul-summoning banner emitted a flurry of black smoke.

Behind Ox-Head, that group of ghostly officers from the Underworld trembled with fear, exchanging looks but none daring to make a move.

Who are these brash younglings!

They even show no fear of the Underworld. If they were to be killed, they could very well be completely obliterated on the spot. A person dies once, loses their body, and becomes a ghost; a ghost dies again, and their three souls and seven spirits are scattered, known to mortals as being completely obliterated.

However, there's also a saying 'a person dies and becomes a ghost, a ghost dies and becomes a specter, a specter dies and becomes a wraith, a wraith dies and becomes an illusion, and an illusion dies and becomes void.'

However, even the ghost officers from the Underworld don't believe such a saying. Those ghosts whose lifespan has run out are either sent into reincarnation or completely dissipated, akin to a human body being broken down at the atomic level.

Anyway, ghost officers who are killed never come back to life.

——Pure Yang Sword Qi.

——Chaotic Wind Demon Subduing Staff Techniques.

Fu Jianhan and the Unrestrained Monk pushed their True Qi to the limit, although they didn't have Duncan's power, they still made Ox-Head quite wary. These martial world experts trained in secret techniques could inflict damage on it, although not as severely as the Daoists.

Ordinary martial experts couldn't harm ghost souls, but as long as they coated their blades with black dog's blood, they could have some effect, equivalent to coating with the Church's Holy Water in the West, granting them a 'spirit-slaying' characteristic.

Ox-Head stomped the ground, sending rocks flying chaotically, using a shockwave move akin to the Cloud Stirring Hand in the martial world, directly lifting a piece of ground to block the oncoming sword fire and staff shadows.

As a Yin God, it naturally possesses divine power, knows martial arts, and can cast spells.

The divine-like power in this world closely resembles the myths from classic supernatural tales, specifically resembling black mythology.

The Underworld ghost officers capturing evil ghosts is no different than mortal constables arresting notorious thieves.

These mortals in front each possess extraordinary power. If it were at the Ghost Gate, Ox-Head could rally Yin Soldiers to surround and kill everyone, but here, it is rather tricky.

——Ox-Head (Yin God) (Soul-Collecting Envoy) (Six-Star Silver Gray)!

"Young Master."

"Are you alright?"

Lady Jade Face mobilized True Qi, attempting to heal Duncan, who had a trace of blood seeping from the corner of his mouth, but he shook his head, refusing her aid, instead shielding Lady Jade Face behind him, calmly saying, "I'm fine."

This injury is nothing.

In his time as a Barbarian, he couldn't unleash his true potential without being heavily injured to the point of death.

However, the Eastern cultivation system indeed lacks the vitality that the Western bloodline awakening has; a Barbarian can still jump up and down after being hit with dozens of arrows, but martial world experts in this world see their combat ability greatly decrease after being hit with a few arrows, unless they've cultivated some powerful life-saving secret technique. Otherwise, most people inevitably remain mortals of flesh and blood.

When Ox-Head appeared, he could have sheathed his sword and spared that ghost general's life.