Yellow Skinned Taoist Master

Chapter 188: Yama's Shadow Runs Rampant

That little girl's originally smiling face also transformed into a livid, sinister expression.

The red lantern in her hand was glowing.

First it blocked Chen Huangpi's sword strike, then she instantly pounced toward Chen Huangpi.

But right at this moment.

An enormous silhouette stood up from within that black earth.

That silhouette was extremely tall and large, yet it had no head.

Standing at approximately several hundred zhang tall, both its arms and chest were crawling with Evil Eyes.

This was the shadow of the Headless Yama.

Even if it wasn't the true body, it was still powerful enough, terrifying enough.

The moment it appeared.It smashed a punch toward that little girl.

This punch, perhaps still wasn't its full strength.

Because it was Chen Huangpi's Evil Eyes controlling it to throw the punch, but even so, the instant this punch was thrown, the space between its fist and the little girl showed signs of complete distortion.

Striking later, arriving first.

Fast to the extreme.

Chen Huangpi couldn't find appropriate vocabulary to describe the might of this punch.

Because the Evil Eyes he had parasitized onto that Headless Yama's shadow actually showed faint signs of being expelled.

He couldn't see clearly.

He only saw that when this punch was thrown, countless gray-colored radiances surrounded the fist's vanguard.

That little girl's expression drastically changed even more.

She fiercely tossed the red lantern in her hand upwards.

That entire red lantern began to burn.

Bloody firelight cascaded down before her like a waterfall, attempting to block this punch.

But this time, the momentum of offense and defense had swapped.

Thump!!!!

An unadorned and simple punch.

Just like the 'Black Tiger Stealing the Heart' that even an old farmer in the countryside could execute, it ruthlessly smashed onto that bloody waterfall formed by the red lantern.

Crackle...

Crackle...

Countless fissures split open on the bloody waterfall, just like a spiderweb.

Bang...

That bloody waterfall shattered on the spot, turning into countless mirror-like fragments, scattering toward the surroundings.

"Ahhh!!!"

That little girl let out an agonizing wail miserable to the extreme.

An extremely bizarre change occurred even further on her body.

The originally four or five-year-old little girl's body unceasingly expanded at this moment, turning into an octogenarian old woman in the blink of an eye.

As if all of her time had been completely blasted away by this punch from the Yama's shadow.

"A Gui..."

Chen Huangpi said in horror: "Are the Yamas of your Underworld Yellow Spring actually powerful to this extent?"

All along, Chen Huangpi never had an accurate concept of a Yama's power.

He only felt that no matter how powerful this Yama was, it would at most be one or two tiers stronger than Immortals like Yi Qingzhou.

Coupled with the fact that previously, when Chen Huangpi utilized the two arms of the Headless Yama's shadow to execute the Soul-Killing Art, it hadn't caused any damage to this little girl, he felt that even if he released the entire shadow of the Headless Yama.

It would probably only be evenly matched against this little girl.

But looking at it now, he was vastly mistaken.

Mistaken to a ridiculous degree.

How was this evenly matched? It was clearly a completely one-sided slaughter.

Furthermore, just a shadow alone could achieve this extent.

When its true body was alive, how terrifyingly powerful must it have been?

The Life-Reaping Ghost said helplessly: "Contract Master, the most powerful existence in the Underworld Yellow Spring is the Yin Emperor. That figure has ties with Guanzhu. And beneath him, are the Yama Kings of the Ten Halls."

Even placed during the time of the Heaven and Earth Mutation.

As long as one didn't mention those existences that were 'Near-Dao'.

Existences at the level of a Yama could walk sideways throughout the entire human world.

But then again.

Chen Huangpi's master was a Dao Lord, that was undoubtedly the most powerful existence.

And Master was usually elusive, rarely manifesting extraordinary power, therefore Chen Huangpi solely knew the principle that 'those who speak must know' regarding the strong. As for what extent powerhouses below that could achieve, he was muddled.

Chen Huangpi said with a pale complexion: "How did I survive from the Headless Yama's hands back then?"

"I feel like it can beat me to death."

"Don't know..."

The Life-Reaping Ghost said blankly: "Perhaps Guanzhu was secretly watching at that time, so it went easy..."

This matter had actually always raised suspicions in the Life-Reaping Ghost's heart.

It had once suspected that perhaps it was arranged by Guanzhu.

But thinking about it now, something felt amiss.

Guanzhu couldn't leave the Hundred Thousand Mountains, and the Evil Daoist wasn't in the Underworld Yellow Spring back then either. Guanzhu might know everything, but it was impossible for him to intervene.

It couldn't possibly be the Yin Emperor's doing, could it...

"At a time like this, what are you guys still thinking about!"

The Brass Oil Lamp yelled loudly: "Chen Huangpi, why aren't you controlling that shadow to beat that dead kid to death? Why did you make it stop?"

After the Headless Yama's shadow punched that little girl into an octogenarian old woman, it stopped its movements, rigidly standing exactly where it was, as if its mind had wandered.

Chen Huangpi said bitterly: "Huang Er, if I told you that I can't control it, would you believe me?"

"What!!!"

The Brass Oil Lamp's face turned green: "It doesn't have an independent consciousness, why can't you control it?"

"I don't know..."

Chen Huangpi stared at that Headless Yama's shadow, his tone filled with unease as he said: "Although it doesn't have a consciousness, its shadow seems to still possess instincts. My Evil Eyes cannot suppress it, nor can they control it."

"Then just release more Evil Eyes!"

The Brass Oil Lamp stood on Chen Huangpi's head, saying towards those Evil Eyes overflowing into the void: "If there's too much water, add flour; if there's too much flour, add water. What are you doing leaving so many Evil Eyes here instead of controlling the Headless Yama? Watching a play?"

Chen Huangpi said: "Is there such a possibility that the Evil Eyes you're seeing were just expelled by it?"

It wasn't that he didn't want to.

It was that he fundamentally couldn't do it right now.

The shadow of the Headless Yama wasn't his shadow after all. It had only been forced to hide within his shadow due to the disappearance of light after the Ten-Direction Bone-Illuminating Mirror shattered back then.

This was an outsider.

The instant this outsider emerged from Chen Huangpi's shadow, it already showed faint signs of losing control.

Being able to control it to throw that punch.

Was only achievable because Chen Huangpi forcefully suppressed its instincts while taking advantage of its initial manifestation.

Right now, the Headless Yama's shadow instinctively resisted the control of the Evil Eyes.

Countless Evil Eyes surged into its body.

Then even more Evil Eyes were expelled.

What was most fatal was, Chen Huangpi's mental power was only sufficient to support him controlling the two arms of the Yama's shadow; for the remaining parts, it could only be said that the spirit was willing but the flesh was weak.

Presently, this shadow of the Headless Yama stood between Chen Huangpi and that little girl.

No, between him and that old woman.

Sweat dripped down Chen Huangpi's cheeks as he attempted to communicate with this Yama's shadow using his Evil Eyes.

He wanted to throw another punch and directly beat that old woman to death.

This ghost thing was far too treacherous.

If he didn't beat it to death, Chen Huangpi's heart couldn't rest easy.

But no matter how Chen Huangpi called out, the Yama's shadow didn't have any response.

"Cough cough cough..."

Paralyzed on the ground like a dead dog, the old woman forcefully propped herself up and crawled up from the ground.

It fiercely glared at Chen Huangpi.

Then stared at that Yama's shadow with extreme dread.

This Yama's shadow was too powerful.

Furthermore, this was a shadow; there fundamentally wasn't any concept of it absorbing Spiritual Qi.

A Yama was an evil anomaly whose head was chopped off.

Its shadow naturally was the same.

If it were like that Tai Yizi, needing to absorb Spiritual Qi to sustain itself, then perhaps after a long time, it could slowly steal its time bit by bit, but looking at it now, this was impossible.

"Thirty thousand years of time."

The old woman's eyes were murky, its expression gloomy as it said: "This punch blasted away thirty thousand years of this old body's time. Only, this shadow does not belong to you, can you still control it to throw another punch like that?"

Hearing these words.

Chen Huangpi said coldly: "Yama, hear my command!"

The countless Evil Eyes upon that Yama's shadow abruptly squirmed.

The old woman's expression vastly changed.

It immediately transformed into an escaping light, charging towards the ancestral hall deepest within the Evil-Suppressing Village.

But with this movement.

The Yama's shadow seemingly suffered stimulation.

It instinctively swung a punch, blasting towards that old woman.

Boom!!!!

This punch was even more terrifying than the one Chen Huangpi controlled the Yama's shadow to throw.

The Evil-Suppressing Village beneath the night sky distorted and morphed along with it.

Even the night's darkness became deathly silent beneath this punch.

In a trance.

Chen Huangpi seemed to see the entire world resembling a water curtain, rippling under the Yama's shadow's punch, peeling back its true essence.

He saw a dilapidated village.

And also saw a bizarre ancestral hall.

He even saw a silver-white thread, much like a fishing line, with one end leading to an unknown location, and the other end embedded into the top of that old woman's head.

Looking closely again.

Where was the old woman at the end of that fishing line?

It was clearly an incredibly ugly insect.

But this scene was far too indistinct, as if it was Chen Huangpi's hallucination.

In an instant, the ripples within that water curtain stabilized.

The Evil-Suppressing Village was still the Evil-Suppressing Village.

The old woman was still that old woman.

Only, after enduring this punch from the Yama's shadow, this time it no longer had any time to offset it, and was instantly reduced to flying ash on the spot.

After doing all this.

The Yama's shadow once again lacked any movement, still rigidly standing where it was.

As if it had merely swatted a mosquito to death.

"Hahaha!"

The Brass Oil Lamp said excitedly: "Chen Huangpi, I knew you were full of dirty tricks all along. You kept saying you couldn't control the Yama's shadow, and that ghost thing actually believed it. Now it's great, beaten until not even residue remains."

"Yes Contract Master, even Huang Er and I were fooled by you."

"I didn't fool you guys..."

Chen Huangpi said helplessly: "Just now, I was only scaring that ghost thing, originally intending to just scare it away. Who would have thought that the moment it moved, the Yama's shadow would go up and deliver a punch."

"This..."

The Brass Oil Lamp said dryly: "Then what do we do? Continue standing here?"

The moment that ghost thing moved, the Yama's shadow blasted it to death with a punch.

Now there was no way to retract it back into his shadow.

Who would dare to try moving?

Wouldn't they just be beaten until not even residue remains the moment they flew out?

"It's not that I absolutely cannot retract it either."

Chen Huangpi said in a low voice: "Where there is light, there is shadow. If I can extinguish all the surrounding light, perhaps it will burrow into my shadow just like before, but the Magic Tree cannot do it..."

The Magic Tree could completely blot out the sky and the sun, blocking all the light.

But did Chen Huangpi dare to move?

Suddenly...

That Yama's shadow's entire body trembled, then it slowly turned around and faced Chen Huangpi.

"Huang Er, A Gui, what is it trying to do?"

"It's possible it wants to press your head onto its head, just like before."