paranoianovel Chapter 66 The Divine Rooster Displays Its Power, the Toad Spits Out Money
Chapter 66 The Divine Rooster Displays Its Power, the Toad Spits Out Money
Jiang Jun's figure appeared on a main road in the south of the city.
He walked north along the street, and wherever he went, purple light needles poured down like a torrential rain.
A skirmisher-level monster turned into black smoke and vanished after being pierced by the light needle; a warrior-level monster could not withstand a few needles for long either.
The monsters didn't even have time to see who was attacking before they were killed.
Along the way, he encountered many supernatural police officers and also met many folk exorcists.
Compared to the Bureau of Supernatural Affairs, the folk spirit controllers are far inferior in both strength and organization.
But with this great calamity looming, everyone is doing their utmost to prevent the situation from spiraling into an irreversible abyss.
Suddenly, a strong smell of blood wafted from ahead.
Jiang Jun quickened his pace, turned a street corner, and saw a horrific scene.
A gigantic, eerie python coiled at the crossroads, its body covered in jet-black scales, each the size of a palm, gleaming coldly in the gray mist.
Its body is as thick as a bucket, and the part that protrudes above the ground is more than ten meters long. As it flicks its tongue, a foul stench wafts over.
More than a dozen corpses lay scattered on the ground around them. There were ordinary people, folk spirit mediums, and police officers in the uniform of the Department of the Supernatural.
The python's belly bulged slightly, indicating that it had already swallowed more than one person.
Its aura was steadily rising, and the scales on its body were faintly glowing with a dark red light.
It's using the devouring of living people to advance to the Lord level!
Jiang Jun's anger surged: "You beast, die!"
He raised his hand and pointed, and the "Divine Rooster Talisman" flew out in response.
Amidst the flickering flames, a rooster covered in crimson flames leaped out, its size larger than before, head held high and chest puffed out, exuding a majestic aura.
It saw the strange python and clucked three times.
Upon hearing the rooster's crow, the python stiffened, its vertical pupils revealing instinctive fear. It tried to escape, but its body seemed frozen in place, unable to move.
The divine rooster spread its wings and pounced on the monstrous python like a ball of fire.
The sharp beak pecked at the snake's head, shattering its scales and splattering black blood; its claws tore open the snake's belly, and its internal organs spilled out onto the ground.
The python writhed wildly, its tail sweeping away half the wall, but it was all in vain.
Before long, the divine rooster burrowed into the python's belly, and after a few breaths, it emerged from inside, a bright green snake gall in its mouth, which it then swallowed.
After swallowing the snake gall, the flames around the divine rooster became noticeably hotter, and the color of its feathers became more vibrant, as if it had had a hearty meal.
The enormous body of the serpent crashed to the ground, twitched a few times, and then lay still. Its aura quickly dissipated, its ambition to advance to the Lord level thus coming to an end.
A high-quality, elite-level artifact fell to the ground and was put into Jiang Jun's sleeve.
He retrieved the divine rooster and continued forward.
Along the way, he encountered several more monsters that tried to break through to the Lord level, and he killed them all with his own talisman.
The three protective artifacts themselves grew increasingly powerful through continuous battles.
The tense situation in Qingjiang City has eased, and various supernatural squads have launched a counterattack against the monsters.
Suddenly, several powerful auras erupted almost simultaneously.
Four lord-level monsters appeared from different directions.
To the east, a three-headed, dog-like monster appeared on a collapsed commercial building. Its three heads spewed flames, frost, and poisonous mist, leaving a trail of wasteland in its wake.
Su Tie arrived immediately, his bronze sword transforming into a gray-green light as he engaged the three-headed dog in fierce combat.
He dared not be careless, and he went all out with every sword strike. Amidst the crisscrossing sword light, he suppressed the three-headed dog so that it could not raise its head.
But he was also tied up and unable to spare a moment.
Two enormous monsters appeared simultaneously from the west and north.
A tree-like creature with branches that flew around like tentacles, picking up cars, gravel, and even living people, and throwing them into the dark, gaping mouth on its trunk.
The other one resembled a writhing mountain of flesh, covered in eyes, each radiating an eerie light. Anyone touched by the light would freeze in place, as if they had lost their soul.
Just then, a beam of golden light shot into the sky from the top floor of the Department of Mysteries building.
An ancient bamboo slip slowly rose from the rooftop; it was the mystical object known as the "Chen Wang Slip".
As the bamboo slips unfurled, countless seal characters flew out, gleaming with golden light, like a river of words sweeping towards the two strange creatures.
When the seal script landed on the grotesque branches of the withered tree, the branches quickly withered as if burned; when it landed on the eyes of the grotesque flesh mountain, the eyes closed and black pus oozed out.
The two monsters were held back by "Chen Wangjian" and could not advance any further.
However, there is another one to the south.
It was a giant toad with two bulging eyes that gleamed with a ghostly green light in the gray mist.
Its size is comparable to a yacht. It squats in an artificial lake in a park, and the lake water is squeezed out by its body, flooding the surrounding roads.
Its skin is grayish-brown and covered with bumps, each of which oozes a sticky venom.
The most bizarre thing is its mouth; when it opens, dozens of copper coins spray out from deep within its throat.
The rusty copper coins twirled and danced in the air, making a tinkling sound.
Anything that comes into contact with the copper coin, whether it is a person, a vehicle, or a building, will instantly turn into a rusted bronze statue.
A middle-aged man's arm was grazed by a copper coin, and his entire body rusted at a speed visible to the naked eye.
He opened his mouth wide in terror, but could not make a sound. After a few breaths, he turned into a bronze statue and stood stiffly in place.
The copper coin seemed to absorb something and flew back into the toad's mouth, causing the bumps on the toad's body to swell up, as if it had let out a burp.
The "Chen Wang Jian" once again unleashed golden seal script, attempting to fly over and suppress the toad.
But the aura of the withered tree and the mountain of flesh suddenly erupted, making it unable to separate itself.
Jiang Jun saw the toad in the distance, and his heart sank.
He suspected that there were still some powerful figures in the Department of Mysteries who hadn't made a move yet, but he couldn't worry about that right now.
If this continues, who knows how many more people will die.
He took a deep breath and leaped towards the park.
The "Divine Rooster Talisman" lit up again, and a crimson rooster jumped out of the talisman and crowed at the toad.
The toad stiffened, and the bumps on its body involuntarily shrank back. This was the instinctive fear of the Five Poisons, which even a lord-level monster could not avoid.
Instinct is one thing, but a lord-level monster, whose status is far beyond the ordinary, will not tremble in fear or be unable to resist just because the divine rooster crows.
Instead, it flew into a rage, opened its mouth at the divine rooster, and sprayed out a rain of copper coins.
The divine rooster also became enraged, its body wreathed in crimson flames as it roared towards its opponent.
Taking advantage of the opportunity, Jiang Jun activated "The Deceptive Sorrow," and the purple light needles transformed into six light swords, forming a sword array in the air and slashing at the toad.
The lightsaber struck the toad's back, leaving streaks of blood. The toad, in pain, opened its mouth and spat out a spray of copper coins at Jiang Jun.
Jiang Jun was prepared and dodged the trajectory of the copper coin with a swift movement.
The copper coins jingled as they fell to the ground, turning a patch of lawn into a grayish-blue bronze sculpture.
While continuing his attack with his lightsaber, he also enhanced the blade with the flames of the "Divine Rooster Talisman," imbuing each strike with a crimson flame that countered the Five Poisons.
The toad croaked loudly as it was burned, and the bumps began to crack, oozing black pus and blood.
The divine rooster also took advantage of the situation, flying close and attacking the toad relentlessly with its sharp beak and claws, much to the toad's annoyance.
However, it was, after all, a lord-level monster with thick skin and flesh. Although Jiang Jun could injure it, he could not kill it.
It spat out copper coins again and again, and Jiang Jun could only dodge them, unable to get close.
The two sides were deadlocked for a moment.
Jiang Jun was in no hurry. His goal was not to kill the toad, but to restrain it and prevent it from causing trouble elsewhere.
Once Su Tie has dealt with the three-headed dog, or "Chen Wang Jian" has completely suppressed the two monsters, someone will naturally come to take care of it.
The toad tried several times to turn around and leave to plunder the fresh "blood food" of Qingjiang City, but was forced back by the divine rooster carrying crimson flames.
Amidst billowing gray fog, flashes of fire, and the shadows of swords, a man and a frog are locked in a stalemate in this flooded park!