38. Destruction and rebirth
At first, the stickmen didn't show aggression. They stand still when they climb to the ground. The body sways left and right as the ground shakes. It feels like a weird humanoid weed.
Qiao Wei didn't blast the stickman away like he did before. He shouted for me and Ye Chen to step back. Try not to come into contact with those stickmen. At the same time, he grabbed a handful of dry clods from the ground and threw them towards the ruins. But the earth of the ground was hardened by fire. The dirt he threw out didn't roll up a whole clay arhat. In the end, it was only made into a miniature earth man more than one meter tall.
It took about three minutes. The shaking of the ground has finally stopped. In the ruins of the temple of the mountain there are already standing stickmen. The number is less than a few hundred. Say more should be thousands. They're huddled next to each other. It's so dense that just looking at it makes people feel a little sick.
"What now. In the past." I asked Qiao Wei.
"Don't worry. Wait for me to go over and probe with the mud." After speaking, Qiao Wei raised his hand and pointed in the direction of the ruins of the mountain temple. The miniature mud arhat immediately staggered towards the ruins. The stickman still didn't make any attacks. They stand still like plants, motionless. Occasional mountain winds blow. They sway like the wind. No matter how you look at it, it looks like some kind of plant.
Soon. The clay arhat walked up to the stickmen. Then it raised its hand and prepared to pull away the stickman and walk between them. And just when the big hand of the clay arhat is about to touch the stickman. A pair of eyes suddenly opened on the head of the stickman closest to the mud arhat.
Maybe it's because it's pitch black. The whites of those eyes are abnormally large. And it looks very bright.
Qiao Wei didn't stop because of the stickman's sudden opening of his eyes. He continued to order the Arhat to move forward. And as the big hand of the clay arhat touched the stickman. The surrounding stickmen also opened their eyes.
All of a sudden. The back mountain, which was originally as hot as a sauna, instantly cooled down. After a short period of cooling, I also started to feel a little cold. It's a feeling I'm all too familiar with. I don't need Qiao Wei to explain, I also know that this is the result of the sudden aggravation of yin qi.
Qiao Wei's side suddenly frowned. And exhorted aloud: "Something is going to come out. Probably the Ghost King. It could be something else. In short, it's not easy to deal with. Be careful."
I don't need Qiao Wei to remind me that something is coming. But the next scene was something I didn't expect anyway. Those stickmen were just staring at the mud arhat with a pair of eyes open at first. But then they opened their eyes, big and small, all over their bodies. These eyes are rolling all over the place. I feel numb when I see it.
With the appearance of these eyes. The entire fire around the ruins disappeared at once. It's already night. Plus it's cloudy and there is no moon. The fire is gone now. The whole world also became dark in an instant. I didn't dare to turn on the searchlight. Instead, he asked Qiao Wei in a low voice what to do now.
The lamp in Qiao Wei's hand was originally on. He quickly turned off the lights when I asked him to speak. Then he whispered to me, "Don't move yet. Let's see."
As soon as he finished speaking. Suddenly there was light on the other side of the ruins. But I'd rather there be no light over there. Because that's what comes from those thousands of eyes. And those eyes are clearly moving. It's not blinking. It's moving in our direction.
"I'm coming. Run." I hurriedly asked.
"No. Don't move. There's something else." Qiao Wei shouted. At the same time, he turned on the searchlight in his hand and shone the light at the eyes in front of him.
I don't know what Qiao Wei saw again. But now that he's using fluorescent lamps. Then I don't have to turn off the lights again. So I also turned the searchlight on and off. Let a beam of blue-white light be cast forward.
The eyes that were illuminated by the searchlight beam closed immediately. It is clear that they are photophobic. I've had the experience of being a ghost. So I know very well that ghosts are not afraid of the sun. I just don't know why it's so hard for ghosts to appear in daylight. And now these stickmen are afraid of light. This is the same as the demon that Xiao Guo said before.
I was turning the searchlight from side to side as if I was strafing it with a machine gun. Try to shine the light on every stickman who walks towards me. The stickmen were soon turned backwards by the fluorescent lights. In this way, a strange thing also stands out from the stickman's ranks.
The thing's body was a little yellowish. Somewhat similar to the color of bronze. It's a little taller than a stickman. The most distinctive feature is that it has six arms and six hands. It is not afraid of the light of a searchlight at all. And while walking forward in response to the light, he also danced strange steps.
"Thunder. You run." Qiao Wei suddenly shouted at me.
All eyes were on the dancing monster. So after hearing Qiao Wei's voice, I didn't react immediately. And in less than a second. The dancing bronze freak also snapped open its eyes. And eyes straight at me.
"Destruction. Rebirth. Destruction. Reborn ......"
Suddenly a mixed voice appeared in my head. It's like a man and a woman talking in sync. At the same time, the dancing monster jumped into the air. By the time it hit the ground, it was already in front of me.
"Damn"
I exclaimed. Then, instinctively, he raised his pistol and pulled the trigger on the monster's head.
The pistol made a crisp "click", and I remembered that I had emptied all the bullets when I was in the heart of the fire giant. My attack didn't work. But the dancing monster stretched out two hands and grabbed my shoulders at once. At the same time, the other four hands waved outward, and Ye Chen and Qiao Wei next to me all flew out. Immediately after that, it also had four more bronze swords in its hand out of thin air.
It's going to be chopped.
I realized what was going to happen. I tried with all my might to break free of the strange man's hands. But no matter how hard I tried, I couldn't get it out of it. Its hand clasped me like a vice.
Just when the four bronze swords were about to be cut down and they hadn't been cut down. Suddenly, three gunshots rang out from the side. Immediately after that, the temple position of the strange thing also made three metal collision sounds. I even saw it get a spark shot out of its head.
The impact of the bullet made it impossible for the strange thing to stand still. The body also tilted to the side.
Immediately afterwards, a miniature mud arhat also rushed out from the same side. A pair of big hard fists smashed sideways on the strange thing's body, and it flew sideways.
That weird thing is flying outward. And I squatted down hard. My shoulder finally broke free from the strange thing's grasp.
But before I could get back on my feet. The strange thing that had just been knocked off immediately stood up again. But this time it didn't rush at me again. Instead, they danced a weird dance on the spot. A circle was born at its feet. The circle glows with colorful light.
"it. Don't let it finish the dance," Qiao Wei shouted, running over and throwing several flaming fire talismans at the dancing bronze man. The hard-boned little mud arhat also charged with Qiao Wei. Meantime. Ye Chen also came to me and shot continuously with a pistol. It seems that he deliberately left some bullets in the previous fight against the fire giant.
Ye Chen's marksmanship is indeed accurate. The dancing bronze man was about twenty meters away from me. But with every gunshot. The bronze man's head will make a bell and burst out of sparks.
Qiao Wei and Ye Chen's successive attacks did play a very obvious role. The dancing bronze man was beaten several times. The circle under the soles of the feet also became intermittent and intermittent.
"Destruction. Destruction. Destruction~"
The strange voice came to my head again. But this time, the voice only shouted "destruction" instead of "rebirth". And the pitch is higher than the previous one. The last one was a shout. When the shouting almost shook my head. The dancing bronze man had a third eye open in his head. Immediately after, from the top of its head, from the fingertips of its six hands, and from its feet, eight circular circles of colorful light appeared at the same time.
I also have a noose around my waist that works against ghosts. I simply pulled it out and threw it at the dancing bronze man. Hope it gets in the way of it. I threw the lasso very accurately. Directly wrapped around its two arms on the left side. The two circles on the left side also disappeared.
But Ye Chen's bullets ran out quickly. Qiao Wei was still trying to throw the fire talisman though. The mud arhat also rushed over and attacked again. But the dancing bronze man no longer stood still and danced. Instead, he began to jump from side to side, dodging attacks from Qiao Wei with nimble feet.
"Destruction. Destruction. Destruction~"
Three more strong cries rang out in my head. After the shouting ended. Dozens of blue-faced and fanged monsters suddenly emerged from the circle. Like the devil's yaksha in the book of mythology.
I clearly saw Ye Chen's body slam violently. Then he stood still. I knew he was stunned by the strange scene in front of him. It's not just leaf dust. Actually, even I couldn't help but be shocked by the situation in front of me. The monsters that kept appearing were not any known creatures on Earth. And each one was several times taller than the dancing bronze man. Even if Qiao Wei can summon a complete clay arhat now, he will definitely not be able to stop these monsters.
Moment. The huge monsters have come to me. Surround me and Ye Chen. Qiao Wei didn't stand with me. I can't see the situation on his side. I guess he was also surrounded.
"Don't move. Don't attack. Be calm," Qiao Wei's shout came from not far away.
I do want to stay calm. But in this situation, it is not easy to calm down. What's worse is that these monsters that surrounded me quickly flashed a way. The six-handed dancing bronze man who was about to cut me down came to me from among these monsters. And this time the word that rang in my head became "rebirth".
"Qiao Wei. What does it mean to destroy and be reborn," I shouted.
"It's Shiva. It is the God of Destruction and the God of Creation. Destroy first. and then be reborn in destruction." Qiao replied in a loud voice.
"Damn, I've been listening to the bronze man talk to me about destruction and rebirth. He's going to kill me," I shouted again.
"I know. I know he's Shiva. That's why I told you to run."
"I can't run now. What to do. It's coming."
"I'm out of the way. Or...... Don't try the Ten Fist Sword again"
Now it's really only the last hand of the Ten Fists Sword. I just closed my eyes. Don't think about these monsters around you at all. Try to put yourself into a state of mind like water. At the same time, I imagined the appearance of the Ten Fist Sword in my mind.
Come on. Nabs. It's all up to you.