The Unruly Immortals

"Huh?" Li Huowang looked at the rusty knife in his hand with astonishment.

"Where did this knife come from? I clearly had two weapons that were enough, so why is there an extra one in my hand now?"

Suddenly, Li Huowang's hand shook violently, and he threw the rusty knife on the ground, his expression grave as he grasped the hilt of his sword, pointing its tip directly at this unidentifiable object.

"Could this be the power of Heart Turbidity? Is it trying to harm me with this thing?"

Li Huowang, tense all over, watched the rusty knife on the ground with vigilance, slowly backing away to quickly gather with the others.

"Second God, are you alright?" Tuoba Danqing asked, seeing the anxious look on Li Huowang's face.

"Somehow, a knife appeared in my hand out of nowhere."

"But Heart Turbidity's karma isn't supposed to be about hiding things, right? Why would it give you something?"

Li Huowang thought for a moment, then carefully checked his body before shaking his head slightly. He turned his head to look at Shentu Gang, who was beating the drum.

"Four Gold Star Monarch, quickly raise the platform, fifty-five thousand stand in a row. Black banners, black armor, the troops are but mediocre! Don't let the younger brother be stung upon mounting. If you don't hurry, I will give you a slap!"

Along with the sound of drums, the colors of heaven and earth faintly shifted, and in the thin mist in the air, something kept condensing and then dissipating quickly.

Seeing the confident look on his opponent's face, Li Huowang no longer said anything, waiting quietly for the Heart Turbidity to be forced out.

It was best not to add to the confusion with this senseless matter for now.

The sound of drums, the clacking of walnuts, the clicking of abacuses continued to ring in Li Huowang's ears when suddenly, Shentu Gang called out in a low voice, "Heart Turbidity has taken shape! It has made us one fewer!"

"Erniu! Don't hold back, spill some blood!"

Following Shentu Gang's low shout, nearby, the grave-faced Record of Appearance fiercely slapped his golden abacus, and Li Huowang instantly felt everything around him begin to seem even more illusory.

Li Huowang looked down at the sword in his hand. There was one of it, but at the same time, there were two, or maybe even three.

All the numbers nearby, at that moment, seemed to lack meaning; one could be five, but it could also be nine.

At that moment, Shentu Gang, with his six palms, fiercely beat the drum; the sound was no longer a chant, but had turned into a kind of roar.

"A colorful cloud flips up and down, Nangong Immortals come quickly! Eight Immortals, Eight Yi, take your places, guard the Eight Gates and the Eight Passes!"

The dark clouds in the sky kept pressing down, almost reaching overhead, with something writhing incessantly within them.

It was then that Li Huowang suddenly saw a figure emerge abruptly from not far away.

Her body was sometimes blurry and sometimes visible, looking very awkward.

The person was wearing a dark blue coat; the black, clotted filth on their head covered the person's entire face, and their pants were covered with sticky mud.

"Er Jiu, make your move! This person is Heart Turbidity!"

As Record of Appearance blurted out in extreme anxiety, Li Huowang's sixteen fingertips had already preemptively flown out.

When Heart Turbidity lightly lifted its hair, the sixteen flying fingernails instantly vanished by half.

Seizing the moment when the opponent was dealing with his fingertips, the sound of "sizzling" suddenly erupted, and Li Huowang fiercely tore off a large piece of flesh from his body and threw it.

However, the rotating, bloodied human skin became insubstantial under the opponent's power, and Li Huowang stared intently at the feet of Heart Turbidity, his Copper Coin Sword already whipping over like a long whip.

It was too late to dodge, and suddenly, a beggar-dressed man appeared beside Heart Turbidity, protecting it from the Copper Coin Sword like a shield.

It was Hong Da who had disappeared, and he had been thrown out!

Accompanied by the sound of metal friction, Copper Coin rubbed against the beggar's body, igniting sparks of Fire Heart.

Seeing his attacks all blocked by his opponent, Li Huowang's anger also flared up at this point.

He made up his mind, and the blade in his hand aimed at his abdomen, slicing open a wound.

"Hiding, are you? I'd like to see how you hide this!"

With a fierce expression, Li Huowang crossed his hands and violently ripped into the wound, forcibly breaking off two of his ribs.

He then flipped the broken ends of the ribs and, with a "puchi" sound, plunged them directly back into his own chest.

As Li Huowang gasped for air, Heart Turbidity screamed in the distance, doubling over in pain alongside Li Huowang.

Bearing the intense pain, Li Huowang laughed. The opponent's agony was connected to his own; things would be much easier now.

Three barbed spikes were inserted into the seams of Li Huowang's fingernails, then with straightened fingers, he bent over and thrust violently against the ground.

Heart Turbidity's body twitched uncontrollably from the inhuman pain. He seemed to want revenge, but when he saw Li Huowang slowly pulling the bloody, flesh-mangled spikes out, fear finally overtook him. He no longer cared about retaliating and promptly turned and fled,

Under these circumstances, how could Li Huowang possibly let him escape? He swiftly slapped two talismans onto his knees with force.

His face contorted with bulging veins, he charged towards Heart Turbidity, leaving behind a blurred afterimage.

While continually torturing the other with various cruel punishments, Li Huowang was getting closer and closer to Heart Turbidity.

But just as he burst into another dust-laden room, Heart Turbidity mysteriously disappeared.

"What's going on! Where is he?" Li Huowang was unwilling to give up, just a little more, just a little bit more!

When Li Huowang turned his head to ask the others who had followed, Record of Appearance replied, "Sigh, let's rest for a while. Forcing Heart Turbidity to show himself is no easy task."

At that moment, Record of Appearance's complexion was very pale, and his fingertips trembled, Shentu Gang was not faring any better.

It seemed that forcing Heart Turbidity out had taken a lot of their energy.

"You've already injured him just now. Try again later, and this guy definitely won't be able to run away. Erniu has found people this time who specialize in restraining Heart Turbidity."

Compared to when they first met, Shentu Gang's attitude towards Li Huowang had noticeably improved, though it was unclear if it was because of Second God's influence before.

Hearing this, Li Huowang nodded slightly. "All right, after we catch Heart Turbidity, I can..."

"Hm? Can what? What was I going to say?" The previously outraged Li Huowang quickly calmed down, looking around in confusion.

The room didn't appear too large, with corners piled with unevenly sized muddy sweet potatoes.

The hollowed-out dry grass on one side suggested that someone had lived here in the past.

"Who used to live here?" Touching the ribs on his chest, a sharp pain reminded Li Huowang of those memories that had just vanished.

"Right, it's Heart Turbidity! She's hiding my memories!"

Li Huowang had just taken out some Ginger Yellow Paper, ready to write on it.

But considering the opponent's abilities, Li Huowang thought for a moment, then pulled a spike from the seam of his fingernail and began carving on the inside of his left forearm.

After briefly inscribing his purpose and the danger of Heart Turbidity, Li Huowang finally felt a little relieved.

"Look everyone, there are characters on this wall!" The words of Tuoba Danqing redirected everyone's gaze.