#809 - Lend me your body

The Goddess Shiji lowered her head, looking at her own body, and murmured, "How many years, how many years, I have finally emerged. Those who sealed me back then, none of them will escape. I will flay them alive and refine them all into evil puppets!"

Nanwu and Tumo watched the Goddess Shiji with pale faces, utterly horrified.

This woman stood there without moving, yet she gave people an impulse to prostrate themselves in worship, as if she were a supreme deity, and they were mere ants that could be crushed with a single foot.

"Run!"

Nanwu turned tail and fled without looking back, not even caring about his disciple. He had only brought this guy along to make up the numbers, intending for him to scout the way, but now there was no need.

Besides, when encountering danger, leaving someone behind to stall for time was the most sensible choice.

"Master, save me!"

Tumo Vajra cried out repeatedly from behind, but Nanwu paid him no heed, swiftly unfurling his kasaya and flying away.

"Trying to escape?"

The Goddess Shiji sneered, "Although I am currently only a divine soul, it is more than enough to crush the two of you!"

As she spoke, she clenched her hand in the air.

The surrounding gray mist instantly surged as if imbued with life. Nanwu felt a dizzying sensation, inexplicably pulled back to where he had started.

Escape again!

Nanwu continued to flee.

And then… he was pulled back to the starting point again.

Fear arose in Nanwu's heart. What kind of magical power was this? But he still braced himself and continued to flee.

But no matter how he fled, no matter how fast he was, he would always be pulled back to the origin, repeating endlessly.

The Goddess Shiji, however, watched with arms crossed and great interest, seemingly enjoying this feeling of toying with a mouse.

Seeing Nanwu being toyed with, Tumo Vajra simply stopped running, collapsing to his knees with a face full of sweat.

After experiencing dozens of times of being toyed with, Nanwu also stopped running, his face gloomy as he stopped and looked at the Goddess Shiji: "Senior, this junior can be considered to have helped you escape your predicament, surely you wouldn't repay kindness with evil, would you?"

"Repay kindness with evil?"

The Goddess Shiji chuckled: "Did I ever say I was going to kill you?"

Nanwu was immediately overjoyed.

The Goddess Shiji then said: "Although your cultivation is not very good, it is still somewhat useful to refine you into an evil puppet. It cannot be wasted!"

At the thought of those disgusting monsters outside, Nanwu's expression changed drastically. Was he also going to be refined into such a thing?

However, the power of a god was something he could not resist.

The Goddess Shiji had already lost her patience. She directly reached out and grabbed, and the gray lake water behind her immediately surged over, directly enveloping Nanwu and Tumo Vajra.

These liquefied evil and death energies were already powerful, and coupled with the manipulation of the Goddess Shiji, they possessed even more terrifying erosive power. Even though Nanwu desperately cast spells, he still could not stop these evil and death energies from seeping in.

The Tumo beside him had already begun to change. His body rapidly swelled like a blown-up balloon, and dense, snake-like, strange patterns appeared on his face. His skin cracked open, and gray pupils emerged, and bones protruded from his skin, quickly turning him into a disgusting, twisted, terrifying monster.

Nanwu's heart was immediately filled with even more terror, desperately casting spells to resist.

As if sensing his crisis, or perhaps stimulated by the surrounding terrifying evil energy, suddenly, a dazzling golden light burst forth from Nanwu's bosom, instantly repelling the encroaching gray lake water.

Immediately afterward, to Nanwu's stunned gaze, an irregular golden cloth fluttered out. The material was somewhat strange, and it was covered with dense, fly-head-sized characters.

As soon as this cloth appeared, it immediately flew towards the Ruyi in Nanwu's hand, instantly wrapping it. After a burst of wriggling, a long sigh came from the cloth: "Town-Evil Divine Crystal… a good thing!"

Nanwu's scalp went numb in shock.

So the thing he had been keeping was actually a human skin!

Tathagata said: "This world has changed, the Divine Realm is no longer here. This guy can be considered my disciple, spare his life, I owe you a favor!"

The Goddess Shiji's eyes flickered, and she sneered: "Why should I?"

Tathagata: "I have absorbed the power of the Town-Evil Divine Crystal. The strength of you and I is not too far apart now. Rather than fighting and suffering mutual destruction, it is better to let it go. Besides, he also helped you escape your predicament, why make things difficult for him?"

The Goddess Shiji was silent for a moment, then suddenly smiled wickedly: "Do I need you to teach me what to do? I just don't like you, this guy's body is not bad, it will be of great use to refine it into an evil puppet!"

As she spoke, a gray giant wave rose again behind her, suddenly closing in and crashing towards Nanwu and the human skin that Tathagata was residing in.

"Mad woman!"

Tathagata cursed angrily, and the human skin he was residing in suddenly lit up with a dazzling golden light, enveloping Nanwu within.

However, this was the Goddess Shiji's lair, accumulating endless years of evil and death energy. The reason why the Goddess Shiji insisted on attacking was also because she occupied the absolute advantage of timing and location.

Soon, the golden light gradually weakened, showing signs of being unable to hold on.

Nanwu was greatly alarmed. If even this one couldn't hold on, then he would be dead for sure.

Tathagata also realized the seriousness of the matter and suddenly shouted loudly: "Good disciple, lend me your body!"

What?

Nanwu's pupils shrank. Before he could react, the human skin had already slammed towards his face.

Subsequently, Nanwu began to struggle violently, but soon he gradually weakened. The human skin fell, Nanwu's expression changed, a faint smile hung on the corner of his mouth, and even more dazzling golden light bloomed in his pupils: "This body is indeed very good, but unfortunately, it still cannot unleash my full strength!"

Immediately, he snapped his fingers, and a golden halo rippled out from his body. Under the rapid rotation, it actually repelled all the surrounding gray lake water.

The Goddess Shiji immediately gritted her teeth: "Body snatching? Shameless old bald donkey!"

Tathagata smiled faintly: "Is this the first day you've met me?"