540 Pinpointing (1/2)
Pinpointing
The crisp ring seemed to carry with it the wails of a thousand ghosts.
Sparks flew.
The bronze knife exploded into rays of light that shot out in all directions.
A deep gash slowly appeared on the Green Bronze Door.
”Success!”
Tantai Juexin clasped his hands firmly.
He had given his all in order to deal this blow. So what if he was on the verge of dying from exhaustion and had lost a powerful magical weapon in the process?
They had managed to inflict damage on the Door, which meant that it was entirely possible to destroy it!
Ding Ring Ring!
Tantai Juexin took out another magical tool: the magical bell.
The loud and clear rings of the bell had a healing effect. Everyone found themselves regaining energy. Before long, most of them had their health restored.
Pale white figures suddenly appeared. All of them dull expressions on their face, and looked like the preserved corpses of the Tantai ancestors in the hidden chamber.
This was a curse that the Tantai family had been breeding for countless years through the generations with great effort. A curse that targeted the Green Bronze Door!
At that very moment.
The two ghostly figures guarding the Green Bronze Door had opened it slightly. They began to shriek again.
A distorted and savage force field began to expand. In no time, the entire sky had become greyish white.
”The power of this curse…”
Every living human being in the vicinity had become hurt. The curse was attacking their bodies viciously.
A dark red liquid gushed from the area surrounding the gash on the Green Bronze Door. It was like the blood of Green Bronze Door and the liquid patched up the gash as it flowed. The Door was whole again.
The Tantai ancestors who had been summoned lined up with blank looks on their faces and walked up to the Green Bronze Door. One by one, they entered.
Witnessing this sight had devastated Tantai Juexin and Tantai Guihu.
”This curse...this curse…”
Humans beings were not strong enough to challenge ghosts.
Thus, the Tantai family had created this ungodly curse against all odds and turned the elite exorcists into malevolent ghosts temporarily in the hopes that they could destroy the Green Bronze Door.
But this development had shown that the opposing forces were able to counter the curse devised by the Tantais!
This Green Bronze Door was perhaps the source of all curses!
To fight a curse with another curse was an impossible venture! It was like using a meat bun to hit a dog, defeating its purpose!
Buzz!
The Green Bronze Door let out another roar and became bigger every time it swallowed up the malevolent ghost of a Tantai ancestor. It gradually attained the size of a mountain and looked like a pillar between heaven and earth.
”The Door...it grew by leeching off the Tantai bloodline...Tantai ghosts are even more beneficial to it!”
Tantai Guihu's blood ran cold.
'What if...this decision by the Tantais played right into the door's hands?! Could all those years of sacrifice and struggle be in vain?'
He was usually a cold-hearted man, but now, he could not help but be despondent.
He had become even more mortified by the Door. It had played a psychological game with the Tantai family and had bewitched them such that the family had become its accomplices!
Despair...was impending!
Knock knock!
Knock knock!
Knocking sounds rang out again. Tantai family members fell to the ground with every knock.
”The purge has begun! Haha…”
Tantai Guijing laughed out loud and the mirror in his hand smashed to pieces.
”If that is the case...you can have my old bones too!”
He seemed to have a fervent death wish and sped towards the Green Bronze Door.
Bang!
”Dad!”
”Mr Guijing!”
The Daoist Sanmu and Master Kuhai were both shocked.
Suddenly, a dark shadow flitted by and Tantai Guijing was thrown backwards forcefully. A new figure had appeared.
”Seems like...I made it just in time!”
Fang Yuan scanned his surroundings. His black robes flapped about in the wind and his hair was silvery-white.
In a short time, the Tantai family members had mostly regained consciousness and found that the effects of the curse on their bodies were wearing off.
”You are...Mieming?”
Tantai Guijing's stared at Fang Yuan with his clouded eyes. Suddenly, they gleamed.
”Tantai Mieming?!”
”Is he really back?”
The Tantai family members were all experiencing mixed emotions, especially Tantai Juexin.
”Amituofo...it's Mr Tantai Mieming!”
Master Kuhai and Daoist Sanmu were elated.
”Guihu has told me a lot about you…”
”I have an announcement to make. I have changed my name to Fang Yuan. From today onwards, I will have nothing to do with the Tantai family…”
Fang Yuan gave a wide smile, revealing his gleaming white teeth.
He had rushed here only for the sake of fulfilling the promise he had made before.
”When I break the Curse of the Door for you people, I will cut my ties with the Tantai family and leave this all behind!”
”Cut your ties with us?”