Infinite Professions

Chapter 367 - 192: Mountain God (Part 2)

Of course, offering incense to the gods and sacrificing to the Mountain Monarch remains a priority.

The Magic Realm expands, institutions are established, enveloping the territory of the Three Villages, the front range of Little Yellow Mountain.

Shen Hex walks through, looking at the narrow, steep mountain path, and without a word, he unleashes Divine Power, widening the narrow path into a flat road.

Mountain Opening Technique!

Similar to the Land God’s Fertile Land Technique, it’s a basic Divine Art of the Mountain God, capable of opening mountains into paths or even relocating mountain ranges.

Although such tasks can be done by manpower, it would take an unknown amount of time. Shen Hex’s Divine Power is abundant, and the need on the front line is quite urgent, so he simply uses Divine Power to pave the way.

"Boom!"

The mountain terrain changes, the road opens wide, cutting away countless obstacles.

Though the mountainous terrain is steep and dangerous, the convenient road proves more useful. Teams of young and strong villagers from Little Huang Village are rushing carts and horses into the mountains, heading to the Three Villages’ strongholds for garrison.

Thus, half a month later.

Little Yellow Mountain, Panwang Village.

This village is located in Panwang Valley at the center of Little Yellow Mountain. There’s a cave within the valley, naturally formed, which was occupied by mountain bandits, formed into a camp, and later developed into the largest village of Little Yellow Mountain. Each year, other villages within the mountain must pay tribute to it.

Nowadays, within the Panwang Valley that resembles a coiled king snake, dark clouds envelop it, pressing down heavily. Inside lies countless bandit camps, gathering thousands, with great momentum.

In Juyi Hall, bandit chiefs sit in rows, and at the central main seat, stands a tiger-skin chair, upon which sits a scrawny middle-aged man. His face is hollow with no flesh, skin black, eyes green, with a glance that feels like a venomous snake spitting out its tongue, instilling fear in others.

He is the Village Chief of Panwang Village, leader of the mountain bandits of Little Yellow Mountain, the Green Forest Giant Bandit Liuu Yunlie.

Liuu Yunlie sits on the tiger-skin chair, casting a cold gaze at the chiefs of other villages below him: "How can a small Little Huang Village, with its limited manpower, manage to occupy the Three Villages, while you all together couldn’t take it back?"

"Brother Liuu, you might not be aware!"

"That Little Huang Village is no ordinary village!"

"A few months ago, Black Cloud Three Villages attacked with full force but ended up falling into their hands, even Chief Wang couldn’t escape."

"Little Huang Village has a very powerful Land God, who selected a batch of young and strong villagers and trained them into troops called Yellow Turban Warriors. All equipped with martial arts, iron armor, and strong bows and arrows, no ordinary soldiers can compare."

"It’s said they also have Divine Power blessings, each one is incredibly strong, invulnerable to blades and spears, and fiercely combative without fear of death."

"Just a few days ago, when we tried to attack Black Wind Village, hundreds of brothers went up and couldn’t break their gate."

"Those Yellow Turban Warriors defended their position, and each arrow meant a life lost. Even if lucky enough to dodge the arrows, in close combat, we couldn’t match those Yellow Turban Warriors."

"They each fought ten men, with twenty or thirty men on the walls blocking hundreds of our brothers."

"Besides, inside the mountain village, many young and strong men were also equipped with blades, spears, bows, and arrows. Our brothers really couldn’t handle it."

"Bailong Village even got ambushed, attacked from both sides at Black Mountain Village, and not a single one of the two-three hundred men came back."

"Our Feiyun Village also lost over a hundred people..."

Facing Liuu Yunlie’s snake-like gaze, the chiefs of the villages no doubt feel terrified, each displaying tragic expressions, crying out in complaint.

Half a month ago, upon hearing of troops being dispatched to the mountain, the bandits of Little Yellow Mountain, led by Panwang Village, immediately mobilized, gathering forces to attack, aiming to reclaim Black Cloud Three Villages.

But unexpectedly, the people of Little Huang Village were already entrenched, with dozens of strongmen in each village and a hundred young men garrisoned, with ample provisions, complete gear, strong bows and arrows, kerosene, gold juice, rolling rocks, and wooden stakes. Using the natural hindrance, they defended the village, causing the bandits to go headfirst with bloody outcomes.

Furthermore, a formidable figure known as the Qinghe County Captain not only possessed great martial skills but was extremely adept at strategy, using various tactics like inner collaboration or surrounding strategies to defeat them seriously, even annihilating the main forces of several mountain villages.

After suffering such setbacks, each village was already shivering with fear, forced to gather at Panwang Village, requesting Brother Liuu Yunlie to act.

However, Liuu Yunlie seemed unwilling.

Everyone knows the reason: Panwang Valley, besides resembling a coiled snake, is mysteriously filled with various venomous snakes, becoming a top-tier isolated area in Little Yellow Mountain until a group of snake breeders entered the mountain to become bandits, occupying the place, taming venomous snakes, thus forming a village.

To this day, Panwang Village has a hundred-year heritage, renowned in Little Yellow Mountain for their snake breeding techniques, and has also developed a type of Exotic Martial Arts, using snake venom to enhance strength and kill enemies, making all bandits of Little Yellow Mountain fearful.

But it has one major weakness, which is the timing.

Snakes hibernate in winter and become active in summer!

Currently, in the cold of winter, most of the venomous snakes in Little Yellow Mountain are hibernating, and Village Chief Liuu Yunlie also announced a retreat into seclusion several months ago, visibly affected by the snake nature.

Now facing the villages’ plea for help, Liuu Yunlie, affected by the timing, clearly doesn’t want to act.

But if he doesn’t act, who can resist Little Huang Village?

Black Cloud Three Villages can occupy the southern gate of Little Yellow Mountain and become a barrier to entering the mountain, naturally their strength is not weak, especially Black Cloud Village Chief Wang Po, and Black Wind Village Chief Liang Erjiang, one a Five Immortals Mage, the other a True Qi Master, already top-notch among the bandits of Little Yellow Mountain.

Such powerful figures have all been defeated by Little Huang Village, and if Liuu Yunlie doesn’t act now, they might scatter like birds and beasts, fleeing for their lives.

If you can’t provoke them, you can at least hide from them!

Facing the gaze of the bandit leaders, Liu Yunlie also fell into silence.

How could he not know the situation?

But now in the dead of winter, all the snakes are hibernating. Asking him to attack the Black Cloud Three Villages...

"Brother Liu!"

Just when Liu Yunlie was in a dilemma, a bandit leader tentatively spoke: "Can you ask the Panwang God to take action?"

"Right!"

"Little Huang Village has a Land God, and we have the Panwang God."

"If the Panwang God takes action, he can definitely subdue that Land God!"

"Once the Land God Skill is broken, those Yellow Turban Warriors will lose their divine protection. Our numerous bandits from various mountain villages could surely take down the few hundred people of Little Huang Village."

The bandit leaders, hearing this, all voiced their agreement.

However, Liu Yunlie still furrowed his brow and said nothing.

Panwang God?

Indeed powerful!

But the true form of the Panwang God...

"Enemy attack!!!"

Just as Liu Yunlie pondered countermeasures, piercing cries suddenly rose outside the Juyi Hall, accompanied by the intense beating of gongs and drums.

"Enemy attack?"

"What?"

"Is it Little Huang Village?"

The bandit leaders, shocked and angry, stood up in disbelief.

With so many bandits gathered from each mountain village and thousands of them in Panwang Valley, although most are a disorderly crowd, there are over a thousand elite bandits, plus the protection of the Panwang God and the deities of various villages. Would Little Huang Village actually dare to launch an attack?

The bandits were in doubt, but at such a moment, they couldn’t think too much and had to rush outside.

As soon as they charged out of the Juyi Hall, they saw the camp outside filled with firelight, making the night as bright as day, and the sounds of battle were intense.

"Kill!!!"

Before the valley, at the village gate, Song Wu led a hundred or more strongmen, breaking open the village gate, directly charging forward towards the Juyi Hall.

"Damn it!"

Rushing out of the Juyi Hall, Liu Yunlie saw this and was also furious, leading dozens of Panwang followers with black faces and green eyes to charge forward and engage in battle with Song Wu and the Yellow Turban Warriors.

Both sides were Daoist soldiers, one impervious to weapons, possessing immense strength, and the other having copper skin and iron bones, half-human, half-snake, locked in fierce and evenly matched combat.

In the midst of this chaotic battle...

"Boom!!!"

A loud explosion resounded throughout the valley, as if suppressed by some immense force, earth qi churned, and dust and smoke filled the air.

"A Ninth Grade Little God dares to invade my Panwang Valley!"

A hissing sound echoed as light and shadow manifested in the void, forming a divine being with a human head and snake body, wielding a snake staff, with snakes coiled around its ears, revealing itself as a God of Snake Control.

It was the Panwang God!

In this world, the primordial spirit is sparse. For a non-human being to become a spirit, there are only two paths: either receive incense offerings from humans or directly consume human souls.

This Panwang God is a combination of the two, originally a large snake in Panwang Valley, which consumed many people, nearly becoming a spirit monster, and later gained incense offerings from a group of snake-raising bandits, eventually transforming into this mountain wild evil god.

Although an Evil God, it has been cultivated for many years and, under the incense offerings and blood sacrifices from the bandits of Panwang Village, reached the rank of Seventh Grade, surpassing the Five Immortal Evil God who attacked Little Huang Village before.

Seeing Shen Hex invade, this deity was also furious, directly employing the power of its Magic Realm to resist the mountain’s suppression, while summoning countless dormant venomous snakes and snake spirits, attacking the opponent with the symbiosis of Yin and Yang.

Not only that, throughout Little Yellow Mountain, all sorts of demons and ghostly realms were stirred as one after another demon, evil spirit, and obscene deity flew in to join the resistance.

At the same time, in the void, golden light radiated as a divine being appeared majestically, shining brightly like the sun illuminating all, causing the demons, evil spirits, and obscene deities to tremble in fear.

"This is..."

"Merit Golden Light?"

"Ah!!!!!!!"