Urban Divine Doctor Descends the Mountain

Chapter 2378: Chapter 2377: Yagi Shrine

"Old Thief of Light, you are too cruel! Even if I, Hideo Watanabe, become a ghost, I won’t spare you!"

Hideo Watanabe let out a final roar, making the decision to self-destruct.

The momentum around him skyrocketed instantly, a terrifying energy began to condense within him.

The martial artists of Yinghua Country saw this and quickly retreated, knowing that Hideo Watanabe was about to self-destruct.

"Hero War God, don’t do it!"

"Yamade!"

Among the martial artists of Yinghua Country, someone cried out.

Some did not want to see Hideo Watanabe die from self-destruction.

Others were afraid his self-destruction would implicate them.

But it was already too late.

Hideo Watanabe’s body began to swell.

Even at the moment of self-destruction, his eyes stared with malice at the Light Messenger.

As he said, even in death, he would not forget this hatred.

"Boom!"

A loud explosion shook the entire Thunder God Shrine.

The power of the explosion was immense, the Nine Great Earth Realm Martial Artists bore the brunt,

They had no self-awareness, not knowing to escape. They were instantly engulfed by the shockwave from Hideo Watanabe’s self-destruction.

The remaining martial artists of Yinghua Country were not spared either, seeming so fragile before this terrifying energy, they all fell into pools of blood.

The Thunder God Shrine was also severely damaged by this blow, tall buildings collapsed in the explosion, dust clouded the air, and the entire shrine became ruins.

And amidst this chaos, Lin Dong’s figure stood out exceptionally clear.

The self-destruction of a mere Nine Stage Earth Realm martial artist obviously couldn’t harm him in the slightest at this point.

His Dragon Blood Holy Body could easily withstand the power of that self-destruction.

"It’s over." Lin Dong murmured softly, then thought to himself, if in the future the Light Messenger dies and finds ghosts of a group of Yinghua Country martial artists in hell coming to avenge him, would he be puzzled?

He shook his head, not staying here too long, and directly headed for the next destination—the Yagi Shrine.

At this time, it was completely dark, with a bit of drizzle.

Lin Dong’s figure flickered in and out under the night color, leaping over the rooftops of high-rise buildings in the Capital, Yinghua Country.

Yet no one could see his figure.

Yagi Shrine, as one of the oldest and most mysterious shrines in Yinghua Country, was destined not to remain peaceful tonight.

"Legend has it that the Yagi Clan has a supreme treasure, called the Yagi Pearl! Back then, an ancestor of the Yagi Clan unintentionally discovered this Yagi Pearl and swallowed it, which enabled him to cultivate the ’Yagi Divine Skill’."

"And cultivating Yagi Divine Skill can transform the physical body into a serpent, becoming an eight-headed serpent, devouring other species to cultivate. Its cultivation has parallels with the Devouring Technique."

"However, the difference is that the Devouring Technique does not require serpent transformation. Yagi Divine Skill does."

"They also share a common point, which is that both have flaws. The flaw of the Devouring Technique lies in the fact that if one continually devours others’ inner Qi or demon beasts to cultivate, they will inevitably deviate into evil territory. The reason I can eliminate this flaw is because I also practice the Nine Shift Longevity secret."

"As for the flaw of the Yagi Divine Skill, it is that cultivating this skill is equivalent to abandoning the human body, transforming into an eight-headed serpent."

"In this way, one becomes neither human nor ghost."

Many human martial artists cannot accept such a flaw.

Like Lin Dong, he certainly couldn’t accept such a flaw.

Transforming into a serpent to cultivate, giving up the human body. No matter how strong one becomes, what sense does it make?

Even if one becomes a Heavenly Realm martial artist, even a Ninth Heaven’s Heavenly Boundary Martial Artist, one is still a serpent. No longer human, invincible in the world, it has no meaning for Lin Dong.

Lin Dong shook his head, he coveted the Yagi Pearl not for cultivating the Yagi Divine Skill,

but because he wanted to devour it as a ’Yin Device’!

If he devoured it, Lin Dong would definitely be able to break through to the Peak of the Tenth Stage Great Grandmaster.

At that time, after taking the Bodhi Seed left by his father, he could truly step into the Heavenly Realm Martial Artist.

With this thought, Lin Dong sped up his journey to Yagi Shrine.

"Swish, swish, swish~~~"

He moved through the night, arriving at a place shrouded in fog.

Inside, lay the area where Yagi Shrine was located.

Beyond the fog, there were buildings.

However, the buildings were not real, but a mirage.

Mirages generally only exist in deserts, but now, one existed here.

It must be said, this was extremely weird.

Lin Dong knew this too was a type of formation.

Named the ’Mirage Array’, it was a Fourth Level Formation.

If a person unfamiliar with formations entered, they would be trapped in the mirage forever.

But this was not a challenge for Lin Dong.

This ’Mirage Array’ was also part of the formation inheritance of the Hidden Dragon Superior. It included the method to decode it.

Previously, Lin Dong had obtained those formation inheritances, so he naturally knew how to break it.

Without any hesitation, he directly stepped into that ’Mirage’.

After entering, Lin Dong followed the decoding method from the formation inheritance to decipher it.

Soon, Lin Dong walked out of this mirage!

After exiting the mirage, he truly arrived at the main gate of Yagi Shrine.

Before an ancient palace, stood a massive ancient gate.

That ancient gate looked like the legendary Southern Heavenly Gate, guarding the celestial court.

Of course, at this moment it was clearly not guarding the celestial court, but Yagi Shrine.

The main gate was now tightly closed, with intricate carvings on it, seemingly narrating the shrine’s ancient and mysterious nature.

Lin Dong did not hesitate, raising his hand to push open the main gate.

"Creak" sound, the main gate slowly opened, revealing a deep courtyard.

Under the cherry blossom tree in the courtyard, an elder dressed in a kimono was chanting spells, seemingly performing some ritual, communicating with something inside the shrine.

The elder was the Clan Chief of Yagi Shrine, Yagi Taichi.

After returning from Thunder God Shrine, he came to Yagi Shrine to ask the Old Ancestor.

Their Old Ancestor was special, because he cultivated the ’Yagi Divine Skill’. Hence, communication was relatively difficult.

Just now, he was using the family secret method to communicate with the Old Ancestor, asking him to come out of seclusion.

Where did he expect to be interrupted by someone.

At that moment, he suddenly opened his eyes, looking at Lin Dong.

Seeing Lin Dong’s ’looks’, his face changed drastically, exclaiming: "Light Messenger, how did you come here?"

He didn’t expect that before he could summon the Old Ancestor to deal with this Light Messenger,

the Light Messenger had instead come to their Yagi Shrine.

How could he not be startled?

Lin Dong, in the tone of the Light Messenger, said indifferently:

"I heard you were planning to ask your clan’s Old Ancestor to come out and kill me."

"No need to trouble yourself, I’ve come myself!"