Ru Nei and Ruwai, their monk's robes torn asunder, exposed the bizarre transformations on their bellies.
On their stomachs, one had a mouth half the size of their belly, its sharp teeth bristling with a sharpness capable of destroying anything.
It was hair-raising.
And on the other's belly, there was also a mouth, but instead of sharp teeth, it boasted a tongue over a meter long, drooling as it slithered, splashing saliva everywhere.
Utterly disgusting!
Mu Jinyu, witnessing this transformation, understood that they had also managed to control demons.
And the level of these demons seemed to be far from low!
"Roar!"
While Mu Jinyu was momentarily stunned, Ruwai, whose face was deathly pale, suddenly let out an earth-shattering roar and charged at Mu Jinyu with large strides.
"Clang clang clang!"
As he ran, the fat on his belly shook, and the demon mouth on it gnashed its sharp teeth relentlessly, flinging bits of torn flesh out.
"Hiss hiss!"
Ru Nei didn't run over, but the mouth on his belly abruptly opened wide, and then the long, drool-drenched red tongue stretched out several more meters, striking like a predator leaping from the underbrush, coiling towards Mu Jinyu!
Awakened by the sight of the revolting tongue heading his way, Mu Jinyu felt nauseated.
However, he also knew that his God Realm cultivation would allow him to instantaneously defeat all three of them, but after Ru Nei and Ruwai had unleashed their demon power, it became much more difficult to deal with them.
Without any hesitation, Mu Jinyu pulled out the handgun from his chest and loaded it, aimed at Ru Nei's monstrous tongue, and started firing rapidly!
This handgun was loaded with specially made bullets crafted from gold, each inscribed with numerous evil-repelling runes. When they hit demons, they were guaranteed to cause pain!
"Puff puff..."
The gold bullets unrelentingly smashed into the demonic tongue, emitting a series of strange sounds, followed by a spray of blood!
"Ahh!!"
At that moment, Ru Nei, who had been controlling the demonic tongue, let out a painful howl, clutching his mouth and pinching his own tongue, as if he felt the pain himself!
Then, while Mu Jinyu ran, dodging Ruwai's vicious bites, he swung the gun around and ruthlessly fired at Ru Nei's head, who was now too weak to control the demonic tongue!
"Bang!"
Blood splattered!
Ru Nei's head burst open.
His pupils dilated, and then he lost the ability to control the demonic tongue, his body stiffly falling backward!
"Junior brother!!"
Rushi and Ruwai, seeing this scene, were immediately filled with rage, emitting a mournful cry of agony.
Mu Jinyu showed no mercy as he fired, nor did he feel any guilt.
Originally he had come to Guang Buddha Temple to ask them to lend him the Arhat Relic, and although they refused, it would have been fine if things ended there. Instead, they kept backstabbing and attempting to kill him relentlessly.
Now they were even resorting to demon power to assassinate him!
He was just an ordinary person with no ability to counter demons. Without using the specially made gold bullets to kill Ru Nei, it was likely that he would die here.
There was no choice; he couldn't die here.
That meant those who had repeatedly tried to kill him had to be the ones to die!
Moreover, Mu Jinyu had always wondered whether gold bullets, if used to blow up the Demon Whisperers' heads, could actually kill them. If that were the case, there was no need for him to fear the Demon Whisperers so much.
What worried him was the demons resurrecting from within their bodies after their death.
Now that he had blown up Ru Nei's head and saw that he indeed appeared to be dead, Mu Jinyu realized that Demon Whisperers weren't that terrifying.
Of course, this was only because the demons controlled by Ru Nei and Ruwai weren't too frightening.
If it had been the demons controlled by Wu Shisan and Wang Hu, he estimated he wouldn't even have the chance to blow their heads off!
With this in mind, Mu Jinyu turned his gun once again, aiming at Ruwai, who had stopped in his tracks after Ru Nei's death and was no longer pursuing him, and without hesitation, pulled the trigger.
"Da da da..."
No more bullets...
Mu Jinyu immediately sensed something wrong.
And at that moment, with the sound of Mu Jinyu's trigger pull, the stunned Ruwai also came to his senses.
He turned his head to look at Mu Jinyu, his eyes blood-red as if they were about to bleed, and the huge demonic mouth on his belly gnashed its teeth in sync.
"Clang clang clang!"
Sharp teeth snapped open and shut, and a chilling glint of cold light burst forth!
And then, like a ferocious tiger descending the mountain, Ruwai charged at Mu Jinyu with murderous intent!
"Sigh..."
Seeing this, Mu Jinyu, with no other choice, decided to avoid the sharp edge of the attack and escape from here first.
Immediately turning around, Mu Jinyu kicked through a wall and ran outside.
He thought to himself that once his Golden Gatling was ready, he would bring it to let Gatling Bodhisattva liberate them!
After running a certain distance,
from afar, Mu Jinyu heard Rushi's joyful cry.
"That's great, Junior Brother, I'm so glad you're alright..."
Mu Jinyu paused slightly, looked back, and saw in the wrecked Mahavira Hall, the previously headshot Ru Nei shaking his head as he got up from the ground.
"He's not dead after that?"
Mu Jinyu was astonished, a sense of absurdity swelling in his heart.
Then, he suddenly felt it was quite normal.
After all, Demon Whisperers were essentially already fused with demons, and a mere gold bullet certainly couldn't completely annihilate the demons within them.
He guessed it would take the Golden Coffin covering them to strip away their powers.
For the first time, Mu Jinyu felt a deep sense of powerlessness.
Previously, his opponents were martial artists, and no matter what, he would never have been unable to kill them.
But now, facing demons and Demon Whisperers, he was no different from an ordinary person!
Would he really remain powerless unless he decided to harness the power of demons?!
"Clang clang clang!!"
At that moment, the distinctive sound of the ghost-faced demon's snapping teeth came from behind him again.
Mu Jinyu snapped out of his thoughts, took another step, and with a leap, he jumped off the cliff of Guang Buddha Temple!
Seeing this, Ruwai could only give up on pursuing Mu Jinyu.
Because once Mu Jinyu left their mountain, if he managed to contact Dragon King Hall's subordinates, Ruwai wouldn't be able to chase him down!
Moreover, he needed to check on Ru Nei's condition.
Therefore, Ruwai stood at the edge of the cliff, glaring bitterly at the figure of Mu Jinyu gracefully stepping away down the mountain path, before turning back.
After Mu Jinyu left the territory of Guang Buddha Temple and saw that Ruwai did not pursue him further,
he didn't choose to return to Dragon King Hall but instead walked toward a nearby small town, eventually finding an unoccupied inn and casually picking a room to stay in.
Once in the room,
Mu Jinyu took out two gold-threaded bags from his pocket.
These two Gold-threaded bags were naturally the Golden Containers that imprisoned the two ghost faces.
Originally, the first crying and laughing ghost face was confined in a briefcase-like container by Mu Jinyu, but after seeing the change in Wu Shisan and Wang Hu's attitude, Mu Jinyu considered harnessing the power of demons for himself.
He had transferred the two Ghost-Faced Demons into these new containers and carried them with him.
Up until now, Mu Jinyu hadn't fully decided whether he really wanted to harness demonic power.
But after experiencing the helplessness against Ru Nei and Ruwai's assault, he realized that if Wu Shisan wanted to kill him, he might not be able to fight back at all!
His and Gu Xiyan's, as well as Su Zijin's, safety would be utterly unassured!
After all, he wasn't sure whether Wu Shisan and Wang Hu might develop traitorous intentions over time.
So, to regain control and avoid ever feeling that helplessness against demons again, Mu Jinyu finally resolved at this moment,
to attempt controlling demonic power!