Intruders of the Moon World

Gods are the embodiment of myths. When people's cognition changes, the godhead and image of gods will also change accordingly. This is vividly reflected in Erlang God.

The most widely circulated stories about Erlang God among the people are nothing more than "helping the Zhou and destroying the merchants", "the little sage descending to the great sage", "(myself) splitting the mountain to save my mother", "(nephew) splitting the mountain to save my mother".

But in fact, this is not Erlang Shen's original appearance.

The most fundamental attribute of Erlang God is actually a hero god who manages floods, conquers dragons, and appeases the people. He has a similar godhead to the ancient Dayu.

(There is a saying that Erlang God is based on Li Bing who built Dujiangyan or his second son.)

Although many people regard it as a supporting role bound to "Monkey King", after all, it is only a setting in "Journey to the West", which is subtly different from the image of Erlang God in mythology.

The biggest difference is the primary and secondary relationship with Monkey King (ape).

In "Journey to the West", Monkey King Sun Wukong is the protagonist throughout. Most of the events revolve around him and Tang Seng, so it is inevitable to give people the impression that "Erlang God appeared as a foil to Monkey King".

But in fact it is not!

As early as the Song and Yuan dynasties, there was already a legendary record of "Erlang capturing the monkey demon" (one man and one monkey have fallen in love and killed each other since the Song Dynasty).

Regarding his identity, he was either a Taoist monk or a relative of the Jade Emperor. There are legends about diving into the water to subdue the dragon and water ape, and there are also anecdotes about splitting the mountain to save his mother and carrying the mountain to chase the sun.

Suppressing the Great Sage Tongtian, the Great Sage Equaling Heaven, and the Monkey King (all of whom are under the trumpet of Monkey Brother) is only a small part of the many legends.

Later, the stories of Monkey King and Erlang Zhenjun were integrated and divided into "Journey to the West" and "The Complete Biography of Prince Chenxiang". Wu Chengen also wrote "Erlang Sou Folk Song" for it.

In short, this is a well-known Taoist righteous god with a complicated origin, and he is not a character who only appears in gods and demons novels.

But at this moment, this god did not descend in the form of the "God of Disobedience", but relied on his karma with this land, as well as the incense (belief) accumulated since ancient times, and Xiang Liu himself was the target of his crusade.

All kinds of factors were intertwined, and he was able to appear here briefly.

——A lot of information flashed through Ye Qing's mind.

He dodged to avoid Xiang Liu's bite, but when he reappeared, he had landed on top of the monster's head.

He didn't act in a hurry, but calmly observed the situation.

Erlang God is worthy of being a well-known god of war. Even though Xiang Liu's body could not be destroyed on a large scale due to the reason of throwing rats, he still suppressed the monsters steadily with his superb martial arts.

His three-pointed and double-edged saber is a very rare and strange weapon. Compared with the long spear that focuses on stabbing and picking, this magical weapon pays more attention to slashing, and it is between a broadsword and a long halberd.

Although it looks like a very bulky weapon, it is extremely light in the hands of Erlang Shen.

Fingertips, wrists, shoulders, back, when swinging the three-pointed double-edged knife, the whole body is like an organically integrated whole, and every blow has an irresistible sense of oppression.

Fighting Xiangliu, who was so huge that he could swallow a small mountain in one bite, Erlangshen, who was of ordinary human size, did not lose the wind in the slightest.

His resolute expression and flawless saber technique invisiblely smoothed out the gap between size and size, and the light of the saber was so cold that Xiang Liu couldn't breathe.

Even though they are from different gods, Erlang God's heroic figure in battle reminded Ye Qing of the Son of the Sun he had fought against before - Karna!

One is unsmiling, and the other is hearty and generous. They seem to be diametrically opposite, but they are similar to a certain extent.

"Is it because they all kill the enemy with their eyes?" This absurd thought suddenly flashed in Ye Qing's mind, and he quickly shook his head to expel it.

"The night is long and there are many dreams. I don't know how long Erlang God can appear in the world."

Slightly frowning, Ye Qing caressed the knife with his thumb.

As if sensing the murderous intent from above, Xiang Liu's head raised its head to the sky and screamed, then closed its big mouth and spit out forcefully——

"puff--!"

Black air that was so thick that it couldn't be resolved spewed out from the nostrils, and the stench immediately filled the surrounding space.

With the head as the center, the black mist unfolded a spherical death barrier!

These fogs are not commonplace stuff like those in the sea of ​​clouds, but formed by the condensed essence of Xiangliu. It is a deadly poison in the true sense. Even a god with an immortal body, if he inhales it, his internal organs will rot.

But at this moment Ye Qing was wrapped up in his whole body, it was no longer a matter of taking a sip.

Xiangliu has sufficient confidence in his own poison. According to the "Shan Hai Jing", the legacy of its death even Dayu can't do anything about it. .

And this breath of energy is ten times more poisonous than its blood!

Even the god Erlang, whose body is sanctified, must be careful of its poison when fighting, but Ye Qing took the initiative to stand on it, which really made Xiangliu ecstatic.

Although it was a waste of vitality, it was not too lucky to be able to get rid of a big enemy so easily.

Haha, this stupid man--

"Hey—!"

A sharp sword energy pierced Xiang Liu's jaw from top to bottom, and the condensed frost spread, and the blood was frozen without even a chance to drip.

The deadly cold from the inside out completely ended the joy of this monster head.

"Cough cough..."

After swiping three swords in succession, even the invisible mist was cut off neatly, dissipating into the air as if it had lost its vitality.

Ye Qing revealed his disgusted face: "It stinks..."

PS: In order to understand Erlangshen, the chef went to check the information, and also looked up some operas and settings of ancient gods and demons novels.

When writing the previous chapter, the chef didn’t seem to recover from this state, which caused the style of painting to be a little strange. Please forgive me.

By the way, the image of Erlang God in the original book "God Killer" is the result of the combination of Journey to the West and Romance of the Gods, which is closer to our current understanding of the second brother, and this book will also focus on it.

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The battle with Xiang Liu is still going on, although it looks dangerous, but in fact it is Ye Qing and Erlang Shen who have the absolute advantage.

Xiang Liu's head was continuously cut in the way of fighting, and the movement was like a thunderstorm, as if the ground was shrinking, and he could escape far away in an instant.

In comparison, Xiang Liu, a monster, is bigger than it is big, and it can't effectively resist the attack of Ye Qing and the other two.

Even if he can be said to be nimble, it's only relative to his own body size, and it's still not enough to fight against martial arts masters like Erlang Shen and Ye Qing who seem to be extremely fast in their shots.

Within twenty or thirty rounds of the battle, five of Xiang Liu's heads had already been killed.

If Xiangliu didn't have the troublesome trait of [Relic Poison], with Ye Qing's restraint on [Dragon Snake], he would definitely be able to end the battle in the shortest possible time.

In addition to him, God Erlang is actually a hero god with a legend of slaying dragons. He has also captured monsters such as the Monkey King and the Bull Demon King (the prototype of the Bull Demon King).

It's not surprising that these two people together can absolutely suppress Xiang Liu.

Although Xiangliu is a monster with myths and legends from ancient times, it is a member of the Mother Goddess, a very typical [Dragon Snake], and has a similar origin to Hydra and Yamata no Orochi.

No matter the essence of "earth" or "water", they can't resist Ye Qing and Erlangshen's two sharpest [steel], they will only become nutrients for their weapons.

After the battle lasted for a long time, Xiang Liu also knew that he had been defeated, and that he was no match for these two no matter what.

Whether it is the three-pointed two-edged knife with golden light, or the sharp sword Qi Bai Wugou, they can easily break through the scales and deal a fatal blow to it.

And its biggest hole card: the poison of the earth, for some reason it has no effect on the two of them.

This is a toxin born from the killing of the earth, which can cleanse all life on the earth, even the God of Disobedience cannot be immune.And the most important thing is that if you use "poison" to attack, you can largely bypass [steel]'s undead body.

So at the beginning, it was lucky, thinking that it didn't need to be afraid of these two people with its own ability, but the fact was the opposite...

"Roar--!"

Both instinct and reason are strongly warning, if it can't get out of the battlefield as soon as possible, it will definitely die under the knife of these two people!

"Hoo, hoo, hoo—!"

The four surviving heads swayed frantically, spitting out a mixture of water essence and toxin from their mouths, not aiming at any point, but spitting aimlessly, turning the surrounding space into a dead zone.

"Ok?"

Ye Qing subconsciously covered his mouth, ready to disperse the poisonous mist, but before he could make a move, the body of Xiang Liu who was in it changed greatly.

The four heads were stretched in one direction, the surface of the body was like an infinitely stretched snakeskin, and the whole Xiangliu was like a big open hand, extending the body beyond the limit.

Then there was a tearing sound like the sound of tearing silk, and the four heads were separated from the whole, with a long tail trailing behind each, like snakes and insects shedding their skin, leaving only the "shell" with five dead heads.

These four heads now look like four independent big snakes, winding and circling in the void, with eight eyes looking at Ye Qing and Erlangshen angrily.

The god Erlang turned into a ray of golden light, circled under Xiangliu's body, and supported the dead body as heavy as a mountain with great divine power, preventing it from falling into the lower world.

"No, this bastard is going to escape!"

Just when he looked up, he found that the four big snakes had rolled up the clouds and fled in all directions.

But he is not fighting alone, Ye Qing has so much combat experience, how could he watch Xiang Liu escape like this.

Before Erlang Shen could make a move, Ye Qing had already swung the magic sword in his hand, a white aurora pierced through the heavy black clouds, opening up a world.

"break!"

This sword is wrapped in the power of wind and thunder, fierce whirlwind and violent thunder are constantly jumping on the blade, but they are all tightly wrapped by the condensed cold air, and no trace of it leaks out.

If it is said that this is a sword with wind and thunder, then the cold air is the scabbard, the deeper the hidden front, the sharper it will be when it comes out of the scabbard.

The pure white thunder light pierced through everything, separated the boundless darkness from top to bottom, and leaped across the sky with a speed that surpassed everything. In a few flashes, it passed the bodies of two big snakes, and the big snakes froze instantly.

"It's really troublesome, it has become so big, I don't even know where the seven inches are..." Ye Qing flicked the blade, even though it wasn't stained with any blood, he subconsciously wiped it with his thumb.

"Then I can only cut the whole thing up."

Returning the knife into the sheath, there was a clear sound of breaking, and the heads of the two big snakes fell off. There was not a drop of blood at the incision, only frost condensed like a mirror.

Ye Qing didn't care about the other two big snakes, but activated his power, holding the body of the big snake he killed in the air.

The two snakes saw that Erlang God had no time to avatar, and Ye Qing also stopped, they were overwhelmed with surprise, and immediately tried their best to control the cloud and mist, and fled towards the distance.

But before he could escape far, suddenly there was a raptor's cry from above the sky, the sound was fierce.

Even if Xiang Liu was reduced to this level, a single big snake still had the energy in his body not to lose to that of a divine beast, but when he heard this cry, he subconsciously trembled.

A golden light with a red awn broke in from the sky, and suddenly turned into an extremely handsome falcon. It seemed that its wingspan was only one foot long, and it was very different from the size of a big snake, but it was heading towards it without fear. One of them jumped on it fiercely.

The big snake was terrified and wanted to bite the condor to death, but how could the snakes and insects be better than the feathers in flight?

The condor flapped its wings and easily dodged. Instead, it circled directly above the big snake. Its eagle eyes were cold and ruthless, and it never dragged its feet when killing its prey.

The two eagle claws were made of fine steel, piercing through the snake's scales without any hindrance, and holding the snake's flesh tightly, making it unable to break free.

It is also strange to say that although Condor caught the big snake, there is an absolutely insurmountable gap between the two in terms of weight and size. In theory, it should be impossible to shake this small mountain-like big snake.

But for some unknown reason, the big snake wailed endlessly after being caught by the condor, its whole body twisted and stretched like a river, but it was powerless to contend with it.

Shenying watched the big snake below him still struggling, and knew that he was just taking advantage of the surprise attack and compatibility, and he might not be able to win so easily in a real fight.Suizhi's eyes flashed fiercely, and he aimed at the back of the big snake's neck and pecked it down without mercy!