# 1007
Chapter 1008: Demonic Avatar
"What is that thing……"
Inside the courtyard, Zhang Zhengting and the others watched the massive demon ape wreathed in demonic energy in the distance, unable to help but speak up.
They had all joined the Night Watch at different times, but even Yuan Gang, the most senior among them, was seeing such a peculiar "Mystery" for the first time.
The peculiarity didn't come from its appearance—after all, having been Night Watch for so many years, what bizarre "Mysteries" hadn't they seen? What truly baffled them was the aura emanating from that "Mystery."
That aura made them feel... dangerous.
In the distant city, the demon ape transformed into a terrifying mass of demonic energy, ethereal and formless, hurtling between skyscrapers at breakneck speed.
While Lin Qiye manipulated the demonic energy he had幻化ed into, he carefully sensed the changes that came with manifesting his Avatar.
This Avatar had originated from his own soul. He could freely switch between physical and spiritual forms, and this swirling, unpredictable demonic energy was an application of the spiritual state.
Lin Qiye vaguely recalled that in Great Xia mythology, there existed a special technique called "Match Heaven with Earth" (法天象地), and among the stories known to the world, the figures most representative of this ability were Great Sage Equal to Heaven Sun Wukong and Erlang Shen Yang Jian.
If one used their respective sides as a dividing line, Sun Wukong's Avatar belonged to the Demonic path, while Erlang Shen's Avatar belonged to the Divine path.
The [Heaven-Equaling Avatar] he had抽到 from Sun Wukong should be the "Match Heaven with Earth" technique of the demonic lineage. When Lin Qiye had left his body and absorbed spiritual energy, he had already sensed that he could control the appearance of his demonic Avatar.
In other words, [Heaven-Equaling Avatar] was fundamentally an ability to凝聚 an Avatar unique to oneself.
Lin Qiye had originally wanted to shape this [Heaven-Equaling Avatar] to resemble his own form, but on second thought, what he needed now was an Infinite "Mystery"-like body. If the Avatar he transformed into was human-shaped, it would seem to lack some intimidation factor, which would hinder what he intended to do next.
So this time, Lin Qiye's demonic Avatar directly defaulted to the appearance of Sun Wukong's original Avatar.
The实践证明 proved that the demon ape's appearance combined with the swirling demonic energy provided相当不错的震慑力.
Watching a Klein-level fierce demon ape descend from the heavens, the Pen Spirit, who had been confronting Lin Qiye's physical form, immediately chose to pierce through the void and retreat rapidly into the distance.
Although they were all "Mysteries," that didn't mean they could coexist harmoniously; in fact, most "Mysteries" were hostile toward each other. The best one could hope for was a live-and-let-live arrangement.
Just like wild beasts living in the jungle, though they were all "animals," they would still fight and compete for territory.
The Pen Spirit had always been timid in nature, and now seeing such a ferocious, terrifying "Mystery" descend, compounded by the deterrence of Ame-no-Murakumo, it chose to flee at once.
But demonic Lin Qiye had no intention of letting it escape.
He also needed to establish his dominance.
The pencil transformed into a streak of light, vanishing quickly into the mountains and forests. But before it could fly far, the swirling demonic energy surged like ocean waves around it, completely sealing off every direction of escape.
The demonic energy raged wildly. Between the howling winds, a massive silhouette of a demon ape slowly materialized.
Those dazzling golden eyes stared fixedly at the Pen Spirit. An invisible deterrence pressed down upon its head, causing the faint murmuring sound around the pen shaft to grow weak and faint.
As if thinking this still wasn't enough to突出 his "ferocious" characteristics, Lin Qiye沉思片刻, an image of Cao Yuan's Black King transformation suddenly surfacing in his mind. Instinctively, he bared the demon ape's mouth into a grotesque smile:
"Hehehehe……"
The Pen Spirit was greatly alarmed.
Around it, that faint murmuring sound trembled and resumed:
"Pen Spirit... Pen Spirit... You are my past life, I am your present... if you hear my prayer, please... reveal yourself."
The voice faded. In the space wrapped by demonic energy, a sudden icy evil wind stirred. A woman in a blood-stained white dress appeared eerily beside the pencil.
Her right hand gripped the pen shaft tightly. Her jet-black hair obscured her entire face, making her features impossible to see.
A chilling, uncanny aura swept out.
Gripping the pen shaft, her gaze beneath the disheveled black hair fixated on the sky-reaching demon ape for a moment. Then she darted forth like lightning. That vermillion-red pen shaft transformed into a life-seeking short blade, thrusting toward the demon ape's throat at a startling speed.
The demon ape—Lin Qiye—witnessed this. His dazzling golden eyes narrowed slightly as he slowly raised his arm, the size of a small mountain, wielding terrifying demonic energy, and brought it crashing down!
The pen shaft and the demon ape's fist collided without any tricks or feints!
Boom——!!
A pure clash of strength. The Pen Spirit barely held for a moment before being smashed into the earth by a single punch.
Although the demonic Avatar Lin Qiye had manifested was still far from the true Avatar of the Great Sage Equal to Heaven, at the same cultivation level, his power was something a mortal "Mystery" like the Pen Spirit simply couldn't withstand.
Even without other abilities, the terrifying strength and ferocious body of this Avatar alone were enough to justify the word "demonic."
In the deep pit on the ground, the blood-stained white dress stumbled to its feet. Just as it was about to act, the sky-reaching demon ape stood before it. The demonic energy churned violently, and four additional arms sprouted from its body!
"Hehehehe……"
The demon ape grinned down at the Pen Spirit in the pit. It suddenly raised its six sturdy arms and brought them down in a rain of devastating blows.
Under this brute-force barrage of raw physical assault, the earth quaked and the heavens shook. The ground of the entire neighborhood rapidly cracked and fractured. The Pen Spirit's form had become nearly嵌入了 the earth itself.
Fine cracks began to spread across the pen shaft.
Boom——!..
With the final punch landing, the earth roared and quaked.
A clear, crisp sound of explosion echoed. The vermillion-red pen shaft snapped in two from the center. The figure in the blood-stained white dress crumbled to pieces, dissipating into the air.
The demon ape's body ceased its assault. The four extra arms dissolved back into demonic energy. It slightly bent down, picking up the broken pen from the earth fissure as if handling a toy. Then it straightened its back, standing beneath the swirling snow clouds.
The hot breath from its nostrils melted large patches of drifting snow. That grotesque head twisted slightly, turning toward the battlefield in the distance where Chen Han and the three "Mysteries" were fighting.
Gripping the Pen Spirit's corpse, stepping through the swirling snowflakes, it walked forward, one step after another.