### Chapter 317: Take Down the Black Sun God and Turn the Tables!
During the day at the park, Bai Yu claimed that even with Nightmare helping her, they couldn’t defeat her on their own. I thought it was just her usual confidence—or maybe her pride was taking a hit. But looking at the situation now, she wasn’t exaggerating one bit!
Long Nv glanced at her hands, briefly wondering if she had a bad stomach last night.
It’s only been a week, and this level of power-up is downright terrifying!
Keep in mind, Bai Yu has only used her tentacles so far; she hasn’t even drawn her sword yet!
Bai Yu’s real strength lies in her martial arts and sword skills. If she can’t even handle her tentacles, then imagining her real form is just a wild ride!
Those tentacles are basically part of her body; if they’re already that strong, how weak could the rest of her be?
The only thing limiting her is her physical condition. She can’t use her previous sword skills and is only relying on basic sword moves—like trying to defeat monsters with a frumpy basic attack after a nerf.
“I wonder what Nightmare would think after seeing this,” Long Nv said with a strange gleam in her eyes.
She remembers the initial reason why Bai Yu ended up like this: Nightmare had intended to sabotage her, making her accumulate evil thoughts and resentment from evil gods and ghosts. The goal was to use the power behind the ghost gate to take down Bai Yu.
To everyone’s surprise, instead of falling for it, Bai Yu turned it into her own power and skyrocketed her strength instead!
Is this what they call turning misfortune into a blessing?
If she hadn’t found that method, Bai Yu would’ve had enough impurities piled up to fill a kettle. And once the Dark Moon God recovers, let alone killing her, Bai Yu would probably just end up as a follower of the Dark Moon God.
“Are you leveling up so fast? Is there any side effect?” Long Nv tilted her head and asked.
There must be side effects; it’s just that they should be lighter for Bai Yu.
“No side effects, but the speed will slow down later on.”
“How so?”
“I’m currently absorbing the power of belief, and there are mainly three directions I’m developing: First, eliminating the remnants left by evil gods and ghosts, and that’s nearly cleaned up. Second, increasing physical strength, and lastly, boosting my curse power.”
As Bai Yu walked outside, she continued, “But belief has limits, so I’m primarily enhancing the latter two. The downside is that my curse power may run short; with more followers, the amount of curse power I need to control them will become vast.”
“So, does that mean you either stop developing or keep strengthening your followers without developing physical strength?” Long Nv understood Bai Yu’s point.
Rather than saying it limited her speed of development, it felt like she was gradually splitting into two paths: either continue strengthening her body in the old way or boost her followers in the new evil god development direction.
The catch is that Bai Yu isn’t even an evil god by nature, so trying to follow the evil god route and develop followers en masse wouldn’t work.
Honestly, if Bai Yu fully embraced the evil god route and had a little time, she could very well take out the Dark Moon God. She truly has a lot of potential to be an evil god.
Too bad time is tight, and Bai Yu probably looks down on evil gods anyway.
Enhancing her physical form is the fastest way up the ladder.
“Right, after this is over, we’ll handle your matter first and then have a talk with Nightmare.”
Nightmare definitely needs to be dealt with; Bai Yu can’t feel secure until that happens.
This person is hard to predict and lacks trustworthiness, and one has to be cautious of her stabbing them in the back.
Even if they leave her alive, at the very least, she needs to be incapacitated; an intense battle is unavoidable.
“Wow, how precious that you’re actually considering me,” Long Nv said, hands cupping her face. “Darn it, if that little girl hadn’t gotten a leg up on me, I’d have taken you down a notch myself!”
“A caring Bai Yu is simply the best~”
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It’s been over a week since they arrived in Hejiang City. Bai Yu had already taken down two ghost gates a day, and the Tianfa Sect could only seethe in silence.
They were too weak to handle any major clashes with Bai Yu, as it’d cost them dearly with no return on investment. Losing what they had meant just that—a loss. But ignoring Bai Yu’s rampage wasn’t an option; one ghost gate after another falling meant hitting their pockets hard!
What they didn’t know was that Bai Yu only needed the evil ghosts. They just had to wait for her to finish her goals and leave, after which the ghost gates would still be theirs, with only the loss of a batch of cultivated evil ghosts. The cost of cultivating evil ghosts is pretty low!
“So, we’ve set the time for the day after tomorrow at Ghost Gate No. 4 in Sanquan County,” declared Zhou Shan, the sect leader, sitting at the head of the conference table.
At that moment, over 150 people were gathered in the meeting room—about 85% of what Tianfa Sect could muster.
With the 80 gatekeepers added in, that made for a two hundred-plus strong operation. Such a large-scale operation would only be necessary against an evil god. The last massive action by the gatekeepers was launched to confront a dangerously metamorphosing evil god, bringing together such a crowd.
The word on the street was that disrupting an evil god’s transformation could lead to controlling that very evil god. Even so, only about a hundred gatekeepers showed up, and they all met their doom, bringing down a vice president with them.
Learning from that experience, Zhou Shan was determined to gamble everything on this.
This operation must succeed; failure would mean losing it all.
Might as well go all out; that way, there’s still a chance, and the damage can be minimized.
Too few people would only create problems.
“I’ve reached a consensus with the gatekeeper leader. They will provide us with some assistance.”
Zhou Shan didn’t mention how much it cost to enlist the gatekeeper’s help; there was no need to. Where there’s a will, there’s a way; they could negotiate the ghost gate issue later. Right now, they had to focus on solving the immediate problem.
“You all know the target—the damned Black Sun God. Her abilities are all too clear: she spreads a red light from her body. Anyone caught in it gets hit by curses, and the activation time is extremely quick. Within five minutes, she can brainwash an evil ghost easily.”
“However, this move isn’t without counters. Over the past few days, I’ve ordered a batch of reflective suits that fully protect the body. When the time comes, wrap yourselves up entirely—no skin or hair exposed, or you can deal with the consequences!”
“The reason for choosing Gate No. 4 is because the terrain is advantageous for us. If you feel anything off with your body, find a place to hide immediately.”
“Additionally, the Black Sun Godmother’s attack method includes the Painful Threads of evil ghosts, which speaks to the Black Sun Godmother’s current state. Reliable sources say she has possessed a powerful evil ghost.”
“The first move must come from her physical form; we have to force her original self out. Only then does the formation become effective. To completely eliminate her, we need to crush all her will!”
“I’ve organized the teams; you’ll find out your group soon.”
“Group one is responsible for drawing the main fire. They must hold for at least ten minutes, even if it costs their lives!”
“Anyone who runs away in battle will have their titles stripped; they’ll be sent to Ghost Gate No. 1 for three days. If they manage to come back alive, they can go wherever they want.”
Once those words were said, many people’s expressions changed below.
Gate No. 1 is different from all the other gates; it has a bizarre world within. Even if they manage to escape, they’ll come out like corpses, or they might just get trapped forever.
According to those lucky enough to come back, that place was the underworld.
“Group two is responsible for constraining the opponent as much as possible, creating opportunities for group three. Group three will execute a fast strike to eliminate the Black Sun God’s physical form.”
“When the Black Sun God’s essence appears, the gatekeepers will make their move. At that time, act according to circumstances, and we must catch the Black Sun Godmother.”
“I’ll be personally supervising the operation; you can all relax.”
The three groups will be led by three deputy sect masters, all of whom have participated in missions to eliminate evil gods, so they have experience.
“By the way, the hardest part of this mission doesn’t lie in the Black Sun God’s curse but in the fact that the evil ghost she possesses is at most a Red-clothed Evil Ghost. Killing her isn’t difficult—just get close, and we win.”
“The real challenge lies in dealing with the Red-clothed Evil Ghosts. If these ghosts show up, they’ll definitely be controlled, and attacking us would be a huge hassle. At that point, without my command, no one is to summon evil ghosts!”
Zhou Shan kept dragging on, discussing logistics for over two hours after laying out the most important points.
Their discussion was straightforward; the critical details were few. They all understood not to use ghosts once the mission starts and that the Black Sun Godmother’s true body isn’t too strong—her curse power is the real threat, but they’d come prepared with special reflective suits.
Initially terrified of being brainwashed in five minutes by the Black Sun, they felt much less afraid now.
Almost all of Black Sun God’s recorded brainwashed subjects were evil ghosts; there were hardly any living people.
Sure, her abilities are impressive, but the countermeasures are pretty basic.
Feeling relieved, they were left with a single regret: such a massive operation without any benefits to gain afterward.
Thus, someone from the crowd spoke up.
“Leader, since the Black Sun Godmother is so powerful, one of the strongest evil gods on record, can we think of a way to control her?”
“Didn’t the vice president of the gatekeepers do exactly that? If it weren’t for that incident going south, leaving the gatekeepers in disarray, we’d never have had the chance to learn about this.”
“If we could control the Black Sun God, we’d have so many more options!”
The Black Sun God’s powers are undoubtedly strong; controlling her would be like strapping on rocket boots!
Their opponents can’t always just wear reflective suits, can they?
Even if they do, that limits their ability to use ghosts and would be quite advantageous.
Zhou Shan’s eyes rolled around. “I’ve thought about it too, but it’s tough.”
“Let’s give it a shot. I’ve heard Old Man Chen has a daughter; maybe we can approach her for help.”
“I remember she cut ties with him years ago. I think she teaches at some school?”
