Chapter 22: Treasure of the Ghost Domain
With a sly smile, the Ghost King appeared beside the Ghost Immortal and six ghostly minions, his eyes gleaming with an icy chill as he gazed at Wu Bo and the Ghost Immortal. Two beams of light, one red and one black, suddenly burst forth, imbued with the power to invade souls and devour spirits. The Ghost King unleashed his mysterious Soul-Invading Ghost Eye, striking at both the Ghost Marshal Wu Bo and the Ghost Immortal under his command.
A loud shout of surprise came from Wu Bo's mouth, and his body suddenly transformed into nine figures, avoiding the Ghost King's sudden attack. At the same time, he launched a powerful counterattack in an instant. The tyrannical power of his soul-destroying aura instantly annihilated one of the ghosts that had not reacted in time. On the side, Wu Bo's ghostly minions were being held back by Heihe River's ghosts and demons, so under the Ghost King's invasive gaze, they couldn't dodge in time and let out a miserable cry before suffering heavy injuries.
With a cold smile, the Ghost King parted his hands, and a black light shield immediately enveloped the seriously injured Ghost Immortal.
Only the ghosts and immortals inside let out terrified screams, struggling desperately for a while before turning into a wisp of green smoke and disappearing without a trace. At the same moment, Gui Shuai Wu Bo let out a furious roar, clearly enraged to the extreme. Only to see his body flipping and bouncing, incredibly fast, rolling 360 times within a radius of three zhang, the jade pot in his hand emitting 360 rays of eerie green light, forming a heavenly light cover that enveloped the Ghost King, the ghost immortals, and the five ghostly demons together.
Green light flashed with a strange glow, like 360 whirlpools appearing simultaneously around. An incredibly strong attraction, accompanied by rotating air currents, frantically swallowed the enemies within. Only a few terrified screams were heard, and three of the five ghostly apparitions were immediately sucked in, disappearing after a few miserable cries. The ghost sage and the remaining two ghostly apparitions let out terrified roars, their bodies struggling with all their might to resist the powerful swallowing force.
The King of Ghosts' eyes changed slightly, and he exclaimed in shock and anger: "The soul-gathering pot of Wu Bo's, how detestable!" After finishing speaking, his whole body's ghostly energy floated and slowly formed a strange rotating air cone outside his body, which suddenly charged towards the mouth of the soul-gathering pot.
Just as the black swirling air cone was about to block the mouth of the jade pot, it instantly turned into a stream of air and was absorbed by the soul-gathering pot. However, in this instant, the ghostly immortals who had been struggling all along suddenly felt a slight relief from pressure, taking advantage of the opportunity to escape from the attack range of Gui Shuai Wu Wei, while the Ghost King also easily broke free from the restraint of the soul-gathering pot.
This side, after Blood Evil suffered a bit of loss under the Tianling Divine Sword, he became resentful and launched a strong attack on the five people including Sword Dustless. Meanwhile, Yin Lian and his ghostly minions surrounded the Soul Summoning Ghost Master with all their might, slowly forcing him to have nowhere to dodge, and began to counterattack head-on.
In the distance, in a dark corner, Lu Yun and his two companions were intently watching this magnificent melee. Ao Xue said in a low voice: "Now among these seven forces, the only one that hasn't moved is the Wu Jian Gui Sha. It seems it's probably the most difficult to deal with. As for Bu Si Xue Lie, he's a bit foolish, completely forgetting what he came here for, and actually started fighting with Jian Wu Chen and others. How absurd."
Cang Yue smiled faintly: "That's also good, it can crush the sharp spirit of the Tianjian Academy and let them experience this bloody power. Currently, the most powerful ones here are probably that Gui Wang, Xue Li, and that mysterious Gui Jie. As for the others, although they are very powerful, I'm afraid they don't have the same level of ferocity and dominance as these three."
Watching the fight, Lu Yun's gaze kept moving between Gui Wang and Jian Wucheng, occasionally glancing at Wu Jiangui. At this moment, hearing the two women speak, Lu Yun said softly: "Do you notice that the current Jian Wucheng is different from before? And another thing, why did Gui Shuai deliberately provoke Zhao Huan's trouble, is there some unknown secret between them?"
Looking at the scene, the two women carefully looked at Jian Wucheng for a while, but they couldn't see anything different. They couldn't help but look at Lu Yun instead. Lu Yun let out a soft sigh and said, "It seems like you can't see anything now. Maybe when your cultivation improves in the future, you'll be able to see it. However, by that time, everyone will probably know what's on his body."
"Ao Xue asked in a soft voice: 'Lu Yun, you said we can't see anything, then what did you see?'"
"If you pay close attention, you will find that there is a faint purple glow flashing in the depths of his eyes from time to time, which is very mysterious. At the same time, I feel that he has something hidden on him. Something very mysterious and overbearing. Unfortunately, I couldn't guess what it was." Lu Yun's eyebrows were slightly furrowed, and his expression was somewhat solemn as he quietly expressed his feelings.
They shifted their gaze back to Jian Wucheng, and the two women looked at him carefully for a while, but still couldn't see anything different about him. Gently moving her gaze away, Cangyue said: "Perhaps our cultivation is too shallow, we can't see anything at all. Let's think again, why did that Yin Lian want to attack Zhao Heng, is there something hidden on Zhao Heng's body?"
Lu Yun was about to speak when a sudden change occurred in the scene. The Summoning Ghost Patriarch let out a miserable hum as his body was struck down by Gui Shuai's cold and sinister palm. With a cold smile, Gui Shuai's ghostly shadow followed closely, enveloping the Summoning Ghost Patriarch with the powerful Soul Devouring Technique. On the side, the Ghost Immortal also activated the Soul Devouring Technique, attacking the Summoning Ghost Patriarch from top to bottom in conjunction with Gui Shuai.
Feeling the powerful and evil Soul Devouring Great Technique, it was crazily corroding his body. Zhao Heng couldn't help but let out a loud roar, his voice like that of a ghost. His eyes were wide open, and a blood-red glow suddenly appeared. At this moment, Zhao Heng began to undergo a strange transformation. The blood-red glow flashed, and a bloody light enveloped Zhao Heng's body, forming an evil aura that surrounded him. Immediately afterwards, Zhao Heng reached into his sleeve and took out a dark, mysterious iron plaque. With an evil glint in his eye, he stared at Yin Lian who was chasing after him, and let out a thunderous laugh. The eerie and evil laughter, filled with endless desolation and anger, made everyone present feel a chill run down their spines.
"No! You can't do this!" Amidst the thunderous roar, his expression changed drastically, revealing an unprecedented shock in his tone. The Blood Evil, Ghost King and the two other ghost marshals who were still fighting suddenly felt a tremble in their hearts, and their eyes all focused on the Summoning Ghost's hand. In just one glance, the crowd of masters let out a thunderous roar of extreme anger and shock.
"Yan Wang's order! Stop, no, don't!" At this moment, all the ghosts gave up fighting and rushed towards Zhao Huan Gui Zu, wanting to snatch Yan Wang's order from his hand and prevent him from casting the spell. In mid-air, Wu Jian Gui Sha, who had been silent until now, also moved. He appeared silently in front of Zhao Huan Gui Zu, a dark and evil black mist surging towards his right hand.
Watching the ghostly experts rush over, Zhao Heng's eyes flashed with a sinister and ruthless gaze. After all his hardships, he had finally obtained the Yan Wang Command, how could he let them take it away? Although the consequences of using the Yan Wang Command were severe, at this moment, he had no choice. With a miserable smile, Zhao Heng's eyes suddenly turned cold, his right hand withdrew, and he spat out a stream of vital energy, which accurately hit the Xuan Tie Plate.
"No! Don't!" Amidst the terrified and furious roar, the originally dark Xuan Tie plaque suddenly turned into a blood color of evil spirits due to absorbing the essence of the vengeful ghost's soul. A flash of blood light, and a vast bloody mist instantly filled the entire Ghost King City, causing the originally green world to turn blood red in an instant.
Endless bloody aura mixed with resentful aura, like a hurricane, swept across the entire Ghost King City, making all the ghosts in the city scream. In the blood light, a extremely intense blood halo appeared on Zhao Heng's body, like a protective shield, repelling all the ghostly creatures that rushed up.
In the light, Zhāo Hún Guǐ Táng's face was twisted and hideous, looking painful and terrifying. A pair of eyes flashing with blood light were filled with a terrible aura of resentment, extremely shocking. In his hand, the Yán Wáng Lìng that had turned into a bloody color was now emitting countless blood curses, forming various eerie ghostly shadows around Zhāo Hún Guǐ Táng. The terrifying and ominous atmosphere made all the ghosts in the Ghost Domain scream in terror, while Xiǎo Wú Chén and the other four people's faces changed greatly, their eyes slowly filling with terror.
In the corner, Ao Xue and Cang Yue's bodies trembled slightly, both of them were frightened by the terrifying scene. They never thought that on the body of Zhao Huan Gui Tu, there would be such an evil object. From the Ghost King's terrified expression and voice, it was not difficult to discover that this Yan Wang Ling must be a very important treasure of the ghost domain, otherwise they would not have stopped everything and risked taking this thing. Unfortunately, it was too late, Zhao Huan Gui Tu had already made his move.
Lu Yun's eyes were heavy, and he said in a low voice: "Be careful, this thing has infinite evil power hidden in it, and it is very likely to be the supreme treasure of the Ghost Domain. Otherwise, the Ghost King and Blood Li would not be so terrified. Now that Zhao Heng is still in a state of abnormal transformation, no one can say what he will become in the end. We should try our best to hide our breath and avoid confronting him head-on if possible. This battle has many masters, let them deal with Zhao Heng, we just need to observe his strengths carefully, hoping to find a way to crack it, so that we can handle it better when we encounter it again." The two women nodded silently after hearing this, both of them gazing intently at the scene.
At this time, the Ghost King, Undead Bloodlust, Wraith Executioner and three ghost marshals, along with Swordless Dust and others, were all closely watching the Soul Summoning Ghost Patriarch. On one hand, they wondered what he would ultimately become, on the other hand, they thought about how to deal with him.
It's clear from his appearance that once he finishes his move, the resentment in his heart will absolutely not let go of these masters in front of him.
The Ghostly Commander gazed at the surrounding ghost domain experts and said in a deep voice, "At this moment, everyone has seen the situation before us. I hope that at this critical juncture, we can temporarily put aside our grudges against each other and first think of a way to eliminate this Soul Summoning Ghost King. After that, we can settle our own scores. This Soul Summoning Ghost King is still in an abnormal state; once it finishes its spell, the Blood Hell Yanluo will be reborn, and at that time, everyone here will likely suffer."
As soon as this was said, the Blood Evil and Wu Jian's ghostly aura fell silent, while Yin Lie nodded in agreement. Wu Bo, on the other hand, remained expressionless and ignored them. The five Sword Saints of the Wu Dun sect retreated to a distance, discussing the matter in hushed tones.
"Yin Lian, why did this Yan Wang order appear in his hands? This has always been the supreme treasure of the Ghost Domain, jointly sealed in the Ghost Spirit Tower, and guarded by you Yin corpses. Why did it appear this time? And when you came, why didn't you explain this matter? If you had spoken out from the beginning, we would have joined forces to retrieve it long ago, how could it end up like this? You tell me, what is the reason?" The Ghost King glared at Yin Lian, his face filled with extreme anger.
Looking at the transforming Youhun Gui with a gloomy gaze, he said in a stern and low voice: "Why? At this time, it is autumn when many things happen in the Ghost Domain. The passage to the human world has been opened, and both sides are preparing for war. Naturally, our minds are focused on major events. But Youhun Gui secretly entered my Yin Corpse Realm a month ago, hiding in the dark and waiting for an opportunity. This time, he took advantage of the situation and killed seven ghostly minions under me, severely injuring Ghost Xian before escaping. After I found out, I chased him all the way here. He wanted to shake me off, so he rushed into this Black River. Can we be blamed for our poor defense? Perhaps even if you encountered it, it would be the same. Otherwise, how could there be human cultivators appearing here?"
He let out a cold snort, and the Ghost King shifted his gaze to Wu Lian and Wu Jian, only to see them staring at Zhao Hun Gui Tu with extremely stern expressions. At this moment, the bloody glow on Zhao Hun Gui Tu's body grew more intense, and the entire sky turned blood red in an instant. In his hand, the Yama Seal suddenly emitted a beam of bloody light that shot onto his forehead. Within the light beam, a clear image of a bloody Yama head was imprinted on his brow. All around, countless fierce ghosts let out a sudden, ear-piercing howl, as if cheering him on, and they seemed extremely excited. The bloody red glow, accompanied by countless magical symbols and incantations, slowly formed strange patterns around him, eventually gathering together to transform into a suit of blood-red armor that attached itself to his body, exuding an air of mystery and eeriness.
The sky, the blood light began to recover, a thick fog of blood was approaching, and the shape-shifting soul ghost was changing its shape around.
A loud roar, the twisted and sinister old face of Zhao Huan Gui suddenly straightened, his eyes bursting with blood. His gaze, like a sharp blade, swept across the faces of the masters present, causing all the masters on the scene to tremble in their hearts, a strong sense of foreboding surging up. Amidst the roar, Zhao Huan Gui's hand suddenly flew up, and the Yama Command surrounding him spun rapidly.
The blood-colored beam swirled around him, constantly absorbing the bloody aura around him, transforming it into powerful true yuan and inputting it into his body.
As the bloody mist around Zhāo Hún Guǐ Tuán grew thicker, the Ghost King suddenly said: "Everyone get ready to attack. When the shadow of Shā Xuè Yán Luó begins to appear and before it overlaps with Zhāo Hún Guǐ Tuán's body, we must disperse it and prevent that crucial step. This moment is when Shā Xùe Yán Luó's power is at its weakest, because before attaching itself to Zhāo Hún Guǐ Tuán's body, it needs to destroy Zhāo Hún Guǐ Tuán's consciousness first, which will trigger Zhāo Hún Guǐ Tuán's natural resistance. That moment is our best opportunity. If we miss it, it will be almost impossible for us to eliminate it again."
Many experts heard this and looked at each other, slowly moving towards Zhāo Hún Guǐ Tú*, preparing for the crucial blow.
At this moment, all the masters of the Ghost Domain temporarily put aside their grudges and joined forces to launch a siege.
In the arena, the blood mist that had spread out from Zhāo Hún Guǐ's body slowly retracted, and the Yán Wáng Lìng that had been spinning around him transformed into a ball of bloody shadow. Behind him, a figure made of blood appeared, clearly visible to everyone present. The bloody shadow had a stern ghostly face with eyes flashing with crimson flames, exuding an aura of evil and terror. His body was surrounded by a layer of flowing light that contained infinite bloody energy, permeating the entire Ghost King City. At this moment, Zhāo Hún Guǐ's eyes kept changing between red and black, his face constantly trembling, clearly showing the immense pain brought about by the anomaly. Perhaps unable to bear the heart-piercing, bone-chilling pain, Zhāo Hún Guǐ wildly waved his hands, tearing at his own hair as if he had gone mad, continuously mutilating himself like a beast.
Suddenly, a loud roar echoed out, and the soul-summoning ghost's hair flew wildly as its blood-red eyes gazed up at the sky. A boundless sense of desolation and sorrow quietly seeped out. But in just an instant, it transformed into endless malevolent energy, staring fiercely around. Behind him, the blood-colored figure grew clearer, slowly approaching his body.
"Attack, fast, go all out!" The Ghost King roared, his entire body's power rising to its highest point, as he sent two swirling black waves from his palms towards the Soul Summoning Ghost. On the side, Blood Li and Wu Jian Ghost also launched a fierce attack at the same time, only to see two beams of light, one red and one black, carrying an unstoppable destructive force, striking that blood-colored figure. The dark shadows flashed, Huan Mei, Yin Li, and Wu Bo simultaneously surrounded the Soul Summoning Ghost, rotating around it. Huan Mei's Black Net, Wu Bo's Soul Capturing Pot, and Yin Li's Mysterious Soul Symbol all activated at the same time.
The light and shadow flowed, the ghostly shadows transformed, countless figures in mid-air wove together into a dark red mesh, surrounding the Soul Summoning Ghost King. The dense and powerful attacks, layered and intricate, formed a massive dark energy sphere several meters in diameter, containing an aura of devouring heaven and earth, frantically devouring the Soul Summoning Ghost King. The intense destructive power instantly produced a shocking explosion on the blood-red energy sphere outside the Soul Summoning Ghost King's body. Amidst the thunderous roar, only two light spheres were seen colliding and striking each other with countless rays of light, emitting intense shockwaves, as the powerful forces of destruction clashed against each other.
In the bloody sphere, the face of the evil spirit was ferocious and terrifying. The old face that was originally ugly had become extremely frightening. In those eyes that were like flames, an aura of extreme cruelty and killing intent was emitted, looking around with utmost malevolence. With a wave of his hands, the bloody light around him shook violently, and the powerful counterattack force fiercely clashed with the six strong forces on the outside. Behind him, the blood shadow flickered with evil light, and the fierce roar in his mouth shook along with his body, looking extremely enraged.
A loud roar, accompanied by a heart-wrenching scream, echoed through the sky. The entire body of Zhao Huan Gui Tu was enveloped in a red glow, and an endless aura of bloodthirstiness rampaged around him. The blood shadow that had been shaking behind him suddenly flashed brightly, breaking through the obstruction and attaching itself to Zhao Huan Gui Tu's body. His consciousness was destroyed, just like a person losing the most important thing in their life; the pain was indescribable. His twisted face looked up at the sky, and a faint glimmer of tears sparkled in the bloody light. At that moment, perhaps his heart also had sorrow and helplessness. Unfortunately, survival is cruel - to live on, one must lose many things!
With a calm gaze, the blood-red eyes turned cold in an instant. The icy gaze swept across the surroundings, like a cold current passing through, making all the masters on the scene feel chilled to the bone. Shaking off several meters away, the Ghost King let out a furious roar and pounced again. The powerful offensive and strong attacking power caused the airflow around him to gather into a black whirlwind in an instant, swirling at incredible speed, frantically summoning the Ghost King's soul. Nearby, Wu Lian and Wuming saw the Ghost King launch another attack and followed suit, one on the left and one on the right, employing a pincer strategy. On the periphery, Huan Mei, Yin Li, and Wu Bo let out a chilling cry in unison, launching their second attack.
Light and shadow flicker, countless high-speed moving ghost shadows form a strange light wave around, flowing in layers.
On the battlefield, the wind and clouds surged, and the six great masters of the Ghost Domain joined forces to attack that soul-stirring ghostly patriarch, or rather, the reborn Blood Yama. The powerful attacks and massive counterattacks intersected in mid-air, creating countless dazzling rays of light, causing the faces of Swordless Dust's five people and Lu Yun's three hidden in the dark to change greatly.
Looking at the rapidly moving figures, Jian Wuchen's face was uneasy as he said: "Shifu, now that we have this great opportunity, let's leave here and go find the Huayuan Pool. Once the outcome of their duel is decided, no matter who wins or loses, it will not be beneficial to us."
Liu Xing Hun's face looked unpleasant as he said, "Wu Chen is right, let's leave this place first. This place indeed lives up to its reputation as the most evil region in the world, full of endless dangers, it's best to leave as soon as possible." After finishing speaking, he led the remaining four people to quietly retreat.
On this side, Ao Xue asked in a soft voice: "Lu Yun, do you think that the six great masters of the Ghost Domain can eliminate that Blood Demon Yan Luo if they join forces?"
"It's hard to say, but so far, I've found that the ghostly demons haven't gone all out yet, and have been holding back. The Ghost King also seems to be hiding its strength, and it's unclear what it's planning. As for the Blood Yama, I feel that the aura on its body is extremely powerful, and it's still rapidly increasing in power. In my opinion, when the Blood Yama's strength stops rising, these six attacking experts will probably not be able to withstand it even if they fight with all their might. They're attacking now because they know that the Blood Yama's current strength hasn't reached its peak yet. Once the Blood Yama recovers its strength, they'll probably won't even have time to escape." With a faint sigh, Lu Yun's gaze fell on the teardrop falling from the wind. At this moment, a subtle feeling emerged in his heart.
Cang Yue's face was calm as she watched the five Swordless Immortals sneak away, a hint of an unusual smile appearing in her eyes. Looking at Lu Yun, Cang Yue smiled faintly and said, "Over there, the people from the Heavenly Sword Institute have escaped. Now, do we choose to leave or continue watching?"
Looking at that beautiful smile, a hint of joy appeared in Lu Yun's eyes. How beautiful! As his gaze swept over Ao Xue, Lu Yun suddenly thought to himself that perhaps for this lifetime, being able to possess this pair of extraordinary beauties would be enough.
"Let's take a look again, Jian Wucheng and the others won't be able to get away, some ghost immortals have already started intercepting them." Cang Yue and Ao Xue were taken aback for a moment, then fixed their eyes on the scene before them. Indeed, they saw one ghost immortal leading twelve ghostly apparitions blocking Jian Wucheng's group of five from advancing, and soon both sides began to fight.
A kaleidoscope of colors burst forth, a powerful and sacred aura spreading all around, as it clashed with the ferocious and malevolent energy of Yan Luo in mid-air. Jian Wucheng's figure flashed by swiftly like lightning, his Heavenly Spirit Sword imbued with an overwhelming aura, forcing the ghostly immortals to shriek in terror as they dodged about in all directions. The four members of the Liu Xing Hun formation stood firm in defense, resisting the onslaught of the six ghostly apparitions.
A green-eyed evil light flashed, and the ghost fairy suddenly shouted: "Evil Ghost Refine God!" As soon as the words fell, only twelve ghostly voices were heard shouting in unison, revealing a faint hint of sadness in their eyes, but it disappeared instantly. The twelve ghostly apparitions transformed into twelve clusters of green mist, swirling around Swordless Dust in all directions, forming a flashing green light ball.
Looking around at the surrounding ghosts, Jian Wucheng's handsome face revealed a hint of arrogance. The divine sword swung, and over a hundred sword lights transformed into colorful aurora lights, striking the light balls surrounded by the ghosts with incredible speed. In mid-air, a green light ball was suddenly struck by a colorful aurora light. Instantly, two massive forces collided, resulting in a violent explosion.
Looking at Jian Wucheng, Lu Yun suddenly revealed a mysterious smile and said in a low voice: "Quickly look at Jian Wucheng, this time he's going to suffer a great loss. I was just thinking of seeing how he would come to break the evil ghost's refining divine law?" The two women were initially stunned, but then they thought of something and couldn't help but move their gaze to Jian Wucheng, carefully looking at him.
A loud crash, the powerful and sacred aura did not shatter the green halo as expected, but instead triggered a rapid counterattack, causing Jian Wucheng's entire body to tremble. A hint of shock appeared on his pale face. Taking a deep breath, Jian Wucheng calmed down and began to rapidly rotate his true yuan. With his right hand holding the divine sword pointing towards the sky, 187 swords suddenly appeared above his head in an instant, merging into a five-colored sword pillar. Carrying immense power, the five-colored sword pillar rotated and flowed, its wildly surging aura clashing against the rapidly shrinking dark green halo.
Yin Sen smiled, and the ghostly figure of Jiu Dao Guang transformed into nine ghostly shadows, launching a fierce attack on Liu Xing Hun's four people to prevent them from going to rescue. The faces of Liu Xing Hun's four people changed greatly, all discovering that Jian Wu Chen seemed to be in trouble, each with anxiety in their hearts, and began to counterattack with all their might, wanting to break through the ghostly defense line and go to the rescue.
