txolops Chapter 264 The Wind Fox Beast Awakens
Chapter 264 The Wind Fox Beast Awakens
This ghost king was a dark, iron-like bluish-black color, with painful faces constantly appearing, wailing, and then disappearing on its surface.
It has a human-like torso and limbs, but its head is neither beast nor ghost. It has a single horn on its forehead and a blurred face. Only two huge, scarlet eyes, like blood-red caves, burn with the flames of violence and greed, staring intently at the "Nine Apertures Yin Embryo" that is spinning in the air.
The pressure emanating from his body was like an invisible mountain, clearly reaching the Nascent Soul stage of a human cultivator!
However, that's not all!
Behind this enormous ghost king, from the torn rift of yin energy, three smaller but still formidable figures emerged one after another! They were about four or five zhang tall, with solid bodies covered in ferocious armor formed from pure ghost energy. They wielded huge, pale white bone forks or bone knives, and their eye sockets flickered with cold, eerie blue flames.
The aura emanating from these three ghostly creatures was clearly at the mid-stage of the Core Formation realm! They were none other than the Ghost King's most capable ghost generals!
"Three ghost generals?" Xuan Gu, who had been waiting intently, suddenly had a glint in his eyes and sent a rapid telepathic message that exploded in Luo Ming's mind:
"Fellow Daoist Luo, please activate the Demon Banner with all your might to temporarily trap the Ghost King, preventing it from joining forces with the Ghost Generals and from retreating back into the abyss! I will deal with these three Ghost Generals as quickly as possible, and then we will join forces to suppress the Ghost King!"
Before he finished speaking, he had already transformed into a fleeting green shadow, taking the initiative to meet the three roaring ghost generals charging towards him. The dark light chains and black throwing knives in his sleeves reappeared, and he instantly engaged the three ghost generals in a fierce battle. Black energy surged and dark thunder rumbled, creating an astonishing spectacle. He fought and retreated, intentionally or unintentionally leading the battlefield away from Luo Ming and the Ghost King.
Luo Ming sneered inwardly. This old devil had indeed made a good plan, throwing the toughest nut to him while he dealt with the "minions" first, intending to sit back and watch the tigers fight.
As for this Ghost King... although his aura is strong, as long as he hasn't reached the Nascent Soul stage, he'll be fine. The fact that Xuan Gu is further away will allow him to use some methods that are inconvenient to reveal!
Luo Ming held nothing back any longer. With a low shout, his inner power surged like a river bursting its banks, rushing wildly into the Thousand Demon Banner above his head!
The Thousand Demon Banner swelled in the wind, instantly transforming into a towering demon banner that blotted out the sky and stood a hundred feet tall! On the banner, countless demon souls roared madly, and billowing black energy condensed into an incomparably thick and solidified black torrent, which swept over the Ghost King who had just leaped out of the abyss and was greedily absorbing the Yin energy dissipating from the "Nine Apertures Yin Embryo"!
Furthermore, there were countless jet-black chains, as thick as a child's arm and shimmering with dark runes, formed entirely from the purest Yin spirit power within the banner. Like venomous pythons emerging from their dens, they viciously and ruthlessly coiled around the Ghost King's neck, waist, and limbs from different angles!
The Ghost King had just swallowed the floating "Nine Apertures Yin Embryo" into his stomach and was intoxicated by the warm current that stimulated his potential and the vast soul power when he was suddenly enveloped by the demonic energy and chains. He was instantly enraged!
It let out a piercingly sharp shriek! This shriek was no ordinary sound wave; once it entered the ear, it pierced straight into the sea of consciousness, as if countless cold ghost claws were tearing at the soul, stirring up the most primal fear and chaos in the heart. It was the rather vicious "Soul-Hooking Ghost Sound" among the supernatural powers of the ghost path!
The sound waves were invisible, instantly sweeping across the battlefield.
Luo Ming felt a jolt in his mind, as if struck by a heavy hammer, and countless illusions and mournful ghostly howls tried to emerge.
He felt a slight chill in his heart and dared not be negligent. His mind raced, and he secretly activated the Spirit Fire Forging Divine Technique. The power of his divine sense surged in his sea of consciousness, transforming into a solid membrane of divine sense.
At the same time, the wisp of pure Yang primordial fire that had been hidden deep within the soul and cultivated with the life of the Zhiyang Bird lit up slightly, separating a thin, thread-like red-gold flame that gently circled the outer edge of the sea of consciousness, transforming into a flame barrier as thin as a cicada's wing, yet containing the pure essence of pure Yang.
"Hiss..."
The invisible, soul-snatching ghostly sound collided with the layer of crimson gold fire barrier, producing a slight burning sound. The fire barrier rippled violently, spreading out in layers of waves, as if this thin barrier might shatter at any moment. However, the power of pure yang was truly extraordinary in its ability to restrain the evil sound waves. No matter how powerful the ghostly sound was, it was ultimately difficult to break through.
Luo Ming felt a slight tremor in his sea of consciousness, which then returned to normal. He thought with certainty, "Indeed, with a powerful divine sense combined with the Yang Fire of the Fat Sun Bird, it has an extremely strong resistance to this type of attack."
He glanced into the distance; Xuan Gu's movement technique was elusive, seemingly unaffected, whether he had been prepared or had other methods.
Seeing that his proud "soul-snatching ghostly voice" had failed to work, the Ghost King's anger intensified in his crimson eyes, and at that moment, several black chains were already upon him!
"Roar!" The Ghost King roared, its two thick ghost arms swinging wildly, neither dodging nor avoiding, directly grabbing at the chains that were wrapping around it! Its soul body was extremely condensed, and the ghost claws shimmered with eerie light, containing terrifying power and chilling coldness.
"Bang! Bang! Bang!"
The chains collided with the ghostly claws, producing a dull thud. Yin energy and demonic energy clashed and annihilated each other violently. The first two chains were firmly grasped by the Ghost King, but the subsequent three seized the opportunity to wrap around its waist and one leg! The binding power of the Thousand Demon Banner activated, the runes on the chains flashed wildly, and began to frantically devour the Ghost King's soul power. Black energy began to envelop its body, attempting to sever its connection with the Yin veins of the abyss below.
However, at the very moment the chains were fastened!
"boom--!"
A terrifying aura, nearly 30% stronger than before, suddenly erupted from the Ghost King! Its already enormous body seemed to swell even larger, its surface radiating a brilliant bluish-black light, and its two giant scarlet eyes almost dripping blood!
Even more terrifying, the Yin energy in the area of its shoulder blades and ribs frantically gathered, twisted, and stretched, and with a chilling "crackling" sound, four slightly thinner ghost arms made entirely of pure Yin energy and soul power grew out!
Six-Armed Demon King!
The two newly grown arms were incredibly agile. They split to the left and right with lightning speed, accurately grabbing the other several dark chains that Luo Ming had activated and launched a rapid attack!
"Not good!" Luo Ming's expression finally changed. The Ghost King's strength had increased far beyond expectations, and the power of its newly grown arm also seemed astonishing!
The six-armed ghost king, with its six claws gripping six chains, roared wildly to the sky. Its body was filled with yin energy like a volcanic eruption, and its six arms pulled backward with all their might!
"Creak—!!"
A sickening, tooth-grinding sound, like a giant cable about to snap, came from the connection between the chain and the Thousand Demon Banner. Luo Ming felt an irresistible, terrifying force travel along the chain, through the Thousand Demon Banner, and strike his mental connection with the magic weapon! He groaned, his blood surging, and he almost lost control of the magic weapon.
The towering Thousand Demon Banner, hundreds of feet tall, was suddenly pulled askew by this immense force, its body trembling violently, and even the demonic energy it was spewing forth was momentarily halted! Even more terrifying was that the direction in which the Ghost King's six arms pulled back was precisely that bottomless, endlessly yin abyss!
This beast actually wants to drag Luo Ming, along with the Thousand Demon Banner, into its own absolute home ground!
Just then, a faint but clear "click" sound came from his wrist. In the midst of the surging magic and howling ghosts on the battlefield, it should have been barely audible, but it seemed to resonate directly within Luo Ming's soul.
His heart tightened at first, then a surge of overwhelming joy welled up inside him.
It's a Wind Fox Beast!
The long-dormant black cocoon finally showed signs of breaking out!
His divine sense instantly probed into the spirit beast ring. He saw that the black cocoon, which had been quietly floating, was now covered with fine, spiderweb-like cracks. A wave of energy, far stronger and more solid than before, carrying a unique blend of coldness and agility, was surging out from the cracks.
The strength of this aura has firmly reached the peak of level six, and as if propelled by an invisible hand, it continues to climb upwards!
What alarmed Luo Ming even more was that the pure Yin energy from the outside world, as if summoned by a king, began to ignore the absorption of the Thousand Demon Banner and the control of the Ghost King. It gradually gathered into trickles and actively surged towards the spirit beast ring on his wrist, rushing to drill into the crack! A miniature Yin energy vortex centered on the spirit beast ring was quietly forming.
"Advancing now would be a bit troublesome!" Luo Ming's mind raced as he quickly weighed the pros and cons.
A level seven spirit beast can be of great help to human cultivators. Many Nascent Soul cultivators only have level seven spirit beasts at most. Because of the powerful physical bodies of demonic beasts, their supernatural abilities are also of great help in battles between Nascent Soul cultivators.
If the Wind Fox Beast can successfully advance, it will become his strongest fighting force, but Luo Ming does not want others to know.
Above this abyss, right under the nose of the old demon Xuan Gu, revealing the existence of the Wind Fox Beast was already a poor strategy. If it were further exposed that it was about to advance to the seventh level... given Xuan Gu's cunning and greed, the consequences would be unimaginable. At that time, he would probably have to face both the rampaging Ghost King and the covetousness of an even more dangerous "ally."
His gaze swept rapidly across the battlefield. In the distance, Xuan Gu, his body a green shadow, was struggling against the combined attacks of three late-stage Core Formation ghost generals. His dark chains and black throwing knives, though seemingly formidable, were primarily used for hit-and-run tactics, clearly not at full strength. At least half of his attention was likely focused on the battle between Xuan Gu and the Ghost King. That old man was waiting, waiting for Xuan Gu and the Ghost King to be severely weakened, or forcing them to reveal more of their trump cards.
Looking ahead, the Six-Armed Ghost King, having swallowed the "Nine Aperture Yin Embryo," was incredibly ferocious. His six ghostly claws gripped the chains of the Thousand Demon Banner tightly, dragging him step by step toward the edge of the abyss. Below, the dark, surging abyss of yin energy was bottomless and chillingly cold. Any attempt to probe it with divine sense was like sinking into the sea – undoubtedly the Ghost King's domain.
But perhaps, the Jedi is also... a place of cover!
In a flash, Luo Ming made his decision. A fierce glint flashed in his eyes, but his face perfectly displayed shock, anger, and a hint of panic, as if he were truly struggling to withstand the immense power of the Ghost King.
He first hastily summoned a Xuan Shui Pearl, which, under his magical power, transformed into a slightly diffused cyan-gold flying sword, swiftly slashing towards the Ghost King's neck.