txolops Chapter 316 The Netherworld Ghost Boat
Chapter 316 The Netherworld Ghost Boat
"You old codger...you sure have a lot of tricks up your sleeve!"
The Yin Ancestor steadied himself, forcibly severing his connection with the demon corpses most severely corrupted by the Azure Phosphorous Yin Fire. His expression turned extremely grim as he stared at Xuan Gu, spitting out icy words through clenched teeth:
"However... you are no longer the formidable Xuan Gu Demon! And I, Ji Yin... am no longer the submissive Core Formation cultivator you once were!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the aura emanating from the Extreme Yin Ancestor changed abruptly once again! An even denser and more sinister black mist, like an erupting volcano, surged out from his sleeves, instantly forming a dark ghost domain dozens of feet in diameter behind him!
Within the ghost realm, countless hideous, grotesque ghostly figures writhed and howled, emitting chilling screams that sent shivers down one's spine! Terrifying resentment, deathly aura, and corpse energy intertwined, causing the temperature of the entire Hanli Terrace to plummet once again!
"Woo-hum-" A muffled, desolate sound, as if from the depths of the netherworld, rang out from the depths of the black mist.
Immediately afterward, under the shocked gazes of everyone, a giant ghost ship phantom, made entirely of black skeletons and tattered canvas, covered with distorted and painful human face reliefs, and exuding a sinister and ominous aura, slowly "sailed" out from that dark ghost realm!
The ghost ship was dozens of meters long, resembling a moving, eerie mountain. At its bow was a hideous demon statue with ghostly green flames flickering in its eyes, locked onto Xuan Gu! And the Extreme Yin Ancestor himself, at some unknown time, had already stood atop the ghost ship's bow!
"The Netherworld Ghost Ship!" Upon seeing this, Xuan Gu's expression finally changed drastically, his eyes filled with disbelief. He exclaimed, "You...you actually managed to forge this 'Netherworld Ghost Ship'?"
For the first time, a clear sense of apprehension and fear appeared in his voice as he secretly sighed that Ji Yin was even more ruthless than he had been back then.
This "Netherworld Ghost Boat" is one of the top-tier magical treasures recorded in the "Mysterious Yin Scripture". It is extremely difficult to refine, requiring a massive amount of living souls and rare materials. It is also incredibly powerful, combining offense and defense, and is particularly adept at suppressing and refining ghosts and spirits!
The Netherworld Ghost Ship beneath their feet emitted a muffled rumble, slowly turning its hull to lock onto the Xuan Bone. The ghostly green flames in the eyes of the evil spirit statue at the bow suddenly intensified!
"Xuan Gu, let me show you the methods of my Extreme Yin!" The Extreme Yin Ancestor roared, made a hand seal, and pointed at Xuan Gu!
"Whoosh—!" On the Netherworld Ghost Ship, countless churning ghostly figures let out a deafening shriek, spewing out streams of pitch-black corpse fire, stirring up billowing black mist and yin winds, and crashing toward Xuan Gu with a bang!
Xuan Gu's expression was extremely solemn, with a hint of determination and heartache flashing in his eyes, as if he was preparing to use some trump card to save his life or fight to the death.
Xuan Gu's figure transformed into a fleeting gray shadow, frantically weaving through the black mist he summoned, desperately trying to evade the pitch-black Netherfire spewed out by the Yinming Ghost Boat. However, the black mist around him was growing thinner and thinner, and he could not hold on for much longer.
He had already cursed Luo Ming and Han Li, who had stood by and watched, a thousand times in his heart. "Two cunning little beasts! They actually just stood by and watched. It seems I have no choice but to use that trump card."
"Pfft!" Xuan Gu suddenly spat out a mouthful of his life essence blood, which was crimson with wisps of gray. His face instantly turned ashen, and his aura plummeted. But the hand seals in his hands did not stop at all; instead, they changed in an even stranger and faster way.
The mass of blood essence floating in front of him did not dissipate. Instead, under the activation of his magic technique, it began to spin rapidly, its volume shrinking and condensing quickly! In the blink of an eye, it transformed into more than a dozen strange blood beads, each only the size of a soybean, yet as clear as blood diamonds, with black runes flowing inside!
"Go!" Xuan Gu shouted, pointing his finger at the Tian Du demon corpses on the ground in the distance, which had been corrupted by the Azure Phosphorus Yin Fire and were lying haphazardly or struggling in place!
"Whoosh whoosh whoosh..." More than a dozen blood beads transformed into thin blood lines as fine as hair, traversing the battlefield in an unpredictable trajectory, and shooting with perfect accuracy towards the brows of those demon corpses, penetrating them without any hindrance!
"Hmm?" In the distance, the Extreme Yin Ancestor, standing atop the Netherworld Ghost Ship, calmly and methodically manipulating its various restrictions and supernatural powers, relentlessly pushing Xuan Gu into a corner and attempting to force out all his trump cards, felt a sudden jolt of fear and a strong sense of foreboding rise within him the moment he saw the blood beads disappear into the demon corpse's brow!
"Something's not right! Just how many tricks does that old monster Xuan Gu still have up his sleeve that he hasn't taught me?" The expression on the face of the Extreme Yin Ancestor changed slightly.
"I thought I had thoroughly understood the 'Mysterious Yin Scripture,' so what kind of evil magic is this?"
He subconsciously strengthened his spiritual connection with the demon corpses, only to find that the already weak link between him and them was being rapidly severed and covered by a more domineering force!
In the brief moment after the blood droplet entered—
"Roar!" "Awooo!" "Hiss!"
On the ground, the dozen or so "paralyzed" Heavenly Capital Demon Corpses suddenly shuddered violently! Immediately afterwards, streams of even denser, more violent, and strangely sinister black corpse energy burst forth from their shriveled bodies! The ghostly green flames in their eye sockets abruptly turned dark red, filled with madness and destruction!
These demonic corpses have actually come back to life! However, the aura emanating from them and their actions are clearly no longer under the control of the Extreme Yin Ancestor. Instead, they are faintly locking onto the Extreme Yin Ancestor himself and the Yinming Ghost Boat beneath his feet!
"Hehehe..." A sinister laugh, filled with smugness and venom, came from the depths of the increasingly thin ghostly mist, which was being attacked by the ghost ship. It was Xuan Gu's voice:
"Extreme Yin... Originally, I found it difficult to deal with your 'Netherworld Ghost Boat.' Now... you dare to play with this mere 'Heavenly Capital Corpse Puppet' technique in front of me? Well then... things have become much easier!"
His words were filled with absolute control over the Corpse Puppet Way in the "Mysterious Yin Scripture," as if the demonic corpses that the Extreme Yin Ancestor had painstakingly refined were nothing more than toys that he could arbitrarily alter and seize!
"Roar—!" In the next moment, the dozen or so Heavenly Capital Demon Corpses, their eyes glowing red and their auras surging, let out a deafening roar in unison, transforming into ferocious black afterimages. Carrying billowing corpse energy and an aura of destruction, they frantically pounced on the Extreme Yin Ancestor standing atop the Yinming Ghost Ship! Their attack methods were even more frenzied and reckless, as if they wanted to perish together with the Extreme Yin Ancestor!
"You..." The expression on the face of the Yin Ancestor changed drastically. He never expected that Xuan Gu would possess such a strange secret technique that could seize control of other people's corpse puppets!
Although each of these demonic corpses was only at the Core Formation stage, the fact that more than a dozen of them attacked him at once, with their targets all aimed at him, immediately put him under immense pressure! The Ghost Boat had to temporarily withdraw its offensive to defend against these "rebellious" corpse puppets.
The Yin Ancestor hardened his heart, his fear and determination to kill Xuan Gu reaching their peak. He knew that if Xuan Gu escaped today, given the latter's profound mastery of the Xuan Yin Scripture and his uncanny methods, he would surely become a major threat to him in the future, causing him sleepless nights and uneasy days!
"Hmph! You think you can turn the world upside down with just a few stolen corpse puppets?" The Extreme Yin Ancestor sneered, a fierce glint flashing in his eyes, and suddenly patted the storage bag at his waist!
"Buzz—!"
A soft yet solid white light flew out of the bag, spun in the air, and transformed into a ring-shaped magic weapon that was as white as jade and exuded pure and righteous yang power! As soon as this ring appeared, the dense yin and corpse energy around it was forced back a bit, and the light that shone on it made people feel refreshed.
"Hmm?" Just as the white ring appeared, Han Li, who had been entangled with the black python in the distance, had a slight change in expression!
He sensed that the jet-black ring magic treasure that the Extreme Yin Ancestor had "given" to him for "self-defense" had uncontrollably hummed and broken through the seal of the storage bag, flying out with a "whoosh"!
"Whoosh!" The black ring transformed into a streak of dark light, flying straight towards the white ring in the air! The two met in mid-air, not colliding, but rather emitting a clear, resonant sound, and then began to slowly rotate, one above the other! The white light and black light intertwined and flowed together, forming a perfectly formed yin-yang tai chi pattern!
At the same time, countless fine, sharp, black and white light blades, exuding either scorching heat or icy coldness, were generated out of thin air from the trajectory of the double-ring rotation, like a giant meat grinder, cutting the surrounding space with a "hissing" sound!
"Yin-Yang Rings!" In the distance, Luo Ming was startled, his gaze fixed intently on the pair of incredibly powerful ancient treasures.
He naturally recognized this treasure. It was one of the most treasured possessions of the Yin Ancestor. Combining Yin and Yang, its power was astonishing. Not only was its attack fierce, but it was also adept at sealing space, trapping enemies, and capturing people. Its supernatural abilities were unpredictable and mysterious.
Xuan Gu's eyes flashed rapidly, and his brain worked at lightning speed. Seeing that the Yin-Yang Rings had just merged and the black and white light blades that erupted swept out like a storm, pulverizing the two "traitorous" corpse puppets at the forefront into wisps of black smoke in just a few breaths, Xuan Gu no longer hesitated!
"Return!" He gave the order with a sudden thought.
The remaining dozen or so Heavenly Capital Demon Corpses immediately ceased their frenzied attacks on the Extreme Yin Ancestor. Like soldiers responding to a command, they quickly retreated, gathered together, and formed a dense protective circle around Xuan Gu.
They simultaneously exhaled dense corpse energy, condensing into a thick, gray-black corpse energy shield, which together resisted the black and white light blades that the Yin-Yang Rings kept shooting towards them. The clanging and clattering sounds were incessant, and the corpse energy shield fluctuated violently, constantly weakening, but it managed to barely withstand the storm of light blades for the time being.
Taking advantage of this brief respite, a ruthless and resolute look appeared on Xuan Gu's face! His gaze swept over the corpse puppets he had forcibly controlled around him, especially the five demonic corpses with the strongest auras, which had reached the late stage of Core Formation. A cold glint flashed in his eyes!
Taking advantage of this brief respite, a ruthless and resolute look appeared on Xuan Gu's face! His gaze swept over the corpse puppets he had forcibly controlled around him, especially the five demonic corpses with the strongest auras, which had reached the late stage of Core Formation. A cold glint flashed in his eyes!
"Roar!" "Awooo!"...
As if sensing something, the five demonic corpses simultaneously let out a roar of pain, fear, and a hint of madness! Then, a shocking scene unfolded.
The powerful and pure primordial corpse energy within the five demon corpses surged uncontrollably from their seven orifices and pores, transforming into eight thick, pitch-black pillars of energy that, like rivers flowing into the sea, frantically poured into the Xuan Gu body located at the center!
However, the immense corpse energy, mixed with strong corpse poison and resentment, did not cause Xuan Gu's aura to surge after it entered his withered body. Instead, it was all guided by him, frantically compressed and gathered on his right hand, which he had cleaved into a palm blade!
His entire right arm was instantly enveloped by a viscous, grayish-black current of air. The veins under his arm bulged, and his blood vessels seemed about to burst, emitting a terrifying and extremely unstable destructive aura!
"Corpse Fiend Condensing Essence... Yin Demon Slash?" The Extreme Yin Ancestor's pupils suddenly shrank to the size of pinpoints, and his expression changed drastically! How could he not recognize this move?