Chapter 723: Utterly Screwed
At the base of the Town Soul Tower was a door, which now, under Zhang Changchun's control, let out a creaking sound.
No sooner had the tower door cracked open than a torrent of Yin Qi surged out, accompanied by piercing, ear-splitting ghostly laughter that instantly echoed across the heavens and earth. Vast quantities of Yin Qi churned, and a colossal ghostly face materialized within it.
Although the Zhang family's Town Soul Tower suppressed this ghostly entity, it could not be moved. If it were, the seal would break, and the ghostly entity would escape its binds. Thus, they could only choose to suppress it in place, reinforcing the seal periodically.
Now, with Zhang Changchun opening the tower door, the seal naturally broke. This ghostly entity, suppressed for several years, finally regained its freedom.
However, the very instant the ghostly entity burst from the Town Soul Tower, Ma Yuanjin immediately activated the array disk in his hand. The formation, laid out with formation flags, sprang to life, erupting in a golden light. Countless golden longswords shot forth from all directions, hurtling towards the ghostly entity.
Concurrently, another formation also activated. Ghastly white skulls, razor-sharp fangs, terrifying eyeballs, and various other miscellaneous items all burst forth with powerful black energy. This black energy flowed along the inscribed array patterns, instantly illuminating the entire formation.
Above these array artifacts, colossal shadows materialized, identical in shape to the items used to set up the array, but magnified countless times in size.
With the enormous skull as its center, other artifacts rapidly converged and combined. Two eyeballs embedded themselves into the skull, illuminating its eye sockets and emitting wisps of black smoke. Immediately after, two sharp fangs also slotted into the skull's mouth, like two keen longswords.
Though this general possessed no flesh or skin, he looked incredibly imposing. One could even feel a terrifying oppressive aura and killing intent emanating from him!
The warhorse neighed, and the general, with black smoke rising from his eyes, wielding his long spear, charged with a terrifying killing intent towards the ghostly entity that had just burst from the Town Soul Tower!
All of this happened in a flash. The two formations activated almost simultaneously. As the countless golden longswords pierced towards the ghostly entity, the general on his warhorse also fully materialized.
Of course, Ma Yuanjin was not the only one to act. Everyone else present also launched their attacks against the ghostly entity immediately.
Talismans, magic tools, and even the Soul Armaments of the Underworld Officials, all converged on the ghostly entity without delay.
According to their plan, they intended to cripple the ghostly entity with a single wave of attacks, giving it no chance to recover. Only then could they subdue it without suffering any injuries themselves.
The first to strike the ghostly entity were the golden longswords bursting from the formation. These golden longswords were incredibly fast, like a rain of golden blades, instantly hitting the ghostly face materialized from Yin Qi.
Ripping sounds continuously filled the air as the colossal ghostly face was riddled with holes by the golden sword rain. The Skeleton General, spear in hand, arrived immediately after, thrusting his long spear straight into the ghostly face, forming a vortex at its center, as if to tear it apart completely.
The fierce attacks from everyone else present also arrived as expected, each striking the ghostly face.
Under a deafening roar, the space around them trembled. The colossal ghostly face was instantly ripped into fragments, transforming into irregular clumps of Yin Qi of varying sizes.
In just an instant, the ghostly entity that had just burst from the Town Soul Tower, before it even had a chance to condense its Spirit Body and having only materialized a ghostly face, was successively struck by their combined attacks and torn into fragments.
However, none of those present showed any sign of joy, because although the Yin Qi formed by the ghostly entity had been torn apart, it had not dissipated. Instead, it floated suspended in the air, resembling miniature black clouds.
The Yin Qi not dispersing indicated that the ghostly entity had not undergone Soul Transformation. Furthermore, judging by the powerful energy fluctuations emanating from it, it seemed to have suffered very little damage.
Sinister cackling laughter echoed through the area, and a fierce gust of Yin wind swept through. This Yin wind, instead of dispersing the Yin Qi, caused it to rapidly converge.
From the current situation, their first wave of attacks had not achieved the desired outcome at all.
Facing this situation, the few individuals present did not hesitate. Their expressions grim, they launched another assault on the ghost.
Booming sounds continued unabated. Under the relentless attacks of the several individuals, the Yin Qi formed by the ghostly entity not only did not diminish but grew increasingly dense. In just a few breaths, the visibly dark Yin Qi had enveloped the entire area, leaving Yang Haoran and the others within it as if plunged into the deepest night, unable to see their own hands.
Yang Haoran and Xu Meijing immediately activated their Ghost Eyes. The others also successively employed their own methods to gain some degree of visibility in such conditions.
"You are all so enthusiastic, I just love it! And I happen to be a bit hungry, so I'll feast on your souls!"
The ghostly entity's voice rang out, full of savagery, revealing a ferocious undertone.
As his voice sounded, the ghostly entity's Spirit Body condensed within the dense Yin Qi.
The figure was that of a middle-aged man, tall and well-built, with a ferocious expression on his face. His gaze, fixed on Yang Haoran and the others, was like that of a predator spotting its prey.
Especially when his gaze fell upon Yang Haoran and Xu Meijing, his blood-red eyes revealed an intense excitement, as if he had discovered the most delectable ingredients in the world.
Under Ma Yuanjin's control, the formation once again condensed countless golden longswords, launching an attack on the ghostly entity.
The Skeleton General, long spear in hand, tugged on the reins. His warhorse neighed, then spun around and charged through the air towards the ghostly entity.
The ghostly entity roared with laughter as a terrifying power erupted from within him. A vast amount of Yin Qi surged out, instantly shattering the incoming golden longswords.
Facing the enormous Skeleton General, the ghostly entity's body seemed utterly minuscule, yet he showed no fear. With a fierce burst of blood-red light from his eyes, the colossal Skeleton General, along with its warhorse, suddenly froze in mid-air, then was directly ripped apart by a terrifying force, dissipating into wisps of Yin Qi.
The Skeleton General was torn apart because it was affected by the ghostly entity's ability to manipulate objects. The ghostly entity directly applied its power of telekinetic control onto the Skeleton General. Due to the enormous disparity in their strengths, the Skeleton General had no ability to resist and was instantly ripped to shreds by this force.
The very moment the Skeleton General was torn apart by the ghostly entity, all the artifacts used to form the array below shattered with a crash. The ghostly entity's power was too immense; it not only tore the Skeleton General to pieces but also shattered the artifacts composing the formation.
Pfft!
Ma Yuanjin spat out a mouthful of fresh blood, his face turning pale.
To deal with this ghostly entity, he had deployed a dual formation, both of which were incredibly potent and possessed immense destructive power against ghosts.
Precisely because of the formidable power of these two formations, controlling them was a considerable drain on him. To unleash their full might, he had connected his mind with both formations, allowing him to control them more effectively.
Now, the array disk in his hand had shattered, and the formation that unleashed golden longswords was broken by the ghostly entity's absolute power. Not only was the formation itself destroyed, but even the array disk in his hand was shattered.
With even the array disk broken, he estimated that the concealed formation flags had likely also been damaged.
However, no sooner had this formation been broken than the deadly array he had set up with various artifacts was also destroyed by the ghostly entity, with all the items used to lay out the formation shattered by its power.
With two formations broken in quick succession, Ma Yuanjin, whose mind was linked to both, was undoubtedly in a terrible state. Suffering a powerful backlash, he immediately spat out a mouthful of fresh blood, his expression turning ghastly pale.
Having instantly breached two formations, the ghostly entity laughed arrogantly. While its Spirit Body evaded talismans, it also managed to counterattack the magic tools. For a moment, the combined attacks of the few individuals failed to inflict any fatal damage, causing everyone present to grimace.
"Old fool! You've really screwed me over this time! " Ma Yuanjin roared furiously at Zhang Changchun, not even bothering to wipe the blood from the corner of his mouth.
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