Chapter 1197: Ghost Army’s First Battle! |
Without [Jade Talismans of Advanced Regeneration] or Spiritual Healing Water from [Nine Elementals Immortal Pagoda]’s Water Floor, Lucia and Xi’er really did not know how to heal the seriously injured Yaya, since neither of them had any healing skills or abilities.
Yaya herself actually had a healing skill called [Healing Gust], but Yaya was currently still in a coma, so how could she use her healing skill to heal herself?!
Right at this moment, Lucia was running swiftly like the passing wind in the valley.
Lucia did not choose to fly because it would make them easy to be discovered by the Merchant Alliance’s people.
Xi’er was riding on Lucia’s back while hugging the fainted Yaya gently in her embrace.
Yaya’s small body was covered with bloody injuries, some parts of her beautiful fairy wings were broken, and her tiny, cute face was extremely pale.
If Tang Li Xue were here, she would definitely be panicking because Yaya’s current health points were really too low!
[HP: 6,143/103,800]
"Lucia, let’s find a place to hide first. I am afraid, Yaya will not be able to hold on if we keep running like this." Xi’er said worriedly to Lucia.
Unfortunately, before they could find any place to hide and rest, Xi’er already sensed that someone had actually scanned the entire area with Divine Sense!
"Not good! They have found us!" Xi’er said in a voice filled with anger and annoyance.
Dozens of mine supervisors, who were at the Nascent Soul Stage, spread and scanned with their Divine Sense.
Unlike Tang Li Xue and Little Loki, Lucia and Xi’er did not have any stealth skills or divine abilities that could make them undetectable by the Nascent Soul Stage’s Divine Sense, so it did not take long for them to be discovered!
"They are over here!" One of the mine supervisors shouted to inform the other mine supervisors.
Several mine supervisors immediately led hundreds of mine guards and guard captains, who were at the Core Formation Stage, to surround Xi’er and Lucia from all sides in tight formation, so they could not run away anymore!
"You b*tch! How dare you infiltrate our Merchant Alliance’s place and kill our people! You’d better surrender quickly, or we will definitely make you regret it!" One of the mine supervisors yelled to threaten Xi’er.
Xi’er glanced at the fainted and pale Yaya, then gritted her pearl-white teeth.
Her crimson eyes, which were radiating with intense killing intent, glared coldly at the arrogant-looking mine supervisors, guard captains, and mine guards.
Xi’er unsheathed her pitch-black [Sword of Disaster] from her waist and pointed it toward the mine supervisors and their group.
"I actually do not want to fight you all to death, but since you dare to force me, then..." Xi’er muttered in a chilling tone as a ruthless glint flashed in her crimson eyes.
Right at this moment, terrifying ghosts began to emerge right behind Xi’er!
Dozens... hundreds... and eventually, the number of terrifying ghosts reached more than a thousand!
The arrogant and triumphant expression of the mine supervisors and their group quickly turned into fright and unease!
"You have to be ready for the consequence!" After Xi’er finished her words, more than a thousand ghost soldiers that she had trained and nurtured inside her pitch-black [Sword of Disaster] all this time quickly formed a battle formation!
The strength of more than a thousand ghost soldiers was only at the Core Formation Stage, and the strongest among them were only at the peak of the Core Formation Stage.
But once they formed a battle formation, their aura seemed to connect with each other and merge into one!
"ROOOAAAAAR—!" The ghost soldiers roared out loud in unison, but the sound of their roar was like a dragon’s roar instead!
This was the signature battle formation that the ghost army had learned when they were still fighting as the Black Dragon’s Army, [Dragon Subduing Battle Formation]!
The strength of the ghost army began to rise rapidly!
Even the mine supervisors, who had the strength of the Nascent Soul Stage, sensed the pressure emitted by the ghost army was beginning to overwhelm them!
They actually felt their lives were being threatened by the ghost army!
"Charge—! Kill them all!" Xi’er shouted with a voice filled with killing intent!
"Kill! Kill! Kill! ROOOAAAR—!" The ghost army also shouted out loud as they charged forward fearlessly toward the mine supervisors and their group!
"Mere ghosts! Do you think we are afraid of you?! Fight!" One of the mine supervisors yelled back to instruct the others.
BOOOOOOM—!
The ghost army clashed head-on violently against the mine supervisors’ group!
"Lucia, I will leave Yaya to you. You do not need to join the fight. Just leave them to me." Xi’er said to Lucia as she put the unconscious Yaya gently on Lucia’s back.
Lucia nodded her head in understanding and carefully controlled her [Silver Dragon Skin Pearl]’s armor to cover the unconscious Yaya.
Xi’er dashed forward swiftly toward the mine supervisors and fought alongside her ghost army!
[Supreme Speed Sword Style], Rapid Quick Slashes—!
Xi’er swung her pitch-black [Sword of Disaster] swiftly!
Her sword moved so fast that it turned into several afterimages!
CLANG—! CLANG—! CLANG—! CLANG—! CLANG—!
Unfortunately, the mine supervisors, who had the cultivation level at the Nascent Soul Stage, were not that weak.
They immediately blocked Xi’er’s sword attacks with their defensive spirit treasures!
They even took out several advanced talismans and offensive spirit treasures to attack Xi’er back!
Xi’er immediately transformed her pitch-black [Sword of Disaster] into the black Shield Form to block their joint attacks!
BAAANG—!
Xi’er was fighting fiercely back and forth against several mine supervisors!
After fighting against them for dozens of breaths, Xi’er realized that these Nascent Soul Stage cultivators from the Merchant Alliance were actually much stronger compared to the Nascent Soul Stage cultivators from the Lightwind Continent and Azure Mist Continent.
Even though they did not look that strong since several of them could only fight equally against Xi’er alone, but it should have been known that Xi’er already mastered the Profound Law of Earth!
’No, these Nascent Soul Stage cultivators are not that much stronger than the Nascent Soul Stage cultivators from the Lightwind Continent and Azure Mist Continent.... It is their spirit treasures and advanced talismans that are much more powerful compared to the ones from the Lightwind Continent and Azure Mist Continent!’ Xi’er quickly concluded in her mind.
"Humph~! So what if you have better spirit treasures and talismans?! The result will not change! Come here and gather, my army!" Xi’er said coldly.
The movement of the ghost army started to change.
They seemed to change their battle formation and gather around Xi’er instead!
All of the ghost soldiers began to connect and merge with Xi’er as their core!
The aura and strength of the ghost army began to plummet, but Xi’er’s strength and aura began to rise rapidly!
Xi’er’s thick fog-like Death Energy gathered on her pitch-black [Sword of Disaster]!
She focused all of her power, sword intent, and the Profound Law of Earth on a single strike of her sword!
"Then try to block this!" Xi’er swung down her [Sword of Disaster] forcefully with all of her strength toward the several mine supervisors!
[Paragon Sword Technique]... Perpetual Slash!
BOOOOOOOM—!
The sword intent, destructive Death Energy, and the Profound Law of Earth exploded!
Several mine supervisors sensed life-threatening danger!
They quickly took out a strange badge from their spatial ring and instantly disappeared from there!
Xi’er’s [Perpetual Slash] regretfully failed to kill several mine supervisors, but the guard captains and mine guards were not that lucky!
Most of them were annihilated by Xi’er’s [Perpetual Slash] in an instant!
The remaining guard captains and mine guards were quickly wiped out by the ghost army.
"They even have space-related treasure to escape?!" Xi’er muttered and frowned unwillingly.
But after pondering it carefully for a while, Xi’er immediately shook her head and murmured: "No, it should be an amulet that connected with the formation that covers this entire Isolated Jade Island."
"Space-element treasures were extremely rare, so how could each of those mine supervisors have one?!"
"But if their badge connected with the formation, and they used their badge to teleport back to the nearby space node, like what the Fox Clan usually did, then it all made sense." Xi’er concluded.
Xi’er already saw how Tang Li Xue, Instructor Mei Lan, and the others from the Fox Clan used their badge to teleport around conveniently, so she concluded that the mine supervisors escaped from her using the same way as how the Fox Clan travels around.
Xi’er really wanted to wipe out all of those mine supervisors, but it seemed she could no longer do it anymore for now.
"Oh, well... At least, I managed to take down all of their subordinates. It will make them think twice if they want to mobilize more people to catch me." Xi’er sighed in relief.
She turned around and faced the brave Ghost Army, then said to them: "All right, we have won!"
"WOOO—!" The Ghost Army bellowed in delight.
’It is not bad for your first battle, but I hope you all can be much better in the future." Xi’er expressed her expectation to the Ghost Army to encourage them before she told her Ghost Army to pick all the spatial treasures from the killed mine guards and guard captains, then gave their spatial treasures.
After that, Xi’er put all the ghost soldiers back into her [Sword of Disaster], so they could get some rest and recharge their energy.
Xi’er jumped back onto Xi’er’s back while saying: "Let’s go, Lucia! We cannot stay here for too long, or another more troublesome opponent might come!"
Lucia nodded her head and dashed swiftly toward another region of the Isolated Jade Island at breakneck speed.