Chapter 347: The Mighty Vajra Palm |
"Well, well! So this is how you’ve been luring in newcomers!" Master Wei completely lost his composure, pointing at Madam Yue and roaring in rage: "Tell me! That day, the fragrant girl you brought into Master Song’s house—was she not even alive?"
Master Wei’s eyes burned with fury as he glared at Lady Yue, his teeth gnashing in anger.
Madam Yue glanced at him, the corner of her lips curling up. "What do you think? A high-grade Gu cultivator that beautiful—if she were truly alive, would she waste her time with a fat pig like you?"
"Ha! Did she smell nice, Master Wei?"
"I..." Master Wei’s vision darkened, and he nearly fainted from rage on the spot.
"Don’t pass out just yet; the real drama is still to come. That corpse? It was diseased. I was planning to use it to trap that notorious flower thief, but who knew you’d snatch it up instead?"
She laughed maniacally. "Haha! Your thing has rotted and was cut off by you, right? And now you’re desperately searching for a Black Salamander to refine a Regeneration Pill? To… grow that part back again? Hahaha!"
"You..."
"You wretched bitch! I’ll kill you!"
Ghost Seven frowned slightly. But just as he was about to intervene, an unexpected turn of events occurred.
The Dragon-Sealing Heaven and Earth Formation, which should have kept the Black Giant Salamander trapped for at least a year, suddenly showed cracks after a single strike from the salamander. With a thunderous crash, the beast shattered the barrier and charged out.
The Black Giant Salamander, now free, lunged straight for Master Wei.
Master Wei never anticipated the creature’s escape. By the time he realized the danger, it was too late. The salamander’s jaws clamped down, biting off the upper half of his body, leaving him to die a gruesome death.
Watching Master Wei finally meet his end, Long Xuan felt a wave of relief.
Indeed, the sudden failure of the Dragon-Sealing Heaven and Earth Formation was his doing. To Long Xuan, the formation was riddled with flaws, and breaking it had been a trivial task.
Given his deep understanding of array formations, it wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say his skill in dismantling arrays rivaled that of Di Xin.
The unexpected development caught everyone off guard. Even with ninety percent of its strength suppressed, the Black Giant Salamander had dominated over a dozen Spiritual Sea-stage Gu practitioners within the formation.
Now, in its full power, who could stop it? Many turned pale at the sight.
"Damn it! Stop it now! We can’t let it dive into the sea and escape!"
Ghost Seven’s expression changed dramatically as he hurriedly ordered his men to surround and attack the Black Salamander.
Ghost Seven, confident in his strength, still believed that a mass assault could subdue the creature.
As the Black Giant Salamander charged into the crowd, it targeted Ghost Seven, the strongest among them, and a chaotic battle erupted between the beast and the ghost cultivators.
Seeing this, the people of Sin City felt a surge of hope. With most of the ghost cultivator occupied by the Black Giant Salamander, it was the perfect moment to escape.
Without needing a reminder, the Gu cultivators of Sin City scattered in all directions as the battle ensued.
"Damn it!"
Noticing the escape, Ghost Seven grew anxious. These people knew too many of his secrets—how could he let them go?
"Split off ten men to pursue them! Leave no survivors! Kill them and return to support us!"
"The rest of you, focus on killing the Black Giant Salamander! I’ve got a trump card that will take its life!"
At his command, ten ghost cultivators broke away from the fight to pursue the fleeing Sin City cultivators.
The weakest of the ghost cultivator targeted the weakest of the escapees: Master Song.
"Hmph! Trying to run? Few Gu cultivators can outrun ghost cultivators!"
"Watch as I unleash Hundred Ghosts Night Parade!"
With a shout, he summoned a hundred ghostly figures beneath his feet, lifting him into the air as he swiftly flew toward Master Song.
Seeing the ghostly swarm chasing after him, Long Xuan glanced back and was startled by the sheer number of apparitions.
All spirits can fly, and it seems all ghost cultivators are capable of flight as well.
Given that all ghost cultivators can fly, few people in this group would likely be able to escape from a ghost cultivator’s pursuit.
The speed of ghost cultivators is indeed impressive. Long Xuan was running at full speed, yet he couldn’t shake off the ghost cultivator riding on a hundred ghosts behind him.
Long Xuan glanced back from time to time, noticing that not only was this person keeping up, but he was getting closer. Long Xuan frowned slightly.
If he used the power of the Tribulation Gu and the slowing field of the Wine Gu, he could, of course, shake off this ghost cultivator.
However, he didn’t want to reveal the power of the Life-Destroying Thunder for now.
If he wrapped himself in Life-Destroying Thunder to accelerate, he could certainly escape. But if this person discovered that he could wield Life-Destroying Thunder, who knows how many others would find out afterward.
Gritting his teeth, Long Xuan made a ruthless decision. If he couldn’t escape, he might as well kill this ghost cultivator.
“A mere mid-Spiritual Sea stage ghost cultivator dares to chase me? Truly courting death!”
Long Xuan sneered coldly and finally stopped hiding. He quickly pulled out the Tribulation Gu from his insect bag.
Ghosts are naturally terrified of the power of thunder, and the power of tribulation lightning even more so. Using the Tribulation Gu to deal with a ghost cultivator was undoubtedly a great choice.
As soon as the Tribulation Gu appeared, it unleashed a barrage of Life-Destroying Thunder at the hundred ghosts in the air.
The red lightning mercilessly struck the hundred ghosts, causing them to emit piercing screams. In the blink of an eye, they were reduced to black smoke and dissipated completely.
“What?”
The ghost cultivator was shocked and hurriedly leapt into the air. In that instant, the ghosts beneath him were all annihilated, and he barely avoided being struck by the Life-Destroying Thunder himself.
“What kind of thunder is this? Its power is immense!”
“Red lightning—could this be the legendary Life-Destroying Thunder?”
The ghost cultivator’s eyes widened in an instant, and his expression turned incredibly grim.
The power of tribulation lightning was overwhelmingly suppressive to ghosts. For his opponent to wield such lightning was truly deadly for a ghost cultivator like him.
“Damn it! I thought I picked the weakest target, but I ended up provoking the strongest!”
“You can actually wield Life-Destroying Thunder? Life-Destroying Thunder is far too suppressive against us ghost cultivators. I cannot let you live!”
After leaping off the hundred ghosts, the ghost cultivator charged straight toward Long Xuan. However, since his opponent could control Life-Destroying Thunder, he didn’t dare use ghost techniques anymore. Instead, he pulled out a spiritual sword from his storage bag and lunged at Long Xuan.
“Vajra Palm!”
At this moment, Long Xuan’s hand suddenly turned golden. He grabbed the incoming blade with his bare hand and twisted it a few times, directly bending the spiritual sword into a tangled shape wrapped around his palm.
“What!”
The ghost cultivator was utterly shocked and hurriedly let go of the sword.
However, the scene was so astonishing that it delayed his reaction for a moment. By the time he loosened his grip on the hilt, it was already too late.
Long Xuan was now close enough. With a resounding "Tathagata Palm", he struck the ghost cultivator squarely in the chest.
“Crack!”
The sound of breaking bones echoed as the ghost cultivator was sent flying high into the air, crashing far away. He soon fell silent, lifeless.
“Hmph! A mere ghost cultivator is nothing special!”
Long Xuan collected the ghost cultivator’s storage bag and quickly left the area.