Chapter 370 - 193: Five Ghosts Soul Lifting Palanquin, Nine-tailed Ghost King Banner (Part 2)
"Five Ghosts Carrying the Coffin, Ghost Soldiers Borrowing the Road, Ghost Carriage Travelling, how could there be no ghosts..."
Zheng Yi sneered, a Chaos Cyan Gourd appeared in his palm, encircled by Five Elements Particles and Yin Yang Qi, floating and sinking amidst the mist, displaying extraordinary features.
Zheng Yi pointed with his finger, activating a spell, immediately unleashing an enormous amount of yin energy from the gourd’s mouth. Accompanied by the howling wails of ghosts, it seemed as if a vast Ghost Realm descended, dyeing the surroundings in darkness.
Chilling ghost cries echoed through the void, endless ghostly hands reached out from the darkness, and amid the myriad ghostly roars, distant dark mist engulfed the sky, revealing a giant spectral path of life and death beneath one’s feet.
And at the end of that road resembling the Yellow Springs Road, a massive creature began to emerge, as large as a hill, the first, the second, the third, the fourth, and the fifth...
In an instant, five colossal Ghost Kings appeared before Zheng Yi, treading the dark and eerie path, arriving in front of the giant White Bone Palanquin.
There was no need for Zheng Yi’s command, everything happened naturally. With a flash of light from the Five Ghosts Soul Lifting Palanquin, the five colossal Ghost Kings let out a simultaneous roar, each lifting a shaft of the palanquin, raising the giant White Bone Palanquin.
Among them, the Four Great Ghost Kings carried the palanquin, as if lifting a gigantic white bone coffin from the darkness, covered with a red cloth, with countless ghostly cries, as if walking out from the Nine Netherworld Hell.
And at the front of the ghost carriage, a Ghost King standing three to four zhang tall, wearing a blood-colored magic robe, holding a huge Nine-tailed Ghost King Banner, marched ahead, clearing the way against the chilling wind.
Innumerable ghost soldiers subtly emerged from the Yellow Springs Ghost Road behind the ghost carriage, forming a massive black passage extending into the endless void, appearing to guard the enormous ghost carriage, displaying an existence akin to an array.
Zheng Yi watched this scene with satisfaction, slightly amazed. Indeed, the Creation Technique left by the Nascent Soul Stage ancestor exceeded his expectations in its final manifestation.
Even as the master of the ghost carriage, standing at the front, looking at the terrifying scene of gigantic creatures, he felt an overwhelming sense of oppression both physically and in his divine soul.
This impact was enough to make ordinary mortals’ hearts and livers shatter, directly scattering their souls.
This scene was exactly like the Ghost Emperor on a tour, making all living beings shrink back in fear.
The four towering Ghost Kings lifted the gigantic white bone and blood-colored palanquin high.
And in front of the White Bone Palanquin stood a towering Blood Robe Ghost King, three to four zhang tall, holding the Nine-tailed Ghost King Banner, leading the way along the uncanny path, as if carving out an ancient Yellow Springs Road.
Just by standing there, the Five Ghosts Soul Lifting Palanquin seemed mountainous and abyssal, its terrifying dark aura standing there, already unimaginable.
Like a mountain-like terrifying pressure, it shook the entire sky.
The Ghost Nurturing Gourd, having followed Zheng Yi for so long, benefited greatly when he advanced to the Purple Mansion Stage, as a lifebound magical treasure.
Over the years, with the Soul Hall’s expansion and Fengdu City’s continual growth, innumerable Evil Ghost Nests were uprooted. Aside from a portion harvested as resources, most ended up in Zheng Yi’s hands, nourishing the Ghost Nurturing Gourd space.
As the suppressive artifact within, it was also Zheng Yi’s lifebound magical artifact during the Qi Cultivation Stage, the Soul-Catching Banner absorbed countless ghostly origins, eventually transforming into the Nine-tailed Ghost King Banner, wielded by the equally empowered Blood Robe Ghost King.
Today, the Nine-tailed Ghost King Banner bears no resemblance to before; it has undergone significant changes in appearance, now covered densely with runes that resemble ghostly talismans but are actually ancient and profound ghost artifact runes, evolved from the essence of ten thousand ghosts.
From beneath the banner’s surface, nine white tails resembling jade or bone extended, slowly waving in the chilling wind, like flowing ribbons or long spears, their spearheads emitting a penetrating chill.
With the elevation of Zheng Yi’s realm, the Soul-Catching Banner devoured a large amount of Fierce Ghosts, obtaining unimaginable benefits, elevating its level to an unprecedented stage, surpassing its original design, transforming into a soul artifact.
The tangible yin energy, like flowing black mist, surged as if alive, potentially unleashing suffocatingly terrifying power with its sharp tails at any moment.
After several evolutions, the Blood Robe Ghost King, as the Sovereign of the first layer of the Hell Space within the Ghost Nurturing Gourd’s Eighteen Layers of Hell, has reached nearly the level of the Purple Mansion Stage. With the aid of the Nine-tailed Ghost King Banner, it can inflict harm even on Purple Mansion Cultivators if caught off guard.
They may even be bewildered, manipulated, gnawed by ten thousand ghosts, and meet downfall in unexpected ways.
Under the Five Ghosts Soul Lifting Palanquin, the Four Great Ghost Kings lined up, were victors in the Ghost Nurturing Gourd’s Eighteen Layers of Hell Space over the years, devouring the power of ten thousand ghosts, and emerged as dominant Ghost King Sovereigns.
Their essence had long fused with the Ghost Nurturing Gourd, becoming part of its Eighteen Layers of Hell, with no likelihood of betraying Zheng Yi, the artifact master, belonging to his controllable force.
The One-Horned Ghost King, Strong Ghost King, Golden-Eyed Ghost King, and Soul-Catching Ghost King, each reaching nearly three zhang in height, each bearing one of the four main shafts of the ghost palanquin, raising the Five Ghosts Soul Lifting Palanquin high, appearing exceedingly mighty and majestic.
Just standing there, it gave the impression that the mountains might collapse at any moment under the pressure.
