Enlightenment: Beginning as a Disposable Warrior

This technique greatly depletes the user’s mind and soul. After using it, one must endure the backlash of the Imprisoned Wandering Souls, along with significant risk of possession and even devouring the master.

Moreover, cultivating this technique subtly distorts the cultivator’s temperament, though often the cultivator remains oblivious to this change, much like how Gongsun Xin now appears utterly different from several years ago.

Over the years, Gongsun Xin has used this technique to imprison thousands of wandering souls, most of them were souls of those who died during the refinement of Human Pills.

At this moment, Gongsun Xin’s eyes are bloodshot. This Wraith General, formed from the aggregation of thousands of wandering souls, is his greatest ace, only having taken shape last year. Using it now is exceedingly risky with high chances of devouring the master, and he attributes all his resentment to Su Mu.

"It’s all because you forced me, after your death I will extract your three souls and seven spirits, ensuring you become part of the banner of wandering souls, die!"

"Boom!"

With the utterance of the word ’die’, the colossal Wraith General, standing over ten feet tall, wielded a black Beheading Saber, causing the sky to issue a sharp, wrathful howl. An eerie gale rose abruptly on the field as the saber sliced swiftly towards Su Mu.

Though startled by Gongsun Xin’s bizarre Dharma Gate, Su Mu’s power within his body remains at about seventy percent, with the mighty Pill Force coursing through every vein, emboldening him to fearlessly engage in battle.

No matter whether human or ghost, whether demon or devil, if it’s a living thing, I’ll smash it to pieces!

"Come!"

With a roar, Su Mu unleashed his power, his fists clenched tight with fingers resembling lightning, standing steadfast against the blade of the Wraith General. His fists swept forward, bursting forth with thunderous flashes of Silver Snake.

"Rumble!"

The disparity in size is immense, akin to a battle between a giant and a dwarf, a tangible and an intangible presence clashing fiercely, far away Zhao Qing rubbed his eyes vigorously, utterly unable to believe what he was seeing.

He saw Su Mu seem to hurl punches at a non-existent enemy, yet the ground exploded suddenly with deafening blasts.

The ground trembled with the disaster, as Zhao Qing’s pupils contracted sharply, witnessing the bricks beneath Su Mu and Gongsun Xin’s feet shatter and collapse inch by inch, the ground stained with blood splashed up to ten feet high, transforming into a sky-covering blood veil, as flesh flew wildly amid their furious battle.

Roar!

A peculiar scream, indistinct and unidentifiable as male or female, young or old, erupted in the field, with Gongsun Xin’s face showing incredulity yet draped in murderous intent.

"You, you can actually see the Wraith General?!"

The massive Beheading Saber dragged along, emitting a piercing hum, amidst the roars of thousands of wandering souls, a saber fell once more, the gale surged, and Su Mu launched his fists with indifference yet again.

"Boom!"

Yet another thunderous explosion echoed, as a figure flew backward from the curtain of blood.

Su Mu stabilized himself, shattering the bricks beneath his feet with successive steps, casually wiping the blood from his mouth corner. Extracting his feet from the pit, his palms erupted with power, drawing the nearby Flame Spear into his hand, feeling the blood within his body boiling completely, Su Mu’s eyes gleamed with intense battle intent.

"So what if you hold a long spear... Die!"

The Wraith General maneuvered by Gongsun Xin roared to the sky, his helmet transforming into the previous man holding the Fine Iron Whistle Stick, whose face contorted viciously upon seeing Su Mu, wishing desperately to devour his flesh and drink his blood.

"A defeated opponent, alive you were not my match, in death how dare you act ferociously before me?!"

Holding the Red Flame Spear, Su Mu scoffed, with a deep breath, his heart below the chest resonating like a war drum, igniting the Fire Sparrow Pattern on his palm.

"Chromatic!"

A piercing bird’s cry and Tiger Roar intermingled transparently.

Su Mu’s arms displayed vivid Fire Sparrow Patterns flowing, attracting the surrounding Fire Spiritual Qi from heaven and earth, forming flaming feathers.

Simultaneously, an equally blazing golden light surged within the flesh, manifesting the Tiger Roar Golden Bell upon the body’s surface, with jade-sculpted powerful bones emitting blue brilliance, swiftly permeating the entire body.

Profound Demon Five Transformations: Fire Sparrow Transformation!

Molten Fire Golden Body!

Jade Bone State!

For the first time, Su Mu activated three major lethal moves simultaneously, feeling the seemingly infinite Divine Power rushing from every bit of flesh and blood.

"Come, continue!"

The Red Flame Spear in Su Mu’s hand burst out with a foot of crimson flame, moving forward unyieldingly towards the near-in-tall Wraith General.

"Crack!"

The battlefield’s center, the entire manor began shaking, trembling with the aftermath of their fierce engagement transforming into formidable gales; cracks appeared on wooden pillars, roof tiles shattered and flew, while walls at the manor’s entrance kicked open by Su Mu earlier collapsed with a thunderous crash.

"Is it an earthquake happening?"

Yan Xiaolan outside the manor clung tightly to her long saber, profoundly shaken by the formidable power emanating from within the manor, even though reason dictates it might be Elder Lin’s battle causing it, yet she couldn’t help blurting out a doubt about an earthquake occurring.

"No, impossible, my Wraith General, even just forming, contains the power of thousands of wandering souls, what kind of Martial Arts is this?!"

Gongsun Xin inside the Wraith General gasped heavily, the horrific battle causing blood to gush from his orifices, facing a stance bearing the power of thousands of wandering souls within the General, yet Su Mu did not inch backward.

Especially the damned flames inducing intense dread within the Wraith General, terrifying Gongsun Xin as those flames are evidently not the Fire Attribute Power a Sixth-Grade Martial Artist can cultivate, but some other kind of exceedingly terrifying Fire Force.

Moreover, the strength of the person in front seems inexhaustible, endlessly pouring out, routinely exceeding tens of thousands of pounds of force, such a dreadful opponent Gongsun Xin never encountered before.