Chapter 571 - 277: Slaying Two Organ Refiners
A dragon’s cry rose!
The wild, domineering aura of the Rising Dragon Realm erupted, shattering the void as wind and thunder roiled. An incomparably terrifying, immense force carried a tyrannical pressure that threatened to crush everything in its path.
Like snapping dry twigs, it shattered the blood-colored mist condensed from the Second Layer of the Yin Evil Realm and surged toward Ghostly Wound!
Ghostly Wound was horrified. He unleashed all of his body’s Qi Blood Power without reservation, his surging Primordial Gang True Force pulsing violently as he blasted it forward.
The ferocious energy radiating from his Primordial Gang True Force made the very void tremble!
But it was completely unable to block the might of the Rising Dragon Realm’s aura!
BOOM!
Amidst a deafening roar, the Primordial Gang True Force that Ghostly Wound had unleashed with all his might was effortlessly shattered!
A sense of fatal crisis washed over him. Ghostly Wound quickly pulled out a Blood-Colored Jade Token, forcibly gathering what little Primordial Gang True Force he had left and pouring it inside.
The Blood-Colored Jade Token suddenly erupted with an incomparably dense, dark ink-like light, transforming into a massive shield that enveloped him!
It all happened in the blink of an eye!
The aura of the Rising Dragon Realm slammed into the Dark Ink Shield, causing a violent explosion!
The aura of the Rising Dragon Realm finally dissipated.
Meanwhile, amid a series of cracking sounds, spiderweb-like fissures spread across the Dark Ink Shield before it shattered completely.
Ghostly Wound’s figure moved like a phantom; he had already used the rebound force to rocket dozens of feet away.
His Qi and blood were already in decay. He had relied on a Secret Technique to maintain his condition at the Peak of Perfection of the Organ Refining Realm, his Qi and blood reserves even more potent than a Perfect Martial Artist of the Organ Refining Realm in their prime. But after unleashing all his Qi Blood Power, that Secret Technique could no longer be sustained.
Now, his Qi and blood were unstable, and his overall strength had plummeted by thirty to forty percent, leaving him merely on par with an ordinary Perfect Martial Artist of the Organ Refining Realm.
And Chen Cheng had done it all in a single move!
In fact, if Ghostly Wound hadn’t used his life-saving Blood Evil Treasure Artifact at the last second, he would have been blasted to smithereens by that single punch, killed instantly!
’This kid... what kind of monster is he?!’
The thought had barely formed in Ghostly Wound’s mind when he was struck by an overwhelming sense of mortal danger!
The dragon’s cry rose again!
Chen Cheng’s figure became a streak of light, already charging toward him at extreme speed.
How could Ghostly Wound dare to fight back? He forcibly stimulated his Qi Blood Power, pushed his Primordial Gang True Force to its absolute limit, and fled frantically into the distance.
As he fled, he didn’t forget to pull a pitch-black, several-inch-long Short Spear from his robes, infuse it with Primordial Gang True Force, and fling it wildly behind him!
This Short Spear had been refined for many years in a Land of Yin and Evil, and the Yin Evil Qi coating it was incredibly dense. It was one of Ghostly Wound’s ultimate, life-saving Treasure Artifacts!
The moment it was thrown, it erupted with streams of Yin Evil Qi that condensed into a ball of dark, ghostly light and shot toward Chen Cheng!
This dark, ghostly light was sinister and terrifying, carrying an extremely yin and evil corrosive power. It was several times stronger than the Second Layer of the Yin Evil Realm that Ghostly Wound had unleashed with his full strength.
But even after throwing the Short Spear, Ghostly Wound continued to flee for his life without a single backward glance!
He knew that the Chen Cheng before him was terrifyingly strong—truly an undefeatable foe!
Sensing the incredibly condensed Yin Evil Realm aura cloaking the short spear’s dark, ghostly light, Chen Cheng didn’t dare be careless and swiftly dodged to the side!
The dark, ghostly light seemed to possess Spirituality. It suddenly let out a piercing shriek, like the wail of a malevolent ghost, as it curved through the air to continue its pursuit of Chen Cheng!
A Treasure Artifact capable of Spirit Communication! This was clearly a Treasure Artifact at the Pseudo-Spiritual Artifact Level!
"Hmph!" Chen Cheng snorted. His figure moved like the wind as his Long Saber left its sheath in a vicious slash!
His Qingfeng Saber Intent struck the dark, ghostly light but was easily dissolved!
However, the trace of Spiritual Wisdom within the Short Spear was disrupted by the Qingfeng Saber Intent. It lost its lock on Chen Cheng and instantly detonated, releasing all of its Yin Evil Qi!
The Short Spear then fell to the ground.
Chen Cheng moved like a shooting star. With just a few leaps, he had closed the distance to within a hundred feet of Ghostly Wound!
Ghostly Wound glanced back hurriedly, and the sight scared him out of his wits. He hastily stimulated his Qi Blood Power, his Primordial Gang True Force surging as he pushed himself to flee even faster.
But Chen Cheng was as fast as the wind, still much quicker than him.
In this manner, they flew across the rooftops at high speed, one in pursuit and one in flight. Within a few breaths, they had already crossed two entire streets.
Not only had Ghostly Wound failed to shake Chen Cheng, but the gap had closed by several more yards. At this rate, he would be caught in moments!
’Just what kind of monster is this kid?!’
Ghostly Wound grew more and more frightened. ’I’ll be caught and cut down by Chen Cheng before I can even escape the Inner City,’ he thought.
To save his life, his only option was to risk everything and find a way to fight Chen Cheng to the death!
Ghostly Wound knew he had no chance of winning a one-on-one fight against Chen Cheng. But at this moment, with all of Linji City’s powerful experts out and about, the various family Ancestors were all holed up in their own territories.
Others might not have helpers, but Ghostly Wound did: the Wang Family Ancestor, Wang Xuanjiu.
The recent series of events in Linji City had, in fact, been a joint conspiracy between Ghostly Wound and Wang Xuanjiu.
Wang Xuanjiu was using Ghostly Wound’s hand to eliminate the Shen Family’s influence and strengthen the Wang Family. In return, Ghostly Wound could seize the opportunity to capture many Martial Dao experts to use as fertilizer for cultivating his Black Lotus.
Although Ghostly Wound was serving as the scapegoat, he was also profiting immensely. The experts from the Shen Family at the Bone Forging Realm and above were enough for him to find a quiet place to lie low, cultivate the Black Lotus, and refine it into Treasure Medicine.
Successfully executing this plan was not easy. After all, the Shen Family residence was heavily guarded by over a thousand people. Relying on the advantageous terrain, they could form various Battle Arrays powerful enough to contend with even a Perfect Martial Artist of the Organ Refining Realm.
Since Ghostly Wound’s goal was only to capture experts, he naturally wouldn’t choose to force his way in.
The best method was to first cause chaos in Linji City, then have Wang Xuanjiu and the Wang Family’s men help him from the shadows.