Chapter 9: The Black Ghost Spirit

  This is a real immortal, Chen P'an's heart is racing like a deer. Although he had seen his younger brother Chen Jun's master perform magic before, it was just a flash of movement and then they flew away, the shock it caused couldn't compare to this strange person. This strange person was obviously an evil sorcerer, how could he compare to the one in front of him?

  A figure in black robes floated out of the dust, calmly and quietly like autumn wind and morning dew. With a raise of his hand, divine lightning struck down, ghosts and demons fled in terror, smoke and flames extinguished. Chen Pan's eyes nearly popped out with golden light, almost jumping up to shout "idol"!

  As soon as the middle-aged man appeared, the strange person suddenly lost his voice and looked up at him with a puzzled expression. After a while, he said: "May I ask your origin..." As soon as the words fell, he suddenly threw the black cloth in his hand towards the middle-aged man and turned around to run away without any hesitation.

  Although no one was in control, the black cloth banner still emitted a terrifying aura, and countless ghosts and evil spirits rushed over. The middle-aged man was about to answer the strange person's question, but seeing this, he didn't know if his opponent wanted to escape or not. Calmly raising his hand, a bolt of lightning struck the black cloth banner, which immediately let out a mournful howl, but instead of stopping, it became even more terrifying.

  "Magic artifact!" The middle-aged man furrowed his brow: "I didn't think that a small demon like you could possess such a treasure, and I don't know where you stole it from. But with just this, you think you can escape? You're still too naive." Just now, the strange person said that Tang Gu's disciple was naive, but he didn't expect that the tables would be turned and the same words would be used against him.

  The middle-aged man finished speaking, raised his hand and took out a jade seal the size of a palm. Although the jade seal was small, its momentum was not weak at all. The black cloth banner wrapped around it with threads of lightning struck against the black cloth banner. The black cloth banner did not retreat, and rushed forward with rolling black fog. The two treasures entwined together, with rumbling thunder, and a fierce aura that shook the sky.

  The jade seal wrapped around the black cloth banner, and the middle-aged man directly chased after the strange person. The strange person was as strong as a heavenly being to Chen Pong, but compared to this middle-aged man, he was much weaker, and was caught up in just a few breaths.

  The middle-aged man was straightforward and slapped a palm mixed with lightning towards the strange man's head, if this slap landed, the strange man's brain would either burst or die directly.

  That strange person, as soon as he saw the danger, immediately raised his hand and threw out an oil-paper umbrella. The oil-paper umbrella carried a cold and gloomy aura. The middle-aged man slapped his palm on the oil-paper umbrella, but was actually blocked and retreated several steps back.

  "Top-grade immortal artifact, good fellow, it seems that you, this demon, have an extraordinary background!" The middle-aged man was quite surprised.

  That strange man saved a life, no longer running away but instead turned around and ran back, then raised his hand to retrieve the black cloth banner, and wrapped the oil paper umbrella around that square jade seal.

  "But to kill a few ants, you actually dare to deceive me. Don't think I'm afraid of you, let me show you the power of the Wan Soul Thousand Ghost Flag." This strange person probably felt that his speed was completely inferior to his opponent's, and escaping was not an option, so he decided to fight back, maybe there was still a glimmer of hope for survival.

  That middle-aged man immediately flew into a rage upon hearing the strange person's words: "I had only thought you were an ordinary demon, but I hadn't expected that you would also be refining such a harmful thing. Today, no one can save you." It seemed he knew that the method of refining the black cloth banner required a large number of living souls.

  That strange man let out a strange laugh: "Who lives and who dies is not yet clear, don't speak too early and get tongue-tied. Ghost spirit, come out!" Along with a loud shout, a huge black shadow flew out from the black cloth banner and hovered in mid-air. Chen P'an took a closer look and saw that it was a giant ghost, different from the previous ghosts. This giant ghost was wearing full-body black armor, holding a long spear in its hand, giving off an intimidating aura, making people feel even more powerful than the middle-aged man.

  "This banner has actually gathered the vengeful spirits, you beast have already killed ten million lives, today I will let you reap what you have sown. Jade Clear Heavenly Thunder Formation, activate!" The vengeful spirit was powerful, but the middle-aged man showed no fear, raising his hand as nine purple flags descended from the sky and were planted in the ground, surrounding the vengeful spirit.

  "Jade Clear Immortal Thunder, Heavenly Net!" The middle-aged man's hands quickly formed a seal, and the nine small purple flags instantly released a large amount of blue lightning that shot up into the sky, forming an electric net-like wall that surrounded the ghost spirits.

  "Yu Qing Xian Lei, exterminate the evil!" The middle-aged man shouted, and a large amount of divine thunder shot out from the wall of thunder, rolling towards the ghost spirit. It looked extremely terrifying, but the ghost spirit seemed to be unaffected, standing still as the thunder struck its body without causing any damage.

  "The...". The middle-aged man looked very surprised.

  That strange man burst into loud laughter: "Do you think this is an ordinary ghost? My original ghost was formed from the souls of 10,000 barbarian warriors who died in battle, and then swallowed more than 90,000 living spirits to become like this. This is a true war soul ghost, how can your Jade Clear Divine Thunder withstand it? If you weren't trying to take my life, why would I have exhausted my energy to summon him? Ghost, kill him for me."

  That ghostly spirit received the command, swept its black long spear in its hand, and the formation of nine purple small flags was instantly broken. Then, with a long spear thrust, it brought boundless murderous energy to stab at the middle-aged man.

  "Divine Thunder Shield! Jade Clear Immortal Thunder, Heavenly Punishment!" The middle-aged man immediately took out a purple square shield to block the long spear, and at the same time, he raised his right hand, and a bolt of lightning about half a meter thick struck down from the sky. The purple square shield blocked the long spear, and the massive lightning also directly hit the ghost spirit.

  The power of the thunder was terrifying, and even the giant body of the ghost spirit trembled slightly. However, it only trembled for a moment, and the ghost spirit immediately knocked the purple square shield into the air with one shot, took a step forward, and swung its long spear in a half-moon arc towards the middle-aged man. Despite the middle-aged man's quick reaction and rapid retreat, his hair was still cut off by the spearhead's aura.

  "Haha, kill me! Although it's a great loss of vitality for me, as long as I can turn you into a Blood Dan, this little damage is nothing!" The strange man saw Gui Ling's effective strike and burst out laughing wildly.

  Chen Pan looked down with great anxiety, never expecting the black cloth to be so powerful. The middle-aged man looked precarious. If the middle-aged man lost, he would have no hope of escaping. He was tightly bound by the rope and his whole body was soft and weak, unable to help in any way.

  That ghostly strike missed the middle-aged man, and immediately another spear thrust went forward. The middle-aged man hastily dodged, unable to counterattack. One attack, one dodge, and in a short while, hundreds of moves had passed.

  The middle-aged man finally vented his anger, suddenly retreating far away, then took out a piece of yellow jade, spat a mouthful of fresh blood on it, muttered to himself, and shouted loudly: "Upper Clear Immortal Thunder, Zi Xiao!"

  A massive purple lightning bolt, like a proud dragon emerging from the sea, descended from outside the nine heavens and struck the black ghost spirit that was chasing after it. This lightning bolt had clearly used the middle-aged man's true primordial energy, its power was terrifying. The ghost spirit let out a shrill cry, gradually faded away, then suddenly returned to the black cloth banner.