Chapter 55: Gloomy Blue Storm

  "Sour mouth." Ting Yanyan gave him a sideways glance and hummed softly: "Easy for you to say, go if you dare."

  "Alright, but Master Sister, you have to give me the Array. Lei Dong responded nonchalantly and seemed to think of something, asking: "Master Sister, do you say we drive him away or finish him off? His set of magic tools looks pretty good..."

  Below, Baili Yun's chest tightened, almost spitting out a mouthful of blood. Those two seemed to be too careless about themselves, starting to discuss the matter of killing and stealing right in front of him. For a moment, he was distracted and nearly got pounced on by the injured Soul-Devouring Shadow Tiger, hastily opening his Ghostly Shadow Escape technique, making his body even more unstable. After calming down, he shouted towards the sky: "Ding Shijie, it's been half a year since we last met, your demeanor is even more impressive than before! And that other Shixiong, what should I call you? I am Bai Gu Feng..."

  A sudden movement made him glance down, and an unhappy hum interrupted him: "Don't try to get familiar with me, I don't know you, what's with this 'master sister' and 'master brother' nonsense? Do you know where this place is? This is the Wan Gui Ku Yin Feng Xia Gou, Bai Gu Feng. Heh heh, do you know that you've crossed the boundary?"

  Baili Yun's heart was seething with anger, but he didn't dare to provoke that arrogant little brat at this time. He could only swallow his pride and blood, gritting his teeth in silence. On the surface, he pretended to apologize, "Yes, yes, I know I was wrong this time. Why don't we just give this Soul-Devouring Shadow Tiger to this senior brother? Let's all be friends from now on." But in his heart, he was secretly thinking that it was fortunate that they were at least a few miles away from the Shadow Tiger's breeding grounds. He could still go back and get the Shadow Tiger cubs later, which would definitely be worth more than this adult Shadow Tiger. However, in his heart, he had already developed a deep-seated hatred for Lei Dong.

  "Hmm, it seems that this sentence is more like human language." Lei Dong seemed to be very pleased and carelessly drove the evil spirit banner downwards.

  At the same time, two ghostly soldiers emerged from a dark fog, their bodies agile and swift as they pressed towards the shadowy tiger.

  Witnessing this scene, he leaned in to take a closer look and found that Lei Dong was only a sixth-level cultivator. A hint of malice flashed in his eyes. Although the two seventh-level ghostly guards seemed formidable, they didn't intimidate him much. However, when he glanced over at Ding Yuanyan floating in mid-air, staring intently at him, he lost the courage to kill. He could only silently curse in his heart, "This kid is really relying on others' power, using someone else's prestige." If Ding Yuanyan weren't present, he would have definitely annihilated Lei Dong without hesitation.

  "Whoosh!" A semi-transparent, dark-colored bead shot out at incredible speed towards Baili Yun. The distance between the two was no more than a dozen or so yards. And the direction the bead shot in was precisely the direction Baili Yun had dodged and weaved to avoid the Shadow Tiger's pounce.

  "Yin evil thunder?" Baili Yun's face changed greatly and he cried out in alarm.

  No place to hide from the hundred-mile cloud, directly struck by that dark and ominous thunder.

  A loud crash, the dark and gloomy aura mixed with the shattered fragments of the mysterious shield flying everywhere. A strange shield suddenly appeared in front of him, blocking the remaining power of the thunderbolt. However, even so, it still shocked Baiyun's face pale, and he angrily shouted: "You're despicable."

  But Lei Dong's response was a bloodthirsty, shrill cry as two seventh-level ghostly guards closed in on him. The shadowy ghostly guards quietly flanked him, preparing to sneak up behind him.

  Baili Yun was slightly inferior to Ding Wanyan in terms of progress. However, at this moment, he had already reached the tenth layer of the Refining Qi stage. The Shadow Ghost's stealth technique was extraordinary, but it couldn't escape his divine sense. With a flick of his finger, a twisted dark blue light pillar burst out and shot the Shadow Ghost through with a loud "pop".

  Fortunately, the ghost soldier had no physical body, so this blow hurt the shadow but couldn't directly knock it out. The forced appearance of the shadow didn't hide anymore and directly used its agile movement to sweep towards his back.

  Boom, bloodthirsty blade, shrill arrow. The relentless attack on Bailingyun, however, his law shield is not an ordinary object, although it's hard to resist, but one by one, he withstood it. At the same time, the Soul-Devouring Shadow Tiger, which had been tossed about for half a day, also let out a furious roar, and a pitch-black energy-distorted ball exploded on Bailingyun's law shield.

  Under the intense energy fluctuations, even with his excellent quality magic shield, it showed some slight cracks after being hit by a series of powerful and continuous attacks. A string of attacks left Ba Li Yun somewhat caught off guard, looking extremely flustered.

  "Hahaha."

  Lei Dong's face was gloomy and sinister, a black flag with various evil spirits and malevolent ghosts appeared in his hand, he pinched the spell, muttering to himself.

  In the black flag, a strip of fog-like ghostly energy surged out, almost in an instant. More than a hundred black ghosts flew and moved around the Wan Gui Flag with unusual agility. Although the number seemed small, when more than a hundred pitch-black ghosts like fog swirled around within a radius of several feet, they were already densely packed. The sharp, wailing, and terrifying ghostly howls rose and fell, making people's hair stand on end.

  "Ten thousand ghosts flag, still top grade."

  A hundred miles of cloud and fog are all on his head, secretly scolding this little devil as the illegitimate son of the Ten Thousand Ghosts' Old Devil?

  "Go~" With a loud rumble, the hundred ghosts' flags were pushed forward in unison, and instantly, the hundred ghosts let out a chilling howl, like a swarm of terrifying insects, as they surged forward in a dark, oppressive wave. The eerie wind dispersed in all directions. Although it was only the realm of a hundred ghosts emerging at once, even at first glance, the atmosphere was already extraordinary.

  What is referred to as the high-quality Million Ghost Flag is not simply a matter of increasing the number of ghosts that can be commanded. The same inferior ghost refined into a ghost soul, between the low-quality Million Ghost Flag and the high-quality Million Ghost Flag, the difference is very large, almost reaching an effect of about one time.

  At present, Baili Yun is barely able to cope with the three ghostly guards and the enraged Soul-Devouring Shadow Tiger surrounding him. With over a hundred more ghostly souls coming at him, he can't handle it for even a moment. The hundred or so ghostly souls let out shrill cries, originally in the form of dark misty fish-like clusters, suddenly grew sharp black fangs and claws, frantically tearing and scratching at the newly emerged Profound Yin Shield. In just a few breaths' time, the Profound Yin Shield began to dim and destabilize again, likely on the verge of shattering. Moreover, that strange-shaped magic shield was also on the verge of collapse under the intense assault, its surface covered in wounds.

  In a flurry, another ritual instrument was taken out, shaped like a gourd, with a dark red blood color all over its body, and on its surface were carved a large number of strange blood-colored patterns and texts.

  As he pinched his fingers together, a crimson mist began to spread outward. The ghosts that were working together to launch their attack let out ear-piercing screams of agony as they came into contact with the red mist, as if they had been scorched by fire. Their dark bodies contorted in pain, emitting waves of smoke.

  "Soul Eroding Blood Fog!"

  Lei Dong's face changed, he didn't expect this guy to have such a powerful artifact on him, and could actually release the Soul-Devouring Blood Fog. He hastily ordered the hundred ghosts to retreat from the range of the fog. This fog had an extraordinary killing effect on all kinds of souls, even human and demon beasts, specializing in corroding souls. Even if it was someone who had achieved great cultivation, if they inhaled a mouthful, that thing would stick to their soul and slowly dissolve and erode it away. Especially against low-level ghost souls, the killing power was enormous.

  Instead, the three seventh-level ghost soldiers and the brutal shadow tiger were not afraid. Although their bodies were emitting wisps of black smoke, they still surrounded him, shattering his law shield along with the mysterious yin shield.

  *pffft*

  The bloodthirsty ghost's violent slash landed on Baili Yun's chest, the blade entering his body by an inch, and fresh blood splattered everywhere. The injured Baili Yun let out a sorrowful and enraged roar, taking advantage of the hundred ghosts' retreat to flash his body backward repeatedly, creating residual shadows that seemed to be using the same technique as Leidong, Ghost Shadow Escape. However, his cultivation was higher than Leidong's, making him appear even swifter and more elusive.

  At the same time, Baili Yun's hands rapidly fired off one shot after another. The pale blue light columns of the Soul-Exterminating Finger exploded continuously towards the Ghost Soldiers and Shadow Tigers, as if forming a vast pale blue storm. This level of mastery in unleashing the Soul-Exterminating Finger far surpassed Zhou Minghua's original display in terms of power, speed, and quantity. Perhaps this was the true way to use the Soul-Exterminating Finger, rather than others' method of firing off one shot at a time.

  The Shadow Tiger, which was the first to bear the brunt, was hit by four dark blue light pillars and had already been seriously injured. The Shadow Tiger's demonic energy managed to block three of the attacks, but the fourth one directly hit its head, piercing through it. A mournful roar echoed out as it suddenly fell to the ground.

  Three ghostly soldiers also took in two or three fingers, although the ghostly soldiers did not have a real physical body, but being directly pierced by a bowl-sized hole on their bodies also added several points of injury.

  Baili Yun perhaps just wanted to block them, and immediately summoned a flying artifact that seemed to be refined from bones. Just as he was about to jump on it to escape, he heard Ding Yuanyan's icy voice: "Want to leave? It's not that easy."

  At one time, a fine and subtle aura of evil swept towards him, covering the sky and earth.