Chapter 22: Beheading the Old Ghost

  With the Tianling treasure sword in hand, I walked step by step with a devilish gait, rubbing and rubbing towards that old ghost. My heart was full of confidence, five days of special training had given me countless ways to kill in my mind. Although the opponent wasn't human, I wasn't afraid either. With the sword in hand, nothing under heaven could stop me, haha.

  "Go over there, while he can't get out from under the big tree, use the fastest speed to stab his head, if he's not dead, then come again, stab his heart. Yes, that's it, he must die." When I was still three steps away from the big tree, I had already made up my mind, killing this old devil would be my first step to success.

  "You think you can kill me with just this treasure sword?" The male ghost said disdainfully, seeing my confident expression.

  "Haha, you're a dead old man. With your current state, you can't even turn the sky upside down. Be good and let me send you to reincarnation, take my sword!" I sneered, the Tianling Sword quickly stabbed out, aiming at his head.

  "Hmmph!" But my sure-kill sword stroke ended up being a waste, as that old ghost transformed into a wisp of black smoke right in front of me and reappeared several meters away.

  "You, you, how can you leave the big tree?" Although it was only a few meters away from me, Lao Gui had clearly come out of the shade of the big tree, which shocked me greatly. My confidence was based on the fact that Lao Gui couldn't leave the big tree; if he could move around freely, I'd be screwed.

  "Idiot, look up!" Lan's voice, filled with discontent and frustration, came from behind me, causing my body to pause for a moment. I lifted my head to take a look, and oh my god, when did a black cloud appear above my head? Where's the sunshine? The sunset? Come out quickly!

  "Pffft, pffft, pffft" can't dispel the dark clouds, several sonic booms echoed through the air, turned around to take a look, damn it, that move again, the old ghost summoned a lot of branches and stones.

  "Bang, bang, bang", but now my reaction is much stronger than five days ago. These dense branches and stones were all knocked down one by one.

  "Haha, old ghost, show me what you've got, bring it on! I'll take it from here, haha. The first round counts as my win, and my confidence is back!"

  "Is that so, then you'd better enjoy it well." The old ghost smiled gloomily and his body suddenly transformed into black mist again. This time, however, he didn't transform into anything else, but instead allowed the black mist to spread continuously, quickly engulfing me.

  "Idiot, aren't you going to get out of the black fog's range? Do you want to die?" Seeing me not moving and letting the black fog surround me, Lan sister suddenly became anxious. She had seen foolish people before, but never one as foolish as this. This black fog was obviously Old Ghost's ultimate move.

  "The thought of retreating, it's too late." The old ghost's icy words came from all directions, making me realize that things were not going well. In fact, I didn't need Lan to remind me, but the moment that black fog approached, I knew I had overestimated myself. I wanted to leave, but a surge of pressure followed, making it difficult for me to move, as if I was stuck in the mud.

  "A" sound, a very dangerous feeling came rushing towards me. Without thinking, I directly swung out my treasured sword. This time the sword was like it had split open a bomb, emitting a loud explosive sound. A gust of air blew over, almost blowing me over.

  "Hmm, you can actually wield the power of the treasure sword. It seems you have some skills, but this alone won't be enough." The old ghost was also startled to see his dark energy being dispelled, and he could feel the sword energy emitted by the treasure sword. This feeling made him sense extreme danger, and he knew that if he had encountered a different Taoist today, he would have been finished. However, judging from the young man's movements in front of him, he knew this was absolutely not a Taoist, or at least just a novice among novices. This was his opportunity. As long as he took advantage of it and killed the man in front of him, the woman behind wouldn't be a threat either. Thinking of this, he suddenly came up with another plan, and with a wave of his hand, the dark energy condensed into needles, densely floating in mid-air.

  "Damn it, so many needles! This... this... Lan sister, what can I do? I... I won't be able to hold on!" Seeing the long needles emitting black light in the air, I suddenly gasped. Shit, how does this old ghost still have such a move? It's over, it's over, even if I react faster, I won't be able to block them! And that old ghost is still continuing to create more long needles, if hundreds more come, I'm done for."

  "Can't hold on, still have to hold on, he's done with this one, hold on and live, can't hold on, die." Hearing the cry for help, Lan sister immediately pulled out her pistol, but the next moment, I steeled myself and said coldly that for the endless pursuit that would follow, this bit of danger was negligible. If you can't even get through this little difficulty, then you'll just die here.

  "Damn it, damn it, you're really ruthless!" I cursed in my heart when I heard Lan's answer, but my movements didn't slow down at all. I immediately moved the backpack from behind me to the front and put on the Taoist robe inside. The robe was so thick that it must be able to block some of the long needles.

  Facing danger, I am not a person who waits to be killed. Although some defensive measures have been taken, offense is the best defense. I thought of the "Killing Ghost" technique from the "True Scripture of the Sword", and tried to use it, but unfortunately, I haven't even memorized the hand seals and mental methods, so I couldn't use it, and could only draw my sword and charge forward directly.

  "Kill, kill, kill!" I shouted to myself, trying to pump myself up, stretching out my hand to continuously pick off the old ghost's condensed long needles. But unfortunately, there were just too many of them now, at least over a hundred, and it was impossible to pick them all off in one go. Moreover, the old ghost had already finished charging up his move, and under his command, over a hundred long needles shot towards me with incredible speed.

  "Ah!" Even if I moved faster, I still watched in horror as the long needle stabbed towards me, and subconsciously let out a miserable cry.

  "Huh, nothing, it seems not to work" One second later, I didn't feel any pain, looked down and saw that the Taoist robe emitted a blue light. "Puff, puff, puff", the long needles kept stabbing at the robe, but those needles disappeared as soon as they touched the blue light of the robe.

  "It's really a good treasure, haha. Seeing the Taoist robe take effect, I feel at ease in my heart. With this treasure, what am I afraid of?"

  "Old ghost, what other tricks do you have up your sleeve? Bring it on, I'm ready for you!" I shouted at the old ghost with unbridled enthusiasm.

  "Hmph" The old ghost's response was a cold hum, actually he had already been stunned when he saw the Taoist robe on me. Others didn't know what the Taoist robe was, but he did, it was a treasure of the cultivation world, especially for the Tian Shi sect, they had spent countless efforts to find this robe, but unexpectedly it appeared here, how did this little brat get such good luck? This treasure actually fell into his hands.

  "The" old ghost swung his big hand, and the remaining long needles all flew towards my face. Heh heh, how formidable is your Taoist robe? Your face and hands and feet can't be wrapped up after all.

  "Wipe your face, you're really shameless!" Seeing the long needle coming towards my face, I suddenly cursed out loud. As the saying goes, "don't hit someone in the face", this is a rule, and what you're doing is immoral!

  But it was clear that the big scolding was useless, and even if I used a treasured sword to block it, I still quickly fell into its trap. The long needle entered my body and immediately disappeared without a trace, while my face not only stung for a moment, but in the next instant, I felt a chill rush straight to my heart, making my whole body feel numb. Although that chill dissipated halfway, I was still frightened.

  What the hell is this, it's so fierce. Without saying another word, I immediately pulled up my Taoist robe to cover my face. Damn, fortunately, this robe is in a long style, it's long enough. If it were made into modern short sleeves, that would be terrible.

  The long gown covered his entire body, and the long needles were apparently useless. The old ghost quickly revealed its true form and summoned a stone to launch a sneak attack. However, the old ghost was also suffering at this time, as the long needles had consumed most of its yin energy. Its body shape had become much darker, and even the dark clouds in mid-air could no longer be supported. The dark clouds became a thin layer, and sunlight began to shine through.

  "Ahh" A wisp of sunlight shone down, and the old ghost's body immediately emitted a puff of green smoke. Although it was sunset, the yang energy contained in the sunlight was not something he could resist at this time. Subconsciously, he wanted to run under the shade of the tree.

  Bang! At this moment, a gunshot rang out, and the old devil also let out a miserable cry. The bullet hit him in the body, creating a hole that was not fatal but definitely seriously injured.

  "What's still dazing about? Stop him from going back under the tree, he can't hold on" As I heard the gunshot, I stuck my head out, but was met with a loud scolding from Lan Jie.

  I'm a bit embarrassed, I really don't have much experience fighting enemies. If Lan Jie were here with my current equipment, she would definitely be able to easily take down the old ghost.

  As soon as Lan Jie shouted, I immediately looked at Lao Gui. At this time, Lao Gui was wailing miserably. Lan Jie's one shot almost made his belly disappear. Although he is slowly coming together now, every time he comes together a bit, his body becomes more transparent. The yin energy on his body is really being consumed quickly.

  "Go die!" Beating a fallen dog is the most enjoyable thing, without saying another word I rushed up and chopped off the old devil's limbs with brush, brush, brush. Originally wanted to say something domineering, but at this time the dark cloud on my head had completely dissipated, the last rays of sunset shone entirely on the old devil's body, the old devil's body turned into a wisp of green smoke along with his mournful scream, blown away by the wind, disappearing without a trace.

  "Don't look anymore, his soul has scattered" Lan sister left a sentence and turned back into the cave.

  "Hmm, okay" So this is what they mean by "soul flying and scattering", I thought it would be more spectacular.

  "Lan sister, Lan sister, the old devil has been dealt with, let's head down the mountain!" I yelled to Lan sister. Damn it, my stomach is so hungry, fighting really takes a lot of energy!

  "The sky has already darkened, it's too dangerous to go down the mountain now, let's go tomorrow." Lan sister looked up at the sky, which had started to darken, and the sunset was only a little left. In less than an hour, the sky would be completely dark, and from here to the nearest town at the foot of the mountain, it would take three hours. It is absolutely dangerous to rush on the mountain when it's dark.

  "Oh, okay, let's wait for one more night." Lan Jie didn't leave and I wasn't in a hurry either. Besides, it was indeed dangerous in these mountains, just like the old ghost we just encountered. If another one were to pop out while running, I wouldn't be confident of winning, especially when thinking about those ghosts having many moves like "Ghostly Wall" that didn't work on me. I still don't have confidence and feel like it was a miracle that I could kill that old ghost.

  But thinking again, I have had quite a few miracles on my body. Five days ago, I didn't know if I was possessed by the devil or not, and I went up the mountain in the dark. Now that I think about it, it's really frightening, especially this old ghost. I dare to say that he discovered me early on, but only appeared after I took out the treasure from the cave, thinking that I was too weak. However, what he didn't expect was that Kou Qianzhi's treasure was too powerful, not only did it increase my agility several times, but also gave me a Taoist robe that can ward off yin energy.

  "Gurgle, gurgle, gurgle" As soon as I entered the cave, my stomach made a shameful noise, making my face turn red. Damn it, how embarrassing!

  "I'm going hunting, give me the treasured sword" Hearing my stomach growl, Lan sister suddenly laughed, but she was behind me, so I couldn't see her at all. When she turned around, she had that icy expression again.

  "I'll go too." Although I handed over the treasure sword, I was also itching to move, hunting ah, so many TV must-haves scenes, how many protagonists have had strange encounters while hunting, either bumping into a girl being chased by someone or picking up some treasure, thinking about it now, I'm actually a bit excited.

  "It's okay, you stay and watch the house," but Lan Jie's words immediately dashed my hopes.

  "Okay." I felt a bit down, but not angry or dissatisfied. I don't know why, but with Lan Jie, I always trusted her completely and never had any doubts about her.

  "Aunt Lan nodded and turned around to leave."

  "Idiot, hunting is a dangerous and highly technical job." Lan sister turned back to take a look at him, saying in her heart.