Chapter 48
Chapter 48
Chapter 48: Blood Battle with the Old Daoist Priest
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
Nearly a hundred ghosts bared their fangs and brandished their claws as they lunged towards Zhang Chen.
Zhang Chen wielded the Mad Blood Saber and swung it.
With the enhancement of magic power, the Mad Blood Saber Technique could also slash out saber beams.
The saber beam slashed across, and several ghosts screamed and dissipated into black smoke.
The other ghosts took the opportunity to surround Zhang Chen, wanting to pounce on him.
Under the effect of the Mad Blood Blade, Zhang Chen’s spellcasting speed was very fast. He continuously used Light Body Technique, Blood Burst Technique, and separated himself from the encirclement of the ghosts.
Immediately after, swung his blade again, targeting a ninth-level Qi Refinement ghost.
The saber beam slashed at the ghost at the ninth level of Qi Refinement. Although it did not kill it, it also became illusory and unstable, looking like it could collapse at any time.
Unexpectedly, under the influence of the madness, this ghost began to go crazy and attack the other ghosts.
Seeing this, Zhang Chen’s eyes lit up. He swung his saber at the other four ghosts at the ninth level of Qi Refinement.
Although there were many ghosts, only these five ghosts at the ninth level of Qi Refinement were a threat to him.
Ghosts already had confused thoughts and little rationality. It was easy for them to become crazy under the influence of madness.
After a few strikes, the other four ghosts also began to go mad and fight amongst themselves.
The Daoist priest’s heart ached as he watched the ghosts dissipate. He had painstakingly nurtured and collected these ghosts.
This can’t go on!
He originally thought that he could easily deal with Zhang Chen, but he didn’t expect Zhang Chen to not only have some restraint over ghosts with his spells, but also had extraordinary speed, making it difficult for the ghosts to approach him.
“Netherworld Ghost Hand!”
The Taoist reached out his hand, and a giant hand made of Yin energy materialized out of thin air, grabbing towards Zhang Chen.
Blood Burst Technique!
Zhang Chen dodged the huge palm and continued to use his speed advantage to move around and kill ghosts.
For cultivators who controlled ghosts, without ghosts, they were like tigers without teeth.
Seeing that the Netherworld Ghost Hand was useless, the Daoist priest slapped the ground and injected a large amount of Yin energy into the ground.
“Boom, boom, boom…’
One after another, decaying pale ghost hands emerged from the soil, covering the ground like a forest of sea anemones.
Zhang Chen did not expect ghost hands to emerge from the ground, and since he did not know levitation spells, his legs were firmly caught.
Just as he was about to cut off these ghost hands with his blade, the Daoist priest smirked and waved his small banner, saying, “Go!” The ghosts’ eyes turned red, and their speed increased dramatically.
Oh no, its too late!
Blood Armor Technique!
Red blood armor appeared and wrapped around Zhang Chen’s body.
The ghosts pounced on Zhang Chen, but it was like hitting a wall; they bounced off and some weaker ghosts even shattered their own bodies.
Seeing this, the Daoist Priest’s smile froze.
Zhang Chen did not hesitate. He used Blood Burst Technique to enhance his arms, swung his sword several times, first cutting off the ghost hands on the ground, and then breaking out of the ghosts’ encirclement.
“You also have defensive spells. I admit that I underestimated you, but you’re only at the Foundation Establishment Stage. Your consciousness hasn’t been transformed into divine consciousness yet. Let’s see how you defend against this!”
The Daoist priest’s divine consciousness detached his body and surged into Zhang Chen’s mind.
The battle between minds was extremely dangerous. Light injuries could cause headaches, mental fatigue, and memory loss, while serious injuries could cause the soul to perish.
Moreover, injuries to the mind were difficult to heal.
“You actually practice a spell that strengthens your mind!”
After the Daoist priest’s divine consciousness entered Zhang Chen’s mind, he found that Zhang Chen’s consciousness was as solid as a rock and couldn’t be shaken.
Unless he was willing to disregard the consumption and suffer a two-way injury.
This was naturally the credit of the Divine Forging Technique.
Although Zhang Chen’s will hadn’t been transformed into divine consciousness, the intensity of it was comparable to divine consciousness under the Divine Forging Technique.
Looking at the Daoist priest’s divine consciousness in his mind, Zhang Chen had a sudden inspiration; he activated the Divine Forging Technique and conjured a hammer to strike it down in his mind.
The Daoist priest screamed and almost lost his grip on the Hundred Ghosts Banner.
In his mind, Zhang Chen controlled the hammer and was preparing to strike agam.
The Daoist priest quickly withdrew his divine sense.
Defeated once again, the Daoist priest stared at Zhang Chen with a vicious expression, gritting his teeth as if he wan ted to eat Zhang Chen alive.
“Good, very good”
As he spoke, the Daoist priest injected a large amount of Yin energy into the
Hundred Ghosts Banner, shouting, “Hundred Ghosts Fusion!”
The ghosts stopped what they were doing, huddled together, and quickly fused together.
Soon, a tall and burly ghost general with a green face and fangs appeared in front of Zhang Chen. He was wearing tattered armor, wielded a large sword, and emitted the aura of a Foundation Establishment stage cultivator.
The biggest difference between a Foundation Establishment stage ghost and a Qi Refinement stage ghost was that the former had a physical body.
“Kill! ”
The ghost general was like a real general, raising his saber and charging towards Zhang Chen.
The blade was entwined with resentful souls and emitted black Qi, making it comparable to a low-level magic weapon.
Blood Burst Technique!
After the bloody afterimage, Zhang Chen also charged towards the ghost general.
“Ding! ”
When the two sabers collided, not only did the Ghost General react quickly, but he also managed to block the strike without being affected by the madness.
Would the tenfold speed be enough to strike through?
With the Blood Burst Technique augmenting his arm, Zhang Chen slashed again.
“Thud…
This time, the ghost general failed to react in time, and his large head was severed.
However, the ghost general did not fall; instead, his headless body struck back with a reverse swing.
Zhang Chen was startled and quickly stepped back to dodge the attack.
The severed head flew up from the ground and landed back on the ghost general’s neck. The ghost general’s neck quickly regenerated, as if it had never been cut off.
He was an inanimate object to begin with. It didn’t matter if he had a head or not. As long as it had enough Yin energy, it wouldn’t die with or without its head.
The ghost general twisted its neck, took a step forward, and continued to attack Zhang Chen.
Blood Burst Technique, tenfold speed!
Zhang Chen continuously attacked the ghost general, cutting off its limbs and body parts.
However, the severed parts would quickly fly back and reattach themselves, fully restored.
But the ghost general was not unscathed; every time it restored itself, it would consume a large amount of Yin energy.
The armor on the ghost general’s body looked ragged, but it was actually extremely tough and could not be broken by a single strike.
Although the ghost general was constantly getting hit, the Daoist priest was not worried because he was trying to outlast Zhang Chen.
He was a true Foundation Establishment cultivator, with more spiritual power than Zhang Chen.
On the other hand, Zhang Chen’s spiritual power was maintained by burning his own blood, and fighting also consumed blood. With dual consumption, he couldn’t maintain it for long.
He only needed to drag it out a bit longer and wait for Zhang Chen to run out of blood.
After the time it took for an incense stick to burn, the Daoist priest revealed a confident smile.
He had already sensed with his divine consciousness that Zhang Chen was running out of blood.
At this moment, Zhang Chen quickly retreated and distanced himself from the ghost general. He then took out a blood storage bottle and drank a large amount of blood to replenish himself.
With his blood replenished, Zhang Chen charged forward again and dismembered the ghost general.
The Daoist priest sneered, “Let’s see how much blood essence you have left!”
After another incense stick of time, Zhang Chen once again took out his blood storage bottle to replenish his blood.
Once, twice, thrice, four times…
Zhang Chen’s blood seemed endless. Every time the Daoist priest thought Zhang Chen had run out of blood, Zhang Chen would take out his blood storage bottle to replenish himself.
The Daoist priest looked like he had seen a ghost. He hadn’t even finished Zhang Chen’s blood, but his own spiritual power was almost unable to sustain the operation of 1–lundred Ghost Banner.
At this rate, he wouldn’t even have enough spiritual power to fly.
“You used the Blood Ignition Technique and your time is almost up. I don’t need to fight you to the death. When your blood runs out, I’ll bring your soul back and torture it!”
“Retreat!”
The Daoist priest issued a harsh command and put the ghost general into the Hundred Ghost Banner before quickly flying away..