First Immortal of Destiny

Chapter 169: Ghosts Rampant

The Golden-Wearing Ghost is a second-tier peak-level ghost.

It is equivalent to the ninth level of Qi Gathering Realm among human cultivators, stronger than any opponent Shen Mo has encountered.

To deal with the fierce ghost controlled by the Golden-Wearing Ghost, Shen Mo mobilizes other soul generals.

In addition to using the Soul Refining Banner to refine and assimilate selected souls, Shen Mo also sets up the Big Dipper Seven Star Sword Formation.

Together with powerful soul generals like Hong Jue, Jia Yi, and Qing Pi, they surround the Golden-Wearing Ghost and attack.

This ghost is not only covered in gold and silver, but also constantly spews out gold and silver ingots. However, these are not ordinary worldly gold and silver, but its innate Divine Ability.

Even Iron Mountain, who is known for his strong defense, can't withstand being hit by the gold and silver ingots. His green skin is dented and after enduring about ten hits, he is smashed to death and returns to the Soul Refining Banner.

Although Hong Jue and Jia Yi, two powerful soul generals, are not weaker than Iron Mountain in terms of strength, their defense abilities are completely incomparable.

When the gold and silver ingots come crashing down, they are shattered and recondensed by the Soul Refining Banner.

In addition to its Divine Ability to produce gold and silver ingots, the resilience of the Golden-Wearing Ghost's body is only slightly inferior to that of Iron Mountain. The brilliant sword energy unleashed by Shen Mo only cuts through its outer layer of ghost skin.

Quickly, under the surging ghost energy, the wounds on the Golden-Wearing Ghost's body begin to heal at a visible speed.

"At present, the ghost energy in Tian Shun Country has even surpassed that in the ghost country ruins!"

"As a result, various types of ghosts have also greatly increased in strength."

"They are truly troublesome!"

"However, a mere second-tier ghost, even if it is at the peak of the second tier, is too naive if it wants to devour my flesh and blood!"

As soon as these words are spoken, the Big Dipper Seven Star Sword Formation shifts its positions.

"Buzz!"

"Buzz!"

"Buzz!"

Terrifying and majestic sword light overwhelms the Golden-Wearing Ghost.

Amidst the resounding clash of gold and iron, all the gold and silver ingots spewed out by the Golden-Wearing Ghost are cut into pieces by the sword light.

The golden and silver fragments fill the space between the sword light, shining brightly and looking exceptionally beautiful.

However, hidden within this beautiful scene is a deadly threat.

"Boom!"

Countless sword lights simultaneously strike the Golden-Wearing Ghost.

The worldly gold and silver it wears are also shattered, making it furious.

But soon, it is covered in visible sword wounds.

With the surging dark ghost energy, the wounds on the Golden-Wearing Ghost's body begin to heal at a visible speed.

At the same time, Jia Yi's "Gaze" Divine Ability also comes into play.

On the Golden-Wearing Ghost's body, the vital ghost energy, which is as important as the blood and qi of cultivators, seems to be out of control, surging and rolling.

Many dense ghost energy even quickly emerges from its twisted seven orifices and dissipates into the void.

On Hong Jue's side, he uses the "Thousand Poisons Transform into Water Technique" to turn his spiritual power into turbid and filthy poisonous water, which tightly wraps around the Golden-Wearing Ghost.

Even without the power of the water-like magical tool, the toxicity cannot be underestimated.

The poisonous ghost energy sizzles and continuously infiltrates and spreads within the Golden-Wearing Ghost's body.

With various means of suppression, Shen Mo starts to activate the Soul Refining Banner and attempts to refine the Golden-Wearing Ghost.

...

[You attempt to refine the Golden-Wearing Ghost with the Soul Refining Banner, but it fiercely resists and cannot be refined into a soul general.]

[You attempt to refine the Golden-Wearing Ghost with the Soul Refining Banner. Under heavy suppression, the Golden-Wearing Ghost is unable to resist and you successfully refine it into a soul general.]

[During the process of refining the Golden-Wearing Ghost, you unexpectedly gain an opportunity. Destiny Points +1.]

Success!

A new imprint of the Golden-Wearing Ghost is added to the Soul Refining Banner.

However, before Shen Mo can breathe a sigh of relief, countless chilling ghost auras inside and outside the capital of Tian Shun Country lock onto him.

Through the sensing of aura, Shen Mo roughly knows the strength of the ghosts that are about to arrive.

There are 135,000 first-tier peak-level ghosts.

There are over 4,000 second-tier early-stage ghosts.

In the mid-stage of the second rank, there were over three hundred.

In the late stage of the second rank and even at the peak of the second rank, there were seventy-eight!

Shen Mo picked up the fallen souls from the ground and casually used the "Dragon Elephant Blood Demon Body" to refine them, gaining some experience in this cultivation technique.

"Come on! Let me see what you're capable of!"

Shen Mo waved his sleeve.

"Clang!"

The Dragon Sparrow Sword turned into a stream of light, floating about a foot in front of him.

He stepped firmly onto the Dragon Sparrow Sword, holding the Soul Refining Banner in his left hand and seven small North Star swords in his right hand, swiftly flying towards the outskirts of the capital.

Although there were many ghost creatures chasing after him, not every one of them had an exceptionally high flying speed.

He stayed near the Treasure Guarding Division, waiting for waves of ghost creatures to come and kill him.

Undoubtedly, it was the most foolish and dangerous choice!

Shen Mo could ride his sword and fly.

With the spiritual energy of the Purple Mansion and the "Sword Control Technique" [Mastered (1755/6000)], his sword speed was extremely fast.

He also had the "Flawless Dharma Eye" that could survey a hundred miles in all directions!

Therefore, he decided to constantly eliminate and refine ghost creatures while maneuvering.

The preparations he made earlier all had their uses.

The returning spirit pills that were left over from before and the newly refined ones in the treasure vault were enough for him to continuously ride his sword in the air for more than three months!

In addition to the spiritual energy consumed by refining ghost creatures with the Soul Refining Banner.

Shen Mo could also persist for a month.

"Swoosh!"

"Swoosh!"

"Swoosh!"

Including the North Star swords like Yao Guang and Tian Ji, Shen Mo collected them all.

The Nine Extreme Crystal Sand Armor that formed a circular Qi Gang also retracted into his meridians.

Except for the necessary consumption of spiritual energy, he needed to save every bit of it.

After all, he still didn't know how the Ghost Gate would judge whether he had successfully passed the trial.

If this seemingly precious and law-like Ghost Gate used the criterion of killing and refining all the ghost creatures that bit and chased after him as the basis for success, then things would be troublesome.

But for now, Shen Mo only wanted to refine more powerful ghost creatures.

To elevate the power of the Soul Refining Banner to a terrifying level!

Let it once again become one of his most powerful trump cards.

"Crash!"

"Crash!"

"Crash!"

A large amount of ghost energy gathered together, rolling like dark clouds.

Under the influence of this ghost cloud, the flying speed of many ghost creatures increased significantly.

After a while, Shen Mo was caught up by a late-stage second rank Red Demon Ghost, or rather, another "Wedding Dress Female Ghost".

However, she did not possess the "Gaze" Divine Ability of the Wedding Dress Female Ghost.

She relied on her ghost body to tear and bite, and floated around like a ghost to kill her enemies.

"Kill!"

Shen Mo gave the order.

The powerful soul generals like the Golden Mountain Ghost, the Green Skin Iron Mountain Ghost, the Hong Jue Hermit, the Wedding Dress Female Ghost, and the Possessed Ghost Lv Ma Guan all directly pounced on the late-stage second rank Red Demon Ghost.

Bloody battle!

Fierce fighting!

Refining the Red Demon Ghost...

Immediately, other powerful and fierce ghosts chased after them.

It was another bloody battle!

A difficult and fierce fight!

Using the Soul Refining Banner to refine...

However, refining a late-stage second rank or even peak-level ghost creature required completely suppressing it.

While Shen Mo was fleeing and moving, he didn't have so much time to slowly suppress and refine powerful ghost creatures.

After all, once he was entangled, he would immediately be devoured by countless ghosts!

Sometimes, Shen Mo even saw peak-level second rank ghost creatures and didn't even bother to fight them, turning around and running away.

He specifically targeted mid-stage and late-stage second rank ghost creatures to kill.

(End of this chapter)