Chapter 13

As night fell.

Inside the Ghost Ridge outpost.

Hu Donghan sat cross-legged in a small resting hut, secretly pondering in his heart.

"The Ghost Ridge is becoming increasingly dangerous for me, and it's no longer suitable for me to stay here. I'll spend one more day in the Ghost Ridge tomorrow, looking for a ghostly spirit. If I can't find one, I'll have to temporarily leave the Ghost Ridge and hunt ghosts elsewhere."

"Speaking of which, my luck doesn't seem to be very good. Generally, killing about a hundred ghostly souls might result in encountering a ghostly spirit. I've been in the Ghost Ridge for nearly half a month, and I've killed more than a hundred ghostly souls, but I haven't encountered a single ghostly spirit. It seems my strength is still insufficient. If I had the cultivation of the middle stage of Qi Condensation, I could kill more ghostly souls, and in such a long time, I would have been able to hunt a ghostly spirit."

"But I hope I have better luck tomorrow."

...

The next morning, before dawn, Hu Donghan had already gotten up.

After eating some dry rations, Hu Donghan rode his bone horse towards the outskirts of the Ghost Ridge.

After half a month of recovery, the number of ghostly souls and ghostly creatures in the Ghost Ridge had largely returned to normal, and the number of outer sect disciples coming to the Ghost Ridge to hunt ghosts had also greatly increased. Now, Hu Donghan could already see groups of middle and late-stage Qi Condensation cultivators entering the Ghost Ridge.

Entering the outskirts of the Ghost Ridge, Hu Donghan began to look for the low-level ghostly souls. In no time, a morning had passed. Although Hu Donghan had killed three more ghostly souls, he still had no luck.

As noon approached, Hu Donghan finally found another ghostly soul in a certain location.

This ghostly soul had chaotic and faint yin energy, almost transparent, and seemed as if it could dissipate at any moment.

"This is a newly formed ghostly soul."

Based on the appearance of this ghostly soul, Hu Donghan made a basic judgment in his heart.

A newly formed and isolated ghostly soul, and it was still noon, so the ghostly soul's strength would be less than eighty percent. Killing such a ghostly soul shouldn't consume too much energy.

After observing the surroundings from a distance and finding no abnormalities, Hu Donghan stopped the bone horse, cast a Spirit Shield on himself for protection, and formed a Spirit Bullet in front of him with a hand seal—after half a month of battles, Hu Donghan's control over the Spirit Shield and Spirit Bullet techniques had improved. He could easily form a Spirit Bullet without immediately releasing it, a basic skill.

After making all the preparations, Hu Donghan quickly approached the ghostly soul. When he was about ten meters away, he waved his hand forward, and the condensed Spirit Bullet shot out at high speed, heading straight for the ghostly soul.

Just as Hu Donghan thought the Spirit Bullet would directly kill the ghostly soul, an unexpected scene occurred—

The ghostly soul, which was about to be hit by the Spirit Bullet, suddenly reacted at the last moment and slightly dodged to the side, managing to avoid half of the attack!

Although the Spirit Bullet eventually hit the ghostly soul, it didn't kill it as Hu Donghan had expected. Instead, it only destroyed half of the ghostly soul's body.

The ghostly soul, with half of its body destroyed, let out a shrill howl. Then, about three-quarters of its already not very dense yin energy was extracted and formed a green ghostly fire shield in front of it.

Seeing this, Hu Donghan's pupils constricted, and he quickly retreated, thinking, "Not good." The ghostly soul, having recognized Hu Donghan after being hit, directly pursued him. This ghostly soul was much faster than ordinary ghostly souls, and the distance between it and Hu Donghan was rapidly closing.

"Damn! I actually encountered one of those legendary special ghostly souls! It can gather yin energy, has a perception range of ten meters, and can use techniques. I don't know if my luck is good or bad. Defeating a special ghostly soul should be quite difficult. However, killing such a special ghostly soul has a fifty percent chance of producing a ghostly spirit." Although Hu Donghan was in danger, he wasn't too panicked. Based on the ghostly soul's previous actions, he had already deduced some basic information about it.

For example, the ghostly soul's perception range was probably around ten meters. The reason it could dodge the Spirit Bullet was likely because it sensed Hu Donghan's presence within ten meters and reacted in time. If the distance had been greater, the ghostly soul might not have been able to dodge the Spirit Bullet.

"Judging from the shield the special ghostly soul is using, it should be a special ghostly soul with strong defensive capabilities. A ghostly soul with slightly stronger defense is easier to deal with than one with offensive spells. Moreover, after using this shield, the ghostly soul has lost a lot of yin energy and probably can't cast a second defensive spell. As long as I can break the ghostly fire shield, I have a good chance of killing this special ghostly soul!"

"Even if I can't defeat it, it shouldn't be too difficult to avoid this ghostly soul with not very strong killing power. If I ride the bone horse, escaping shouldn't be a problem. Unfortunately, the bone horse will panic and flee if it's attacked. Otherwise, using the bone horse would make it much easier to kill this special ghostly soul..."

With a basic plan in mind, Hu Donghan calculated his remaining spiritual energy.

He had already used one Spirit Shield and one Spirit Bullet, so he now had enough spiritual energy to cast four more Spirit Bullets. If he was hit by the ghostly soul, the Spirit Shield would also consume spiritual energy, reducing the number of Spirit Bullets he could cast.

"The attack power of the special ghostly soul is really hard to gauge. If I knew the attack power and method of the special ghostly soul, I might be able to avoid the ghostly fire shield and directly attack the ghostly soul's body with a Spirit Bullet, achieving a one-hit kill..."

While thinking, Hu Donghan had already formed another Spirit Bullet in his hand. He casually waved it towards the exposed part of the ghostly soul's body. However, the special ghostly soul's perception was strong, and it moved the ghostly fire shield to block the Spirit Bullet. In the end, Hu Donghan's Spirit Bullet hit the ghostly fire shield.

When the ghostly fire shield was hit, the ghostly fire instantly exploded and burned a bit. Upon closer inspection, the ghostly fire's color had become slightly lighter, but not significantly.

Seeing the state of the ghostly fire shield, Hu Donghan's face darkened—the defensive power of the ghostly fire shield was not weak, and the remaining three Spirit Bullets might not be enough to break it!