Chapter 14

"When the Spirit Bullet hits the Ghost Fire Shield, the amount of Yin Qi consumed is too minimal. Judging from the current state of the Ghost Fire Shield, at least seven Spirit Bullets are needed to break it. However, my spiritual power is only enough to fire three Spirit Bullets!"

"Could it be that I have to give up on this special Yin Soul?"

Hu Donghan frowned, glanced at the approaching special Yin Soul, and hesitated. He then fired another Spirit Bullet backward, temporarily blocking the special Yin Soul's advance.

"With only enough spiritual power for two more Spirit Bullets, should I take the risk and try a close combat?"

This thought had just emerged when Hu Donghan immediately suppressed it—

"I'm not in a desperate situation, so why take the risk? If I can kill this special Yin Soul, that would be best. But if I can't, there's no need to put myself in danger."

Hu Donghan was a cautious person and never acted rashly.

"A wise man does not stand under a crumbling wall. Life is precious, and nothing is more important than survival. How to gain more benefits while ensuring absolute safety is what I pursue! Among cultivators, those who risk their lives for benefits have the highest mortality rate. In the entire Yin Soul Sect, the number of elders who have steadily cultivated to the Golden Core or Nascent Soul stages by fighting their way up is only a small fraction."

"Many cultivators in the sect, as I know, have died or been injured while on sect missions."

"The reason for their deaths or injuries is simply that they chose missions far beyond their capabilities."

"Enough! Enough! It's not worth risking my life for this. Even if I use the rescue jade token, it costs 500 spirit stones. Even if I kill this Yin Soul, the most I can get is a common ghost, worth only 30 spirit stones... The strength of the Yin Souls and ghosts in the Lone Ghost Ridge is indeed getting stronger, making it unsuitable for me to stay here any longer..."

With these thoughts, Hu Donghan made his decision.

He fired another Spirit Bullet, temporarily blocking the special Yin Soul behind him.

Then, Hu Donghan suddenly exerted his strength, and after a few quick movements, he stood in front of the bone horse.

Just as he was about to mount the horse, he saw the large skeleton of the bone horse and had a sudden idea—

"Wait! Earlier, I only thought of using the bone horse to escape or to hold off this Yin Soul, but I didn't consider that if I use the bone horse well, it could block one of the special Yin Soul's attacks!"

"Although the bone horse is timid and will flee when attacked, its strength is still considerable. Even if it takes a hit, it won't die immediately. Once the Yin Soul attacks, the control over the Ghost Fire Shield will weaken. If I seize this opportunity, I might be able to deliver a fatal blow!"

"Even if this plan fails, at most, I will just scare off the bone horse. As for myself, with the Spirit Shield protecting me, even without the bone horse, I can still escape by taking a few detours."

Hu Donghan immediately simulated the scenario in his mind. After several calculations, even in the worst-case scenario, the bone horse would only be shattered into pieces.

"This plan is feasible!"

Seeing the special Yin Soul chasing him, Hu Donghan's figure flickered, and he mounted the bone horse.

The special Yin Soul still saw Hu Donghan as its target. To use the bone horse as a shield, the only way was to suddenly dodge when the special Yin Soul was about to attack.

Although Hu Donghan had mounted the bone horse, he did not let it run but waited quietly for the Yin Soul to approach. In his hand, the Spirit Bullet was already prepared, waiting for the right moment.

Seeing its prey stop, the special Yin Soul let out a shrill scream and suddenly opened a large mouth in the air, lunging at Hu Donghan!

"Right now!"

As the large mouth flew toward him, Hu Donghan moved, dismounting from the other side of the bone horse. At the same time, he locked his eyes on the unshielded part of the special Yin Soul and fired the Spirit Bullet!

The large mouth, after Hu Donghan dodged, did not follow his movement but bit directly into the bone horse's skeleton. Hu Donghan, on the other side of the bone horse, remained unharmed.

At the same time, Hu Donghan's last Spirit Bullet, which was suddenly fired, skillfully bypassed the Ghost Fire Shield and hit the Yin Soul directly. Although the special Yin Soul tried to control the Ghost Fire Shield to block the attack, it was unable to do so effectively while attacking and defending simultaneously, missing by a hair's breadth.

"Hisssss..."

"Bang..."

Two consecutive sounds.

The hissing sound was the bone horse's cry of pain and fear. The "bang" was the sound of the Yin Soul's soul body being hit and exploding, dissipating. After the "bang," a spirit body with a faint white glow appeared where the Yin Soul had died!

"It's a Ghost Spirit!"

Hu Donghan had been closely watching the situation around the special Yin Soul. As soon as the spirit body appeared, he quickly made two hand seals and stored the Ghost Spirit in the soul ring on his hand.

Then, Hu Donghan quickly ran after the fleeing bone horse, using the remaining spiritual power in his body to accelerate. After a few sprints, he finally caught up with the bone horse, mounted it, and began to channel spiritual power into the bone horse's skeleton, trying to calm it down—

If the bone horse ran away, Hu Donghan would not suffer any loss, but he would lose his means of transportation.

Therefore, it would be best if the bone horse could stay.

Although Hu Donghan kept trying to calm the bone horse, it was clearly very frightened. It ran for about two miles before its speed slowed and finally stopped.

When the bone horse stopped, Hu Donghan felt relieved.

After calming the bone horse for a while, Hu Donghan realized that he had been brought into the inner area of the Lone Ghost Ridge. The number of Yin Souls and ghosts in the inner area was much greater than in the outer area. Within a hundred meters around Hu Donghan, he could see four or five Yin Souls wandering around. If he were surrounded by these Yin Souls, it would be a matter of certain death!

"Regardless, I should leave here first. The danger in the inner area of the Lone Ghost Ridge is too great."

Hu Donghan thought, determined the direction, and gently urged the bone horse to move toward the outer area.