Chapter 96

Shen Lang grabbed the nine immortal lingzhi that had been caught in the net, without any hesitation, and in just a few seconds, he had already rushed to the other side of the water pool. Then, with a casual slash, he cut the suddenly attacking corpse into two pieces.

At this moment, a fierce wind blew in his face, making his robe flutter loudly, and the wind carried a strong, pungent smell!

"Hmph!"

Shen Lang stomped hard on the tree trunk in front of him several times, without even turning his head, and drew out the Heavenly Water Blade, slashing back with one stroke.

The blade, carrying fierce lightning power, struck the bright red fleshy crest on the giant python's head!

"Hisss!"

The giant python had a bright red fleshy crest on its head, and a thick, arm-sized red line extended from its back to its tail, as red as blood. When it was hit by Shen Lang's blade, it let out a miserable cry and was thrown back.

The red line suddenly swelled up, as if the blood vessels were about to burst.

The giant python, missing its attack, immediately became furious. It roared and suddenly coiled around a tree as thick as a barrel, uprooting it and sweeping it toward the rapidly moving Shen Lang with a whoosh!

Shen Lang still did not turn his head, swinging his long blade, the blade light flashing, and in a hissing sound, the tree was instantly cut into pieces.

The Heavenly Water Blade was a mystic weapon, a weapon used by the vast majority of Mystic Martial Realm experts, extremely sharp.

Only mystic weapons and above could have a weapon spirit sealed within them. Although Shen Lang had not yet sealed a weapon spirit, and had not even had time to place a thunder-type demon crystal in the hilt that matched the spirit array diagram inside the Heavenly Water Blade, its power was still formidable when wielded.

When he rescued Shui Qingwu and the others, the Heavenly Water Blade had just been refined, and with Shen Lang's cultivation, he could not truly unleash the full power of the mystic weapon, so he was still in a hard fight against the zombie puppets.

If he had sealed a weapon spirit and placed a thunder-type demon crystal at that time, even if his cultivation was not high, he would not have been reduced to a bloody mess when dealing with a few zombie puppets.

"Beast, get lost!"

Shen Lang accelerated his escape, continuously swinging his long blade.

The sound of clanging metal echoed as the long blade repeatedly struck the giant python, sparks flying, causing the python to cry out in pain.

With a light thud, the giant python transformed back into a whip and was retracted by Ji Chengwu.

"Mystic weapon! So you are the ghost-faced man!"

Looking at the whip that was now cracked, Ji Chengwu was enraged: "If I don't kill you, I swear I won't be a man!"

His fierce roar echoed through the mountains, and his figure suddenly trembled, his speed increasing dramatically as he rapidly approached Shen Lang!

Shen Lang was still in his "burst" state, but he was still a bit slower than Ji Chengwu!

"Idiot, when have you ever been a man? I'm wearing a mask now, can't you see?" Shen Lang sneered: "Wait two days, and I will definitely cut off your dog head to comfort the souls of the civilians of Heavenly Phoenix City you have killed!"

"No need to wait two days, leave your life now! Daring to ruin my big plans, I will definitely skin you, tear you apart, and extract your soul!"

Ji Chengwu's savage roar echoed from behind, and the sharp sound of air explosions rang out again as his speed suddenly increased, catching up to Shen Lang!

The distance between them was already closing, and with Ji Chengwu's speed increasing, he caught up to Shen Lang's back in just a few flashes!

"A grain of sand can shine! Take my Soul Devouring Magic, Blood Dragon Devouring!"

With Ji Chengwu's roar, the black whip in his hand suddenly began to rotate rapidly in a spiral, like a venomous dragon drill, piercing toward Shen Lang's back.

The moment the whip left his hand, Shen Lang, who was running at high speed, immediately felt an extremely dense blood aura envelop his entire body, making him feel cold all over, as if he were in a deep abyss.

The sky, which was just beginning to turn light, was also shrouded in a hazy blood aura, making the entire world desolate and eerie.

Shen Lang suddenly accelerated and then quickly turned around...

He saw the whip transform into a blood-colored lightning bolt, breaking through the spatial barrier in just a few blinks, carrying a nauseating evil aura, appearing in Shen Lang's line of sight.

Shen Lang's gaze became serious, the Heavenly Water Blade flashing with lightning, the lightning power swirling, and he raised it high above his head.

The several-zhang-long blade light instantly illuminated the surroundings.

The whip's rapid rotation caused a fierce wind, and the grass and trees were tossed about.

Shen Lang's pores all contracted at this moment, his eyes fixed on the blood-colored aura piercing through the air.

In the next second, a fierce roar suddenly erupted, and the blade light on the long knife grew even longer, splitting down with a thunderous roar!

The posture was as if he were trying to tear the entire world apart!

"Divine Blade Suppressing Hell, Plucking Stars and Swallowing the Moon!"

At the moment his cold, fierce roar fell, the lightning-encircled massive blade light instantly collided with the blood-colored aura that had changed the color of the world, like a meteor landing with a thunderous impact!

"Boom!"

A mountain-shattering thunderous explosion echoed through the valley, and countless birds and beasts scattered in all directions.

A powerful energy shockwave swept the scene, and Shen Lang grunted, being thrown out at an incredible speed.

"An ant trying to shake a tree, overestimating your own strength!"

Ji Chengwu sneered and retracted the whip with a wave of his hand.

In his view, the ghost-faced man's strength had been clearly seen during the battle with the zombie puppets.

On that day, one of the zombie puppets was controlled by his divine consciousness, and he had seen everything the ghost-faced man did.

If the zombie puppets were to be judged solely by strength and speed, ignoring their toxicity and hard shells, they were roughly at the level of the first to second tier of the Spirit Martial Realm.

The ghost-faced man had already shown signs of defeat when dealing with one zombie puppet and had relied on a secret method to stimulate his potential to kill one of them.

But that was all.

Ji Chengwu, however, was a solid sixth-tier Spirit Martial Realm!

Although it seemed he was only five tiers higher than the zombie puppets, at the Spirit Martial Realm level, the difference in strength was immeasurable, and the gap between each tier was enormous and difficult to bridge.

In his eyes, this kind of character was nothing more than a minor troublemaker, incapable of causing any significant waves.

So after catching up to Shen Lang, he was no longer as anxious and impatient as before.

The battle between the ghost-faced man and the zombie puppets had only been a few days ago, and it was impossible for his cultivation to have made a significant breakthrough. Facing his level of cultivation and the city lord's mansion's encirclement, the other party had no way out!

"Hehehe, do you feel your body numb and unable to move? Do you feel... an evil force running rampant in your body, destroying your meridians? Hehehe, the power of the Soul Devouring Magic is not something you can understand unless you experience it directly. Even if you don't die, you will be half crippled."

"Daring to ruin my good plans, you don't deserve to die ten thousand times!"

Ji Chengwu laughed maniacally as he walked step by step toward where Shen Lang had fallen.

He was not in a hurry, nor was he worried.

This boy's cultivation, ultimate moves, actions... everything was under his control, and it was impossible for him to withstand his full attack.

And it was his well-known Soul Devouring Magic!

"Don't worry, I won't let you die so quickly..."

Ji Chengwu's voice echoed through the valley, eerie and terrifying.

He would not let the ghost-faced man die easily; he would slowly torture this person who had ruined his good plans!

He would make him taste the pain of hell, unable to seek life or death!

"Tsk tsk, since you're in pain, why don't you groan? Your mental strength is quite firm, but it's a pity... foolish man, do you think having a mystic weapon in your hand can repeatedly ruin my big plans? Truly ignorant of life and death!"

Ji Chengwu felt an incredible sense of satisfaction, a feeling he hadn't had in a long time.

Previously, he had been hiding in the underground stone room of the city lord's mansion, only able to manipulate everything from behind the scenes. Just when he was about to succeed, the ghost-faced man had ruined everything...

Now, fortune had come, and the nine immortal lingzhi was finally within reach, but this damned boy had rushed out to snatch it...

Unfortunately, the gap in strength was not just a little. This ignorant man had dared to directly take his Soul Devouring Magic, and now he was finally going to fall into his hands.

He would soon dissect this foolish thing and extract his soul!

As he spoke, he approached where Shen Lang had landed.

He did this to fully unleash the fear in the other person's heart, to see the indescribable fear in their eyes and their broken state when he finally saw them!

He had always enjoyed doing this when killing people in the past.

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The energy shockwave was extremely terrifying, and all the flowers, grass, and trees within a hundred meters were destroyed into ruins by the storm!

Not to mention a Qi Martial Realm warrior, even a second or third-tier Spirit Martial Realm expert would be either dead or crippled by the Soul Devouring Evil Skill!

As the storm dissipated, the slightly overcast sky cleared up again, leaving only a scene of devastation.

Ji Chengwu, who had approached, could not help but twitch his lips, then began to roar hysterically: "Damn it, where is he?"

The place where Shen Lang had landed was a pile of rocks, with only some small shrubs around, completely visible.

But where was his figure?

He had clearly locked onto where Shen Lang had landed, but when Ji Chengwu approached, he did not see the scene he had imagined... There was not even a half-dead ghost-faced man, not even a drop of blood!

"I will make sure you have no place to bury your body!" Ji Chengwu screamed.

His body trembled, and a towering blood mist surged out like a surging river, covering a radius of three hundred meters.

At that moment, Shen Lang's sneer echoed from the forest ahead.

Then, with a faint thunderclap, Shen Lang's figure emerged from the ground, like a ghost, rushing toward the cliff ahead!

"Spirit Martial Realm warrior, nothing more! Soul Devouring Magic, not worth a damn!"

The speed Shen Lang displayed this time made even Ji Chengwu slightly change his expression.

"Earth Escape Talisman! Clever boy, you were hiding your strength! But... you can't run! I will tear you to pieces!"

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