Chapter 75

As Jiang Wei jumped into the water, he felt as if he wasn't entering a pond but directly diving into a world of water.

All around him, there was nothing but water. Here, there was no sky or earth; water was everything.

"Is this... an illusion? Or a real world?" Jiang Wei couldn't be sure, as he had no way to tell. The only thing he could be certain of was that this Immortal Ghost Lord had a deep love for water. Some people liked the steadiness of mountains, some liked the lightness of the wind, but this Immortal Ghost Lord had a unique fondness for water.

"Where is the test?"

Just as Jiang Wei was muttering to himself, a ghostly figure condensed out of the water ahead. The ghostly figure also held a long spear, and its form was identical to Jiang Wei's.

"Huh?" Jiang Wei was taken aback. "Why does this ghostly figure look so much like me?" What Jiang Wei didn't know was that this ghostly figure was actually a replica of his appearance. However, the ghostly figure's soul strength was twice that of Jiang Wei's!

In other words, the ghostly figure's soul strength was a staggering 300 times! A typical Ghost Cultivator at the peak of the Divine Sense stage would likely be defeated instantly when facing this ghostly figure.

"Such powerful soul strength!"

Feeling the other party's unhidden powerful aura, Jiang Wei didn't dare to be careless.

"Whoosh!"

As soon as the ghostly figure saw Jiang Wei, it launched an unhesitating spear attack. The long spear stirred up waves, and the water transformed into a dragon, with overwhelming might.

"Such a skilled spear technique!" Jiang Wei exclaimed.

However, with Jiang Wei's cultivation level, he naturally spotted the flaw in the technique at a glance.

"Come on!" Jiang Wei was not afraid and directly struck the flaw in the ghostly figure's technique with his spear.

Peng!

The ghostly figure's spear technique was immediately broken, and the water dragon dissipated instantly.

With a successful strike, Jiang Wei fully exploited the "strike while the iron is hot" principle, thrusting his spear straight through the ghostly figure. At the same time, the "Soul Devouring" secret technique on the spear activated, mercilessly devouring the soul energy that the ghostly figure was releasing.

Sss~

Sss~

The threads of soul energy were transmitted through the spear to Jiang Wei. However, Jiang Wei was currently bottlenecked and couldn't absorb any energy. Therefore, the energy that entered his soul was directed to the Five Ghost Dao Talisman.

"Scram!"

All of this happened in a split second. The ghostly figure roared in anger and swept its spear at Jiang Wei.

Jiang Wei dared not be hit by the spear and quickly retreated. After all, the ghostly figure's soul strength was much stronger than Jiang Wei's. If Jiang Wei were hit, his soul would definitely be shaken.

"Not bad, not too scary!" Jiang Wei thought to himself. Although the ghostly figure's soul strength was strong and its spear technique was exquisite, it hadn't yet reached the Insight stage. Therefore, Jiang Wei didn't find it too difficult to handle.

Jiang Wei wasn't afraid of the other party's strength but was wary of its cultivation level. No matter how strong one was, as long as there were flaws, defeating them wouldn't be too difficult. However, if the cultivation level was high and there were no flaws, it would be much harder to deal with.

Just like Jiang Wei, whose soul strength was only half that of the ghostly figure, yet he could easily injure the ghostly figure, while the ghostly figure had no effective means against him.

"Is this the test? This test is too simple!" However, Jiang Wei understood that although this test wasn't difficult for him, it would be very challenging for Ghost Cultivators at the Divine Sense stage who hadn't reached the Insight stage—after all, the ghostly figure's strength was comparable to that of a Ghost Cultivator who had just entered the Soul Condensation stage!

How many Ghost Cultivators at the Divine Sense stage could match a Ghost Cultivator at the Soul Condensation stage?

In the past, in the Heavenly Wasteland Pavilion, only two people could do it: the eldest senior sister Lin Nianluo and the eldest senior brother Fang Siqi. Now, there was one more—Jiang Wei.

"But that's not right. If this was the only test, the Ghost Cultivators who came here before would have already passed it, and I wouldn't have this opportunity."

As Jiang Wei was dealing with the ghostly figure and pondering whether there were other tests, another identical ghostly figure condensed out of the water beside him.

"Two?" Jiang Wei immediately felt the pressure.

These two ghostly figures were not mere trifles but had the strength of a Ghost Cultivator who had just entered the Soul Condensation stage! Moreover, their spear techniques were exquisite, and they cooperated well. Although Jiang Wei could easily spot their flaws, he felt overwhelmed.

"I can't let this continue; I need to quickly resolve one of them!" Jiang Wei knew that prolonged defense would inevitably lead to failure, so he intensified his attacks.

Moreover, the main reason Jiang Wei was eager to resolve one of them was that he suspected the test wasn't this simple, and more ghostly figures might appear later...

Peng!

Peng!

With a burst of effort, Jiang Wei immediately suppressed the two ghostly figures. The one that was already injured received special attention from Jiang Wei and was beaten to the point of being unable to fight back.

However, before Jiang Wei could finish it off, another ghostly figure condensed out of the nearby water.

"Three!"

Jiang Wei had to withstand the frenzied attacks of two ghostly figures while forcefully killing the injured one.

But soon, the water churned again, and another ghostly figure condensed.

Fourth...

Fifth...

Sixth...

Jiang Wei felt the battle becoming increasingly difficult. Soon, he shifted from aggressive attacks to struggling to defend—by this point, Jiang Wei was facing six ghostly figures, each with soul strength twice his own!

Moreover, the difficulty of the test continued to increase.

Seventh...

Eighth...

Ninth...

Since he wasn't standing on solid ground but was in the water, Jiang Wei had to deal with attacks from all directions—front, back, left, right, up, and down. Undoubtedly, this made it much harder for Jiang Wei—Jiang Wei would rather face eighteen ghostly figures on solid ground than nine in the water!

At this moment, each of the nine ghostly figures could easily attack Jiang Wei!

"Pu!"

Prolonged defense inevitably leads to failure!

Finally, Jiang Wei's defense failed, and a long spear pierced his chest. Immediately, more spears attacked like a pack of dogs pouncing on a fallen prey.

Jiang Wei gritted his teeth, forcibly tearing his soul apart to push the spear away, then quickly dodged the subsequent attacks through the gaps. If he hadn't been decisive, he would have been pierced by at least four or five spears by now, and he would have truly perished here.

"I can't keep being surrounded like this!"

Taking advantage of the gap in the nine ghostly figures' attacks, Jiang Wei broke through their encirclement and fled. The nine ghostly figures naturally didn't give up and pursued him.

To make matters worse, at this moment, a tenth ghostly figure appeared!