Chapter 79

Jiang Wei's soul concentration soared to a hundred times before it finally stopped; at this point, his soul strength had already reached a terrifying six hundred times! If his realm were taken into account, Jiang Wei's true strength was at least ten to twenty times that of an ordinary perfected Divine Perception stage ghost cultivator!

At least!

An ordinary initial Soul Condensation stage ghost cultivator would likely be defeated instantly when facing Jiang Wei; even a mid-Soul Condensation stage ghost cultivator might not be stronger than Jiang Wei!

Looking across the Divine Perception stage, Jiang Wei's strength was almost invincible!

With such strength, Jiang Wei naturally had no fear of the ghosts' encirclement! Those ghosts that once seemed extremely fierce to Jiang Wei now appeared as weak as lambs awaiting slaughter; with a casual swing of his spear, Jiang Wei could inflict severe injuries on them!

"Fortune and misfortune, who would have thought that this near-death experience would bring about such a tremendous transformation in my strength!" Jiang Wei sighed.

At this moment, Jiang Wei's soul concentration had already reached a hundred times; in terms of soul concentration alone, Jiang Wei had already met the standard of a perfected Divine Perception stage. However, Jiang Wei also knew that he was not yet a true perfected Divine Perception stage; a true perfected Divine Perception stage could break through to the Soul Condensation stage at any time—although Jiang Wei's soul concentration had reached a hundred times, he felt no hint of the Soul Condensation stage beckoning to him.

"According to the 'Divine Casting Art,' only when soul strength reaches nine hundred times is one considered a perfected Divine Perception stage!" For Jiang Wei's soul strength to reach nine hundred times, his soul structure would likely need to be rearranged again, "After returning, I must thoroughly study the 'Divine Casting Art' and achieve the perfected Divine Perception stage in one go!"

The subsequent battles were exceptionally easy for Jiang Wei; precisely because they were easy, he even had the leisure to think about various things while fighting.

The higher the level of the expert, the shorter the time spent in battle; in just the time it takes to burn an incense stick, Jiang Wei had slain all one hundred ghost shadows! A large amount of soul energy was absorbed by Jiang Wei through "Soul Devouring," and then transferred to the little golden figure in the Five Ghost Dao Talisman.

In the past, Jiang Wei would absorb the essence of the energy and leave the dregs for the little golden figure; today, Jiang Wei finally gave the little golden figure a good feast—at least in Jiang Wei's view, it was a good feast.

Peng!

With the dissipation of the last ghost shadow, Jiang Wei's life-and-death battle finally came to an end.

"Phew!" Jiang Wei let out a long breath.

So close!

So close to being soul-shattered!

However, Jiang Wei also understood that the path of ghost cultivation was inherently perilous. On this path, countless powerful ghost cultivators had fallen, and only a few who had gone far and survived became great powers in the ghost realm!

Although this battle was perilous, Jiang Wei had at least survived, bringing him one step closer to becoming a great power in the ghost realm.

Although Jiang Wei had survived by chance, he did not know that it was only because his strength had suddenly broken through and his soul strength had suddenly increased after all the ghost shadows had appeared. If his soul strength had already been six hundred times before he entered, the small ghost shadows condensed in the water world would have had a soul strength of one thousand two hundred times—twice that of Jiang Wei! As for the large ghost shadows, their strength would have been even more terrifying.

Fortunately, Jiang Wei's strength broke through at the last moment.

"Shouldn't this test count as passed?" If this didn't count as passing the test, Jiang Wei really didn't know what kind of heaven-defying strength would be required to pass it, "But if I passed, why is there no sign of it?"

Just as Jiang Wei was pondering why there was no sign, the water beside him suddenly became turbulent.

Whoosh!

Whoosh!

With Jiang Wei at the center, the water gradually formed a huge vortex. Gradually, a massive ghost face emerged from the water.

This ghost face, though ordinary in appearance, made Jiang Wei feel an impulse to prostrate himself in reverence; it was on a completely different level from Jiang Wei!

"Could this be the Undying Ghost Lord? But didn't the Ghost Lord die?"

Just as Jiang Wei was guessing, the massive ghost face turned its gaze toward him. The gaze was like lightning, seemingly able to see through everything about Jiang Wei in an instant.

At this moment, Jiang Wei suddenly felt as if he had been stripped naked and thrown into the street.

"What a terrifying gaze!" Jiang Wei couldn't help but worry, would this gaze also see through the secret of the Five Ghost Dao Talisman?

Although Jiang Wei still knew little about the Five Ghost Dao Talisman, he was certain that it was far from simple!—Nonsense! The 'Divine Casting Art,' which could cultivate to the Ghost Immortal level, was spit out by the Five Ghost Dao Talisman; as long as one wasn't a fool, they could guess that the Five Ghost Dao Talisman must be hiding a great secret.

Although Jiang Wei had yet to uncover this great secret, it did not affect his treating the Five Ghost Dao Talisman as his greatest secret. Therefore, when facing this terrifying, sharp gaze, the first thing Jiang Wei thought of was whether the secret of the Five Ghost Dao Talisman would be exposed.

The little golden figure hidden within the Five Ghost Dao Talisman also felt this sharp gaze; however, the little golden figure was not at all worried: "As long as I don't communicate telepathically with Jiang Wei and don't let my mind overflow beyond the Five Ghost Dao Talisman, this mere remnant of a Ghost Lord has no chance of probing me!"

After carefully examining Jiang Wei, the massive ghost face gradually showed dissatisfaction: "Your realm is only the Insight stage, which is too low, isn't it?"

Jiang Wei was speechless—My realm is already the Divine Perception stage, and I've reached the Insight stage, and you still think it's too low!?

You should know that among the small ghosts of the Sin City at the Divine Perception stage, there isn't one with a higher realm than Jiang Wei; not to mention small ghosts, even among the large ghosts at the Soul Condensation stage, there are very few with a higher realm than Jiang Wei! Yet, even such a realm was considered too low by the massive ghost face!

"That's not right, without reaching the 'Realm Entry' stage, it should be impossible to pass the test I set!" The massive ghost face was puzzled, "Could it be that you carried some powerful talisman and used it to pass the test?" However, after briefly sensing the environment in the water world, the massive ghost face negated this idea, "That's not right either, there are no traces of talisman use here!"

At this moment, the sharp gaze of the massive ghost face finally noticed something: "Your soul strength..." The massive ghost face was shocked, "How can your soul strength be so strong, almost comparable to a divine beast's soul! Have you had some extraordinary encounter?"

Generally, a perfected Divine Perception stage small ghost has a soul strength of only a hundred times; Jiang Wei, however, had reached six hundred times, which was enough to shock the massive ghost face.

"Um!" Jiang Wei nodded honestly but did not elaborate further.

"No wonder!" The ghost face was so large that its expressions were very vivid; after hearing this, the ghost face clearly showed an expression of understanding.

After a pause, the massive ghost face continued, "Since you have passed the test, according to my will, you are now my disciple, Ghost Lord Kong Li!"