Chapter 45 of 100
Chapter 45
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### Chapter 45: The Ghostly Wind and the Fierce Ghost
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"Such a strong blade wind!" Ding Hao was startled, as the area before him was already filled with a sea of blade light.
A Ghost Head Blade at the level of a Treasure, far surpassing any opponent Ding Hao had ever faced before!
"The Snow Silkworm Silk Armor I'm wearing is only of medium to low quality, it can't defend against this at all!" Ding Hao focused his mind, "Beast Shadow Movement!"
The blade light was like a dense forest; Ding Hao's figure darted through the forest.
"Little waste, I'll see how long you can dodge." Lone Wolf's eyes were filled with malice.
The Beast Shadow Movement emphasized agility, perfect for facing agile and fierce beasts and birds. It was more than enough to handle the forest of blade winds.
But just as Ding Hao was about to dart out of the forest of blades, his vision suddenly turned pitch black.
"What?" Ding Hao was shocked.
"Ha ha, you've fallen for my Ghostly Wind! Little waste, your combat experience is terrible!" Lone Wolf laughed maniacally.
Then he took a large step forward, and the speed of the Ghost Head Blade in his hand increased by a factor of two!
*Swish, swish, swish!*
"Bad!" Ding Hao quickly retreated three steps, looked down, and saw two parallel diagonal cuts on his chest. The Snow Silkworm Silk Armor had been split open, and the flesh was torn, blood flowing profusely.
"Little brat, your meager skills aren't enough to fight me, die!" Lone Wolf, emboldened by his success, stepped forward with even greater momentum, the blade light relentless. But at that moment, a cold snort came from behind him, "Damn, behave yourself!"
"Who?" Lone Wolf was startled, his hair standing on end. He suddenly turned his head and saw a shadow dart into the bushes.
"What is it, come out!" Lone Wolf shouted twice, but no one came out. He then turned back to look at the injured Ding Hao, sneering, "Trying to play ghost tricks with me? It won't work! Little waste, did that blade feel good? Don't worry, I'll cut you piece by piece, separating your skin, flesh, and bones. When you're still alive, watching yourself being dismembered will be a great feeling, ha ha ha!"
Ding Hao gritted his teeth, took out a few healing pills from his storage bag, and swallowed them. His eyes locked on Lone Wolf, he thought to himself, "I didn't expect the Ghost Head Blade to release a Ghostly Wind. This Ghostly Wind not only blinds the eyes but also penetrates the senses, affecting hearing, vision, and breathing."
Being suddenly ambushed in battle really felt bad!
Fortunately, Ding Hao had the Star Absorption Stone, which absorbed the wind in the shortest time possible. Otherwise, if it entered his body, the consequences would have been even more severe.
"Playing dirty with me, let's see who's more devious!" Ding Hao's eyes turned fierce, and he took out a bottle from his storage bag, using his spiritual energy to activate it, then threw it on the ground.
*Whoosh!*
Within ten miles, a sea of grass instantly spread out!
"Grass Sea Seed? Damn, this kid is trying to escape!" Lone Wolf was furious.
...
It was now afternoon, and on the official road leading from Wuzhou City to the border village, dust rose as a troop of soldiers galloped. The leader, half-clad in silver armor and half in scholar's robes, was the Wuzhou City Lord, Ling Yunxiao.
"Damn! I didn't expect this kid to run to the outer domain! Even more damn, Zhou Genwei actually colluded with outsiders, trying to kill our Wuzhou genius! Damn! Damn! Damn!"
Ling Yunxiao used the word "damn" three times, showing his intense anger.
Geniuses, no matter which state they were in, were highly valued. This wasn't just lip service but was directly related to the city lords' personal interests!
In the Nine States world, there were three emperors and nine lords, mutually restraining each other. The surface was calm, but behind the scenes, there was constant struggle! For Wuzhou to avoid being bullied, and for Ling Yunxiao to maintain his position as city lord, he needed to cultivate more geniuses, rising higher and higher, to secure a place in the Nine States Academy and even the Immortal Refinement World!
What he hated most in his heart was the young prince, but he couldn't say it. The young prince coming to Wuzhou to win the first place in the imperial examination was one thing, but he also suppressed the local geniuses of Wuzhou. Ling Yunxiao knew that several Wuzhou geniuses had been bought or suppressed by the young prince, and some even had their families exterminated!
The more this happened, the more he was unwilling to let the young prince win the first place in the imperial examination. Therefore, Ling Yunxiao placed his hopes on Ding Hao. But he didn't expect that Ding Hao had quietly gone to the outer domain. Ling Yunxiao didn't know until his concubine came to him in tears, saying that Zhou Genwei's life token had exploded.
Life tokens were usually placed in the ancestral hall by wealthy families, a jade token containing a drop of the person's blood. If the life token exploded, it meant the person was dead.
His concubine, sobbing, came to seek revenge for Zhou Genwei. He immediately used the Heavenly Will Scroll to inquire at the border village. Upon inquiry, he learned that Zhou Genwei had left three days ago! Further questioning revealed that the deputy general had not hidden the fact that Ding Hao had gone to the outer domain.
Ling Yunxiao was immediately enraged upon hearing this.
He was a shrewd man, and he immediately realized that Zhou Genwei had gone to kill Ding Hao! Now that Zhou Genwei was dead, Ding Hao's fate was unknown. He quickly led his troops out, and as he left, he kicked his sobbing concubine, cursing, "Zhou Genwei, you deserved it!"
"Ding Hao, you mustn't die! Although you are a growth-type immortal root, you received the blessing of the immortal maiden, and your qi opening reached 20 meters, something I've never seen in my life! I believe you are a genius! I believe you will bring glory to Wuzhou!"
Thinking of this, Ling Yunxiao slapped his horse's rump and roared, "You lazy horse, if you don't speed up, I'll kill you!"
The horses in this world understood human speech, and the unicorn horse immediately galloped at full speed.
...
The wind rose, and the ten-mile sea of grass undulated like waves, surging to the sky.
Lone Wolf stood in the sea of grass, which was taller than a person, facing a vast expanse. The sky echoed with the cries of the eagle, clearly not having found Ding Hao's figure.
"Strange, this kid threw down this ten-mile sea of grass but didn't run away? Does he want to sneak attack me?" Thinking of this, a sinister smile appeared on Lone Wolf's face, "Little waste, you have some guts, truly fearless!"
Lone Wolf's Ghost Head Blade continuously swept through the grass, and with each sweep, a patch of tall grass fell. The areas he had passed through were all cut down, and he used this method to search.
But he didn't expect that Ding Hao was hiding inside the Star Absorption Stone.
When Lone Wolf stepped on the Star Absorption Stone, Ding Hao's eyes narrowed, and his figure quickly appeared behind him. Then, the crossbow bolt in Ding Hao's hand suddenly pierced Lone Wolf's neck!
*Pfft!* The crossbow bolt deeply penetrated Lone Wolf's body, and Ding Hao could even feel the spasms of Lone Wolf's muscles in his hand. He then sharply twisted the crossbow bolt!
"Ahh!"
Lone Wolf, in intense pain, staggered two steps, pulled the arrow from his neck, and looked at Ding Hao, his face even more sinister, "Little brat, where were you hiding? Where were you hiding?" Lone Wolf couldn't understand how Ding Hao had suddenly appeared behind him, "No! You must have a secret! You must have a treasure! You must!"
Lone Wolf's eyes were greedy, guessing that Ding Hao had a hidden treasure, otherwise, he couldn't have jumped out so suddenly.
"Facing death, still coveting treasures? Fool." Ding Hao sneered.
"What?" Lone Wolf was then shocked, realizing that the spiritual energy in his body was rapidly disappearing! He roared, "Despicable and shameless, you used spiritual poison to hurt me! Little waste!"
The tip of the crossbow bolt that Ding Hao had inserted into his shoulder had been soaked in spiritual poison for a long time, absorbing a large amount of spiritual poison. Ding Hao's arrow had directly injected the spiritual poison into his body!
The spiritual poison spread rapidly.
"Lone Wolf, die!" Ding Hao's finger guard emitted a flame-like red light, and he pounced like a beast, "Five Stacks of Fire Fist!"
*Boom!* Lone Wolf was knocked to the ground, and Ding Hao pounced, roaring, "Six Stacks of Fire Fist!"
Six stacks!
This was Ding Hao's current strongest ability! Lone Wolf, now lacking spiritual energy, had no strength to resist. If Ding Hao's six stacks of Fire Fist hit his head, he would surely die!
But at that moment, Lone Wolf, gritting his teeth, tore off the jade pendant around his neck and crushed it!
*Boom!*
Ding Hao's six stacks of Fire Fist hit Lone Wolf's face, but nothing happened to Lone Wolf. Instead, Ding Hao's own fist was almost shattered by the counterforce!
"What is this?" Ding Hao's face changed, and he realized that a seven-colored light mist had formed around Lone Wolf's body. This layer of light mist had blocked his fatal blow!
"Little waste, you can't kill me that easily!" Lone Wolf's face was sinister, "This jade token was brought back from the Immortal Refinement World by my ancestor, a True Cultivator, to ensure my safety once! This is a True Cultivator's True Essence Shield, how do you think you can kill me?"
"Even an ancestral treasure!" Ding Hao's face changed drastically.
Ancestral treasures, in the Nine States world, many families with deep roots had such treasures. They were brought back by ancestors from the upper realm or entrusted to others to bring back, to protect their descendants.
Lone Wolf's ancestral treasure was a True Essence Shield from a True Cultivator!
Even if Ding Hao were at the Seventh Stage of Innate, or even a Qi Condensation Immortal Master, he couldn't break through the True Essence Shield!
Of course, the True Essence Shield had a time limit and couldn't protect forever. Taking advantage of the protection of the True Essence Shield, Lone Wolf quickly took out several spirit stones, rapidly replenishing his spiritual energy. The Ghost Head Blade in his hand then emitted a dark, eerie light.
"Little brat, you far exceed my expectations, but you will still die! I have cultivated something even more interesting!" Lone Wolf stood up with a gloomy face, hating Ding Hao deeply. Using up the ancestral treasure, no one would feel good.
"Ding Hao, you are the only one who has seen my new martial technique!" Lone Wolf sneered, "Ghost Head, release your good friend!"
The eyes of the Ghost Head on his blade suddenly brightened, and then opened its mouth. A shrill cry came from the Ghost Head, and a black, fierce ghost face suddenly emerged, screaming at Ding Hao, "Die!"
Ding Hao's face changed, "Lone Wolf! You actually cultivated a ghostly martial technique!"
Lone Wolf didn't deny it, coldly snorted, and laughed, "I'm far from the ghostly path, after all, I haven't even reached the Qi Condensation stage. I just raised a Ghostly Wind Fierce Ghost! It doesn't listen to me well, but rest assured, it will tear you apart!"
Ding Hao said, "Raising a fierce ghost is also a ghostly martial technique, Lone Wolf, aren't you afraid?"
"Afraid?" Lone Wolf laughed, "My talent has reached the Ninth Stage of Innate, and I have no chance to advance further. The ghostly path is my only way out! Being a lackey for others for a long time, I am not content... I also want a future, I also want to climb higher! Boy, you are the only one who has heard my inner thoughts, you can now die in peace!"
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