Chapter 90

This young girl must have an extraordinary background, and she has a cultivation of nine inches of true qi. She probably also has some secret techniques that can make up for the difference between true qi and internal strength. Therefore, Qin Xianyu guessed that she was not inferior to any martial arts grandmaster.

Qin Xianyu himself was already close to eight inches of true qi. With a secret sword technique, he felt that one strike from his sword would have the power of a martial arts grandmaster. Even if there were some differences, they were likely negligible.

Together, the two of them were equivalent to two martial arts grandmasters.

Martial arts grandmasters, with their every move, possessed immense strength, capable of overpowering oxen and horses. Their entire bodies were filled with internal strength, so light that a feather could not rest on them, and so still that a fly could not land.

Such figures were at the pinnacle of secular martial arts, extremely formidable.

However, secular martial arts, after all, belonged to the mundane world.

Martial arts grandmasters, though powerful, were not gods. How could they withstand a thousand troops and ten thousand horses?

The more than a hundred ferocious beasts before them were each incredibly fierce, ten times more powerful than ordinary soldiers. Gathered together, they posed a tremendous threat.

Qin Xianyu hardly needed to think to know that the two of them could not deal with these ferocious beasts. Moreover, there seemed to be something strange in the sinister fog behind them. The young Taoist priest almost without hesitation reached for the black bee bag.

However, as his hand extended, he hesitated.

A thousand winged divine bees might truly be able to exterminate these more than a hundred ferocious beasts, and with the insect in his body, he could remain unharmed. However, the girl beside him would certainly not be spared. Although Qin Xianyu had shed much blood, he was not a cold-hearted person.

He turned his head and saw that the girl did not show any fear.

The white-clad girl released Qin Xianyu's hand and ignored the various beasts before her. Instead, she turned to look behind her.

Behind them, the sinister fog churned like waves.

The waves surged as if something strange was rushing out from within.

Qin Xianyu was slightly startled and gripped his long sword tightly.

The white-clad girl remained calm, ignoring the many ferocious beasts behind her, and only watched the rolling sinister fog.

A whooshing sound.

The sinister fog rippled slightly, and a figure emerged from the gray mist.

It was a gray figure, unstable in form, seemingly entirely condensed from sinister energy, dark and hazy, indistinct.

The gray figure seemed to breathe, with gray mist exhaling and inhaling in front of its head, like the turbid air exhaled during breathing. With each breath, the body condensed from the thick sinister fog would sometimes grow larger and sometimes smaller.

"What is this thing?"

Qin Xianyu held his breath slightly. This gray figure seemed to have no form, only condensed from sinister fog. Even if he slashed with his sword, it would likely have the effect of cutting water, unable to injure the gray figure's body.

The gray figure hummed and took a step forward.

The sinister fog dispersed, and its form became much more ethereal, but it grew several times larger, towering several zhang tall.

Then it let out a low moan.

The sinister fog surged like waves, rushing toward Qin Xianyu and the girl, as if to engulf them. At the same time, the more than a hundred ferocious beasts, which had been temporarily quiet, suddenly charged forward at the low moan.

"So these ferocious beasts actually listen to the gray figure's commands?" Qin Xianyu was inwardly shocked. He stood in front of the girl, ready to use the secret sword technique to slay the ferocious beasts.

Just as Qin Xianyu was about to fight to the death, the white-clad girl pulled him back and said, "No need to fight for now."

Qin Xianyu bitterly smiled inwardly, "Not fight, then just wait to die?"

After this delay, the ferocious beasts had already pounced, and the sinister fog was closing in.

However, the girl simply waved her hand, and immediately a strong wind blew, dispersing the sinister fog and sending the dozen or so ferocious beasts at the forefront flying back.

Inside the underground chamber, the strong wind swirled, creating a sense of a roaring wind god.

"Let's go!"

The white-clad girl pulled Qin Xianyu and ran to one side.

There was no passage there, only a rock wall.

In Qin Xianyu's very surprised gaze, the two of them collided with the rock wall, and the rock wall rippled like water disturbed by the wind.

"The rock wall is soft..."

This thought flashed through Qin Xianyu's mind, and he found that the scenery before him had changed, and they were in another underground chamber.

"This boundary pearl can provide temporary shelter for about a day," the white-clad girl sighed in relief and said, "In a few hours, someone will come to rescue us. No need to fear that thing outside."

"What is that thing?" Qin Xianyu asked with a serious expression, "Why are you here? How did you provoke such a thing? This gray figure can control more than a hundred ferocious beasts, it's not ordinary."

"Why can't I be here if you can?" The white-clad girl huffed and said, "As for that thing, do you think I would be safe if I didn't provoke it? You stepped into this place where the earth's sinister energy condenses, which is an invasion of its territory. If it doesn't kill you, it won't rest. I just provoked it first. Even if I hadn't come, you would have provoked it yourself, and without me, your cultivation would only lead to your death."

Qin Xianyu felt deeply hurt, but what the white-clad girl said was mostly true.

The gray figure was indeed strange, and the girl's cultivation was higher than his. Even with his help, she dared not fight it, and they could only hide here together.

Qin Xianyu took a deep breath and asked, "What is this thing, really?"

The white-clad girl looked at him and said, "A ghost."

"What? There are really ghosts?"

Qin Xianyu was startled. In that moment, he thought of the few young heroes he had poisoned, the many assassins, bandits, and Wu Ya who had been killed by the winged divine bees. Could these people, who had fallen to his hands, turn into vengeful ghosts to seek revenge?

The white-clad girl's face showed a strange expression, and she teased, "Are you afraid of ghosts?"

Seeing her mocking face, Qin Xianyu did not want to appear weak. He gripped his sword and gritted his teeth, "Even if there are ghosts, I will slay them with one sword."

The white-clad girl's face turned serious, and she said earnestly, "But this is not an ordinary ghost, but a ghost king."

Qin Xianyu stiffened.

"Alright, I won't tease you anymore," the white-clad girl patted her clothes and said, "What's there to be afraid of? Although this guy is a ghost king, he's just a bodiless entity. Even after being tempered by sinister energy, he's only half a gengsha."

Qin Xianyu's breathing changed slightly, and he asked, "Is this a ghost king at the gengsha realm?"

The white-clad girl said, "Just barely. After failing to condense the sinister energy, he lost his mind. Although he has regained his spirit, he is no longer the same cultivator. Strictly speaking, this ghost king is slightly above the peak of qi cultivation, lingering at the earth gengsha level, not yet reaching the heaven gengsha realm."

The gengsha realm is divided into seventy-two earth gengsha and thirty-six heaven gengsha.

Qin Xianyu thought to himself that this was acceptable. Even if the two of them couldn't handle it, the girl's elders were likely real gengsha cultivators and should be able to subdue this ghost king.

Just as he was thinking this, the girl's face changed, and she exclaimed, "Oh no, my aunt is in trouble."