Chapter 2744: Exorcising Ghosts (None Today)

The specter's enormous fist collided with Wang Changsheng's small one, unleashing a terrifying wave of air that tore open the void, creating thick, long cracks. However, the cracks quickly healed.

Wang Changsheng felt his qi and blood surge, forcing him back three steps. The specter also retreated three steps as the glazed divine light struck its body, causing a puff of green smoke to rise.

The specter let out a shrill wail, its features contorted.

A crimson fire phoenix, over a thousand zhang in size, charged forward. Before it even got close, an unbearable heat wave washed over them, causing the ground to smoke and spontaneously combust.

The specter formed a hand seal, and a strong Yin wind erupted. Its shrill wails echoed for tens of thousands of miles around as a massive specter phantom appeared above its head.

The specter phantom spewed out black ghostly flames, which transformed into a black fire dragon that fought fiercely with the crimson fire phoenix.

With a thunderous roar, the crimson fire phoenix and the black fire dragon perished together. Red and black flames intertwined, and the ground was cracked by the powerful air current.

A shimmering blue spear flew out from the sea of flames, instantly appearing before the specter.

The spearhead was covered in arcs of nine different colored electrical currents, radiating a violent aura.

It was the Nine-Thunder Spirit-Slaying Spear, which Wang Changsheng had forged using 40,000-year-old Nine-Thunder Bamboo as the main material.

The specter was startled and dared not directly face the Nine-Thunder Spirit-Slaying Spear. Resounding Buddhist chants rang out, and simultaneously, countless blue mists of water vapor emerged around it. A powerful pressure surged from all directions, making the specter's body feel as heavy as a hundred million catties.

It struggled to move even an inch and could not dodge at all. The spearhead struck the specter's body, emitting a muffled 'thud'.

A loud thunderous roar echoed, and countless arcs of electricity surged out, engulfing the specter's body. It screamed repeatedly.

The specter phantom spewed out a hazy black glow, causing the electric arcs to dissipate.

The specter's aura appeared slightly weakened, and black smoke billowed from its body.

It clutched the Nine-Thunder Spirit-Slaying Spear with both arms, and a single horn on its head shot out a beam of blood-red light, striking the Nine-Thunder Spirit-Slaying Spear.

The spiritual light of the Nine-Thunder Spirit-Slaying Spear quickly dimmed, and the number of electric arcs greatly reduced.

Wang Changsheng frowned. The Nine-Thunder Spirit-Slaying Spear was a medium-grade Heaven-Connecting Spirit Treasure, yet this specter had surprisingly easily tainted it, causing it to lose much of its spiritual essence and greatly diminishing its power. This was beyond his expectations.

Integration-stage ghostly creatures were indeed powerful; no wonder even Integration-stage cultivators fell in the Myriad Spirit Abyss.

The Nine-Thunder Spirit-Slaying Spear was a thunder-attribute treasure; it had only lost much of its spiritual essence. If it were an ordinary medium-grade Heaven-Connecting Spirit Treasure, it would probably have been rendered useless.

Wang Ruyan kept forming hand seals, and the Buddha statues on the surface of the Heavenly Buddha Bell began to chant Buddhist scriptures, producing waves of Buddhist chants.

A hint of apprehension appeared in the specter's eyes. At this moment, Master Miaode also began fighting the young woman in the black dress. The young woman's Dharma Idol was condensed from the water of the Styx River, but she was no match for Master Miaode and was completely suppressed by him.

The specter sensed danger. It was surprised to find that the sky had darkened, and countless blue mists of water vapor emerged, forming a colossal hand, over ten miles in size, that seemed to support the sky. Before the colossal hand even descended, a powerful pressure enveloped it.

It felt the terrifying aura emanating from the colossal hand, and a hint of fear appeared in its eyes.

Just as it was about to dodge, a man's thunderous roar, reverberating through the heavens, rang out. The specter's face contorted in pain, feeling as if its body was being torn apart.

By the time the specter regained consciousness, the colossal hand, carrying the force of a million jun, slammed down. The specter phantom was instantly shattered, and the specter let out a shrill scream.

With a thunderous boom, the ground shook violently, and a massive handprint appeared.

The specter was reduced to a pile of minced flesh, its bones shattered.

Even the physical body of a seventh-tier demonic beast couldn't withstand this, and this was merely an attack controlled by Wang Changsheng using the spiritual energy of heaven and earth. A dark shadow flew out from the minced flesh. Before it could fly far, a golden light flashed, and a glittering golden bell appeared out of thin air.

On the surface of the massive bell, several lifelike Buddha statues could be seen, and waves of Buddhist chants emanated from it.

The golden bell spewed out a hazy golden glow, covering the specter and pinning it upside down to the ground.

Wang Ruyan activated her hand seals, and the Heavenly Buddha Bell burst forth with dazzling golden light, producing waves of Buddhist chants, faintly mixed with shrill ghostly wails. The Heavenly Buddha Bell shook violently.

Half a quarter of an hour later, the Heavenly Buddha Bell stopped shaking. Wang Ruyan changed her hand seals, and the Heavenly Buddha Bell flew up, revealing a black spherical bead the size of a pigeon's egg. The bead's surface bore a blood-red spiritual pattern.

Wang Changsheng flicked his sleeve and collected the Yin Bead.

A deafening roar echoed, and a colossal black mushroom cloud rose.

Wang Changsheng took a deep breath and let out a mighty roar—the Spirit-Suppressing Roar.

A thousand miles away, a graceful figure fell from the void—it was the young woman in the black dress. Her body flickered in and out of existence, her aura weak, as if she could dissipate at any moment.

A golden fire lotus descended from the sky, landing on the young woman in the black dress.

A shrill scream pierced the air as the young woman in the black dress was engulfed by golden flames. A massive golden barrier enveloped her, and she screamed continuously, attacking the golden barrier.

Master Miaode began chanting Buddhist scriptures, producing waves of Buddhist chants.

Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan felt refreshed upon hearing them. The young woman in the black dress, however, writhed and screamed incessantly, with green smoke continuously rising from her body.

In less than half a quarter of an hour, the young woman in the black dress transformed into a black Yin Bead and was completely annihilated.

Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan didn't offer much help; Master Miaode single-handedly eliminated this ghost cultivator, demonstrating extraordinary strength.

Master Miaode formed a hand seal, and his golden alms bowl transformed into a ray of golden light, disappearing into his sleeve.

The golden flames suddenly condensed, forming a golden lotus which then flew back into his sleeve.

With a single grab, a black storage ring and a Yin Bead flew into his hand.

Master Miaode poured out the contents of the storage ring, including seventh-tier materials, ten-thousand-year spiritual herbs, top-grade spirit stones, demonic cores, and various bottles and jars.

Wang Changsheng searched carefully but found no Styx River water. It seemed the ghost cultivator had used it all.

The early Integration-stage ghostly creature was destroyed solely by Wang Changsheng, so its Yin Bead belonged to him. Wang Changsheng had provided some minor assistance, which allowed Master Miaode to eliminate the other ghost cultivator. Therefore, Wang Changsheng would only take the Yin Bead, while the contents of the storage ring would belong to Master Miaode.

Master Miaode could exchange the items in the storage ring with other Integration-stage cultivators, so it was not a loss for him.

Wang Changsheng was satisfied. On this trip, he had obtained Yin Beads from three Integration-stage ghostly creatures and hundreds of thousands of specters, which would accelerate the growth of his Soul-Devouring Golden Cicada.

He scoured the entire mountain range but found no Styx River water, nor even a low-tier ghostly creature. This area had clearly become the ghost cultivator's territory. He wondered how it had thought to condense its Dharma Idol using Styx River water.

"Amitabha," Master Miaode said sincerely, "Fellow Daoist Wang, we have dealt with the ghostly creatures. Let us depart now!"

As the saying goes, "There's always a higher mountain beyond the mountain, and a more capable person beyond the person." The Myriad Spirit Abyss is a renowned forbidden area in the Profound Spirit Continent, so it's better to maintain some reverence and not be insatiably greedy.

Wang Changsheng nodded. This place was still very dangerous, so they then left the Myriad Spirit Abyss.