Chapter 417: Arhat Fist Effect is Outstanding

Before Zhao Po could fully recover from his shock, the four of them felt a vast and eerie spiritual energy rising from the bottom of the pool.

A drenched Li Gui, entangled with waterweeds, flew out and looked at Lu Yang with a hint of apprehension in its cold eyes.

"Excellent, excellent! To have mastered 'Xiu Li Qian Kun' at such a young age, truly worthy of the Daxia Dynasty, a land of abundant treasures and exceptional geniuses!" The drowned ghost, with a deathly pallor, stared intently at Lu Yang, deeming him the greatest threat.

There were no spiritual artifact fluctuations, indicating it must be a spatial spell. Absorbing an entire pool of water with a sleeve could only be 'Xiu Li Qian Kun'!

To master such a high-difficulty spell at the Golden Core stage—what an unparalleled genius!

Lu Yang's eyes narrowed, and he demanded, "Oh, so you're not a native Li Gui of Daxia? Where do you come from, and why are you in Hanshui City?"

The drowned ghost scoffed, dismissing Lu Yang's question. "Why should I tell you?"

These youngsters in front of him had magical talent, but they were a whole major realm below him. How could they possibly think they could defeat him?

They had no idea of the immensity of heaven and earth.

With that, the drowned ghost turned and fled.

Are you kidding? If he could escape, why would he fight?

"Trying to run? Take this punch!"

Meng Jingzhou was the first to act, unleashing the Arhat Fist. Buddhist chants resonated, and pure Yang True Fire flickered on his fist.

"So hot!" The drowned ghost hadn't expected Meng Jingzhou's speed. Caught off guard, it took a direct hit. Both Buddhist cultivation techniques and pure Yang True Fire were top-tier countermeasures against Li Gui. With the two combined, the drowned ghost couldn't block it at all!

"To exhibit Nascent Soul stage combat power at the Golden Core stage, and this technique… you're not from the Corpse Driving Sect!" The drowned ghost's underestimation cost it the initiative.

"It seems if I don't deal with you little rascals, I won't be leaving today!" The drowned ghost gnashed its teeth, unwilling to stir up trouble.

"Hmph, you drowned mortals in a basin, and you, an evil ghost, still want to run?"

"Damn it, what does my drowning a mortal have to do with you? You Daxia cultivators are just annoying!" The drowned ghost cursed loudly. The water domain was its home turf, but Lu Yang had already taken it away. In this situation, it didn't want to fight.

Since it couldn't leave now, it might as well fight!

"Water Swamp like an Abyss!"

Inky black water spread from beneath the drowned ghost's feet. The water was viscous like blood, and in the blink of an eye, it reached the four people's feet.

A bone-chilling cold spread from their feet to their heads. Moving their bodies required immense effort, and what was worse, after being touched by the inky water, their breathing became obstructed, as if they were suffocating.

Golden Core cultivators could achieve internal self-circulation and didn't need to breathe, so they shouldn't feel suffocated. Yet, the inky water could drown them.

Lu Yang pressed his index and middle fingers together and roared, "Break!"

The inky water receded, and everyone regained their senses.

It wasn't a real scene just now, but an illusion, a common tactic of the drowned ghost. And Lu Yang's cultivation technique happened to counter illusions perfectly!

As the illusion broke, endless waterweeds entangled everyone. This was the reason the drowned ghost itself had drowned, and now it had become one of its abilities.

"Sweep!" The Qingfeng Sword plunged into the ground, and endless sword qi spread across the earth, severing the roots of the waterweeds.

"Together, 'Zhan' Character Art!"

"Arhat Fist!"

"Overbearing Barbarian King Fist!"

The three attacked the drowned ghost simultaneously. The drowned ghost swayed slightly, leaving an afterimage behind as its true body instantly appeared behind Man Gu. In its hand, a piece of waterweed appeared and wrapped around Man Gu's neck.

This kid looked honest and simple, so he should be the easiest to deal with.

Man Gu didn't even look back, his head suddenly tilted back, striking the drowned ghost so hard it saw stars and involuntarily released the waterweed in its hand.

The three and one ghost once again fought in a chaotic battle. The three peerless talents besieging the Nascent Soul-level evil ghost left Zhao Po wondering where to intervene and help.

The battle before him was no longer something he could participate in. This was a Nascent Soul-level battle.

"Didn't we say everyone was Golden Core stage?" Zhao Po felt like he had cultivated a fake Golden Core stage.

"Arhat Fist!" Lu Yang also unleashed the Arhat Fist, augmented with Samadhi True Fire.

The drowned ghost was prepared and dodged repeatedly, but Lu Yang also employed "Shrinking Earth" while punching, darting in and out of the ground, making it impossible to guard against. One punch landed on the drowned ghost's shoulder.

Ignoring the pain from the True Fire and the fist, the drowned ghost discovered something even more terrifying.

"My hair!"

The drowned ghost's hair was stringy, the kind that had been soaked in water, very distinctive. Now, with the help of the Arhat Fist, its hair was falling out, uncontrollably.

"Oh, so it works on ghosts too," Lu Yang was slightly surprised. He simply wanted to use Buddhist spells to restrain the evil ghost, not to make it lose its hair.

"Eighteen Consecutive Hammers!" Man Gu pulled out a large iron hammer, playing "Sages Sayings" while wildly smashing the drowned ghost.

"You're a Confucian cultivator?!" Feeling the righteous qi emanating from the large iron hammer, the drowned ghost's face suddenly changed.

Long-term study of Confucian classics could cultivate a gentleman's righteous qi. Although Man Gu's learning progress was slow, his attitude was commendable, and his long-term study also endowed him with a vast, gentlemanly righteous qi.

The attack methods of Lu Yang and the other two were filled with masculine power. The yin qi hovering above the pool became increasingly thin. If they continued to fight, they might even disperse the yin qi gathered there!

The drowned ghost was furious. It had finally found such a good spot, only for these three to ruin it. It roared with rage, "You… *cough*… don't… *cough*… force me… *cough*… Stop fighting, I surrender."

If it were a one-on-one battle, Lu Yang would use the Invincible Pill to speed up the fight. But with three against one, it was a complete crushing victory; there was no need for the Invincible Pill.

The drowned ghost lay sprawled on the ground, resigned to its fate.

Arhat Fist, True Fire, righteous qi… The drowned ghost felt like it hadn't checked the almanac before leaving today. There were only a few methods in the world that countered Li Gui, and it had encountered all of them.

Losing its home advantage, facing methods specifically designed to counter Li Gui, and fighting geniuses who could challenge beyond their realm—it would be a miracle if it could win in such a situation!

"We won just like that?" Zhao Po and the living corpse stepped forward, still dazed. The battle had started and ended so quickly that he couldn't keep up with the pace.

Zhao Po's talent wasn't weak, but compared to Lu Yang and the other two, his talent was slightly inferior, and his experience was too different.

Although he often roamed the jianghu and had experienced many jianghu events, compared to Lu Yang and the other two, who frequently mingled with demonic cults and challenged higher realms with disregard for their lives, his experience seemed shallow.

Lu Yang took out a Soul-Dispelling Talisman, scaring the drowned ghost into retreating repeatedly.

"Wait, wait! I'm not that guilty, am I?"

Lu Yang remained unmoved, his hand motions unceasing. "You drowned people, and you still have the nerve to say you're not that guilty?"

"Fake, it's all fake! The person isn't dead, believe me, look at the bottom of the pool, she's alive and well!" The drowned ghost cried out in terror.

Lu Yang leaned down and looked. Indeed, there was a living woman below. It seemed the living corpse had been prejudiced earlier, mistakenly believing the woman was dead.

He released spiritual energy, forming a large hand to lift the woman up and place her beside the drowned ghost.

"Tell us, what's going on?"