007CCG Chapter 109 - 25: Annihilation (Five updates of 10,000 words, please subscribe)
For insects, lacking the rich emotions of humans, they didn’t grasp the concept and meaning of the word “ghost.”
With its monstrous insectoidal body leaning forward, its gaping maw opened wide, ready to swallow the female ghost whole.
The female ghost wanted to retreat, but she was too slow, and the Thousand-Handed Centipede’s mouth had already clamped shut.
The disheveled female ghost couldn’t withstand the horrific biting force of the Thousand-Handed Centipede, and was instantly crushed.
Yet bizarrely, no blood flowed from the crushed woman; instead, her body transformed into a tangle of black hair, from which a new female ghost grew from the ground.
Not just one, but several female ghosts emerged, sharing a common, cold aura. Realizing the Thousand-Handed Centipede couldn’t handle them, they slowly began to move towards Su Jie.
The Thousand-Handed Centipede became furiously angry; its facial armor cracked open, unleashing bursts of Purple Light Ray, the surging high-temperature beams penetrating the dense fog, melting earth and stone, and turning the sprawling black hair into ash.
The female ghosts’ figures blurred momentarily, emitting a painful scream as several of them collapsed.@@novelbin@@
It turned out that the hair was the true body of the female ghosts.
Tan Qing’s smile disappeared, and his expression turned stiff.
The appearance of the Thousand-Handed Centipede had caught him off guard; clearly, his female ghosts were no match for it.
But Tan Qing still had a backup plan. He tossed dozens of red stones onto the black hair,
The red stones dimmed, all their essence absorbed by the female ghosts. The black hair rapidly grew and began to entangle the Thousand-Handed Centipede again.
“This is… Primordial Spirit Pearl.”
Su Jie’s gaze shifted to the stones, recognizing them as the Primordial Spirit Pearls he had seen in Nanyang City.
He then looked to the female ghost, who, full of ferocious energy, engaged in a fierce battle with the Thousand-Handed Centipede.
“Absorbing fear to enhance strength and heal, eh!”
Su Jie’s heart shook as he addressed Tan Qing, “You’ve taken over Nanyang City, turning it into a breeding ground to cultivate Fierce Ghosts by absorbing fear. Aren’t you afraid that such audacity will provoke a siege by the Righteous sects?”
This feeling of déjà vu helped Su Jie understand everything.
Su Jie planned to use a pig farm to cultivate Yin Souls, while the Heavenly Soul Sect, more crazily, had turned an entire city into a breeding ground to cultivate Fierce Ghosts by absorbing fear.
The ghosts wandering Nanyang City at night were clearly a ploy by the Heavenly Soul Sect, designed to instill fear in the citizens and absorb that fear into the Primordial Spirit Pearls.
If they really wanted to kill people, the Heavenly Soul Sect could have slaughtered the city long ago.
Such a mad operation, Su Jie wondered where the Heavenly Soul Sect got its confidence from.
“As long as no one can leave, no one will know this secret.”
Tan Jing was about to laugh, but then saw the Thousand-Handed Centipede erupt.
The body of the Thousand-Handed Centipede bizarrely burst layer by layer, its massive form splitting into numerous small centipedes, each with a small slit on their forehead from which fine, short Purple Light Rays burst forth, chasing and burning the scattered black hairs on the ground.
Having evolved into a Mid-grade poisonous insect, its capabilities were significantly enhanced, thus enabling the Thousand-Handed Centipede to perform like this.
Although each small centipede’s Purple Light Rays were much weaker than the main body’s, they were more than enough to handle those black hairs of the female.
As Tan Qing felt troubled, a silver light cut through the air, blasting a long vacuum trail and suddenly arrived in front of him.
In a critical moment, the black hair under Tan Qing’s feet dragged his body, shifting his position as the White Bone Sky Slaying Sword tore through the air, spilling a handful of fresh blood.
Looking at Tan Qing again, half of his cheek along with his ear had been sheared off, his bone-white teeth and tongue exposed to the air, mirroring the torn scalp at the back of Su Jie’s head — they looked almost like brothers in misfortune.
But thanks to sharing abilities with the Thousand-Handed Centipede, Su Jie’s scalp had already stopped bleeding and healed, with new skin and hair quickly regrowing. Though not as exaggerated as the Thousand-Handed Centipede’s self-healing power, limb regeneration was merely a trifle for Su Jie.
“Trying to make me go bald, your methods are truly wicked!”
Su Jie touched the back of his head and beckoned to Tan Qing with his finger.
The White Bone Sky Slaying Sword surged like thunder, like a supersonic missile, chasing after Tan Qing.
Tan Qing swallowed an elixir to stop the bleeding and heal, and hurriedly took out a Jade Bottle from his Storage Bag as he saw the White Bone Sky Slaying Sword flying towards him.
The Jade Bottle exhaled a yellow, bizarre wind, accompanied by the sounds of ghosts wailing and wolves howling.
This strange wind blew past, turning stones and trees into specks of sand and dust.
The White Bone Sky Slaying Sword was struck by a strange wind, and its sword body erupted in brilliant spiritual radiance. Despite the odd wind, its course was still terrifying as it rushed towards Tan Qing.
“Capture it for me.”
Tan Qing activated his spell, and the Jade Bottle switched from emitting wind to sucking air. Entire trees and rocks were uprooted, and even the White Bone Sky Slaying Sword was swallowed into the Jade Bottle.
The Jade Bottle was a Low Grade Advanced Magical Artifact of extreme power and terror. Anything swallowed by it, including gold and silver, would dissolve into dust, but this did not include the White Bone Sky Slaying Sword.
The Jade Bottle vibrated with a buzzing sound, a crack appearing at its base. The White Bone Sky Slaying Sword was about to break free.
Tan Qing’s face turned ashen, and he threw out several talismans, activating his spell.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Coffins hit the ground, and several zombies with green faces, sharp black nails, and sinister expressions leaped out.
These zombies had skin as hard as steel and possessed immense strength. Their movements were not clumsy like in movies but agile like leopards, slightly more powerful than even the Alien Ghosts.
The swarm of Yin Souls in the sky stopped their struggle with the human-faced moths, charging rapidly at Su Jie.
Afterwards, Tan Qing produced a blue Treasure Umbrella, its surface etched with many ghostly figures.
At that moment, the umbrella opened, and ghostly figures on its surface came to life, glaring angrily at Su Jie, freezing him in place.
Fortunately, Su Jie had grown significantly by then. The Thousand-Handed Centipede roared, tens of thousands of little centipedes took flight, layering around Su Jie, leaving no gaps for penetration.
Although Yin Souls could pass through solid bodies, they faced the Mid Grade Four Refinement Poisonous Insect – tens of thousands of centipedes formed a swarm, annihilating any daring Yin Souls that tried to penetrate, scattering their souls.
Clang Clang!
The White Bone Sky Slaying Sword completely pierced through the Jade Bottle, light as a feather, its movements like a swallow piercing the clouds, turning into a streak of light.
Several of the furiously rushing zombies paused, their heads rolling off their necks.
Even though their bodies were harder than steel, in front of the White Bone Sky Slaying Sword, they were like made of paper.
Having ascended to the Sixth Level of Yunling Realm, Su Jie could finally unleash the true power of the White Bone Sky Slaying Sword – unstoppable against anything, piercing through all laws with one sword strike.
This is a Flying Sword, a Magic Artifact, renowned for its first rank attack power.
The White Bone Sky Slaying Sword continued its relentless advance, flying toward Tan Qing.
Tan Qing raised the Ghost-faced Treasure Umbrella to block, but the umbrella, not primarily meant for defense, was easily pierced by the White Bone Sky Slaying Sword; the several layers of spirit shields around him were pierced consecutively, and finally, the sword pierced through Tan Qing’s heart.
“Uh! Uh!”
Tan Qing’s pupils constricted, his eyes staring in disbelief at the returning White Bone Sky Slaying Sword, vomiting blood heavily, “A top grade Flying Sword, how is that possible.”
He recognized the grade of the White Bone Sky Slaying Sword, a top grade among Low Grade Flying Swords, even more precious and powerful than a Low Grade Advanced Magical Artifact. It was no wonder all his defenses were futile.
“Why did it have to be this bloody? You just had to force me to stay.”
By now, Su Jie stood on top of the thirty-meter-high head of the Thousand-Handed Centipede, flying hundreds of meters above the ground, and coldly observing Tan Qing who had reached a dead end below.
“This is where it ends…”
Tan Qing still vainly hoped for mercy.
“That’s not what you said before.”
Su Jie gave a cold smile, the White Bone Sky Slaying Sword swung, decapitating him, severing the life of this Inner Sect disciple of Heavenly Soul Sect, who had reached the Eighth Level of Yunling Realm.
But the battle was not yet completely over.
With Tan Qing’s death, the female ghost was still alive.
Su Jie shifted his gaze to the female ghost, which was miserably chased by the Thousand-Handed Centipede.
Most of its black hair had been burned by the Thousand-Handed Centipede, and after Tan Qing’s death, the female ghost did not leave. Its eerie eyes still fixed on Su Jie.
Sensing a sip of cold energy lingering, Su Jie patted the head of the Thousand-Handed Centipede and crisply said, “Destroy it.”
The Thousand-Handed Centipede screeched, coiling in the sky, lowering its head as its face armor parted.
A blinding Purple Light Ray pierced the thick fog, completely enveloping the female ghost’s body, rendering it into ash under the extreme heat.