Chapter 272 : Ghost Wall
Chapter 272 : Ghost Wall
"Be extremely cautious on this journey. If you encounter anything you can't resolve, use this talisman to inform me. I'll immediately bring you out of the ghost realm. You can also directly crush this talisman to leave the ghost realm." There was indeed a map. Ling Yu manifested a rolled-up scroll in his palm and handed her a jade talisman.
Chu Sang opened and glanced at it, memorizing the location before giving the scroll to Fifth Senior Brother, the most meticulous one, for safekeeping. After inquiring about some situations regarding the ghost realm from Second Senior Brother, she didn't waste time and set off towards the ghost realm rift marked on the map.
Along the way, everyone could clearly sense that they were encountering more and more vengeful ghosts. At first, they occasionally ran into one or two, but later, even though they had covered themselves with various concealment talismans and chose only secluded paths to walk, they still frequently encountered large groups of aimless vengeful ghosts wandering in the wilderness. These vengeful ghosts seemed to have completely lost their sanity, frantically attacking anything they saw.
On this journey, they encountered numerous vengeful ghosts launching frantic attacks and ambushes, with large groups suddenly appearing from time to time, which was extremely annoying. These vengeful ghosts were generally not of high level and didn't take much effort to deal with, but once spiritual power was used, it could easily expose their identities. Once their identities as human cultivators were exposed, this group would be no different from sheep sent into a wolf pack. At that time, the vengeful ghosts of the entire ghost realm would be attracted by the scent of living cultivators, gathering to devour them alive.
Chu Sang regretfully thought that it was a pity her previous Ghost King had been crushed; otherwise, it could have been used as a shield.
The Ghost King was shattered, but the Hundred Ghosts Banner remained.
She planned to use the Hundred Ghosts Banner to raise a new Ghost King.
Unlike the conditions when she first raised a Ghost King, her realm was now at the Divine Transformation stage, allowing her to control the Ghost King's development as much as possible, avoiding creating a failed semi-finished product like the first time.
If the power disparity between the two sides was too great, one could be backlashed by the other. This time, she paid extra attention to controlling the new Ghost King's growth rate. After some thought, she cut her palm and fed her blood to this seemingly naive and harmless new Ghost King, ensuring it had sufficient loyalty to her. If this Ghost King ever had thoughts of backlashing against its master in the future, she could use this as a restraint.
When the old Ghost King dissipated after restraining the human god, Chu Sang had retained its essence ghost qi. The essence ghost qi was the purest concentration of a ghost's power. Using the essence ghost qi as a foundation to recreate a new Ghost King gave it Divine Transformation stage power from birth.
With the emergence of a Divine Transformation stage Ghost King, the miscellaneous small ghosts retreated in fear.
The vengeful ghosts that still rushed forward mindlessly, having lost their sanity, were all swallowed by the little Ghost King in one breath.
After finishing its meal, it burped, then trotted in front of Chu Sang, looking like it wanted to be petted and praised, "Big sister, I ate all the disobedient ghosts!"
"Mm, well done."
She patted its head.
With the little ghost clearing the way in front, for a short while, no more evil ghosts came to cause trouble. However, strangely, although they were moving forward according to the direction marked on the scroll map, they still couldn't get out of this ghost miasma forest. Half a day later, Su Chen'an told everyone some bad news: they had returned to their original location.
They had been going in circles at the same spot, unable to find an exit.
The ghost qi in the mist had an extremely strong corrosive effect on people over time. Continuing to wander like this would only slowly wear them to death in this bewildering forest.
"Ah ah ah, don't tell me we've... encountered a ghost wall??"
Tantai Ming rubbed his arms a bit fearfully, moving closer to Chu Sang.
He wasn't afraid of anything in heaven or earth, except for these intangible, invisible things!
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