Chapter 502 - 499: Subduing the Ghost Dragon, the Mourning Stick Appears
The Ghost Dragon’s body wasn’t too large, being only several dozen meters long, but it did have an imposing appearance.
However, at this moment, it was trapped by layers of spider webs spun by the Ghost-Faced Spider. The Ghost-Faced Spider was still constantly spraying out its tough silk, reinforcing the thickness of the web to prevent the Ghost Dragon from breaking free.
On its own, the Ghost-Faced Spider was no match for the Ghost Dragon, but together with the White Dragon and the Soul Devouring Vine Demon, these three powerful spiritual beasts made a formidable team. Even if the Ghost Dragon had a pure bloodline and astonishing divine abilities, it was still just a juvenile and couldn’t withstand such a combined assault from multiple powerful beasts.
What’s more, its master had previously ordered it to entangle these spiritual beasts as much as possible. Unfortunately, during a perilous moment, Qin Feng had released the Ruyi Spiritual Golden Wind, and Luo Xiao was desperately resisting it, unable to sense the situation here. That’s why it had missed the best chance to escape and had ended up trapped by the White Dragon and the Soul Devouring Vine Demon, with the Ghost-Faced Spider’s webs binding it.
At this time, a high-pitched call came from the White Dragon as potent Light Magic Power gathered around it, preparing to unleash another powerful Forbidden Curse Magic.
Luo Xiao was familiar with the Forbidden Curse the White Dragon was about to use—it was the World-Purifying Holy Flame that the White Dragon had previously used to annihilate many Ghost Items!
This Forbidden Curse not only had tremendous power but also strongly suppressed evil forces. If the Ghost Dragon hadn’t been trapped by the webs, it could have used various means to resist or dodge. But now it could only wait in place for the Forbidden Curse to strike.
After this hit, even if it didn’t die, the Ghost Dragon would be severely injured.
After all, the White Dragon’s World-Purifying Holy Flame could purify the Yin Qi in the Ghost Dragon’s body. If it was purified too much, the Ghost Dragon’s origin would inevitably suffer great damage!
Moreover, the Ghost-Faced Spider was also gathering Soul Burning Demon Flame, clearly waiting to strike after the White Dragon’s World-Purifying Holy Flame.
The Soul Devouring Vine Demon next to them was also eager to join in, with numerous sharp spikes growing from its blood-red vines, ready to penetrate the Ghost Dragon’s body, extract its dragon blood, and nourish itself!
Seeing this, although Luo Xiao could hardly wait to kill Qin Feng, he also couldn’t ignore the Ghost Dragon.
Although the Ghost Dragon acknowledged him as its master, that didn’t mean he could just abandon its life.
After all, the creature still had a powerful ancestor.
Even Ghost Dragon City was named after the Ghost Dragon, showing its importance to the city of Ten Directions Ghost City. He wouldn’t dare let the Ghost Dragon die here; otherwise, he wouldn’t have a good explanation when he returned.
The mount of the Ghost Dragon City Lord, which could also be considered a fellow combatant, fought alongside the Ghost Dragon.
Indeed, ever since the late stages of the Ancient Great Tribulation, when the Ghost Dragon ascended to immortality, the Ghost Dragon City Lord had never again ridden the Ghost Dragon.
A being of great power in the Immortal Realm deserved enough respect no matter where it was, and should not be easily disgraced!
Therefore, Luo Xiao had to suppress his impulse to kill Qin Feng first. With a flash, he dashed towards the Ghost Dragon.
His movement was ghostly, real yet ethereal, and despite his tall stature and speed like the wind, there was no sound of wind. With just a flutter, he had already reached in front of the Ghost Dragon. Opening his hand with sharp ghost claws, he grabbed and snapped several strands of spider silk with a few crackling sounds.
Just when he was about to completely tear all the webs apart to free the Ghost Dragon, he suddenly heard a loud roar from the White Dragon. Then the tremendously powerful World-Purifying Holy Flame descended from the sky, forming a mass that spared the Ghost Dragon and headed straight for him.
Of course, these spiritual beasts weren’t actually trying to kill the Ghost Dragon as Qin Feng had already informed them to capture the Ghost Dragon alive. Their previous actions were only because they were accumulating power, preparing to deal a severe blow to Luo Xiao.
Now that he was lured into the encirclement, these powerful beasts would certainly not be merciful.
So the most powerful one, which also countered evil forces the most—the White Dragon—took the first strike.
This fellow had stayed in the Light Domain for a considerable amount of time. Although still maintaining the Dragon Clan’s lazy habits, under Qin Feng’s guidance and the techniques derived by the Sect Elders, the White Dragon’s strength had inevitably grown much stronger than before.
Thus, even now, it remained the strongest under Qin Feng’s command.
Its progress was evident when it managed to condense the vast-scale Forbidden Curse, the World-Purifying Holy Flame, into a clump. Other Giant Dragons would rather sleep than waste their energy on such spell-casting techniques.
Luo Xiao swiftly extended both hands in front of him and fiercely conjured a cluster of eerie, ghostly fire, which collided with the World-Purifying Holy Flame.
With a thunderous noise, a green and a white flame burst forth with immense power, not only blasting Luo Xiao’s figure hundreds of feet away but also causing the web-entangled Ghost Dragon to roll over repeatedly. If not for the restraints of numerous vines from the Soul Devouring Vine Demon, it would have rolled even further.
Before Luo Xiao could steady himself, he heard a strange squeal from the Ghost-Faced Spider. Suddenly, a large cluster of pitch-black demon flame rose from the ghostly face, sweeping toward him.
The Soul Burning Demon Flame was the innate demon fire of a demon god from the Otherworld, powerful and fierce. Although the Ghost-Faced Spider’s cultivation was insufficient, it could still unleash a fraction of its power; especially the burning sensation when it consumed the soul’s origin—it caused Luo Xiao to feel a profound dread before even touching him.
Therefore, he immediately forsook the Ghost Dragon, hastily setting up multiple layers of defense in front of him to fend off the attack of the Soul Burning Demon Flame.
However, hardly had he blocked the demon flame when he felt an intense heat beside him, making him feel as if he were a snowflake under the scorching sun, his body seemingly about to melt.
Turning his head, he saw a wholly golden, strange bird with its wings spread, spewing golden flames from its mouth.
Dodging the golden flames, he was then lashed at by more than a dozen thick vines like whips.
In this way, a group of Spiritual Beasts attacked in turns, catching Luo Xiao off guard. He couldn’t even think about rescuing the Ghost Dragon, let alone muster much of a defense for himself.
“How come so many Spiritual Beasts are attacking me?”
Confused, Luo Xiao glanced back and realized that the Ghost Generals released from his Ten Thousand Ghosts Banner had all been slain.
Although this loss of Ghost Items paled in comparison to the loss of the Netherworld Treasure Pearl, the fact that most of these Ghost Items were souls he had collected on battlefields recently still left him deeply frustrated.
This meant that nearly half a year’s gains were washed away.
What was more critical, in his efforts to collect souls from battlefields everywhere, he had even delayed his own Cultivation. Although he still possessed tens of thousands of ordinary Ghost Items, not a single powerful one was left.
As Luo Xiao seethed, suddenly the roar of the Ghost Dragon reached his ears.
Turning his head, he saw Qin Feng gripping the dragon horns on the Ghost Dragon’s head, ready to suppress it and capture it into the Demon Refining Pot.
The Ghost Dragon struggled violently, instinctively sensing that the Demon Refining Pot was not a good place, desperately writhing to break free. For a moment, Qin Feng wasn’t paying attention, and it indeed broke free from his grasp.
After all, this creature belonged to the True Dragon Bloodline, not weak in physical strength or Divine Skills. Even though it was firmly trapped in the web of the Ghost-Faced Spider and casting Divine Skills was extremely difficult, it was born a Divine Beast, not easily subdued like ordinary Spiritual Beasts.
Qin Feng squinted, his figure transitioning into the form of a three-zhang-tall giant. His muscles bulged, and a deep thudding, like a drum, came from his chest—it was his heart furiously beating, as ferocious Qi Blood Power flowed throughout his body.
In that moment, Qin Feng pushed his Physical Body Power to the limit, bellowed, and, grasping the thick tail of the dragon, pivoted and performed a shoulder throw, harshly smashing the tens of meters long Ghost Dragon onto the Rainbow Bridge.
Under such violent power, the Ghost Dragon was instantly thrown into confusion.
Although the Dragon Clan boasted physically strong bodies, they were still primarily known for their Divine Skills, and in terms of strength and physique, they fell short compared to Divine Beasts known for their brute force.
Moreover, the nature of the Ghost Dragon’s cultivation path also meant its physical body was weaker than that of a standard True Dragon, so Qin Feng’s throw had not been gentle.
It roared in anger, twisting its neck as if it wished to bite Qin Feng to death.
However, its mouth was currently bound by spider silk, making it difficult to even fully open its mouth when it roared. It struggled to release a few Divine Skills, sending out Ghost Fire to try burning off the silk on its body, but the spider silk, strengthened by the Soul Burning Demon Flame, had significant resistance to fire. This caused the Ghost Dragon to be unable to break free in a short time, leaving it no choice but to passively endure the rough handling by Qin Feng!
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Qin Feng held the thick tail of the Ghost Dragon and swung it wildly like a whip, thrashing the Ghost Dragon around until it was dizzy and nearly unconscious.
On the other side, Luo Xiao watched this, extremely annoyed.
His precious Ghost Dragon, which he had always treasured, was being smashed around by Qin Feng like a meteor hammer. It was fortunate that the Rainbow Bridge was sturdy; otherwise, an entire mountain would have been reduced to ruins.
He wanted to rush over and rescue the Ghost Dragon, but several Spiritual Beasts attacked simultaneously, leaving him only able to fend off their attacks without a chance to intervene.
Though none of these Spiritual Beasts were a match for him individually, their combined efforts posed him some difficulty in dealing with them.
At that moment, Luo Xiao deeply regretted the absence of the Ghost Generals. Had they still been around, they could have helped him by entangling the other Spiritual Beasts, allowing him to defeat each beast in turn.
But now, not only were the Ghost Generals absent, even the Ghost Dragon was trapped, and even the Netherworld Treasure Pearl he had counted on as his trump card had been taken by Qin Feng. Thus, he found himself temporarily at a disadvantage, being forced to passively defend against the relentless attacks of these Spiritual Beasts!
Particularly when a feather burned by the Death Curse Crow unleashed a wave of Curse Power that directly entwined around Luo Xiao.
Although the Death Curse Crow, limited by its cultivation and facing Luo Xiao — a True Disciple of the Ghost Dao from the Ten Directions Ghost City and a Cultivator who had some experience in Curse Techniques — whose body possessed treasures capable of resisting and reducing the curse’s effects, and who was currently merged with his Lifebound Spiritual Ghost sharing the burden of the curse’s power, wasn’t enough to Curse kill him directly.
However, the Death Curse Crow also knew its own limits in cultivation, so it hadn’t even thought about curse killing Luo Xiao but had instead cast a curse that brought misfortune upon him.
Once this Curse Power took hold, Luo Xiao felt continually frustrated. Even though his Divine Skills should have been enough to withstand the attacks of the other Spiritual Beasts, there were always a few mild aftershocks that splashed onto him, causing damage. Though not strong, it was enough to greatly irritate him.
Qin Feng once again slammed the Ghost Dragon onto the Rainbow Bridge. Seeing the creature’s eyes dazed and body involuntarily twisting, he knew he had thoroughly confused it with his barrage of throws, so he quickly seized the opportunity to capture it in the Demon Refining Pot.
By integrating this Ghost Dragon, the foundations of the Ruyi Golden Snake would greatly improve.
Even though the Ghost Dragon had a somewhat strange appearance, it still belonged to the True Dragon Bloodline and came from a Divine Beast lineage. Compared to the other Spiritual Beasts Qin Feng had previously merged with the Ruyi Golden Snake, this one’s origin was significantly stronger.
Qin Feng decided that after this integration, he’d allow the Ruyi Golden Snake to advance directly.
The accumulation within the Ruyi Golden Snake was simply too profound. After integrating the Ghost Dragon Bloodline, he did not want to waste energy suppressing the cultivation realm of the Ruyi Golden Snake any longer and decided to let it advance directly.
As for himself, he was already close to completely refining the Demon Refining Pot. Once the Ruyi Golden Snake advanced, it could assist him further. He aimed to completely refine the last bit of the prohibition within one or two months, then swiftly comprehend the Innate Divine Abilities of the remaining Spiritual Beasts, grasp the Laws within them, and then he, too, would need to advance.
Although their trial primarily involved uncovering the secrets of this world and the specifics of various forces, relying mainly on wisdom, strategy, chance, and luck to eventually secure the position of the Chosen Son, this was after all a high-rank world filled with dangers. A stronger cultivation not only helped avoid many dangers but also assisted them in reaching higher levels of existence.
So Qin Feng knew that soon, the top true disciples of the various sects would likely choose to break through to the next level and advance to the Purple Mansion realm. The rest of the disciples, if they understood the Power of Laws and could advance, would probably not delay any longer.
Although advancing might cause slight conflicts with the Heavenly Dao of this world due to the strengthening Power of Laws they possessed, this minor conflict was negligible compared to their gains.
When the Ghost Dragon was dizzy and disoriented, Qin Feng inadvertently sent it into the Demon Refining Pot.
On the other side, Luo Xiao suddenly felt the connection between the Ghost Dragon and himself disappear, and he immediately burst into a furious rage.
At this moment, his hatred for Qin Feng reached its peak. All thoughts of subduing Qin Feng to work for him evaporated, leaving only the desire to kill Qin Feng completely.
He roared furiously, directly employing a secret technique to stimulate the potential of his Lifebound Spiritual Ghost. His aura surged again, and with a sweep of his arms, he formed two huge Ghost Claws in front of him. He forcefully shattered several Spiritual Beasts exerting their Divine Skills. Then, opening his mouth full of sharp teeth, he spewed a stream of Ghost Fire, forcing the approaching Golden Crow to retreat.
Then, he flipped his hand and took out a Mourning Stick from his Storage Bag at his waist.
The stick was no longer than three feet and looked like it was made of ordinary Yellow Boxwood, quite inconspicuous.
However, when Luo Xiao peeled the yellow paper from the Mourning Stick, a tremendously powerful aura suddenly emitted from it.
Sensing the formidable aura of the Mourning Stick, Qin Feng’s face suddenly changed.
This guy truly deserved to be a True Disciple of the Ten Directions Ghost City; he had many treasures on him.
What kind of treasure was this Mourning Stick to possess such power?
Wait, no, this must be a powerful attack sealed within the Mourning Stick!
Qin Feng was certainly well-informed, as he had seen many such treasures with powerful abilities sealed inside them. Even now, he had some with him, given by his master Ning Wuxu before he left, meant to save his life.
Thus, Qin Feng recognized the source of the immense power of the Mourning Stick Luo Xiao held.
However, recognizing it was one thing; he still needed to figure out how to withstand its formidable power.
Seeing Luo Xiao raising the Mourning Stick, about to unleash a strike far surpassing his cultivation realm, Qin Feng frowned.
The treasures he carried for self-protection were meant for opposing the powerhouses of this world. He hadn’t expected to use them against a fellow cultivator like Luo Xiao first.
Although reluctant, he was ready to take out the treasure given by his master.
Otherwise, if he couldn’t withstand the attack from Luo Xiao’s Mourning Stick, not only would he be severely injured, but his Spiritual Beasts would also suffer.
Just as Qin Feng was about to reach into his Storage Bag, a roar suddenly came from the distance, followed by a massive stone axe, larger than a millstone, cleaving through the air towards their location.
Behind the stone axe, seven or eight wooden spears, each over thirty feet long, followed with a piercing sound, aimed at the several Spiritual Beasts around Qin Feng.
Both men were startled and turned their heads, only to see more than ten tall giants emerging from behind a mountain peak about ten miles away, all glaring furiously at them.