Chapter 2527
byHearing Elder Ban’s question, Zhang Ruoxi trembled and said, “I don’t know if this is a ghost, but it has no physical body… and it seems very angry now！”
“Wait until it gets closer and use soul attacks. Ordinary attacks have no effect on them. Don’t be afraid, young lady. With your cultivation, ordinary ghosts can’t hurt you. Unless they are those ghosts with high cultivation like ghost generals and ghost commanders, you need to stay calm！” Elder Ban quickly reminded. He seemed to have experienced many such scenes and had his own ideas on how to deal with them.
After hearing this, Zhang Ruoxi took a deep breath and continuously probed her surroundings with her spiritual sense, paying attention to the movement of the ghost.
After being attacked, the ghost seemed extremely angry. Its unclear facial features became ferocious and distorted. Its translucent body took a step back into the strange fog, and then rolled up a gust of cold wind and pounced towards Zhang Ruoxi with its teeth and claws bared.
Before the attack arrived, an extremely sharp and harsh cry had already been heard. This cry was not only harsh but also contained a strange soul power, trying to tear apart the defense of Zhang Ruoxi’s sea of consciousness.
Reminded by Elder Ban, Zhang Ruoxi tightly guarded her mind. Although her small face was a little pale, she didn’t make a sound. When the ghost pounced to within three inches in front of her, she suddenly burst forth with pure spiritual consciousness power.
The translucent body of the specter was like a rapidly advancing water droplet hitting an extremely hard wall, and it split apart all at once, dissipating in a shrill scream.
“Whoosh…” Zhang Ruoxi let out a soft breath and slowly calmed down.
After personally eliminating a specter, she found that this strange thing was nothing more than that, so she wasn’t so scared anymore.
Old Ban spoke up ahead, “These specter imps in this place, even a cultivator with my cultivation level can easily deal with them. So as long as the young miss doesn’t panic, there will be no problem. However, the only thing that needs to be noted is that some specters have cultivated some special supernatural powers in this strange environment. These supernatural powers are all soul attacks and are really impossible to guard against. If the young miss has a soul defense secret treasure, it can be activated now to prevent any accidents.”
He didn’t go to remind Yang Kai of these things. Because he knew that a strong person at the Emperor Venerable Realm didn’t need him to remind too much.
Zhang Ruoxi stuck out her tongue and said, “I don’t have a soul secret treasure.”
All over her body, there were only two secret treasures. One was the Phoenix Colored Cloud Dress given to her by the Holy Spirit Qiongqi, and the other was the Myriad Beasts Seal given to her by Yang Kai.
Hearing this, Old Ban doesn’t say anything more and concentrate led the way ahead.
As they traveled along, from time to time, there would be specters and evil spirits coming to cause trouble. However, because Old Ban was extremely familiar with this passage and the route he chose was also extremely safe, they didn’t encounter any too powerful ghosts. Naturally, those specters that harassed the three of them didn’t have a good ending.
Yang Kai didn’t make a move. All the specters were left to Zhang Ruoxi to deal with.
Half an hour later, Zhang Ruoxi had become used to it and was no longer as nervous as at the beginning. When a specter attacked, she could kill it without changing her expression.
Although due to the interference of the strange fog, Yang Kai couldn’t determine the position and direction of their progress. But judging from Old Ban’s movement route, the path they were taking wasn’t a straight line but was extremely tortuous, with many twists and turns.
From time to time, Old Ban would also stop to observe the nearby terrain and then change direction.
Sometimes he would even stand in one place for a long time, doing nothing, and only after a long while would he move forward again.
Yang Kai knew that his previous guess was correct. This best guide in the Desolate City should have mastered a safe passage to enter and exit the ancient land.
However, this was after all someone else’s secret and also the capital for Old Ban to survive. So Yang Kai didn’t ashly inquire about anything.
Half a day later, Yang Kai didn’t know where they were. After Zhang Ruoxi casually dealt with a specter, the old man Ban, who was leading the way in front, suddenly stopped. His nostrils fluttered rapidly, emitting a brisk inhalation sound.
Yang Kai raised his eyebrows, realizing that the old man Ban should have discovered something. Immediately, he released his spiritual sense and closely monitored his movements.
I saw that after sniffing for a while, the old man Ban’s face suddenly changed drastically, and he shouted： “You two follow me closely. Don’t fall behind even a step.”
As soon as the words fell, his figure had already leaped and rushed forward at high speed.
The old man Ban had been extremely cautious all the way and never dared to take the slightest risk. At this moment, he was so eager, obviously having discovered something.
Although Yang Kai’s experience was not as rich as the old man Ban’s, there was also an instinctive sense of crisis growing in his heart, as if some danger was approaching.
He was now at the Emperor Venerable Realm, and this kind of instinctive feeling was extremely acute. As soon as the old man Ban moved, he knew that the situation was not good.
Immediately, he urged his Emperor Yuan to cover Zhang Ruoxi, stepped on his feet, and closely followed behind the old man Ban.
Zhang Ruoxi didn’t say a word, but the expression on her small face revealed a nervous and uneasy mood.
The three of them quickly shuttled through the strange fog. They had just run for less than ten breaths when the old man Ban suddenly took a deep breath, his forward-rushing body suddenly stopped, and then he stomped his foot, and his figure burst back, while shouting： “Retreat！”
Yang Kai’s reaction was naturally not slow. Although he had been following not far behind Old Ban, the moment Old Ban retreated explosively, he also backed away.
At the same time, Yang Kai’s spiritual awareness tightly locked onto a certain place in front. He felt that there seemed to be something different about that place.
Crack…
Before Yang Kai could investigate clearly, a bolt of lightning suddenly rang out, and a purple light suddenly descended from the sky, striking the ground and directly splitting a large pit about ten zhang in diameter on the ground. All around the large pit, everything was wiped out and vanished into thin air.
Yang Kai snorted, a thick color of dread flashing in his eyes. Cold sweat oozed from his forehead, and he gritted his teeth and said, “Soul Extinguishing Divine Thunder！”
He was just curious, so he wanted to see what would happen in front. But he didn’t expect that when this bolt of lightning fell, it directly cut off the spiritual awareness he had released.
In the face of the power of that bolt of lightning, his powerful spiritual awareness comparable to that of a Second-Order Emperor Realm was simply as ridiculous as that of a baby. If it were an ordinary person, I’m afraid they would be rolling on the ground and howling in pain at this moment.
Although Yang Kai was also extremely uncomfortable, fortunately, he had the protection of the Warm Divine Lotus. A cool feeling was born from the Warm Divine Lotus and poured into his mind, greatly alleviating his pain. So although his face was pale at this moment, he was not in any serious danger.
And the position where that bolt of lightning struck was exactly the direction that Old Ban had been advancing in before.
One can imagine that if Old Ban hadn’t explosively retreated backward at the critical moment, with his cultivation at the First-Order Dao Source Realm, he would surely have been struck until his soul was scattered.
One also doesn’t know exactly how he has this peculiar ability like predicting the future, actually avoiding the dangerous place in the critical moment.
“Follow me！” Old Ban, however, didn’t stop for a moment and loudly shouted.
Yang Kai didn’t dare to be negligent and hurriedly followed up.
Five breaths later, a burst of crackling noises suddenly came from behind, and even the ground underfoot began to shake, as if thousands of troops were to crush this piece of land.
Although Yang Kai couldn’t see exactly what happened behind, he could also infer a thing or two from this terrifying movement and knew that there must have been a lot of purple thunderbolts falling in that place just now.
His admiration for Old Ban in his heart grew even stronger.
Previously, Pi San asked him to go to Old Ban to ask for directions and enter the ancient land. Although he didn’t refuse and indeed went to look for him, he was only with an indifferent attitude.
He felt that with his current strength, there should be no problem in entering the ancient land.
But after experiencing this matter, he realized that he had taken it for granted.
The power of this thunderbolt is extremely great. If it weren’t for Old Ban predicting the future and leading him and Zhang Ruoxi to avoid it, even with his cultivation being struck, I’m afraid it wouldn’t have been easy.
The falling thunder was so terrifying and completely irregular. Not to mention the strange fog that filled this place and could make a Great Emperor Realm martial artist lose their way for ten years.
Crackle…
The sounds of purple thunder came continuously from all directions. Although the strange fog blocked the line of sight, Yang Kai could still faintly see weak purple lights refracted from the thick fog. The lightning wandered in the strange fog like a crazy devil dancing, extremely terrifying.
It seemed that they had suddenly entered a sea of thunder, with crises lurking all around.
Zhang Ruoxi didn’t dare to move at all and let Yang Kai wrap her with Emperor Yuan and drift with the current.
Old Ban led the way in front, and the traveling direction was erratic and seemingly without any pattern. But miraculously, he could always lead Yang Kai and Zhang Ruoxi to avoid the range of the falling thunder attacks.
He was like the most experienced sailor. Even if he was only driving a wooden plank boat, he could still conquer the majestic sea and go to the deepest part to see the intoxicating scenery.
A tragic cry came from nearby. It seemed that a martial artist had been hit by the falling thunder and shouted for help. The voice was extremely shrill.
But it was only for a moment, and then the voice stopped abruptly as if someone had strangled their neck.
The outcome of that martial artist was can be imagined.
The originally ubiquitous ghosts had now all disappeared completely. Along the way they passed, not even half a shadow could be seen.
Boss Ban was always able to change direction at the most critical moment, avoiding the positions where the purple thunderbolts fell, allowing the three of them to progress without incident despite the alarms along the way.
I don’t know how long they ran, but the sound of the falling thunder around them gradually weakened and finally there was not a sound.
After rushing forward for a long time, Boss Ban finally stopped panting, his face pale and bloodless.
Yang Kai stood firmly behind him, his spiritual sense constantly paying attention to the surroundings in case of any accidents.
“Sir, are you okay?” Zhang Ruoxi looked at Yang Kai nervously.
When the first falling thunderbolt struck earlier, Yang Kai was obviously a little injured. But at that time, she didn’t dare to disturb Yang Kai at all. It was only now that they had settled down that she dared to ask.
Yang Kai shook his head, indicating that he was fine, and then looked at Boss Ban and said, “Boss Ban, is it safe now？”
He was still very afraid of that Soul Annihilation Divine Thunder.
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