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Chapter 748: 754
People always say that Demon Cultivators are heartless, but among the multitude, it’s not strange for a few to stand out from the rest.
And such was Wang Zhonghe, a Demon Cultivator at the Nascent Soul Realm. He and his two brothers were born triplets, with the gift of the Three Spiritual Roots, growing up together, surviving countless brushes with death, their bond deep and strong.
Not to mention, it was through great sacrifices from his younger brothers that propelled him into the Nascent Soul Realm. Wang Zhonghe had always been looking for ways for his brothers to advance, but then he received the sudden tragic news!
One could only imagine the fury in his heart.
Wang Zhonghe glared at Li Chengsheng, his voice sounding as though it came from the depths of the Nine Nether, "I won’t let you die easily, that would be too kind for you! I want you to constantly be in a state of pain where you cannot live or die as you wish. I want all your friends and family to die before your very eyes!"
Before he had finished speaking, a large, dark hand appeared out of thin air and reached straight for Li Chengsheng.
The gap between Nascent Soul and Golden Core was like a chasm!
Li Chengsheng had no ability to resist; all he could do was flee disgracefully. If he remembered correctly, there was a Nascent Soul Sect over a thousand miles to the northeast. If he could make it there, he would be safe!
"Thinking of running?!"
Wang Zhonghe sneered and with a blur, appeared just a few miles behind Li Chengsheng.
’It’s a pity I don’t have an Earth Escape Talisman, I have to use the Soul Dividing Jade Slip my father gave me.’
Li Chengsheng attempted to flee using his own power, but reality quickly taught him it was impossible, only putting himself in greater danger.
He had no choice but to resort to his last life-saving measure.
Without further delay, he activated the Soul Dividing Jade Slip. An incorporeal figure, identical to Li Zhirui, emerged and said, "Sheng, in trouble again?"
"Thank you for your trouble!" With the urgency of the situation, Li Chengsheng had no time for lengthy explanations. After bowing, he ran off towards the distance.
"Ha! You even have a Nascent Soul father, but even so, you won’t escape this disaster!"
Though he said this, Wang Zhonghe turned to the pathetic Demon Cultivator beside him, who looked as good as a dead dog, and ordered, "Chase after him, and you should know the consequences if you lose him."
Though the Spirit Division possessed but a tenth or a twentieth of the original’s power and was no match for him, it could tie him down for half an hour.
Half an hour! The person could be long gone by then, with only hope resting on that useless one.
"Don’t think about running; there’s a strand of my mana within you. No matter the distance, with just a thought from me, you would explode like a bomb, banged into a bloody mess!"
The Spirit Division pretended not to see and let the Golden Core Demon Cultivator chase after Li Chengsheng, engaging Wang Zhonghe in battle.
Without the vine Spirit Seed, he could only use spells and Divine Powers to entangle, and since his mana was limited, he couldn’t afford to squander it like his original self, which made him somewhat constrained in his actions.
Luckily, the Spirit Division only needed to buy Li Chengsheng more time to escape, and didn’t need to actually defeat the Demon Cultivator.
Meanwhile, Li Chengsheng sprinted headlong without paying any mind to the Golden Core Demon Cultivator doggedly pursuing him. It wasn’t until he had covered a thousand miles in one go that he finally stopped.
"Run, why don’t you run now?" the Demon Cultivator shouted mockingly.
"Why run from a defeated underling?" Li Chengsheng looked at him with disdain.
"Hmph! You think I don’t know about the two Tier-Three Spirit Beasts you have? But even with them, you’d better surrender nicely to avoid unnecessary pain."
Having said that, the Demon Cultivator proudly produced a black banner. A ghastly wind howled and malevolent energy gathered. Even though it was the middle of the day, the surroundings grew dimmer.
Li Chengsheng saw the emergence of a green-faced, fanged evil spirit from the dark banner, emitting the aura of a fourth-order entity!
This was the Myriad Ghosts Banner refined by Wang Zhonghe. However, to advance the Ghost King to the fourth order, all other ghostly spirits had become nourishment.
Li Chengsheng’s expression changed drastically. He had not expected the Nascent Soul Demon Cultivator to bestow such a precious Magical Treasure upon him, but in the next moment, he calmed down, realizing that the Ghost King’s aura was unstable, clearly having just made a breakthrough without even having time to consolidate its realm.
’If that’s the case, there might be a chance in a fight!’
The combat strength of ghostly beings was naturally weaker than others at the same level, and this was a fourth-order evil spirit enslaved by someone, almost devoid of Spiritual Intelligence, which reduced its combat power significantly.
Furthermore, Li Chengsheng was a Solar Spiritual Root. Li, Yang, and even the third unexposed Spirit Beast, the Yang Li Firebird, each and every one of them was anathema to ghostly spirits!
Additionally, he had the fourth-order Great Array, the Pure Yang Four-Fire Array, tailored for him by Jiang Fengwu!
Given these advantages and drawbacks, there was indeed a possibility of defeating this freshly advanced fourth-order evil spirit!
His thoughts spun rapidly, all in the blink of an eye.
Having assessed the strengths and weaknesses of both sides, Li Chengsheng no longer thought of fleeing but instead was eager to try. Perhaps he could defeat a fourth-order being while being in the Golden Core Realm!
Even if it was just a ghostly creature.
"Yang, Li, Yang Li, form the array!"
A red-colored Array Plate flew out from Li Chengsheng’s hand; the Array Flags automatically fell into their positions as the four of them took their respective spots. In the blink of an eye, a fourth-order Great Array instantly formed, trapping both the Demon Cultivator and the ghostly entity within it.
Above the Great Array hung a large sun, radiating a strong yang qi, while below was a sea of four-colored flames, which originated from Li Chengsheng’s Pill Fire and the Lifebound Spirit Fire of the three Spirit Beasts.
Yang Qi filled the entire Formation.
This scene stunned the Demon Cultivator; he could not believe that a mere Golden Core cultivator would dare to take the initiative against a fourth-order Ghost King.
As for Li Chengsheng’s hidden card – the existence of a third Spirit Beast – he did not even take it into consideration.
"Senseless, courting death!"
With a cold snort, he urged the Ghost King to attack.
If it weren’t for the mana Wang Zhonghe had left within the Myriad Ghosts Banner, he wouldn’t have been able to activate it for long with his own cultivation.
The Ghost King wielded a ghastly heavy saber, as if a myriad of spirits were crawling out from within it. The dense, cold, and deadly aura caused the nearby Spiritual Fire to wilt before forcefully slashing at the Formation.
The Formation swayed slightly, but it quickly stabilized.
"Take this strike!"
The one commanding the Great Array, Li Chengsheng, summoned large fireballs, each infused with the Sun Spirit Flame and the Southern Bright Li Fire that were pure yang and exceedingly pure, the perfect counter to ghostly entities.
"Are you just tickling the Ghost King?" The Demon Cultivator laughed mockingly as he controlled the Ghost King to continuously smash the fireballs.
But in the next moment, the smile on his face stiffened!
He slowly looked down only to see a fire spear that had pierced through his chest from behind at some point, and his heart, which should have been beating continuously, was emitting a burnt aroma.
"Cough cough, you..." Before he could finish his words, he toppled over, falling into the blazing flames below and vanishing from sight.
