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Chapter 749: Chapter 755: Misfortune and Happiness
The uncontrolled Ghost King became even more dangerous, like a wild beast that had broken free from its reins, brutally and ferociously launching attacks in a frenzy.
Despite Li Chengsheng’s best efforts to weaken the Ghost King, it was, after all, a fourth-order entity, whose strength was far beyond his own, and if not for this Great Array, he would have been severely suppressed long ago.
’No! I can’t keep going like this!’ A sense of urgency surged within him; the longer he dragged on, the more danger he faced.
Li Chengsheng, throwing caution to the wind, pushed the Formation to its limits, unleashing an onslaught of aggressive spells at the Ghost King, with sky-obscuring fireballs, meteors falling from the heavens, and exploding Sun Spirit Flames. He used everything in his arsenal that he could muster.
But the Ghost King stood like an imposing and solid bulwark, steadfast as a rock in front of him, offering no hope of being shaken.
Gradually, the onslaught began to slow down.
’Was I daydreaming, to actually think I could deal with a fourth-order Ghost King?’ Li Chengsheng laughed at himself in self-mockery as his consciousness began to sink.
"Big brother!"
The three Spirit Beasts, sensing something was wrong with him, urgently shouted.
Triggered by having been endlessly drilled by Li Zhirui to constantly practice the Visualization Skill, Divine Turtle Calming the Sea, a mighty presence suddenly manifested in his Sea of Consciousness, forcing out several strands of black qi.
"I was actually influenced by the Yin Evil of this Ghost King!"
Fortunately, with the reminder from the Spirit Beasts, and the existence of the Visualization Skill, otherwise if he had continued to sink, he might have ended up as fodder for the Ghost King.
The refreshed Li Chengsheng fully immersed his mind into the Formation, transforming into the sun above, embodying extreme yang and purity, extreme intensity and heat.
In a trance, he seemed to have touched upon a hint of the Sun Law.
"Pop!"
An ethereal sound echoed in Li Chengsheng’s mind, causing a revolutionary change in his entire perception.
"Big brother, have you made a breakthrough?!" The three Spirit Beasts exclaimed in joy.
Li Chengsheng himself was stunned; he never anticipated that he would suddenly shatter his bottleneck!
From now on, the gates to the Nascent Soul stage were open to him. Once back, after a period of cultivation and gathering strength, he would be ready for the Thunder Tribulation!
"Hahaha..."
Once Li Chengsheng regained his composure, he couldn’t help but burst into loud laughter, his emotions surging, tears shining in the corners of his eyes.
He had been adventuring outside for so many years, enduring endless hardships and countless dangerous encounters, and even ventured into a fourth-order Secret Realm, snatching the Great Illusionary Dream Fruit from the hands of numerous Golden Core cultivators, just so that his Nascent Soul had a chance!
Yet he hadn’t expected that on his way home, he would offend a Nascent Soul Demon Cultivator, barely escaping catastrophe with the precious Soul Dividing Jade Slip, only to be pursued by a fourth-order Ghost King.
Fortunately, blessings come in disguise, and from extreme adversity comes fortune!
This crisis actually allowed him to break through his bottleneck!
"Yang, Li, Yang Li, get ready to disengage from the Formation; I’m going to use this Formation to bury this Ghost King in a blaze of glory, to thank it for its help in my breakthrough!"
Despite Li Chengsheng’s graciousness, the reality was they had lingered here too long. Although it seemed a thousand li away—a distance quite vast— for a Nascent Soul Cultivator exerting full force, it was but a brief moment, and waiting any longer could mean being caught by the Demon Cultivator.
After saying this, he threw a large number of Spirit Stones into the Array Plate and was the first to exit the Formation, with the three Spirit Beasts following closely behind.
Only after they had left a few dozen li did the four stop.
Boom—
A deafening explosion resounded, and a magnificently splendid firework burst forth in the sky.
"Big brother, is the fourth-order Ghost King dead?" Yang asked uncertainly.
Li Chengsheng gazed into the distance, but the thick smoke obscured his view, yet he did not hear the voice of the Ghost King anymore, and he assumed it had perished.
"Let’s go! Hurry back to Wanxian Island! I can hardly wait!"
To prevent further trouble and delays while on his way, he did not store the Spirit Beasts in the Spirit Beast Bag, but instead took them aboard the Spirit Boat and flew towards his clan.
At the same time!
"Pfft—"
Wang Zhonghe, who had barely managed to deal with the Spirit Division, was attempting to sense the whereabouts of the Myriad Ghosts Banner when he suddenly spat out a mouthful of fresh blood, his face pale as paper, his entire body swaying as if he was about to collapse.
"Impossible! How could my Ghost King possibly be killed by a mere Golden Core cultivator?!"
Wang Zhonghe shook his head in frenzied denial, unwilling to accept this reality.
Although the Myriad Ghosts Banner was not his Life-bound Magic Treasure, it was an important Magical Treasure that he had cultivated for hundreds of years and was closely associated with his well-being, not to mention the effort, blood, sweat, and wealth he had spent to advance the Ghost King to the fourth tier.
Now that the core of the Magical Treasure had been destroyed, his Spiritual Soul had been wounded, and all his previous efforts had gone down the drain!
Blame it on the Golden Core Demon Cultivator who failed to report the nature of Li Chengsheng’s Spiritual Root and the attributes of his Spirit Beasts; otherwise, Wang Zhonghe would have never handed over the Myriad Ghosts Banner.
"Aaaargh!"
Filled with rage, he flew at the greatest speed towards the location of the Myriad Ghosts Banner.
Unfortunately, by the time he arrived, Li Chengsheng had long since disappeared. Only a charred corpse lay on the side, and a little farther away, a tattered black flag.
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On Wanxian Island, an unknown distance away.
Li Zhirui, who was in deep meditation, suddenly opened his eyes and immediately took out Li Chengsheng’s Life Token. Seeing it intact, he breathed a sigh of relief.
He had felt a premonition when the Soul Dividing Jade Slip was activated, but since he was in cultivation, he couldn’t afford to be distracted and had to wait until he finished his current round of practice before checking on the situation.
Thankfully, nothing had happened!
But then again, if something had indeed happened, given the vast distance, not only would Li Zhirui have no idea of Li Chengsheng’s whereabouts, but even if he did, it wouldn’t be possible to arrive in time.
"I wonder how that young lad has fared over these years, when will he return?"
Disturbed by the event, he lost the inclination to cultivate for the time being and decided to step into the Mysterious Space to clear his mind.
Looking at the lush Spirit Plants and Spiritual Medicine covering the mountains and plains, Li Zhirui felt immensely satisfied; it was precisely because of this Mysterious Space that his path of cultivation had been so smooth.
"Eh?"
As he looked, he sensed something was amiss.
It had been years since he last entered the space, and with Cang cultivating in the outside world, the vast space was only occupied by a few colonies of Spirit Bees toiling, gathering nectar, and pollinating.
Even though he had not used Spirit Stones to hasten growth, some low-level Spiritual Medicines should have matured through several cycles, and Spirit Seeds sown here and there should be wildly growing.
Li Zhirui had specifically left a large patch of open ground near the low-level Spiritual Medicines for their growth.
Yet now, while the original empty ground did have Spiritual Medicines growing on it, they were not growing wildly; instead, they were well-ordered as if someone had deliberately cultivated them that way.
"Since when did the space acquire this function?"
With this thought, he narrowed his eyes unconsciously and whispered, "Or is there another being living in the space?"
