Chapter 17: Seven Steps Dragon Slaying Technique, the Mastermind Behind the Scenes!
Fierce ghosts rivaled the Foundation Establishment cultivators of the various immortal sects. Every fierce ghost born required devouring massive amounts of yin energy or swallowing large quantities of human blood and souls.
Normally speaking, forty or fifty fierce ghosts being born in the Three Pure Immortal Sect's jurisdiction would inevitably be accompanied by massive loss of life. There was simply no way to hide this from the Three Pure Immortal Sect.
Unless! These fierce ghosts had an even bigger mastermind behind them!
"Junior Brother!" Ji Zidian's gaze was solemn. "This many fierce ghosts are beyond what we can handle. You take Junior Sister Ling'er and retreat first, I'll cover the rear!"
The leading fierce ghost wore mournful red clothes, her cultivation clearly reaching Foundation Establishment Ninth Layer, her entire body shrouded in thick killing and demonic energy. She giggled: "Leave?"
"Since we've all revealed ourselves, how could we possibly let you go?"
As she spoke, a full forty or fifty fierce ghosts had already surrounded Wang Xiu and Ji Zidian completely. The dense ghost evil energy enveloped this area airtight.
"Who dares block him!" Ji Zidian's phoenix brows stood on end, her aura exploding skyward.
Purple thunderbolts suddenly burst from her body, like dragons and snakes, completely enveloping her from head to toe. She slowly spread her two jade arms.
Between her peaks, a purple cloud pattern slowly emerged.
Then, endless thunder light burst forth from that purple cloud, emitting an aura that made all fierce ghosts tremble in fear, forcing them to retreat continuously.
Clang, endless thunder light gathered, and a blade cry rang out from within the light, echoing through the valley.
The next second, Ji Zidian actually pulled a completely purple Tang blade from her own chest. It had a single-edged blade, its entire body covered in dense thunder light.
"Spiritual artifact!" The red-clad fierce ghost's face changed drastically, her eyes full of fear and dread: "Thunder-attribute spiritual artifact!"
Spiritual artifacts were existences that surpassed magical artifacts. Not only did they possess primary intelligence and could automatically protect their master, their power was enough to crush magical artifacts.
Generally speaking, weapons of this level were held by Core Formation and above cultivators. Even Golden Core elders who possessed spiritual artifacts were few and far between.
Yet this young girl before them was only at Foundation Establishment, yet she actually sealed a spiritual artifact within her body. It was simply unreasonable!
With the spiritual artifact unsheathed, Ji Zidian's aura rose to another level: "Junior Brother, southwest direction, break through!"
As soon as her words fell, she suddenly shot toward the southwest, stepping on the Heavenly Gang and Big Dipper. With each step, her aura exploded several times.
After seven steps, she raised her Purple Cloud Blade to the sky and slashed. A ten-foot-long purple dragon rose on the clouds and pounced toward the few fierce ghosts in the southwest direction.
In an instant, three fierce ghosts turned to ashes under the thunder dragon's bites, and five fierce ghosts retreated in terror, their ghost energy dimming considerably.
Seven Steps Dragon Slaying Technique! One of the Lightning Branch's mountain-guarding inheritances, known as capable of slaying true dragons within seven steps, invincible in close combat!
Coupled with the thunder-attribute spiritual artifact's boost, for these fierce ghosts covered in demonic energy, it was simply a heaven-restraining killing move!
Whoosh, the encirclement was torn open, and the Xuanwu Mirror transformed into a brilliant green light, shooting out and disappearing into the mountain forest in an instant.
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What a fast blade!
The red-clad fierce ghost looked at the place where the thunder dragon had rampaged, her eyes showing thick dread. If she had taken that blade head-on, she would have lost at least half her life.
You should know that she was at Foundation Establishment Ninth Layer, while the other party was only at Foundation Establishment Sixth Layer. With a difference of three minor realms yet still so ferocious, the Three Pure Immortal Sect's true disciples were indeed terrifyingly fierce!
"Little sister, spiritual artifact protecting your body, what impressive might!"
Silently retreating half a step, the red-clad fierce ghost sneered: "But how many more times can you use a move like that?"
Ji Zidian stood holding her blade, indifferently saying: "Killing you is enough!"
Having said that, she formed a sword seal with her left hand, and the Heart of Heaven Sword whistled over. Where the sword edge pointed, cyan and purple wind and thunder runes appeared out of thin air.
Carrying endless wind and thunder power to empower the sword body, she slashed toward the other fierce ghosts around the red-clad fierce ghost. And she herself stepped on the Heavenly Gang again, like a jade flood dragon, drawing endless thunder light to shoot toward the red-clad fierce ghost.
If she could kill the leader and intimidate the ghosts, breaking through would be much easier!
"Want to kill me?" The red-clad fierce ghost sneered: "Not a chance!"
As she spoke, the red-clad fierce ghost's figure explosively retreated, pushing her other sisters toward Ji Zidian. In an instant, the purple dragon appeared again, and another three to five fierce ghosts scattered into nothingness.
"Single-handedly, what are you using to fight this old lady? Die!"
Seeing Ji Zidian's move grow old, a group of fierce ghosts immediately swarmed forward.
Clang, in that red-clad fierce ghost's hand, endless killing energy condensed into a black demon blade, circling behind Ji Zidian and chopping down from above.
"Clown."
Ji Zidian raised her head and roared to the sky, her crystal purple hair dancing wildly with the wind. The originally dim thunder light on her Purple Cloud Blade once again exploded with purple light.
Dragon Turns Back!
The Purple Cloud Blade and Ji Zidian merged into one, transforming into a purple flood dragon, directly shattering the black demon blade, then heavily bombarding the red-clad fierce ghost.
Ah, the red-clad fierce ghost let out a miserable scream, directly swallowed by endless thunder light.
"Master!"
"You actually stood by and did nothing, I hate this!"
Master? These fierce ghosts had a master?
Ji Zidian's heart felt great alarm. She hurriedly circulated her spiritual energy to protect her body, while instinctively raising the Purple Cloud Blade to block her chest.
Roar, from within the jungle, a tiger's roar suddenly rang out.
In an instant, the entire Mingyue Mountain seemed to tremble. The moment the sound rang out, a white tiger with hanging eyes had already appeared behind Ji Zidian, its fierce and baleful demon energy shooting to the sky.
Facing Ji Zidian who was in mid-air and couldn't dodge easily, the white tiger suddenly swung its palm out, the palm wind sounding like exploding thunder.
Clang, electric light shattered, and Ji Zidian shot out like a meteor, breaking several ancient trees and heavily falling to the ground.
That spiritual artifact Purple Cloud Blade was also knocked flying, horizontally inserted into the ground.
"Core Formation Middle Stage!"
"Demon general!"
Spitting out a mouthful of blood, Ji Zidian couldn't help but show despair in her eyes.
The mastermind behind these fierce ghosts was actually a Core Formation Middle Stage tiger demon, and it had been hiding nearby all along.
Damn it!
If she had faced it head-on in single combat, Ji Zidian with the Purple Cloud Blade in hand might not have lacked the chance to fight with her life on the line.
But now, she had consumed most of her spiritual energy, was injured by a sneak attack, and her blood and energy were churning non-stop. The Purple Cloud Blade had left her hand.
There was simply no way she could threaten this tiger demon anymore.
It could only be said that this tiger demon was too cunning and too cautious.
A dignified Core Formation demon general, judging from the aura emanating from its body, at least at the Fourth or Fifth Layer or above.
Facing two Foundation Establishment juniors, it actually played a war of attrition, and even more shamelessly launched a sneak attack.
"What a stunning and brilliant Three Pure Immortal Sect true disciple, truly breathtaking."
From the mouth of the several-zhang-high white tiger came a charming female voice. It slowly paced, white light emanating from its body, gradually transforming into a white-clad noblewoman.
The white tiger demon looked at Ji Zidian playfully and said: "You killed my most beloved servant, but I'm not angry."
"Because you are more perfect than her, with greater potential!"
"After killing you and refining you into a chang ghost servant, that will certainly be my most perfect work to date."
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