Hou Gang was riding the wind in midair. After leaving the cave, he felt exceptionally carefree. After sitting there for half a month, his emotions had been suppressed to the limit, and he could not hold it in any longer.
Halfway through, he shook his sleeve, and over a hundred little ghosts jumped out in an instant. All of them had hair like halberds, and their skulls protruded. They were emaciated, and as soon as they appeared, they let out strange cries. Then, with a push of mana, they turned into a gust of cold wind and merged into the atmosphere.
This was called a Evasive Ghost Soldier. It was a Ghost Attendant that was refined from the souls of living people, and it was capable of suddenly flashing out to assist him in battle. If the enemy wasn't on guard, then they would be disturbed at a critical moment, and so long as a single mistake was exposed, he would be able to seize the opportunity to kill the enemy.
Zhang Yu had observed the spiritual circulation of the Abyssal Ape over and over again these past few days. Through the Seal of Observation, he had already figured out a certain way of using it. He reckoned that he would be able to succeed in a few more days.
However, after so many days, the Abyssal Ape had gradually changed from being irritable and furious when it saw him from the beginning to casually roaring at him, and then half-heartedly jumping to demonstrate its strength. Then, it simply sat there and stared without moving.
Zhang Yu knew that this thing was very intelligent. In reality, it had never let down its guard. Its current appearance was both an expression of its heart and also a type of disguise. Actually, it had always been waiting for an opportunity.
He was just about to get a little closer, but at this moment, he suddenly felt something was wrong. He turned around and saw an aggressive black streak of light flying towards him from afar.
With the improvement of his Six Righteous Seals, his miraculous organs had also improved. In these past few days, he could vaguely feel that something was spying on him.
However, the aura was intermittent, and he could not rely on it to sense the location of the owner. Therefore, he did not pay too much attention to it, and only paid a little attention in his heart. However, from the aura revealed by the streak of light, it was clearly the person hiding in the shadows.
He couldn't help but be surprised. This person had been hiding for so long. He must have been waiting for an opportunity. But now, he didn't show any signs of exhaustion, nor did he fight with the Abyss Ape. So why did he jump out in such a hurry?
The moment Hou Gangzheng came out, he no longer had any intention of hiding himself. The moment he saw Zhang Yu's figure, he clenched his fists, and billowing smoke came out of his sleeves. The smoke quickly caught up and enveloped him, and then it rolled forward.
However, before Zhang Yu could do anything, the Abyss Ape on the ground roared angrily and leaped into the cloud of smoke with a boom.
The black cloud of smoke that was speeding forward couldn't help but stop and roll on the spot.
After a moment, a bright light flickered in the smoke, and a huge ape arm fell from the sky, falling on the ground full of gravel. It rolled a few times before stopping, and its fingers twitched for a while.
At this moment, the cloud of smoke finally moved again. Like a tidal wave crashing onto the shore, it surged forward with a loud bang!
Zhang Yu's eyes flickered, and he stood still. Dense jade mist drifted out of his Heart Reflection Daoist Robe. It looked as ethereal as smoke, but it easily blocked the black clouds in front of him.
The baleful Qi cloud couldn't advance any further, so it began to expand outwards. It looked like it was moving slowly, but every time it expanded, it would cover an area of several miles. At the same time, there was a flash of brilliance within the cloud, and balls of dark, lava-like lightning and fire spewed out.
Zhang Yu's mind changed, and a flame-like jade light barrier appeared around him. The dark lightning fire was repelled, and it fell to the ground, creating huge holes. Black poisonous flames splashed out from the holes.
At that moment, Zhang Yu could sense that the person who used the divine power was not nearby at all. Instead, he was hiding in a place far away. This person was hiding his body in such a manner, and it looked like he was afraid of his flying sword. Clearly, he had come prepared this time.
He resisted for a moment, and when he saw that the other party didn't use any other means, he didn't wait any longer. With a thought, a treasure ruler flew out of the Purple Star Bag in a stream of light.
This was the "Yuanzheng Treasure Ruler" given by Xuanting. It specialized in breaking the filth of illusions. As soon as it came out, it fell into the thick cloud of smoke. Then, it bloomed with endless light. Wherever the light went, it was like the sun melting ice and snow. The smoke and dust disappeared, and the filthy light retreated. It covered more than ten clouds of smoke and dust, but it disappeared in a while. There was a ball of needle-like light that struggled and flickered. In the blink of an eye, it dimmed and turned into a cloud of smoke.
At this moment, Hou Gang was just as Zhang Yu expected. He seemed to be in the smoke and clouds, but in fact, he was hiding in a distance to observe the battle. When he saw this scene, he almost vomited blood.
He and his Senior Brother had spent a great deal of effort to refine and prepare this baleful smoke and the treasures within it. They thought that they would be able to suppress Zhang Yu, but now, it had actually been destroyed in a single exchange.
This change also disrupted his original plan. Before he could figure out what to do next, a ray of light suddenly flashed in the corner of his eyes, and a bloodstain appeared on his cheek.
In the atmosphere, an Evading Ghost Soldier let out a shrill scream.
Just now, when the sword light flew over, it triggered a life warning sign. A little ghost jumped out to receive the sword blade. However, the sword blade was extremely sharp. Even though there was a distance between them, the overflowing sword aura still pierced through his protective mana, causing his face to bleed.
He immediately knew that things were not good, and realized that Zhang Yu had found out where he was. He immediately recited a spell, and his whole body suddenly twisted, avoiding the next sword light that flew over. Then, countless fine iron sand appeared and flew around his body.
The sword light circled around his body, and seemed to sense that the iron sand had the ability to remove the filth from the light of the sword, so it did not attack again, but flew back.
Hou Gangzheng heaved a sigh of relief, but then he saw a green light shrouded in jade mist flying over from afar. He knew that the matter was not over yet, but he believed that he had lost his chance of winning after losing the opportunity. Therefore, he did not want to fight with Zhang Yu anymore. Covering his face with his sleeve, he immediately turned into a ray of light and fled.
At the same time, in the atmosphere, evil ghosts jumped out one after another, and went to meet the Evading Light, trying to stop it.
Zhang Yu flew over, and did not dodge. The Yuan Zheng Treasure Ruler on his body released a burst of light, and these evil ghosts let out shrill screams. Once they came into contact with the Evading Light, they all collapsed.
After running for a while, Hou Gangzheng realized that something was wrong. Zhang Yu's speed was beyond his imagination, and the latter did not even need to chase after him. All he needed to do was raise his sword and attack from behind, and Hou Gangzheng would not be able to escape.
He thought about it, but found that there was no way to deal with the current situation. At this moment, the violent emotions in his heart surged, and he became ruthless. He turned the Evading Light and did not escape, but turned around and rushed towards Zhang Yu.
At the same time, he pressed his chest, and the Dark Weapon hidden there was squeezed by his spiritual power, and suddenly shrank inwards. Then, a burst of intense white light flashed, and swallowed everything in the surrounding dozens of miles.
An earth-shattering roar erupted from the Wilderness. The ground undulated like waves, and the tremors spread out in all directions. A column of dust rose into the sky, and when it reached a high point, it surged outwards.
More than a hundred miles away from where the Dark Weapon exploded, the ground opened up, and an identical Hou Gang stood out. He spat out the dust in his mouth, and looked at his hands. His eyes, which were confused at the beginning, became clear.
Just now, the body that had died was just a part of his soul that had been entrusted to a body. However, when he was using that body, even he himself didn't know that it wasn't his real body. Just now, he really thought that he was ready to die together with the enemy.
His memory stopped at the moment when the Dark Weapon exploded, and he did not know what happened after that.
But once the Dark Weapon came out, even if it could not kill the opponent, it could still severely injure him. He was about to go back to confirm, but he heard a clear sound, and his body suddenly became light. He looked up in surprise, and saw a Taoist figure with jade light floating in the sky with his sleeves behind his back.
A thought flashed through his mind. "Where is the sword?"
Then the head flipped, and fell from the neck. The headless corpse stood for a while before falling into the hole that he had come out of with a plop.
Zhang Yu looked down, and with a wave of his sleeve, he covered the hole with soil. Since the other had dug a hole to bury him, he did not need to waste any more effort.
At this time, he turned to look to the side. His eyes flashed, and a group of flying insects in the distance started to burn, turning to ash and falling to the ground.
He looked away, and bright starlight flashed behind him. His body flashed, and he jumped dozens of miles, arriving in front of a crack in the ground. The Abyss Ape was lying there.
However, this monster was no longer as mighty as before. It was missing an arm, and its thick, snow-white fur had almost completely melted away, revealing the scarred flesh underneath. Only the rise and fall of its chest proved that it was still alive.
The Abyss Ape could become illusory, but it could not remain illusory, and the fiendish smoke was its nemesis.
While Zhang Yuzheng was observing, he suddenly felt an obedient spirituality surge towards him. He looked over and saw that the Abyss Ape was looking at him with its eyes wide open. There was no more violence in its eyes, only begging and obedience.
He immediately understood that this vicious creature was opening its heart to him, expressing its submission, and at the same time, hoping that he could save it.
The method of transferring power in the deepest part of a spiritual creature was the foundation of every spiritual creature. Showing it to someone else was the same as showing one's weakness. The person who knew it could decide one's life and death with a thought.
Spiritual creatures were usually unwilling to submit even in death. Very few would do this. He thought about it. The Abyss Ape was willing to do this probably because they had become familiar with each other during this period of time, and because he had killed the intruder in the end.
Most importantly, this Abyss Ape was intelligent, and had a strong desire to live.
He pondered for a moment. Just now, when he saw the way the spirituality circulated, he instantly understood the changes in the power. What he sought for this trip could be considered to have been fulfilled in advance.
Since that was the case, there was no harm in extending a hand to save it.
As a result, he waved his sleeve, and spiritual light shone down, helping the great ape expel the fiendish smoke that had invaded its body.
In the depths of the desolate region, Jia Luo was currently meditating in a cavern. There was a flickering candle before him, but at this moment, the flame flickered a few times before being extinguished.
He seemed to be startled. He raised his head and remained silent for a long time. In the end, he sighed. "Junior brother."
The candle was the sustenance of Hou Gangzheng's life. Since it was extinguished, it meant that Hou Gangzheng was already dead. As an evil cultivator, life and death were unpredictable. When Jia Luo decided to do this, he was already mentally prepared, so he was not too surprised.
However, he had sworn an oath before. Since Hou Gangzheng had not completed the task entrusted to him, he had to continue. The fiendish aura in the cavern surged, and he vanished in a flash.
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