C48 (2/2)

Clang, a resplendent spark flashed, the sound of metal clanging could be heard resounding throughout the world, Hong Ling retreated, seeing the hole in the Hundred Smelting Pattern Steel Sword, he was extremely shocked.

The sword intent that he had just released was more than twice as strong as the first time he had fought against the ghost baby. However, it still hadn't left a mark on the ghost soul's body.

Behind the youth, other than Lian Chengyue and Li Tan, a group of people had already gathered, and coincidentally had a total of ten people. These people were not fools, upon seeing that Hong Ling's tyrannical attack actually did not work, all of their faces changed greatly.

Honestly speaking, even they were not confident that they would be able to withstand Hong Ling's sharp sword strike. Didn't that mean that the ghost baby was stronger than everyone present?!

”Everyone, I believe everyone has seen that I am unable to break through this ghost baby's defense. I hope that everyone can work together to fight it!” Hong Ling paused for a while, before continuing, ”I don't need everyone to be able to kill it, but I think if we drag things out until the entrance of the secret realm is completely open, we can still do it with our combined strength!”

Although they were all cultivators at the late stage of the Essence Refinement into Qi or even the peak of the Spirit Soul Realm, they were not confident of facing such an unknown ghost. Nonetheless, wealth comes with danger, and as long as they could delay the opening of the secret realm, everything would be worth it.

”Little brother, you rest first. Next, let me have a look at this beast!” The person who spoke was a middle-aged cultivator who had attained the great perfection of Essence Refinement into Qi. When his age reached this age, he was still unable to break through to Qi Refinement into Spirit, and one could practically surmise that it would be difficult for him to break through again in his entire life.

Hong Ling nodded his head, he walked back to Lian Chengyue's side and carefully observed the ghost soul's every move. He did not dare take the initiative to consume too many Authentic Qi, and at the same time, wanted these people to familiarize with the ghost soul's characteristics, so that they would not have to face it in such a situation.

The middle-aged cultivator had a rich amount of battle experience, and the Ghost Soul was actually on par with him. After getting used to the Ghost Soul's characteristics, he tacitly sent the Ghost Soul flying and switched to another cultivator.

Just like that, the group took turns to maintain a stalemate with the ghost baby. By the time the last cultivator had fully adapted to the ghost baby's power, the opening process of the secret realm was already more than half complete.

Hong Ling saw that Li Tan was the last one to leave and sighed. As matters stood, not only their group, no one from the other groups could injure the Ghost Souls, and even the three Qi Refinement into Spirit cultivators who were fighting the Demonic Ghosts were unable to do anything to the ethereal Ghosts.

Taking out another hundred refined steel sword from inside the spatial ring, Hong Ling took a deep breath, with both swords in hand, he flew out explosively. Waving the swords in his hands, the soul force in his left hand and the Authentic Qi in his right hand, the two different types of powers produced bright sword beams.

He slashed with the swords in his hands, and the two sword energies formed a cross blade. The ghost soul roared, bringing with it a black fog, and it crashed into the cross sword qi, and with a bang, the sword qi exploded, creating a powerful shockwave.

Wu, the ghost cried out. Dark black blood spurted out from its body and fell to the ground with a 'chi' sound. The blood actually corroded a trail of black smoke on the ground.

The ghost soul quietly laid on the ground, staring at the sword in Hong Ling's left hand in fear, eyes filled with dread.

Hong Ling's eyes instantly became focused, as if he had grabbed onto something, he removed the Authentic Qi s from the sword in his right hand. After changing his soul power, the ghost soul immediately retreated backwards, roaring at him non-stop.

”Hmm? What's wrong with that ghost baby? It seems to be very scared! ”

Everyone looked at the Ghost Infant that was completely different from before, and then looked at the young man. They didn't see anything different, but Hong Ling knew, this Ghost Soul was not afraid of him, but of his Sword Qi that had fused with his soul.

The youth once again shot out, his two swords dancing like pear blossoms, constantly slashing at the ghost's body, causing streaks of black colored blood to flow out. The ghost soul screamed miserably, but was unable to approach Hong Ling's body. It was truly afraid. It never thought that this person would actually have the power to injure it.

Hong Ling's sword struck the ghost soul whose entire body was already injured, he kept his sword and slowly spat out Turbid Air s. Even though his soul force was extremely huge, facing this evil ghost soul, he still felt a headache.

Lian Chengyue suddenly rushed over and caught him, wiping the sweat off his face.

”It's okay, right?” The girl stared at him worriedly.

Hong Ling shook his head and fixed his gaze on the cliff. There, a burst of intense light slowly illuminated the entire space.

”The secret plane has been opened!” Someone said.