Chapter 98: The Abyss of Despair

Unfortunately, there are too many mysteries surrounding the Grandmaster, and he is not someone who likes to explain the causes and consequences. He only said a few words to me and Ru Xue, and he didn’t want to explain anything at all. So I couldn’t figure out what state the Grandmaster was in, and whether he was ‘alive’ here.

Therefore, Ru Xue and I can only fight with all our might!

But Grandmaster Zi arrived at Ru Xue’s position, told her to step back, then crossed his arms and began to step on the starting point of the formation. But it wasn’t a complete formation. While stepping on the starting point, he also took out some magic weapons from the yellow cloth bag I was carrying, such as Lingyu and copper coins.

I was surprised. This method is a kind of strong breaking method, but with the power of one person, how powerful would the array be? And this was the first time I had seen an array being set up, and it actually required stepping on the step to activate the power of heaven and earth!

However, although I was surprised, I didn’t have much time to observe what happened to the master, because the responsibility of blocking this ghost king fell entirely on me and Ru Xue!

This kind of blocking is extremely difficult for me now, even in the ‘ultimate’ state of soul merging. The main reason is that my Shahu is still in the ‘beginning’ stage. If soul merging is classified into levels, Shahu and I are still in the primary level!

Therefore, I could not stop the King of Ghosts at all, and the other side also saw the key to the problem. These “nasty” bugs were under the command of Ru Xue. It was better to kill us in one go than to tangle with the bugs. Even if some sacrifices had to be made, it didn’t matter.

I guess Weng Li’s heart was bleeding, so he gave up his defense and let the bugs nibble at him, but he still attacked us with all his might. This was a great loss for their clan.

Facing such a ghost king, I can’t remember how many times I was knocked into the air, how many times my soul was almost shattered, or how many times I got up and charged at the ghost king, determined to stop him no matter what…

The biggest motivation for me to be able to barely support myself in this situation came from Ru Xue. I don’t know what secret technique Ru Xue used to once again command most of the bugs to participate in intercepting the Ghost King!

It’s really pitiful to think about it. Our lineage has been forced to this point, but we still have to keep fighting. Even Brother Chengxin, who is a member of the medical lineage, has joined in. He has asked Old Wu to help poison the ghost many times, although the effect is minimal.

What’s even more frustrating is that even though we’ve worked so hard, we don’t dare to hope that we can destroy the Ghost King. We can only try to slow him down. If our family line had been more prosperous… I shook my head, not daring to think about it. I only knew that I had to fight!

Time passed by in a flash, I don’t know how long it was, ten minutes? Or twenty minutes? I only know that even as a spirit, my steps are getting slower and slower, and my spiritual power is running out faster and faster. There are several wounds on the Ghost King’s body caused by the evil spirits. Because of the suppression of the evil spirits, I can’t use my spiritual power to heal it for a long time. This is the result of my hard work. For the Ghost King, it is really not a fatal injury.

There was still no movement from the Grandmaster, but I could see that the evil cultivators had already completed their secret arts. The reason for the delay in the outbreak was because another elder on the evil cultivator’s side was opening a secret art of the heart. He was actually trying to fuse the essence of these heart’s blood!

Needless to say, I knew how evil this secret technique was. The ghost king, which had formed a whole, was infused with the power of the whole, and not a single bit was wasted. At that time, could I still block the ghost king?

Before Ruoxue, a purple blood trail lit up with a faint glow, but Ruoxue’s face was so pale that I guessed she was about to collapse, just like me.

Chengxin’s face had also become serious. I could see that he had no more medicine to use. There were still many magical methods in the medical pulse, such as the spirit healing technique (transfer technique) that my uncle had used. There were even more magical methods than that, but Chengxin could not use them now, not to mention the fact that he had just lost two drops of his essence.

Xiao Xi and Xiao Mao are indeed out of combat, and the best outcome would be to lose all combat power in a fight.

Even if Wu Laogui were to cast off all his incarnations and become a fierce ghost, it would be like a drop in the bucket, and it would not make any difference at all!

The situation on our side is simply bad to a critical point.

On the other side, the ultimate move is still taking shape and has not yet been completed! After it is completed, I don’t know what realm the strength of this ghost king will reach. If the little ghost has the characteristic of being able to exist infinitely without any resentment, then I can guarantee that even the ghost king is more powerful than the little ghost, let alone the ghost king who has received that power.

Even so, we are still holding on. At this time, my tiger body, in addition to the wounds (the soul power is insufficient, so there is no way to heal the wounds), has become almost invisible.

Xue tightly bit her lower lip, her face pale as paper, obviously commanding these rebellious bugs was extremely mentally exhausting.

The others were even more helpless, but they still stood there, refusing to retreat. Even Xiaoxi and Xiaomao were barely standing, hunched over and groaning, ready to throw themselves forward at any moment.

Wu Laogui did not back down either. There was a resolute look on his face, as if he was ready to risk everything at any time.

I couldn’t stop it, but I had to try. I clenched my teeth and lunged forward again. It wasn’t in vain. At least, under our blocking, the ghost king only advanced less than 5 meters. This is our persistence!

But when I lunged forward this time, my heart sank. I saw that the old man who had been performing the secret technique had already completed it, and a black force rose up into the sky, sweeping towards the King of Ghosts.

The King of Ghosts let out a long howl, and the soul power in his body suddenly surged, knocking me away. Then he stood there motionless, allowing the black power to envelop him!

I rolled in the air for several laps before I could barely stop my body, but this time when I stood up, I realized that I was about to lose my ability to maintain my body’s stability. I could almost predict that if I dared to attack again, even just once, my soul would be scattered and I would fall into a situation of no return with Silly Tiger!

What should I do? At this moment, my heart was in turmoil. If I really had to stop him, I would definitely go. A weak woman like Xue was willing to enter the Dragon Tomb alone for the sake of protecting her heart. Why was I, a man, afraid to sacrifice? As my master often told me, death is not scary, but regret is even more terrifying. If you fail to achieve the bottom line, you will be restless for lifetimes to come.

But dragging along Silly Tiger, I hesitated! This has always been my taboo, and I would rather bear everything myself than lose the important people around me again.

How should I choose? My heart is in turmoil!

After all, Shatuo has lived with me, and now that we are in a state of soul fusion, it can certainly feel my thoughts in the first instance. It sent me a vague message: “Together, together, accumulate good deeds, pay off evil karma!”

Shatou’s consciousness was so simple. It had lost so much power that it could not even express a complete sentence, and could only express its consciousness. I felt a sad emotion in my heart.

After all these years with me, has Shatuo also gained some understanding of the way of the world under the influence of his master? Does he know that he has to repay the evil he has done in the past?

If so, then we will live and die together. If by chance we can have a remnant soul in the next life, we will be brothers. I conveyed this idea to Shahu in my heart! Firm and resolute!

Even so, I couldn’t help but glance over to the side of the master, where a huge pale gray mist had risen. It was a mist of yin energy, and it was hard to see anything inside.

Time passed, and it was silent! The ghost king, wrapped in black power, formed an extremely strong aura around him, making it impossible to get close. All could only wait, as it absorbed the power!

At this time, an old man from the Xiao Chengqian lineage over there sighed and said, “These young people are quite good. They can fight with the combined power of the elites of our two lineages like this. They are truly talented. Why don’t they join my school? There may still be a way out.”

Change to your door? You covet the secret of the union of souls, right? Even if you cherish talent, you won’t cherish the talent of my old Li clan, because there has always been a grudge?

That’s funny!

But Xiao Chengqian couldn’t help but yell at our side, “Chengyi, you should agree quickly. Survival is more important than anything else.”

“Yes, you should stay alive.” What I didn’t expect was that Lin Chen also spoke up.

Do you agree? The battle has reached the depths of despair, and there is simply no way for us to move forward!