Song Pingsheng had issued a command, sending all the spirit-assimilated cultivators into the ritual array.
“The ritual array is useless now. It is just fog. Just fog! Hurry! Hurry! Up the mountain!” a spirit-assimilated cultivator said cheerfully.
“It is the same there too! It is just fog! Haha!”
“There is only Gu Hai! Capture him!”
“He cannot run!”
The spirit-assimilated cultivators rushed up the mountain.
As they ran up, they quickly transformed. After all, Gu Hai was famous for his ferocity. Sinister crimson auras covered their bodies as their hair turned into snakes. Their strength rose to the peak. Although everyone obeyed the order, they moved exceptionally carefully.
Outside, Song Pingsheng protected Li Qinghe as he looked at the ritual array coldly.
“Song Pingsheng, go in! Hurry! If you go, you can squish Gu Hai just by stretching out your hand!” Li Qinghe urged.
However, Song Pingsheng shook his head and said, “This Gu Hai is full of schemes. Wait and see first!”
“Don’t you believe me?” Li Qinghe asked, feeling depressed.
However, Song Pingsheng ignored Li Qinghe. He just waited patiently.
The eight hundred spirit-assimilated cultivators charged up the mountain. Soon, the first spirit-assimilated cultivators arrived at the summit.
Within the fog, the first wave of spirit-assimilated cultivators saw three thousand stone statues.
“Stone statues? Li Qinghe spoke the truth?” The eyes of a spirit-assimilated cultivator lit up.
Shing!
Suddenly, a black saber swung over.
“Oh no!” That spirit-assimilated cultivator’s expression changed, and he quickly dodged.
However, that black saber managed to cut a wound on that cultivator.
Whoosh!
Suddenly, a large amount of black energy from the black saber poured into the wound. Tiny skulls appeared within the black energy.
Chomp! Chomp! Chomp! Chomp! Chomp!
The tiny skulls quickly bit into that spirit-assimilated human’s flesh.
“Gu Hai?”
“Argh!”
Right after that spirit-assimilated person discovered Gu Hai, he screamed miserably. Countless tiny skulls bit into his body, mangling it in the blink of an eye as they ate all his flesh.
Chomp! Chomp! Chomp! Chomp! Chomp!
When Gu Hai stepped away, the black energy had already finished with that spirit-assimilated cultivator, leaving a pile of withered bones.
The tiny skulls that ate the spirit-assimilated cultivator’s flesh immediately turned back into black energy and returned to the Life Ender Saber.
“That feels great!” Gu Hai released a drawn-out sigh, feeling as though all the pores of his body opened in an instant.
The scream of that spirit-assimilated cultivator had spread in all directions just now.
Outside the ritual array, Song Pingsheng’s expression changed. He held up his sword and raised his guard.
Within the fog, countless spirit-assimilated cultivators paused, the snakes on their heads fidgeting incessantly.
“Hurry! I see Gu Hai. He is the one who killed Senior Brother!” Suddenly, an exclamation rang out.
However, Gu Hai had already swung his saber at this cultivator.
Clang!
A saber and a sword clashed. The Life Ender Saber instantly broke that person’s sword, cutting off one of the snakes.
Whoosh!
Black energy surged over.
“Argh! Argh! Argh! Argh!”
That cultivator screamed miserably without pause. Then, he suddenly turned into a pile of dry bones.
That scream sounded incredibly bloodcurdling, flustering everyone else within the ritual array.
Within the fog, the spirit-assimilated cultivators slowed down significantly.
The spirit-assimilated cultivators gradually grouped up as they converged. They could not see well; only Gu Hai could see everything.
Shing!
With just one saber, Gu Hai charged into a group of five.
“It’s Gu Hai! Quickly kill him!”
“Argh!”
Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang!
Gu Hai went wild within the group of five. Fortunately, they were all within the Innate Realm. Gu Hai was a seventh-layer Innate Realm cultivator who cultivated physically. His explosive power was comparable to that of a Golden Core Realm cultivator. Furthermore, the Life Ender Saber in his hand was like a divine weapon. With just one touch, his opponents’ manifested swords shattered. He only needed to inflict a small wound for thousands of tiny skulls to chew up his opponents’ flesh.
“Argh!”
“Argh!”
“Argh!”
“What saber is this? No!”
“You just reached Innate Realm not long ago. Why are you so strong?”
Miserable cries rang out. After the black energy swept past, piles of dry bones appeared.
The screams prompted the surrounding spirit-assimilated cultivators to be even more careful. The snakes on their heads looked around frantically.
“Gu Hai, come out! I want to eat your heart and liver!”
“I want to eat you. Come out!”
Miserable cries and cursing rang out endlessly within the fog. Now, the spirit-assimilated cultivators no longer dared to continue forward. They huddled together, keeping their guard up.
Gu Hai held the Life Ender Saber, his body trembling intensely as streams of energy poured into him. He felt an indescribable excitement and an urge to kill everybody.
Crunch! Crunch! Crunch! Crunch!
A large amount of black energy surrounded Gu Hai, appearing to envelop him. The more spirit-assimilated cultivators he killed, the more black energy there was.
Gu Hai rubbed his left shoulder. One of the spirit-assimilated cultivators attacking earlier managed to nick him there. However, he did not care about this wound. Instead, he did his best to protect the stone statues around him.
“There’s more there?” Gu Hao glared as he pounced at a group of ten.
“Gu Hai is coming. Hurry, this way! Gather here!” a spirit-assimilated cultivator suddenly roared. The snakes on his head appeared incredibly ferocious.
Clang! Clang! Clang!
The Life Ender Saber broke all the weapons that clashed with it, quickly chopping down all of Gu Hai’s enemies.
Shing! Shing!
Many saber qi flew about. Although the spirit-assimilated cultivators did their best to block, Gu Hai was too strong.
Boom!
Black energy suddenly enveloped a spirit-assimilated cultivator. Countless tiny skulls chewed on his flesh, reducing him to a pile of bones in the blink of an eye.
“Argh! Argh! Argh! You demon! Demon!” a spirit-assimilated cultivator at the side exclaimed.
“Demon? You are the demons. I am killing demons, dispensing justice on behalf of heaven!” Gu Hai shouted as he continued to charge forward.
“Kill him!”
Clang!
Suddenly, Gu Hai swung his saber, breaking his opponents’ weapons. Without their weapons, he became even more dangerous to them.
“Argh!”
“Argh!”
“Argh!”
The group of spirit-assimilated cultivators screamed. Only one of them managed to flee.
Gu Hai quickly pursued him.
“Stop chasing me! Stop hitting me!” that spirit-assimilated cultivator screamed.
Shing!
The Life Ender Saber cut through that spirit-assimilated cultivator’s neck. Then, Gu Hai immediately turned around and ran towards other spirit-assimilated cultivators.
The battle within the ritual array intensified.
——
Outside, Song Pingsheng’s eyelids twitched wildly.
“How can this be? That is only Gu Hai. Why are they screaming like this? Bunch of trash! They can’t even deal with Gu Hai?” Song Pingsheng said with an unsightly expression.
“Song Pingsheng, you should go. Hurry!” Li Qinghe urged anxiously.
Song Pingsheng still hesitated, his eyelids twitching wildly.
——
Back in the ritual array, Gu Hai finally met with a Golden Core Realm cultivator.
Boom!
The two clashed, and Gu Hai had to move back. He could not match the Golden Core Realm cultivator in strength.
“Hahaha! You can no longer keep up after meeting me, right? You are just an Innate Realm cultivator; this is your limit!” that Golden Core Realm cultivator with a head full of snakes shouted ferociously.
Whoosh!
Gu Hai suddenly charged once more. “Again!”
Then, he chopped down with his Life Ender Saber.
“Humph! First Song Sword Technique! Break!” that Golden Core Realm spirit-assimilated cultivator roared.
Boom!
Clangor rang out again as the Golden Core Realm spirit-assimilated cultivator’s sword broke.
“What saber is this?” the Golden Core Realm spirit-assimilated cultivator exclaimed.
Shing! Shing!
The spirit-assimilated cultivator’s sword qi left a wound on Gu Hai’s leg, but the Life Ender Saber likewise left a wound on the spirit-assimilated cultivator’s arm.
Then, Gu Hai turned and left while holding his leg, his movement hampered.
“Don’t run!” that Golden Core Realm spirit-assimilated cultivator shouted, wanting to give chase.
Whoosh!
Surging black energy enveloped the Golden Core Realm spirit-assimilated cultivator.
“Ah! Ah! No!” the Golden Core Realm spirit-assimilated cultivator screamed.
Clatter!
A withered skeleton fell to the ground in the blink of an eye.
After some effort, two hundred sets of withered skeletons covered the mountain peak. The expressions of the people who rushed up later changed dramatically at the sight of the skeletons.
“No! How could it be like this?” the spirit-assimilated cultivators exclaimed.
Gu Hai kept rushing around, wielding his Life Ender Saber.
As for the surrounding spirit-assimilated cultivators, some retreated in horror. Only a few continued rushing up.
The spectacle of so many spirit-assimilated cultivators fleeing caused the expression of Song Pingsheng, who was at the foot of the mountain, to change.
“You bastards, there are so many of you, but you could not kill Gu Hai?” Song Pingsheng scolded angrily.
“Sect Master, Senior Brother and Martial Uncle died! Did you hear their miserable screams? They only cried out a few times, and that was it! They died!” a spirit-assimilated cultivator shouted in horror.
“Song Pingsheng, quickly go over. The longer you drag this out, the more disadvantageous it is for us. Hurry! The ritual array is already useless. Only Gu Hai remains; what are you afraid of? What is there to fear?” Li Qinghe called out anxiously.
Song Pingsheng showed a complicated expression.
Crack!
Suddenly, a loud sound rang out, and the foggy ritual array disappeared.
“Oh no! All the spirit stones are exhausted!” Gu Hai showed an unsightly expression as he stabbed a spirit-assimilated cultivator.
Whoosh!
With the spirit stones used up, the ritual array suddenly vanished, and the fog disappeared.
The spirit-assimilated cultivators rushing up or down the mountain paused and looked up. They finally could see Gu Hai.
Gu Hai held a slender saber. His hair was in disarray, and his clothes were tattered. He had five bleeding wounds, and black energy surrounded him, giving him a demonic look.
Gu Hai protected the three thousand stone statues.
Piles of white bones surrounded the three thousand stone statues. These white bones did not even have a scrap of clothes.
Song Pingsheng, Li Qinghe, and the other spirit-assimilated cultivators goggled at the sight.
Where are the corpses? Where are the senior brothers junior brothers and martial uncles’ corpses?
There are none? There are no corpses? Only two hundred sets of skeletons?
As everyone looked at the dry bones, they quivered. What happened?
The spirit-assimilated cultivators did not reject eating humans. However, when they saw that only dry bones remained of the people who had been alive just now, a chill flooded their bodies.
The spirit-assimilated cultivators who wanted to charge up stopped in dread.
Song Pingsheng’s face twitched. Looking at the black-energy-covered Gu Hai, Song Pingsheng felt a chill in his heart.
“Hurry! Hurry over!” Li Qinghe called out.
“Alright!” Song Pingsheng soared into the air.
Despite the chill in his heart, Song Pingsheng knew that Gu Hai was no match for him. Thus, he would work on eliminating Gu Hai first.
Buzz!
Just at this moment, a ripple appeared in space, not far from Gu Hai.
“Huh?” Gu Hai’s expression changed, showing joy.
“What? Is Venerable Liu Nian coming back?” Song Pingsheng’s expression changed.
Song Pingsheng swerved abruptly towards the ripple in space. It seemed like he wanted to chop down Venerable Liu Nian the moment Venerable Liu Nian appeared.
“Oh no!” Gu Hai’s expression changed. Song Pingsheng intends to ambush Venerable Liu Nian.
“Life Ender, chop!” Gu Hai suddenly shouted. Then, he soared up and swung his saber at Song Pingsheng.
This saber strike contained Gu Hai’s full power. Black energy surged towards Song Pingsheng.
Song Pingsheng’s expression changed as he shifted his sword to clash.
Boom!
A manifested sword and saber qi clashed. The resultant shock wave knocked Gu Hai into the air.
Bang!
Gu Hai crashed into a small building, causing it to collapse.
Blargh!
He vomited a mouthful of blood.
Just at this moment, it seemed like space tore open at the ripple. Then, a corner of white robes appeared from it.
Venerable Liu Nian is coming out!
“Die!” Song Pingsheng shouted as he swung his sword.
Boom!
A strong manifested sword charged towards where the corner of white robes appeared, looking like it would chop down Venerable Liu Nian the moment he stepped out.
Just as the manifested sword was about to stab in, a right hand suddenly emerged from the tear. Then, that right hand sent out a manifested palm.
Clang!
The manifested sword stopped in midair, that manifested palm firmly catching it and Song Pingsheng’s sword.
“What?” Song Pingsheng’s expression changed.
