"Chains of Resentment!"
The ghost general, engaged in a fierce battle within the Ghost Realm with Jin Da Shu, roared. Instantly, its abdomen began to writhe violently. Then, a black chain, as thick as a water bucket, swept towards Jin Da Shu like a colossal dragon, accompanied by a clattering sound.
This chain was compressed from dense ghost qi, adorned with thousands of distorted, terrified ghastly faces screaming. Merely a glance was enough to make one's mind sink.
"Absolute Defense: Vanquishing Evil Sacred Sun!"
Jin Da Shu remained unfazed. He spread his hands, holding a metal round shield radiating brilliant radiance. This golden shield contained the Yang Flame power from the fourth dimension, which had a restraining effect on ghost qi. Upon impact, the head of the chain of resentment melted away like snow in spring, dissipating into wisps of black mist.
After reaching the fortieth阶 (level), ability users could draw various energies from the void dimensions. The Yang Flame power was one such chaotic energy from the fourth dimension. Although Jin Da Shu had only recently entered the fortieth阶, he could already use it proficiently, thanks to the energy application manuals publicly available on the Shen Hua app. As long as one's authorization was granted, they could apply to obtain it, allowing extraordinary individuals to bypass many detours.
"I am the sovereign of the Ghost Realm. Human, do you think you can escape unscathed like this?" Seeing his skill thwarted, the leading ghost general was not surprised. It let out a cold laugh, and a massive mouth opened in its ghastly chicken position. Instantly, thousands more ghost qi chains flew out, like small snakes, enveloping Jin Da Shu's surroundings within their attack range.
As these ghost qi chains flew, countless tiny tentacles extended from their surfaces, piercing the void. Soon, dark lightning was drawn onto the chains, instantly covering the thousands of chains with black arcs, increasing their power and toughness tenfold.
"Don't think that plundering chaotic energy is exclusive to humans!" the leading ghost general roared with laughter, viewing Jin Da Shu as mere meat on a chopping block.
"Chaos Lightning Summoning, damn it!" Jin Da Shu's expression turned grim. Lightning countered all attributes. Even Yin Lightning had a strong restraining effect on metal. Even someone as formidable as him, before igniting his Golden Body with chaotic lightning, would suffer greatly when encountering such Yin Lightning.
"I'm done playing with you." Jin Da Shu bellowed. His originally golden body transformed into golden liquid, splashing outwards. It quickly formed sharp arrows that shot towards the periphery of the Ghost Realm.
*Chii chii chii~*
These golden arrows, imbued with origin power and the Yang Flame power from the fourth dimension, pierced the dark barrier of the Ghost Realm, allowing external sunlight to penetrate. Jin Da Shu thus successfully escaped.
Clearly, the ghost general's Ghost Realm was not enough to trap him. The reason he willingly allowed himself to be enveloped by the Ghost Realm and engage the ghost general in a one-on-one battle was to stall for time. Besides waiting for reinforcements, it was also to prevent the aftermath of their battle from crushing the participating combatants from Long Guo.
After all, Long Guo's ability users prioritized human life, unlike the ghosts of Guo Guo who could be used as cannon fodder at any time without concern for their lives.
Outside, the arrows formed by Jin Da Shu's body converged in mid-air after exiting the Ghost Realm space, reforming into a human shape.
"Hoo... hoo..."
After escaping the Ghost Realm, Jin Da Shu panted heavily, with scorched marks on his body from the Yin Lightning. It was evident that using the Split Golden Body technique also entailed significant consumption for him.
However, soon, the origin power on his golden body flashed, and his body instantly returned to its pristine state, though his aura had weakened considerably.
At that moment, the extraordinary individuals battling the ghost soldiers and generals on the battlefield were in a steady retreat. Jin Da Shu's divine sense swept across, and he discovered that two A-class prodigies and twelve B-class ability users had already bled out on the battlefield, devoured by the ghosts, their souls torn apart.
Jin Da Shu's face involuntarily showed a look of heartache: these people were the future pillars of Long Guo!
"Old Jin, can you still hold on?"
Chong Xuan Jun, who was engaged in a fierce battle with a winged centaur,'s brow lit up. He activated his ability, using gravity to cause the surrounding void to collapse around the winged centaur. Instantly, chaotic energies such as wind, fire, lightning, and thunder surged from the collapsing void, continuously eroding its soul, causing it to scream miserably.
"Just a mere ghost general of over forty stages!"
Jin Da Shu gritted his teeth. His right foot transformed into golden liquid and injected into the earth. Soon, the ground cracked open. Various metal elements from underground converged beneath the soil, forming a colossal metal wolf three hundred zhang tall. Its forelimbs braced the edges of the ground fissure, and it leaped up, pouncing towards the more than two thousand ghost soldiers battling the ability users.
Halfway through its charge, this golden giant wolf transformed into two thousand miniature golden wolves, each over a meter long, with glowing red eyes. Small yet formidable, each golden wolf was connected by an invisible, transparent mental thread. Controlled by Jin Da Shu, they surged into the ghost army like a golden torrent, instantly reversing the situation.
"It's not advisable to be distracted when fighting me!"
High in the sky, the Ghost Realm sphere, several thousand zhang in diameter, dissipated into a sky full of black mist. The leading ghost general, standing on black clouds, a ferocious grin plastered on its face, its two-zhang-tall ghostly body dissolved in the next moment.
"Not good!" Jin Da Shu's pupils contracted. He slightly turned his head and saw a colossal ghost shadow taking shape. It clenched its right hand, and soon, a long saber formed from thousands of distorted faces filled with intense resentment was swung towards him.
Before the saber's edge even approached, terrifying roars of malevolent spirits filled his ears, instilling a sense of immense crisis in Jin Da Shu.
He could feel that if he endured this strike, even if his body could transform into liquid to evade its physical attack, the vengeful soul power contained within it would be unavoidable. His Golden Body might collapse completely from the contamination.
"Old Jin, snap out of it!"
Chong Xuan Jun roared. Two streams of blood flowed from his nostrils as his sequence core spun wildly. Then, Jin Da Shu felt his body become heavy.
*Boom!*
Under the terrifying gravity, Jin Da Shu's body was compressed into a mass of liquid and slammed onto the ground, sinking over a thousand meters into the earth before stopping.
However, this also allowed him to dodge the leading ghost general's terrifying strike.
Concurrently, the metallic wolves that Jin Da Shu had dispersed instantly tore apart over a thousand ghost soldiers. Having lost Jin Da Shu's control, they transformed into pools of liquid and completely lost their combat capability.
"Tch! How long can you last?"
The leading ghost general was indifferent to the demise of its subordinate ghost soldiers. Instead, it let out a cold laugh. Its ghost claws, emanating ghost qi, were slightly raised. Soon, the flesh and blood of all the fallen extraordinary individuals on the battlefield began to converge. Under the invasion of dense ghost qi, they transformed into bloody pulp, drawing a summoning ghost array on the ground.
"Using flesh and blood as a guide, the thirteen divisions of the Ghost Country's Underworld, heed my command!"
A cold voice echoed across the entire battlefield. The leading ghost general stood horizontally in the void, holding its saber. With a soft command, the eye in its brow flew out, transforming into the array's core and landing in the center of the formation. Soon, the ghost array erupted with bursts of ethereal light, and colossal ghost shadows appeared upon it, indistinct and varied in posture, yet all ferocious. The lowest ghost rank was thirty, and the highest was thirty-nine.
And the moment these ghost generals appeared, a terrifying ghost qi converged into a single point, shooting straight into the sky. A fearsome aura swept outwards.
At this moment, both Chong Xuan Jun and the surviving extraordinary individuals had expressions of great alarm.
*Bang!*
The earth cracked open. Jin Da Shu, having reforged his Golden Body, leaped out of the ground and stood beside Chong Xuan Jun, his face also extremely grim.
Just as he was preparing to rally everyone for a desperate struggle, he suddenly felt a weight on his head and shoulders, and a familiar voice entered his ears:
"Am I late?"
Yuu Shibo, in the style of Minato, landed with his right palm covering Jin Da Shu's head and his feet on his shoulders, looking exceptionally handsome.
Jin Da Shu: ... Get off me, you bastard!
"An ability user of thirty-two stages? Is he your reinforcement?" The ghost general pointed at Yuu Shibo and laughed heartily, then its expression turned cold: "Yuu Shibo, is it? My King values you highly. If I capture you, becoming a marquis will be within reach!"
"Eh? My reputation is already this great?"
Yuu Shibo jumped off Jin Da Shu, a carefree smile on his face: "But I'm not that easy to catch!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the ground trembled violently, and then five Susanoo of different colors descended with a roar!
"This scene cannot be without me!"
After Uchiha Madara, Obito, Izuna, Sasuke, and Itachi descended, Hashirama Senju appeared in a kneeling posture above Madara's Susanoo via the Flying Thunder God Technique. He then stood up, crossed his arms, and wore a smile full of fighting spirit.
"Dattebayo!"
Simultaneously, a colossal golden Nine-Tails fox descended from the sky, rapidly enlarging in everyone's vision, landing on the ground and kicking up a cloud of dust.
"Sasuke, let's fight side by side!"
Naruto stood between the Nine-Tails' eyebrows, clenched his right fist, and raised his right hand towards Sasuke from afar.
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Thanks to Uchiha Itachi (Reanimated) for the inspiration capsule, Brave Bull不怕我的刀片 for the blades, Yu Yu Cheng Feng for the two likes, and other friends for their likes and small gifts of support. Thank you all.
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