The ghost king summoned by Shang Xu Yi was the ancestral master of their Lu Yun sect, a ghost king subdued by the ancestor years ago.
This ghost king submitted to the Lu Yun sect's ancestor and was taken in as a devotee, with the agreement that it would receive incense offerings from the sect, and in return, would assist the Lu Yun sect in times of crisis.
However, after many years, the Lu Yun sect's ancestor had long since passed away. This ghost king had no affection for the descendants of the Lu Yun sect, and thus was somewhat displeased when awakened.
Shang Xu Yi, forcing himself to stand, knelt before the ghost king and repeatedly kowtowed:
"The Lu Yun sect is at the brink of life and death. I beg the ghost king to lend its aid!"
The ghost king also noticed Huang Si Pi, who was pursuing the evil spirits, and the Vajra Zombie that was charging through the crowd.
The ghost king let out a cold snort: "Hmph, you can't even deal with mere spirit mediums and corpse handlers. The Lu Yun sect truly gets worse with each generation; it might as well be annihilated!"
Upon hearing this, Shang Xu Yi lowered his posture even further.
However, despite the harsh words, the ghost king's gaze was fixed on Huang Si Pi.
The ghost king discovered that Huang Si Pi's spirit essence was far stronger than that of an ordinary Great Yellow Immortal.
If it could devour this Great Yellow Immortal, it would be a great tonic, providing at least decades of cultivation!
"How dare you cause trouble at the Lu Yun sect? I think you're tired of living!"
The ghost king issued a threat, thereby agreeing to save the Lu Yun sect.
Shang Xu Yi finally breathed a sigh of relief, a sinister smile appearing on his face: "Lin Zi Tong, let's see what you do this time!"
The ghost king's actions were indeed extraordinary.
With a fierce slash of the curved saber in its hand, it cleaved a Vajra Zombie in half!
Vajra Zombies were invincible against living beings, and ordinary weapons could not harm them. However, the ghost king's weapon was no ordinary artifact, thus it easily cut the Vajra Zombie into two pieces.
The severed Vajra Zombie did not completely die; its upper and lower halves continued to move independently, still pursuing Lu Yun sect disciples. However, their mobility was greatly impaired, and their threat to the Lu Yun sect was significantly reduced.
Seeing this, the ghost king turned its attention back to Huang Si Pi.
Huang Si Pi sensed the ghost king's killing intent but was not afraid. Instead, it stood tall on its hind legs, its dark, glistening eyes also staring at the ghost king.
The ghost king roared, "How dare you meet my gaze?!"
Huang Si Pi laughed heartily, "What is there to fear?"
"With your meager cultivation, you are no match for me. Where do you get such courage!"
"I may not be able to defeat you, but I'm not afraid!" Huang Si Pi laughed. "A mere ghost king, what's so great about that."
A mere ghost king?
The ghost king was enraged. Had ghost kings become as common as cabbages by the roadside, no longer a rarity?
Moreover, to hear such words from a Great Yellow Immortal was a profound humiliation for the ghost king!
Enraged, the ghost king immediately brandished its curved saber, intending to execute Huang Si Pi on the spot!
However, although Huang Si Pi's cultivation was inferior to the ghost king's, its movements were exceptionally agile. It twisted its waist, easily evading the ghost king's attack, and then ran towards Zhao Yi Yao.
As it ran, it shouted, "Lin family's little girl, stop hiding and make your move!"
The Lin family's little girl?
The ghost king immediately looked at Lin Zi Tong and suddenly realized that Lin Zi Tong exuded a presence that sent chills down its spine.
What was going on?!
Lin Zi Tong slowly stood up and raised her right hand.
On her right wrist was a chain of bones made from bone-white material, adorned with small black bells. A small snake was coiled around each bell.
Jingle, jingle!
The bone chain's soul-summoning bell rang, and Lin Zi Tong's lips parted, her voice soft as she called out:
"Hua Ying, Hei Chuan Lu. You two come out and face the enemy."
From within the soul-summoning bell on the bone chain, two streams of ghostly energy, one black and one red, shot out, soaring towards the clouds before plummeting to the ground like meteorites. Finally, before Lin Zi Tong, they condensed into Tao Hua Ying, dressed in a red skirt, and Hei Chuan Lu, armed with a samurai sword!
Tao Hua Ying twirled, her red skirt like a vibrant rose, her fair legs beneath the skirt seemingly capable of ensnaring the soul. She covered her face with her jade-like hands, her eyes peeking through her fingers filled with infinite charm.
Hei Chuan Lu stood with his legs slightly bent, one hand gripping the scabbard, the other in a claw-like grasp a finger's distance from the hilt. His gaze was as sharp as a blade, as if ready to draw his sword and kill at any moment!
The moment the two appeared, their aura surged like a tidal wave, forcing the ghostly energy swirling around the ghost king to recede several paces.
"Miss~"
Tao Hua Ying said sweetly, "Do you have any tasks for us?"
Lin Zi Tong said calmly, "Before you stands a ghost king. Kill it, and its spirit essence is yours to do with as you please."
Upon hearing this, Tao Hua Ying and Hei Chuan Lu's eyes lit up simultaneously.
Ever since they directly absorbed the spirit essence of a ghost king from Yan Shou Yi, their cultivation had greatly increased.
Absorbing ghost king spirit essence was far more efficient than slow cultivation!
Although this ghost king was not particularly formidable, far inferior to Shi Jing, it was better than nothing!
The two immediately became enthusiastic, or rather... ravenous.
The ghost king before them was stunned.
*I see you as an enemy, and you see me as food?!*
*Preposterous!*
The ghost king was furious and prepared to strike, to teach these two minor ghosts a lesson.
But suddenly, the ghost king sensed something was amiss.
With its cultivation, it could only detect the cultivation of that neon ghost.
Half-step ghost king.
But the cultivation of the other female ghost was completely unfathomable!
The most direct way to judge the strength of a ghost king was by its physical form.
Ghost kings had long since shed the constraints of their physical bodies, so the stronger they were, the larger their bodies became.
The ghost king had previously dismissed Tao Hua Ying because her size was similar to that of a living human, even slightly petite.
But now the ghost king realized that it could not see through Tao Hua Ying at all.
This meant that Tao Hua Ying's strength might be superior to its own!
"Heh!"
Tao Hua Ying let out a light laugh and asked the ghost king before her, "Do you think my petite stature implies low power?"
The ghost king remained silent, its expression grim.
Suddenly, ghostly energy emanated from Tao Hua Ying, and at the same time, her body began to grow continuously!
In the blink of an eye, Tao Hua Ying, who was originally only about 1.6 meters tall, grew to over ten meters!
A full thirteen meters!
Despite Tao Hua Ying's charming and delicate appearance, she was now in a giant form, devoid of beauty, possessing only an eerie and terrifying aura!
The thirteen-meter-tall Tao Hua Ying narrowed her eyes and said smilingly to the ghost king:
"I wonder if eating you will help me grow any taller..."
Upon hearing this, the ghost king felt its blood run cold!