The female ghost, swirling with chilling winds and a ball of flame, lunged at me.
My nerves tightened involuntarily; her cultivation was formidable.
She was far beyond my current ability to contend with.
Even with the protective array shield before me, it was insufficient.
Old Mo was a cautionary tale.
Therefore, to block the female ghost, I needed to employ other means.
Magical artifacts were clearly the best choice.
In my possession, I had the Eight Trigram Mirror, a peach wood sword, talismans, and the Sun Gathering Pearl.
With my current cultivation, the former two would not be enough to stop the female ghost.
Using talismans required forming hand seals and chanting incantations, and there was no time for that.
Thus, I could only resort to the last option, the Sun Gathering Pearl.
This item could even injure Qing Dai.
At a critical moment, it should be more than capable of blocking this red-skinned female ghost.
This thought flashed through my mind in an instant.
Without the slightest hesitation, I quickly drew out the Sun Gathering Pearl, the size of a glass marble.
Because the female ghost was approaching too fast, the moment I drew out the pearl, she was almost upon me.
Raising her spectral claw high.
She let out a roar:
"Die!"
With that roar, she swung her claw, striking towards my face.
Carrying the fiery blaze and gusts of chilling wind, it descended from above.
The oppressive pressure was immense, making me feel as though Mount Tai were crushing me.
My junior uncle, seeing this from a distance, shouted:
"Xiao Qin, dodge!"
Just moments ago, Old Mo, standing on the formation's position, had his protective array shield shattered by the female ghost's claw, and he was sent flying.
My cultivation was only slightly higher than Old Mo's.
If I were to fight the female ghost head-on, the consequences might be similar.
However, my junior uncle had no idea that I had already anticipated this.
And devised a plan; my actions were not reckless...
Seeing no time to activate the Sun Gathering Pearl, I simply gripped the pearl tightly and hurled it towards the female ghost's chest.
With my other hand, I held the peach wood sword, blocking with all my might.
The instant I threw the Sun Gathering Pearl...
Although the female ghost sensed it, she did not detect the Sun Gathering Pearl's supreme yang energy.
Furthermore, having been sealed for ten years, enduring constant torment and resentment, her consciousness was clouded.
She had also not seen much of the world.
Seeing what appeared to be an ordinary bead, she naturally felt no fear.
There was even a hint of disdain.
As if mocking my overestimation of myself.
"Bang!"
A dull thud.
Her spectral claw pierced the protective array shield and struck my peach wood sword, which I was using to block.
My tiger's mouth throbbed with pain, and my entire arm went numb.
I could not withstand such terrifying force.
The peach wood sword itself developed a crack; had she exerted even a fraction more force, it would have shattered directly.
Her spectral claw would then have continued its descent, tearing my face apart and crushing my skull.
Moreover, the scorching flames followed, pouring down...
But at this moment of extreme peril, the Sun Gathering Pearl struck her chest.
The Sun Gathering Pearl contained supreme yang energy.
It was a natural super artifact that countered yin energy.
Without contact with yin energy, it was like any other bead.
However, once it encountered yin energy, things changed dramatically.
Suddenly, the Sun Gathering Pearl turned red all over, emitting a brilliant crimson light.
With a "boom," yang energy erupted, enveloping the female ghost.
The female ghost's expression contorted in shock. Before she could react further.
As if she had touched a live wire,
She let out a piercing scream, and her entire body was sent flying backward with a "bang."
She crashed heavily about five meters away...
The Sun Gathering Pearl, however, hovered in mid-air, its crimson light pulsing, supreme yang energy swirling around it.
Seeing this, excitement flared across my face.
I snatched the supreme yang pearl into my hand.
My junior uncle, watching from nearby, was also dumbfounded.
He hadn't expected me to remain calm in the face of danger and turn the tables.
Using a magical artifact to wound the female ghost.
"Well done, Xiao Qin!"
My junior uncle shouted.
He then manipulated the remaining five formation flags, which flew over with a "swish swish swish."
They once again hovered above the female ghost.
The runes on the formation flags flickered, continuously draining the female ghost's yin and yang vital energy.
The aura of the red-skinned fire ghost was clearly not as potent as it had been at the start...
"Lao Qin, you're awesome!"
Old Mo, panting, managed to get back on his feet, his voice filled with excitement.
That single blow had injured him significantly.
Although the female ghost was a red-skinned fire ghost.
She was still an embodiment of yin energy. Now, with her chest scalded by the Sun Gathering Pearl, she was enraged once more.
One hand clutched her chest.
"Damn you, I will kill you, kill you all..."
I looked at the female ghost.
"You've said that many times, but I'm still alive..."
I replied coldly.
Feeling the supreme yang energy emanating from the Sun Gathering Pearl.
I took a breath, intending to replenish myself.
But to my surprise, as I inhaled.
Something felt wrong.
The profound dan forming in my Dantian, as if stimulated, suddenly released yin and yang energies.
These yin and yang energies were remnants from when I had absorbed them in the Black Demon Palace, and after the life curse was broken, they were unexpectedly absorbed by the profound dan...
It seemed to have become a part of my being.
Since the end of the great battle.
I had been traveling and busy with various matters.
I hadn't had the time to investigate.
But now, these two streams of energy were suddenly released, circulating automatically throughout my body.
I frowned slightly:
"Could it be that the yin and yang energies have truly merged with me?
Can I absorb yin and yang energies at any time?
And even use them?"
"I'll know if I try."
I muttered to myself, and before the female ghost could lunge again.
I also took out the Yin Gathering Pearl.
Infusing it with my Dao energy, I activated the Yin Gathering Pearl as well.
Suddenly, two pearls hovered before me.
My profound dan within seemed to sense something, trembling.
It was automatically drawing in the yin and yang energies.
In an instant, one yin and one yang, the two energies swirled around me.
The female ghost's intense oppressive aura instantly vanished as the two energies enveloped me...