"Difficult to ascend to heaven?" Xiao Man sat on a rock, looking up at the sky. A figure was rapidly approaching. "I reckon I'll be entering Ghost King City soon!"
"Boss Xiao, stop joking. Ghost King City just selected ghost attendants; the next time is three years from now, and no one has ever walked out of the Yellow Springs Road alive. If you want to go in, unless..."
"Unless someone drags me in!" Xiao Man finished the sentence.
"Right, unless someone drags you in!" the person continued. "And for Ghost King City to send someone to capture you, you'd have to have committed a heinous crime, like disrupting the stability of the Ghost Realm, or colluding with foreign enemies..."
Before the person could finish speaking, a figure had already arrived before Xiao Man, fingers forming a claw and reaching for her throat. Xiao Man remained seated. Elder Zang had brought her to this Ghost Realm, surely for interrogation. She had spent so long in the vast desert, Elder Zang should have returned by now. He was just a little later than she expected!
However, since she intended to use Elder Zang's help to enter Ghost King City, she had no intention of fighting back. To her surprise, before Elder Zang's hand could touch Xiao Man, it was repelled by an invisible light, crashing into the wall behind him and burying him in the rubble.
"Did something just happen?"
The events had occurred too quickly for the others to react. They only felt a gust of wind blow by and then recede. They seemed to have seen a figure, yet they hadn't. The only strange thing they noticed was the collapse of the house behind them!
"Nothing happened. You all should leave now." Xiao Man's gaze fell on the ruins as she instructed the others to leave, lest the shameless Elder Zang, in his rage, harm innocent bystanders.
The group also sensed something was amiss and quickly fled to hide.
"What just happened? Did you see it?"
"I think I saw someone attack Boss Xiao, and Boss Xiao sent him flying!"
"You saw it too?"
"We all saw it. And the person who was sent flying, the clothes they wore seemed to be embroidered with the mandala flower."
"Mandala flower? Is that a Ghost General?" The group felt a chill down their spines and shivered in their corners. But upon reflection, they felt it was wrong. What kind of person was a Ghost General, so ferocious, how could they be sent flying by Xiao Man? So, they cautiously poked their heads out to peek from afar.
Elder Zang crawled out from the ruins, looking somewhat disheveled. He had intended to capture Xiao Man with a single blow, but before he could even touch her, he was repelled by a force, nearly costing him his life!
"Old man, we meet again." Xiao Man crossed her arms, looking at Elder Zang with amusement. However, she muttered to herself, *What's going on? Why did this old man fly out on his own? Is he feigning weakness to make me let down my guard? But is that necessary? His cultivation is far superior to mine, he doesn't need to feign weakness to capture me!*
Elder Zang's heart was also pounding. He stood defensively before Xiao Man, "Little thing, do you have any magic treasures on you?"
"Magic treasures?" Xiao Man rolled her eyes. "You think too highly of me. If I had magic treasures, I would have killed you back in Fengling City!"
"Wanting to kill me depends on whether you have the ability!" Elder Zang struck Xiao Man with his palm. Xiao Man was contemplating whether to retaliate when, before Elder Zang could touch her, he was once again repelled, smashing into the distance, spitting out a mouthful of blood!
Xiao Man quickly patted herself down, wondering if she had some powerful treasure that could make a late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator so miserable. But after searching for a long time, she found nothing!
"Strange!"
Elder Zang climbed out of the ruins, glaring fiercely at Xiao Man. "Despicable scoundrel!"
"You bully the weak and rely on your power. I haven't even called you despicable. Furthermore, you attacked first, and I didn't even retaliate, yet you've suffered retribution. Shouldn't you be the despicable one?" Xiao Man tapped her arm with her fingers. "Old man, be honest in your dealings, or you'll be struck by lightning!" Sudan Novel Network.
"Do you think you can deal with me with your despicable methods?" Elder Zang snapped his fingers, and several black-clothed figures immediately appeared. Their robes were embroidered with the leaves of the Higanbana flower. These were ghost attendants. "Take her down."
The ghost attendants obeyed and charged towards Xiao Man. Xiao Man gripped her dagger, intending to kill them one by one, and then kill them in pairs. However, before they could even approach her, they were repelled by an invisible force, scattering them in disarray.
Elder Zang was stunned, and even Xiao Man herself was bewildered, not understanding what was happening!
"You... what exactly did you do?"
Xiao Man put away her dagger. Could it be that these people couldn't approach her? But that was not right. She had been attacked by many people in the Ghost Realm, and none of them were repelled by an invisible force. Why were Elder Zang and the ghost attendants being repelled?
"Elder Zang, if I wanted to kill you now, what would happen?"
"Can you kill me?" Elder Zang said sternly, "If you kill me, you'll be hunted by ghost attendants. In this Ghost Realm, you'll have nowhere to hide, and you won't be able to leave. In the end, it will be a dead end!"
"Is that so?" Xiao Man had a vague guess in her heart. She walked step by step towards Elder Zang. Elder Zang actually retreated in fear. But after a few steps, he regained his composure. He was a peak Nascent Soul cultivator, how could he fear a mere Core Formation cultivator!
Xiao Man suddenly lunged forward and struck Elder Zang with a palm. Elder Zang was shocked and quickly used his power to block. However, before Xiao Man could hit him, he was wounded by a mysterious force, his arm breaking on the spot. White bones pierced through his flesh, looking particularly gruesome.
Xiao Man looked at her palm. Since when had she become so powerful, able to injure a peak Nascent Soul cultivator?
Xiao Man was suspicious. She glanced at the screaming Elder Zang and then struck the trunk of a nearby tree with her palm. However, the trunk remained intact, not to mention breaking, there wasn't even a scratch. The tree trunk merely swayed, and a few fallen leaves drifted down!
Elder Zang watched this scene, his eyes bulging in shock. The ghost attendants surrounded Xiao Man but dared not advance rashly, fearing they would be injured by the mysterious force again.
"Net Formation!" the leading ghost attendant commanded.
The ghost attendants surrounding Xiao Man threw their ropes, binding Xiao Man's limbs. Then, using a special method, they tied Xiao Man up like a zongzi, causing her to fall to the ground in a sorry state.
Seeing this, the ghost attendants also found it unbelievable. They had thought they would have a tough fight, but to their surprise, they captured her with ease!
A ghost attendant stepped forward and kicked towards Xiao Man. However, he did not kick Xiao Man. Instead, his leg broke with a crack. The ghost attendant clutched his broken leg and fell to the ground, wailing. For a moment, no one dared to step forward.