Chapter 102: Chapter 102: Reversing Fate Talisman

Fang Cheng and the others turned to look. High above them in the sky, a masked woman in a black dress stood upon a cloud, looking down on them.

A sinister yin energy coiled around her, accompanied by a thick, bloody Evil Qi.

Fang Cheng suddenly understood where the second-order vicious avian beast from the canyon had gone.

This Life Talisman Cultivator must have come to hunt it down. The vicious avian beast was no match for her and fled, but she pursued and killed it.

Meanwhile, Ghost Spirit and Fang Hen, who were left behind, had taken the opportunity to set up a formation to hunt Demon Beasts while waiting for Lady Ghost.

After that, they ran into Fang Cheng’s group.

Ghost Spirit’s pet was skilled at finding treasures. While searching the vicious avian beast’s cave, it happened to smell the fragrance of the Glazed Jade Golden Flower.

And that was what led to everything that followed.

Fang Cheng’s expression was grave. Without a word, he unleashed the Li Hen Demon Light, sending it sweeping toward Lady Ghost!

The pitch-black Demonic Light was silent and traceless, reaching Lady Ghost in an instant. A fierce demonic will charged straight into her Divine Sense.

Lady Ghost had dominated the Southern Wilds for years; this was the first time a Sensing Realm cultivator had dared to attack her. Fury boiled in her heart as she sneered, "You reckless little whelp! So it really was you who killed my son!"

With a flick of her wrist, she summoned a length of white silk into the air.

The white silk trembled lightly and expanded to a length of a hundred feet, like a ribbon of white waves.

The Li Hen Demon Light was easily blocked by the flowing ribbon.

A ghastly yin energy emanated from the white silk. As it was steeped in the Demonic Light’s black fire, it paradoxically appeared even more immaculately white.

This Magical Artifact was attuned to Lady Ghost’s own Cultivation Technique. She had been refining it for over a decade, and it was a Second-Order Lower Grade Magical Artifact.

The white silk Magical Artifact was adept at entangling weapons and capturing other artifacts. No matter what Flying Sword or Magical Artifact was sent against it, once it was caught within the ribbon and tainted by the Ghost Dao’s yin energy, its connection to its master’s Divine Sense would be severed.

If a cultivator were to be wrapped up in it, their Qi Sea would be corrupted by the Ghost Dao’s yin energy in mere moments, extinguishing their life force and obliterating their Divine Sense.

In the Southern Wilds, Lady Ghost had relied on this Magical Artifact to dominate, slaying countless Demon Beasts and Loose Cultivators.

Even other Loose Cultivators at the Life Talisman Realm gave her a wide berth.

Naturally, she didn’t give Fang Cheng a second thought now.

She would capture him with a single move, then take him back to torture him properly and avenge her son.

Fang Cheng turned and tossed the Ghost King Seal to Ye Yan, saying, "Yan’Er, help me suppress this treasure."

Without a second glance, his form flickered and transformed into a streak of sword light, elegantly fleeing into the distance.

Lady Ghost’s gaze was frigid. She shot a cool glance at Ye Yan as her white silk instantly repelled the Li Hen Demon Light and coiled toward the sword light Fang Cheng had become.

Not daring to be careless, Ye Yan hastily channeled the vast Magical Power cultivated from the Black Water Profound Talisman Scripture to firmly seal the Ghost King Seal, temporarily suppressing it.

Senior Brother Liu and the other two could only stare blankly at the scene, unable to intervene.

The white silk billowed like a white wave, catching up to Fang Cheng in the blink of an eye!

The clear, sharp sword light suddenly leaped and flickered repeatedly, dodging with the Peak of Profound Skill, like a nimble fish darting through water.

Immediately after, two points of golden light shot toward Lady Ghost like sharp arrows.

It was the Vajra Gu.

Lady Ghost’s eyes narrowed. Realization dawned on her; she now knew how Ghost Spirit had died.

She laughed in fury. The white silk whipped back in front of her to block the Vajra Gu’s attack.

The white silk wrapped around the two Vajra Gu, winding tighter and tighter until, in an instant, it formed a white ball, trapping them inside.

The Vajra Gu’s mandibles were sharp and ferocious, capable of devouring anything, but against a Magical Artifact so thick with yin energy, they couldn’t immediately bite their way out.

Lady Ghost waved her hand, sending a dense, ice-cold stream of yin energy flying toward Fang Cheng.

Fang Cheng’s expression was grave. His Li Hen Demon Light, which had reached the nineteenth level, transformed into a ten-foot-wide ball of black flame to block the attack.

The yin energy slammed into the Demon Fire!

The Demon Fire trembled violently as if doused with cold water, nearly extinguishing.

Lady Ghost raised an eyebrow, surprised that Fang Cheng’s Demonic Light could block her attack.

"Hmph, parlor tricks!"

She snorted in disdain, but inwardly, she grew curious about this Divine Technique of Fang Cheng’s.

’Later,’ she thought, ’I’ll force the incantation for this Divine Technique out of him before I flay him alive and pull out his bones!’

Just as she was about to strike again...

But in the next moment, a dark, cyan aura surfaced on her forehead. A sharp pain and weakness shot through her body, her vision blurred, and her aura plummeted.

Lady Ghost roared, "You vile little rat!"

The only response was the sudden surge of the Li Hen Demon Light.

Fang Cheng pushed his Magical Power to its limit. The Li Hen Demon Light shot forward like a bolt of lightning, crossing the space between them in an instant, and finally swept over Lady Ghost.

As Lady Ghost was fighting the virulent poison inside her, she was suddenly hit by the Demonic Light. She felt a tyrannical, rampaging demonic will pour into her Divine Sense, leaving her dazed and her mind in chaos.

Then she felt her Magical Power begin to burn uncontrollably, and pure black Demon Fire erupted all over her body.

But she was a Life Talisman Cultivator, after all. At that moment, her Ghost Dao Skills began to circulate. Within her Qi Sea, a Life Talisman trembled lightly, releasing an incomparably pure yin energy that suffused her entire body.

The poison and the Demon Fire receded in an instant.

But then, the situation changed abruptly!

The distant sword light swirled and suddenly appeared behind her.

Immediately after, Fang Cheng’s tall, handsome figure flashed into view, a faint golden light emerging on the surface of his skin!

In the blink of an eye, Fang Cheng’s body abruptly swelled by a size, and he grew three feet taller out of nowhere. His magnificent Profound Pattern Daoist Robe was instantly torn apart, revealing hard muscle lines that looked as if they were forged from steel.

His muscles bulged and knotted, his arms now a size larger than before. His taut, swollen muscles traced powerful lines, exuding a dangerously explosive aura!

On his chest, more than thirty flame-like talismans gathered into a pattern that resembled a roaring fire.

Within a radius of several dozen feet around him, an invisible flame seemed to swirl, emitting an oppressive heat wave.

An immense, majestic power surged within Fang Cheng’s body.

His massive fist shot out, striking Lady Ghost squarely in the spine!

The Protective Spiritual Light on Lady Ghost’s body flashed erratically. Her slender back was nearly punched clean through.

Lady Ghost’s body shot down from the sky like a cannonball, smashing a crater into the forest below.

All the nearby trees were shattered and uprooted by the impact.

With a flash of golden light, Fang Cheng descended like a meteor into the crater. His masculine, imposing body straddled Lady Ghost, his arms a blur as he rained down a hundred punches in an instant.

He had used his Sword Heart Clarity to perceive the weakness in Lady Ghost’s aura. Seeing that the female Loose Cultivator’s physical body was not strong, he had decisively chosen close-quarters combat!

First, he used the Vajra Gu to tie up her Second-Order Magical Artifact.

Then, he used the Poison Gu and the Li Hen Demon Light to disrupt her Magical Power and soul.

Finally, relying on his nimble and ethereal sword light, he closed in behind her and delivered a thunderous strike.

At this moment, Lady Ghost was trying to suppress the corrosion from the poison and the Li Hen Demon Light while simultaneously fending off Fang Cheng’s iron fists.

She had no strength to fight back at all.

Even for a battle-hardened veteran like her, a sense of hopeless despair washed over her—her spirit was willing, but her body was not.

She had a Rejuvenation Talisman in her storage bag, but no time to use it.

This series of counterattacks from Fang Cheng captured the true essence of the Sword Dao.

Fast, precise, and ruthless!

He held down the struggling Lady Ghost, slamming punch after punch into her body.

Even with her Protective Spiritual Light, Lady Ghost was shaken so violently that she coughed up blood, and every bone in her body was shattered from the impacts.

The veil covering her face had long since fallen off, revealing a pale, cold, oval face.

She looked to be just over thirty, with skin as pale as snow and utterly bloodless, exuding a cold, foxy charm.

Finally, Fang Cheng threw one last punch, shattering Lady Ghost’s Qi Sea. Her Protective Spiritual Light dissipated completely.

He reached out with a large hand and grabbed her head.

Rushing Demon Path Magical Power cascaded down like a waterfall, pouring into her through her Celestial Spirit and immobilizing her entire body in an instant.

Fang Cheng stood up, still clutching her head.

Lady Ghost was like a broken doll, held aloft by the enlarged Fang Cheng, her feet dangling in the air.

Fang Cheng looked at Lady Ghost and said coldly, "So, between the two of us, who’s the one who doesn’t know their place?"

Lady Ghost opened her mouth to speak, but a sudden, immense force came from above, and her head was instantly crushed!

THUD.

The headless Lady Ghost fell to the ground like a sack of rags, her life force extinguished.

Far away, Ye Yan and the others, who had been watching the intense battle, were utterly dumbfounded, their minds blank.

Fang Cheng’s clothes were in tatters as his body slowly returned to its normal size.

Over there, the white silk Magical Artifact drifted apart after Lady Ghost’s death. The two Vajra Gu instantly flew over, landed on her corpse, and greedily burrowed inside.

Soon, Lady Ghost’s body disappeared at a visible rate, leaving only a pile of shattered bones on the ground.

The Vajra Gu picked up Lady Ghost’s storage bag and returned to Fang Cheng’s sleeve.

In the sky, Ye Yan used a telekinetic grasp to retrieve the white silk Magical Artifact. Bringing the Ghost King Seal with her, she descended from her Escape Light and landed beside Fang Cheng.

"Husband, are you all right?"

she asked with concern, taking an Essence Supplement Pill from her storage bag and bringing it to Fang Cheng’s lips.

Fang Cheng opened his mouth and swallowed the Essence Supplement Pill. A potent wave of Spiritual Qi entered his Qi Sea, instantly dissolving into a gushing stream of pure Magical Power that spread throughout his limbs and bones.

He let out a long breath and smiled. "That was close. I almost couldn’t take her down."

Ye Yan whispered, "That was terrifying."

The Li Hen Demon Light flowed over Fang Cheng’s hand, burning away the bloodstains on his palm. He then retracted the Demonic Light, gently wrapped an arm around his beautiful wife’s shoulder, and comforted her, "It’s all right now, isn’t it?"

Senior Brother Liu, Senior Sister Yang, and Chen Yu Yan all flew down, looking at Fang Cheng with complicated expressions, momentarily at a loss for words.

Shock.

Utter shock.

They realized they had still underestimated this live-in son-in-law.

Feeling the demonic intent emanating from Fang Cheng, the three of them felt their hearts pound with a skin-crawling fear.

A Reversing Fate Talisman!

Legend had it that a once-in-a-century genius from the Yinluo Sect had once used their Sensing Cultivation to slay a Life Talisman Cultivator.

That genius was now the Hall Master of the Yinluo Sect’s Inner Sect Law Enforcement Hall, and their fame had spread throughout the neighboring kingdoms.

Now, another such figure had appeared in the Abyssal Marsh!

And he was right before their eyes.

’He already has this much power,’ Senior Brother Liu thought. ’If he obtains the Glazed Jade Golden Flower to strengthen his Divine Sense, just how formidable will he become?’

Senior Brother Liu looked at Fang Cheng and exchanged a glance with his Daoist partner, both seeing the apprehension and fear in each other’s eyes.