Sword Sovereign of the Celestial Emperor-Chapter 115, The Terrifying Spirit Ghost Child

The Spirit Ghost Child felt the immense energy of the Sword Aura, his body immediately retreated, eyes pitch black, showing no discernible expression.

"Phantom Stream Blade!"

Chu Ming’s body also retreated, but during his retreat, a beautiful sword light brewed in his hand. The space fell silent, as if the stream water in the darkness flowed freely. Meanwhile, he glanced towards the cave, where an astonishing momentum was continuously rising, with the surrounding spiritual power gathering madly.

Plop, plop, plop...

Under the pincer attack of the two assaults, countless air currents burst one after another, and two astonishing waves of air swept around, immediately creating a swiftly appearing vacuum zone.

"Damn! Someone is actually breaking through here!"

Duan Fang’s eyes reddened. The gathering of spiritual power in the cave was too significant; all three of them naturally noticed it. From the spiritual power fluctuations in this area, it was clear to all that someone was breaking through to the True Dao Realm.

Today’s incident had too many surprises. Firstly, he hadn’t expected Chu Ming’s current strength to be on par with his, causing the two of them to fail in quickly taking him down. Secondly, he hadn’t anticipated someone breaking through to the True Dao Realm here. Considering that Chu Ming had just been here, it wasn’t hard to guess that this person was likely associated with Chu Ming.

At this moment, the noise of the two attacks was about to stop. Duan Fang’s face suddenly changed drastically, anger spreading in his eyes. He flew swiftly, the Blood Saber in his hand madly slashing backwards, but it was already too late. A black streak shot from behind him, piercing through his neck in an instant. Blood splattered, staining his clothes like scattered plum blossoms. A thumb-sized hole was very evident on his neck.

His eyes widened. In his last moments, Duan Fang glanced behind him, his gaze full of venom. What he saw was the Spirit Ghost Child’s mockingly smiling face, as calm as still water, but the killing intent in his eyes was boundless.

Chu Ming was stunned, also not expecting the Spirit Ghost Child to suddenly strike at Duan Fang, directly leading to Duan Fang’s death!

The Spirit Ghost Child’s pitch-black eyes glanced at Chu Ming, causing Chu Ming’s heart to palpitate. The Spirit Ghost Child’s gaze was extremely eerie.

Boom!

The spiritual power gathering around the cave all disappeared. Chu Ming knew that Lin Yumei had broken through and reached the True Dao Realm.

The Spirit Ghost Child did not hesitate. At the moment of Duan Fang’s death, he suddenly retracted his right hand, a white phantom figure emerged from Duan Fang’s corpse, then his body flashed and disappeared from the spot. Although Chu Ming wanted to stop it, he was too late and could only watch helplessly as the Spirit Ghost Child’s figure turned into a black dot, gradually disappearing from sight.

Swoosh!

A white figure flashed by, appearing in front of Chu Ming, revealing Lin Yumei’s resolute face. Slightly sensing her aura, it could be described as deep as an abyss; her internal spiritual power was even denser than Chu Ming’s.

Naturally, spiritual power doesn’t tell the whole story. One also had to see how much of it could be utilized, along with battle awareness and various intents. Overall, Lin Yumei’s strength shouldn’t be weaker than Chu Ming’s now.

"What happened just now?"

Glancing at the battle marks around, Lin Yumei asked while speculating in her heart who had been here. If it were just an ordinary core disciple, Chu Ming’s strength should have settled it with merely a few sword strikes, without leaving such profound battle marks.

Seeing the sword and blade marks on the ground, feeling the lingering flame and blade aura, Lin Yumei’s speculation gradually became clear.

"Nothing."

Chu Ming said faintly, but thinking of the Spirit Ghost Child’s gaze just now, he felt a bit of shock. As cultivators, with the growth of their strength, one gradually understands that there are no real ghosts or monsters; those with the characteristics of ghosts and gods are all due to cultivated techniques.

Seeing that Chu Ming was unwilling to say more, Lin Yumei didn’t ask further. The two of them headed deeper into the Celestial Flame Secret Realm.

.....

A black shadow swept across the grasslands, heading towards the distant desert. Abruptly turning back, it revealed a mockingly smiling face, eyes as black as ink. It was the Spirit Ghost Child who had killed Duan Fang. His body still dwarfed, but his expression had changed, becoming terrifying, like a beast that devoured the human heart.

"This body’s constitution is too weak, it won’t last long. That kid’s body just now wasn’t bad, but his soul power was too strong!"

The Spirit Ghost Child muttered. His voice had completely changed, and a strange black gleam flashed in his eyes.

Swoosh!

Finding a cave, the Spirit Ghost Child entered and instantly killed a Fifth Level Low Tier Demon Beast. A gray phantom figure floated from the Demon Beast’s body, identical in appearance to the Demon Beast just now.

The Spirit Ghost Child opened his mouth, and the gray phantom figure was immediately swallowed into his mouth. Chewing sounds rang out, as the phantom figure seemed to turn solid, being crunched by the Spirit Ghost Child.

"The taste of a Demon Beast’s soul is still somewhat inferior, nowhere near a human soul!"

The Spirit Ghost Child licked his lips, with a flash of crimson in his eyes. His gaze fixed on his right hand which slowly extended; a miniature white phantom figure sat cross-legged in his palm, emitting a faint light.

This white figure’s face was exactly the same as the slain Duan Fang. The white phantom was his Soul Body.

Generally speaking, a Martial Artist can only condense their Soul Body upon reaching the Life and Death Realm King. If their physical body is destroyed, the Soul Body can escape and continue to live. However, the Spirit Ghost Child used a special method to forcibly condense and then seize the Soul Body from a human body.

The Spirit Ghost Child inhaled, and strands of white aura, like white smoke, were drawn into his mouth. Duan Fang’s Soul Body was instantly torn apart into countless fragments. As he absorbed the white aura, the Spirit Ghost Child’s face showed a look of ecstasy.

It took a full incense stick’s worth of time for the white phantom in his hand to slowly dissipate. The Spirit Ghost Child opened his eyes with a lingering sense of satisfaction, the black gleam in his eyes brighter and flashing away.

"Human Soul Bodies are indeed delicious, but this body can barely hold out any longer. I must quickly find another vessel!"

The Spirit Ghost Child murmured, his body flickering into a black mist that vanished within the cave.

.....

Chu Ming and Lin Yumei traveled together. Within a day, they encountered numerous Demon Beast attacks, all of which were dealt with by the pair. However, they encountered only a few Sect Disciples, most of them from other sects.

Chu Ming speculated that only about twenty Sect Disciples might be left in the Celestial Flame Secret Realm. He sighed slightly, wondering how many disciples from the Cyan Yang Sect were left.