Chapter 157- Clearing out a path
Chapter 157
A short distance away, seven spirit level masters were engaged in a brutal fight. The four spirit yin ghosts were currently cursing in their hearts.
Who the hell said that the humans were disadvantaged against them? It was clearly the humans who had the upper hand right now.
That's right, the lady surnamed Lan from the wind orchid continent was holding down two rank eight spirit yin ghosts and was barely at a disadvantage. She was fighting without restraint, and if she got an injury, she made sure both her opponents received two sword cuts! The two spirit yin ghosts fighting her we're already afraid to attack her anyhow and were thinking of retreating.
As if she read their minds, the lady's attacks became stronger. Her weapon was a sword and she was surrounded by a sword aura so sharp that the two spirit yin ghosts felt as though there was a sword hanging above their heads. Each of her attack carried with it an overwhelmingly sharp sword aura that suppressed her opponents, leaving them no space to take a breather.
If Long Feng was here, he would be shocked to discover that her sword concept was at the fifth level and even seemed like she had taken a step into the sixth level!
In other words, she had a sixth grade sword concept!
It must be known that the most talented sword Junior of the entire Yihua continent was only at the fourth grade of the sword concept!
The disparity was just too great.
Even the other two spirit level old men were shocked and as they battled their own opponents, they couldn't help but click their tongues.
Was this really a nineteen year old lady? The difference between them was like cloud and mud.
This is the disparity between the talents of large clans and us single cultivators!
The humans had the upper hand in both battle fields and were slowly pushing their way out.
"Darn these humans! We can't continue this way or the weaker yin ghosts will all be slaughtered!" One of the spirit yin ghost spoke up. They would definitely suffer the master's wrath if all his subordinates were killed.
"The humans are stronger even though their numbers are lower!" Another one said.
Although they were fighting, they had also diverged a part of their attention to the battle below. While it was true that the humans were outnumbered, they actually had more masters and geniuses on their side, making them seize the upper hand.
There were a few humans who were particularly fierce and killed the highest numbers of Yin ghosts. Six of them were at the peak yang level and eleven were at the rank eight yang level. One of them was a twenty years old rank seven yang level Junior. His talent could be considered average to have this cultivation at his age and he was able to kill rank eight yang ghosts.
But the one who drew the spirit yin ghost's attention wasn't these masters but a rank two yang level Junior! Looking at his immature face, he was probably between fifteen and sixteen years old. Having a rank two yang level cultivation at this age meant that his talent was above average, but what was truly surprising was his combat power. He was able to kill rank six yang ghosts in a few minutes and even take a look few moves from a rank seven!
Any yin ghosts below the fifth yang level were killed with a single swing of his sword.
If the yin ghosts continued to be killed at this rate, then it wouldn't be long before their numerical advantage vanished completely. By then, they wouldn't be able to escape even with their weird movements.
After discussing among themselves through voice transmission, the spirit level yin ghosts finally decided to fall back.
"Retreat! Return to the lair!" The four spirit level yin ghosts simultaneously exploded with great energy and managed to push back their opponents, before charging around to escape. All the weaker yin ghosts instantly abandoned the fights and fled back to their lair. The humans naturally chased them and cut down a few more you ghosts before stopping and cheering.
The four spirit level yin ghosts had already fled when one of them was blocked by the lady.
"Hmph, you think it's easy to come and go as you please?" The lady surnamed Lan snorted and the sword energy around her became sharper. She ignored the first spirit level yin ghost and focused her attacks on the second one. Her sword strikes flowed freely like a river, carrying with it an exceedingly sharp sword energies. The Yin ghost targeted by her was instantly in a dangerous situation.
"Don't push me!" The yin ghost screamed, but the lady's sword descended faster, leaving wounds on its pale figure.
Watching as the other three spirit level yin ghosts ran back to the lair without bothering about him and the other two human spirit masters rushing over to corner him, this yin ghost realized that it would probably die today. Thinking so, it directly dropped it's defense and attacked with overwhelming power.
"Die!" A pale ghostly flame lit up around it's figure and it's power instantly rose, reaching the peak spirit level.
The lady's expression instantly changed as she retreated.
"It is burning it's source energy!" The Yin ghost's source energy was equivalent to the blood essense of humans. Burning it gave the yin ghost greater power in exchange for it's life.
"Je je je! Too late! I will bury you along with me!" The yin ghost laughed shrilly as it chased after the lady and unleashed a barrage of attacks. The lady was quickly overwhelmed and was at a severe disadvantage.
Luckily, the other two spirit level old men arrived at her side at this moment. Working together, they were able to party the yin ghost's attacks.
"Go to hell, all of you damn humans! Soon, this world will be conquered by the monarchs and all humans will be wiped out! Je je je je!" The Yin ghost shouted as it's energy became chaotic. A dangerous aura was emanated from his pale figure.
"It is going to detonate it's source! Retreat!" The three spirit level humans instantly retreated in different directions.
"You can't escape!" The yin ghost ignored the two old men and chased after the young lady, quickly overtaking her. It's body instantly exploded in a ghostly aura. A blinding light burst out with the yin ghost at the center and all the trees in a ten feet radius around it were exterminated to dust. Even the two old men who had already retreated fifteen feet away were blown back by the shockwaves and suffered minor injuries.
As for the humans below the spirit level who were a few meters away, they all felt their blood churning in their chest and the weaker ones instantly spat out blood. The force of this explosion was simply horrifying.
As for the lady who bore the brunt of the explosion, she only paled slightly and spat out some blood. At some point in time, a clear bubble like barrier had appeared around her and reduce the force of the explosion or else, she wouldn't have got away with a few minor injuries. She might have even lost her life. The detonation of the yin ghost was equal to the all out attack of a rank one imperial level master.
The lady coughed as she sat down in the center of the wreckage and began to stabilize her condition.
The two old men hurried over to her side to protect her and maybe gain her favor later.
Back at the other field, the humans had managed to kill half of the yin ghosts and sent them fleeing when they sensed a huge explosion nearby.
"What just happened?" Some people asked as they felt their blood churn.
One of the experienced peak yang level cultivator looked solemn as he gazed into the distance where the spirit level masters fought.
"A spirit level master fell. Is it a human or a yin ghost?"
The place became quiet as the cheers slowly died down. Another peak yang cultivator stepped forward and spoke, "It should be a yin ghost. Or else, why would they choose to retreat at this point?"
His explanation was accepted by everyone and they began to chatter again as they headed towards the area of the explosion.
Three powerful auras soon approached them and the three spirit level masters appeared in sight. The two old men were in good shape and only suffered some minor injuries while the young lady's aura was clearly unstable and her face was pale. Her injuries were quite severe.
But the group didn't bother about this. It was now obvious to all that the humans had emerged victorious and could finally leave this cursed place!
"You've all worked hard. But we can't be happy yet until we have completely left this area or the yin soldier can easily catch up to us. We'll all split into three groups and go in separate directions. That way, we can better assure our safety." One of the two old men spoke up at this moment as he roughly counted and found that over half of the humans had died in the battle.
Everyone immediately fell silent, remembering that they were still in the enemy's land. It was unknown when the yin soldier would return so they had to quickly leave. The idea of splitting into three groups under the three spirit level masters was a good idea.