Journey to the West: I have Nine Golden Crows Inside Me
Chapter 261 - 261 250 Acting

261: Chapter 250: Acting 261: Chapter 250: Acting Right now, the fourteen evil spirits at the Great Luo Golden Immortal Stage were at a critical moment of seclusion, completely cutting off contact with the outside world.

If not for this, if they knew about the situation in the outside world, they would have come out and united to kill Jiang Chen a long time ago.

They wouldn’t tolerate his arrogance.

As the evil spirits on Qingcheng Mountain were contemplating how to deal with Jiang Chen, Jiang Chen, who was high above in the sky dome, had already wiped out all the nearby evil spirits.

Then, he turned his gaze to Qingcheng Mountain.

“Why isn’t there a single spirit blocking me?” As he looked at the serene Qingcheng Mountain below, a trace of confusion flashed across Jiang Chen’s eyes.

He certainly didn’t think that there were no powerful beings on Qingcheng Mountain.

If it weren’t for the evil spirits of the Great Luo Golden Immortal Stage leading from behind, the ghostly havoc in the Shu Region wouldn’t have evolved to such a state.

Since there are powerful beings, then why haven’t they revealed themselves?

Jiang Chen has been so provocative, dancing wildly above their heads.

Are these ghost clan experts capable of tolerating this or are they incapable of making a move?

Tolerance was highly unlikely.

Jiang Chen wasn’t some unparalleled expert that a Great Luo Golden Immortal would fear.

So if it wasn’t fear, then it could only mean that the ghost clan experts were incapable of making a move.

But why were they unable to make a move?

What was consuming their attention?

Jiang Chen mulled it over, gradually forming a guess in his mind.

According to this guess, he used Divination to deduce the Innate Eight Diagrams.

Soon after, he confirmed his hypothesis: the Great Luo Golden Immortal Stage evil spirits were concealing themselves because they were recovering their strength and didn’t have the opportunity to reveal themselves.

At this point, Jiang Chen became excited.

Now that he knew the reason the evil spirits couldn’t appear, he had to disrupt them, without question.

Otherwise, if they were to recover their strength and make their move, they would undoubtedly look for trouble with Jiang Chen first.

Who else could they blame but their high-profile provocateur?

Once the guess in his mind was validated, Jiang Chen did not hesitate at all; he promptly raised the Soul-Subduing Banner in his hand and swung it at Qingcheng Mountain with all his might.

Swoosh…

Large swathes of ghostly light surged out from the Soul Subduing Banner, a spectacle covering the sky and obscuring the sun.

The light descended upon Qingcheng Mountain below.

Boom!

The ghostly light rushed over, falling on the thick black fog surrounding Qingcheng Mountain.

In an instant, the black mist churned wildly, the ghostly light sweeping off a thick layer of it, creating a gap and revealing the dark mountainous body of Qingcheng Mountain.

It was apparent that the Qingcheng Mountain, known for its lush green forests and everlasting verdure, was now devoid of any signs of life.

Flowers, trees, and vegetation had all withered; all life had vanished, and instead, everywhere was shrouded in a persistent aura of eerie gloom.

Booming sounds echoed!

Before Jiang Chen could launch a second attack, the black mist started trembling.

It let out booming noises as countless jets of ghostly energy filled the hole again.

“Hmm?”

“Didn’t work?”

While his first strike was unsuccessful, and Jiang Chen displayed surprise, he wasn’t overly shocked.

After all, it was the lair of countless evil spirits.

If the defense was so easily breached, that would have been truly astonishing.

However, no matter how dense the ghostly energy was, there was no way it could be infinite.

Jiang Chen didn’t believe that after hundreds of strikes by the Soul-Subduing Banner, it wouldn’t be able to destroy Qingcheng Mountain.

Moreover, even if the ghostly energy on Qingcheng Mountain was truly endless, it wouldn’t stop Jiang Chen from sweeping it away with the Soul-Subduing Banner.

You see, ghostly energy is considered a tonic for the Soul-Subduing Banner.

Each time the Banner swept away a portion of the ghostly energy, its power increased slightly.

Even if in the end Jiang Chen couldn’t break through Qingcheng Mountain, after hundreds or thousands of sweeps, the power of the Soul-Subduing Banner would surely rise a notch.

“Once more!” Thinking like this, Jiang Chen did not hesitate; he went all out, swinging the Soul-Subduing Banner with full force.

Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh…

In the next instant, numerous ghostly lights were swirling around within the heaven and earth, successively sweeping towards Qingcheng Mountain.

The ghostly energy on the mountain was stirred restlessly.

It was disappearing at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Unfortunately, although the speed of the ghostly energy’s disappearance was fast, the speed of its replenishment was even faster.

Each time the Banner swept away a portion of the ghostly energy, an equivalent amount got replenished on Qingcheng Mountain.

Going back and forth like this, rather than decreasing, the ghostly energy on Qingcheng Mountain was seemingly growing denser.

Jiang Chen pondered over this quietly for a moment, and realized that the ghostly energy on Qingcheng Mountain was indeed endless.

The reason was the gap between the two realms beneath Qingcheng Mountain.

It was constantly spewing out ghostly energy from the Netherworld.

That’s why the ghostly energy on Qingcheng Mountain wasn’t diminishing; instead, it was becoming thicker and thicker.

With the entire Netherworld as back-up, isn’t the ghostly energy on Qingcheng Mountain effectively infinite?

“This is trouble!”

Once he understood this, Jiang Chen also knew that unless he could block the gap between the realms, breaking through Qingcheng Mountain today seemed unlikely.

However, Jiang Chen, being who he was, quickly thought of another method.

While he wasn’t strong enough to break through Qingcheng Mountain, the evil spirits inside could.

The sturdiest fortresses often crumble from within first.

He must think of a way to create chaos and find a method to breach Qingcheng Mountain from the inside.

With these thoughts in mind, Jiang Chen didn’t stop his actions.

Instead, he shouted out loud, “listen, evil ghosts of Qingcheng Mountain, you are already surrounded by me.

Those who know what’s good for them should come out and surrender.

Let me transcend you all, and return to the embrace of heaven and earth.”

Upon hearing Jiang Chen, the group of evil spirits on Qingcheng Mountain became simultaneously embarrassed and furious.

What embarrassed them was that so many of them were scared by a single man to the point where they did not dare to step out of Qingcheng Mountain.

What angered them was Jiang Chen’s statement.

What did he mean by allowing them to return to the embrace of heaven and earth?

Wasn’t that equivalent to a definitive death?

Without even the chance of reincarnation.

Didn’t he know how to speak human?

Was this how you convince someone to surrender?

He clearly showed he did not intend to spare their lives, isn’t he forcing them to resist desperately?

“This is outrageous!”

“Friends, let us join forces and break through this siege, we’ll fight him to the death.”

Atop the Qingcheng Mountain, an indignant ghost wanted to unite everyone to fight against Jiang Chen to the death.

Millions of ghosts, tens of thousands of Golden Immortals, and nearly a thousand Taiyi Golden Immortals were all besieged by one person.

If this was let out, there was no need for them to live.

Even among ghosts, there were those with high spirits and pride.

Being humiliated by Jiang Chen like this was simply unbearable for their ego.

Therefore, the moment this ghost finished speaking, instantly, there were more than ten evil ghosts at the Taiyi Golden Immortal Stage responding, wanting to charge out of Qingcheng Mountain with him.

“We’re with you!”

“We’re with you!”

…

Howling, thirteen evil ghosts of the late Taiyi Golden Immortal Stage rose into the sky straight away, leaving the misty confines of Qingcheng Mountain, each displaying Divine Abilities and lunged toward Jiang Chen.

“Hm?”

“There are people who really dare to break out?”

Seeing this, a hint of delight flashed in Jiang Chen’s eyes, planning to urge the Sun God staff to shine the Sun God light and turn them into ashes.

But soon after, he abandoned this idea.

Doing so wouldn’t work, he shouldn’t slay them in one move, he needed to create an evenly matched or slightly winning situation.

Only this way, could those ghosts see the chance of defeating Jiang Chen, not to fall into despair, and more evil ghosts would be encouraged to charge out of the Qingcheng Mountain.

Otherwise, if Jiang Chen killed them all in one move, no matter how he provoked them after that, he doubted that any evil ghost would dare to come out.

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Acting, was a skill Jiang Chen excelled in.

“Seeking your own demise!”

With a cold snort, a disdainful expression flashed through Jiang Chen’s eyes as he immediately waved the Soul Subduing Banner in his hand, releasing several bursts of ghostly light swiping toward the thirteen incoming Taiyi Golden Immortals.

The ghostly light seemed ferocious, but in reality, it had been slightly tamed secretly by Jiang Chen, ensuring it wouldn’t swipe and kill those thirteen evil spirits in one blow.

“Everyone, join forces!”

Seeing the ghostly light sweeping toward them, an instinctual fear rose in their hearts, the ghosts knew they had met their nemesis.

Thereupon, the thirteen ghosts didn’t hesitate to join forces, mustering a tremendous amount of Yin Qi, ferociously colliding with the ghostly light.

Boom~~

The collision of the two forces resulted in Yin Qi falling behind the ghostly light, which continued to swipe at the thirteen evil ghosts after tearing apart the Yin Qi.

However, although the ghostly light was powerful, it had lost some of its vigor after being blocked by the Yin Qi, and when it hit the thirteen ghosts, it merely shook their ghostly forms, failing to inflict much damage.

“There’s a chance!”

Seeing this, joy flashed through the eyes of the thirteen ghosts, who then lunged at Jiang Chen without holding anything back, whereas Jiang Chen still showed disdain, continuing to swing the Soul Subduing Banner in his hand, launching bursts of ghostly light.

Boom!

Boom!

Boom…

In this way, the two parties began bombing each other in midair.

Yet, as numerous as the ghosts were, they couldn’t withstand the power of the Soul Subduing Banner.

After a few moments, they gradually started to fall under the wind.

“Friends, do not worry, we are coming too!”

In this crisis, seven more ghost shadows surged out from Qingcheng Mountain, standing shoulder to shoulder with the thirteen ghosts present to resist Jiang Chen.

At this time, the situation finally started to shift.

As though sensing the pressure, apart from the Soul Subduing Banner, Jiang Chen finally started using his Divine Abilities, engaging in combat with the twenty ghosts.

Upon reaching this point, the crowd of ghosts could generally estimate Jiang Chen’s power.

Above a complete Taiyi Golden Immortal, but not yet reaching the Great Luo Golden Immortal Stage.

Not a Great Luo Golden Immortal!

This will be easier to deal with!

With this thought, the ghosts felt reassured and couldn’t help but declare aloud, “Friends, what are you waiting for, join and kill this villain.”

The moment the words fell, on the Qingcheng Mountain, the black fog trembled, and eighteen figures shot out, all of them were evil spirits of the late Taiyi Golden Immortal Stage, they teamed up and darted toward Jiang Chen.

Thirty-eight Taiyi Golden Immortals!

Now, the number of Taiyi Golden Immortals attacking Jiang Chen has reached as many as thirty-eight.

Being outnumbered was too much to bear, and the situation started to take a turn for the worse.

Jiang Chen was gradually falling under the might of the evil spirits, as if he was about to be cornered.

At a certain moment, Jiang Chen was unguarded.

He was successfully ambushed by several ghosts acting in concert, a massive ghostly air exploded behind his back, catapulting him outward.

At the same time, the remaining ghosts seized the opportunity, indiscriminately bombarding the flying Jiang Chen with various Divine Abilities, completely engulfing him.

Boom boom boom …

The sound of explosion continued for the duration of a cup of tea before coming to a halt.

At this time, Jiang Chen, who was at the center of the explosion, seemed to be in a dire situation.