Journey to the West: I have Nine Golden Crows Inside Me
Chapter 263 - 263 252 Scolding People

263: Chapter 252: Scolding People 263: Chapter 252: Scolding People The ghosts’ divine abilities were launched, all missing their target.

This is…

the Thirty-Six Heavenly Gang’s divine abilities, Standing Without Shadow and Leaping Over Tracks.

Standing Without Shadow means stepping into the void without a shadow, entering a state of nothingness, and thus becoming invisible and intangible, rendering all attacks ineffective.

Leaping Over Tracks allows concealment within heaven and earth, roaming within the Four Seas, inconceivable, untraceable, inscrutable, and while existing in the world, cannot be seen in the world.

It can appear instantaneously anywhere.

Jiang Chen simultaneously performed these two supreme divine powers, first turning his body into a void to dodge the ghosts’ attack before directly crossing space, leaving the prison formed by the innate sunlight divine glow.

Whoosh…

A divine light flashed past, and Jiang Chen’s figure directly appeared outside the cage.

Then, he pointed a magic seal at the cage.

Suddenly, the cage trembled and began to shrink rapidly.

“Not good, fellow Daoists join hands quickly and blast this cage open!” Seeing the cage shrinking, the evil ghosts inside became anxious and shouted loudly, wanting to unite the power of all the ghosts to break the cage that was imprisoning them.

Boom…

Under the crisis of life and death, the ghosts’ reaction was not slow.

Almost instinctively, they displayed their divine abilities, bombarding the cage like a violent storm.

At this moment, they were truly desperate, unleashing divine powers like a continuous tide, each wave higher than the last, creating terrifying fluctuations.

It had to be said that the power erupted by dozens of Taiyi Golden Immortals was quite astonishing.

Under the attack of the ghosts, the shrinking of the cage suddenly halted, and with the continuous impact of the divine powers, the innate sunlight divine glow forming the cage was constantly distorting, appearing as if it could shatter at any moment.

“Humph!”

Seeing this, Jiang Chen couldn’t help but snort coldly.

Immediately, he brought out the Soul Subduing Banner, constantly shaking it at the ghosts inside the cage.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh…

In an instant, thousands of ghostly lights swept out, each one a hundred feet long, emitting a eerie gleam, flowing like water, sweeping towards the ghosts in the cage.

At the same time, Jiang Chen, guided by the hint in his heart, fully activated the Taichu Divine Sword.

In an instant, the Taichu Divine Sword emerged, its intangible sword body shimmering with a rainbow of colors, as if it had turned solid.

The next moment, a piercing sword cry reverberated for thousands of miles.

The huge sword energy soared into the sky, piercing the heavens, causing the ground within tens of thousands of miles and the surrounding mountains to shake, as if an earthquake had occurred.

Even the evil ghosts inside the cage, who had already reached the Taiyi Golden Immortal Realm, couldn’t withstand such immense sword energy pressure.

The weaker ones were directly smashed into pieces by the sword energy.

Even the stronger ones were shocked, their faces showing horror, and they couldn’t help but falter for a moment.

At this moment, the cage continued to shrink.

The terrifying innate sunlight divine glow attacked, turning the outer evil ghosts into ash.

At the same time, the ghostly lights emitted by the Soul Subduing Banner swept through, gently brushing over the bodies of those ghosts, casually shattering their bodies, and rolling them back into the Soul Subduing Banner.

By the time the ghosts came to their senses, more than half of the evil ghosts in the cage had been eliminated, leaving only about thirty left.

This group that had been tricked out by Jiang Chen consisted of a total of eighty-eight Taiyi Golden Immortal-level ghosts.

Eighty-eight to one, these ghosts never thought they would lose.

But reality gave them a harsh slap, they not only lost, but also suffered a crushing defeat.

In an instant, the situation was completely reversed.

Their opponent, who had been forced into a corner, suddenly broke out and defeated them in just a few breaths.

Out of the eighty-eight ghosts, only about thirty ghosts were left by him.

The defeat was not what they found most hard to accept.

What they found most hard to accept was the huge disparity between their expectations and the reality.

The defeat was too swift, they found it hard to accept.

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However, even though the ghosts were suffering, Jiang Chen was feeling relieved.

Having been pressed for so long, it was finally his turn to counterattack and vent his bottled-up anger.

Looking at the ghosts still resisting in the cage, Jiang Chen said with a sense of satisfaction: “Fellow Daoists, you had a good time attacking me just now.

Now it’s my turn.”

As he spoke, Jiang Chen activated the Taichu Divine Sword, thinking and multiplying it into thousands, in an instant, the divine sword multiplied into thousands of sword shadows, hacking towards the ghosts.

At the same time, Jiang’s Soul Subduing Banner was endlessly swinging in his hand.

Thousands of ghostly lights swept out, with more weak water of the Nine Abysses flowing out, ghost shadows overlapping, and cold currents surging.

Life and death hanged by a thread, it was now time for the ghosts to be cornered and make their desperate final strike.

Immediately, the ghosts were about to launch a secret technique to forcibly enhance their strength, but at this moment, the glow emitted by the Sun God Staff seemed to strengthen.

Shortly after, the ghosts’ strength was suppressed, and the secret techniques that were about to be launched were forcibly interrupted.

Just at that moment, the Taichu Divine Sword, the ghostly lights, and the weak water of the Nine Abysses simultaneously attacked, swallowing up the remaining thirty odd evil ghosts.

The result was unsurprising—the evil ghosts were all slain, and their original sources were swallowed up by the Soul Subduing Banner.

“Damn it, if not for the destruction of my physical body and the great fall of my power, how could I have lost to you?

I hate this!”

Following the last sound of unwillingness, the sky over Qingcheng Mountain returned to its previous calm.

The eighty-eight Taiyi Golden Immortal level evil ghosts were all devoured by the Soul Subduing Banner.

However, the last words of the evil ghost served as a reminder for Jiang Chen.

Just as the evil ghost had said, were it not for their physical bodies being destroyed in hell, and their strength greatly reduced, Jiang Chen would have been overpowered by them, despite possessing numerous Innate Spiritual Treasures.

This matter, on the one hand, highlighted the importance of the physical body, and on the other hand, reminded Jiang Chen that he must find a way to enhance the strength of his soul, at least to the point where it matches the strength of the physical body.

The path of cultivation is fraught with crises and filled with countless divine techniques and secret methods.

Even Jiang Chen could not guarantee that he would not be caught up in someone else’s plot and have his soul separated from his body.

Therefore, enhancing the strength of the soul is a necessary task.

On one hand, it prevents the soul from being targeted, and on the other hand, it facilitates overall development.

The physical body needs to be strong, but the soul needs to be stronger!

Looking at all the heroes, which one isn’t developing comprehensively?

Jiang Chen naturally can’t be an exception.

However, there’s no rush.

Amidst the current rampage of ghost disasters, Jiang Chen hasn’t had a chance to cultivate behind closed doors.

It’s better to quell the ghost disaster first.

Buzz…buzz…

Just as Jiang Chen was deep in thought, the Soul Subduing Banner began to vibrate abruptly, and endless gloomy light circulated around it.

Even more impressive was the faint appearance of the Nine Abysses in the background.

Having swallowed eighty-eight Taiyi Golden Immortals, one could imagine the benefits the Soul Subduing Banner had received.

Judging by its changes, it seemed about to upgrade, likely transforming from a divine ability into a genuine artifact.

Snapping back from his thoughts, Jiang Chen stared at the Soul Subduing Banner, which was shaking ceaselessly, anticipation flickering in his eyes.

If the Soul Subduing Banner really did become a magical treasure, its power would be enough to rival the Great Luo Golden Immortal.

Treasures, true treasures!

This was the era of the Three Realms, not the ancient Honghuang era.

The role of magical treasures had been greatly enhanced, surpassing realms and significantly influencing a person’s strength.

Eighty-eight Taiyi Golden Immortals, even if they were not at their peak, shouldn’t be underestimated when they joined forces.

Even a Great Luo Golden Immortal could only just confront them.

Yet, despite that, they were easily slaughtered by Jiang Chen.

Was it because Jiang Chen was incredibly powerful?

No!

If Jiang Chen were truly powerful, would he need to lure them into his trap?

He could’ve charged into Qingcheng Mountain straight away.

The reason they were inferior to Jiang Chen was that Jiang Chen’s innate spiritual treasures were numerous and powerful.

The Taichu Divine Sword and the Sun God Staff were both top-tier innate spiritual treasures.

When used to their full potential, although not enough to destroy the world, they were enough to shake heaven and earth.

Jiang Chen, who possessed two top-tier innate spiritual treasures, was not just fearless against eighty-eight Taiyi Golden Immortals ─ he would not fear a hundred of them.

He would kill as many as came his way.

The prestige of top-tier innate spiritual treasures was not something tiny Taiyi Golden Immortals could afford to offend.

Not to mention, Jiang Chen also possessed the Soul Subduing Banner, which was capable of killing a Taiyi Golden Immortal instantly.

One must say, as the era changed, the boost that magical treasures gave to a cultivator had become too significant.

An ordinary Golden Immortal, relying on top-tier innate spiritual treasures, could even contend with a Great Luo Golden Immortal.

This sounded too exaggerated and false, but it was true, a hard fact.

In the era of the Three Realms, a powerful spiritual treasure indeed had the power to break the norms.

Don’t believe it?

Then keep reading.

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Buzz…buzz…

With each vibration, the Soul Subduing Banner became more substantial and the power it radiated became more potent, indicating that its soul-binding range was expanding.

From five million miles, to six million, nine million, ten million miles…

It only stopped at just under ten million miles.

A distance just short of ten million miles.

Ten million miles represented the level of a Great Luo Golden Immortal.

This meant that the Soul Subduing Banner, after this upgrade, still hadn’t broken through to the level of a Great Luo Golden Immortal, but remained at the peak of a Taiyi Golden Immortal.

Jiang Chen harbored overly optimistic thoughts.

How could becoming a Great Luo Golden Immortal be that easy?

If one out of ten thousand Taiyi Golden Immortals successfully broke through to become a Great Luo Golden Immortal, it would already be an impressive rate.

The probability was very low.

Thinking this way, Jiang Chen held the Soul Subduing Banner in his hand for a while, observing silently.

He realized that it wouldn’t be difficult to upgrade the Soul Subduing Banner – swallowing a Great Luo Golden Immortal would be sufficient.

Hiss~~

As expected, it was straightforward.

Waiting a hundred or so years, once Jiang Chen had ascended to a Taiyi Golden Immortal, he should be able to kill a Great Luo Golden Immortal.

However, he might not need to wait that long.

Weren’t there several injured Great Luo Golden Immortals down there?

Even though injured Great Luo Golden Immortals were still tough to deal with, they were definitely easier to handle than those who were uninjured.

With that in mind, Jiang Chen turned his gaze towards Qingcheng Mountain below.

Unfortunately, Qingcheng Mountain was shrouded in an endless miasma which even Jiang Chen’s Sun and Moon Divine Pupil couldn’t penetrate.

All he could see were the countless ghost shadows lurking on the mountain.

After observing Qingcheng Mountain for a while, Jiang Chen suddenly cursed out loud:

“Bah!”

“A bunch of cowards, useless trash, timid turtles, lowly worms.”

ps: I’m back, I’m not a eunuch.