The Post Sky Tipping Era
Chapter 199 - 157 Ghost Messenger_2

Chapter 199: Chapter 157 Ghost Messenger_2

Upon realizing that the Ghost Messenger was deceived, Li Yi’s eyes shone with light and he immediately burst forth. With the energy within him surged, it seemed like thunder exploded beneath his feet. In an instant, he charged forward like a fierce beast and struck out with a punch that burst into dazzling light.

When fighting ghosts, the punch doesn’t need to be too strong; it only needs to be fast.

As the shadow of the fist appeared swiftly.

The Ghost Messenger, unable to react in time, was struck in the chest and instantly let out a miserable scream. He fell from mid-air and crashed heavily onto the ground.

Seeing this, Li Yi, without a second word, closed in again and rapidly threw four consecutive punches, hitting the Ghost Messenger’s limbs directly.

In the blink of an eye, both the arms and legs of the Ghost Messenger were smashed apart by his glowing fists, inflicting such physical damage that the Ghost Messenger began to wail in pain continuously.

However, it seemed that the Ghost Messenger’s ability to withstand blows was relatively strong; even so, he did not die. Instead, the surrounding Yin Energy gathered, and faint signs of limb regeneration were visible, which astonished Li Yi.

Seeing this, Li Yi hurriedly grabbed the Ghost Messenger’s neck with one hand, lifted him up, and quickly retreated to avoid attacks from other nearby officials,

"All of you ghosts, stop, or I will kill him," Li Yi threatened immediately.

"Everyone, stop!" the ashen-faced Ghost Messenger urgently yelled.

The remaining few officials holding the Water and Fire Stick immediately ceased their actions and stood still on the spot.

Then the ashen-faced Ghost Messenger quickly said, "Martial Artist, although I don’t know what measures you used to deal with us, you can’t kill me. I am an official under the command of the Yin God, responsible for taking life spans this time. If you kill me, the Lord Yin God will not let you go."

"Now your life is in my hands, whether I kill you or not is up to me. If you don’t want to die, tell me truthfully, what were those ghosts that broke into my residence earlier? Were they taking the life spans of the living?" Li Yi’s hand glowed again as he tightened his grip on the Ghost Messenger’s neck, seemingly ready to crush it at any moment.

"No, that’s right, those were Life-taking Ghosts, every first night of the month is the time when the ghost gods take life spans, taking a part of everyone’s life span, no exceptions," the Ghost Messenger, frightened and paler, hurriedly said.

"Is it that bamboo stick that takes the life span? Since there is a method to take it, there must be a way to return it, how do I return the life span?" Li Yi continued to ask.

Fearing for his life, the Ghost Messenger quickly said, "That is the Life-taking Ghost Bamboo, by blowing air from the other end of the bamboo into the mouth of a living person, the taken life span will return to their body, partially restoring their life span."

"Restore only a part?" Li Yi narrowed his eyes, a fierce glint therein: "What do you mean?"

"It’s easy to take a living person’s life span, but hard to give it back. There’s a loss. Each bright section of the Ghost Bamboo represents a month of life span, a fully lit Ghost Bamboo is a year of life span. However, if returned, a living person can only gain six months of life span, needing a loss of half," the Ghost Messenger explained.

"So the Life-taking Ghost took a month of Rong Niang’s life span just now? Even if it’s returned, Rong Niang can only get back half a month’s life span? Is that right?" Li Yi spoke icily.

Seeing Li Yi’s terrifying gaze, the Ghost Messenger again hurriedly said, "You can use someone else’s life span to restore it, it doesn’t necessarily have to be returned by the same, the Life-taking Ghosts have many Ghost Bamboos in their hands, you can steal those that turn white, each is a year’s life span, you can add six months to a living person’s life span. If you have the ability to kill the ghost god, steal some life span secretly on the first night of each month, as long as you don’t go too far, no one will know."

"I see, you ghost gods exist by feeding on the life span of humans, you make people of the Four Seas and Eight Continents live only up to fifty years," upon knowing this truth, Li Yi couldn’t help but rage.

The ghost messenger, with a ghastly pale face, rasped in a hoarse voice, "This has been the rule for a thousand years, ever thus, the Yin God is very powerful, and the ghost gods above him are even more so. No one can resist. If you kill me, the Yin God will investigate and will not spare you; you will die a terrible death. Let me go, and we’ll pretend this never happened today. I’ll give you ten years of life span as compensation. How about it?"

"Letting you go would only draw the Yin God’s attention to me; killing you is the only way to truly eliminate the proof." At that moment, Li Yi’s pupils shone as he once again deployed the Guiding Skill, and the light in his palm grew intensely bright.

Under this powerful energy field, the ghost messenger emitted a piercing scream.

Then, as Li Yi exerted force in his palm, the ghost messenger immediately burst with a bang, disintegrating on the spot into a cold breeze that drifted into the cosmos.

With the death of the ghost messenger, the remaining few government officials were petrified with fear and hastily began to flee, afraid of being killed as well.

Li Yi would not let these government officials escape. He quickly charged at them, utilizing the properties of the Sword Coin to kill all these officials, sparing no one.

"Since I’ve killed the ghost messenger today, I might as well settle everything once and for all. Let’s kill these life-taking ghosts and take back the life spans. Rong Niang, Zhao Qian, my master—they have had so much of their life span taken away over the years in Four Seas and Eight Continents. Today, I’ll recover it all. Instead of making it easier for those Yin Gods, it’s better to ease the lives of those around me."

Having thought this, Li Yi immediately rushed toward the direction of Sanyang City.

But soon,

he remembered something and looked at the ground where the Ghost Head Big Saber lay.

This was the ghost messenger’s weapon. It had not dissipated even in death and might be useful.

Picking it up was the issue, however.

This scene reminded Li Yi of the Hanging Man Spear at his home, which was similar—unrealistic and intangible, beyond the reach of ordinary humans.

But if he used the Guiding Skill... perhaps he could try.

With this thought, Li Yi immediately used the Guiding Skill, channeled the cosmic energy within his body, and as his hand emitted a luminescent glow, he reached out and grasped the previously untouchable Ghost Head Big Saber tightly in his hand.

Although he felt an intense chill to the bone, he believed he could withstand the influence of this underworld weapon.

"Good, having a weapon now should make things more convenient. I even have a Yin Horse back in my room; I might as well ride it out, which would make things even faster."

Li Yi then returned to his room and led out a Yin Horse.

Soon,

accompanied by the fierce neighing of the horse, Li Yi rode the Yin Horse and wielded the Ghost Head Big Saber, charging out of his residence. He blasted through any obstructive vengeful ghosts directly heading toward those ghosts specifically preying on the living for their life spans.

Tonight, the cosmos was altered; the Yin Horse was no longer ordinary. Amazingly, it bore Li Yi, a living person, into the air, soaring several meters above the ground and even faster than before—a truly miraculous sight.