The Purgatory Calamity
Chapter 213 - 198: Ghost Clan "Soul Fire"_1

Chapter 213: Chapter 198: Ghost Clan "Soul Fire"_1

"Die!"

As Pang Jian was struck with astonishment, the Ghost Clan warrior carried by the Ghost Ape threw a chain made of beast bones towards him.

The bone chain swayed in the wind, with a gleaming white alien light flickering, and the souls of beasts howled within each bone.

Souls of lower-level Armored Demon Beasts, Ice Crystal Beasts, and Blood Lizards were faintly visible inside the bones, twisting into a malevolent force that shredded souls.

By the time Pang Jian heard the twisted word "Die," the beast souls in the chain had already begun to infiltrate his Sea of Consciousness, seeking to throw his mind into disarray.

In a daze, he saw the souls of fourth and fifth-level Ferocious Beasts rushing toward his Sea of Consciousness, ready to tear apart every strand of his Divine Sense.

"A sinister and bizarre Soul Skill..."

Pang Jian steadied his mind, his face expressionless.

In an instant, he was no longer affected by the sorcery of the Ghost Clan, and his Spiritual Intelligence promptly returned to clarity.

As a ’Integration’ cultivator from Yuan Mang Fragmented Lands, he didn’t need the help of the mystical copper token to calmly handle the mental infiltration of the Soul Skill.

Thereafter, he saw the sharp-toothed Ghost Ape swiftly approaching.

The Ghost Clan warriors used their strange Soul Skills to confuse their enemies, while the Ghost Ape took the opportunity to close in for the kill.

This seemed to be the standard combat tactic of the Ghost Clan.

"Bang!"

The nearing Ghost Ape jumped a dozen meters into the air from the ground, carrying the Ghost Clan warrior as it pounced towards Pang Jian, its ape hand reaching straight for his head.

Its claws, stained with filthy blood, looked as sharp as blades, exuding a pungent bloody scent, as if they could penetrate both metal and stone.

In the Yuan Mang Fragmented Lands, seven Human Race cultivators had already died at its hand, and its cruel beastly eyes shone with an almost human-like excitement, thinking Pang Jian would be the eighth.

It and its master had practiced coordination — it knew once its master cast the spell, the Human Race cultivators would become confused.

It thought Pang Jian would be the same.

Until...

A silver bright spear that had previously touched the ground suddenly condensed into a shocking rainbow, shooting towards it with velocity, and that’s when it realized something was wrong.

— The prey below had not lost mental control!

But it was too late.

"Puchi!"

The Astonishing Spear’s tip first killed the fourth-level Ghost Ape, then pierced through the fifth-level Ghost Clan warrior on its back, eliminating both master and beast.

"A fourth-level Ghost Ape is equivalent to the Innate Realm, while a fifth-level Ghost Clan warrior possesses the power of the Hollow Profound Realm," Pang Jian coldly withdrew the Astonishing Spear, murmuring, "The Ghost Clan has a frail physique but excels in sinister soul-based sorcery. As long as I can maintain a clear Spiritual Intelligence and prevent Ghost Clan’s Evil Skill from penetrating my Sea of Consciousness, killing them is not difficult."

He casually grabbed the bone chain, pouring his Alien Power into it and with a "crack," it was shattered, following with the fierce Power of the Sun combined with the Power of Earth Flame, along with Spiritual Power to exterminate the remnants of Ferocious Beasts’ souls within.

"Pop! Pop! Pop!"

The remnants of the Ferocious Beasts’ souls refined by the Ghost Clan warrior were extinguished one by one under his power.

He immediately knew that that the fifth-level Ghost Clan warriors and Ghost Apes were not difficult to deal with at all.

His gaze swept around, and he saw more riders on Ghost Apes, under the command of the sixth-level Ghost Clan chief, heading towards the location of the Star-shattering Umbrella.

Liang Ying and others huddled under the large umbrella, the peculiar Star-shattering Umbrella shining with dazzling light, the stars sparkling one by one, with streaks of rainbow light hanging from the edge of the umbrella.

The people from Star River Alliance and Fang Boxuan from the Blood Moon, all brought out their weapons to confront the Ghost Clan.

After the Ghost Clan struck, due to the presence of the Star-shattering Umbrella, they did not gain any advantage.

"Eh?"

Pang Jian, with his "Demigod" level of perception, suddenly keenly detected a slight disturbance emitting from the skull of the nearby fifth-level Ghost Clan warrior.

He focused his consciousness to sense it.

He immediately saw a cluster of nail-cover sized flames, flickering unstably, appearing at the skull of the deceased Ghost Clan warrior.

This small cluster of flames, deep green in color, radiated a cold soul breath.

It seemed to have been within the Ghost Clan warrior’s skull all along, only becoming clearly perceptible to Pang Jian after the death of the Ghost Clan warrior.

"This small cluster of flames, I wonder..."

This thought had barely formed when the Mysterious Turtle, hidden deep under the earth in the heart of the land and always responsive to him, immediately sent a thought over.

The flames were the "Soul Fire" of the Ghost Clan, which only emerged after the death of a fifth-level member of their race.

Once the "Soul Fire" flew away from the corpse of a Ghost Clan member and was collected by other Ghost Clan warriors, and if taken back to the secret places of the Ghost Clan, it could even revive the dead warrior.

The ever-evolving Mysterious Turtle, from the ancient imprints in its flesh, understood the marvels of the Ghost Clan "Soul Fire" and urged Pang Jian to treat it with caution.

"This thing, I should extinguish it," Pang Jian extended his left hand, pressing it towards the skull of the Ghost Clan, intending to snuff out the small ghost flame with a release of Spiritual Power.

However, just as he was about to cast the spell, "Pot Heaven Nourishing Qi Spell" unexpectedly started operating on its own.

"Whoosh!"

A small cluster of deep green ghost fire floated up and instantly fell into his palm, and in a moment, it entered his Sea of Consciousness!

"Pot Heaven Nourishing Qi Spell" was initiated by the Spiritual Sea, and its suction came from his dantian Spiritual Sea, yet the cluster of Ghost Clan "Soul Fire" slipped into his Sea of Consciousness, disappearing into a cavity below it.

Pang Jian’s face changed as he hurriedly examined this cluster of "Soul Fire," unsure of what consequences it might bring.

He feared that the intrusion of the Ghost Clan "Soul Fire" would trigger an anomaly in his Sea of Consciousness and disrupt the rhythm of his Divine Sense cultivation.

Upon closer inspection, his eyes subtly brightened in surprise as he saw three new strands of Divine Sense emerging from the cavity where the Ghost Clan "Soul Fire" had entered.

The cavity beneath his Sea of Consciousness seemed to have refined that cluster of "Soul Fire" in an extremely short amount of time and directly nurtured three new strands of Divine Sense!

"Can it actually work this way?"

Pang Jian was somewhat excited.

He suddenly understood why the powerhouses from the Second Realm and the First Realm would occasionally form teams to delve deep into the Fifth Realm, appearing in the dark and alien lands.

The belief that the higher bloodline level of the Alien Tribes were treasures all over, he now fully believed!

A level five Ghost Clan warrior, after death, its "Soul Fire" could be directly absorbed by cultivators, which could enhance the number of Divine Senses of someone in the Hollow Profound Realm—how wonderful was that?

With no opponents at the moment, Pang Jian, who had initially planned to watch coldly from the sidelines, now actively rushed towards the Star-shattering Umbrella.

—Because he saw a shortcut that could swiftly bring the number of his Divine Senses to the limit.

At this moment.

Under the Star-shattering Umbrella, Xie Xiwen was standing on a star disk, floating in the air just below the Giant Umbrella, also locked in fierce battle with a level five Ghost Clan warrior.

She let out a light grunt, her soul having taken a heavy hit. Just as she had managed to stabilize her Sea of Consciousness, she saw Pang Jian wielding his spear and swooping in.

"Pang Jian, don’t come over now!"

She raised her voice and gently warned Pang Jian not to take risks.

"Of all the disciples and Protectors of the Star River Alliance, only she has some sincerity towards me, the rest... hmph!"

Pang Jian sneered inwardly.

As he brought the Astonishing Spear to the edge of the Star-shattering Umbrella, he saw another Ghost Clan warrior, also riding a Ghost Ape, charging towards him.

"Whoosh!"

The Ghost Ape, carrying the Ghost Clan warrior, leaped more than ten meters, employing a sorcery similar to that used by the first Ghost Clan warrior.

Having killed a level five Ghost Clan warrior, Pang Jian, who now knew the usual tricks of the Ghost Clan, maintained the clarity of his Sea of Consciousness and waited for the Ghost Ape to leap to the highest point in its ascent.

"Mysterious Turtle, Spirit of the Earth, Power of Earth!"

Communicating with the underground Mysterious Turtle, he continuously unlocked more mysteries of "Integration," and muttered softly in his heart, "Gravity Rapid Change!"

The Ghost Ape, ten meters up in the air, suddenly felt a tremendous magnetic force emerging from the core of Yuanmang’s earth.

And it was directed solely at it!

"Boom!"

The level five Ghost Ape, along with the Ghost Clan warrior on its back, crashed heavily onto the ground.

The thick-skinned Ghost Ape screamed painfully, while the fragile level five Ghost Clan warrior fell so hard his bones broke.

Before the Ghost Clan warrior could get up from the Ghost Ape, he was pierced through the heart and lungs by a shining silver spear and died.

"Another cluster of Soul Fire."

As Pang Jian moved closer, he placed his palm on the skull of the Ghost Clan warrior and smoothly absorbed another cluster of dark green flames.

Moments later, three new Divine Senses formed in his Sea of Consciousness.

This was even quicker than the nourishment from Life Vitality.

"Pang..."

Xie Xiwen, soaring on the star disk and attempting to come to his aid, had her immaculate face filled with astonishment.

She did not expect Pang Jian to be so powerful!

It had only been a few days since they said goodbye at Jade Lake, which meant Pang Jian had just advanced to the Hollow Profound Realm.

As a mere beginner in the Hollow Profound Realm, Pang Jian’s consecutive kills of two Ghost Apes and two level five Ghost Clan warriors almost made Xie Xiwen’s jaw drop.

Her eyes shone with curiosity as she reevaluated Pang Jian.

"I’ve always said, he’s full of crafty schemes; he’s not the person you think he is."

Fang Boxuan, hiding under the Star-shattering Umbrella, sneered.

Having suffered a setback, he remembered the sudden explosion of the "Nine Heavens Mysterious Thunder" and the "Poison Ghost Poisonous Fog" that burst forth, which made his scalp go numb.

He was most aware of what kind of hazard this young man from the Lower Realm, whom Xie Xiwen held in good regard, truly was.

"Instead of worrying about him, you might as well worry about yourself."

Fang Boxuan added another sentence.

"Tsk tsk!"

Glittering starlight rained down upon an approaching Ghost Clan warrior. Seizing the moment, Fang Boxuan extended a blood-stained, dark golden Spirit Sword to kill the Ghost Clan member who had no Ghost Ape mount.

"Swoosh!"

Pang Jian suddenly appeared, pressing his hand against the head of the Ghost Clan member before "pop" grabbing the skull and crushing it.

"It’s superfluous!"

Fang Boxuan’s expression was displeased. Under the protection of the Star-shattering Umbrella, he coldly sneered, "Pang Jian, do you not trust in my strength? I had already pierced his heart; why did you still feel the need to strike?"

"No,"

Pang Jian shook his head, not wanting to reveal the wonders of the Ghost Clan’s "Soul Fire." He replied with a cold expression, "I just like crushing the Ghost Clan’s skulls."

Fang Boxuan felt a chill in his heart, a flash of wariness in his eyes.

He silently labeled Pang Jian as a maniac with an insatiable bloodlust like Dong Tianze of the Yin Spirit Temple, thinking Pang Jian was probably mentally unstable and decided to avoid provoking Pang Jian unless absolutely certain in the future.

"Jiuyuan, you had better hope he hasn’t stepped into the Spirit Condensation Realm, otherwise... it won’t just be you, the Blood Moon might get involved as well!"

Fang Boxuan secretly thought.

"What good taste the Sword Tower has!"

"It’s not the Sword Tower, it’s Qi Qingsong’s good taste!"

Some young women of the Star River Alliance, watching Pang Jian move around the Star-shattering Umbrella, continuously ambushing and killing Ghost Clan warriors, could not help but exclaim in admiration.

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