Just then, Li Tianming, who had seemed like a bystander outside the two battling armies, suddenly spread his arms.
"Xixi, release the ghosts!" Li Tianming shouted.
As his words fell, Xixi's spirit form shoved open the lid of the gray coffin inside the Companion Space.
"Go!" Xixi cried in her childish voice.
Boom—!!
Primordial ghosts poured madly from the dead-fish eye that appeared on Li Tianming's chest, surging like a river.
Out rushed one headless hell fiend after another, each with long arms and a gaping abyssal maw stretching across its torso.
Compared to when he had fought Wei Shendao, Li Tianming's cultivation had risen much further. This time, he summoned a full ten thousand primordial ghosts!
This time, Xixi bravely stood beside the Xiwa Hellgate with her hands on her hips, looking rather proud.
Of course, she only looked proud if no one noticed her chubby little legs trembling.
Outside the Young Emperor Tower, everyone shuddered. Word that Li Tianming could summon primordial ghosts had spread, but many had never witnessed it with their own eyes.
Only the tower masters who had been in the Young Emperor Palace knew beforehand what a terrifying sight it was.
Now, everyone outside the Young Emperor Tower stared wide-eyed, afraid to miss a single detail.
The disciples watching were astonished and broke into discussion.
"So this is how Li Tianming summons hell fiends? What's that eye on his chest?"
"He comes with an army of his own? That's heaven-defying. Doesn't it mean he starts out with far more followers than anyone else, and loyal-to-the-death ones at that?"
Some rated Li Tianming's summoning ability even more highly.
"He has heaven-defying combat strength and an army like this. He's practically an upgraded Lifespirit Imperial Clan!"
"Hey, watch your mouth. Do you have a death wish?