The Ghost Spirit King transformed directly into a mass of ghostfire and vanished into the horizon at an incomparably swift speed. This was his proudest technique, the Nine Ghost Void Traversal Steps. In an instant, his body split into nine figures that appeared one after another in layered succession ahead of him. Not only was it incredibly fast, it could also easily bewilder everyone, leaving them unable to tell which was his true body.
Ye Xiwen's figure seemed to cross space and time in an instant, appearing directly before the Ghost Spirit King. Compared to the Ghost Spirit King's elusive and eerie speed, Ye Xiwen was even faster. He lacked none of that wavering uncertainty; in almost an instant, he had caught up behind him. Nor was he deceived in the slightest by the ghostly shadows the Ghost Spirit King had split apart. Those deep, starlike eyes of his seemed capable of seeing through every falsehood.
"How could you be this fast?!" The Ghost Spirit King was nearly scared to death. "Impossible! How could your speed be faster than mine?!"
Although Ye Xiwen had displayed formidable strength earlier, this was the first time he had revealed such terrifying speed, and it frightened him badly.
He had always been extremely confident in his Nine Ghost Void Traversal Steps. Among those of the same realm, it could be called one of the very best. Its speed might not necessarily have been the fastest, but when it came to strangeness and unpredictability, no one could match it.
Yet Ye Xiwen had still caught up to him, and the ghostly shadows he had split off seemed utterly useless.
"Why can't I be faster than you? That is nothing but your own delusion!" Ye Xiwen sneered. Without pausing, he immediately struck, throwing out a Great