"Scholar! Don't push people too far!" the Evil Ghost shouted fiercely.
"Am I pushing people too far?" Lu Zheng was momentarily speechless.
"I was already preparing to leave. What more do you want?" Seeing Lu Zheng blocking his path, the Evil Ghost changed direction and shot away again, dodging Lu Zheng's grasping spell.
"Pretty nimble, aren't you?"
Lu Zheng leaped forward and pursued the Evil Ghost again, blocking his way while casting spells.
But underground, aside from a few techniques from the Taiyue Divine Mountain Chart, Lu Zheng could not use any of his other cultivation methods. Furthermore, the ghost also knew the Earthwalk Technique, moving through the soil as slickly as a fish through water, and Lu Zheng could not catch him for the moment.
As one chased and the other fled, they actually strayed quite far away, seemingly leaving the territory of Jingshan Market above.
Finding an opening, the Evil Ghost unexpectedly made a feint, evaded Lu Zheng's encirclement, and was just about to escape into the open sky.
"Oh?"
Lu Zheng stared wide-eyed. This ghost had only several hundred years of Dao Comprehension, yet he had managed to tangle with him for so long by relying on the Earthwalk Technique—and might actually get away!
This was rather like how Lu Zheng had once run rampant without restraint by relying on the Earthwalk Technique, except their roles had now been reversed.
So, what could he use to stop him?
Lu Zheng rapidly searched through his mind, thinking of how to counter his own earthwalking... Huh?
"Damn it, I know too many things. I actually forgot about this for a moment!" Lu Zheng could not help smacking his own forehead. Then he formed a hand seal and pointed forward.
"Turn Earth into Steel!"
The next moment, wherever Lu Zheng