The heavens and earth all around suddenly let out a shrill howl. Countless strands of Heaven and Earth Origin Energy surged toward Holy Lord Nie Po as wildly as rivers flowing into the sea.
In the time it took to draw a breath, a huge energy vortex several thousand zhang across formed in the air and continued spreading swiftly in all directions. The vortex rotated slowly, five-colored energy interweaving within it, while a terrifying yin energy that made one's scalp go numb suddenly began to seep out.
Suddenly, a towering phantom appeared within the vortex. As the vast energy around it gathered, it rapidly solidified and expanded at breakneck speed.
In an instant, a gigantic, terrifying humanoid creature with two horns sprouting from its head and eerie green light shooting from its eyes condensed at the vortex's center. Not the slightest trace of Holy Lord Nie Po could be seen in the giant creature anymore. It wore strange armor, its chest left bare, with a skull several dozen zhang across appearing over its breastbone, as if the skull had fused with the giant humanoid body.
The gigantic fiend's body grew rapidly, swelling to seven or eight hundred zhang before finally stopping.
The giant creature now possessed a terrifying, broad-waisted body. Its thick arms were covered in massive bone spines as thick as pillars, while a pair of broad bone wings had grown from its back. It gripped a pitch-black giant spear several hundred zhang long in both hands.
The sharp blade of the giant spear was inlaid with densely packed skulls. Each skull was wrapped in Spirit Patterns, its fangs bared, ghost flames continually spewing from its mouth, while waves of terrifying Killing Intent surged and erupted.
This was Holy Lord Nie Po's manifestation, known as the Ghost Saint manifestation.