Top-Grade Magic Tool: Hundred Soul Banner

The Ghost Mist rolled in, its immense momentum having long since drawn the zombies in the residential complex's attention.

However, since the sun had not yet completely set, the zombies did not act immediately.

Lu Yan's expression remained unchanged as he walked toward the center of the residential complex.

As the first building entered the Ghost Mist's range, the number of Vengeful Souls released within it had already reached seventy.

A great mass of Vengeful Souls stormed into the building in an instant, harvesting all two hundred or so ordinary zombies within mere seconds.

The Mid-Stage Qi Refining Transcendent Zombie let out a furious roar, but dozens of Ghost Claws reached out from the void amid the spreading black mist and pierced into the Transcendent Zombie's body.

The transcendent power protecting its soul shattered almost instantly. The attacks of dozens of Second Layer Qi Refining Vengeful Souls were simply beyond the ability of a mere Mid-Stage Qi Refining Transcendent Zombie to withstand.

Its soul was ripped out in the blink of an eye and sent into the rolling Ghost Mist to be refined.

The entire process lasted less than ten seconds. All the zombies were swept away, leaving behind only white bones and souls undergoing refinement.

Lu Yan did not pause in the slightest and continued toward the central Building Seven.

He was like a grim reaper wandering through the Ghost Mist. Every step he took harvested a great number of zombies, leaving only a ground full of wandering souls waiting to be refined by the Soul Banner.

Inside Building Seven, the Peak Qi Refining Transcendent Zombie, Blood Beard, had not even had time to react before all the zombies in the residential complex were dead, leaving only Building Seven, which had not yet entered the Ghost Mist's range.

"Roar!!!"

Blood Beard instantly flew into a rage. The massive deaths of his underlings reminded him of what had happened in the residential complex before.

"It's that thief!"

In his fury, Blood Beard paid no heed to the blazing sunlight outside. Countless flesh-and-blood tendrils whipped wildly behind him as he charged headlong into the swath of spreading Ghost Mist.

Lu Yan saw only a blur flash past. As Blood Beard stepped into the Ghost Mist, streams of light resembling moonlight rose around his body.

Dozens of Vengeful Souls charged at Blood Beard, only to be knocked away by the transcendent power surrounding him. In a mere few seconds, he had already reached Lu Yan.

Lu Yan could even smell the stench of decay coming from Blood Beard and see the tendrils formed from twisted flesh, yet his expression remained utterly calm.

"Bang!!!"

A violent collision erupted barely thirty meters from Lu Yan. It was like mountains collapsing and the earth splitting apart, sending broad sections of flooring flying and smashing a deep pit into the ground.

Blocking Blood Beard's path was a towering figure, as solid as a city wall. It was none other than the Soul Banner's Main Soul Warrior!

Thanks to the Warrior's unwavering loyalty in helping suppress the backlash of the Vengeful Souls, Lu Yan had spent considerable effort nurturing him after resolving the crisis. The Zombie Wandering Souls that the Soul Banner had not had time to refine all fell into the Warrior's mouth.

Compared to before, the Warrior's body had nearly doubled in height. Standing over four meters tall and clad in black armor, he resembled a guardian god general. His cultivation had also reached the Qi Refining Sixth Layer, leaving him only one step away from entering the Late Stage Qi Refining.

Within the Soul Banner's Ghost Mist, the Warrior, as its Main Soul, could receive the enhancement of the High-Grade Magic Tool. Combined with the defense of the Ghost Armor Art, he was able to withstand Blood Beard's attacks.

After successfully stopping Blood Beard, dozens more Vengeful Souls flew out of the Soul Banner. In Lu Yan's hand, meanwhile, was a Spirit Stone that he gripped tightly to replenish his expended magic power and maintain the Vengeful Souls' existence.

A sky-covering mass of Vengeful Souls engulfed Blood Beard in an instant. Every second, hundreds of Ghost Claws stabbed into his body, while the transcendent power protecting his soul visibly dimmed.

The saying that enough ants could bite an elephant to death had become reality at this moment. Moreover, although Second Layer Qi Refining Vengeful Souls were inferior to Blood Beard, they were by no means mere ants.

Blood Beard finally experienced unprecedented fear.

The transcendent power around his body erupted, blasting away a great mass of Vengeful Souls. Blood Beard then raced toward Building Seven.

As Blood Beard let out a howl, several hundred zombies poured out of Building Seven. These were the last zombies remaining in the residential complex.

The moment the zombies appeared, the twisted flesh-and-blood tendrils behind Blood Beard lashed out and stabbed into their bodies.

One corpse after another was strung together by the flesh-and-blood tendrils, forming a colossal Transcendent Zombie assembled from fused corpses. Its body alone stood over twenty meters tall.

"What kind of transcendent ability is this?"

Lu Yan's pupils trembled, and for the first time, shock appeared on his face.

He could clearly sense that the colossal Transcendent Zombie was no empty shell. The moment it took shape, the aura of Blood Beard Zombie's Peak Qi Refining cultivation faintly began breaking through toward the Foundation Establishment Realm.

"I absolutely can't let him break through!"

Lu Yan's expression turned grave. More than two hundred Vengeful Souls poured out of the Soul Banner, and the spreading Ghost Mist swallowed the colossal Transcendent Zombie.

A ferocious look appeared on the Warrior's face ahead. The black armor on his body gleamed coldly, and in the next moment, a vague suit of armor appeared on every Vengeful Soul.

Talent Spell · Ghost Armor Art!

The more than two hundred Vengeful Souls empowered by the Ghost Armor Art charged at the colossal Transcendent Zombie.

The colossal Transcendent Zombie raised a giant palm formed from corpses. Transcendent power, almost solid in form, came crashing down upon the mass of Vengeful Souls, and the old buildings collapsed with a thunderous roar beneath its force.

In the next instant, cries that pierced the heavens erupted. Within the Ghost Mist, it was like the depths of hell.

The wail of a single Vengeful Soul might frighten ordinary people, but the simultaneous wails of more than two hundred Vengeful Souls were enough to scatter the soul of a Late Stage Qi Refining expert. Even the colossal Transcendent Zombie froze for an instant.

In that fleeting moment, more than two hundred Vengeful Souls had already crawled onto the colossal Transcendent Zombie's body, their sharp Ghost Claws attempting to pierce the transcendent power surrounding Blood Beard.

Just then, an insidious smile appeared on Blood Beard's face. Dense transcendent power erupted once more from the twisted tendrils behind him, engulfing the two Vengeful Souls at the very front.

The remaining Vengeful Souls were also blasted away. If not for the protection of the Ghost Armor Art, that single strike would have been enough to annihilate dozens of Vengeful Souls.

Lu Yan's gaze shifted slightly before he ordered, "Don't attack the Transcendent Zombie. Strip the souls from those ordinary zombies!"

At his words, a great mass of Vengeful Souls broke away from the pursuit of the flesh-and-blood tendrils and slipped into the colossal zombie's body like a swarm of locusts. Their Ghost Claws hooked out the souls of one zombie after another, stripping them away and leaving behind decaying white bones.

Blood Beard desperately tried to stop them, but he discovered that there were simply too many Vengeful Souls. They could also ignore physical attacks, and the transcendent power he could mobilize alone was completely incapable of stopping them.

As more zombies turned into white bones, the enormous colossal Transcendent Zombie collapsed with a thunderous crash like a pile of building blocks. Once it lost the support of the external force, the Ghost Claws of more than two hundred Vengeful Souls pierced into Blood Beard's body.

The soul of a hideous-looking zombie was forcibly torn from its flesh. Its rotting body turned into white bones.

Lu Yan set down the second Spirit Stone, already drained dry, and waved his hand to recall most of the Vengeful Souls.

Only the Warrior remained, holding Blood Beard Zombie's soul in both hands and respectfully offering it to Lu Yan.

The Ghost Mist began to contract, swallowing Blood Beard Zombie's soul. The refinement of the Main Soul had begun.

The sky gradually darkened. As the bright moon slowly rose, the Soul Banner in Lu Yan's hand began its final transformation.

The banner's surface seemed woven from night itself. Golden threads outlined a scroll depicting the Hundred Ghosts Night Parade, while on either side of the Soul Banner, two evil ghost statues shrunk dozens of times hung down like ornaments.

One had a green face, sharp fangs, and a sturdy body, resembling a guardian god general.

The other was shrouded in a blood-red robe, surrounded by layers of ghostly shadows, as if it had merged countless ghostly creatures into one.

Both evil ghost statues had their eyes closed, as if sunk in slumber.

A ray of moonlight descended from the night sky. Bathed in the moonlight, the Magic Tool began to give birth to spirituality as the two evil ghost statues opened their eyes.

The Top Grade Magic Tool, Hundred Soul Banner, was complete!