The members of the Ghost School continued to sit around the altar, consolidating their rapidly increasing strength.
Suddenly, a loud shout came from afar, "You damned Ghost School, so that's why the earth spirits are in turmoil. It really was you who were causing this trouble."
Soon, a middle-aged Daoist priest dressed in a yellow robe, wearing a Daoist crown, and holding a whisk appeared above the altar, and flung the whisk at the altar.
"Dao Sheng, mind your own business. What business is it of yours to interfere in the affairs of my Ghost School?" Gui Shan slammed his palm towards the whisk, knocking the whisk in Dao Sheng's hand to the side.
Dao Sheng the Dao Yan brother of Daoyan, the current sect leader of the Daoist sect, and has the cultivation level of Grandmaster.
"Gui Shan, so it was you, you demon! You deserve to die even more!" Dao Sheng was even more furious when he saw that it was Gui Shan.
Because what Gui Shan liked to do most was extract the souls of people, especially human martial artists, and then absorb and cultivate them. Over the past few decades, countless human martial artists have been destroyed by Gui Shan in this way.
Extracting a person's soul while they are still alive is even worse than killing them outright. It's like forcefully using mental power to break through a person's sea of consciousness and extract all the mental particles within.
Moreover, the extraction occurs while the person is conscious, causing excruciating headaches that render suicide impossible. The person can only helplessly wait for death. Furthermore, the person remains conscious until death, and only after all the mental particles have been extracted will the person die.
What's most infuriating is that this Gui Shan still retains a trace of spiritual particles. Incomplete extraction of these particles can cause people to become mentally impaired, and there's no way to restore them.
This is the main reason why Dao Sheng was so angry when he saw that the person in front of him was Gui Shan.
"Dao Sheng, don't think I'm afraid of you. I didn't bother with you before, but since you want to fight, I'll fight you!" Gui Shan pulled out a Mourning Staff from behind him.
Gui Shan pointed his Mourning Staff at Dao Sheng, and the surrounding energy immediately converged on the Mourning Staff, slowly condensing into a tall figure. As the energy further condensed, the figure gradually became clearer, and a golden-armored warrior, ten zhang tall, appeared before everyone's eyes.
Seeing this, the White Protector below the stage hurriedly told the Ghost School members to retreat quickly. If they didn't retreat far enough, they would be caught in the aftershocks of the battle and could be seriously injured or even die on the spot.
With a flick of his whisk, Dao Sheng Illusory Transformation a Daoist priest from his primordial energy. The priest looked much like Dao Sheng himself, only larger, about three times his Dao Sheng. However, standing before the golden-armored general of Gui Shan, the priest appeared like a child before an adult.
However, Gui Shan dared not underestimate the combat power of Dao Sheng's Illusory Transformation. He quickly swung his Mourning Staff, and the golden-armored general stepped forward, wielding his broadsword to slash at Dao Sheng's Illusory Transformation.
Just as Dao Sheng, the Illusory Transformation human, was about to strike the golden-armored general with his greatsword, he flashed behind the general and flicked his whisk. Instantly, with a "whoosh," the golden-armored general's aura weakened.
The golden-armored general roared and swung his broadsword in a spinning slash. Dao Sheng Illusory Transformation a human, pushed off with his feet, and flew into the air. With a series of taps of his right hand, a talisman of vital energy shot straight towards the golden-armored general.
The golden-armored general stomped his foot on the ground, leaping into the air. With a swift upward slash of his broadsword, he sliced the talisman in two. Instantly, the two Illusory Transformation figures in the sky began to fight.
On the ground, Dao Sheng and Gui Shan also began to fight.
Gui Shan pointed his Mourning Staff at Dao Sheng and unleashed a ghostly wail, sending a gust of energy mixed with a shriek straight toward Dao Sheng.
Dao Sheng casually waved his whisk, using the "Willow Swaying in the Wind" technique to disperse the primordial energy. Then, Dao Sheng formed a hand seal with his left hand, the Three Lives Dao Seal, and a primordial energy talisman shot straight towards Gui Shan.
Gui Shan cursed angrily, "You damned Daoist priest, do you think I'm a ghost?" He stabbed the talisman with his Mourning Staff stick, shattering it and sending the energy dissipating in all directions.
Dao Sheng laughed heartily, "Gui Shan, what are you if not Ghost School? Watch me subdue these evil spirits today!"
Gui Shan didn't reply. He spun his Mourning Staff in a semi-circle and unleashed a move called "Evil Ghost Lifts Mountain," which sent a giant mountain phantom pressing down on Dao Sheng.
Dao Sheng flashed forward, raised his whisk, and shattered the phantom of the giant mountain. He then swept the whisk in front of Gui Shan, and a gust of energy rushed straight towards Gui Shan's face.
Gui Shan blocked the blow with his Mourning Staff. "Clang!" The Mourning Staff and the whisk clashed, producing a metallic clang.
The Mourning Staff and the whisk bounced back, while Gui Shan took out a handful of hair needles with his left hand, wrapped them in his vital energy, and flicked them, shooting them straight at Dao Sheng.
Dao Sheng was not to be outdone. He also formed a hand seal with his left hand, sending a talisman towards Gui Shan. Gui Shan's poison needles were blocked by his protective aura shield as they reached Dao Sheng.
Gui Shan saw Dao Sheng's talisman coming straight at him, and the Mourning Staff was too late to defend. He hurriedly used his vital energy to create a protective shield to withstand it.
Both of their energy shields simultaneously blocked each other's attacks, but the results were quite different; Gui Shan's attack on Dao Sheng had no effect whatsoever.
Dao Sheng's attack on Gui Shan forced Gui Shan to retreat several steps before he could regain his footing.
Instantly, the difference in their strength became clear.
Gui Shan quickly controlled his churning blood and chaotic energy, put on a calm face, and said to Dao Sheng with a fierce but weak expression, "Dao Sheng, are you sure you want to fight me to the death tonight? Our sect leader is nearby."
Dao Sheng looked at Gui Shan with disdain, "You, Gui Shan, only know this one move? What? You can't beat them, so you try to intimidate them?"
"I'm going to test my skills against you today, so what? What? Looking for backup? Your bunch of useless underlings? Come at me all at once!"
Dao Sheng looked around and saw that the Ghost School members had all moved away from the area.
"Dao Sheng, stop being so arrogant!" Gui Shan roared, recalling the condensed golden-armored general. Instantly, Gui Shan seemed to be wearing a layer of golden armor, holding a Mourning Staff. With a swing of the staff, a gust of energy rushed straight towards Dao Sheng.
Dao Sheng dodged to the side, and with a flick of his whisk, he recalled the Illusory Transformation figure. Instantly Dao Sheng's entire body seemed to be covered with a white halo, making him look righteous and awe-inspiring.
The two then engaged in another fierce battle.
While Gui Shan and Dao Sheng were engaged in a fierce battle, Jiang Liu was meditating and cultivating his inner energy. However, as he continued his practice, he noticed that the surrounding Essence Particles were becoming increasingly scarce.
Jiang Liu was starting to question his existence; nothing was going right tonight! He couldn't get any spiritual particles to Soul Refining Technique, and he couldn't get any Essence Particles to cultivate his Heart Sutra. Jiang Liu looked at the sky speechlessly, thinking, "Are you kidding me?"
He then sensed two bursts of energy and immediately knew that two Grandmaster were fighting. Jiang Liu immediately recalled what had happened on Forget-Worry Island.
Jiang Liu immediately stood up and flew in the opposite direction from where the battle had taken place. He flew for thirty or forty miles before stopping.
After Jiang Liu stopped, he looked at the ongoing battle sounds in the distance and finally breathed a sigh of relief.
He didn't want to be implicated for no reason, especially in a battle between two Grandmaster. That was a bit too exciting, and his small frame couldn't handle it.
Then I remembered the strange things that happened tonight. The reason why I had no vital energy when cultivating the mental technique was because the Grandmaster had absorbed my vital energy in the battle. So why was there no Spirit Power Particles?