Bound Spirits' strength depended on how intact the places binding them were. In other words, the more damaged the Porsche in front of them was, the more their strength would diminish.
God knew that just moments ago, the white-haired driver whose neck was in Lu Siye's grip had discovered he couldn't break free. He'd genuinely thought he was done for.
But he hadn't expected that, though his opponent's strength was outrageously great, his cultivation was so low that he couldn't even resist the driver's Netherflame.
The two Bound Spirits were too arrogant to notice that although the Netherflame on Lu Siye's hand hadn't gone out, it also hadn't spread.
Suddenly, a sound rang out inside Lu Siye, neither quite like a dragon nor an elephant. Then the Netherflame on his hand went out with a puff.
"Gahahahaha—!"
The Ghost Driver's eyes widened. Like a duck caught by the neck, he abruptly stopped laughing.
"Why'd you stop laughing?" Lu Siye asked, his face dark.
"Um... If I said I was only joking, would you believe me?" The white-haired driver, Lu Qi, felt his scalp go numb.
Ding~ Fear Points +...
Thud!
As if it had been hit by a train, the Soul Chariot was kicked straight off the road and onto the curb. One side of the car's body caved in.
Lu Siye charged toward the Soul Chariot and silently continued dismantling it, completely ignoring the Netherflame on its surface.
The Bound Spirits Lu Qi and Liu Xue, sitting inside the car, felt their strength steadily diminishing. Sensing the threat of death, they screamed frantically and tried to attack Lu Siye outside. But bound to the Soul Chariot, they couldn't leave it even half a step.
Ding~ Fear Points +...
Ding~ Fear Points +...
In less than half a minute, the once decent-looking Soul Chariot had been stripped down to a sparking chassis.
Their strength had fallen to the lowest point of their current realm, and they could no longer maintain the Netherflame.
"Please, spare us!" they pleaded, trembling. Their eyes were full of fear as they looked at Lu Siye.
"Spare you? Then who'll spare the innocent people you killed?" Lu Siye said calmly, looking at the two Bound Spirits huddled together.
He circulated the Dragon Elephant Prajna Skill with all his might. A sound rang out from within him, neither quite like a dragon nor an elephant. Golden light shimmered over his body, like divine radiance.
He seemed like a golden Arhat from Buddhist lore.
His fists, burning with fury, struck one after another, pounding the chassis into a huge iron pancake.
The two Bound Spirits were torn apart piece by piece, vanishing into ash amid their screams.
Ding~ Ghost Driver Lu Qi (Evil Ghost) has died. Fear Points +100!
Ding~ Ghost Passenger Liu Xue (Evil Ghost) has died. Fear Points +100!
Lu Siye took out his phone and snapped a picture. He uploaded the address and photo to the Town Watch APP as proof that he'd completed the mission, then headed back to his apartment complex.
In the living room, Lu Siye lay tiredly on the sofa, the images of his fight replaying in his mind.
As expected of a peerless esoteric Buddhist technique. He'd only reached the second level, with thirty years of cultivation, yet his first real fight had let him beat a Porsche flat with his bare hands.
But speaking of which, just how strong was he now?
According to the Dragon Elephant Prajna Skill's description, at the second level, his strength had reached that of two dragons and elephants.
But the description didn't say how much strength that actually meant. He didn't have any professional testing equipment nearby, so he wasn't sure either.
"If I can pound a car flat, I should be able to lift two tons, right?" Lu Siye muttered.
The thought made Lu Siye giddy with excitement, but at the same time, he felt a twinge of danger.
If he hadn't been able to damage the place binding the Bound Spirits this time, weakening them to the lowest point, he couldn't have dealt with them so easily.
Looks like he'd have to train even harder from now on. Relying on the second level of the Dragon Elephant Prajna Skill to keep himself safe in this world crawling with ghosts would still be a little too risky.
"But I can't just rely on my fists!" Lu Siye recalled the Netherflame of the Bound Spirit he'd just fought.
His technique happened to counter the Netherflame this time, but if he ran into something sinister next time, like a poisonous force or a ghostly wind, he couldn't just count on the Dragon Elephant Prajna Skill to counter everything.
After thinking it over, he decided he needed a weapon.
Not a short weapon like the Evil-Exorcising Fruit Knife, but something longer, so that if he encountered Netherflame again, he'd have enough distance to react.
And if he had a weapon, he'd also need to learn a matching martial art to bring out his full strength.
Lu Siye was like a character who'd only put points into stats, with no skills at all. All he could do was rely on basic attacks.
With that thought, Lu Siye opened the Town Watch APP marketplace and started shopping for weapons.
The marketplace was full of all kinds of weapons. It had a complete range of ancient blades, swords, spears, and staffs, along with Taoist magical tools like Demon Suppression Talismans and compasses. Lu Siye was dazzled by the selection.
After browsing for a while, Lu Siye decided to choose a blade as his weapon.
The Evil-Exorcising Fruit Knife had felt comfortable in his hand, so he didn't agonize over what type of weapon to get.
After a few minutes, Lu Siye found a Tang Heng Blade called the Blazing Blood Blade, priced at 72 points.
According to its description, the Blazing Blood Blade was a treasured weapon forged by the former captain of the Town Demon Suppression Division's Fire Squad.
Even an ordinary person could use it to harm Evil Ghosts. It already qualified as a magical artifact.
After adding the Blazing Blood Blade to his cart, Lu Siye continued browsing blade manuals.
A few more minutes later, Lu Siye chose a manual called the Soul Severing Blade Technique, priced at 36 points—half the price of the Tang Heng Blade.
The description said that this blade technique specialized in severing the seven souls of ghosts. Once mastered, it could kill any ghost below the Vicious Ghost level in a single strike.
Looking at the items worth 108 points in his cart and the notice that they'd arrive within a day, Lu Siye reluctantly hit the purchase button.
After making his purchase, he should get back to training. But before he started, he needed to wash the grime off himself.
Lu Siye could smell the faint stench of corpses on his body. It came from the blood that had splattered onto him when he'd punched the Bound Spirits. With the weather so hot, it had started to stink in less than half an hour.
He hadn't noticed the smell while he was taking care of business earlier, but now that he had some time to himself, it caught his attention.
Lu Siye hurriedly gathered his clothes and rushed into the bathroom.
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