But this mighty, forceful axe blow failed to sever the arm. Instead, it rang out with a sharp clang, like metal striking stone. At least it knocked the arm aside and saved Jiang Cheng.
In the thick darkness, another enormous figure slowly emerged. A hand even larger than a millstone seized the rotting arm and yanked hard, dragging the corpse hidden in the darkness above Jiang Cheng out into the open.
After the Rain Night Murderer, the hidden Starving Ghost also appeared.
Only when he saw the two of them did Jiang Cheng finally feel some of the weight lift from his heart. It seemed Wu hadn't been at ease before leaving, so he'd quietly left these two supernatural beings behind.
Now Jiang Cheng could finally see the true appearance of the so-called Great Black Sky. It was a towering rotting corpse nearly ten feet tall, its body wrapped in red strings threaded with copper coins.
He couldn't make out the corpse's face yet, since its entire head was enveloped in thick black mist. But Jiang Cheng could feel its malicious gaze piercing out from within. The mist seemed to be the source of the all-encompassing darkness overhead, as well as the source of the corpse's power.
As the Starving Ghost swung its withered arms, a howling snowstorm formed around it. A massive whirlwind of snow took shape, then slammed into the corpse. In the space of a few breaths, it froze the corpse into a solid block of ice.
"It worked!" Tang Qisheng stammered in excitement. Their hopeless situation had been turned around once more.
But things soon took a turn. Everyone heard a series of sharp clinks, and the frozen corpse began to tremble slightly.
The sound came from the copper coins on the corpse. One after another,