These human-faced ghost bats specialized in siphoning souls, and they always traveled in swarms. To the ghost creatures of the Netherworld, they were exceedingly troublesome—even Ascension Stage ghost creatures were often unwilling to provoke so many of them. Likewise, beings of the same Ascension Stage were too powerful, and the human-faced ghost bats were reluctant to attack them.
But this time was entirely different. As though they had been provoked by something, these human-faced ghost bats showed not the slightest fear of Yan Chihuo, the Chongyang Bird. One after another, they lunged at him with desperate, mutually destructive tactics.
At first, Yan Chihuo met them with hand-to-hand combat. After killing seven or eight human-faced ghost bats in succession, he realized things were amiss and hurriedly unleashed the supreme Ghost Path divine ability, Cycle of Life and Death.
As he spread his wings, a cloud of black mist rose from his body and swiftly surged toward the swarm of human-faced ghost bats. The first few bats to enter the black mist saw their faces age at an astonishing pace. In mere moments, they became withered corpses and fell to the ground.
The so-called Cycle of Life and Death caused anyone struck by this divine ability to age rapidly, lose their vital essence, and remain perpetually poised between life and death. It was Yan Chihuo's first time using this supreme divine ability. Witnessing such power, he could not help but be startled. If I had suitable treasures in hand, or refined enough ghost creatures, the power of Cycle of Life and Death would be no weaker than swordsmanship or any other kind of supreme divine ability.
Though he could use this technique after transforming into a ghost creature, his swordsmanship was astonishing and his treasures incomparably sharp, so he had never paid