As Ye Qin sprinted, his fury quickly cooled.
Ye Qin had not expected that, in order to hunt him down and seize the Ice Lotus Seed, the Ghost Lord would be so savage and arrogant as to force its way into Black Sand City.
"The Ghost Lord dares slaughter people within Black Sand City, under the jurisdiction of the Heavenly Dao Alliance's southeastern sect branch. It is courting death, making an enemy of the entire Heavenly Dao Alliance. Let alone a mere ghost cultivator—even if the Holy Emperor were here, he would not dare oppose the entire Heavenly Dao Alliance."
Ye Qin raced through the city at extreme speed, agile and swift.
His thoughts spun rapidly as he calculated his next move. His gaze carried an icy chill, even a trace of biting killing intent.
Though the Ghost Lord appeared incomparably powerful, it was not truly an invincible existence that could run rampant throughout the East Sea cultivation world. On the contrary, the Ghost Lord's Netherflame possessed exceptionally formidable offensive power, but its own defenses were not particularly strong.
When Ye Qin had watched the Holy Emperor, Hate Mountain Monster, and Ghost Lord besiege the Ancient Rock Black Turtle in the Demon World, he had seen this very clearly. Only the Holy Emperor had dared charge to the front and clash with the black turtle head-on. Even Hate Mountain Monster had occasionally dared approach it. The Ghost Lord alone had never dared come within a thousand zhang of the turtle, only able to attack it from afar.
In that battle, the Ghost Lord's weakness had been laid completely bare: it was easily killed. Of course, that was only in comparison to cultivators of a corresponding higher level. Against low-level cultivators, it was still overwhelmingly powerful.
Ye Qin was still far