Gu Bo and the others exchanged glances, each seeing the shock in the others' eyes.
The Nether Ghost that had suddenly appeared just now had been terrifying. Even the Ghost King they had encountered before had been no more than this. When that Nether Ghost appeared, the icy aura it radiated had been enough to freeze their very souls, leaving them unable to move a single step.
Just now, they had all thought they were doomed, that they would be slaughtered clean by that terrifying Nether Ghost.
Yet before that terrifying Nether Ghost could make a move, the City Lord had struck in an instant. With a squeeze through the void, he had actually crushed that utterly dreadful Nether Ghost on the spot, turning it into a mass of primordial energy.
Wh-what kind of terrifying power was that?!
Previously, Gu Bo and the others had thought they had brushed against the edge of a tiny portion of the City Lord's strength. But now, it seemed the gap was simply too vast. The City Lord's power was beyond anything they could imagine.
Of course, that Nether Ghost had looked powerful on the surface, its aura frightening enough to scare people to death. Perhaps it had merely been gold and jade on the outside, rotten cotton within—a counterfeit Nether Ghost in substance—and that was why the City Lord had crushed it to death with one palm.
"As expected of a Nether Ghost. The soul energy it possesses far surpasses that of human cultivators at the same level—at least ten times stronger. But it's still too weak. Not even enough to fill a tooth gap."
Xia Ping was somewhat excited, but also somewhat regretful. The soul energy gained from killing that Nether Ghost was truly too little. He had no idea how far