But how could these earthbound spirits possibly grab Li's ankles? Even if they could, no matter how strong they were, the only result would be Li forcibly tearing them in half.
The moment Li saw that Zeref had merely summoned a few earthbound spirits to attack him, he immediately became fully alert. Zeref looked like a simple-minded man on the surface, but he was actually incredibly scheming.
He always pretended to be an innocent youth who had been tricked by the gods, but when it came down to it, he was no saint himself. By now, Li no longer believed that this guy had truly been seeking death all along. He definitely had something else he wanted!
At this moment, Zeref had first used an earthbound spirit to force Li off the ground. There had to be another move coming next. This was not merely Li's intuition—in fact, a sphere was already rapidly approaching him. It looked no bigger than something that could fit in a palm, but just as it neared Li, it suddenly exploded.
The instant it burst apart, hundreds of white figures flew out wildly. Seeing those white figures, Li truly wanted to curse Zeref as a madman. They were nothing else but countless resentful spirits. He had once seen this magic in the library of Ankhseram Temple.
The method of casting the magic was simple, but its creation was rather troublesome. Other undead magic involved gathering creatures that had already become undead and releasing them in battle, or simply casting the magic directly on an opponent, such as Bone and Flesh Separation.
But this magic, called Night Parade of a Hundred Demons, required finding over a hundred women and forcibly refining their souls into such a tiny magic sphere while they were still alive. When facing