Though there were plenty of spirits before us, they were all minor ghosts tainted with an evil aura.
The moment I charged into their ranks, I began slaughtering them without restraint.
One slash of Evil-Slaying Flowing Cloud killed a black-eyed spirit on the spot.
A tiny wisp of true qi flowed into my body.
True qi in such minuscule amounts barely interested me anymore.
There were plenty of evil spirits here. If I killed enough of them, I should be able to harvest a considerable amount of true qi.
Combined with the improvement in my mental state, perhaps this battle would bring another breakthrough in my cultivation.
The thought excited me.
How long had it even been since my last breakthrough?
Yet here was hope of another one already.
I drew the Snake Bone Whip next and lashed it into the ghosts with several sharp cracks.
Those lashes sent the spirits before me bursting apart one after another, their souls utterly destroyed.
Not a single evil spirit could withstand even one of my attacks.
Beside me, Mao Jing, Pan Ling, and Zhang Yuchen were like wolves among sheep.
With his Demon-Exorcising Swift Sword, Mao Jing slashed straight through the ghosts in a flurry of swishes.
Wielding his rune-covered greatsword, Zhang Yuchen hacked his way into their ranks with broad, sweeping swings and a series of heavy clangs.
Though Pan Ling lacked offensive power, her cultivation was still far beyond anything these mere black-eyed spirits could contend with.
Up ahead, Master and Daoist Qingshan were clearing the way.
The instant our group charged into the ghosts, we sent them howling and screaming, throwing their ranks into chaos and inflicting heavy casualties.
The bangs of exploding ghosts rang out without pause.
One ghost after another turned into a human-shaped blaze of ghostly