Slay a Hundred Ghosts, Obtain Rewards!

Hearing the system's voice, Fei Luo smiled slightly. He did not claim his rewards immediately, but instead looked at Dong Xiaoyu, who had been blasted into charcoal.

Dong Xiaoyu still held a sliver of life, though it was as thin as a thread, and she could perish at any moment.

"Who exactly are you?" Dong Xiaoyu seemed to harbor ten thousand grievances in her heart.

The instant-cast Five Thunders Heart-Burning Curse had left her completely bewildered.

She had never seen a Taoist priest cast spells as if they were mere trifles, summoned with a flick of the wrist. What kind of sacred being was this man before her?

Swish!

A flash of sword light streaked by, and Dong Xiaoyu's head drifted away with the wind. Amidst the breeze, Fei Luo's indifferent voice echoed.

"I am just an ordinary person, nothing more. It is simply that I wish to protect the righteous path of this world."

The Five Thunders Heart-Burning Curse he had just used was one of the more formidable incantations within the Supreme Clarity Great Cavern Scripture he had studied.

Despite Fei Luo's vast reserves of mana, he had not expected a single spell to consume a third of his power.

However, he was immensely satisfied with the sheer destructive force.

I wonder what kind of spectacle it will be once my Nine Heavens Divine Thunder Art reaches perfection? Fei Luo couldn't help but feel a surge of anticipation.

The strike had not only obliterated Dong Xiaoyu but had also reduced all the remaining ghosts to dust.

The power was superhuman, and the range had engulfed the entirety of Dong Xiaoyu's Ghost Mansion.

With Dong Xiaoyu's death, the illusions masking the festive, lantern-lit Ghost Mansion faded away, revealing it to be nothing more than a ruin of crumbling walls and broken tiles.

"Qiusheng, let's go. Why are you still standing there in a daze?" Fei Luo strolled over, walked up to Qiusheng, and patted him on the shoulder.

"Ah?" Qiusheng snapped back to reality. He looked at Fei Luo deeply, feeling his throat go dry.

"Junior Brother Fei Luo, that move just now..."

Qiusheng's expression was one of awe, his tone respectful, yet he seemed hesitant to speak his mind.

That technique had been a true summoning of thunder; the dazzling light had illuminated the entire night sky.

He swore that he would never forget that brilliant scene for the rest of his life.

No, that wasn't all—there was also this monster of a junior brother before him. This was the true prodigy, capable of manifesting such powerful magic out of thin air.

It was a hundred times stronger than any ordinary thunder-talisman.

Compared to the spells Fei Luo unleashed, those thunder-talismans were nothing but a joke.

"Senior Brother, there is no need for surprise. This technique is authentic Maoshan orthodoxy, the Five Thunders Heart-Burning Curse. As long as you cultivate diligently, one day you will reach my level." Fei Luo patted Qiusheng's shoulder again and walked forward on his own.

"..."

Silence. Watching Fei Luo's upright back, a sense of grand ambition stirred in Qiusheng's heart.

With a junior brother like this, what could he, Qiusheng, not achieve in this lifetime?

Qiusheng felt both lucky and thrilled.

He was fortunate to have encountered such a formidable, monstrously talented junior brother, and he was excited by the prospect that he, too, might one day become as invincible as Fei Luo.

Indeed, in Qiusheng's eyes, Fei Luo's actions today were nothing short of invincible.

At this very moment, a hundred miles away from Ren Family Town.

Two ghostly figures stood atop a mountain peak.

"Such a powerful aura. To think the human world has produced such a formidable expert among the Taoists."

"Indeed. This was no mere talisman; this was true magic."

"Magic? Could it be that another freak of nature has emerged?"

The two ethereal voices rippled through the void, inaudible to ordinary people. They sounded as if they had come from the netherworld, devoid of any emotional fluctuation.

"Let us go ask the local City God. In this Age of Dharma Decline, where the world is falling into chaos, if such a genius exists, we ought to make his acquaintance."

"Agreed!"

Immediately, the two men in black robes blurred and dissipated into the wind.

On the other side, Fei Luo brought Qiusheng back to Ren Family Town. "Qiusheng, after these successive battles, I am a bit weary. I'm going home to rest; you should go find Master."

"Right, Junior Brother Fei Luo. I'll head off then." Qiusheng nodded and headed toward the Ren Family Villa.

His face was etched with endless shock.

Even now, Qiusheng had not fully recovered his senses; he was utterly stunned by everything Fei Luo had done tonight.

He only wanted to return now to tell Wencai and Uncle Nine, to share everything he had seen and heard.

Fei Luo was indeed feeling somewhat exhausted.

The night's battles had drained him significantly, yet he was also eager to see what kind of rewards the system would bestow this time.

Returning to his small courtyard, Fei Luo washed up, changed into clean clothes, and sat cross-legged in his room.

"System! Claim rewards."

"Ding! Congratulations to the host for slaying a hundred ghosts. Reward successfully claimed: one Top-Grade Foundation Cultivation Pill!"

"Ding! Congratulations to the host for slaying a hundred ghosts. Reward successfully claimed: twenty Heaven Origin Soul Gathering Pills!"

"Ding! Congratulations to the host for slaying a hundred ghosts. Reward successfully claimed: Human-grade spiritual root increased by four ranks!"

"Ding! Congratulations to the host for slaying a hundred ghosts. Reward successfully claimed: Void-Breaking Sword Art!"

"Ding! Congratulations to the host for slaying a hundred ghosts. Reward successfully claimed: one top-grade storage ring!"

Although Fei Luo had already guessed that the rewards this time would be plentiful, he never expected there to be so many.

Before Fei Luo could carefully examine the rewards, a golden light descended into his body from the void, enveloping his soul in a warm, soothing sensation.

As if by divine inspiration, he reached Human-grade rank nine!

His spiritual root had reached the peak of the Human grade, and under the Ten Thousandfold Amplification, it was now comparable to a Earth-grade rank five.

This was a change Fei Luo discovered quite naturally.

"What a peculiar feeling. Is this what Human-grade rank nine feels like?" Fei Luo whispered. He was pleasantly surprised to find that his thoughts were much faster than before, and many problems he previously couldn't grasp were now solved in an instant.

Even complex equations from the future could be solved rapidly within his mind.

"Ding! With your Human-grade rank nine spiritual root under Ten Thousandfold Amplification, the cultivation progress of the Nine Heavens Thunder Invocation Art has reached 35%!"

Without any warning, the system's voice appeared in Fei Luo's mind once again.

"Oh?" Fei Luo's face lit up with joy. "The speed of comprehension at Human-grade rank nine is actually twice that of rank five?"

"It seems it won't be long; in a few days, I will be able to fully master this Nine Heavens Thunder Invocation Art." With a smile, Fei Luo turned his attention to the system space.

After looking for a long while, Fei Luo couldn't help but exclaim in surprise.

"This time, I will definitely be able to charge toward the Golden Core Realm and enter the False Core Realm." A sharp glint flashed in Fei Luo's eyes, and a surge of ambition rose in his heart.

The Top-Grade Foundation Cultivation Pill could help a Foundation Establishment cultivator increase their success rate of forming a core by seventy percent!

This was an incredibly exaggerated amount.

Even according to Maoshan records, in the ancient era, only three out of every ten Foundation Establishment cultivators could successfully form a core.

False Core Realm, Solid Core Realm, Golden Core Realm!

These were the three stages of the Golden Core Realm.

As mana condenses, the liquid spiritual energy within the body transforms into an inner core, becoming increasingly solid.

The twenty Heaven Origin Soul Gathering Pills could be converted into dense mana to help Fei Luo charge into the False Core Realm.

"Today is the day I form my core." Fei Luo looked at the two jade bottles in his hands, his eyes radiating a dazzling light.