"They'd reached the Baleful-Intent Rank, yet they were actually this hard to kill."
Lu Xingshi was rather surprised. He had thought they would still be glass cannons with paper-thin defenses.
Yet their regenerative ability had given him a pleasant surprise.
"The recovery rate is a little slow, though. You can't die, but you still fall far short." Lu Xingshi reached out and tore off the Forget-Worry Grass Life Ghost's head.
It could regenerate, but the speed was exceedingly slow.
Simply killing it was somewhat difficult, but in practice, it was not much different from a giant punching bag.
"You... can't... kill... me." The Forget-Worry Grass Life Ghost spoke in halting fragments.
"No, I can kill you." Lu Xingshi smiled. "Your immortality and regenerative abilities do not originate from yourself."
"They come from this derivative space—or perhaps special space—called a Ghost Domain."
"As long as I sever the connection between you and the Ghost Domain, the difference between you and an Evil-level Fate Ghost is merely that you are a little stronger."
"It cannot amount to a qualitative transformation."
"Just like the difference between a Fate Master and a Great Life Master lies in the Fate Diagram."
"The reason Baleful-Intent Rank Destiny Ghosts can endanger an entire state is because Ghost Domains exist."
The Forget-Worry Grass Life Ghost did not quite understand Lu Xingshi's words, but it could sense a thread of ominous foreboding.
"If you hadn't just transformed and advanced, severing the link between you and the Ghost Domain would indeed have been quite troublesome."
"Unfortunately, you're still far from ready."
As Lu Xingshi's words fell, the Two-Faced Buddha manifested. It might have been somewhat weak, but it was an excellent vessel for the Starving Ghost Curse.
Right before Lu Xingshi and the Forget-Worry Grass Life Ghost, it exploded into