In the dim cavern, gusts of Yin wind howled.
The faint Moonlight Stones looked as if they would exhaust their glow at any moment and go completely dark.
A ghostly shadow swept out from within, finally arriving at a cave mouth on the cliff wall. At times, he looked toward the end of the abyss; at others, he looked up above the abyss, where stone spires pierced through the vast miasma.
"Whoosh!" He spat out a mouthful of black smoke, and within the smoke was a bead.
A pure, bright moonlight flowed over the bead, then reflected into the sky.
A faint, indistinct shadow appeared.
"Found you." The ghostly shadow cackled, revealing his fangs, his long tongue exaggeratedly licking around the corners of his mouth.
His form scattered, then shot toward the distant sky.
Boom!
Savage Killing Intent almost instantly filled the entire void, as though the gates of the underworld had been flung wide, countless streams of ghostly qi spreading everywhere.
And just then, a spiritual shadow of a turtle shell appeared in the void.
No matter how the ghost fog spread, it remained unaffected.
A warm green jade token appeared high in the sky, also blocking the howl that attacked the divine soul.
"Seventh-rank old turtle, what are you doing here?" The ghostly shadow condensed again.
"Heh heh!" The old turtle did not answer, only giving an evil, bewitching grin.
That made the Ghost Venerable instantly somewhat furious.
He felt he had been mocked.
"My methods are no mere spiritual arts. I refuse to believe that jade token of yours can protect you forever!" As soon as the Ghost Venerable finished speaking, his body suddenly inhaled toward the valley below. At once, countless strands of cold Killing Intent began to gather.
His body abruptly grew several hundred times