"Here we are, Brother Qiu."
"Mm."
Chen Qiu, deathly pale, nodded, his fingertips trembling slightly. The Fourth-Layer Golden Core wraith that had been clinging to him instantly sprang free like a tiger unleashed from its leash, becoming corporeal in the blink of an eye as it roared and charged headlong into the poisonous mist of the swamp.
"Hah..."
The instant that Fourth-Layer Golden Core wraith left him, Chen Qiu's complexion visibly regained some color. His spirits immediately improved, and his body no longer radiated that bone-chilling cold that had practically become tangible.
"Damn it..."
He stared at the wraith's vanishing back and could not help muttering a curse.
This Green Trait, "Vengeful Spirit Summoning," was truly powerful. He had relied on that wraith to survive quite a few crises, but the price was genuinely steep as well. Thinking of how he had nearly been devoured by the wraith earlier still left him shaken.
Things were much better now.
His complexion was still somewhat unpleasant, but that was because nearly ten thousand Devil Race cultivator wraiths were weighing on him. It had originally felt rather unbearable, but after experiencing the intensity of a Golden Core wraith, he found these nearly ten thousand Devil Race cultivator wraiths not so uncomfortable after all.
It was manageable.
Without comparison, there was no harm.
When he had ambushed and killed that Barefoot Immortal at Heaven-Question Market earlier, he had not used these nearly ten thousand wraiths. Mainly because controlling wraiths caused too much commotion; that soaring baleful resentment would almost instantly put the Barefoot Immortal on guard.
Only an instantaneous killing move like the Self-Destruct Trait could seize the instant the Barefoot Immortal was distracted and deliver a fatal blow!
Even though its combat strength had declined somewhat after becoming a wraith, since it possessed