Slaying (Fourth Update, Please Bookmark and Recommend)

Slaying (Fourth Update, Please Bookmark and Recommend)

"When the Spirit Bullet Art struck the Ghostfire Shield, it consumed far too little yin energy from the shield. Judging by the Ghostfire Shield's current state, it would take at least seven Spirit Bullet Arts to break it. But my spiritual power is only enough for three Spirit Bullet Arts!"

"Could it be that I can only give up on this Special Yin Soul?"

Hu Donghan frowned, glanced at the special yin soul that was gradually closing in again, and struggled inwardly as he fired another Spirit Bullet Art behind him, temporarily blocking the special yin soul's advance.

"I only have enough spiritual power left for two Spirit Bullet Arts. Should I take the risk and try close combat?"

The thought had only just surfaced when Hu Donghan forcibly suppressed it himself—

"I haven't been driven into a corner, so why should I take such a risk? It would naturally be best if I could kill this Special Yin Soul, but if I can't, there's no need to put myself in danger."

Hu Donghan had always been a cautious man. When he acted, he had never harbored any reckless impulses.

A gentleman does not stand beneath a crumbling wall; after all, a person only has one life. No matter what one encountered, staying alive was the most important thing. Hu Donghan's pursuit was to gain more benefits while ensuring his absolute safety! Among cultivators, those who risked their lives for profit had the highest death rate. Looking across the entire Yin Soul Sect, among those ancestors who had cultivated steadily to the Golden Core and Nascent Soul realms, only a very small number had fought and killed their way up the whole path.

As far as Hu Donghan knew, quite a few sect cultivators had died or been injured while carrying out sect missions.

The reason for those casualties was nothing more than their choice of missions far beyond their own abilities.

"Forget it! Forget it! It really isn't worth risking my life over this. Even if I have a jade talisman for seeking aid, using it would cost five hundred spirit stones. Even if I kill this yin soul, the most I'll likely get is an ordinary ghost, worth no more than thirty spirit stones... The yin souls and ghost creatures in Lone Soul Ridge are indeed growing stronger and stronger. It's no longer suitable for me to remain here..."

As Hu Donghan's thoughts turned, he had already made up his mind.

He fired another Spirit Bullet Art, temporarily blocking the special yin soul behind him.

Then Hu Donghan suddenly exerted himself. After several swift shifts, he was already standing before the bone horse.

Just as he was about to vault onto its back, Hu Donghan caught sight of the bone horse's enormous skeletal frame, and a flash of inspiration suddenly struck him—

"Wait! Before, I only thought of riding the bone horse to escape, or using it to hold back this Yin Soul. I never considered that, if I used this bone horse properly, it could block an attack from this Special Yin Soul!"

"Although the bone horse is timid and will flee whenever it is attacked, its strength is right there. Even if it takes one blow, it won't die immediately. Once the Yin Soul attacks, its control over the Ghostfire Shield will naturally weaken greatly. If I seize that opportunity, perhaps I can kill it in one strike!"

"Whether this plan succeeds or fails, at worst I'll only scare off a bone horse. As for me, with the Spirit Shield Art protecting me, even without the bone horse, I'll merely have to take a few more detours. I can still escape."

Hu Donghan immediately simulated the scene he had envisioned in his mind. After calculating it several times, even the worst-case scenario was no more than the bone horse being smashed into scattered bones.

"This plan is feasible!"

Hu Donghan glanced at the pursuing Special Yin Soul behind him. With a flicker of his body, he had already vaulted onto the horse.

Right now, the Special Yin Soul still regarded Hu Donghan as its target. If he wanted the bone horse to serve as his shield, the only way was to suddenly dodge the moment the Special Yin Soul approached and attacked.

Though Hu Donghan had mounted the bone horse, he did not make it run. Instead, he quietly waited for the yin soul to draw near. Meanwhile, he had silently cast the Spirit Bullet Art, holding it before him as he waited for the right moment.

Seeing that its prey had stopped, the Special Yin Soul let out a shrill howl. Then a huge mouth abruptly appeared in the air and bit down at Hu Donghan!

"Now!"

As Hu Donghan watched that enormous mouth fly toward him, he moved, dismounting from the other side. At the same time, his eyes locked onto a spot the special yin soul's Ghostfire Shield failed to protect, and he fired the Spirit Bullet Art!

After Hu Donghan dodged, the huge mouth in the air indeed did not change direction to follow him. Instead, it bit directly into the bone horse's skeletal body. Hu Donghan, meanwhile, safely hid on the bone horse's other side and suffered no injury at all.

At the same time, Hu Donghan's final Spirit Bullet Art, suddenly unleashed, slipped wondrously past the Ghostfire Shield and struck the yin soul directly. As the Spirit Bullet Art neared, the special yin soul had tried to control the Ghostfire Shield to block it as well. But attacking and defending at once divided its attention; its strength fell short, and by a hair's breadth, it failed to block the strike.

"Hiss hiss hiss hiss..."

"Bang..."

Two sounds rang out in quick succession.

The hissing cries came from the injured and terrified bone horse. The following bang was the sound of the Yin Soul's Soul Body being struck, exploding, and dispersing. After that bang, a spirit body containing a faint white glow appeared where the Yin Soul had died!

"It's a Ghost Wraith!"

Hu Donghan had long been watching the area around the Special Yin Soul. The instant that spirit body appeared, he rapidly formed two hand seals and stored the Ghost Wraith in the Soul Ring on his hand.

Then Hu Donghan swiftly ran after the bone horse fleeing into the distance. Relying on the little spiritual power remaining within him, he accelerated several times and finally caught up to it. He vaulted onto its back and poured spiritual power into its skeletal frame, trying to soothe it—

If this bone horse simply ran away, Hu Donghan would not suffer any loss, but he would no longer have a means of transportation.

Therefore, it would naturally be best if the bone horse could remain.

Although Hu Donghan continued soothing it, the bone horse had clearly been badly frightened. It ran for roughly another two li before its speed slowed, and it finally came to a stop.

The moment the bone horse stopped, Hu Donghan finally breathed a sigh of relief.

After soothing the bone horse for a while longer, Hu Donghan discovered that, without realizing it, the horse had brought him into the inner region of Lone Soul Ridge. Compared to the outer region, the inner region contained far more yin souls and ghost creatures, and they were much stronger as well. Within a hundred meters of Hu Donghan, he could see four or five yin souls wandering back and forth. In Hu Donghan's current state, if those yin souls surrounded him, he would undoubtedly die with no chance of survival!

"No matter what, I should leave this place first. The inner region of Lone Soul Ridge is simply too dangerous."

Thinking this, Hu Donghan determined his direction and gently urged the bone horse toward the outer region.

(End of this chapter)