Battle Against Two Ghosts

"30:00"

"29:59"

"29:58"

"..."

Xu Yuan's heart jolted.

It was here.

In the Competition's entire description, the two phrases "greater protection" and "receive nourishment" were where it all began.

Back when he had been nailed to the Bridge,

his body had died twice in succession, awakening potential it had never possessed and summoning an unknown power within him.

Now,

it had come again!

He had to survive this gauntlet to gain its "additional" protection!

And the difficulty of this gauntlet—

was a nightmare!

Xu Yuan looked across at his opponent without betraying a thing.

The crow stared at him, sizing him up, then said,

"You monster..."

Xu Yuan held back again and again, but finally snapped. "Look closely, damn it. I'm a person!"

"A person?" The crow sneered. "How could a person possibly see me?"

It opened its beak. An arm coated in sticky fluid emerged from its throat, then suddenly lunged straight for Xu Yuan's heart.

The fight began!

Xu Yuan raised his sword to block and retreated.

The arm was astonishingly strong. He had to grip his sword with both hands, defending while backing away to bleed off the force.

"You react so quickly. Your soul must be delicious," the crow said gleefully.

The next instant,

the arm became a blur of afterimages, lashing back and forth like a long whip.

It's so fast!

The more Xu Yuan blocked, the more alarmed he became.

This Ghost Entity was so strong that if he did not go all out, he might die at its hands!

"Go."

His command came out low and sharp.

The Qiong Jia Sword flashed out of sight, streaked across the Emptiness like a beam of light, and slashed down at the crow's head.

Several lines of faintly glowing text appeared in the Void:

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