As they ventured deeper into the forest, Su Jiu and Yun Huanling killed more and more vengeful ghosts. Yet the ghosts here seemed impossible to eradicate; every so often, they would encounter another cluster of them.
These vengeful ghosts varied in strength. Some were weaker, some stronger, but even the strongest ultimately could not withstand Su Jiu's sword.
Moreover, the Spirit-Cleansing Pool Water had left Su Jiu with a trace of innate purifying power, further strengthening her ability to suppress these ghost creatures.
After yet another battle ended, Yun Huanling was practically a spent arrow at the end of its flight.
He waved a hand at Su Jiu and sat down. "I can't go on. There's simply no way out of here. I've kept my divine sense extended the whole time, but I can't detect anything unusual in this forest."
Su Jiu asked, "How did you leave last time?"
The question stopped Yun Huanling short.
He lowered his head slightly and thought for a moment before answering, "It was because I sensed a teleportation array back then.
"Unfortunately, a powerful ghost was prowling inside the cave where the teleportation array was located. Only after A Huan killed it did I have a chance to approach the array.
"But I was only in the nascent soul realm at the time. Even the stronger vengeful ghosts I encountered weren't much stronger than me. Otherwise, even A Huan wouldn't have had a chance of killing it. As far as I could tell, it was at the nascent soul late stage at most..."
That last part fell outside the scope of Su Jiu's question, but Yun Huanling had still added it rather abruptly.
Su Jiu could more or less guess what he was thinking. Almost none of the vengeful ghosts they had encountered so