"Caw caw..." A burst of cold laughter like a night owl's cry rang out. A wisp of shadow, smoke-like, flew out from the hole of light along with the black qi. Amid that laughter, it swelled as though someone were blowing air into it, and in but a moment, it had formed a body a hundred zhang tall!
Xiao Hua's Heavenly Eye saw clearly that the ghost creature wore an official robe formed from mist. The robe was exceedingly strange, displaying a soul-shaking crimson amid the pitch-black death qi! A dim gray river was engraved upon it, along with a ferocious ghost beast. The beast's head resembled the helmet of an ordinary general and shielded the ghost creature's chest. At the center of the official robe was an almost colorless sash. Looking again at the ghost creature's head, it wore a red official hat, on either side of which stood little ghosts formed from death qi, baring their sharp teeth at Xiao Hua.
Beneath the official hat, where the ghost creature's face should have been, mist churned and completely concealed its features, making its true appearance impossible to see!
"J-Judge??" Xiao Hua was dumbfounded at the sight. Though he could not see the ghost creature's face, its entire attire closely resembled the Underworld Judges spoken of by commoners on the Cangxian Continent. It only lacked a Book of Life and Death in its left hand and a soul-hooking brush in its right!
"Roar..." Having revealed itself, the ghost creature suddenly opened its mouth. Within the mist, an incomparably savage ghostly face abruptly appeared. At the very instant it emerged, Xiao Hua felt a stab of pain in his mind, and that ghostly face was deeply imprinted there! Immediately afterward, the mysterious dark clouds within him churned violently. It seemed as