Slaying the True Ghost

The moment Yang Lie saw the pale face of the woman floating in midair, a hair-raising sense of danger rose within him. The hairs on his body stood on end as he slowly circulated his true qi. "What is that thing?"

In the vast universe, humanity had encountered many powerful civilizations, as well as countless bizarre and terrifying entities. There were many things that modern weapons could not handle. Yet most strange things could be blown apart by a martial artist's true qi. If they could not be destroyed, it only meant the martial artist's realm was too low or their true qi was not pure enough.

Zhao Meixian's face turned pale, and her delicate body trembled as she grabbed the corner of Yang Lie's clothes. "I don't know!! As far as I know, Konghe Star originally only had ferocious beasts! After humanity set foot on this planet, the evil god worshippers hidden among humans brought in all sorts of evil gods. That thing is probably the product of some evil god's power!!"

Zhao Meixian feared neither heaven nor earth—only ghosts.

"Don't worry! We're martial artists! No matter how strange it is, we can kill it with true qi! But first, we should light a fire!!"

Keeping his eyes on the woman floating in the air, Yang Lie swiftly took out a lighter and lit the campfire.

At a time like this, he could no longer spare any thought for the Ferocious Beastmen. Compared to them, that woman's face hovering in midair was far more terrifying, because it represented the unknown.

Suddenly, the woman's face flickered and vanished from Yang Lie and Zhao Meixian's sight.

"She's gone!!"

Seeing this, Zhao Meixian's face turned even paler, and terror deepened in her eyes. That elusive, incomparably eerie ability to move was precisely what made evil ghosts so terrifying.

Yang Lie circulated his true qi and activated the third-tier Ferocious Snake Thermal-Imaging Sense. Within his perception, a humanoid presence was madly absorbing the surrounding heat as it rushed toward him at high speed.

"Die!!"

Yang Lie roared. True qi boiled throughout his body as he unleashed Flood Dragon выхода в море, driving a vicious punch at that icy humanoid presence.

Yang Lie's fist instantly struck the icy humanoid presence. It felt as though he had hit a mass of freezing gas, smashing through a patch of cold air as his true qi was consumed wildly, before his fist passed straight through it.

The mass of cold air immediately revealed a blurry figure. It was a bizarre being with the upper body of a woman, rotten all over, while its lower body was completely absent.

The bizarre being thrust both hands toward Yang Lie's heart. Her hands effortlessly pierced through skin that could withstand sniper rifle bullets and stabbed toward his heart.

Yang Lie instantly felt his entire body turn cold, as if both his body and thoughts were about to freeze solid. He could only activate the Flood Dragon Fist, his true qi boiling as he struck the bizarre woman again and again.

Every punch Yang Lie threw knocked off a piece of the woman's body, twisting her face and causing faint smoke to rise from her body. Yet she only grew more frenzied and grabbed his heart.

Yang Lie immediately felt as though something had gripped his heart. Waves of agonizing pain surged through him as bone-chilling cold spread wildly from his heart.

"Die!!"

At that moment, Zhao Meixian shouted sharply and unleashed the Earth Grade Martial Skill, the Ice Flood Dragon Palm Technique, striking the bizarre woman with a palm.

A massive amount of true qi erupted, blasting a hole straight through the bizarre woman's body.

As the bizarre woman's strength weakened, Yang Lie seized the chance to frantically circulate his true qi and continue attacking her with the Flood Dragon Fist.

The bizarre woman gripped Yang Lie's heart and tugged fiercely, then froze. She discovered that she could not move his heart at all.

The Vajra Skill had not only strengthened Yang Lie's skin, but also his internal organs and every part of his body. Coupled with the vitality of several ferocious beasts within him, his internal organs were incomparably powerful, far surpassing those of ordinary humans.

A burst of agonizing pain came from his heart, but Yang Lie gritted his teeth, continued circulating his true qi, and hammered the bizarre woman with punch after punch.

Parts of the bizarre woman's body collapsed into smoke. Unable to maintain her existence any longer, she gave Yang Lie a vicious smile and raked at his heart with her remaining claw, leaving a bloody scratch.

The next moment, the bizarre woman collapsed and vanished.

Yang Lie's heart throbbed violently. He collapsed to the ground and coughed up several mouthfuls of blood, his face turning deathly pale. If he had not cultivated the Earth Rank Martial Art, the Vajra Skill, and possessed the strength of many ferocious beasts, he would already have been dead.

"This is an excellent healing pill, the Cloud Plum Spirit Pill!"

Zhao Meixian hurried over and took out a bottle of Pills, handing it to Yang Lie with a worried expression.

"Thanks!"

Yang Lie accepted the Pills, then took a Blood Clan healing pill from his clothes and swallowed it in one gulp. A faint smell of blood spread through his mouth, while a warm current rose within his body and swiftly repaired his heart.

Blood Clan abilities are really useful. No wonder so many people long to become Blood Clan.

The Blood Clan were one of the long-lived races in the vast universe. Even an ordinary Blood Clan member in the Essence Solidification Realm possessed a thousand-year lifespan. As their strength increased, the Blood Clan's lifespan would continue to grow. Human martial artists in the Golden Core Realm only lived for four hundred years.

Furthermore, the Blood Clan possessed all kinds of supernatural abilities, such as regenerating severed limbs and rapid recovery. Naturally, many humans yearned to become Blood Clan and gain their abilities.

All of a sudden, waves of strange fragrance drifted out from the forest. The moment Yang Lie smelled it, a trace of longing arose in his body.

Yang Lie said, "Do you smell that fragrance?"

Zhao Meixian shook her head slightly. "No!"

Yang Lie said, "I smell a fragrance! I'm going over to take a look. Are you coming?"

Zhao Meixian answered decisively, "Together!"

Following the fragrance, the two carefully moved through the forest with torches in hand. After walking roughly three hundred meters, a massive tree ten meters tall appeared before them. Three fruits grew upon it, each with skin resembling dragon scales.

"The Dragon Scale Fruit Tree and Dragon Scale Fruit!"

Zhao Meixian's eyes first lit up, but after looking closely, disappointment flashed through them. "These three Dragon Scale Fruits are ten-year fruits. They can only improve an Essence Solidification Realm martial artist's cultivation of External Training Martial Arts. Each one is only worth a few million!"

Yang Lie asked curiously, "Are there better Dragon Scale Fruits?"

"Dragon Scale Fruits come in ten-year, hundred-year, and thousand-year varieties! Their effects increase in turn. Hundred-Year Dragon Scale Fruits can greatly improve a Hundred Refinements Realm martial artist's cultivation of External Training Martial Arts, or greatly accelerate a Hundred Refinements Realm martial artist's cultivation speed. Thousand-year Dragon Scale Fruits can greatly improve a Celestial Realm martial artist's cultivation of External Training Martial Arts."

"The Dragon Scale Fruit Tree is a specialty of Konghe Star and several planets inhabited by dragon-blooded ferocious beasts and demon beasts. It currently cannot be cultivated artificially. All existing Dragon Scale Fruit Trees are controlled by major families. If nothing unexpected happens, this place will eventually become a plantation as well."

Zhao Meixian explained carefully.