The four-armed ghost god

Deep within Black Cloud Marsh, at the source of the black mist.

Whoosh!

The golden Sword Pill skirted the ghost king and tore through the black mist, following close behind the horde of Malign Baleful Intent.

Just then, a massive Pill Furnace, embedded diagonally in the ground, came into Li Boyang's view.

Billowing black smoke poured from the Pill Furnace, spreading outward to form the black mist Li Boyang had seen earlier.

"Roar!"

"Shriek!"

At that very moment, led in the charge by the ghost-faced leopard and the four-winged eagle, one Malign Baleful Intent after another rushed into the Pill Furnace, their faces filled with hatred.

Their corpses and remains lay inside that Pill Furnace. Only by destroying it could they find release.

What was more, the enemy of these Malign Baleful Intent was still inside the Pill Furnace.

"You dare rebel!?"

"Have you forgotten who gave you your power!?"

"If I could grant you such power, then naturally, I can strip it from you!"

A voice as loud as thunder rang out from the Pill Furnace.

Immediately afterward, an even more terrifying power emerged within Black Cloud Marsh.

In that instant, the enormous Pill Furnace seemed to become a black hole, ceaselessly refining the Malign Baleful Intent charging into it.

The slower Malign Baleful Intent realized the danger.

Although hatred still clouded their minds, they instinctively stopped their charge.

Yet what no one could have expected was that the Pill Furnace would expand of its own accord and begin devouring the nearby Malign Baleful Intent.

Whirr... whirr... whirr...

A storm visible to the naked eye took shape around the Pill Furnace.

The Malign Baleful Intent caught within it could no longer escape, even if they wanted to.

"I, You Xiao, am the high priest of Guifang Kingdom, destined to command ten thousand ghosts!"

"Great Gods of the Five Directions above, I shall now sacrifice the souls of this mountain forest in exchange for my rebirth!"

Rolling thunder resounded through heaven and earth, and Black Cloud Marsh, already shrouded in black mist, became an abyss of boundless darkness.

Realizing something was wrong, Li Boyang did not hesitate.

He drove the golden Sword Pill through the night once more, sending it shooting toward the Pill Furnace with the speed of a thunderclap that left no time to cover one's ears.

Whoosh-boom!

In an instant, the collision between the Sword Pill and the furnace produced a tremendous explosion.

The Pill Furnace, already embedded diagonally in the ground, was overturned completely, and the Malign Baleful Intent on the verge of being devoured seized the opportunity to break free.

"You deserve to die!"

From within the toppled Pill Furnace, an enormous pitch-black egg rolled into view.

Blazing pill fire clung to its surface, while the baleful ghosts it had devoured earlier struggled across the black shell.

A single glance at the hideous faces emerging on the enormous egg's surface was enough to chill anyone's heart.

Hatred, rage, despair, terror...

As those hideous faces gradually vanished into the enormous egg's surface, the resentment contained within it nearly took solid form.

Whoosh!

Once again, a sword cut through the air.

This time, the Sword Pill deliberately shrank, aiming straight for the enormous egg.

Without the protection of the Pill Furnace, Li Boyang did not believe the enormous egg could withstand another strike from his sword.

"You forced me to do this!"

Although he had yet to reach the most perfect state.

The situation clearly no longer allowed You Xiao to hesitate.

Boom!

Another explosion rang out, and surging pill fire instantly set nearly half of Black Cloud Marsh ablaze.

As for the black mist that had originally covered all of Black Cloud Marsh?

At that moment, it surged madly into the enormous egg, like a hundred rivers flowing into the sea.

Clang!

Just as the Sword Pill was about to strike the enormous egg, an arm knotted with muscle suddenly thrust out from within.

Though it was a collision between iron and flesh, it produced the piercing clang of metal striking metal.

Against that thick arm, the Sword Pill seemed as tiny as a toothpick, utterly incapable of piercing through it.

This was the first time Li Hao had encountered a being capable of withstanding the Sword Pill head-on.

Even the four-winged eagle from earlier had only relied on its sharp talons to contend with it.

"So this is the power of a ghost god!"

Veins bulged along his forearm, and excitement showed in You Xiao's powerful voice.

Although he had failed to attain the most perfect state he had envisioned, the strength of this newborn body clearly exceeded his imagination.

"Beneath this night... I am invincible!"

With You Xiao's roar, three more arms smashed through the enormous egg one after another and slowly stretched outward.

At the same time, in Li Household Village.

Li Boyang's three eyes were wide with fury, every blood vessel clearly extending toward his temples.

From Li Boyang's current perspective, he could clearly see the four-armed ghost god standing proudly amid the flames, the arrogance and ferocity on his face unmistakable.

"He really is a ghost god!?"

The Heavenly Mandate Bone Plastron spun rapidly at his fingertips. Li Boyang had already recognized You Xiao's present state.

According to the descriptions in the Nine Chapters on the Secrets of Divination, his opponent had now transformed into a true ghost god, a being whose dimensional level of life far exceeded the imagination of ordinary living creatures.

-His very existence was an embodiment of natural disaster.

-His every movement could influence the laws of nature.

Even setting everything else aside, the strength he currently displayed alone was enough to hold the golden Sword Pill firmly in check.

"Crimson Yang Pierces the Heavens!"

Suddenly, familiar pure Yang flames swept across the land.

It was none other than Panhu, who had broken free of the ghost king's restraint at some point and rushed over to lend Li Boyang a hand.

Whoosh!

The five-colored dragon hound came charging ferociously, and the pure Yang flames ignited with his blood extinguished the surrounding pill fire.

Drawing on the might of this fire burning fire, Panhu crossed nearly a hundred meters in an instant and slammed headfirst into the four-armed ghost god, who had only just emerged from the enormous egg.

Thud!

Without any surprise, the four-armed ghost god You Xiao had become staggered from the impact.

Seizing this rare opportunity, the golden Sword Pill in the four-armed ghost god's hand abruptly spun and enlarged, forcibly drilling through his palm like an earth-boring machine.

Riiip...

Pitch-black ghost god blood sprayed out at the sound.

The golden Sword Pill traced a graceful arc through the air, then turned back and shot toward the ghost god's head.

Its rapidly spinning blade gave it terrifying destructive power at that moment.

This was basic physics knowledge from Li Boyang's previous life-a rapidly rotating drill bit was far more destructive than a simple sharp blade.

"Hah!"

With that lesson fresh in his mind, how could the four-armed ghost god dare underestimate the Sword Pill again?

He immediately kicked away Panhu, who was right beside him, then braced himself to meet the incoming Sword Pill.

"Awooo..."

Kicked flying, Panhu only managed a mournful howl before passing out completely.

Ultimately, he was merely a spirit creature that had yet to undergo transformation, not a true deity.

Being able to withstand a blow from the four-armed ghost god head-on was already a demonstration of Panhu's exceptional natural gifts.

Demanding any more would have been too harsh on Panhu himself.