……What?!

Upon hearing the message from True Man Kurong, Fairy Shuijing was also stunned.

After a cultivator has refined a magical instrument or treasure, the treasure will recognize its owner and can only be used by the cultivator himself.

If someone else obtains it, they will also need to expend a lot of magical power and spirit, and go through a long period of rituals and refinement before they can recognize their master again.

But the mysterious female ghost that appeared before him took away control of the Ten Thousand Ghosts Banner in just a few seconds.

This incredible thing can only prove one thing - that is, the other party's cultivation is far beyond that of True Man Kuruo!

"She is a ghost in the Nascent Soul stage!"

“Run away!”

This thought occurred to Master Kurong and Fairy Shuijing at the same time, and they turned around and fled without hesitation.

Noticing the movements of the two, Bai Youyou, who was playing with the Ten Thousand Ghosts Banner, raised her eyebrows and turned to look.

"You've offended me and you still want to run away?"

Bai Youyou snorted, and his ghost body instantly disintegrated into gray mist, chasing after the two of them like a flash.

Different from the current world of cultivating immortals, the world that Bai Youyou is in is the orthodox world of Chinese mythology.

Except for those techniques specially created for fighting, such as Erye's "Eight-Nine Profound Art" and Monkey's "Great Heavenly Immortal Art", other orthodox techniques for cultivating immortals all emphasize realm and magic power, and pay little attention to Taoism and supernatural powers.

But the mythological world is, after all, also a world of immortals, and fighting with others is inevitable.

In order to solve the problem of the weak fighting skills of the immortals, many skills will specialize in one or several kinds of magical powers.

For example, the monsters on the journey to the West who can compete with Monkey King are often highly skilled in martial arts but have only a few Taoist magic skills.

However, they can cultivate this single magical power of Taoism to an extremely high level, such as the Samadhi Divine Wind of the Yellow Wind Monster, which even Monkey King would retreat away from when seeing it.

The same is true for the Black Mountain Old Demon's "Hundred Refinements of Demonic Art".

In addition to the ability to refine spiritual objects into their original form, "Bai Lian Yuan Mo Gong" also comes with three magical powers.

They are [Tongyou], [Zhuogui] and [Yanyun] respectively.

The so-called [Tongyou], although having the same name as the magical power among the 72 Disha Transformations, the actual effect is quite different.

This is a kind of escape light technique unique to ghost cultivators, which enables them to escape into the netherworld and then reappear from a designated location.

Bai Youyou had previously relied on this magical power to pass through the island protection formation, launch a sneak attack on Master Ku Rong, and avoid the bombardment of the silver light column.

[Exorcism] As the name suggests, it is a magical power to drive away ghosts and monsters, but magical powers are magical powers after all, and are completely different from ordinary exorcism spells.

Those who have mastered this magical power can enslave tens of thousands of ghosts and strengthen the ghost soldiers with magic power. The more ghost soldiers they have under their command, the stronger their own feedback will be. The ghost exorcist and the driven ghosts will benefit each other, forming a virtuous circle.

In the world of A Chinese Ghost Story, the reason why the Black Mountain Old Demon was able to occupy the City of the Dead and gather a huge army of ghosts and refine the City of the Dead into his own body was because of this magical power.

Bai Youyou's title as the Ghost King and his instantaneous seizure of control of the Ten Thousand Ghosts Banner were also due to his magical power of [Exorcism].

As for the final [Nightmare Cloud], it was the dark cloud of ghostly aura that covered the sky and the sun that the Black Mountain Old Demon once manifested.

All living creatures covered by the nightmare cloud, whether they are flesh and blood or spirits and ghosts, as long as their cultivation is lower than that of those with supernatural powers and they have no body-protecting skills or treasures, will become confused and unable to move as if they were possessed by a nightmare.

The so-called nightmare-suppressing technique used by Taoist priests in the mortal world is the ultimate simplified version of this kind of magical power.

It has not been long since Bai Youyou started practicing the "Hundred Refined Demonic Art". She is best at the magical power of "Passing through the Ghostly Places", followed by the magical power of "Exorcising Ghosts". She has only just started practicing the magical power of "Nightmare Cloud".

But even so, it is more than enough to deal with two mere Jindan stage cultivators!

Bai Youyou's figure was seen flashing in the air, and in the blink of an eye he caught up with True Lord Ku Rong who was fleeing in front.

True Lord Ku Rong had been paying attention to the situation behind him. Seeing this, his face darkened and he quickly sent a message:

"Water Mirror Fairy, split up!"

“…”

Fairy Shuijing understood what he meant, and the two of them immediately fled in different directions.

At this moment, Bai Youyou's voice with a hint of laughter came into their minds.

"What a split action!"

She can hear the voice transmission!

True Lord Ku Rong and Fairy Shui Jing's faces suddenly changed.

But before they could react, they heard Bai Youyou shout.

“Nightmare Cloud!!”

In an instant, the monstrous ghost energy spread wildly.

The sky suddenly changed color, and rolling dark clouds poured in from the horizon, covering an area of ​​hundreds of miles in an instant.

The sky and the earth were dark, and the already icy temperature in the air dropped rapidly again, with cold ice crystals forming in the air.

True Man Ku Rong and Fairy Shui Jing, who were fleeing in different directions, both froze in their tracks. They felt cold all over, and their magical powers were blocked by an indescribable invisible force and could not be mobilized.

Bai Youyou's figure was ghostly, and she appeared in front of Master Kurong in an instant. She smiled as she looked into his eyes that contained confusion and fear.

“Puff——”

The ghost claw turned into a residual shadow and flashed across the neck of Master Ku Rong.

Bai Youyou's entire body was filled with monstrous ghost energy. She raised her right arm and held up the head of Master Ku Rong with her slender ghost claw that was emitting ghost mist. The corners of her rosy lips curled up slightly, and she spoke with a smile on her pretty face.

“This is what it means to act separately!”

After saying that, Bai Youyou waved the Ten Thousand Ghosts Banner in his hand and sucked the terrified soul of True Man Ku Rong into the banner.

Immediately afterwards, Bai Youyou stretched out his ghost claws again, and took out a green and yellow golden pill from the corpse's abdomen as if taking something from a bag.

As for the many treasures and storage items carried by True Man Kuruo, Bai Youyou put them into the storage ring along with his body.

Seeing the fate of True Man Kuruo being "separated into two groups", Fairy Shuijing's face changed again and again, and she was filled with shock and anger.

Without hesitation, Fairy Shuijing made a decisive decision. Regardless of the safety of the golden elixir in her body, she frantically mobilized her magic power to try to break the nightmare.

The next second, the nightmare effect that made people confused and unable to move suddenly disappeared.

Fairy Shuijing regained control of her body and did not bother to think about whether she had broken free from the restraints or the other party was deliberately teasing her.

Faced with this hopelessly powerful female ghost, she could only seize every opportunity and find ways to escape from the pursuit.

"…Is it possible to move now?"

Looking at the light escaping in front of her, Bai Youyou couldn't help but curl her lips.

After all, she was only at the beginning of her magical power of [Nightmare Cloud] and could not maintain it for too long.

Although the monstrous ghostly aura and the dark clouds covering over a hundred miles are still there, the most crucial effect of suppressing nightmare has disappeared.

"But to be honest, this [Nightmare Cloud] is really useful. I need to practice more when I get back..."

While thinking this, Bai Youyou waved the Ten Thousand Ghosts Banner in her hand.

In an instant, endless ghost energy swept out, and a gray ghost cloud appeared in front of Bai Youyou.

Above the ghost cloud, there are hundreds of evil ghosts with shadowy figures and ghostly aura.

True Man Ku Rong, who had just been collected into the Ten Thousand Ghosts Banner, was also among them.

But unlike the ghosts around him whose eyes were bloodshot and exuded evil spirit, Master Ku Rong had a dazed look in his eyes, as if his soul was not yet clear.

"What's the use of the Ten Thousand Ghost Banner? There are only three ghost generals and more than 300 ghost soldiers. The number of ghosts cannot even reach a thousand. What's the use of the Ten Thousand Ghost Banner..."

While Bai Youyou was complaining about the overly exaggerated naming style of the immortal cultivators in this world, he glanced at the army of ghosts in front of him.

Among these more than 300 ghost soldiers, half of them are weaklings in the late stage of Qi training, and the remaining half are mostly in the early stage of foundation building. Only about a dozen ghost soldiers are in the middle stage of foundation building.

As for the three ghost generals, two were in the late foundation building stage and one was in the early stage of Jindan stage.

Although this lineup of ghost army looks a bit shabby, but with the assistance of the Ten Thousand Ghosts Banner and the cultivators, it should not be a problem for them to compete with an ordinary middle-stage Jindan cultivator.

However, this level of strength is not enough to satisfy Bai Youyou.

Her eyes suddenly became stern, and her expression and aura became extremely majestic, like an emperor being crowned or the King of Ghosts being born.

"boom!"

The monstrous ghost energy surged out from Bai Youyou's body and continuously flowed into the group of ghosts above the ghost cloud.

Under the nourishment of the ghost energy of the [Ghost Exorcism] magical power, the aura of more than 300 evil spirits surged layer by layer.

The ghost body, which originally looked like a fierce ghost, gradually began to appear covered with black armor and a black spear condensed with ghost energy.

Half of the ghost soldiers in the late stage of Qi training broke through the bottleneck and advanced to the early stage of foundation building. Then their bodies disintegrated and condensed in the ghost energy, transforming into ghost horses wearing black horse armor and with eyes shining with ghost fire.

The remaining ghosts in the Foundation Establishment Stage have almost all been promoted to the late Foundation Establishment Stage, and each of them is wearing heavy black armor and holding a black heavy gun. Only a pair of eyes burning with Netherworld ghost fire are exposed on their bodies.

The three ghost generals also advanced from the late foundation building stage and early core forming stage to the early core forming stage and late core forming stage.

After the three ghost generals and more than a hundred ghost soldiers mounted the Netherworld warhorses, a neatly-organized army of ghost soldiers, with their feet on ghost clouds, appeared in front of Bai Youyou.

"This is what we call an army of demons!"

A satisfied smile appeared on Bai Youyou's face.

Then, Bai Youyou's smile faded and he pointed forward solemnly.

"kill!"

"Shhhhhhhhh——"

The ghost horses neighed, and more than a hundred evil ghost cavalrymen silently raised their spears. Led by three Jindan stage ghost generals, they stepped on the dark clouds and rushed towards the direction where the Water Mirror Fairy escaped.

The above steps sound complicated, but actually took less than half a minute.

And within this half minute, the Water Mirror Fairy had already escaped a considerable distance.

Seeing that the Ghost Cavalry Army might not be able to catch up with Water Mirror Fairy in a short time due to their speed, Bai Youyou waved his hand and activated his magical power of traveling through the dark on the Ghost Cavalry Army.

In an instant, many ghost riders disappeared into the netherworld, chasing after the Water Mirror Fairy like a flash.

…

…

At the same time, many cultivators on Qingli Island also noticed the changes in the celestial phenomena outside the island.

Many Zhou family cultivators who were unaware of the situation looked solemn, thinking that the other party had a backup plan, and therefore felt uneasy.

But Zhou Shengwei and Zhou Shengzhi sensed the evil spirit contained in the dark clouds, and they were both frightened and relieved at the same time.

"As expected of the Ghost King of Shushan!"

"This kind of overwhelming ghost energy, even if you are in the Nascent Soul stage, it would only be this high, right?"