The spirit of the Netherworld suffered an unprecedented blow. A large amount of thick death energy spread wildly around him, constantly eroding his already weakened ghostly body.
Every wisp of death energy that invaded his surroundings was like a sharp knife, constantly leaving wounds on his spiritual body.
Mingyuan stared in disbelief at his wounds, unable to comprehend how the arrow had injured him.
He urgently activated his abilities, attempting to use his remaining strength to repair the ghost's body.
A faint green light shot from his eyes, attempting to heal the pierced wound.
But the wound was like a greedy black hole, constantly devouring his power. No matter how hard he tried, the wound on his ghostly body showed no signs of healing.
Upon seeing this, a terrifying thought suddenly flashed through Mingyuan's mind, and a chill surged from the depths of his soul.
He looked at Li Yu with a hint of fear and disbelief, and asked in a trembling voice:
"Are you one of the Twelve Star Lords?"
He believed that there were very few people in the world who could kill him.
Aside from the monks and Taoists who were naturally able to restrain him, in the end, only the Star Lord remained.
Could it be that he, who had just returned and was still in a weak state, encountered a star lord with nightmares as soon as he appeared?
What a coincidence!
Moreover, among the twelve star lords, only the tenth star lord uses arrows as weapons.
The Tenth Star Lord was one of the three Star Lords who participated in sealing him last time.
But the person in front of me, in terms of both aura and appearance, is clearly not the Tenth Star Lord.
No! You are not the Star Lord!
Mingyuan suddenly realized that Li Yu did not possess the dragon vein aura that signified his status as a Star Lord.
"Hehehe... Only a Star Lord can completely kill me."
Despite the pain emanating from his spiritual body, Mingyuan stubbornly maintained the body of his already dead ghost.
At this moment, a wave of fear washed over Mingyuan. He never imagined that he would almost lose his life at the hands of a human!
Or, in a sense, he had already been "killed" once by this human.
However, as a member of the Underworld race, he is destined to be immortal. Even if he dies and returns to the void, he is destined to return again.
Unfortunately, upon his return, he had not yet recovered even a fraction of his strength, nor had he even caught a glimpse of the Star Lord before encountering such a setback.
Sensing that the ghostly body was about to disintegrate, Mingyuan's eyes instantly turned extremely venomous. He stared intently at Li Yu, as if trying to etch Li Yu's image into the depths of his soul:
"Good lad, I'll remember you."
"I've memorized your scent... Once I recover, the first person I'll come to find is you..."
Before he could finish speaking, the arrow that had just pierced him returned with a whistling sound.
"Bang!"
An arrow shot out from behind, shattering the ghostly spirit of the underworld.
The ghostly body of the Netherworld shattered into millions of pieces like glass, exploding completely and scattering into a sky full of white mist.
But in that moment of destruction, a spark of light, like a shooting star, flew out from the disintegrating spiritual body of the Netherworld and rushed straight towards Li Yu with lightning speed.
When the Nightmare Beast saw the spark, its pupils dilated instantly.
Li Yu had no time to dodge; the spark had already pierced his body like a blazing bullet.
In an instant, an indescribable burning sensation spread throughout my body.
Li Yu opened her mouth wide, but her throat felt as dry as if it were on fire, and she couldn't make a sound.
At that moment, the world before my eyes was suddenly replaced by a sea of stars burning with flames.
Just as Li Yu felt he was about to be swallowed by the endless sea of fire, the Nightmare Beast's urgent voice suddenly exploded in his mind.
"Awake!"
Immediately following, the Nightmare Beast's wailing cries instantly pulled Li Yu back to reality:
'Li Yu, wake up! I don't want to die!'
Nightmare Beast knew that no matter how strong this ghost was, it could never have such a bizarre ability to launch a counterattack before dying and perish together with Li Yu. This was far beyond the capabilities of an ordinary ghost.
Recalling the spark from earlier, the Nightmare Beast's black eyes turned serious, a flicker of excitement hidden within: 'Then there's only one possibility...'
Li Yu, snapping out of her hallucination, suddenly looked up.
A ghostly flame appeared eerily in the sky, and the cracks in the flame were like giant mouths, instantly sucking in the Netherworld Spirit Body that was struggling in the white mist.
Before Li Yu could fully react to this series of changes, the Nightmare Beast on the crossbow was already using all its strength to frantically absorb the dissipating ghostly white mist in the sky.
Li Yu clearly saw that the white mist in the sky was drawn by a force from the Nightmare Beast, forming a huge vortex that was continuously devoured by the Nightmare Beast.
Sensing the Nightmare Beast's hungry, wolf-like eagerness, Li Yu's eyes narrowed slightly. He keenly noticed the Nightmare Beast's unusual behavior and pondered to himself:
'Now it seems that absorbing ghosts is entirely the Nightmare Beast's ability, and has nothing to do with him.'
'The Nightmare Beast previously wanted me to kill as many ghosts as possible after entering the Central Continent; it's likely the Nightmare Beast wanted to increase its own strength.'
Li Yu continued to ponder in her mind:
'Everything comes at a price; the Nightmare Beast wouldn't help me for no reason.'
'I'm afraid the Nightmare Beast's help was a ruse; its true purpose was something it was hiding.'
However, Li Yu did not speak, but simply watched as the Nightmare Beast absorbed all the white mist.
After the Nightmare Beast had absorbed all the energy of the Netherworld Soul to its heart's content, it finally noticed Li Yu's sharp gaze, which seemed to be watching it like a thorn in its side.
"Oh no!" The Nightmare Beast was suddenly startled.
It was its carelessness!
The ghost's energy was so rare and powerful that he was too hasty.
During the process of absorbing energy with all his might just now, Li Yu must have noticed something!
The Nightmare Beast slyly rolled its eyes, quickly considering a countermeasure, while remaining silent as well.
A moment later, it simply converted half of the absorbed white mist into energy and fed it back to Li Yu, just as it always did.
By doing this, the Nightmare Beast was also showing Li Yu that they were at least maintaining a superficial cooperative relationship.
The sudden acquisition of such a large amount of energy meant that Li Yu's body was unable to absorb it quickly enough, and the energy could only be temporarily stored by her body.
As a result, Li Yun could clearly feel that his body was constantly changing and becoming stronger.
The muscles bulged as if inflated, and the blood vessels under the skin became much thicker, giving it a powerful look.
Li Yu felt a powerful, almost uncontrollable force emanating from her body, and a sense of unease crept into her heart.
He subconsciously glanced at the bulging muscles all over his body.
Sure enough, his physique is now much stronger than it was in the Black Mountain area.
If things continue like this, he'll eventually grow into an exaggeratedly large physique like Lin Han.
"That won't do..."
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