C48 Ghost infant

In front of them, a broken infant's corpse was crying mournfully towards them. The ear-piercing wail was like a sharp spike that pierced everyone's brain.

Hong Ling took out a hundred refined steel sword and protected Lian Chengyue behind him. His soul power was slowly released from his body, enveloping Lian Chengyue and him, and cutting off the cries of the Nascent Corpses.

Beside them, Li Tan took out a jade pendant and pinched it lightly. A barrier of white light surrounded him and protected him from the effects of the Nascent Corpse.

Lu You and the other two cultivators looked at each other, as if they had reached an agreement in an instant, and the three of them immediately took action to deal with the illusory figure in the air, luring it away.

"The three of us will deal with this evil ghost, and the rest of the ten will be dealt with by you!" A Qi Refinement into Spirit cultivator shouted, "If anyone dares to cheat, don't blame us for settling the score!"

Wuwuwu, the 10 Ghost Souls wailed miserably, a few cultivators who were unable to create the Authentic Qi barrier in time were struck by the sonic wave and immediately bled from their seven orifices, rolling on the ground.

No one dared to act rashly, these ghost babies were simply too terrifying. Just their cries were enough to heavily injure some late stage Essence Refinement into Qi cultivators.

The few cultivators who were wailing and struggling on the ground continuously scratched their faces. Very soon, their faces were badly mutilated.

Their bodies and faces were so festering that one couldn't even see their human form. Their sharp nails were covered in a dark green light, and their skin and flesh were still hanging on their bones, but they were covered in a black liquid.

Lian Chengyue covered her mouth as her body slightly trembled. As the young miss of the Lian Cheng Family, she had never seen such a disgusting thing.

The few cultivators who were struggling finally stopped breathing. Their bodies had been scratched into a bloody mess, as if they had been scratched by countless blunt weapons.

They all jumped up from the coffin and pounced on top of a corpse, opening their mouths wide to bite the nape of the corpse, tearing apart the flesh and blood that still had some lingering warmth.

A fishy stench of blood filled the air. The stomachs of everyone present were aching, and quite a few of them even bent down to vomit.

"How can you just stand there and watch? Once these babies eat enough flesh and blood, all of you will die here!" Lu You's sword struck the evil ghost in the air and met up with the other two Qi Refinement into Spirit's cultivators, warily looking at the evil ghost in front of them.

"We can't allow these ghosts to devour their corpses. We have to kill them, or else, as senior Lu You said, we'll all die here!" A somewhat calm looking cultivator with perfect Essence Refinement into Qi said slowly.

They did not know anything about these Ghost Souls, so they did not dare to let them devour them like this. The presence of these Ghost Souls was much stronger than when they had broken out of the coffin just now, and if this were to continue, only the heavens knew how far they would be able to grow.

I suggest that we form groups of ten and lure these ghost infants away. Even if we cannot kill them, we must at least delay them. The opening of the secret realm will take a long time.

"Alright, just as you said, we'll look for our teammates ourselves. Be careful!"

"Ah Yue, Li Tan, the two of you follow me. We will lure one of the Ghost Infant over first, and try our best not to disturb its brethren!" Hong Ling casually swiped the sword on his palm, containing the scent of the Authentic Qi's blood and gore, and swung it around in the air.

A ghost who was chewing on a corpse raised his head, and stared straight at Hong Ling's bleeding palm. He laughed sinisterly, and leaped up, like a bolt of lightning, towards the young man.

The sword in Hong Ling's hand flipped, and with a casual wave, he sent the ghost soul flying, he retreated a few steps with a thump, the palm holding the sword released a bit of pain, the hand holding the sword trembled, the young man lowered his head, and saw that his palm had already split open, oozing out a bit of blood.

This thing had such a strong power and was extremely fast. Hong Ling focused his gaze and stared at the Spirit Demon being lying on the ground on all fours like a hungry wolf. For some reason, he felt a chill in his heart.

He had thought that the sword strike he had executed just now was no less than the attack he had used at the perfection-stage of the Essence Refinement into Qi, but he had not expected that the infant ghost was only pushed back, with not a single wound.

The youth did not believe him. With a thought, a sword intent was formed from his sword intent. With a tap of his foot, a human figure rushed out. The hundred refined steel sword ruthlessly slashed down on the ghost baby.

Ga, the Ghost Infant screamed miserably, and its lips instantly split open, extending to its ears, as though it had been cut open by a sharp blade, revealing its black sharp teeth. It stared at the sword that Hong Ling cut off, and with a leap, its two front claws directly grabbed towards the gloomy blade.

Clang, a resplendent spark flashed, the sound of metal clanging could be heard resounding throughout the world, Hong Ling retreated, seeing the hole in the Hundred Smelting Pattern Steel Sword, he was extremely shocked.

The sword intent that he had just released was more than twice as strong as the first time he had fought against the ghost baby. However, it still hadn't left a mark on the ghost soul's body.

Behind the youth, other than Lian Chengyue and Li Tan, a group of people had already gathered, and coincidentally had a total of ten people. These people were not fools, upon seeing that Hong Ling's tyrannical attack actually did not work, all of their faces changed greatly.

Honestly speaking, even they were not confident that they would be able to withstand Hong Ling's sharp sword strike. Didn't that mean that the ghost baby was stronger than everyone present?!

"Everyone, I believe everyone has seen that I am unable to break through this ghost baby's defense. I hope that everyone can work together to fight it!" Hong Ling paused for a while, before continuing, "I don't need everyone to be able to kill it, but I think if we drag things out until the entrance of the secret realm is completely open, we can still do it with our combined strength!"

Although they were all cultivators at the late stage of the Essence Refinement into Qi or even the peak of the Spirit Soul Realm, they were not confident of facing such an unknown ghost. Nonetheless, wealth comes with danger, and as long as they could delay the opening of the secret realm, everything would be worth it.

"Little brother, you rest first. Next, let me have a look at this beast!" The person who spoke was a middle-aged cultivator who had attained the great perfection of Essence Refinement into Qi. When his age reached this age, he was still unable to break through to Qi Refinement into Spirit, and one could practically surmise that it would be difficult for him to break through again in his entire life.

Hong Ling nodded his head, he walked back to Lian Chengyue's side and carefully observed the ghost soul's every move. He did not dare take the initiative to consume too many Authentic Qi, and at the same time, wanted these people to familiarize with the ghost soul's characteristics, so that they would not have to face it in such a situation.

The middle-aged cultivator had a rich amount of battle experience, and the Ghost Soul was actually on par with him. After getting used to the Ghost Soul's characteristics, he tacitly sent the Ghost Soul flying and switched to another cultivator.

Just like that, the group took turns to maintain a stalemate with the ghost baby. By the time the last cultivator had fully adapted to the ghost baby's power, the opening process of the secret realm was already more than half complete.

Hong Ling saw that Li Tan was the last one to leave and sighed. As matters stood, not only their group, no one from the other groups could injure the Ghost Souls, and even the three Qi Refinement into Spirit cultivators who were fighting the Demonic Ghosts were unable to do anything to the ethereal Ghosts.

Taking out another hundred refined steel sword from inside the spatial ring, Hong Ling took a deep breath, with both swords in hand, he flew out explosively. Waving the swords in his hands, the soul force in his left hand and the Authentic Qi in his right hand, the two different types of powers produced bright sword beams.

He slashed with the swords in his hands, and the two sword energies formed a cross blade. The ghost soul roared, bringing with it a black fog, and it crashed into the cross sword qi, and with a bang, the sword qi exploded, creating a powerful shockwave.

Wu, the ghost cried out. Dark black blood spurted out from its body and fell to the ground with a 'chi' sound. The blood actually corroded a trail of black smoke on the ground.

The ghost soul quietly laid on the ground, staring at the sword in Hong Ling's left hand in fear, eyes filled with dread.

Hong Ling's eyes instantly became focused, as if he had grabbed onto something, he removed the Authentic Qi s from the sword in his right hand. After changing his soul power, the ghost soul immediately retreated backwards, roaring at him non-stop.

"Hmm? What's wrong with that ghost baby? It seems to be very scared! "

Everyone looked at the Ghost Infant that was completely different from before, and then looked at the young man. They didn't see anything different, but Hong Ling knew, this Ghost Soul was not afraid of him, but of his Sword Qi that had fused with his soul.

The youth once again shot out, his two swords dancing like pear blossoms, constantly slashing at the ghost's body, causing streaks of black colored blood to flow out. The ghost soul screamed miserably, but was unable to approach Hong Ling's body. It was truly afraid. It never thought that this person would actually have the power to injure it.

Hong Ling's sword struck the ghost soul whose entire body was already injured, he kept his sword and slowly spat out Turbid Air s. Even though his soul force was extremely huge, facing this evil ghost soul, he still felt a headache.

Lian Chengyue suddenly rushed over and caught him, wiping the sweat off his face.

"It's okay, right?" The girl stared at him worriedly.

Hong Ling shook his head and fixed his gaze on the cliff. There, a burst of intense light slowly illuminated the entire space.

"The secret plane has been opened!" Someone said.