Chapter 3892: Ghost City Breached
After Luo Tongluo had refined the Shura War Soul Sea into her body, her cultivation and combat power had already ascended to the middle stage of Indestructible Infinite. In a one-on-one confrontation, no one present was her match.
She clearly knew she had fallen into the scheme of the Black and White Daoist. Once the World Tree was fully ignited, there would be no chance to escape today. Therefore, she struck with full force, directly manifesting the War Soul Sea Dharma Form, conjuring a blue watery body tens of thousands of miles tall.
Moreover, this watery body continued to grow.
Yuan Sheng glanced at Zhang Ruochen, noticing that his gaze had not left Luo Tongluo since she appeared, his eyes extremely intense. The soft armor on Luo Tongluo perfectly accentuated her figure, each curve forming either a plump or supple beauty, stirring up lascivious thoughts of wanting to explore further.
But she did not know that what Zhang Ruochen was observing was the "Luo Shu" diagram constructed by the forty-five stars centered around Luo Tongluo.
Arranged in the Nine Palaces, divided into Yin and Yang, it was marvelously profound.
"Truly unique in the world, wonderful, too wonderful!"
Zhang Ruochen praised endlessly, feeling that this scene outlined the entire universe, each movement pulling on countless heavenly mechanisms. Wanting to deduce its changes, he found it had already extended into infinite patterns.
Yuan Sheng felt rather displeased and said, "I, the Emperor, think it's still slightly inferior compared to Chi Yao!"
"You don't understand what you're saying?"
Zhang Ruochen frowned, staring at her.
Yuan Sheng fell silent, continuing to watch the battlefield, looking for an opportunity to strike.
At the same time, she observed the surroundings, sensing heaven and earth, searching for the other hidden strong ones Zhang Ruochen had mentioned.
The Black and White Daoist shook the Soul-Calming Banner, scattering pieces of yellow paper that fluttered down from the banner.
Ancient inscriptions flickered on the paper, drifting like rain toward Luo Tongluo. After landing around her blue watery Dharma Form, each piece of yellow paper transformed into a rectangular small world a hundred miles long, each world containing a Ghost Clan deity.
The Black and White Daoist and the Soul-Calming Banner used Ancestor Divine Qi and Ancestor-level Spiritual Power Inscriptions to connect these rectangular yellow paper small worlds and countless Ghost Clan deities into one entity, pressing Luo Tongluo's blue watery Dharma Form to continuously shrink.
The Black and White Daoist stood above Luo Tongluo's head and said, "Today, I, the Clan Leader, will help the Shura Clan reclaim the Shura War Soul Sea. Luo Tongluo, why don't you surrender?"
Luo Tongluo, having returned as an Ancestor remnant soul, was extremely proud and aloof.
She coldly raised her head, drawing upon the Shura Heavenly Dao Esoterica within her, and opened her third eye. In her pupil, a Bagua Dao Seal like a blazing sun shattered dozens of yellow paper small worlds, blasting toward the Black and White Daoist.
The yellow paper burned, and over a dozen deities in the small worlds all had their divine bodies explode.
The Black and White Daoist snorted heavily, manifesting a black-and-white giant footprint that crushed through the void, shattering the greatly weakened Bagua Dao Seal.
This magical contest continued fiercely. To prevent Luo Tongluo from breaking out, Ghost Clan deities fell one after another.
Zhang Ruochen, watching from outside the situation, understood clearly and gained a new assessment of the Ghost Clan's strength. Just by activating the two foundational artifacts, the Soul-Calming Platform and the Soul-Calming Banner, they could suppress Luo Tongluo.
If all four foundational artifacts were activated simultaneously, their power would surely rise to a new height. No wonder the Black and White Daoist had such confidence and foundation back then.
As for Luo Tongluo, having been suppressed in the Shura Star Pillar Realm, she had clearly had much of her Shura Heavenly Dao Esoterica taken away. Unlike when Zhang Ruochen first encountered her, when she controlled over fifty percent of the Shura Heavenly Dao Esoterica.
"Could it be that Huangquan Great Emperor hasn't come?"
Just as the World Tree was about to be ignited, Zhang Ruochen had this thought, then immediately looked toward the north.
There, the stars were brilliant, growing brighter and brighter.
"That..."
Not only Zhang Ruochen noticed, but all cultivators in this region looked toward the northern starry sky.
Countless stars turned into fireballs, dragging long tails, crashing toward the north side of Wuchang Ghost City.
The battlefield of the Ghost God Hall Master, the Black and White Daoist, and Luo Tongluo was on the south side of Wuchang Ghost City, making the north side undoubtedly the weakest in defense.
From the leaf worlds of the World Tree, countless beams of light flew out, striking the stars crashing into Wuchang Ghost City.
But it was too late.
A series of thousands of stars crashed down, erupting with earth-shattering roars. The burning star fragments not only broke through the defensive formations but also submerged Wuchang Ghost City.
The northern wall was largely destroyed, and strange blood springs turned into waterfalls, pouring down, surging toward the Santu River and also toward the black soil plains.
The Black and White Daoist had already changed color. He glanced at the depths of the northern starry sky, his divine voice resounding through the cosmos: "Zhou Qi, Yang Yun, hear my command! Use the power of the World Tree to seal off the territory a billion miles around. Never let the strange blood springs spread to the entire Santu River basin."
Taking advantage of the Ghost Clan deities' panic, Luo Tongluo stepped into the void, and beneath her feet appeared a boundless ocean of Shura battle energy, sweeping away the yellow paper small worlds.
After breaking free from suppression, her true form turned into a blue beam of light, charging straight at the Black and White Daoist.
She did not intend to leave just yet but aimed to defeat the Black and White Daoist in one blow, preventing him from leading the Ghost Clan deities to reseal Wuchang Ghost City.
As long as the Black and White Daoist was severely wounded, the remaining Ghost Clan deities would be no threat.
"Boom!"
The two deities clashed, sending layers of earth-shaking energy waves.
The Black and White Daoist and the Ghost Clan deities behind him, using the Soul-Calming Banner, barely blocked this strike from Luo Tongluo. However, some Ghost Clan deities with insufficient cultivation saw cracks appear in their soul bodies, on the verge of shattering.
The Black and White Daoist swung the Soul-Calming Banner, drawing Ancestor Divine Qi, unleashing the soul-calming power, directly attacking Luo Tongluo's divine soul.
Luo Tongluo mobilized the forty stars around her, arranged in the Eight Palaces, spinning them to clash with the Soul-Calming Banner.
"The Ancestor's divine soul surpasses all. How can you shake it? Besides, you are not the only one who controls Ancestor Divine Qi."
Luo Tongluo drew upon Ancestor Divine Qi and Ancestor Rules, circulating them between the Eight Palaces outside her body and the Central Palace within, clashing with the Soul-Calming Banner over a dozen times, shaking the Ghost Clan deities around the Black and White Daoist, who kept falling, their screams unending.
Zhang Ruochen had already left, disappearing into the northern starry sky, tracking the mysterious strong one who had used stars to breach Wuchang Ghost City.
Meanwhile, Yuan Sheng had already dispersed her physical body, turning into heaven and earth rules, quietly sneaking toward the Black and White Daoist.
Seeing Luo Tongluo injure the Black and White Daoist, she seized the opportunity, reconstituting her physical body, covering herself with the Flame God Armor, and striking through the Black and White Daoist's protective divine light, landing a palm on him.
The Black and White Daoist let out a muffled groan, cracks appearing on his back, and the divine light on his body dimmed considerably.
Another strong one?
The Black and White Daoist was furious to the point of death.
The situation had completely slipped from his control. He seriously suspected that most of the Indestructible Infinite cultivators of the Hell Realm were hiding nearby, deliberately targeting the Ghost Clan.
No. How could so many Indestructible Infinite suddenly appear?
The Black and White Daoist stared at the figure covered by the Flame God Armor, recognizing its origin, and cursed loudly: "Zhang Ruochen, what skill is there in hiding your head and showing your tail? Why not reveal your true form?"
Yuan Sheng did not bother to explain. She struck again, engaging in close combat, using grappling techniques.
Primordial beings had powerful physical bodies, excelling in close combat.
Luo Tongluo glanced at the Flame God Armor, showing a thoughtful expression, then joined forces with Yuan Sheng, beating the Black and White Daoist until he had no means to resist.
Moments later, Yuan Sheng snatched the Soul-Calming Banner from the Black and White Daoist and fled far away.
Seeing that although the Black and White Daoist was severely wounded, suppressing him would not be possible in a short time, and with the Ghost God Hall Master driving the Soul-Calming Platform approaching from behind, Luo Tongluo did not hesitate and chased after Yuan Sheng's escape direction.
The Ghost God Hall Master asked, "Clan Leader, who is the cultivator wearing the Flame God Armor?"
"The Flame God Armor comes from the Kunlun Realm. The one who ambushed me must be Zhang Ruochen. The one who secretly mobilized stars to attack Wuchang Ghost City is likely Feng Caiyi."
The Black and White Daoist was furious beyond measure, reconstituting his right arm.
Earlier, Yuan Sheng had broken his entire arm to snatch the Soul-Calming Banner, turning it into ghost mist.
The Ghost God Hall Master said, "Impossible! Feng Tian and Zhang Ruochen cannot cooperate with Luo Tongluo. Moreover, the consequences of this matter are severe, affecting several major clans. They would not act so irrationally out of personal grudges."
The Black and White Daoist said, "No, we must claim this to the outside world. Even if it wasn't them, we need to force them back to help us clean up the mess. Now, the situation in the Santu River basin is beyond our control..."
With a long sigh, he showed his inner helplessness, then rallied, leading the ten dragon corpse riders to chase after Yuan Sheng and Luo Tongluo's escape direction.
Zhang Ruochen concealed his form, deducing as he traveled through the dark, empty starry sky, searching for the mysterious strong one who had mobilized stars to attack Wuchang Ghost City.
The one who acted was certainly not Huangquan Great Emperor.
If Huangquan Great Emperor had come, he would not have missed this rare opportunity and would have acted in person.
Having acted yet hidden his aura and heavenly mechanisms, making even a Tianyuan Wuque unable to deduce his identity, Zhang Ruochen strongly suspected that person was the Life Ancestor that Xue Tu had encountered.
Zhang Ruochen naturally had reservations about the Life Ancestor.
But now, with the Life Ancestor in the open and himself in the shadows, he had to investigate a bit.
Knowing oneself and knowing the enemy would allow for better responses.
Zhang Ruochen dared not release his spiritual power or divine soul. After three days, he searched trillions of miles through the dark starry sky but found very few traces.
"Save me..."
In Zhang Ruochen's mind, Xiao Hei's telepathic plea for help sounded.
Forgetting to continue searching, Zhang Ruochen activated a Space Teleportation Array beneath his feet, directly crossing trillions of miles of starry sky to return to the Santu River basin.
Xiao Hei's heavenly mechanism did not come from the direction of Wuchang Ghost City but appeared in the distant territory of the Bone Clan.
And soon, the heavenly mechanism disappeared.
"Has he been captured by the White-Haired Skeleton?"
Zhang Ruochen arrived at the last place where Xiao Hei's heavenly mechanism appeared, looking far to the east. On the horizon stood a magnificent divine hall built from piled white bones.
Like a white bone plateau, spanning ten thousand miles north to south, yet with the outline of a palace.
It was the Bone God Hall.
Zhang Ruochen did not rashly charge into the Bone God Hall. From afar, he sensed danger, as if something terrifying was hidden inside.
If Xiao Hei had been captured by the White-Haired Skeleton, then the other party was clearly deliberately luring him here.