234: He doesn't seem that strong

“Hmm?”

Lin Fan was stunned. Where did that voice come from?

Huan Xier also froze, looking down at the high platform beneath his feet, and asked hesitantly, “Just now… did someone call you?”

“It seems so.”

Lin Fan leaned closer to the high platform and listened intently.

At this moment, a voice came from under the stone platform again, “Lin Fan, I am your Senior Sister Xiang Tan.”

“Senior Sister Xiang Tan? Why are you here?” Lin Fan was full of surprise and shouted towards the high platform.

“I don’t know. Quickly find a way to get me out.”

“Alright, Senior Sister, please wait.”

Lin Fan nodded. Senior Sister Xiang Tan had helped him a lot before, so he definitely had to find a way to rescue her now.

“Your Senior Sister?” Huan Xier asked.

“Yes, let’s find a way to rescue her first.”

“Okay.”

Huan Xier drew his black sword and struck with all his might.

“Clang!”

The blade vibrated incessantly, but only a small crack appeared on the high platform.

The two looked at each other, “So hard?”

“What should we do?”

Huan Xier looked at the high platform, feeling a bit helpless. If he were to hack at it with his sword, who knew how long it would take to rescue Xiang Tan.

At this moment, Xiang Tan spoke, “Quickly go and invite Senior Brother Xu!”

Lin Fan nodded, “Senior Sister, please wait. I will send a message to the Saint now.”

On the other side,

Xu Sanyan looked at the mother stone in his hand, which had a message from Lin Fan:

“Reporting to the Saint, Disciple Lin Fan, and Senior Sister Xiang Tan met in a grand hall seventy li south of the city. However, Senior Sister is trapped, and Disciple is helpless. Please, Saint, lend a hand.”

“Outside the city?”

Xu Sanyan raised an eyebrow. What were these two doing outside the city?

Before he could think further, a sense of danger suddenly arose in his heart. Xu Sanyan abruptly turned his head, only to see a large hand grabbing fiercely at him!

“You dare to freeload in my territory? You’re courting death!”

A yamen runner in black robes had a fierce expression and started fighting right there on the long street, regardless of their location. A ghostly hand wreathed in black Qi attacked from behind, and the ghosts on the street fled in terror.

Just freeloading, is there a need to be so angry?

Xu Sanyan didn’t understand. He quickly retreated, avoiding the ghostly grab.

“Hmph, still daring to resist arrest?”

The yamen runner revealed a sinister smile, stretching out his arms. Large amounts of ghostly Qi surged and swirled, looking incredibly fierce.

Xu Sanyan’s eyes darted left and right, looking for an opportunity to escape. This yamen runner’s cultivation was not bad, probably around mid-Soul Refining Realm.

Moreover, the city was his home ground. Whether he could win or not, Xu Sanyan wouldn’t fare well.

So, without further hesitation, he turned and flew towards the city gate. A clear breeze lifted him up, and his speed was incredibly fast.

“Little thief, don’t run!”

How could Captain Wu let him off so easily? The madam had promised him that as long as he caught this kid and brought him back, Chun Hong would accompany him for ten days.

Whether for the city’s public order or for his little brother below, he couldn’t let him leave!

The two chased each other madly, one in front and one behind, disappearing from the long street in the blink of an eye.

Xu Sanyan turned his head to look at the yamen runner chasing closely behind him. He wasn’t panicked at all. Although this yamen runner’s cultivation was higher than his, ghost cultivators had weaker combat strength. After his Breakthrough to Mystic Path Realm Perfection, he was confident he could fight him.

It was just that he couldn’t do it in the city; he was afraid of attracting other yamen runners.

Captain Wu gritted his teeth and chased behind. This kid ran so fast; he, a dignified Ghost General, couldn’t catch up for a while.

“Kid, if you surrender obediently and pay the Soul Crystals, I won’t make things difficult for you, how about it?”

Captain Wu shouted from behind. Once the kid surrendered, how he would deal with him would be up to him, right?

Xu Sanyan curled his lips when he heard that. He freeloaded based on his own ability, why should he compensate?

Looking at the city wall ahead, the clear breeze lifted his body, carrying him directly over it and into the forest outside the city.

Captain Wu saw that his speed was not decreasing but increasing, clearly not taking his words to heart, and became furious, “Hmph, I’d like to see how long you can run!”

The forest outside the city was dense. Xu Sanyan traveled through it, heading south.

Captain Wu saw that time was dragging on, and the sky was already getting dark. He felt anxious. Outside the city after dark was not a good place to be; he had to capture him quickly!

So he pulled out a piece of bone from behind his back, about the thickness of a finger, with a very smooth joint that even reflected a faint halo upon closer inspection.

“Go to hell!”

Captain Wu’s smile was sinister. A large amount of ghostly Qi poured into the bone finger. In an instant, the bone expanded wildly, and surging crimson flesh grew from between the bones.

It quickly transformed into a giant finger, bringing with it a burst of black mist that pierced the air and went straight for Xu Sanyan’s back.

He no longer thought about capturing him alive; he might as well kill him and be done with it. Bringing his head back would be the same, and he believed the madam wouldn’t dare to renege on her promise.

“Whoosh!”

Hearing the sound behind him, Xu Sanyan turned his head to look and was instantly horrified. What was that?!

A finger as big as his thigh, what kind of thing was this finger from?

Without time to think further, a thick blood mist instantly surged around Xu Sanyan. Just as that finger was about to touch the blood mist, four arms extended from the thick mist and firmly blocked it.

“Bang!”

With a dull thud, Xu Sanyan’s figure swayed slightly, but he didn’t retreat half a step before stopping the finger.

“Mere parlor tricks!”

Xu Sanyan’s dark eyes widened slightly, and a disdainful smile tugged at the corner of his mouth. He thought this finger was incredibly powerful, but it turned out to be just for show.

Captain Wu smiled sinisterly. Black mist suddenly emerged from the fingertip, surging and enveloping Xu Sanyan. As the black mist leaked out, the finger also shrank.

“You didn’t expect this, did you? This is my true technique!”

Captain Wu’s Face showed triumph. Everyone was guarding against his finger, but they didn’t realize that the real danger was the ghostly Qi contained within the finger.

“Hahahahaha!”

Xu Sanyan laughed, looking up, his heart unafraid. A slit appeared in the vertical eye on his forehead, and a large amount of blood mist diffused from it, mixing with the black mist and making a “sizzling” sound.

The black mist and red mist were like two armies fighting each other, clearly separated.

The black mist could not break through at all, and in a moment, it completely dissipated.

Captain Wu’s expression changed, his eyes filled with surprise. This was the first time he had encountered such a method; it could actually restrain his ghostly Qi!

“Soul Refinement Realm…”

Xu Sanyan’s everted fangs looked somewhat ferocious. His crimson body was covered with dark red patterns, and his tall stature was extremely imposing.

“I want to see what’s so different about the Soul Refinement Realm!”

After Xu Sanyan revealed his Dao Body, his personality became crazed and bloodthirsty. He certainly wasn’t looking for death; rather, he truly didn’t feel much pressure from Captain Wu.

After his Breakthrough to Mystic Path Realm Perfection, he hadn’t verified his own strength yet, and this ghost cultivator was just right.

“Come on!”

Xu Sanyan hooked his finger, and a pitch-black halberd condensed in his hand. The sharp blade at the front lightly swung, and a large tree on the side snapped in response.

“Heh, overestimating yourself!”

Captain Wu saw that this kid’s cultivation was below his own, and being provoked by someone weaker than himself made him feel like he had lost Face.

“Aow~!”

A sound not like a human roar came from Captain Wu’s mouth. His eyes suddenly turned crimson, and from the diffusing black mist, a ferocious vengeful spirit slowly crawled out, followed by a second one,

A third one…