160: Demons and monsters, leave quickly!

Received transfer: Merit Points +3,000!

"Not bad, you're sensible." Lin Fan nodded with satisfaction and stood up. "The three of you should come at me together; I'm in a hurry."

Sun Apex and the other two exchanged glances and erupted simultaneously!

"Blazing Sun True Art — Three Suns Bringing Prosperity!!!"

Boom!!!

Raging flames ignited around the three of them, transforming into three fireballs about a zhang in diameter, hurtling toward Lin Fan in a triangular formation!

Wherever the fireballs passed, the air distorted and the ground turned charred black!

The power of this strike had already touched the threshold of an Early Stage Martial Emperor!

However...

Lin Fan simply raised his right hand and lightly tapped his index finger toward the three fireballs...

"Extinguish."

Poof! Poof! Poof!

Three soft sounds.

The three formidable fireballs, like balloons pricked by a needle, were instantly extinguished.

Not even a single spark remained.

Sun Apex and the other two were dumbstruck.

Their proud combined ultimate technique was actually... poked out by a single finger?!

"That's it?" Lin Fan withdrew his finger and blew off non-existent dust from his fingertip. "Is your Blazing Sun Sect's Cultivation Technique a pirated version bought from a night market stall?"

"This power... isn't even enough to light my cigarette."

Sun Apex's face flushed red: "You... what sorcery did you use?!"

"Sorcery?" Lin Fan laughed. "I call this scientific fire extinguishing—according to the Second Law of Thermodynamics, the entropy of a closed System never decreases. Your little flames had too low an entropy value; I just added a bit of disorder, and they went out on their own."

Sun Apex and the others: "...?"

What on earth?!

"Don't understand?" Lin Fan shook his head. "Forget it, explaining science to the illiterate is my mistake."

He took a step forward and appeared in front of the three of them.

Then.

Slap! Slap! Slap!

Three crisp slaps to the face.

Sun Apex and the other two spun like tops as they flew out, tracing three graceful parabolas in the air before finally crashing into a dirt pile a hundred meters away, motionless.

They had fainted.

Lin Fan walked back to the stone table and said to Li Yan: "Go, collect the spoils."

"Yes!" Li Yan ran over eagerly and skillfully stripped the storage rings from the three men.

[Ding! Insta-killed three members of the Blazing Sun Sect, prestige value +4,000!]

[Current prestige value: 88,000 points!]

Lin Fan sat back down and continued cracking melon seeds.

Jingang silently walked back to his original position, a hint of admiration flashing in his eyes—his master's proficiency in showing off was truly at the pinnacle.

Over the next hour.

Another five waves of "guests" arrived one after another.

There were Loose Cultivators looking for an easy gain.

There were Disciples from Central District Sects seeking revenge.

And there were two barbarians from the Western District who refused to believe the rumors.

The results were all the same...

Pay money, get beaten, and leave behind their storage rings.

Lin Fan's Merit Points broke the 35,000 mark, and his prestige value rose to 95,000 points.

Only five thousand away from one hundred thousand!

"Soon," Lin Fan's eyes flashed with anticipation. "Once I buy the 'Devouring Heaven Demonic Art: Middle Volume', I can start working on condensing the Chaos Law..."

Just as he was thinking.

Two more people arrived from the distance.

But this time, the atmosphere was a bit different.

The two of them walked very slowly, each step carrying a certain peculiar rhythm.

One wore a black robe with a sinister face, holding a Soul-Summoning Banner.

The other wore a white robe with a strange smile, a string of skulls hanging from his waist.

"Black and White Impermanence?" Lin Fan raised an eyebrow. "Are there cosplay enthusiasts in this Secret Realm too?"

Jingang's expression changed slightly: "Master, they are... the Black and White Twin Fiends of the Ghost Fiend Sect. They have Early Stage Martial Emperor cultivation and specialize in ghost-controlling and Soul Refining. They are notoriously famous in the Central District."

"Oh?" Lin Fan became interested. "Ghost users?"

By now, the two had reached the stone table.

Hei Sha glanced at the wooden board and said sinisterly: "Lin Fan, we know your rules."

White Fiend added with a chuckle: "One thousand Merit Points, we'll pay."

"But our rules... you must also hear them."

Lin Fan cracked a melon seed: "Let's hear it."

Hei Sha: "We two brothers never fight alone."

White Fiend: "So to challenge you, it's both of us together."

Hei Sha: "If you win, our lives are yours."

White Fiend: "If you lose..."

The two grinned simultaneously, revealing forest-white teeth:

"Your Soul is ours."

As the words fell, a bone-chilling ghost qi emanated from the two of them!

The temperature on the plain plummeted, and the sky seemed to dim slightly.

Li Yan shivered and instinctively took two steps back.

Jingang whispered a warning: "Master, these two are not easy to deal with. Their 'Hundred Ghosts Night Parade Technique'..."

Lin Fan stood up and rubbed Jingang's bald head: "Aren't you aware of my strength yet?"

Jingang understood, of course; he just wanted to simply show his loyalty.

Then Lin Fan looked at the Black and White Twin Fiends: "I understand the rules."

"Then..."

"Let's begin."

The Black and White Twin Fiends looked at each other and attacked simultaneously!

"Hundred Ghosts Night Parade — Evil Spirits and Demons, heed my command!"

Hei Sha shook the Soul-Summoning Banner, and White Fiend rattled the skulls!

Wailing!!!

Piercing ghostly wails suddenly rang out!

In the next moment, countless dark shadows surged from the two of them, transforming into hundreds and thousands of hideous ghosts, pouncing toward Lin Fan with claws and fangs bared!

These ghosts were male and female, old and young, each with a horrific countenance, emitting thick resentment and Death Qi!

Clearly, they were all Souls of living beings that the two had slaughtered and refined over the years!

"Lin Fan! Taste our Hundred Ghosts Soul-Devouring Array!" Hei Sha sneered. "Each of these ghosts has the strength of a Martial King, and they are endless! Even if you are a Martial Emperor, you will be worn down to death!"

White Fiend added: "Your Soul is very powerful; once refined, it will surely become our Ghost King!"

Facing this overwhelming tide of ghosts, Lin Fan simply shook his head.

"That's it?"

He sighed and pulled out... a Peach Wood Sword from his storage ring.

Don't ask me, I don't know where it came from either...

A Peach Wood Sword that looked ordinary, like the kind sold at roadside stalls for ten yuan for three.

The Black and White Twin Fiends were stunned.

Li Yan and Jingang were also dazed.

A pea... Peach Wood Sword?!

Lin Fan held the Peach Wood Sword, casually drew a circle in the air, and muttered under his breath:

"Heaven is spiritual, Earth is spiritual, by order of the Supreme Lord Lao Zi, let the command be executed swiftly..."

"Monsters and demons, begone! Monsters and demons, begone!"

Black and White Twin Fiends: "???"

What the hell kind of incantation is this?!

However, in the next second.

A scene they would never forget occurred!

The ghosts pouncing at Lin Fan with bared claws, upon touching the circle drawn by the Peach Wood Sword, actually seemed to have met their nemesis, letting out shrill screams, and then...

Pop! Pop! Pop! Pop!

All of them exploded into black smoke and vanished without a trace!

In just three breaths of time.

The hundreds and thousands of ghosts were completely annihilated!

"No... impossible!!!" Hei Sha's eyes nearly split from rage. "My hundred ghosts!!! What... what kind of Peach Wood Sword is that?!"

Lin Fan looked down at the sword in his hand and said honestly:

"Just an ordinary Peach Wood Sword."

"Ten yuan for three, buy two get one free."

"Oh right, the stall owner also said it could ward off evil—it seems he didn't lie to me."

The Black and White Twin Fiends trembled with rage.

Their army of a hundred ghosts, cultivated for many years, was actually... completely wiped out by a ten-yuan Peach Wood Sword?!

"I'll kill you!!!" Hei Sha frantically shook the Soul-Summoning Banner, bit the tip of his tongue, and spat out a mouthful of essence blood!

"Ten Thousand Ghosts Worship the Ancestor — Ghost King Manifestation!!!"