Chapter 101 The Three Souls Binding Technique! (Third update tomorrow)

"Your Excellency, your tone is too arrogant. You must know whose home ground this is!"

Preparation complete, a sinister smile instantly appeared on Abe Otsuka's face.

With a wave of his withered old hand from beneath his sleeves, the entire courtyard, including the Talismans within the Hall of Summoning Souls, began to glow.

The pentagram on the back of his Yin and Yang Master hunting robe also faintly shimmered with True Qi, echoing and complementing the Formation within the hall.

The Formation was pentagonal, with red, gold, green, blue, and yellow colors occupying the five corners, each possessing different powers.

For a moment, it was truly imposing and unstoppable.

The evil ghost curled up in the spirit tablet watched, clicking its tongue. If it had been blocked by this Formation earlier, it probably still wouldn't have been able to escape; this old thief Abe was still too insidious.

However, now it actually hoped Abe Otsuka would win. Although it had no freedom here and was constantly having its ghost Qi drained, at least its life was guaranteed.

But the evil ghost knew that even with the Formation's assistance, Abe Otsuka didn't have much chance of winning.

This god of pestilence who broke in—it had thought he was just a tourist who stumbled in and blocked its path, so it had wanted to swat him to death.

Yet, it hadn't expected that just one look from the other party would make it tremble with fear, almost causing it to explode; its ghost Qi dissipated uncontrollably, as if it had encountered a natural enemy.

Sure enough, Abe Otsuka summoned the magical Formation, using his own True Qi as a medium to draw the spiritual energy from the surrounding world into the Formation, intending to unleash its greatest power.

A terrifying pressure descended directly upon Jiang Chen.

Before it even fell upon the two of them, Jia He's face had already turned pale, his entire body's True Qi feeling frozen, unable to utilize even a fraction!

"Junior Martial Uncle!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Jia He felt a warm current surge into his limbs and bones; the pressure he had felt instantly dissipated, and his True Qi began to circulate as normal again.

He knew this was Jiang Chen helping him.

Although Jia He wanted to help, he knew that with his strength, he couldn't help at all. Not getting in the way and letting Jiang Chen be even busier was the greatest help.

"Your Excellency, this Formation was meticulously researched by my Abe Family. Today, I invite you to meet your death!"

Jiang Chen scoffed, "This Formation is the Daoist Five Elements Spirit Gathering Formation. How dare you claim it is a Formation of your Abe Family?"

Abe Otsuka's gaze tightened. He hadn't expected this person to be able to discern the origin of the Formation. That meant his previous small actions had likely been seen by this person, yet he had still calmly allowed him to activate the great Formation.

Either he was stupid, or he possessed absolute self-confidence.

A bad premonition grew stronger in Abe Otsuka's heart.

But the arrow was on the bowstring and had to be released; if he fled without a fight, he would not escape death upon returning to the Abe Family.

After thinking this through, Abe Otsuka hesitated no longer, roared, and lunged toward Jiang Chen.

"Die!"

At the same time, the activation of the great Formation reached its peak, beginning to continuously deprive Jiang Chen and Jia He of their True Qi, using it to release pressure upon them.

But thanks to Jiang Chen's previous shielding, the True Qi in Jia He's body remained as steady as an old dog, not a shred of it could be taken.

The overwhelming pressure was also neutralized by the intention Jiang Chen had left on Jia He.

Abe Otsuka was indeed clever. His movement was extremely fast, but he did not head toward Jiang Chen; instead, he attacked Jia He, who was beside Jiang Chen.

He had long seen that these two took Jiang Chen as the leader, and there was a significant disparity in strength between them.

If he went head-to-head with Jiang Chen, he would likely be in grave danger, but if he captured his companion, he could use it to distract Jiang Chen.

However, Jiang Chen clearly wouldn't give him that opportunity. He didn't even use the sword in his hand, but instead pinched a seal with his fingers.

Abe Otsuka suddenly felt his hair stand on end, and alarm bells rang continuously in his heart.

Before he could retreat, he felt a flash before his eyes, and a golden light suddenly engulfed his entire field of vision.

The fear of death enveloped Abe Otsuka's heart. In his desperation, he continued to retreat, and then, with a wave of his hand, he summoned from the Void Realm a strange-looking monster with no limbs, a huge head, a face like an infant, and a transparent body.

This was his Shikigami, fed day and night with the ghost Qi of this Yasukuni Shrine; it was also his greatest reliance.

Jiang Chen also saw this Shikigami, his gaze shifting slightly.

The method of creating this Shikigami and its appearance—why did he feel it was somewhat similar to the Ghost Infant of Ma Dajiang from before?

It was just that the strength of the two was worlds apart. Ma Dajiang took the quantity route, while Abe Otsuka took the elite route.

Although there was only this one Shikigami, its strength was already close to the Dao Entry Realm, a cut above Abe Otsuka's own cultivation strength.

However, this Shikigami was merely a mantis trying to block a chariot when facing this Golden Light Divine Incantation.

"Screech!"

It let out a shrill shriek and blocked in front of the Golden Light Incantation, and then this golden light passed through its body without any obstruction.

As the Golden Light Incantation passed through, the Shikigami's body dissipated inch by inch.

Watching the Golden Light Divine Incantation reach him, Abe Otsuka's eyes were filled with despair.

But he hadn't given up yet. While fleeing, Abe Otsuka turned his gaze to the Hall of Summoning Souls.

"Esteemed Adults, please join forces with me to resist the enemy!"

He chanted the Soul Summoning Incantation, but only a few spirits with low intelligence crawled out from the names on the walls.

Wisps of black Qi whistled, and altogether they didn't amount to as much as any single strand of black Qi from those spirit tablets.

Abe Otsuka was so angry his face turned green.

"If I die, you won't have a good ending either!"

Only these words caused some ghosts in the spirit tablets to hesitate.

Then, many more strands of black Qi flew out from the spirit tablets and attacked Jiang Chen.

The strongest strand of black Qi, the one that had tried to escape at the beginning, looked on with disdain as those strands of black Qi rushed out to die.

"They are all brainless. Even Abe Otsuka and I can't beat this guy; aren't you all just courting death by going up there?"

"This is good, perhaps I can take advantage of the chaos to escape later!" The evil ghost began to plot.

Seeing the "deceased adults" come to help, hope for survival burst forth in Abe Otsuka's eyes.

But immediately after, the hope in his eyes quickly dimmed.

He saw the overwhelming number of evil ghosts attacking Jiang Chen, but Jiang Chen's expression didn't change in the slightest; instead, he pinched a strange finger seal with his hand.

Once the finger seal was pinched, unfathomable Dao charm flowed upon it. The evil ghost horde, which had been extremely ferocious, saw this finger seal and, like mice seeing a cat, scattered and fled one after another.

Three Souls Restraint Technique!

Jiang Chen usually used this method to consolidate and strengthen his own Divine Soul and intention. Using it to eliminate evil ghosts like today could be said to be the first time.

At this moment, evil ghosts and black Qi were scattered throughout the hall, everywhere, like a Hell on earth, with demons dancing wildly.

Jia He was already trembling with fear behind Jiang Chen; when had he ever seen such a big battle?

Jiang Chen softly spat out a single word.

"Absorb!"

In an instant, these scattered and fleeing evil ghosts seemed to be subjected to an irresistible gravitational force, forcibly gathered between Jiang Chen's five fingers.