300: Chapter 300 The Beast Owl Displays Its Power!

The gray-white ghost mist churned, Yin winds wailed, and the sounds of ghost cries echoed from near and far, weaving together into a bone-chilling symphony of death.

Stepping into the ghost mist, visibility was instantly compressed to less than ten zhang. The surrounding area was filled with thick, tangible gray-white mist, and Divine Sense was also like falling into a quagmire, its detection range significantly reduced.

However, for Lu Qiu, traversing this Land of Ghostly Grievances, even with Fairy Ziling in tow, was not a difficult task.

The protective spiritual light of the Nascent Soul Stage was enough to isolate the erosion of the ghost mist, and his own vast mana and various powerful methods were also enough to deal with most of the threats here.

However, he did not intend to waste effort personally clearing these annoying ghosts. He had a more suitable, more "professional" tool.

With a slight shift of his thoughts, the mouth of a seemingly ordinary Storage Pouch at his waist flashed with spiritual light.

A gray-black figure, exuding thick Yin Sha and deep, fierce aura, appeared silently on the ground beside Lu Qiu.

It was the Beast Owl — "Owl"!

After ten years of slumber, having devoured all the essence of the eighteen Tiandu Demon Corpse refined by the Old Ancestor of Extreme Yin with great effort, the current Beast Owl had changed drastically!

Its size was nearly double what it was ten years ago, its height nearly one zhang, crouching there like a small mountain of flesh.

The originally tattered, hole-ridden gray-black fleshy wings had now completely healed. The wing membranes had become thick and tough, presenting a dull metallic luster, with several sharp bone spurs growing on the edges, flashing with cold light.

The gray-black fur covering its body was denser and coarser, standing up like steel needles, with faint, eerie dark red patterns flowing beneath the fur.

On that ugly head, the purposeless holes still existed, but the dark red mucus flowing from them had disappeared, replaced by a bottomless, pitch-black darkness that seemed to swallow all light, occasionally with scarlet specks flashing and vanishing within, making one's hair stand on end.

The interlocking fangs in its large mouth were even more ferocious and sharp, and the dripping saliva falling to the ground could actually corrode sizzling small pits.

Most heart-stopping was the terrifying pressure naturally emitted from its body!

Cold, tyrannical, bloodthirsty, greedy... all kinds of negative emotions mixed with the extremely pure source power of Yin Sha, forming an invisible force field that shrouded a radius of several zhang!

Those gray-white ghost mists that originally tried to approach, under this pressure, actually acted as if they had encountered a natural enemy, making "chi chi" sounds, churning violently, and retreating, not daring to approach even a fraction!

Although the Beast Owl's cultivation had not yet fully broken through to the Nascent Soul Stage, it already stood at the absolute peak of the Core Formation Stage, only one final step away from that barrier!

The vast power and Yin Sha Origin contained within its body far exceeded ordinary Late Core Formation Stage Yao Beasts, and in some aspects, it was even more terrifying than some newly entered Nascent Soul Cultivators!

"This... this is..."

Fairy Ziling saw the suddenly appearing Beast Owl, her delicate body shivering uncontrollably, and in her beautiful eyes beneath the veil, deep suspicion and a trace of fear appeared.

She could clearly perceive that this ferocious-looking, terrifying-aura monster in front of her was definitely not a good thing! That kind of pure Yin Sha, fierce, as if crawling out of a mountain of corpses and sea of blood, made her Soul tremble! What kind of Yao Beast was this?

So gloomy and terrifying, could it be... some kind of special ghost?

Senior Lu actually kept such a fierce creature by his side?

Lu Qiu did not explain, just reached out and gently stroked the Beast Owl's large head, which was covered in steel-needle-like hair. The Beast Owl did not resist his touch at all, instead emitting a low whimper filled with attachment and obedience, its huge body rubbing slightly against Lu Qiu's hand, forming a sharp contrast with its ferocious appearance.

"Hungry for ten years, this time, let you eat to your heart's content." Lu Qiu said calmly, his voice devoid of any emotion.

The Beast Owl seemed to understand his words, the scarlet specks in those pitch-black holes suddenly brightening, and a suppressed, eager low roar issued from its throat.

It "looked" at the churning gray-white ghost mist ahead, as if looking at a sumptuous feast.

"Let's go." Lu Qiu said no more and stepped forward. Fairy Ziling hurriedly collected her thoughts and followed closely behind.

The Beast Owl followed closely by Lu Qiu's side, its huge body moving silently, as if it had no weight.

Just like that, Lu Qiu led Fairy Ziling into the depths of the ghost mist.

"Wuwu—!"

"He ah!"

As if sensing the deep intrusion of living people, the surrounding gray-white ghost mist instantly "boiled" up!

The thick mist, like angered sea waves, churned and gathered frantically, rushing toward the three of Lu Qiu from all directions!

In the mist, one could vaguely see twisted, painful human faces, pale and withered ghost hands, emitting shrill, piercing shrieks, as if they wanted to completely swallow and tear them apart!

If it were an ordinary Mortal, or even a low-level Cultivator at the Qi Refinement Stage, being entangled by such ghost mist would instantly have all their Essence Blood sucked dry, turning into a withered corpse, and their Soul would be forever imprisoned in the mist, turning into a new ghost, never to be reincarnated!

However, Lu Qiu and Ziling both had protective spiritual light shining around them.

Lu Qiu's spiritual light was a faint scarlet gold, extremely Yang and rigid. As soon as those ghost mists approached, they were like snow meeting the blazing sun, emitting "chi chi" burning sounds, quickly dissolving and evaporating, unable to get within three feet.

Fairy Ziling's pale purple spiritual light, although slightly weaker, could barely withstand the erosion of the ghost mist under the protection of Lu Qiu's spiritual light.

Except for the suppression of vision and Divine Sense, this ghost mist itself had limited threats to Nascent Soul Cultivators.

But for Core Formation Cultivators, especially those at the Early or Middle Stage, maintaining protective spiritual light to resist the ghost mist for a long time was also a significant consumption.

While moving forward, Lu Qiu spread his Divine Sense, which was as powerful as a Late Nascent Soul Stage, to its fullest.

Despite being strongly suppressed by the ghost mist, his Divine Sense was still like an invisible giant net, slowly and firmly extending to the surroundings, finally covering a radius of several dozen miles!

This range far exceeded the limit of ordinary Early Nascent Soul Stage Cultivators who could only investigate a few miles here!

In his Divine Sense perception, this gray-white ghost mist world was not dead silence.

Deep in the mist, countless cold auras, some strong or weak, full of resentment and hunger, were lurking. Some wandered aimlessly, some gathered in places where Yin Qi was particularly rich, and others... were quietly approaching their direction, obviously having smelled the scent of "blood food".

"Owl, go." Lu Qiu gently patted the Beast Owl's head.

The next moment was the time for slaughter.

For an ancient fierce beast like the Beast Owl, which was born from the resentment of countless Yao Beasts, the Yin Sha of corpses, and the mixture of the world's most Yin Qi, the ghosts, spirits, and fierce Souls in this Land of Ghostly Grievances were not dangerous at all, but the purest and most delicious supplements!

They were the best resources to allow it to evolve and grow!

It was naturally the nemesis and natural enemy of these ghosts!

"Roar!"

Having received the order, the Beast Owl issued a low roar of irrepressible excitement. Its huge body turned into a blurry gray-black afterimage, instantly rushing out of the range of Lu Qiu's protective spiritual light, actively pouncing into the depths of the churning ghost mist ahead!

Its terrifying Yin Sha pressure was released without reservation. Wherever it passed, the surrounding ghost mist actually acted like subjects meeting an emperor, churning violently and parting to both sides, revealing a passage!

Some weak ghosts that could not dodge in time were directly shaken by this pressure until their Soul bodies collapsed, turning into wisps of pure Yin Qi, which were then drawn and swallowed into its mouth by the suction naturally emitted from the Beast Owl's body!

Lu Qiu's Divine Sense locked onto the direction of the Beast Owl, and he followed behind with Fairy Ziling at a leisurely pace. Soon, his Divine Sense sensed that in a depression about five or six miles to the front left, a ghost with a relatively powerful aura was entrenched.

Its Soul body was condensed, and the fluctuations it emitted reached the level of Early Core Formation Stage!

This was a fierce Soul transformed from a fallen Cultivator, retaining part of its combat instinct from its lifetime, and it was even holding a broken spear condensed from Yin Qi in its hand, devouring other weak ghosts to constantly strengthen itself.

The Beast Owl obviously also sensed this "delicious" aura, its speed suddenly increased, like a gray-black lightning, pouncing straight at it!

When the Core Formation Stage fierce Soul sensed the terrifying pressure and the natural enemy-like aura that made its Soul tremble as the Beast Owl approached,

It suddenly raised its head, revealing a twisted, ferocious face full of resentment, but in those ghost-fire-like eyes, at this moment, they were filled with undisguised horror and fear!

"Ao!" The fierce Soul emitted a shrill scream, actually throwing away the Yin Qi spear in its hand without hesitation, its Soul body turning into a gray shadow, and it turned and fled desperately toward the deeper part of the ghost mist!

Its speed was extremely fast, obviously proficient in some kind of ghost escape technique!

However, in front of the Beast Owl, its escape seemed so pale and powerless!

"Xiu—!"

The Beast Owl's pair of wide fleshy wings flapped violently, actually erupting with astonishing speed in this ghost mist full of resistance!

Its figure almost merged into the surrounding Yin Sha, ignoring space barriers, and the next instant, it had already appeared in front of the fierce Soul's escape route!

A huge claw covered with thick skin membrane and flashing with cold metallic luster, like swatting a fly, slammed down fiercely from above!

"No—!" The fierce Soul emitted a desperate roar, its Soul body twisting sharply, trying to turn into mist and disperse.

But, on the Beast Owl's sharp claws, a layer of rich, special Yin Sha power capable of restraining and binding Soul bodies lingered!

This power seemed to form an invisible cage, firmly locking and imprisoning the fierce Soul's Soul body in place!

"Pu!"

The sharp claws slammed into the condensed Soul body of the fierce Soul without any obstruction! There was no earth-shattering explosion, only a muffled sound, as if a water bubble had burst.

The Soul body of that Core Formation Stage fierce Soul, under the Beast Owl's claws, was actually like fragile porcelain, instantly covered in cracks, and then with a "hua la" sound, completely collapsed, turning into a ball of extremely pure Yin Qi and Soul Power fragments emitting faint Soul light!

The Beast Owl opened its blood basin mouth full of fangs, and toward that ball of pure Yin Qi and Soul Power, it sucked violently!

"Hu—!"

A powerful suction erupted, and that ball of pure Yin Qi and Soul Power, as large as a human head, was swallowed into the Beast Owl's belly mercilessly like a whale sucking water!

Its huge body trembled slightly, the gray-black Yin Sha flowing around its body seemed to be richer and more condensed by a point, and the scarlet specks in those pitch-black holes also became brighter and more ferocious!

A Core Formation Stage fierce Soul, just like that, in just a few breaths, was easily caught up, smashed, and devoured by the Beast Owl!

From beginning to end, there was no suspense, it was a completely one-sided crushing and slaughter!

Fairy Ziling followed behind Lu Qiu, through the slightly thinner ghost mist, barely seeing this scene. Her cherry lips parted slightly, her beautiful eyes widened, and her face was full of unbelievable shock and sluggishness!

That... that was a Core Formation Stage ghost! Although it was only Early Stage, in this Land of Ghostly Grievances, it could definitely be counted as an "overlord" level existence!

Even if a Middle Core Formation Stage Cultivator met it, they would have to spend some effort to deal with it.

But... in front of Senior Lu's peculiar Yao Beast, it was so vulnerable?

Just like that... eaten alive?

Like eating a snack?

That Yao Beast... what is its Origin?

The strength is actually so terrifying?

And Senior Lu, actually able to subdue and control such a fierce creature... his strength, just to what level has it reached?

In Ziling's heart, stormy seas were stirred up again. She had a more intuitive and deeper understanding of Lu Qiu's strength and mystery.

Following such a Senior, it seems... really don't have to worry about any safety problems.

Lu Qiu had no change in expression regarding the Beast Owl instantly solving a Core Formation ghost, as if all this was a matter of course.

He just glanced lightly at the direction where the Beast Owl digested that Soul Power, and continued to step forward.

His Divine Sense had already locked onto the next target.

About ten miles to the front right, there was a small group of ghosts gathered, among which there were many fierce Souls with Late Foundation Establishment and even False Core auras.

For the Beast Owl, this was also a good "snack".

"Owl, front right, ten miles." Lu Qiu's mind moved, and through the master-servant contract, he passed the target location to the Beast Owl.

"Roar!" The Beast Owl roared in response, its huge body turning into a gray-black afterimage again, pouncing toward the direction specified by Lu Qiu.

For it, this Land of Ghostly Grievances was not a dangerous place at all, but a paradise full of infinite delicious food!

It wanted to devour to its heart's content, enjoy to its heart's content, and take this opportunity to break through that final barrier in one go and truly step into the Nascent Soul realm!

Lu Qiu led Ziling, following unhurriedly behind the "safe passage" cleared by the Beast Owl, with a calm expression and deep eyes looking into the depths of the ghost mist.

With the Beast Owl, this tireless "sweeper", opening the way in front, their speed through this Land of Ghostly Grievances would be surprisingly fast.

Moreover, the more ghosts the Beast Owl devoured, the faster its strength grew, which was also a good thing for him.

"It seems that this level will be very easy." Lu Qiu thought to himself.

However, he did not relax his vigilance. Deep in the Land of Ghostly Grievances, perhaps there were more powerful existences lurking, such as... those legendary "Ghost Kings".

Moreover, the movements of other Cultivators who entered this place, especially those Nascent Soul Old Monsters, also needed to be watched.

Just at this moment, at the edge of his Divine Sense, he suddenly caught a trace of unusual fluctuation.

The fluctuation came from a very long distance, at least dozens of miles away, but the energy and fierce aura it contained were far from comparable to the Early Core Formation Stage fierce Soul just now!

"Hmm?" Lu Qiu raised his eyebrows slightly, "A bit interesting..."

It seems that this trip to the Land of Ghostly Grievances is not all boring slaughter.

Perhaps, some unexpected "surprises" can be encountered.