Chapter 159: Ghost Realm Customs (15)

The sword body traced a brilliant arc through the air, tearing through the heavens and earth as it struck directly at Ye Youming.

Ye Youming's pupils contracted; knowing she could not withstand this strike from Left Sword Envoy Yun Che head-on, she immediately summoned her Lifebound Treasure, the Nether Soul-Devouring Mirror.

Once summoned, the Nether Soul-Devouring Mirror would drain all of its master's power, but Ye Youming had no choice now; this was her only sliver of a chance at victory.

The dark, gloomy mirror hovered before her, its entire body as pitch-black as ink, as if it could swallow all light and energy, swirling with a mysterious, nether light.

A thick layer of black mist gradually permeated around the mirror's surface, shrouding her within it and beginning to absorb her Nether Qi.

With every wisp of Nether Qi absorbed, her body trembled slightly.

When the final wisp was drained, the stunningly beautiful face of the Phantom Fairy, Ye Youming, was devoid of even a hint of color.

Her figure swayed, and she finally collapsed powerlessly to the ground.

After the Soul-Devouring Mirror finished absorbing Ye Youming's power, it formed a screen of light, firmly protecting her within.

In an instant, Left Sword Envoy Yun Che's massive sword body fully formed in the sky, like a Blade of Judgment descended from a Heavenly God, carrying incomparable Sword God power as it struck the Soul-Devouring Mirror's light screen.

Violent energy erupted, stirring up countless intertwining flashes of light and black mist, the air filled with an aura of destruction.

Each impact of the giant sword left a crack on the Soul-Devouring Mirror's light screen; finally, with a loud "Boom," the light screen shattered into pieces, shaking the very earth itself!

With the protective light screen shattered, the Soul-Devouring Mirror revealed a dim, cold light, then immediately met the giant sword descending from the sky.

In an instant, where the sword body and the mirror surface met, a blazing light burst forth, and intense beams of light shot out from the cracks, piercing the sky.

Countless Sword Qi and black energy splattered everywhere, turning into scorching streams of light that continuously tore through the air.

After a few breaths, the Soul-Devouring Mirror trembled incessantly, and the black light on its surface gradually dimmed.

"Bang!" The Soul-Devouring Mirror was sent flying, while the giant sword, carrying its remaining might, continued to bear down on Ye Youming.

Ye Youming raised her pale face, a flash of panic in her eyes; she instinctively tried to move backward, but she was too weak and powerless to move.

The giant sword's edge drew closer inch by inch, its cold light reflecting off her stunning face; in the next instant, it would completely destroy her.

Just then, the Sword God mark on Left Sword Envoy Yun Che's forehead finally disappeared completely, and the giant sword silently shattered into countless points of light right in front of Ye Youming's beautiful face.

High in the air, Left Sword Envoy Yun Che let out a shrill scream, clutched his forehead, and plummeted to the ground, his life or death unknown.

On the throne, Supreme Mingye laughed heartily.

"How satisfying! She is truly worthy of being the number one in my Ghost Realm! Today, I shall hold a banquet to celebrate Ye Youming's achievement!"

During the banquet, the people of the Ghost Realm cheered and celebrated, cups clinking as the atmosphere became wild and festive.

Only Mu Tianhe, sitting in the refined seats, had a face ashen with despair.

He had just seen Supreme Mingye slightly raise his hand and thought he was going to intervene to help; a glimmer of hope instantly sprouted in his heart:

If Sovereign Jue intervened, he could use that as a pretext to refuse to serve Sovereign Jue as his master.

Yet now, Left Sword Envoy Yun Che had been defeated so thoroughly, his fate unknown.

This defeat not only left this once-in-an-age Sword Dao Genius incapacitated, but Supreme Mingye would also use this as a pretext to force the dissolution of the Yunyin Sword Sect.

"Impossible…" Mu Tianhe murmured, his eyes dark and uncertain. "Left Sword Envoy Yun Che possesses a Sword Dao God Body; he cannot be defeated."

Supreme Mingye smiled slightly, his eyes carrying a hint of sarcasm and playfulness. "Mu Tianhe, do you want to stay and have a celebratory drink with us?"

Mu Tianhe suppressed the anger in his heart and replied coldly, "No need! Farewell!"

Mu Tianhe turned into a streak of green light and arrived beside Left Sword Envoy Yun Che. He leaned down to check his aura and found that although it was chaotic, there was still a trace of life, and his heart couldn't help but relax slightly.

Mu Tianhe carefully hoisted Left Sword Envoy Yun Che onto his shoulder; he had to take him back to the Yunyin Sword Sect immediately to recuperate.

"Mu Tianhe," Supreme Mingye's leisurely voice came from afar, carrying a condescending coldness, "Why bother carrying a dead man? Why not find a plot of land here in my Ghost Realm and bury him? Wouldn't that be satisfying?"

Mu Tianhe sneered, glanced back at Supreme Mingye, and said, "You don't need to worry about that." He hoisted Left Sword Envoy Yun Che up and turned into a streak of green light, dashing out of the Ghost Realm.

Supreme Mingye took a leisurely sip of wine and said coldly towards the Void Realm: "Don't forget, dissolve the Yunyin Sword Sect! One day, I will surely descend upon the Eastern Domain in person!"

Hearing this, Mu Tianhe was consumed by anger, almost unable to stop himself from spitting out a mouthful of blood.

On the Life-and-Death Stage, Ye Youming was covered in sword wounds, blood flowing down her graceful body; all the spectators present were shocked by her proud demeanor.

Off the stage, Lin Fan was ejected from the Heavenly Dao Life Wheel and fell to the ground in a sorry state, immediately attracting Lin Chen's attention.

Lin Chen's expression tightened; she raised her hands slightly and cast her powerful healing art.

A spirit lotus blossomed in the air, and countless streams of gentle spiritual power flowed into Lin Fan's body like ribbons.

His palms recovered rapidly, the wounds healing as if new under the soothing of the spiritual power, and the piercing wound in his chest also gradually recovered.

The silver spear was slowly pushed out of his body by the spiritual power, falling heavily to the ground.

The weak Su Wanqing nearby was also treated, and a moment later, both of their injuries were completely healed.

Lin Chen withdrew the spirit lotus, her forehead beaded with fine sweat; apparently, the consumption of spiritual power was not insignificant.

She glared at Lin Fan, looking slightly weak, her brows locked in a frown: "Is it because you two used black ash to paint dark circles under your eyes that you were discovered and injured like this?"

Lin Fan grinned, revealing a mouthful of white teeth: "If I said I just had a fight with the Heavenly Dao, would you believe me?"

Lin Chen's heart jolted suddenly. Isn't this the signature smile of that rascal? How could this progenitor and him… have such similar expressions?

While she was stunned, Lin Fan began looking around, searching for something.

"Where is the spear that was hanging on my chest!"

Lin Fan lowered his head and searched around, finally seeing a pitch-black spear nearby.

"How… it doesn't look quite the same."

Just as Lin Fan reached out to touch it, a notification from the System appeared before his eyes.

Congratulations, Young Master, you have obtained a heavenly dao divine weapon.

heavenly dao divine weapon: judgment spear

Description: Standard issue weapon for Heavenly Dao Order guards.

Material Grade: Divine Artifact.

Power Grade: Enhanced according to Heavenly Dao influence; true power cannot be estimated.

Current Status

Heavenly Dao Tarnished — Because it was snatched by the thief Lin Fan, the judgment spear has spontaneously entered a sealed state and cannot be used for the time being.

"What do you mean 'thief Lin Fan'? It was clearly forced upon me by him, alright!"

Unsealing Method:

Requires 300,000 merit points to wash away the dust and restore its true power.

Warning:

heavenly dao divine weapon, unsealing it outside of the Heavenly Dao will lead to unpredictable consequences; please unseal with caution.

Current Merit Points: 1200

Hint: There are countless magic crystals in the Ghost Realm; if you can obtain them, you can exchange them for merit points with the System.

Lin Fan grumbled inwardly, "The mission rewards are stingy, yet it takes 300,000 merit points just to unseal a grunt's weapon. This is so damn corrupt."

There were over 500 bottles of spirit dew left in Lin Fan's Purple Mansion.

This spirit dew was the yield from three months of harvesting by him and Meng Li in the fluorescent forest of the Black Wind Abyss.

After deducting the daily consumption of the Operation Center, the fluorescent forest could only provide at most 10 bottles of spirit dew as reserves per day.

Since he left the fluorescent forest, he had accumulated only over 1,800 bottles in more than half a year.

Even if he took all the spirit dew from the Operation Center and his person to exchange for merit points, he would only get 230,000 merit points, still falling short of the 300,000 target.

It looks like he will have to find a way to get some magic crystals to gather the required merit points.