Cultivation of Immortality: Start by Improving Spiritual Root Qualifications

Chapter 838 Zhou Xun’s cards, the escaped Ghost King!
"Lord Wangchuan?"

Black Axe was stunned at first, frowning slightly, and felt a very familiar feeling, as if he had heard this name somewhere.
suddenly--

He remembered, and his face changed drastically.

The Black Axe King was horrified. He had heard that on the front line of the Western Desert, there was a True Lord Wangchuan who killed high-level ghost kings as easily as cutting melons and vegetables. His reputation was so great that it frightened the ghost clan.

But he just couldn't believe how such a master could appear here.

In addition, as a top-grade ghost king, its pride would not allow it to retreat. It waved the huge ghost axe in its hand and roared at Zhou Xun:

“Hmph, I don’t care what kind of shitty True Lord you are. Today in Echo Valley, I will bury you and these human cultivators together!”

"Is it?"

Zhou Xun smiled lightly, "Then let me see your skills!"

After saying this, he flapped his lightning wings behind him fiercely and disappeared instantly. The next moment, he appeared in front of the High-grade Ghost King.
The purple jade lightning spear in his hand, with the power of tremendous thunder, pierced straight into the throat of the top-grade ghost king.

The Black Axe King was horrified and quickly swung his magic axe to block.

"clang!"

There was a loud bang, like the sound of a huge bell, and the lightning spear hit the giant axe fiercely, and lightning flashed.

The aftermath of the collision spread out in all directions, sweeping away the ghost fog of thousands of feet around, even the low-level ghosts in the range.

And was turned into dust in the aftermath.
The thunder power contained in Zhou Xun's shot was too strong. Although Black Axe King managed to block it, his arm was numbed by the shock, and the spiritual light on the ghost axe was lost, and the light and darkness became disillusioned.

“So powerful!” Fairy Shangyin and the cultivators from Echo Valley were all surprised and delighted upon seeing this.

Fairy Shang Yin immediately sent a message to everyone:
"Everyone stay calm and assist Master Zhou! This is our chance to turn things around!"

Upon hearing this, the morale of the monks in Echo Valley was boosted. They all cheered up, increased the intensity of their attacks, and launched a more fierce offensive against the surrounding ghosts.

"Oh, it actually blocked it?" Zhou Xun was surprised.
It seems that the strength of this ghost king exceeds the normal level. If he were placed in Central Continent, he should be comparable to Tianyi Zhenjun.

"Interesting, eat me again!"

Zhou Xun showed an interested look in his eyes, and the lightning around him became more and more dazzling, as if he was about to turn into the source of thunder.

He held the purple jade lightning spear tightly in both hands, and the lightning on the spear body moved and entangled like a living thing, emitting bursts of thunder.

"Kill!" Zhou Xun shouted, pushing the Purple Thunder Art to its limit, and lightly pointed at the Black Axe King.
I saw a thick pillar of purple lightning burst out from the tip of the purple jade lightning spear, and there was a faint shadow of a tumbling dragon in the lightning.
With the momentum to destroy the world, he once again attacked the Top Grade Ghost King.

This lightning was not only incredibly powerful, but also extremely fast, and the Black Axe King had almost no time to react.

The Black Axe King sensed this and was horrified. Ghostly energy surged wildly around him, and he raised the ghost axe in his hand high up.
It formed a strange black shield, protecting its body tightly.

next moment,
"Boom!" The purple lightning and the black shield collided with each other. In an instant, the sky and the earth changed color.
A powerful energy storm spread wildly in all directions from the collision point. Wherever it passed, the mountains and rivers shook and the earth cracked.
Under the impact of this powerful energy, the mountain protection formation of Echo Valley flickered violently and was about to collapse.
Under this blow, Black Axe King was directly blown away, drawing a long arc in the air, and finally crashing heavily on a mountain.

Under the huge impact force, the mountain collapsed instantly, and debris flew everywhere.

The Black Axe King struggled to stand up from the ruins. At this moment, he looked extremely embarrassed, the ghostly aura on his body became dim, and he was almost dead.
"How...how is this possible!" Black Axe King was filled with fear.
"No, you can't stay!"

Black Axe King propped himself up, pointed at himself, and turned into a stream of black light, rushing towards the distance.

This Black Axe King actually ran away!
Everyone in Echo Valley was stunned when they saw Black Axe King fleeing, and then they burst into laughter.

Fairy Shang Yin smiled softly: "This top-grade ghost king is so afraid of death. It's really ridiculous!"

A spirited white-haired elder slapped his thigh and said:

"I thought this ghost was very powerful, but it turns out to be just a silver-plated spear head, and it will run away as soon as it encounters a tough target!"

The other elders echoed this, their laughter filled with disdain and ridicule for Black Axe.

The ordinary disciples laughed heartily, as the hard battles and frustrations of the past few days were completely released at this moment.

A smile also appeared on Master Qianchuan's face: "I knew that Brother Zhou would be able to decide the outcome if he took action!"

A hint of smile flashed across the eyes of the Black Wind Demon:
"Humph, these ghosts are nothing but bullies. With Master Zhou here today, the ghost clan's affairs are settled!"

As for the ghosts, they were stunned.

As the saying goes, 'We are about to fight hard, why does the commander surrender first?' This is the feeling.

The ghost tribe's army was suddenly in chaos.

A fourth-rank middle-grade ghost king was shocked and angry, and yelled: "Black Axe has escaped, why should we fight? Retreat quickly!"

The other ghost king gritted his teeth, unwilling to give in, but knowing that the situation was hopeless, he could only say bitterly:
"Forget it. We are unlucky to have fallen into his hands today. Let's retreat!"

"withdraw!"

As orders were issued one after another, the remaining ghosts turned into black lights and fled in all directions.

Seeing this, the morale of the monks in Echo Valley was greatly boosted.
Fairy Shang Yin immediately gave a voice message and ordered: "The ghost tribe has been defeated. Everyone listen up and chase them with all your might!"

"Kill, kill, kill!" everyone responded in unison, filed out and chased after them.

Zhou Xun looked at the fleeing Black Axe King with admiration in his eyes: "You are quite clever, but you want to run? That's not that easy!"

The lightning wings behind him spread out, turning into a stream of purple light, and chased after the Black Axe King.
Zhou Xun's cultivation has greatly increased, and the speed of his Thunder Wings has also increased accordingly. With each flap, the distance between him and the Black Axe King will be shortened.

"Zhou Xun, do you really want to kill them all?"

Looking at the figure approaching from behind,
Black Axe King's heart was filled with panic and unwillingness. At this moment, he no longer had the arrogance and domineering attitude he had before. He only wanted to escape from this vicious opponent.

Zhou Xun snorted coldly, his voice was icy: "You ghosts have invaded my human world, committed many evil things, and destroyed all living things. Don't even think about escaping today!"

"Death!"

Another half a quarter of an hour later, Zhou Xun had already chased to within a thousand feet, and this distance was already within Zhou Xun's attack range.

Upon seeing this, Black Axe King made up his mind, turned around abruptly, and madly concentrated the ghost energy around his body.

Although the ghost axe in its hand had lost much of its power, it poured all its remaining strength into it at this moment, and the faint light on the axe blade lit up again, but compared to before, this light seemed dim and unstable.

"In that case, let's die together!" The Black Axe King roared, swung the ghost axe, and chopped towards Zhou Xun with a huge black axe blade. The axe blade was filled with rich ghost energy and the madness of its despair.

Zhou Xun's eyes flashed, and he fired the Purple Jade Lightning Spear.
"Boom!" There was another earth-shaking sound, the purple lightning and the black axe light collided violently in mid-air, and the powerful energy wave raged again.

Zhou Xun easily blocked it, and then his wings flashed,
The whole person appeared more than ten feet in front of the Black Axe King.

The Black Axe King looked at Zhou Xun in horror, his eyes full of despair. He wanted to beg for mercy, but found that his throat seemed to be choked by something and he couldn't make a sound.

There was no mercy in Zhou Xun's eyes. The purple jade lightning spear in his hand, with the power of thunder, pierced straight into the chest and abdomen of the Black Axe King.

“No——” Black Axe let out a shrill scream.

Lightning flashed, and the Black Axe King's body was instantly annihilated by the power of thunder, turning into nothingness, leaving only the broken ghost axe and a ghost bead suspended in the air.

He put it into his storage bag.

After defeating the Black Axe King, Zhou Xun put away his Thunder Wings and flew back to Echo Valley.
In other directions, the ghost tribe, having lost their leader, completely collapsed.
The morale of the monks in Echo Valley was high. Under the leadership of Fairy Shangyin, True Lord Qianchuan, and Old Demon Black Wind, they launched a thrilling hunt against the ghosts.

It was not until the evening that the troops were withdrawn and the battle finally came to an end.

That night, there was jubilation in Echo Valley, but the faces of the human monks were filled with the joy of victory.

Fairy Shangyin led all the Yuanying elders of Huiying Valley to Zhou Xun, bowed to the ground, and performed a great ceremony respectfully:
"Zhou Zhenjun, we were able to survive this time thanks to you. I will never forget your kindness."

Seeing this, Zhou Xun waved his hand, and a force lifted everyone up gently, and said with a smile:

"You are too polite, fairy. It is the duty of every cultivator of my generation to resist the ghost tribe. Let's talk about peace and express our gratitude!"

"Although the ghost tribe has suffered a heavy blow, the crisis in the Xiyuan cultivation world has not been completely resolved. We still need to make long-term plans."

Fairy Shang Yin nodded slightly, her beautiful eyes filled with solemnity:

"What Master Zhou said is absolutely true. The ghost tribe came with great force this time. Although the Black Axe King, a great general, was killed, the ghost fog passages still exist."

"Once the defeated ghost army brings back the news, who knows how many more ghosts will emerge next time."

A single top-grade ghost king is enough for them to handle. What if more ghosts suddenly appear? How should they respond?

"Yes, the suppression of our human cultivators by the ghost fog is extremely tricky. If we can't find a way to break it, even if we repel the ghosts, they will come back in the future!" A white-haired elder stroked his beard and sighed.

Master Qianchuan's eyes flickered, and after thinking for a moment, he said:
"In my opinion, our top priority is to integrate the forces of all parties in the Xiyuan cultivation world and establish a unified defense system."

"Now each sect is fighting on its own, and its strength is dispersed, making it difficult to compete with the ghost tribe."

The Black Wind Demon snorted coldly and continued:
"That's right. Let alone defense, if we want to completely wipe out the ghost clan, we also need to gather everyone's strength. If we just focus on our own, I'm afraid we will be defeated one by one!"

"Although this is difficult, it is not impossible." Fairy Huiyin pondered for a moment and continued
"Now, Fellow Daoist Zhu, the Northern Plains Master, and I, the three great cultivators of the Western Plains have all gathered here. If we, together with the three of us and the other Masters,

"If we jointly issue a call for recruitment, no faction will dare to disobey!"

Beiyuan Zhenjun nodded slightly, with a thoughtful look in his eyes:

"What Fairy Huiyin said makes sense. With the three of us taking the lead and the True Lords signing their names together, it won't be difficult to gather all the sects together."

"But we need to explain in detail the harm done by the ghost tribe, and clarify the responsibilities and obligations of each sect to avoid buck-passing and wrangling."

Zhou Xun, who was standing aside, felt something was not right the more he listened, and immediately said:
"It is indeed very good that you have called on all the sects to establish a unified cultivation alliance, but there are priorities,"

"In my opinion, it is better to seal these ghost world passages first and cut off the source of the spread of ghost fog."

"Otherwise, by the time you have established a coalition, the second wave of ghost troops will also arrive!"

"What Master Zhen said is very true, but if we had a way to seal it, why would we have delayed until now?" Master Beiyuan sighed.

"Do you think that Yun Ku Tianjun sent me here just to kill the ghosts?" Zhou Xun said with a slight smile.

Hearing this, everyone was moved.
"Could it be that the True Lord has a method to seal it?"

Zhou Xun laughed, then nodded and said:

"Yes, several decades ago, nearly a hundred ghost world passages appeared in my hometown, the Eastern Wasteland Cultivation World."

"When it first appeared, a fourth-level ghost king appeared. Fortunately, Zhou discovered it early and took action with several fellow Taoists."

"Seal them all to prevent the situation from expanding further!"

"The biggest purpose of the Lord of Heaven sending me here is to help you all seal off the passages to the ghost world in various places!"

Everyone was overjoyed when they heard this,

Fairy Shang Yin's eyes were full of surprise and expectation, and she asked anxiously, "Master Zhou, how exactly is this sealing method performed? Does it require any special spiritual objects or conditions?"

Zhou Xun's expression straightened up and he said seriously:

"If you want to seal the passage, you naturally need special spells,"

"Yun Ku Tian Jun once taught me the seals of my Taoism. One is the 'Empty Seal', which can seal the gap between the two worlds after being used. Another one is the 'Tathagata Seal', which can suppress the ghost clan."

“If we use these two seals as a basis to seal off the ghost world passages in various places, and then use the fourth-level magic array to suppress them, we can block off the ghost world passages in a short period of time!”

"Then, every once in a while, you can inspect the passages and replenish the seals in time."

"My Eastern Wasteland cultivation world has been stable till now with the help of this method!"

"In addition, the ghost fog that escaped from the ghost world is a deep-rooted thing. The Heavenly Lord also taught me the 'Five Elements Demon Subduing Formation', which can slowly dissipate it!"

"With this two-pronged approach, the changes in the ghost fog can be completely resolved!"

Everyone was delighted to hear this, finally there was a solution.

"But." At this time, a cultivator in the middle stage of the Nascent Soul with slightly white hair showed some hesitation.
"Whatever it is, just tell me!" Zhou Xun said calmly.

"There are dozens of ghost world passages in Xiyuan. Where can I find so many fourth-level magic arrays? Especially the largest one, I'm afraid it will require a fourth-level top-grade magic array!"

"My brother Zhou has already come up with a solution. He doesn't need us to take out the sealed treasures!" Master Qianchuan sneered and continued:
"As for the magic array, aren't the mountain protection arrays of your various sects all above the fourth level? As long as we use them, we will have it!"

(End of this chapter)