Ascending to Immortality by Slaying Spirits

Chapter 99 The Great Serpent in the Tomb
A few breaths earlier, Huai Zigui used his escape technique to arrive at an underground space. Looking at the bronze gate in front of him, he took out a blood bead from his storage bag and threw it at it without hesitation.

*Smack!* The blood droplet was instantly smashed into powder, and the essence inside was immediately absorbed by the door.

Damn it!
Looking at the gate, Huai Zigui gritted his teeth. He never expected that after living peacefully in this place for so long, just when he had succeeded, a jinx would appear.

What he didn't expect was that the Demon Slayer Division had also come.

Damn it, could it be that the higher-ups know about this and want to get a share of the profits?

Don't even think about it! This incredible opportunity can only be his!

Huai Zigui stared at the gate with fanaticism. Thirty years ago, he had been fortunate enough to obtain the Ghost Cultivation Method from a skeleton in front of this gate, and since then his cultivation had been smooth sailing.

According to the experienced tomb raider, the Blood Fiend Breaking Array Pearl can only be opened by refining the blood of 100,000 different people.

After achieving success in his cultivation, he took control of Black Ridge County and painstakingly collected the blood of 100,000 people. Now, he is only 3,000 short of reaching the target number.

He was confident he could break through the gate in another half month, but then Feifei came along and caused trouble.

Huai Zigui stared nervously at the gate. With only 97,000 Blood Fiend Formation Breaking Beads left, he didn't know if they would work.

But he had no other choice; surrounded by enemies, he had to take a gamble.

Blood seeped into the gate, which then quickly turned red, and an astonishing aura of bloodlust pierced through the ground and soared into the sky.

Huai Zigui's expression froze, because this was completely different from the previous experiment. The door in front of him actually made him feel a sense of dread.

"How come there are only 97,000? Oh well, it's enough anyway." A voice filled with terror came from inside the blood-red gate.

How could there be anyone here? Isn't this a large tomb?

"You seem to be wondering why there are people here, right?" A large black and white reticulated snake emerged from behind the gate, looking at Huai Zigui with a human-like smile, but the smile was full of sarcasm and smugness.

"Don't worry, I'm definitely not human, I'm a ghost," the giant snake said in a teasing tone. "Still the ghost you've been longing for."

Ghosts are essentially a type of ghost, but unlike ghosts that are formed after a person dies, ghosts are born from pure negative emotions. They are born with intelligence and have extremely high aptitude, just like human spirits. They can easily achieve the Golden Core stage and steadily enter the Nascent Soul stage.

This is also what Huai Zigui considers a great opportunity for him. As long as he can subdue the sealed ghost spirit, he may be able to become a Nascent Soul True Lord.

"The seal that initially sealed you has been broken, and that corpse was also part of your scheme." Huai Zigui was quite intelligent, and after thinking about it carefully, he exclaimed in surprise.

"Not too stupid." The giant snake nodded. "Since you're fairly intelligent, you'll work for me. I won't treat you unfairly."

"What a joke!"

Huai Zigui's face was ferocious, black clouds rose from his body, and he made a hand seal: "Do you think I've worked so hard to get this far just to be a subordinate of a ghost?!"

"Netherworld and mystical realms, ghosts and demons... come to my side! By the power of the law, be bound!"

A flash of dark light, and it pierced straight at the giant snake.

The giant snake did not dodge, allowing the black light to penetrate its body.

Upon sensing that the connection had been successfully established, Huai Zigui's face lit up with joy. It was indeed a bluff; the ghost spirit had just broken free of its seal and must be extremely weak.

The giant snake looked at Huai Zigui with delight, then shook its head slightly: "I just praised you for being smart, how come you've become stupid?"

"All your skills come from me, how could you possibly control me?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Huai Zigui's expression changed drastically, because his magical power began to be extracted in large quantities.

"Although it's three thousand short, it's about right even if you, a Foundation Establishment cultivator, take your place," the giant snake said, looking at the increasingly emaciated Huai Zigui.

Just then, a figure suddenly appeared beside Huai Zigui, and with a swift turn of the blade, severed his head.

"Hmm?" The giant snake looked at the person who suddenly appeared. "Yang Spiritual Root, Top-Grade Martial Bone, what a fine flesh and blood medicine."

Lin Le, holding Huai Zigui's head, breathed a sigh of relief. That was close; he'd almost lost his life. He turned to the giant snake: "And who are you, from the tomb?"

"Yes." The giant snake nodded slightly. "You just ruined my plans."

"What do you want?" Lin Le brandished his gun, his expression solemn.

As soon as he finished speaking, a loud noise came from above. Guan Wenzhong arrived under the moonlight and immediately saw Huai Zigui's corpse. His expression changed instantly.

Then he saw a dark shadow flying toward him.

He caught it and saw that it was Huai Zigui's head.

“We can discuss any conflicts later. This guy seems a bit unusual,” Lin Le said to Guan Wenzhong.

Guan Wenzhong turned his head and looked at the large snake, most of which had already detached from the gate.

The giant snake looked at Guan Wenzhong with a serious expression, feeling immense pressure from him.

"What the hell? No wonder this old fellow came here. Is he asking for help?" Guan Wenzhong gripped his crescent blade tightly.

"Hard to say, this thing was just sucking that old bastard's blood." Lin Le tensed up. "But whatever, let's kill it first!"

Then, with a kick, Lin Le rushed towards the giant snake and slashed down with his spear, unleashing a surge of flames.

Guan Wenzhong was taken aback for a moment, then laughed heartily: "Haha, that's right, he doesn't look like a good guy either, let's kill him first!"

The crescent-shaped blade cleaved through the air, its light as bright as the moon, its edge carrying the force to split mountains and shatter rocks as it slashed straight at the snake's neck.

The giant snake hissed and dodged to the side, but a piece of its scales was still cut off by the blade's energy. However, no blood splattered out; instead, black energy spread from the wound.

Lin Le flashed above the giant snake, his spear tip like a cold star, and struck down, aiming straight for the snake's vital spot.

Point out the stars!

Boom! A large cloud of black mist exploded from the giant snake's body as it let out a frenzied roar.

The black energy condensed into weapons and shot towards Lin Le and Guan Wenzhong like rain.

No leaks!

Lin Le spun his spear, absorbing the black soldiers like a dragon sucking water, then flicked it away!
The black mist, like a long dragon, rushed straight at the giant snake.

The giant snake opened its mouth for a moment, wanting to return to its own use, but as soon as it inhaled, it emitted a violent coughing sound.

It's spicy, so spicy!
The giant snake sensed a force within the black mist that was incompatible with water and fire.

Potential related to life?!
The giant snake looked at Lin Le with a serious expression. This was a method that could potentially kill it, but at that moment a voice suddenly rang in its ear: "You beast, what are you looking at!"

Then the blade slashed down like a full moon.

"Hiss!" The giant snake roared, its neck nearly severed in two with a single blow.

The three clashed fiercely, the Guan Dao was fierce and domineering, the spear was cunning and ruthless, and the giant snake was forced to retreat steadily.

The giant snake was filled with anger, but it was helpless, after all, it was not completely free.

Sensing that things couldn't continue like this, it suddenly shrank back and disappeared behind the door: "If you're so capable, open this door."

Without a word, Lin Le and Guan Wenzhong simultaneously slammed their blows into the gate.

Boom!

The door didn't move at all.

(End of this chapter)