Chapter 127 - 106: "Everyone, We Have Succeeded.
Chapter 127: Chapter 106: "Everyone, We Have Succeeded.
The violent twisting of its massive body made the ground of the Celestial Pit shake wildly.
"Damn it, damn it!"
At first, the Ghost King still had the strength to repeatedly stab at the giant gator with its Long Spear. But it soon lost the power to resist, and the scarlet barrier on its body shattered.
And Hey Hey, having completely descended into a frenzy, showed no signs of stopping.
It continued to twist its body wildly.
After an unknown amount of time...
"Hey Hey, Hey Hey."
Hearing the familiar voice, the savagery in Hey Hey’s eyes gradually faded, replaced by clarity. It released the Ghost King—now little more than a tattered rag in its jaws—and looked around. Once its gaze locked onto Chen Fan, it quickly crawled before him, burying its head in the ground and gently nuzzling his calf.
It let out an aggrieved whimper.
Its thrashing had left behind a terribly ravaged battlefield.
...
"..."
With a complex expression, Chen Fan gently stroked the fist-sized, bloody holes on the top of Hey Hey’s head, which were steadily oozing thick blood. "Let’s go. Back to the cave. I’ll use the altar to heal your wounds."
The Ghost King was dead.
They had won this battle.
It was a hard-won victory. The Ghost King had been stronger than he’d imagined, but they had won.
He looked up at the darkness shrouding the sky above the Celestial Pit.
High above in the Celestial Vault, the thick, eternal curtain of night shattered like broken glass. It revealed a dark purple rift, from whose edges flowed a majestic, waterfall-like aurora of ghastly green interwoven with dark red.
This scene had appeared in the eternal night at the very moment the Ghost King died.
’This must be the celestial phenomenon marking the Ghost King’s fall,’ he thought.
After the Ghost King’s death, a massive amount of Ghost Blood gushed from its body—the culmination of all the Ghost Blood from the Ghost Tide. It was slowly being absorbed by the Ghost Blood Pattern on the Level 3 City Wall.
That night, the Ghost Blood Pattern had absorbed the Ghost Blood from tens of thousands of Ghost Objects, making their Level 3 City Wall exceptionally sturdy. After tonight, the wall would be even stronger.
However...
After the Meat Worms’ Ghost Tide died that night, they hadn’t left any corpses behind—only patches of skin like popped balloons, which didn’t count as Ghost Corpses.
"After tonight, the rainy season will be over."
Chen Fan looked at the assembled crowd and broke into a smile. "Everyone, we did it! We’ve successfully survived the entire rainy season! Now, let’s clean up the battlefield and repair the camp."
The canyon and the Celestial Pit were piled high with Ghost Stones.
Those were the Ghost Stones left behind from the convergence of the three armies.
There were also several glittering Exotic Treasures.
And the three brightest of all...
The three Exotic Treasures the Ghost King left behind.
"Yes!"
Lame Monkey took a deep breath, picked up the Godslaying Spear, and strode onto the battlefield with several others. In a cathartic motion, he plunged the spear into the Ghost King’s ruined corpse. But in the next instant, countless cracks suddenly appeared on the surface of the Godslaying Spear in his hand.
Emerald-green light burst from the cracks.
Its outer shell flaked away completely.
The Godslaying Spear revealed its true form: a jade-green spear pulsating with an intense, murderous aura.
"Young Master... this..."
Chen Fan frowned, taking the Godslaying Spear. He glanced at its obviously changed stats panel, paused for a moment, and then chuckled. "So that’s how it is."
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Exotic Treasure Name: Godslaying Spear
Exotic Treasure Level: Yellow
Exotic Treasure Effect: An evolvable weapon that inflicts significant damage on Ghost Objects. Its size can be changed at will. The power of Martial Arts and Ghost Techniques performed with this weapon is increased by 100%.
PS: Its true power was concealed by the essence blood of a High Level Ghost Object. This seal has now been broken.
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This Godslaying Spear was the Ghost King’s main weapon.
It had been entrusted to Qiu Kui.
’I didn’t understand why Qiu Kui would give it to her subordinate, the Monkey-headed Ghost leader, only for me to end up capturing it. But now it makes sense. If Qiu Kui was waiting for the Ghost King during the rainy season, why did she attack my camp over and over again? It must have been to get this spear back.’
’It’s a good thing this spear ended up in my hands.’
’Otherwise, even Hey Hey wouldn’t have been able to stop a Ghost King who had its main weapon and had unified its three armies.’
This was his first time facing a Ghost King.
The battle had been perilous.
But—
The rewards were also exceptionally bountiful.
After glancing around, he waved a hand and grinned. "Alright everyone, let’s get to work!"
...
That night, many did not sleep.
"..."
Inside the Jiangbei Chen Family compound, Chen Quan’s mother sat by the window, her expression grim as she stared out at the celestial phenomenon in the darkness. She remained silent for a long, long time. The events of the night were too absurd, so absurd that she no longer knew how to proceed.
’The Blood Sacrifice Grand Array was completed, and the Ghost King appeared.’
’The celestial phenomenon appeared, and the Ghost King fell.’
She couldn’t think of a single faction in the entire Jiangbei Wilderness capable of killing a Ghost King. ’Could it be... the Jiangbei Commerce Association?’
’No, the Jiangbei Commerce Association isn’t that strong.’
’And the Ghost King fell in the direction of Nameless Mountain... could it be a contingency plan left behind by *that person* from the mountain?’
’My Master never told me that person had left behind such a deadly contingency.’
’It can’t possibly be...’
She lowered her gaze to the Ghost Map. It showed 21 unextinguished Ghost Fires on Nameless Mountain. She remembered that shortly after the Ghost King was born, 20 Ghost Fires on the mountain had suddenly lit up at the same time, just like on the night the Meat Worms’ Ghost Tide had attacked Nameless Mountain a few days ago.
’Could it be...’
She fell silent for a long time, an incredible possibility surfacing in her mind.
...
"Jiangbei Old Demon."
In Jiangnan Shuicheng, Gongyang Gao’s daughter walked to the window and leaned against the man in the green robe. Gazing at the brilliant aurora on the distant horizon, she said, somewhat dreamily, "Such a beautiful aurora. Why are you watching it all by yourself, you sneak?"
"That’s not an aurora."
"Then what is it?"
"That’s the celestial phenomenon after a Ghost King has fallen."
"Huh?" The young woman looked up at the Jiangbei Old Demon in surprise. "The Ghost King is dead? I guess it wasn’t that powerful after all, then?"