Chapter 1349 - 1349: If One Strike Isn't Enough, Then Two!

The Ghost Fox Lord followed the Pupil King, waging war across hundreds of worlds, encountering countless powerful beings.

The Eight Tribulation Overlord, it had met many times.

It had even seen a Nine-Tribulation Powerhouse and had crossed paths with the Ghost Emperor.

But never before had it felt so close to death as it did now.

Something in its instinct sensed that this strike would lead to its soul's annihilation!

So, without hesitation, it crushed the jade pendant.

That jade pendant came from the Pupil King.

It was granted to the Ghost Fox Lord as a merit reward after assisting the Pupil King for five hundred thousand years, a life-saving artifact.

This jade pendant could withstand a full strike from an Eight Tribulation Overlord!

It had thought it would never use this pendant in its lifetime, yet today it had to.

Moreover, the location for using this life-saving item turned out to be the Ghost Realm, in its own Lord's Mansion!

Buzz.

At the instant the jade pendant shattered, a red ripple appeared in the void.

The next moment, a blood eye emerged in the void.

As the blood eye appeared, the entire space seemed oppressed.

The Ghost Fox Lord could clearly feel the surrounding ghastly qi freeze.

A vast power surged from the blood eye, filling the entire world.

"Pupil King..."

The Ghost Fox Lord felt the might of the Pupil King, emotions mixing in its heart.

It could have broken through to the Eighth Calamity Ghost King Realm long ago, but since the Netherworld Ghost Emperor didn't acknowledge its status, it feared retribution from the Pupil King after the breakthrough, so it never dared to proceed.

Throughout, the Pupil King's immense power was its nightmare.

Others believed it was because the Pupil King favored it that it ruled the Tower of Myriad Realms for a million years.

But it knew well that the Pupil King's consideration was merely for the sake of the Netherworld Ghost Emperor.

In the eyes of the Pupil King, it was a mere mongrel!

Otherwise, why would the Pupil King despise it by calling it Three Positions?

Could the Pupil King truly not remember the name of the Netherworld Ghost Emperor's illegitimate child? Impossible!

It was disdain, contempt, a deliberate slighting!

The Ghost Fox Lord had always been aware.

Therefore, it was always deferential in front of the Pupil King, though secretly it harbored deep resentment.

Desperately wishing it could replace the Pupil King.

But now, it had to rely on the power of someone it resented to save its life, filling it with furious rage, and deepening its hatred for the human before it.

"Human, you deserve to die!"

The Ghost Fox Lord roared, eyes crimson.

At that moment, the blade light from the Nine Cauldrons and Thirteen Stars collided with the blood eye.

The Nine Tripod Fragments' power, combined with the Ghost Slayer Blade's exquisite Dao methods.

This strike could extinguish ghosts and slay gods!

The void shattered entirely under this blow.

In an instant, the intersection of the blade light and the blood eye became a boundless black hole.

Space fissures sprawled through the void.

Rumble!

The sound of explosions lasted for over ten breaths, only slowly subsiding.

As the smoke cleared, the void faintly reappeared.

What finally appeared before the two was the ferocious blood eye.

The Nine Cauldrons and Thirteen Stars exerted a full-force strike with seven Nine Tripod Fragments, yet they could not shatter the blood eye.

Crack!

The Nine Cauldrons and Thirteen Stars emitted a crisp cracking sound, the blade broke from a third of its length!

The blade's light dulled, Godlight receding.

"An Eight Tribulation Amulet? No, not just an Eight Tribulation Amulet, this blood eye..."

Lin Mu's eyes flickered, unable to conceal his astonishment.

If it were merely an ordinary Eight Tribulation Amulet, it would be akin to half a step to the Eighth Tribulation at best. Even if not shattered, most would be destroyed.

Yet this blood eye remained almost undamaged.

"The person who made this amulet, their cultivation level is about to break through to the Ninth Tribulation, lacking only an opportunity."

With the experience of being Emperor Zun in his previous life, Lin Mu judged the power behind the Ghost Fox Lord.

"Hahahaha!"

Standing within the blood eye, the Ghost Fox Lord laughed heartily.

In one glance, it had spotted the flaw in Lin Wudi's magical treasure; with a single strike, it shattered a third, leaving the rest full of cracks.

Perhaps, with the next strike, the magical treasure would break.

Without this peculiar magical treasure, the human was certainly doomed.

"Human, I've given you a chance, but you didn't cherish it. Soon, I'll make you wish for death over life!"

Forced to use the Pupil King's amulet, the Ghost Fox Lord's heart was filled with venom, abandoning the idea of capturing Lin Wudi alive.

This human had seen its most wretched moment, and must die!

Otherwise, if the Netherworld Ghost Emperor knew it had to use the Pupil King's amulet just to capture this human, it would be despised further.

Lin Mu ignored the Ghost Fox Lord's words.

His heart remained unmoved.

If one strike was insufficient, then two!

However, this time, it wasn't the Ghost Slayer Blade, but...

"Dazzle!"

Lin Mu manipulated the Nine Cauldrons and Thirteen Stars, unleashing a new combat method refined with the Heavenly Dao Myriad Laws Record, slashing out.

This strike could break through all the pupil skills under heaven!

A glint of cold light stabbed towards the blood eye.

At the moment the cold light collided with the blood eye, the Ghost Realm seemed to halt for an instant.

The Ghost Fox Lord even felt as though time itself had paused.

Boom!

After an unknown amount of time, a thunderous noise erupted.

With their collision, the blood eye was torn open like a punctured balloon.

The Eight Tribulation Amulet, destroyed!

"No!"

The Ghost Fox Lord shrieked in despair, heart seized with terror.

The strength of the Eight Tribulation Amulet was proportional to the terror of the shockwaves upon its shattering.

Standing within the blood eye, the Ghost Fox Lord bore the brunt of the terrifying energy flow that shredded its body.

Splatter!

Blood grooves surfaced on the Ghost Fox Lord's body.

Instantly, it became a bloodied figure, wounds so deep the stark white bones were visible, black fluid streaming everywhere.

Splat!

The Ghost Fox Lord couldn't maintain its form, turning into ghastly qi.

Ripples of shockwaves swept through, tearing the ghastly qi into shreds.

"Hahaha! This Overlord isn't dead! Human, you're doomed!"

Amidst the ghastly qi, the Ghost Fox Lord's voice remained a hysterical roar.

Crack!

As the Ghost Fox Lord roared, Lin Mu's Nine Cauldrons and Thirteen Stars shattered entirely, seven Nine Tripod Fragments once again separated, floating in the void.

The Ghost Fox Lord, now a ghastly qi entity, roared, "I will..."

Before it could finish its vengeful shout, its voice transformed into a cry of fear.

"No..."

The Nine Cauldrons and Thirteen Stars were broken, yet the dazzling attack persisted.

The power of the Nine Tripod Fragments, coupled with the dazzling force, targeted the ghastly qi core of the Ghost Fox Lord's ghastly qi form.

Bam!

The core of the Ghost Fox Lord's ghastly qi burst apart.

Just moments ago, the Ghost Fox Lord had vowed revenge, but now it dissipated into nothing!

"The power of the seven Nine Tripod Fragments is stronger than I anticipated, not bad..."

Lin Mu didn't spare a second glance at the slain Ghost Fox Lord, instead flying towards the treasure vault below.

He prepared to take the entire vault away.

Transferring a Middle Thousand World might be challenging for other Fourth Tribulation practitioners, but Lin Mu had his methods.

...

Pupil King Palace.

The Pupil King sat upon the bone throne, savoring nectar obtained from the Western Flow Realm, abruptly pausing.

"Someone used this King's amulet? Could it be Jin Luan?"

Jin Luan was among the Pupil King's strongest three Great Leaders, currently engaged in warfare at the Western Flow Realm for the Pupil King.

At that moment, an old man clad in a robe, looking more human than ghost creature, quietly appeared within the hall.

"Reporting to my king, the Ghost Fox Lord's Ghost Lantern went out..."

"Hmm?"

Unmoved before, now the Pupil King's brow slightly furrowed.

"After all, it's Netherworld's child, this could be troublesome...send Tong Han to see what happened."

Tong Han was among the top three Great Leaders under the Pupil King.