Lu Sheng slowly drew near to a twenty steps’ distance away from the temple and stood still.
He carefully peered into the temple. Through the collapsed gate, he could clearly see Yan Kai wield a tempered steel sword and strike a hazy white figure into retreat.
Within the blink of an eye, the white figure was savagely stabbed by the sword and shrieked pathetically in a girlish voice.
After that, it collapsed on the ground and immediately vanished into thin air.
Red-faced, Yan Kai slowly sheathed his sword. White steam was rising slowly from his crown.
With its close proximity to the northern frozen ocean and its location deep in the mountains, this place was freezing cold. Even exhaled breath condensed into white vapor, not to mention the heat from such an intense battle.
Having sheathed his sword, Yan Kai saw Lu Sheng and his party.
"It’s the Lu Family’s Young Master Sheng and his men."
Duan Rongrong had previously been hiding in a corner. Seeing that the Demonic Ghost had been destroyed, she quietly snuck out of her hiding place.
"What a close shave. Demonic Ghosts have never lived in groups. To think that we ran into three of them here! Our luck was just too bad," at the thought of the situation earlier, her nerves remained jittery.
"It’s alright now. They’ve all been dealt with," Yan Kai said in a composed manner. "Go greet Young Master Sheng. The underground tunnel in the temple may have got something to do with the missing persons."
"Mission completed! We’ve earned a long journey’s worth of travelling expenses!" Duan Rongrong leapt in joy. Patting the dust off her clothes, she approached Lu Sheng and his party.
Yan Kai shook his head as he followed after. Fatigue showed on his face.
Lu Sheng plastered on a smile and approached in greeting.
"Taoist-sir…"
The words had only just escaped his lips when he heard a ripping sound like the tearing of cloth.
"POOF!!!"
A white figure shot towards Lu Sheng and the guards behind him from the side!
"Not good! It’s trying to possess a body!"
Yan Kai knew how difficult it was to face Demonic Ghosts. Unlike other ghosts, Demonic Ghosts were capable of possessing bodies. Once a Demonic Ghost possessed a body, many of his special methods to counter them would lose their effect; he would be left with no choice but to face them head-on.
Moreover, when a Demonic Ghost possessed a body, it would temporarily increase the possessed body’s overall ability by a large margin. It was an insane power.
Perhaps if he was at his peak, he would not fear it. But now that Lu Sheng had brought so many men, the Demonic Ghost was supplied with plenty of ideal targets to possess. These muscular men, full of vigor and energy, each made for perfect host for the Demonic Ghost.
Presently, he was taxed to his limits and near the end of his strength. Once the Demonic Ghost successfully possessed a body, the situation would instantly turn extremely perilous.
"MOVE AWAY!!!" Yan Kai rushed over, his blood and Qi surging like waves within him.
Yet, as fast as he was, he was still no match for the Demonic Ghost’s speed!
With a "swoosh", the white figure had already pounced towards Lu Sheng—the one with the richest blood and Qi among them.
Yan Kai was alarmed. It was one thing for others to be possessed, but if Lu Sheng met with any mishap, they would run into real trouble here in Nine Links City!
Although they had interacted with each other for only a day, this short period of time had given them a deep impression of the status the Lu Family commanded in Nine Links City!
Stepping forward using a strange movement pattern, he burst forward at high speed in an attempt to intercept the white figure before it pounced on Lu Sheng.
"CLANG!"
Without warning, a white glint flashed.
Lu Sheng’s eyes burst open.
All around him, the flow of Qi trembled as deafening tiger roars could be heard.
Lightning-quick, he pulled out the long saber strapped to his back with his right hand and hacked downwards at the area before him, pencil-straight.
Gleams of light flashed off the saber as it roared madly like a fierce tiger.
"ROAR!!!"
"BOOM!!!"
The saber hacked at the white shadow. Like a torn rag, it was forcibly flung outwards and tossed wildly about by the impact, before finally vanishing with a poof.
Silence descended on the area. Slowly, Lu Sheng sheathed his saber.
The muscles all over his body remained bulged due to the increased blood circulation, causing him to give off an air of savagery and menace, as if he was some ferocious beast.
Yan Kai froze in his steps, his eyes opened wide. Staring at the spot where the Demonic Ghost had vanished and then looking at Lu Sheng’s body, currently inflated with Qi and blood, he was struck dumb for a whole few seconds.
Duang Rongrong’s eyes lit up and she walked towards Yan Kai, clicking her tongue.
"Brother Yan Kai, this Young Master Sheng… is not to be trifled with…"
Duan Rongrong was merely a novice in the arts who had yet to grasp the true implications of that saber stroke. But, Yan Kai was a different story. He stared dumbly at Lu Sheng and was still unable to speak even when Lu Sheng had walked up to him.
"You’ve worked hard, Taoist-sir. If it hadn’t been for the fact that the Demonic Ghost was already mortally wounded by Taoist-sir, I wouldn’t have been able to finish it off in one saber stroke," Lu Sheng smiled. [1]
"…Young Master Sheng… is too polite," Yan Kai finally shook himself out of his shocked daze.
"To be honest, I’ve seen other exorcists like myself. I’ve also seen people who could deal with troublesome stuff like Demonic Ghosts using other methods.
But to slay Demonic Ghosts purely with the might of one’s inner force, like Young Master just did… this is the first time I’m seeing such a thing."
As he spoke, he began recalling his earlier words about how martial arts were useless against Demonic Ghosts.
Now, he couldn’t help but put on a pained smile.
"Oh?" Lu Sheng was surprised.
Smiling bitterly, Yan Kai was now no longer impatient like previously and began explaining in detail.
"Actually, martial arts aren’t really entirely useless. But only inner Qi of an extreme Yang nature or some special attribute would cause some damage to ghosts.
But the level of damage we’re talking about… let’s put it like this: if one unit of strength based on our method can kill one Demonic Ghost, then it’d take fifty units of strength to do the same with Yang-nature inner Qi!"
Lu Sheng instantly understood.
It was now clear to him why the supposed martial arts experts did not enter Yan Kai’s eyes. The gap between their efficacy was simply too big!
"But—on top of the fact that it was already wounded by me— that stroke which you performed earlier was capable of slaying the Demonic Ghost in one move because the inner Qi which you used possesses an attribute that was able to slightly suppress the Demonic Ghost," Yan Kai added.
Those who had followed Lu Sheng—Yuhan and the rest of the Manor guards—had personally witnessed how Lu Sheng had hacked into the floating white figure in one saber move.
Their previous fear vanished instantly, turning into boldness.
Moreover, each one of them was now looking towards Lu Sheng with eyes full of respect and worship.
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