Chapter 485: The Mysterious Woman’s Rank! Devouring All! Senior, Please Display Your Sun-Shooting Divine Skill!

As for this ghost shadow, he remained steadfast: if it had to be killed, then so be it. He didn’t regret not negotiating with the ghost, instead he chose to strike it down outright.

This Phantom had a cunning and vicious personality, and just a brief encounter revealed it to be shamelessly deceitful. What else would such a ghostly thing do besides scheming and causing trouble?

At this moment, the mysterious town had not descended into night. The blood moon in the sky continued to pour down its radiance, its power flowing into the woman in the red dress.

Suddenly, something bone-chilling happened! The giant ghoul opened its mouth and began to consume the red light from the descending blood moon, absorbing part of that immense power. This enraged the woman in red!

“Ugly beast, you dare steal from me!” She raised her peculiar long sword and charged, moving as fast as a meteor, her strike heavy and forceful.

The sharp sword gleamed, continuously slicing through the ghoul’s body.

CLANG! CLANG! CLANG!

Sparks flew off the ghoul’s body, and though deep gashes appeared, they healed almost instantly.

The ghoul’s current level was terrifyingly high, so much so that even this fully empowered red‑dressed lady couldn’t handle it.

“This is seriously troublesome.” The beautiful woman in red gritted her teeth, her eyes burning with deadly intent.

With a single slash, she struck.

BOOM!

A scarlet sword light appeared from nowhere, cutting the ghoul from shoulder to stomach, splitting it in two.

The might of this strike was astonishing. Even all the previous sinister ghosts combined hadn’t caused the ghoul as much damage as this single blow. Moreover, the ghoul now exuded an even more terrifying aura than before. This slash still managed to wound it heavily.

Suddenly, a surge of yin qi erupted! The ghoul rapidly recovered and lunged at the woman in the red dress.

This time, it was furious. It raised its gaze to the blood-red moon in the sky and sucked at it, involuntarily drawing the moon’s power into itself.

This terrifying ghoul, born from the fusion of countless spirits, now directly affected the blood moon above the town. At the same time, those hiding nearby suddenly felt changes within themselves.

“W-what the hell?!”

“My power... it’s restored?!”

“Mine too!”

“Even I... I’ve recovered some power!”

Everyone looked at each other in shock, carefully sensing the energy within, hardly able to believe it.

The quietest one, however, was Liu Jun. Others regained some power, but she was just an ordinary person, except for her striking appearance and noticeable twin tails, she had nothing special. Yet... she regained power too?

Li Yanchu himself was somewhat surprised. The spiritual light of several magical artifacts within his primordial spirit grew stronger, becoming tangible, as if they could be drawn out at any moment.

Additionally, his blood and qi surged, his body becoming more robust, his spirit full of vigor. But this was only the beginning, as this change didn’t solve all the problems.

“Look at the sky!” Li Yanchu said.

He had just glanced upward and froze. Meanwhile, the others followed his gaze and exclaimed in shock, “Heavens! The blood moon... is it fading?!”

“What exactly is causing this blood moon to be pulled like it’s being tugged by something?”

Zhang Wei quickly caught on, “Could it be that giant ghoul? If it’s him, it wouldn’t be surprising, as those jaws can really eat a lot...”

Thinking of that giant ghoul still sent shivers down his spine. If it weren’t for Li Yanchu, they would likely have already become the ghoul’s next meal.

Everyone nodded in agreement, but they were still stunned that the ghoul could even affect the blood moon in the sky. It was simply unbelievable, and this proved that the ghoul had reached an extremely terrifying level!

At this thought, everyone couldn’t help but steal glances at the young and handsome Daoist Master Li.

He’s capable!

Using his unique ‘Drive the Tiger to Devour the Wolf’ ghost-rearing technique[1], he had forcibly created an incredibly powerful and terrifying ghoul.

It had killed countless other ghosts, and now it was absorbing the blood moon’s energy, helping them recover both stamina and magic power!

“It seems the blood moon is weakening, and our internal power is recovering. This indicates that the rules of this town are, to some extent, being weakened,” Li Yanchu said.

As time passed, the ghoul continued devouring the blood moon’s energy, and several of Li Yanchu’s magical artifacts surfaced in his primordial spirit, such as the Southern Ember Sword and the Wind Divine Bow.

Since he usually preferred using a blade, he had rarely used the Southern Ember Sword. Still, this weapon was extremely powerful, effective in slaying demons, unstoppable in combat.

But at this moment, Li Yanchu focused more on another artifact: the Wind Divine Bow. This was the legendary weapon of Fengbo[2] from the mythological era.

Although it didn’t match the mythic sun-shooting bow of Dayi[3], it was still immensely powerful, capable of suppressing even Yang Spirit experts at the third realm while he was only at the second realm. It was an extremely strong long-range offensive artifact.

His internal qi and blood gradually surged, and they became full and powerful. Everyone else began to sense the change in him.

For magic power, the difference between someone with cultivation and a normal person is usually subtle, mostly in presence and aura. But a martial practitioner was different: their internal qi and blood surged with a yang intensity that could be felt from afar, and cultivators were especially sensitive to this overwhelming blood-qi.

Ordinary martial practitioners often suffered against demons because of this, but once their qi and blood reached a certain peak, the tables would turn, and the demon would be at a disadvantage instead. This form of suppression was almost impossible to counter.

As the blood moon’s power continued to weaken, Li Yanchu and the others gradually recovered their strength, and the results were extremely encouraging.

Li Yanchu tested it out; the Jiaoslayer, a top-tier treasure worth ten thousand merit points, still couldn’t be activated, but the Wind Divine Bow could now be wielded.

With a thought, an ancient and austere bow appeared in his hands.

“Senior Cao Cao, what are you...?” Zhang Wei asked in surprise.

“Have you heard the story of Hou Yi shooting the suns?” Li Yanchu smiled faintly.

Surprise flashed in Zhang Wei’s eyes. “Senior Cao Cao, no way... You’re not planning to shoot down that blood moon, are you?”

His breathing suddenly grew rapid. In the myths and legends of the Kingdom of Qian, there was the story of Hou Yi shooting the suns, a tale that stirred the soul. To many cultivators, these were not just stories; they were ancient mythic feats.

Meanwhile, Zhang Wei was extremely excited. He never imagined that in his lifetime, he would witness such a heroic act: shooting the sun... or rather, shooting the moon. It was absolutely incredible!

Overcome with excitement, Zhang Wei shouted loudly, “Senior Cao Cao, please demonstrate your sun-shooting skill! Let us behold it with our own eyes!”

However, Li Yanchu glanced at him with a puzzled expression. “Shooting the sun? I was just asking if you’d heard the story, that’s all.”

At his words, Zhang Wei fell speechless.

1. ‘Drive the Tiger to Devour the Wolf’ refers to a strategy of exploiting conflicts, causing opposing forces to attack each other so that a third party can reap the benefits. This tactic first appeared in Romance of the Three Kingdoms, designed by Xun Yu for Cao Cao. Its core lies in using an external threat to deal with an existing one, by creating conflict between two hostile forces (the tiger and the wolf), they destroy each other, weaken their power, and ultimately create a favorable situation for oneself. ☜

2. Just to refresh your memory, Fengbo (Chinese: 風伯), also known as Fengshi, is the Daoist deity of the wind. In ancient times, he was depicted as a grotesque deity with the body of a deer, the head of a bird, horns, the tail of a snake, and patterns of a leopard. Eventually, Fengbo was replaced by Feng Po Po. According to the Records of the Grand Historian, he was an object of state ritual from early times, with temples and festivals held in honor of him. ☜

3. Here, 射日 (shooting the sun) alludes to the famous myth in which Hou Yi shot down nine of the ten suns to save the world. 神弓 (divine bow) emphasizes that it is a miraculous, supernatural weapon. In context, the sentence is comparing the weapon in question to this bow, indicating that although it may not match the legendary power of Da Yi’s bow, it is still immensely strong. ☜