Chapter 426: Chapter 425: Excellent Effects of Arhat Fist_1

Before Zhao Po could recover from his shock, the four of them felt a vast and chilling spiritual essence rising from the bottom of the pool.

A fierce ghost, wrapped in waterweeds and dripping wet, flew out, its cold eyes filled with a trace of fear as it looked at Lu Yang.

“Excellent, a child mastering the Universe within the Sleeve! The Great Xia Dynasty truly is full of incredibly talented geniuses!” The drowned ghost stared fixedly at Lu Yang with a deathly expression, considering him to be the biggest threat.

There was no fluctuation from a magic artifact, indicating it must be a space-related magic skill. To absorb an entire pond of water with his sleeve, it could only be the Universe within the Sleeve!

To master such a difficult magic skill at the Golden Core Stage, what an extraordinary genius!

𝑓𝓇𝘦ℯ𝘸𝘦𝑏𝓃𝑜𝘷ℯ𝑙.𝑐𝑜𝓂

Lu Yang squinted his eyes and demanded, “Oh, so you’re not a local Fierce Ghost from Great Xia? Where do you come from and why did you appear in Hanshui City!”

The drowned ghost sneered coldly, ignoring Lu Yang’s question. “Why should I tell you everything?”

These youngsters may have talents for magic skills, but with a whole realm of difference between them, why would they think they can beat him?

They have no idea about the strength of their opponents.

Having said that, the drowned ghost decided to flee.

Why engage in combat when he could run away?

“Trying to run? Take this punch!”

Meng Jingzhou was the first to take action, unleashing his Arhat Fist. The resonance of Buddha’s sound reverberated, and the Pure Yang True Fire covered the surface of his fist, constantly surging on and off.

“So hot!” The drowned ghost didn’t expect Meng Jingzhou to be this quick. Caught off guard, he was directly hit by the attack. The combination of Buddhist techniques and Pure Yang True Fire, both of which are excellent counters to fierce ghosts, was too much for him to resist!

“A Golden Core stage cultivator displaying the combat power of Nascent Soul Stage, plus this move… you’re not from Corpse Chasing Sect!” The drowned ghost’s underestimation led to him losing the first move.

“It seems I’ll have to eliminate you brats if I want to get away today!” The drowned ghost gritted its teeth, wanting to avoid unnecessary trouble.

“Hmm, after drowning a mortal in a basin, do you still think you can escape?”

“Dammit, what does it have to do with you if I drown a mortal? The cultivators of Great Xia are such a nuisance!” The drowned ghost started cursing badly. The water area was his domain but it had been seized by Lu Yang. He did not want to fight under current circumstances.

If he can’t escape now, then fight!

“As Deep As Abyss!”

A dark abyss spread out from beneath the drowned ghost, thick and sticky like blood, it spread rapidly to the four of them.

The bone-chilling cold spread from their feet to their heads, it took considerable effort to even move their bodies. Worse yet, after being touched by the dark water, breathing became difficult, as if they were suffocating.

Golden Core Stage cultivators can have internal circulation in their bodies, not needing to breathe and shouldn’t feel suffocation, yet here they were suffocating in the dark water.

Lu Yang’s index and middle finger came together, and he shouted, “Break!”

The dark water retreated and the group snapped back to reality.

What they had experienced was not actually happening but instead, an illusion, a favorite tactic of the drowned ghost. Lu Yang’s abilities just happened to be the perfect counter to illusions!

The moment illusion broke, endless water grass wrapped around the group. This was the very thing that had caused the drowned ghost’s death and was now his power.

“Sweep!” The Green Peak Sword stabbed towards the ground. Endless Sword Qi spread across the ground, cutting off the roots of the water grass.

“Let’s do this together—Sword Decree!”

“Arhat Fist!”

“Dominant Barbarian King Punch!”

The three of them attacked the Drowning Ghost at once. The ghost barely moved but instantly appeared behind Man Gu with a stalk of water plant wrapped around Man Gu’s neck.

This kid seems naive and simple, should be the easiest to deal with.

Man Gu didn’t even pay attention to what was happening behind him. He snapped his head back hard, causing the Drowning Ghost to loosen the water plant in its hand.

The three geniuses and the ghost fought again. Zhao Po was at a loss as to how to help.

The battle in front of him had escalated beyond his level, and was now more appropriate for cultivators at the Nascent Soul Stage.

“I thought we were all at the Golden Core Stage?” Zhao Po felt like he had been bamboozled.

“Arhat Fist!” Lu Yang also used the Arhat Fist in conjunction with the Three Flavored True Fire.

The Drowning Ghost had already prepared for this and managed to dodge most of Lu Yang’s attacks. However, the combination of Lu Yang’s Arhat Fist with the underground movement was hard to defend against. One of his punches hit the Drowning Ghost’s shoulder.

Ignoring the pain caused by the True Fire and blows, the Drowning Ghost became aware of a more frightful situation.

“My hair!”

The Drowning Ghost’s hair, which was soaked in water and had a unique style, started to fall out from the impact of the Arhat Fist.

“Hmm, seems like it works on ghosts too.” Lu Yang was also surprised. He simply tried to counter the ghost using Buddhist techniques and didn’t expect it to lose hair.

“Eighteen Continuous Strokes!” Man Gu took out a huge hammer and frantically hammered the Drowning Ghost while reciting a saint’s sayings.

“Are you a Confucian Cultivator?!” The ghost’s expression changed abruptly as it felt the righteousness radiating from the hammer.

After studying Confucian classics for a long time, Man Gu developed a righteous aura. Although his progress was slow, his attitude was commendable, hence he acquired this aura of righteousness.

The yin energy that pervaded the pond started to dissipate under the relentless attacks of the three men. If they kept it up, they might disperse all of the yin energy in the area!

The Drowning Ghost was enraged. This was his haven, and these guys dared to ruin it. He cried in anger, “You guys… stop it… don’t force me… I surrender.”

If it was a one-on-one fight, Lu Yang would use the Invincible Elixir to speed up the fight. But in a three-versus-one situation, they didn’t need the elixir at all.

The Drowning Ghost was sprawled on the ground, utterly desperate.

Arhat Fist, True Fire, Righteous Aura… The Drowning Ghost wondered if he had picked a bad day to go out. There were only a few techniques that could counter fierce ghosts, and he had run into all of them.

Having lost home field advantage, facing techniques specifically to counter ghosts, and pitched against geniuses who could fight above their level, there was no way he could win.

“We won already?” Zhao Po and the Living Corpse approached. The battle had started and ended so quickly that they hadn’t kept up with the rhythm.

Zhao Po was talented, but compared to the geniuses, he was a bit less experienced.

Although he had roamed the world and experienced many things, he fell short when compared to the reckless trio who frequently challenged stronger opponents.

Lu Yang took out a Soul Dispersing Charm, which scared the Drowning Ghost into retreating.

“Wait, wait, my crimes aren’t that grave.”

Lu Yang was undeterred, “You’ve drowned people; how can you say your crimes aren’t grave?”

“It’s fake, all fake! The person isn’t dead, look at the bottom of the pond, they’re alive!” The Drowning Ghost cried out in desperation.

Lu Yang leaned over to look, sure enough, there was a living woman at the bottom of the pond. It seemed that the Living Corpse was mistaken earlier since he immediately assumed she was dead.

Lu Yang used his spiritual essence to form a large hand, lifting the woman up and placing her next to the Drowning Ghost.

“Explain what’s going on.”