Daily Intelligence, Starting Out I Obtain the Heaven-devouring Demonic Art

176: What are these willow branches?Whoosh!

Under the effect of the Emperor Jiang Jade Pendant, Wang Teng instantly vanished from the Ghost Saint’s sight.

”Va... vanished...?”

The Ghost Saint’s eyes narrowed, his face already extremely grim.

The Ghost Saint raised his hand, and a spatial node instantly appeared in his eyes.

”Besides those Sacred Objects, he even possesses a treasure that can traverse spatial nodes...?”

The Ghost Saint’s expression was dark, his fists clenched, and the might around his body caused the surrounding Void Realm to tremble, and the ground to crack.

He had initially thought that capturing a mere Divine Fire Realm being would be effortless, wouldn’t it?

Yet, he discovered that this being was excessively cunning, actually escaping right under his nose.

His heart already filled with rage, the Ghost Saint immediately moved to tear open the spatial node and continue pursuing Wang Teng.

But at the last moment, he forced himself to calm down.

With his strength, he was fully capable of tearing open spatial nodes and continuing to pursue Wang Teng.

However, he would face two major difficulties.

Firstly, although he could pursue Wang Teng by tearing open spatial nodes.

But during the process of traversing spatial nodes, there would be endless spatial turbulence, and even a Saint Realm expert like him would be injured in the spatial turbulence.

And if he was unlucky and encountered a turbulence storm, he would be severely injured even if he didn’t die.

Secondly, in the Primordial Ancient Realm’s Three Thousand States, each state would have one or more Saints.

And these Saints were the actual controllers of these states.

Without an invitation, rashly traveling to other states would cause the Saints of those states to be hostile.

It’s like you’re resting at home, and suddenly a stranger with a knife smashes through your door.

In such a situation, both sides might just start fighting directly.

If it were a weak state with only one Saint, even if he were injured after forcibly traversing the spatial node, he would still be able to save his life.

But if it were a powerful state with multiple Saints, and he was injured after traversing the spatial node, and then had to face the encirclement of multiple Saints, he might be directly suppressed and killed.

But... if he didn’t pursue Wang Teng, the Ghost Saint was truly extremely unwilling.

Firstly, Wang Teng stole Luo Mingdie’s urn containing ashes, and then audaciously snatched his Holy Medicine, the yellow springs life-extending ganoderma.

Furthermore, Wang Teng possessed too many Sacred Objects, so many that it made the Ghost Saint’s mind unstable, even envious.

With so many Sacred Objects protecting him, perhaps besides himself, even a Ghost King of the Quasi-Saint Realm might not be able to subdue him.

But now, the duck that was already in his mouth just flew away; how could he be reconciled?

”I’m not skilled in Karma techniques! But with the value you’ve shown, you’re worthy of me using that treasure!”

The Ghost Saint’s gaze constantly shifted.

He wanted to use that treasure to forcefully suppress and kill Wang Teng, and then send one of his Ghost Kings to another state to retrieve Wang Teng’s treasures.

No sooner said than done, the Ghost Saint quickly returned to his residence and entered a secret chamber deep underground, where the stench of decaying earth mixed with ancient cold air assailed him.

The walls were covered with numerous ghost patterns, twisting and writhing under the eerie green ghost fire, like countless vengeful souls struggling and wailing within them.

He tapped his toes on the ground, silently landing before a small altar made of white bones.

On this hexagonal altar, built from unknown beast bones, rested a palm-sized black bone, its surface covered with dense ghost patterns.

The Ghost Saint’s withered fingers traced the bone’s surface, a subtle tremor passing through his fingertips.

This bone, named Soul-Devouring Bone, was a treasured bone passed down to him by the previous Ghost Saint, and he would not use it unless absolutely necessary.

Each time it was used, this bone would not only absorb the user’s Lifespan, but the tiny cracks on its surface would also continuously expand. After only a few uses, this bone would completely turn to dust.

Therefore, unless absolutely necessary, the Ghost Saint did not want to use this bone, which had a limited number of uses.

However, Wang Teng held precious treasures, and also stole a Ghost King’s urn containing ashes and his yellow springs life-extending ganoderma; this was unforgivable.

Most importantly, Wang Teng also had many treasures that made the Ghost Saint’s heart stir.

The next moment, the Ghost Saint directly injected his magic power into the Soul-Devouring Bone.

Boom!

The Soul-Devouring Bone, which had been silent for countless years, began to tremble violently.

The ashen bone surface developed fine cracks, and eerie green light flowed along the bone seams, as if countless vengeful spirits were awakening within it, and ghost Qi erupted completely.

The Ghost Saint’s robes billowed without wind, and the ghost Qi and magic power around his body continued to pour into the Soul-Devouring Bone like a river.

Finally, as the Ghost Saint injected ghost Qi and magic power into the Soul-Devouring Bone.

The Soul-Devouring Bone fully revived, and its terrifying might directly shook the entire Misty Abyss.

However, the Ghost Saint did not immediately attack Wang Teng, but first probed the will of the Heavenly Dao.

If the Heavenly Dao obstructed him, he would immediately give up, but this probability was extremely small.

Even if the Heavenly Dao thought highly of Wang Teng, the Heavenly Dao was ultimately a neutral and emotionless existence, and would not openly protect a living being.

And indeed, the Ghost Saint did not feel any obstruction from the Heavenly Dao, which meant that Wang Teng could be killed.

”Damn creature! To die by the Soul-Devouring Bone, a Legacy of my Misty Abyss, you should be proud enough!”

As the Ghost Saint’s words fell, he directly launched a Karma strike against Wang Teng through the Soul-Devouring Bone.

However, the next moment, the Ghost Saint’s expression changed drastically, because just as he was about to suppress and kill Wang Teng, a willow branch silently appeared before his eyes.

The willow branch was dripping with vibrant green, full of vitality.

Before the Ghost Saint could react, the willow branch swiftly struck the Soul-Devouring Bone like a true Dragon.

With a crisp snap, the Soul-Devouring Bone shattered like glass, countless black fragments flying in all directions with a sharp shriek.

This scene instantly made the Ghost Saint’s pupils constrict. What was going on?

Why did a willow branch suddenly appear?

The next moment, before the Ghost Saint could think further, the willow branch struck him.

”Hmph...!”

The Ghost Saint let out a cold snort and directly raised his hand to block.

But soon, when the willow branch struck the Ghost Saint, it caused him to let out a shrill scream.

The willow branch seemed soft and insignificant, but the terrifying power that erupted from it solidly struck the Ghost Saint.

Boom!

The black robe on the Ghost Saint’s body instantly burst into countless cracks, and dark ghost Qi frantically leaked out. His pale face twisted and deformed, and black blood oozed from all seven orifices.

His entire ghost body seemed to be torn by an invisible giant force, emitting a teeth-gritting crunching sound, clearly having suffered extremely severe injuries.

”What is this willow branch?”

The Ghost Saint screamed, his face filled with terror.

This willow branch was truly terrifying to the extreme; with a single strike, it directly obliterated his Life Origin, and he was completely unable to resist, only able to watch as his Life Origin was slowly worn away.

One must know, he was a Saint Realm expert standing at the pinnacle of the Primordial Ancient Realm.

Yet now he was instantly killed by a willow branch; to what extent was this willow branch terrifying then?