Demon Cultivator in Abyssal Era

Chapter 359: Chapter 195: He’s Not Human!

”Roar!”

Dozens of Fierce Ghosts pounced upon Li Zhan’s body, but in the next moment, a radiant sword light flared, annihilating all the Soul Bodies around.

Ancient and intricate runes appeared on Li Zhan’s longsword, containing a trace of terrifying Destructive Energy on its blade. The moment the Fierce Ghosts came into contact, their Soul Bodies began to shatter and dissolve.

”Is this a technique specifically for dealing with Soul Type creatures? As expected, the [Demon Sword Master (A)] is a profession possessing various combat methods.”

”Speaking of which, by the time Awakened individuals reach the King Tier, they generally no longer have weaknesses. They all more or less have means to counter different types of enemies.”

Watching the dozen or so Fierce Ghosts being easily slain with a single sword strike, a flicker of heartache flashed in Chu Xiu’s eyes.

Nevertheless, instead of having the ghosts retreat, he urged them to launch an even fiercer attack, using their Soul Bodies to deplete Li Zhan’s Energy.

Chu Xiu wished he could win every battle with minimal expenditure, but this was undoubtedly a naive fantasy. Facing a powerful enemy, it was impossible not to pay the price.

Indeed, for Demon Cultivators pursuing the path of the Supreme Demon Lord, sacrificing millions of ghosts in a single battle was common.

Fortunately, the Soul Cores of all the ghosts were collected in the Hundred Souls Banner, meaning that even if the Soul Bodies outside shattered, they could be re-consolidated with enough flesh and blood, greatly reducing the cost of restoration.

”So next... ”

”Let’s see who can endure longer!”

A fierce glint emerged in Chu Xiu’s eyes, rare cruelty showing on his face.

Under his mental command, a torrent of ghosts surged relentlessly towards Li Zhan, disregarding any losses!

”Get lost!”

With a furious shout, Li Zhan unleashed a blazing sword light that erupted in the field, forming violent storms of Destructive Energy around him. The ghostly creatures caught within had no power to resist and were shredded.

Nonetheless, Chu Xiu’s ghosts were not a group of mindlessly corrupted beings, rushing forward foolishly to die. Over a thousand Fierce Ghosts spread out into a strategic formation, maintaining significant gaps between each to minimize the killing Effect of Li Zhan’s wide-range Spells.

Nearby ghosts attacked Li Zhan one after another in a continuous onslaught, forcing him to perpetually expend Energy to maintain the fight.

Meanwhile, distant ghosts used long-range Spells to deplete him, and although these spells were only Low Tier like Yin Wind Blade and Life-taking Technique, their Power was considerable when amassed in large numbers.

”No, I can’t keep consuming like this!”

Ducking away from incoming spells, Li Zhan shattered a Fierce Ghost beside him with one sword strike and quickly made a decision.

Though he was a King Tier Awakened, he couldn’t withstand the coordinated sustained combat of over a thousand Fierce Tier creatures.

Moreover, the longer the delay, the more variables arose.

His figure blurred, preparing to leverage his high mobility to bypass the ghostly entanglement.

However, as he dodged a joint Claw Strike from five Fierce Ghosts and prepared to break through, a long knife and spear suddenly thrust at him from the side!

It turned out two Ghost Generals had been lying in ambush, ready to strike!

Both attacks moved extremely fast, and even before reaching Li Zhan, their astonishing Power could be felt.

Forced to defend, Li Zhan had to swing his sword to Block, which slowed his momentum, trapping him back into the surrounding circle of Fierce Ghosts.

Notably, he quickly noticed that the two Ghost Generals had no intention of pursuing him further. After forcing him back, they returned to their positions.

Not only these two, all of Chu Xiu’s ten Ghost Generals weren’t chasing Li Zhan at all! They merely guarded his avenues of escape, denying him any chance to approach Chu Xiu!

This plunged his heart into heaviness.

Li Zhan, undeterred, attempted several more times to bypass the ghostly line to slay Chu Xiu directly but was repeatedly intercepted by the combined efforts of the ten Ghost Generals.

Under the General Order and bloodthirsty buff, each Ghost General’s Constitution exceeded four thousand, with the strongest even reaching five thousand!

This formidable Power caused Li Zhan to show an incredulous expression with each exchange.

Meanwhile, under the unending harassment of the Fierce Ghosts, the Energy within Li Zhan rapidly diminished!

”How on earth does this kid possess so many Summoned Creatures?”

After cleaving down another three attacking Fierce Ghosts in one sword strike, even Li Zhan’s well-experienced self could not help displaying an existential doubt.

In actual combat, he truly realized that Chu Xiu’s Summoned Creatures were by no means merely amassed by numbers; each was of extremely high Tier and elite!

Especially under many buffs bestowed by Chu Xiu, each ghost’s Attributes were astonishingly high, even when considered individually.

Most exceptionally, these ghosts could cooperate, some even capable of converging Energy to launch combined attack strategies!

This left him increasingly alarmed with every strike, his heart rising to the unsettling thought that he might return empty-handed this time.

This was something he could not accept.

Li Zhan might have been of average Talent, yet harbored an immensely high ambition with a near-maniacal pursuit of strength.

He could bear entering into a marriage alliance with the Zhang Family for more upgrading resources and could ally with the fiercely malicious Calamity, even to the extent of assassinating government officials solely for maximizing his benefits.

But he couldn’t accept that, despite everything he had invested, after decades of relentless training, the result was being inferior to a high school student who only Awakened two months ago!