John Wei watched as the vines in front of him burned more and more fiercely, letting out roars of anger.
It was true that wood feeds fire, but no matter how strong his flas were, he had to hit Ghost Guest. His body was already being corroded by toxins, and the longer he dragged this out, the worse it would be for him.
But with his combat experience, he naturally wouldn't sit and wait for death. He ford several complex hand seals, causing the surrounding flas to burn fiercely and condense into a ring of fire. The green vines summoned by Ghost Guest turned to ash as soon as they got close.
John Wei raised his hand again, sending fireballs raining down. Seizing the mont when Ghost Guest dodged, he charged forward, the fire in his palm forming a blade that he slashed down towards Ghost Guest's head.
Ghost Guest's expression remained unchanged, his speed suddenly increasing as he easily dodged John Wei's attack.
"Windwalking Pill!" John Wei's face imdiately darkened. From Ghost Guest's movents, it was clear he had taken a Windwalking Pill before the fight, only now revealing its speed-enhancing effects.
In fact, it wasn't just the Windwalking Pill. To avoid the hassle of taking them during the fight, Ghost Guest had consud all his enhancing pills beforehand. Especially the Explosive Spirit Pill, which temporarily boosted his cultivation; he had taken two of those.
Although his cultivation was not as high as John Wei's, with the various pill enhancents, he was not much weaker. However, in terms of Wood Spirit Technique, he was still restrained by John Wei's flas.
Thinking of this, Ghost Guest took another cold pill, pointed at John Wei, and the cold air spread out, suppressing the flas on John Wei's body.
Fire doesn't restrain wood, only because wood feeds fire. But after taking this Ice Spirit Pill, John Wei's flas would no longer threaten him. After all, water truly restrains fire.
"A second-grade Ice Spirit Pill, you really are willing to spend." John Wei's face grew even darker. His cultivation was close to the fifth level of Qi Refinent, and a first-grade Ice Spirit Pill had minimal effect on his flas. Only a second-grade Ice Spirit Pill could have such an effect.
"Your life is worth the price," Ghost Guest replied indifferently, though he felt a bit of pain in his heart. A first-grade pill cost a few Spirit Stones at the lowest, up to dozens at the highest. But this second-grade Ice Spirit Pill had cost him two hundred Spirit Stones. Given his current financial situation, second-grade pills were still a bit expensive. But to deal with John Wei, he had no choice but to spend.
John Wei sneered, taking out a crimson gourd from his storage bag. He pulled out the stopper, and flas burst out like a solid entity, instantly dispersing the cold air and engulfing Ghost Guest in a sea of fire.
"You think you're the only one with a trump card? I've been refining this Fire Swallowing Gourd for a long ti. Your Ice Spirit Pill is nothing to ."
However, John Wei's smugness didn't last long before the sea of fire was completely extinguished. Tiny ice crystals swirled around Ghost Guest, forming a protective armor. The cold air alone froze the ground beneath John Wei's feet.
John Wei's face changed drastically as he saw the yellow talisman paper burning slowly in front of Ghost Guest.
This was a talisman inscribed with a spell, and Ghost Guest had used a Frost Armor inscribed by a sixth-level Qi Refinent cultivator. It had strong defensive capabilities and greatly restrained his flas.
Such talisman paper sold for five hundred Spirit Stones at the Spirit Treasure Platform, and hardly anyone was willing to buy it. He never expected Ghost Guest to prepare so much just to deal with him.
In John Wei's shocked gaze, Ghost Guest took out another talisman paper. After injecting spiritual energy, the talisman paper ignited, and the rampant cold air turned into solid ice crystals, extinguishing the flas on John Wei's body.
Frost Purge, like Frost Armor, was inscribed by the sa cultivator. When used together with Frost Armor, it could restrain any fire-specialized cultivator below the fifth level of Qi Refinent until the talisman paper burned out.
"Seal!" Ghost Guest ignited another talisman paper, and several ice walls appeared around John Wei without warning, trapping him. The cold air penetrated his bones, and within a few breaths, John Wei's limbs were completely stiff.
Taking advantage of the stagnation of spiritual energy in John Wei's body, Ghost Guest summoned green vines that grew out from within the ice walls, piercing John Wei's limbs and continuously injecting toxins. John Wei's face quickly turned blue, losing all strength to resist.
Ghost Guest stood still, using the vines to continue corroding John Wei's body, showing no intention of approaching.
In the past, he would have thought he had already won, but after the incident with the Law Enforcent Hall, he would never underestimate any opponent. A cultivator's final struggle before death was often the fiercest.
"Damn it!" John Wei roared, pushing his spiritual energy to the limit. Intense flas burst out, turning the green vines to ash, but he had no way to deal with the surrounding ice walls.
He had feigned weakness to make Ghost Guest lower his guard and co closer, so he could unleash his remaining spiritual energy and capture Ghost Guest. But Ghost Guest didn't fall for it.
Ghost Guest attacked John Wei with green vines again, but they quickly turned to ash. He had anticipated this result; his goal was to deplete John Wei's spiritual energy.
John Wei had no choice but to take a Rejuvenation Pill. He had to hold out until the talisman paper burned out to counterattack.
Ghost Guest directly took out a handful of Rejuvenation Pills and swallowed them like beans, his eyes full of mockery.
Both had revealed their trump cards, and it was now a matter of who could last longer.
John Wei's storage bag might contain many pills, but no matter what, it wouldn't have more than Ghost Guest, who was a pill refiner.
Ghost Guest spread his spiritual sense fully, carefully observing John Wei's condition. With the second slot of the Extinct Spirit Seed activated, his spiritual sense had grown daily. Although his cultivation was only at the third level of Qi Refinent, his spiritual sense far exceeded John Wei's.
As the toxins continued to invade, John Wei's aura weakened rapidly. His face turned ashen, his lips pale, and he looked like he could no longer hold on.
However, he still persisted. As long as the talisman paper burned out, with his cultivation, he could instantly subdue Ghost Guest.
Ghost Guest's eyes were full of mockery. He knew John Wei's thoughts well. In John Wei's desperate gaze, he took out a fourth talisman paper.
"Frost Spikes!"
Inside the ice walls, crisscrossing ice spikes broke through the ground, piercing John Wei's body.
John Wei let out a miserable scream, his body collapsing completely. With the piercing from all directions, his Qi Sea was shattered, leaving him unable to use even a trace of spiritual energy, let alone resist.
"Do you think my Spirit Stones are easy to take?" Ghost Guest dissolved the ice walls, took out a flying sword from his storage bag, and with a flash, decapitated John Wei.
Ghost Guest picked up John Wei's head and threw it in front of Jiang He.
Jiang He was stunned upon seeing John Wei's head. Although it was only for a brief mont, it was enough for Douglas Situ and the others to seize the opportunity and strike, causing him to spit blood.
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Even though he was close to the sixth level of Qi Refinent, he hadn't broken through yet. Under the combined attack of four people, he was already at a disadvantage. This mont of distraction only hastened his death.
Ghost Guest glanced at Jiang He indifferently, and vines rose under his feet, carrying him towards the other cultivators.
This kind of battle was not sothing he could participate in. His targets were those cultivators with similar cultivation levels to his own, so of whom had once shared drinks with him and affectionately called him junior brother.
But now, standing on opposite sides, he couldn't afford to show rcy.
Under the four-person assault, Jiang He's aura gradually weakened. Douglas Situ seized the opportunity, summoned his flying sword, and slit Jiang He's throat.
Jiang He clutched his bleeding throat, unwillingly falling to the ground.
Douglas Situ decapitated Jiang He and held his head aloft, flying up with his sword.
"Jiang He is dead. Surrender and you will not be killed!"
Instantly, the entire Dusk Mountain fell silent.
After a mont of silence, all the cultivators chose to stop fighting. In terms of overall strength, even with Brian Qin and Robert Zhou joining, Jiang He's side still had the advantage. But with Jiang He's death, the fighting had lost its aning.
"Ghost Guest of Dusk Mountain, greets the Mountain Lord!" Ghost Guest was the first to clasp his fists in salute.
After a mont of hesitation, the other cultivators followed suit, clasping their fists and saluting, "Greetings, Mountain Lord!"
Douglas Situ casually threw Jiang He's head to the ground and smiled slightly.
"At ease."
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