Chapter 67: Hundred-Eyed Sky Ghost

In the gray space.

Tong Ren'e and He Shan Daoist had transformed into two blurry shadows, flying through the air with lightning speed.

With their cultivation levels, they covered tens of thousands of li in an instant.

Especially after Duan Renli's aura vanished without a trace, they did not hesitate to expend great amounts of primal energy to activate secret techniques, greatly increasing their speed.

This feeling of fleeing as if their souls had left their bodies was something they had not experienced for countless millennia. Before this, in the entire Linghuan Realm, those who could match their cultivation were few and far between, and at their level, they naturally did not engage in casual battles.

“Daoist He Shan, now is the time! Quickly cast a spell to open a spatial passage. If we don't leave this cave heaven, we will surely die!” Tong Ren'e glanced behind him and said urgently.

“Alright!”

He Shan Daoist nodded. With one hand, he flipped over a palm-sized silver disc, while the other hand glowed with green light. Without hesitation, he lightly struck the disc and began to chant incantations.

A ball of silver light immediately burst forth from the disc, gradually growing brighter with the incantations, and dense silver runes emerged.

The next moment, over a dozen silver rays shot out from the silver light, converging and intertwining in the void before them, gradually forming a blurry silver pattern that emitted a trace of spatial fluctuation.

At that moment, a muffled rumble of thunder came from behind the two.

Hearing this, their expressions changed instantly.

A silver light flickered as it chased after them from behind, growing larger with each flash, its speed far surpassing theirs.

"How much longer?" Tong Ren'e demanded in a low voice.

"Ten breaths... no, eight!" He Shan Dao Ren replied hurriedly, his hands never ceasing their incantation gestures.

"I'll hold him off. You hurry!" Tong Ren'e's eyes shifted, then he gritted his teeth and said.

As his words fell, a low chant issued from his mouth, and with a wave of his hand he tore off the black robe covering him, revealing his bare upper body.

On his seemingly frail chest was clearly imprinted a dark red ghostly pattern, emitting an unsteady blood-red glow, as if a violent living creature were struggling incessantly.

Several white objects on the ghostly figure emitted a faint white light, seemingly suppressing the blood-red radiance with force.

Tong Ren'e took a deep breath, first formed a hand seal with both hands, then his fingers flashed as they tapped several times on those white objects.

Blinding white light flared from these white objects, and unknown white runes emerged, trembling before shooting out with a series of "puffing" sounds—thirteen white bone nails in total.

As soon as the bone spike came loose, the blood-red ghost pattern let out an excited roar, as if a terrible demon had finally broken free of its shackles.

A dazzling blood light burst from Tong Ren'e's chest, enveloping his body and forming over a dozen thick blood-red beams of light. A terrifying power rippled outward from them, causing the surrounding void to churn.

Within the blood light, Tong Ren'e's face showed pain, and he let out a muffled groan.

Suddenly, a cracking sound came from within his body. His muscles writhed like living things, and his body rapidly swelled.

In an instant, he transformed into a hundred-zhang-tall giant ghost with a green face and fangs.

This ghost was somewhat similar to the Crimson Blood Celestial Ghost that Duan Renli had once summoned—clearly another Celestial Ghost—but even more terrifying.

Its body surface was covered with dense black-and-red mysterious patterns. More eerily, its chest, abdomen, arms, legs, and even the tops of its feet were covered with eyes—hundreds of them—constantly blinking and emitting faint black light that made one's hair stand on end.

In particular, a vertical eye on its forehead was especially large, squeezing the eyes and brows below it to the sides, making it look even more ferocious.

However, this eye was tightly shut.

As soon as the Hundred-Eyed Celestial Ghost appeared, a far more powerful aura than before radiated from its body, causing the surrounding void to ripple.

Just then, a flash of silver lightning appeared!

A silver lightning roc, over ten zhang in size, flickered into view before the two. Seeing the Hundred-Eyed Celestial Ghost that Tong Ren'e had become, a hint of surprise seemed to flash in its eyes.

The roc then spread its wings. With a crackle of thunder, countless silver lightning bolts surged on its body surface, and one of its claws suddenly grabbed forward.

With a whoosh!

A terrifying lightning giant claw, the size of a mu, appeared out of thin air and grabbed down at the Hundred-Eyed Celestial Ghost's head.

Before the giant claw even descended, a terrifying force had already arrived, instantly tightening the surrounding void.

Facing such an attack, the Hundred-Eyed Celestial Ghost showed no fear. It formed hand seals, and nearly half of the eyes on its body lit up simultaneously, shooting out beams of black light.

Dozens of beams interwove to form a black light net, which collided with the lightning giant claw.

At the moment of collision, a faint law fluctuation emerged from the black light net.

The lightning giant claw flickered and vanished from its spot, then reappeared hundreds of zhang away as if teleported.

With a loud bang, the lightning giant claw struck the void, and countless silver lightning bolts exploded, causing the nearby space to churn and roil.

Eh!

A flicker of surprise flashed in Lei Peng's eyes, then his wings trembled once more.

Two fan-shaped silver lightning bolts shot out from the wings, appearing in an instant on either side of the Heavenly Ghost, converging in a pincer attack.

The eyes on the Hundred-Eyed Heavenly Ghost lit up again, shooting out beams of black light that met the two fan-shaped lightning bolts from left and right.

A faint ripple of law energy stirred once more, and the two fan-shaped lightning bolts vanished into thin air, reappearing hundreds of feet away, colliding with each other and shattering.

Not far away, He Shanzi saw this and felt a surge of joy.

Only two or three breaths had passed since before, and under his full exertion, the silver, hazy pattern in midair was gradually solidifying.

Lei Peng, transformed from Han Li, folded his wings and ceased his attack, ignoring He Shanzi's actions, and spoke in human tongue to the Hundred-Eyed Heavenly Ghost before him:

"I never expected to see someone capable of wielding spatial power in this Linghuan Realm. You do live up to the title of the number one Mahayana in this realm."

"Fellow Daoist Han, we have no enmity between us, and there is no need for such a fierce battle. This matter originates from the upper realm, and we are merely following orders. Now that Duan Renli is dead, you should have vented your anger. Even if you possess great divine powers, if you truly throw the Linghuan Realm into chaos, the upper realm will not tolerate it." The Hundred-Eyed Heavenly Ghost spoke cautiously, in a tone half-threatening, half-conciliatory.

"Heh, it seems this matter is indeed related to the ancestors of your two sects. But they are far away in the Immortal Realm, powerless to intervene in matters here now." Lei Peng sneered coldly.

"How dare you..." The Hundred-Eyed Heavenly Ghost was taken aback.

Before it could finish speaking, Lei Peng suddenly raised his head and let out a high-pitched, piercing cry.

The silver arcs around his body brightened again, converging toward his claws, emitting astonishing silver lightning and forming a huge circular net of electricity.

At the same time, strange runes shimmering with silver light flew out from his claws and sank into the electric net.

The arcs on the silver electric net suddenly shattered silently like bubbles, bursting forth with a dazzling silver light, then condensed abruptly into two brilliant silver thunderballs.

The surface of the thunderballs was covered with a layer of silver runes, surrounded by strands of silver electric sparks flying and entwining, emitting a low rumbling sound and a terrifying aura of destruction.

This was the Thunder Sacrifice Art!

The lightning used in these balls was the silver lightning power of Lei Peng, so they were not exactly the same as the thunderballs he had previously condensed using Evil-Cleansing Divine Lightning.

The Hundred-Eyed Heavenly Ghost let out a low roar, and the red and black patterns on its body all bloomed, followed by the more than a hundred eyes on its body lighting up simultaneously.

Lei Peng raised his claws, and the two silver thunderballs shot forth, flying with incredible speed to the front of the Heavenly Ghost, where they immediately exploded.

With a loud "Boom!"

In midair, two silver suns suddenly appeared, expanding rapidly under the violent surge of silver light, with electric sparks flying in all directions. Countless silver runes emerged on the suns, emitting a terrifying aura that could destroy heaven and earth, pressing down with a rumble.

Although Tong Ren'e had long anticipated the power of Han Li's strike, witnessing it firsthand still made his expression drastically change.

The celestial ghost he had transformed into let out a fierce roar, and all its eyes suddenly widened, the corners cracking slightly, with bloodshot lines emerging in the pupils.

Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh!

Streams of black light, nearly twice as thick as before, shot out, weaving into a massive black net.

At the same time, the vertical eye on its forehead abruptly opened, revealing a pitch-black giant eye.

Swoosh!

A thick beam of black light shot out and merged into the black net.

The black net suddenly brightened, transforming into a layer of black light curtain that covered it from head to toe.

Two silver suns descended fiercely, striking the black light curtain.

The black light curtain immediately blazed with intense light, emitting strong law fluctuations.

Nearly half of the light from the two suns instantly congealed, as if frozen, but the other half of the silver light remained unaffected and, amid a great rumbling, continued to surge downward.

The black light screen buzzed and trembled, its surface light flickering wildly, though it did not dissipate.

The two sides were locked in a stalemate.

At that moment, a loud roar came from within the black light screen, which suddenly expanded, its surface covered with countless black runes.

The two silver suns flashed and instantly vanished from their positions, then reappeared in the distant void with a flicker.

Rumble!

The two suns completely exploded, transforming into two towering thunder pillars that shot into the sky, easily piercing the gray clouds above, while their lower ends plunged deep into the ground, creating two large holes.

A tremendous wave of power radiated from the giant thunder pillars, stirring up towering cyclones within dozens of miles.

At that moment, the black light screen flickered and collapsed, revealing the figure of the Hundred-Eyed Celestial Ghost.

However, it now looked extremely wretched, panting heavily, with its hundred-odd eyes half-open and half-closed, and the black eerie light they emitted was also very dim, as if its vitality had been greatly damaged.

Seeing this, the He Shan Daoist was horrified, but his spellcasting had clearly reached its final stage.

As he rapidly cast several incantations, the silver pattern in the void suddenly blazed with light, then condensed into a solid, clear image—a picture of a silver moon shining in the sky.