We're practicing all martial arts, so why did you switch to easy mode?

Upon entering the Ghost Skull Land, a gray and hazy world comes into view.

Immediately afterwards, Su Chen heard a sinister and terrifying voice in his ear. He looked in the direction of the voice and his gaze suddenly sharpened.

The one who spoke was a hideous man with an illusory figure. He was extremely ugly. Although his face was visible, it looked as if he had been soaking in water for a long time and was swollen. His swaying body added to the horror.

"This is what a ghost is?"

Upon seeing the other party, Su Chen immediately recalled the information he had collected about the Ghost Skull Land during this period. The Ghost Skull Land was filled with Yin spirits, which were said to be formed after people died unjustly. Therefore, they looked very similar to people, but due to various reasons, they also had many differences. However, without exception, these Yin spirits were all very powerful.

The ghost standing in front of Su Chen possessed the strength of the Divine Intent Realm. The moment it saw Su Chen, it bared its fangs and pounced on Su Chen with the speed of a ferocious beast, almost in the blink of an eye.

Upon seeing this, Su Chen immediately made a move, throwing a punch that shattered the spirit of the Divine Realm cultivator in his hand.

"Hahaha, you can't kill me!"

However, an astonishing scene soon unfolded. Not long after Su Chen killed the Yin Spirit, its voice rang out again.

Not long after the sound faded, Su Chen discovered that the previously annihilated Yin spirits had re-formed.

Because he had been killed, the ghost was extremely angry at this moment, baring his teeth and glaring at Su Chen, his teeth grinding together.

"A persistent ghost!" Su Chen felt a chill and immediately realized what was going on.

This is what makes the Ghost Skull Land so terrifying; there seems to be some kind of rule here that can maximize the survival of these ghosts.

In the Ghost Skull Land, the spirits are very difficult to kill.

The scene unfolding before our eyes is one such example.

Of course, these were not major problems for Su Chen.

He already knew about this, so his action just now was merely to verify his thoughts. After all, it was his first time in another world, and he wanted to see what true lingering spirits were. Now that he had seen it, he was getting serious.

The ghost clearly didn't believe Su Chen could kill him, so when he saw Su Chen make his move, a cold smile appeared on his lips. But the next moment, his expression froze, and disbelief filled his eyes: "You, how could you..."

Su Chen didn't finish speaking. Instead, he straightened his body and completely blasted the Yin Soul apart. Then, he grabbed it and put the purest energy from the Yin Soul into the gourd. This gourd was issued by the sect and was specially used to store Yin Souls.

After dealing with the first ghost, Su Chen continued to wander. He hadn't gone far when he encountered another ghost. Without the slightest hesitation, Su Chen immediately engaged in battle.

Bang bang bang!
In less than half an hour, Su Chen had killed all the surrounding evil spirits, quickly clearing the area.

"No, the number of Yin spirits is still too small. Bringing these back won't be enough for me to advance to the level of a true disciple, let alone exchange contribution points for Pure Yuan Pills. I need more Yin spirits. I need to go to other places to look."

The previous battle had caused too much of a commotion, and although Su Chen was already very fast, a large number of Yin spirits still managed to escape.

Although spirits are ethereal beings, their intelligence is in no way inferior to that of humans, and they possess the instinct to seek advantage and avoid harm.

So when they discovered how strong Su Chen was, they ran away without saying a word. Su Chen's strength alone was too weak to kill them all.

Of course, the main reason is that Ghost Skull suppresses Yuan Power, preventing him from fully unleashing his strength.

Moreover, according to the map provided by the sect, there are still some dangerous spirits in Ghost Skull Land, and Su Chen was worried that making too much noise would attract unnecessary trouble.

You can only take your time.

While Su Chen was searching for the Yin spirits, another group of people encountered a large number of Yin spirits attacking them.

"Wang Man, the number of Yin spirits is increasing. If this continues, we will all fail the test. Quickly take out the Soul-Slaying Whip that Senior Sister Liu Hong gave us!"

A woman struggled to fight off the evil spirits and shouted to the young man fighting beside her.

Wang Man didn't dare to be careless after hearing this. He also noticed the swarming ghosts. After a slight hesitation, he took out a whip from his pocket. As soon as he got the whip, before he could even swing it, the ghosts that were surging around like hungry wolves were so frightened that they retreated step by step and dared not get close at all.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, Wang Man acted swiftly, lashing out with his whip. The ghosts in front of him cried out in pain, turning into a wisp of black mist and disappearing in front of them. After a few lashes, a clearing immediately appeared around them. The remaining ghosts, seeing the power of the Soul-Striking Whip, suddenly realized what was happening, their faces filled with fear, and they retreated one after another, afraid of being whipped to death.

"Haha, as expected of Senior Sister Liu Hong's divine weapon, it's perfect for suppressing these vengeful spirits!"

The woman who had spoken earlier breathed a sigh of relief when the crisis was over, and she was in the mood to joke around.

"That's right. It's a pity that there are restrictions on this whip. It was set up to deal with Su Chen and cannot be used easily. Otherwise, a single lash would kill a large number of Yin spirits. You must know that this is a divine weapon containing supernatural power. If we go all out, the Soul-Striking Whip may not be weaker than us. Dealing with these Yin spirits will be easy."

Wang Man put away the whip. He had only used it out of necessity. Who would have thought that they would find themselves in the lair of the Yin spirits as soon as they entered? Faced with hundreds or even thousands of Yin spirits, they had no choice but to use the Soul-Striking Whip to escape.

Although the situation was dangerous, the gains were substantial. In less than an hour, they had reaped rewards comparable to a whole day's harvest, setting a good precedent for continuing to earn contribution points.

“The vengeful spirits here have dispersed and dare not attack us anymore. Let’s kill the spirits while searching for Su Chen. Once we find him, we’ll teach him a lesson for Senior Sister Liu Hong and Senior Brother Bi Tianyu, and also take away the spirit from him. Senior Sister Liu Hong has made a threatening statement that she will never be able to advance to a true disciple!” Wang Man said to the group.

The group agreed and followed behind Wang Man, searching for Su Chen and hunting down Yin spirits along the way.

They soon learned from a group of people that Su Chen's location was to their northeast.

After learning the location, Wang Man led the group to speed up and head towards it.

"Look, aren't those dark figures up ahead all ghosts?"

Not long after, Wang Man suddenly stopped, pointed ahead, and looked on in surprise.

What appeared before everyone was a cloud of black mist, and upon closer inspection, it was found to be a swarm of grotesque spirits.

"How could there be so many ghosts here?" The woman's heart trembled. There must be at least tens of thousands of ghosts here.

Wang Man realized what was happening: "Oh no! The evil spirits are heading this way! We need to get out of here right now!"

Tens of thousands of vengeful spirits rushed towards them at the same time. Even if their strength was only at the Divine Intent Realm, it would still be enough to give them a hard time.

Although he possessed the Soul-Slaying Whip, he rarely used it. Moreover, in this situation, unless he used the Soul-Slaying Whip with all his might, he might not be able to eliminate so many Yin spirits. Therefore, he made a decisive decision and ordered the group to leave.

"Something's not right. These ghosts don't seem to be chasing us; they look like they're fleeing?"

escape?

Upon hearing this, Wang Man and the others were all taken aback.

They instinctively wanted to refute it, feeling that it was simply impossible.

Who has such great power to make so many ghosts escape?

But soon, Wang Man, with his sharp eyes, spotted the figure behind the ghost and exclaimed in surprise, "That's Su Chen!"

"What? Su Chen is ahead?" The woman was taken aback upon hearing this.

He then changed his position and looked up, and sure enough, he saw Su Chen chasing after the Yin spirits and wreaking havoc.

Su Chen was like an elf in the darkness, reaping wave after wave of vengeful spirits.

As their accomplices had predicted, these ghosts were indeed on the run.

And the person who made them flee was none other than Su Chen! "This..."

Seeing this scene, everyone looked at each other in bewilderment.

"What do we do now?"

Someone looked at Wang Man and asked, "If we rush over to deal with Su Chen now, we're afraid we'll be trampled to death by the Yin Spirits before we even make a move."

What they feared even more was not the ghosts, but Su Chen, who was chasing and killing the ghosts.

If someone can slaughter tens of thousands of ghosts and send them running amok, then how strong must Su Chen be?

Based on their strength, they are probably no match for Su Chen.

Wang Man also thought of this and couldn't help but swallow.

But the Soul-Slaying Whip in his hand gave him immense confidence. He thought for a moment and replied, "Let him kill. Once he's killed enough, we'll reap the benefits!"

He didn't rush to make a move, but planned to wait until Su Chen was exhausted before taking action.

After all, Su Chen couldn't possibly kill all of those Yin spirits; there would always come a time when his Yuan energy would be exhausted.

Su Chen was unaware of Wang Man and the others' thoughts; he was currently engrossed in killing the Yin spirits.

So many ghosts!

It was all his.

He didn't want to let any of them go, but unfortunately there were too many ghosts, so he could only focus on hunting down the stronger ones.

With each slash, he could cut down a large number of ghosts with almost every stroke, without breaking a sweat.

As for the depletion of Yuan energy that Wang Man and the others were worried about, it would not happen to Su Chen at all.

While hunting Yin spirits, Su Chen discovered that his Hunyuan Power could actually absorb the Yuan Power of the Ghost Skull Land.

At the same time, it can absorb the power of Yin spirits and integrate it into the Primordial Power.

The primordial power, infused with the power of Yin spirits, not only did not lose its effectiveness, but actually made it even easier to kill Yin spirits.

The pressure that he had vaguely felt from the ghostly skeleton dissipated.

"Strange, so much time has passed, and most of the ghosts have died or been injured, but he doesn't seem to be exhausted at all!"

As Wang Man and the others watched from a distance, their expressions gradually became serious as they observed Su Chen displaying his extraordinary power.

Su Chen has almost wiped out all the tens of thousands of vengeful spirits, yet he still looks incredibly energetic.

This is very strange!

"It seems he has spotted us."

Wang Man was observing when he suddenly noticed Su Chen's gaze fixed on them.

However, Su Chen only glanced at them and did not rush in their direction.

He still couldn't bear to part with his ghost.

In fact, Su Chen had already discovered Wang Man and the others; his primordial spirit sensed them the moment they appeared.

Seeing that the group didn't approach, he didn't pay them any more attention.

Now that they've been hiding in the shadows, they must be plotting something and have their eyes on him.

Su Chen didn't care at all; it was still uncertain who the hunter and the prey were.

He continued his hunt for spirits.

Kill kill kill!

It must be said that the gourd has a lot of space inside. Even though Su Chen killed nearly ten thousand Yin spirits, the gourd was still not full.

This put Su Chen's mind at ease.

Otherwise, he would have killed so many spirits for nothing, what a huge loss that would have been!
After a stick of incense had burned, the ghosts were almost all killed, with tens of thousands of ghosts fleeing in disarray.

Su Chen didn't intend to waste time dealing with these weak Yin spirits, as they weren't of much value. Just as he was about to stop, he suddenly heard a whooshing sound behind him. Without even looking, he knew that the person who made the move was Wang Man.

So he moved his feet and flashed away, trying to dodge Wang Man's whip. But to his surprise, the opponent's attack was faster than he could move. It landed on him in an instant, and with just one lash, his primordial spirit was buzzing.

The Soul-Striking Whip can deal with ghosts and martial artists alike. It may not cause any real damage to the physical body, but it strikes the primordial spirit directly, and if one is not careful, the primordial spirit will be injured.

Compared to the physical body, even the primordial spirit of a martial artist in the Divine Power Realm is actually very weak. If it were an ordinary person, being hit by the Soul-Strike Whip would probably severely injure their primordial spirit. But unfortunately, Wang Man encountered Su Chen, whose primordial spirit had been tempered by the Pure Dharma and had already become extremely powerful.

After being whipped, he only swayed slightly before regaining consciousness.

"How can this be!"

Wang Man was dumbfounded when he saw this, unable to believe what was happening before his eyes.

But he quickly realized what was happening and raised his whip again, intending to strike Su Chen. If Su Chen were hit, things wouldn't be as simple as they were the first time. It might even cause Su Chen's primordial spirit to disintegrate.

Just as the whip was about to fall, the Heaven-Slaying Blade at Su Chen's waist suddenly flew up and hovered in front of him, releasing the power of a divine weapon to block the whip's attack.

boom!
It's like a whip striking steel, producing a crisp, clanging sound.

Although the Heaven-Severing Blade was not as powerful as the Soul-Slaying Whip, it still managed to withstand the attack and deflect it.

"Su Chen, are you okay?"

Instead of pressing his advantage to teach his opponent a lesson, he sent a telepathic message to Su Chen, hoping to wake him up.

"fine!"

Su Chen's slightly weak voice rang out, his head still spinning.

A moment later, he regained some consciousness, and a look of surprise appeared in his eyes.

He hadn't expected the Soul-Striking Whip to be so powerful; it almost caused him to stumble.

"The divine power contained within is a level higher than the Heaven-Severing Blade, and it's also a divine weapon that attacks the primordial spirit. No wonder it made me dizzy and disoriented!"

Su Chen opened his eyes, his deep gaze falling on Wang Man's Soul-Slaying Whip.

He snorted coldly, took a step forward, and his surging Yuan Power transformed into a pair of invisible hands, reaching out to grab the Soul-Slaying Whip. (End of Chapter)