I opened an adventurer's guild in another world.

"puff!"

After spitting out a mouthful of blood, Horace didn't bother to wipe the blood from the corner of his mouth. He picked up the long sword beside him and started fighting with the approaching ghost.

"What's going on with so many ghostly spirits?!"

The Ghost Soul is extremely disgusting to professionals who cannot perform area-of-effect attacks.

Without finding the core crystal, there's no way to deal with the Ghost Soul.

But Horace, being a fourth-tier warrior, naturally had ways to deal with third-tier ghosts.

A ghostly spirit, baring its fangs and brandishing its claws, charged toward Horace.

Horace's eyes narrowed, and his grip on the longsword tightened.

Then, more than a dozen blades of light, like a spider web, slashed towards Youpo.

Click!

Despite constantly shifting its position, the core of the Ghost Soul was still struck by the longsword, and cracks appeared on its surface.

The ghostly spirit emitted a sound like a ghostly wail, and its form began to flicker.

The core crystal was completely exposed to Horace.

"Go to hell!"

Seeing this, Horace slashed at him with his sword.

However, just as the blade was about to touch the core, the Ghost Soul suddenly exploded!

Although there may be individual differences among the Ghost Souls of level 19 and above, none of them will have less than 1 magic power!

In other words, each level 19 Ghost Soul using [King's Power] is equivalent to a fourth-tier skill!

boom!

A dazzling white light shone.

Anno, squinting from a distance, saw Horace distance himself the instant the white light appeared.

"What a pity!"

Anno shook his head inwardly.

Although the activation time of [King's Power] is extremely short.

However, a fourth-tier warrior, under normal circumstances, is fully capable of taking this opportunity to create distance and avoid damage from the center of the explosion.

Unless you are surrounded by a group of ghosts.

But Horace was too fast, and the ghosts had no chance to surround him.

Anno surveyed the battlefield and muttered to himself, "I need to find a way to wear him down and slow him down!"

"Another self-destruction!"

Horace, who had been thrown away by the blast wave, got up covered in dust.

Although not at the epicenter of the explosion, it was still affected.

Fortunately, they were not seriously injured.

Before he could make a move, a terrifying ghost face suddenly appeared before him, startling him.

At the same time, he also felt something was wrong with his body.

It was as if something was draining his blood.

Horace was a highly experienced fighter with a quick reflex.

He quickly used [Warrior's Heart] to break the Ghost's [Intimidate] skill.

Then, the [Abnormal Status Resistance Enhancement] was used, and the mushrooms parasitizing Horace stopped growing as soon as they reached the size of glass beads.

After regaining his vision, Horace was about to examine his body when he saw more than a dozen ghosts rushing towards him.

"[Thrust]!"

Horace knew he couldn't find a dozen or so Ghost Crystals at once, so he had to break through the encirclement.

Besides, he was almost blown up just now, so how could he dare to let Youpo get close?

Horace, leaving a trail of afterimages behind him, broke through the encirclement in an instant.

As he created distance, he discovered mushrooms growing on his body.

I reluctantly tore off a few plants.

But Horace knew there was more beneath his clothes!

Needless to say, it was definitely Anno who did it.

On the other hand, Anno had finally found an opportunity to have Youpo entangle the other party, so how could he let him leave?

As soon as Horace ran out, more than twenty other ghosts attacked him simultaneously, trying to surround him.

Horace's movements were not as agile as before.

He could tell from the movement of these ghostly spirits that they were trying to surround him.

As for what they plan to do after surrounding them.

Horace could figure that out with his toes!

"If you want to kill me, then all of you, die!"

Horace stepped back a few paces, raising his longsword as if he intended to unleash the [Cut Blade] he hadn't used earlier on Youpo!

Anno quickly sent Youpo to stop the other party.

However, Horace did not immediately use [Cut Blade], but instead kept using [Thrust] to dodge attacks.

[Thrust] Can instantly thrust five meters in one direction.

Although it is a third-tier skill, it puts a great strain on the body when used.

Generally, third-tier warriors will take a break to alleviate the side effects on their bodies when using this skill.

The only difference between fourth-tier warriors is that the intervals between them are shorter.

However, for some reason, Horace used [Thrust] five times in a row but didn't attack!

The more he did this, the more uneasy Anno, who was not far away, felt.

"Does he have some kind of trump card up his sleeve?"

Anno was somewhat wary.

[Five-Vision Omnipotence] allows you to see Horace's skills, but you cannot distinguish the rank of each skill.

Unless it's a skill that Anno knows.

After Horace used [Thrust] ten times in a row, his body finally reached its limit!

Every muscle trembled, and Horace's legs, which were standing, were shaking slightly.

But at this moment, a dazzling light emanated from Horace's blade.

Horace turned to face the ghostly figures chasing after him.

And Anno was behind Youpo.

The long sword slashed down suddenly from a distance of more than ten meters.

Swish!

A blade of light, more than five meters long and half a meter wide, slashed toward Youpo with terrifying force.

It's still the [Cutting Blade].

However, after Horace charged up, the power directly reached the peak of a fourth-tier skill!

This attack dealt 2 damage!

In the third tier, a level 20 knight only has around 3 health points!

"You want to kill me when you're a higher-level opponent? Then I'll show you why a third-level opponent can't beat a fourth-level opponent!"

As Horace unleashed this strike, he roared inwardly.

He had already observed that these ghostly spirits were all under Anno's control.

By now, Horace no longer underestimated Anno.

He especially dared not withstand the power of the self-destruction of the Nether Soul.

But it's impossible to kill him with just a few dozen third-tier ghost souls!

A sharp blade flashed out, instantly slicing through the ghostly spirit that stood between Horace and Anno.

The enormous blade of light was already considered an area-of-effect attack, covering the entire body of the Ghost Soul, not to mention the crystal.

These phantoms didn't even have time to use the [King's Power] before they turned into white light and disappeared!

The blade's edge instantly annihilated all the ghostly spirits and continued flying towards Anno.

Anno felt the hairs on his body stand on end and quickly dodged to the side.

However, the speed of the blade was too fast, and it flew to Anno's side in the blink of an eye!

boom!

Anno, who had been bombing others, was thrown dozens of meters away by the force of the blade's explosion, covered in blood, and lay motionless on the ground!

"Hahaha... Ahahaha..."

Horace, his body tattered and his hair disheveled, laughed wildly upon seeing this.

Since entering the fourth tier, no third tier has posed a threat to his life.

Such a battle gave him a great sense of exhilaration.

He even leveled up by 1 because of some insights he gained.

If the two sides were of the same level, or if one of those ghostly spirits was a fourth-order being, he would have been dead long ago!

"No, we don't need a fourth tier!"

As Horace walked towards Anno, he muttered to himself, "Given my current condition, even if dozens more of those ghostly spirits came, I'd be finished! Too bad, it's all over!"

"Ahem...How about a few dozen more?"

Anno, struggling to his feet, suddenly coughed and said weakly to Horace, "Since you've said that, then it's indeed over!"

Upon hearing this, Horace realized he was in trouble and immediately drew his sword, intending to rush forward and kill Anno.

But the next second, he stopped walking.

In front of Anno appeared a full forty level 20 Ghost Souls!

Compared to previous inventory, this batch is of a higher grade.

"Are you... a human... or a monster?"

Horace lost his composure and turned to run away.

But now, his speed has decreased significantly, and Youpo can catch up with him.

"Get lost!"

Surrounded, Horace still tried to resist, swinging his long sword incessantly.

They even used the uncharged version of the [Cut Blade].

However, all of this became meaningless after the Ghost Souls completed their encirclement.

"Die!"

To prevent any accidents, Anno ordered the twenty ghosts surrounding Horace to self-destruct.

Rumble!

A mushroom cloud rises over the grassland.

About one kilometer from the battle site.

Upon seeing the mushroom cloud, the two cloaked figures immediately rode their warhorses over it.