Chapter 338: Chapter 135: Killing Ghost Moon and Seizing the High-Grade Profound Weapon, the Five Elements Cauldron
The true threat posed by the two Divine Power Realm cultivators, County Magistrate Zhang Yunpeng and Ghost Moon, was their ability to control the Grand Array and manipulate the Resentful Spirit.
In terms of pure Divine Power Realm cultivation, he could have killed both of them on his own!
Ding Jian and the others were currently working with Old Limp to suppress the Resentful Spirit. He absolutely could not let Ghost Moon get a chance to launch a sneak attack and disrupt them.
’I’ll draw him away first, then find an opportunity to kill him!’
Without the slightest hesitation, Chu Fan moved. He shot off the eaves like an arrow loosed from a bow, darting toward a West City alleyway—in the opposite direction of the Resentful Spirit and the trio from the Demon Suppression Bureau.
His movement immediately captured the attention of countless onlookers.
Both within the Three Talents Sealing Demon Array and outside of it, the gazes of everyone who could still stand and watch the battlefield were fixed upon the two figures—one pursuing, one fleeing.
"It’s the Ghost-faced Man! The mysterious expert who helped the Seven Stars Gang slay three Divine Power Realm masters from the Moon Worship Sect!"
"He’s finally making his move! But... can he really stop this disaster? Even the masters from the Demon Suppression Bureau can only barely contain that monster!"
"Look! Ghost Moon is catching up to him! The Black Cauldron is about to appear again!"
The spies from various factions lying in ambush, the civilians hiding behind ruined walls—all held their breath, anxiously watching the battle unfold.
Ghost Moon was incredibly fast. With his bizarre Step Technique, he closed the distance in just a few bounds, appearing not far behind Chu Fan.
His face was a mask of savagery and venom. He flung his left hand open, black energy swirling in his palm, then violently clenched his fist.
RUMBLE!
The air trembled slightly as another massive, pitch-black cauldron materialized out of thin air.
The strange beastly runes carved on its surface glowed with a dark light as it plummeted toward Chu Fan with immense force, aimed straight for his head.
Chu Fan was inwardly alarmed. ’The cauldron above Ding Jian is still in the air. How can Ghost Moon summon another one? Don’t tell me this cauldron is something he created through the Refinement of a Profound Artifact, allowing him to manifest more than one at a time?’
With danger imminent, he had no time to ponder...
He pushed his Ghost Shadow Illusionary Body Step to the absolute limit. Primordial Qi coursed through him like lightning, and his form instantly became erratic. Trailing a series of faint gray residual images, he dodged the fatal blow by a hair’s breadth, just barely scraping past the side of the cauldron.
The massive cauldron crashed to the ground with a deafening boom, making the earth tremble violently.
The stone pavement shattered like a spiderweb, a massive crater over ten feet deep gouged into the earth.
A violent shockwave blasted outwards, sending countless shards of stone and clouds of dust flying in every direction, pelting Chu Fan like a storm of hidden weapons.
THUD! THUD! THUD!
Although Chu Fan managed to circulate his Primordial Qi for protection in time, the immense force still sent him stumbling back three steps, a tightness constricting his chest.
Under the force of the blast, the Evil Ghost Mask he wore let out a sharp CRACK. A fissure split down from the brow, and the mask shattered into several pieces, sliding off his face to reveal the young, yet exceptionally resolute, face beneath.
The spies from the various factions, who had been intently watching the great battle from the rooftops, erupted into a commotion at this sight.
"It’s Chu Fan! The Ghost-faced Man is actually Chu Fan from the Seven Stars Gang!"
"How is that possible? Chu Fan has been with the Seven Stars Gang for less than five months! How could he possibly kill a Divine Power Realm master?"
"There’s no mistake! I saw him at the Seven Stars Gang headquarters last month. It’s him! How can someone so young have such skill?"
"Someone in the Spirit Awakening Realm... killing a Divine Power Realm expert? That’s completely unheard of!"
Cries of alarm, voices of doubt, and murmurs of disbelief rose and fell from the shadows, making the very air seem to crackle with heat.
「In the South City district, under the Iron Armor Sect’s control...」
"The Ghost-faced Man... is actually Chu Fan?"
Liang Yuhen froze, stunned as if struck by lightning. The longsword in her hand fell to the ground with a CLANG.
Just moments ago, she had stood in his way, pleading with him not to go near the Resentful Spirit, afraid he was throwing his life away...
The group of female Iron Armor Sect disciples beside her were utterly dumbfounded, their faces masks of pure shock, unable to utter a single word.
At that moment, Ghost Moon, who was in hot pursuit of Chu Fan, also faltered for a second, his eyes flashing with utter shock and disbelief.
He never could have imagined that the opponent who had driven him into such a wretched state, even wounding his very soul, could be so young.
From the looks of him, he probably wasn’t even twenty!
"You little bastard! I’ll slaughter you today!"
Ghost Moon shrieked, his voice distorted and hoarse from his soul’s injury. "You ruined my plans and wounded my soul! I will perform Soul Extraction and Spirit Refining on you, damning you for all eternity! Not even the gods themselves can save you today!"
"What are you barking for? You don’t have the skill," Chu Fan said coldly.
He was inwardly shaken by the terrifying power of the Black Cauldron, and his caution deepened...
’Just the aftershock of it crashing down has this much power!’
’If I hadn’t cultivated the Vajra Undying Body, making my physical body several times tougher than even a Divine Power Realm cultivator’s, that last impact would have severely wounded me from the aftershock alone!’
"REEE!"
Ghost Moon let out a monstrous cry and lunged forward, closing the distance once more.
The Black Cauldron that was embedded in the ground suddenly dissolved into a streak of black light, which shot back into his left palm like a spirit snake and vanished.
Immediately, his left hand began to glow with a dark, deathly light as he thrust his palm straight at Chu Fan’s chest.
"Don’t meet it head-on!"
The Paperman’s urgent voice boomed in Chu Fan’s mind.
With no time to think, Chu Fan’s Primordial Qi surged as he unleashed his Ghost Shadow Illusionary Body Step.
His figure became like smoke and mist, weaving left and right through the narrow alley, constantly changing direction in an attempt to create distance.
The Step Technique Ghost Moon was using was, shockingly, also the Ghost Shadow Illusionary Body Step.
Two shadowy figures, both using the Ghost Shadow Illusionary Body Step, chased one another through the broken walls and ruins like a pair of entangled phantoms.
