Chapter 374 - 358: Art Is an Explosion

Chapter 374: Chapter 358: Art Is an Explosion

Since their opponents had broken the rules first, they couldn’t be blamed for their own ruthlessness. This was all for the sake of upholding the interests and authority of the Ghost Spirit Sect!

If they killed these two arrogant trespassers, the sect wouldn’t just forgive them—it would reward them!

There was no need for idle chatter, let alone pointless probing.

Killing intent flared from the Evil Cultivators. One after another, they unleashed their signature techniques, determined to blast these two poachers to smithereens in an instant!

"Attack!"

Most of the Evil Cultivators chose to swarm their targets at once. However, a few of the more devilishly cunning ones only feigned an all-out assault, secretly holding back some of their power in case their opponents had a trick up their sleeve.

"VWOOM—!"

In an instant, a malevolent wind raged, and the air filled with the wails of ghosts and demons.

One Evil Cultivator opened his mouth and spat, and a ball of [Nether Ghostflame] erupted, swelling in the wind!

Another Evil Cultivator formed a hand seal, and the ground suddenly cracked open. Countless skeletal claws burst from the earth, reaching for the pair’s ankles!

Still another waved a wide sleeve, and a wave of ghastly energy rolled out, causing the temperature to plummet wherever it passed!

In a flash, the sky filled with layer upon layer of phantoms, and a baleful aura blotted out the sun.

How could this be called a city of the living? It was clearly hell on earth, a stage for the Night Parade of Hundred Demons!

Zhang San and Li, standing at the center of the storm, looked as if they would be torn to shreds at any moment by the onslaught of Ghost Path Skills...

And yet, faced with the overwhelming tide of Ghost Path Skills, Zhang San and Li showed not a trace of fear. Instead, they shared a faint smile.

’The enemy isn’t running, they’re actually daring to attack us! Well, they can’t blame us for surrounding them, then!’

Zhang San stepped forward, his beggar’s rags whipping in the malevolent wind.

As the howling [Nether Ghostflame] bore down on him, he casually thrust his broken bowl forward and turned it over.

"VWOOOOM—!!!"

In that instant, the seemingly unremarkable bowl transformed into a swirling vortex.

The [Nether Ghostflame], potent enough to corrode even metal, crashed into the vortex and was swallowed whole.

"Thank you for the kind donation of ghostflame!"

"What?!"

The eyes of the Evil Cultivator who had cast the spell bulged from their sockets.

’He can swallow ghostflame whole?! What is he planning?’

But he had no time to ponder it further, for he was met with the beggar Zhang San’s staff technique!

"CRACK—!!!"

With a single sharp crack, the Foundation Establishment Evil Cultivator’s protective aura shattered. The blow spun his head a full 360 degrees, and a mixture of red and white matter burst into a bloody blossom in the air.

On the other side, Li’s fight was... an appetizing display.

Facing the sky full of grasping skeletal claws, Li charged forward instead of retreating, unleashing a volley of white steamed buns!

"Come on, come on! Since you’re all so hungry, let me treat you to a feast!"

"[Steamed Bun Banquet: Force-Feeding Method]!"

"WHOOSH! WHOOSH! WHOOSH!"

"CRUNCH!" A skeletal claw was smashed to smithereens by a few steamed buns.

"SQUELCH!" An Evil Cultivator attempting a sneak attack had his Dantian pierced straight through by three steamed buns.

"AAAHH!!" Another Evil Cultivator had just summoned a defensive shield when it was shattered by a dozen more buns. The final bun was rammed into his mouth, bursting out the back of his skull!

Slaughter! Devouring!

The moment the killer buns pierced their enemies, they began to ravenously plunder the essence of their entire bodies.

Meanwhile, the white steamed buns that had missed their targets lay scattered across the surrounding ruins.

"WHOOSH—"

A few buns, now saturated with blood, flew back into his hand. Li grabbed a [Genuine Human-Blood Bun] and, without a second glance, took a huge bite!

"Delicious!!!" Juices sprayed everywhere as a surge of blood-qi roiled within him!

As the bun settled in his stomach, Li’s aura, which had begun to waver from casting so many techniques, surged to new heights! The few scrapes on his body from the ghastly energy healed at a rate visible to the naked eye!

Fueling war with war! The more he killed, the stronger he became!

This wasn’t a battle. It was a one-sided slaughter!

However, the Ghost Spirit Sect was a demonic sect, after all. Every one of these Foundation Establishment Stage Evil Cultivators was a hardened survivor who had clawed their way up from the Qi Refining stage.

After a moment of shock and chaos, a vicious gleam flashed in the eyes of the leader, an Evil Cultivator at Foundation Establishment Great Perfection. "Stop trying to screw each other over! If we keep holding back, we’re all going to die here! Form the array!"

"[Ghost Night March Array], activate!"

SWISH! SWISH! SWISH!

A dozen dark figures instantly took up positions around them. Seeing things were turning sour, Zhang San and Li tried to escape into the sky, riding his broken bowl and one of Li’s buns, but the others immediately shot up after them.

Then, waves of baleful energy linked together in the sky, forming a series of Nether Light Curtains that trapped the pair in the center.

"VWOOM—!"

As the Array began to operate, countless ghostly shrieks pierced their eardrums. The once-clear sky instantly grew dark and desolate, filled with a mournful wind.

Li’s brow furrowed. He raised a hand and unleashed a machine-gun barrage of buns.

"BANG! BANG!"

But the once-unbeatable buns only created a few ripples against the baleful light curtain before being deflected harmlessly away.

Zhang San curled his lip. "Well now, they even know how to use an Array. Trying to trap a dog to beat it, are we?"

Li spat. "Pah! Watch your mouth! Who are you calling a dog?"

"They are!"

But there was little time left for their banter.

"Crush them!"

At the lead Evil Cultivator’s command, the pitch-black light curtain began to contract. The shrieking specters that howled through the great Array further compressed the duo’s room to maneuver.

As the encirclement tightened, Li flashed an eerie grin. "Crush us? I think you have no idea what a real ’surprise’ is!"

He abruptly formed a hand seal for a Technique and barked a single word: "Detonate!"

All the white steamed buns lying in the ruins suddenly shot into the air, swarming the area around the Array before instantly bursting apart!

"POP! POP! POP! POP!"

Propelled by Spiritual Power, the white flour exploded outward, enveloping the Evil Cultivators on the Array’s perimeter in a thick, white fog.

"COUGH! COUGH! COUGH!" Caught off guard, the Evil Cultivators choked on the white powder, their vision instantly obscured. "What is this?! The buns exploded?!"

"Cough... Is it poisoned?! Everyone, hold your breath!"

"No! It’s not poison! It must be... a diversion! They’re trying to break out in the confusion!"

The Evil Cultivators were thrown into disarray. Some cautiously backed away, ready to use their fellows as shields and flee. Others rushed forward, attempting to re-form the Array and crush the pair within.

Seizing the opportunity created by the gap in the Array, Zhang San once again brought out his [Broken Bowl].

Within the broken bowl, a ghastly green flame now burned.

It was the very same [Nether Ghostflame] that the Foundation Establishment Evil Cultivator had "donated" to Zhang San right before his death.

Zhang San aimed the broken bowl at the surrounding mist of flour and gave it a flick!

"I’ll borrow a spark of your nether flame, to ignite a world of mortal ash!"

"It’s rude not to return a favor. This kindness you’ve shown me... I’ll be sure to repay it a hundredfold!"

FWOOSH—!!!

The donated ghostflame erupted from the broken bowl, instantly igniting the particles of Spiritual Food.

The next second.

The ghastly green flame expanded with insane speed through the white dust, faster than sound, growing and growing!

And then.

"BOOOOOOOOOM—!!!!!"