Chapter 989: Conflict

Chapter 989: Chapter 989: Conflict

"Devour by Ghosts, Command!"

With a cold shout, the Jiuli Dark Lord rapidly formed various seals with both hands.

In an instant, countless ghost shadows appeared around Shen Mo out of nowhere. Each ghost shadow was a venomous spell, and every one of these curses felt far more terrifying and powerful than the "Ghost Face Curse" the Chu sisters had desperately summoned!

This was even when the Thousand Laws Robe had restricted many of his Magical Powers. If he were at his peak, just these ghostly curses alone could spell the doom of a Ghost Immortal.

Evidently, the Jiuli Dark Lord was truly enraged, holding nothing back in his assault.

Buzz!

Buzz buzz!

The mana within Shen Mo continuously surged into the Thousand Laws Karma Lotus Robe, urging its power to analyze and gain insight into the Jiuli Dark Lord’s curse methods.

Meanwhile, he changed the Destiny Disc to the [Insight into All Beings], quietly consuming a hundred middle-grade Spirit Stones to probe deeply into the foundations and weaknesses of this ghostly Earthly Immortal!

Over the years, Shen Mo accumulated nearly eighty thousand Destiny Points at a rate of two hundred to five hundred per year, thus enhancing both his Basic and Special Destinies. The [Insight into All Beings], which he frequently utilized, was also upgraded to a gold quality, transcending its original limitations, allowing him to probe powerful beings up to the seventh Dao Realm, the True Immortal Realm.

Though utilizing [Insight into All Beings] to spy on someone with greater Dao cultivation can cause detection and potential enmity;

However, since the incident of slaying the Longevity Demon Lord, Shen Mo had already offended the Jiuli Dark Lord, and now this Earthly Immortal attacked him without restraint. Naturally, he had no qualms about it!

Sssss~~~~

Golden light and Sword Light flickered through Shen Mo’s robe sleeves as the mana from the middle-grade Spirit Stones was completely drained, turning them into heaps of residual powder to be absorbed into the Sword Zone space.

[Immortal: Jiuli Dark Lord]

[Realm: True Immortal Realm Earthly Immortal]

[Description: This individual was originally a great cultivator of the human race from Jiuli Mountain, who fell victim and perished in a terrible evil spirit, transforming into a Soul Ghost.

Due to an enduring obsession with protecting the creatures on the mountain, after becoming a ghostly entity, he retained most of his prior strength and became the Ghost King of Jiuli Mountain.

Through tens of thousands of years of arduous cultivation, his mind gradually expanded, and his cultivation deepened, until twelve thousand years ago he passed the Immortal Tribulation, suddenly attaining the Earthly Immortal Dao fruit...

This person’s journey from life to death and back again allowed him to touch upon the great path of life and death, with deeply profound and formidable Dao cultivation.]

[Weakness: In his pursuit of the Dao, he once peered into heaven’s mysteries with his left eye and suffered a backlash, sustaining a Dao wound that has yet to heal. If his left eye could be injured, it would greatly exacerbate his injury, significantly diminishing his strength.]

"Hehehe..."

"Wuwuwu..."

"Hehe..."

The ghostly shadows emitted an eerie chorus of wailing and malicious laughter, relentlessly swarming towards Shen Mo, intent on consuming his flesh and devouring his soul!

Instantly, various methods around Shen Mo erupted in unison: Universe Sword Guildbook, Constellations Palm, The Big Dipper Array, Divine Light Spell, Pure Yang Pupil, Universe in the Sword, immunity, Crystal Brahma Flame, Green Cloud Umbrella, Nine-Extreme Crystal Sand, Samadhi True Fire... numerous magics, Skills, sword Qi, and magic treasures weaving a tightly guarded mystical city, while resisting the siege of ghost shadows, endlessly slaying these phantasms.

Meanwhile, the majority of his mana was poured into the Thousand Laws Robe to support its analysis of the Jiuli Dark Lord’s methods, evolving the Prohibition Lotus, to fundamentally dismantle this curse offensive!

Faced with the curse, Shen Mo was under immense pressure at the first moment.

Constantly, curse shadow phantoms broke through his woven defensive city, invaded his Dao Body, causing his flesh, soul, and mana to eerily disappear as if devoured by ghosts, leaving behind toxic curse powers that continuously harmed his primal Essence and Qi.

The Jiuli Dark Lord cultivated the great path of life and death, considered an awe-inspiring righteous path across the universe world.

His spell naturally touched upon the wonders of life and death, causing all his flesh to wither, decay, and show signs of rot, with some places even sprouting foul corpse spots, the ominous features extending to his soul and mana, his soul quickly dilapidating, and his mana beginning to dwindle!

However, Shen Mo’s Basic Destiny "vitality" had been uplifted to [Saint Body], augmented with the Special Destiny [Indestructible Body]. Furthermore, he practiced several external cultivation methods such as "Dragon Elephant Blood Fiend Body," "Three-Heads Six-Arms True Immortal Technique," "South Hua Treasure Body Traversing Difficulty Immortal Scripture," making his physical body as potent as any ordinary True Immortal, quickly suppressing the curse power on his body;

Simultaneously, the "Divine Soul Contemplation Scripture," "Great Sun Tathagata Heart Scripture," "Mixed Yuan Qi Technique," "Divine Light Spell," and other cultivation methods began to exert force, suppressing the curse’s poison in his soul and mana!

Surviving through the initial waves of impact, the curse spell employed by the Jiuli Dark Lord gradually unraveled over time, with the Prohibition Lotus on the Thousand Laws Robe beginning to take shape, accompanied by peculiar mystical Dao rhythms, partially nullifying the curse spell’s effect, the ghostly shadows no longer as initially terrifying and powerful.

These cursed phantoms appearing as ghost shadows, like elite troops attacking a city, were gradually stripped of armor and weapons, becoming so weak that even facial features and limbs were taken away.

A few breaths later, a Karma Lotus specifically targeting the curse fully materialized on the Thousand Laws Robe, the peculiar mystical Dao rhythms sweeping in all directions, causing the ghost shadows to become as if the attacking soldiers had their heads, internal organs, skeleton, and flesh thoroughly removed, losing the foundation of existence and silently fading into Nirvana.

The next moment, Shen Mo’s Taiyi Sword pointed directly at the Jiuli Dark Lord’s forehead.

Lights of spirit fluctuated on his body, his aura escalating, preparing for a new round of attacks, readying to employ every means to injure this ghostly Earthly Immortal’s left eye, intending to trigger his Dao injury!

Seeing his own curse not only failed to seriously harm Shen Mo but also aided him in producing a Prohibition Lotus, the Jiuli Dark Lord’s expression grew increasingly ugly, as the turbulent mixture of ghost energy and celestial light grew more tumultuous, affecting the entire Cloud Palace, infusing it with the wailing cries of ghostly entities!

As the confrontation was about to reignite, turning the Cloud Palace into a battleground, two powerful auras suddenly surged.

One of them directly pressed down on the Jiuli Dark Lord, while the other simultaneously suppressed the rising battle intent of both Jiuli Dark Lord and Shen Mo!

"Jiuli fellow daoist’s test came first, and Qingyun little friend’s retaliation came later. It’s not exactly Qingyun’s fault that your reputation took a hit. Now, since daoist should already recognize that he qualifies to stand equally among us, if you continue to target Qingyun little friend leveraging your older cultivation and higher Dao path, it would be unduly aggressive!"

Jade Spring Fairy’s voice flowed gently, like a warm breeze in winter, like sweet spring water in the scorching summer, like the pure sound of Dao, even after hearing it many times, Shen Mo still felt refreshed and rejuvenated as if basking in the spring wind!