Legend of the Great Sage

ith gloomy light.

A large, verdant hand reached over and shielded Xiao An.
Countless aerial roots formed a barrier.
The Great Banyan Tree King had been watching over her the entire time.
“Do what you need to do quickly.
I can’t stop it for too long!”

Xiao An gripped the Buddha Slaying sword firmly with both hands and stabbed down forcefully at the white bone beneath her feet.

The Great Banyan Tree King sensed the powerful will of the Hungry Ghost realm contained within the sticky death qi, filled with an almost hysterical desire to devour.
The giant hand rapidly withered away, forced to gather all of its power just to contend against the will.
The aerial roots slithered out like dragons and snakes.
Even the Great Banyan Tree King grew shorter.

However, the rate at which the aerial roots grew was unable to keep up with the corrosion from the death qi.
The sharp tendrils penetrated the cracks between the branches and reached her shiny bones before immediately contaminating them.

In the blink of an eye, her bones had gone from white to pitch-black, directly spreading to the Buddha Slaying sword in her hand.
All that remained were the two pale-white flames in her eyes, but even they fluctuated, gradually going out.

The battle came to a halt.
Both sides knew she was critical to this battle, so they could not help but look over.

Xiao An showed no sorrow or joy, no worry or fear.
She directed all of her focus to her hands.
She did not even spare any strength to contend against the corrosive death qi.

The tip of the Buddha Slaying sword plunged into the ghost tower slowly like a sharp spine.

Compared to the damage the Immortal Relinquished sword dealt, this strike seemed insignificant.
A tongue of fire surged out from the tip of her blade, injecting deep into the white bone below her feet.

The Great Banyan Tree King’s hand had completely rotted away.
Death qi surged towards her from all directions.
There were even countless blurry, twisted faces within the death qi, all with their mouths agape.

Xiao An pulled out the Buddha Slaying sword.
With a boom, the pale-white flames surged out of the slash and enveloped around her, but even that could not contend against the death qi.

But in the blink of an eye, fire began to pour out.
The white bone that reached three thousand metres long began to burn, and it gradually melted away in the flames.
Shortly afterwards, the two connecting bones were ignited as well.
The ghost tower was like a bonfire ignited by a spark.
The raging flames incinerated the ball of dense death qi.

“That sword…” Even the Sword Spirit of Immortal Relinquished was speechless.

Using this opportunity, the white light from Clouded city pierced down, illuminating the entire ghost tower.
The cultivators and Daemon Kings all launched their attacks together, heavily damaging the supports of the ghost tower and destroying several dozen formations.

The tides of the battle turned quickly.
They had gained the upper hand all of a sudden.

Xiao An stood within the roaring flames as the black on her gradually faded away.
She stared at the Gate of Hungry Ghosts beneath.
The undead all stared at the flames in fright.
They could sense fear from their instincts, almost wanting to retreat back to the Gate of Hungry Ghosts.

However, a tremendous aura suddenly rose up from the Gate of Hungry Ghosts.
Two specks of green light became brighter and brighter.
A dragon’s cry roared out, filled with a sense of violence.
A corpse dragon rushed out of the Gate of Hungry Ghosts.

The King of Southern Yue said, “The body of a true dragon!”

Dragons were the most renowned divine beasts, as well as the kind that prospered the most.
The world had once been ruled by dragons.
They were born with power and intelligence.
Even upon death, they were no laughing matter.
This Corpse Dragon King was only at the third heavenly tribulation, but it was much more powerful than any regular Corpse King.

Soon afterwards, Corpse Kings and Ghost Kings stepped out of the Gate of Hungry Ghosts, with plenty of strange and powerful existences like the Corpse Dragon King among them.

The reinforcements from the Hungry Ghost realm had arrived.

However, the Great Banyan Tree King eased up inside.
If reinforcements still did not arrive under these circumstances, it would be a little too strange.
However, it would mean a bitter battle was unavoidable.
They had to destroy the core of the ghost tower as soon as possible and borrow the power of the world to suppress and seal up the Gate of Hungry Ghosts.

With a sky full of fire, Xiao An lunged towards the undead.