Hei Qin smiled politely and answered, "If you don't know, that doesn't mean there isn't any, Senior Brother."
"That's impossible! I guarded this cave before you even joined the sect. Do you think you have better skills than me?" Gui Ling said in an enraged tone, hoping for an answer. But behind his angry expression, he was contemplating if he should completely release his seal. 'If he is really telling the truth, I have no choice but to fully unleash the ghoul in me.'
Gui Ling looked at his junior, who was closer to the skull altar than before. He is stalling for time. "Damn it!"
Gui Ling lunged at him viciously. Hei Qin clicked his tongue, his expression turning ugly, and rushed toward the skull altar. He quickly tried to activate another formation. The entire cave was covered with formation patterns, yet none appeared on the skull altar. One thing was clear, the magnitude of this formation was huge. It was also most likely the final one.
Gui Ling's entire body began to twist. The mouth on his neck began to expand on a larger scale. His hands and fingers twisted, and his eyes rolled back. Blood flowed from his orifices. Extreme pain covered his entire body. He screamed, a scream that shook one's soul.
Suddenly, a hand raised itself from the mouth in Gui Ling's neck. The hand looked like burnt charcoal wood. Its nails were long and rusted like an old sword. That hand pushed out its full figure, which had been hidden inside Gui Ling's body.
Finally, the remaining body of the ghoul slowly began to emerge and then stopped at the hips. The remaining part of the ghoul was still inside Gui Ling's body.
"Khkhkkkkk…!" It let out a strange screeching sound from its mouth, which was located vertically between its eyes.
The ghoul slashed Hei Qin's chest like cutting a cake. Blood flooded out of his wound like juice. Without caring about the wound, he attacked the ghoul fearlessly with the wooden staff he held firmly in his hand.
Even in this madness, Gui Ling still maintained his remaining sanity, but he struggled to control the ghoul in his neck.
'Damn it… it is his plan… to defeat me with my own strength.'
When Hei Qin rushed toward the altar, Gui Ling sensed something was wrong and slowly began to unleash the seal on the ghoul. But when Hei Qin activated the formation, he lost control, and at that moment the ghoul took the initiative to take control.
Their struggle continued, and Hei Qin was on the losing side. But that didn't mean Gui Ling was winning either. He was struggling between pain and madness. The only one winning was the ghoul.
The ghoul's sharp teeth tore into the flesh of Hei Qin. He let out a cry of pain before activating the chain formation. A series of chains crawled around the bodies of the ghoul and Gui Ling. The ghoul let out a screech. As the ghoul struggled, the chains began to crack.
Hei Qin didn't want to waste this opportunity, so he ran in haste toward the skull altar.
Crack… crack…
'Damn it! I can't reach the altar in time. The formation is going to activate!'
He turned to look at the ghoul that was struggling, and his eyes slowly wandered behind its back. The remaining ghosts were slamming against the barrier to survive. And the vengeful ghosts, who had no survival instinct, hunted the other normal ghosts.
He cut off his purifying aura that had kept him safe from the ghosts earlier. The normal ghosts and the vengeful ones slowly turned their heads and looked at Hei Qin, who was running toward the altar. In their eyes, he looked like a delicious feast with legs.
The vengeful ones immediately lunged, but the normal ones hesitated to catch this delicious prey.
In a flash, they reached where Gui Ling was and passed him. Their only goal was Hei Qin. As he ran, Hei Qin turned to look at the ghosts. His mouth curved into an impeccable smile. Soon, he activated the purifying aura again. And this time, the aura didn't just protect him, it formed a huge hand.
Hei Qin grabbed one of the ghosts and tossed it toward the altar.
Grek… grek…
The skulls rolled down. It crashed into some of the skulls but did not manage to completely destroy the altar. He clicked his tongue, grabbed other ghosts, and kept tossing them toward the altar.
Hei Qin finally stopped moving and breathed heavily. He kneeled and groaned in pain. His robes were ragged, and blood flowed from his wounds. His long dark hair had become messy. He looked entirely miserable.
Crack!
The chains were broken. The ghoul and Gui Ling became free. The ghoul ran toward Hei Qin, who was in a miserable state. It extended its hands to grab him.
'I will… control this… ghoul… after I kill you… brat!'
Gui Ling finally breathed in relief. It was not easy to control this ghoul. Still, it was not impossible, and he had done it many times before. However, he had to focus entirely on it, and that wasn't going to happen as long as his junior was alive.
Before the ghoul's hand reached Hei Qin, a loud sound erupted beneath the skull altar. The ghoul's hand slowly began to shake.