The ghosts—which were thrown by Hei Qin—shook their heads in dizziness. After that, a sucking force emerged from beneath the scattered skulls, and they were pulled in by the force before they even noticed.
Another small formation formed and connected to the formation that covered the entire cave. A silence was widely felt before it was shattered by a long, terrifying roar.
A massive figure erupted from underneath, shaking the entire cave. It looked like mashed flesh, and hundreds of hands sprouted like needles from that mass of flesh. It was a figure that would make anyone want to puke, that was the appearance of this Ghost general.
Its hundred hands tried crawling for balance, but they destroyed everything in the cave. Gui Ling and Hei Qin were both slammed heavily to the ground by the hands. Gui Ling's ghoul quickly used its hands to tear the flesh with its sharp, rusty nails. Conversely, Hei Qin didn't have any time to react, he was already badly beaten. He was tossed around by the hands.
Gui Ling's ghoul became enraged and continuously tore the flesh of the Ghost General using its claws and teeth, drinking its blood to satisfy its thirst. The Ghost General let out a painful roar. In that fury, the Ghost General's hands stopped playing with the poor Hei Qin and focused their attention on his senior.
Hei Qin used the chance to escape to a place where the hands couldn't reach. However, he couldn't even walk. All he could do was slowly push his legs and crawl toward the safest place.
At the stage of Wandering Souls (Spirits), ghosts do not have a physical body and are very weak. They can only act against mortals, not cultivators. At the Spectre stage, they have a cultivation level roughly equal to the second or third stage of cultivators. However, if more than one cultivator joins hands, they are not much of a threat.
As for the Ghost (Spirit) General stage, this is where everything truly begins for ghosts. Before this stage, they could only observe qi, but now they can both observe and manipulate it. Using qi, they can also create their own unique bodies. They have cultivation equal to stage four to six cultivators. It depends on how many souls they have consumed to increase their strength.
As for the ghouls, they are a bit different from ghosts. They have a body even in the wandering stage. So they have more physical power than vengeful ghosts or spirits. That is why Gui Ling's ghoul can match a Ghost General, even though that monster is much bigger than him in size.
Gui Ling's ghoul roared and lunged at the Ghost General without any hesitation. Its sharp claws tore into the mashed flesh body, ripping apart several wriggling hands. Black blood splashed across the cave floor. The Ghost General let out a furious roar and hundreds of its hands stabbed forward like spears.
Several hands pierced the ghoul's body and lifted it into the air. However, the ghoul did not feel pain like a normal creature. It twisted its body violently and bit into one of the hands, tearing a large chunk of flesh away. Gui Ling gritted his teeth and tried to stabilize his control over the ghoul.
The Ghost General's hands slammed down again and again, smashing the cave floor and sending skulls flying everywhere. The ghoul used its rusty claws to shred the incoming hands while its mouth tore through the flesh greedily.
For a moment, both monsters struggled like beasts in a pit. The ghoul climbed onto the Ghost General's body and began ripping its flesh apart wildly. In response, the Ghost General wrapped dozens of its hands around the ghoul's body and tried to crush it completely.
The cave trembled as the two horrifying creatures clashed without mercy.
'This… is my chance to take control… while this ghoul is fighting the Ghost General.' Gui Ling thought, and his eyes wandered toward the beaten Hei Qin. A feeling of satisfaction arose in his heart, and he laughed. "Formation… formation… formation… It seems your formations are gone… haha."
But again, he noticed something strange on the face of his junior. He was beaten. He was battered. And he slowly crawled on the ground. The strange thing was that a smile
A dark smile appeared on his face, and he heaved in relief, as if it were finally going to end.
He took out something small. It was circular in shape and seemed to be made of silver metal. It was a compass. But it was clearly not ordinary, judging by the grave expression on Gui Ling's face. He struggled to look at the compass because the ghoul in his neck was still fighting the Ghost General nonstop. Finally, he confirmed his doubt.
"H-how do… you have… it!"