After Jiang Baihe roared, his skin turned black, covered in countless spots like corpse spots.
Its mouth grew wider and larger, revealing serrated white teeth inside. Two bumps bulged on its head, with bone spikes growing inside that pierced the scalp, forming two white bone horns.
Bone spurs grew on his elbows, shoulders, and soles, just like the bones on his wings on his back—sharp and unmatched, radiating a chilling gleam that sent chills down one's spine.
At this moment, Jiang Baihe was no longer Jiang Baihe, but had transformed into a terrifying being, its entire body erupting with black energy, ferocious and terrifying.
Seeing Jiang Baihe like this, countless people felt their scalps tingle. They had never seen a creature with such a fierce appearance—it was even more terrifying than the legendary nightmares.
Long Chen looked at Jiang Baihe, a look of understanding appearing on his face:
"I see, you're using your own primordial power to carve out a domain for yourself.
In this domain, you can not be suppressed by the laws of the Immortal Realm, just like the ghost ship's inherent dark domain. Only then can it navigate through this route. "
Long Chen recalled the scene of seeing the ghost ship. Even though it was a sunny day, getting close to the ship turned into darkness, just like Jiang Baihe before him.
"You actually saw a troop transport ship?" Jiang Baihe, now transformed into a monster, had narrow eyes and pupils like crocodiles, yet carried a trace of shock.
"Troop transport ship?" So, does that mean the Yin soldiers borrowing passage really exists? It seems you've already started making arrangements. Are you planning to go to war with our Immortal Realm? Long Chen retorted.
"Buzz!"
At that moment, a dark portal appeared within the endless black mist behind Jiang Baihe.
"Not good, he's trying to escape..."
The Yuhua Palace Patriarch's face changed dramatically. Like everyone else, he had thought Jiang Baihe had transformed into this form to fight Long Chen, but he hadn't expected the ghostly beings to be extremely cunning, merely bluffing to pave the way for his escape.
Just as the Yuhua Palace Patriarch was about to act, a sudden explosion rang out—the dark portal was shattered by a pitch-black sword.
Everything happened so suddenly that everyone was stunned, staring in shock at the shattered portal. Inside the portal, a girl appeared wrapped entirely in black thunder runes.
"Playing tricks with me?" You're still too inexperienced. In my view, all your tricks are so childish.
Remember, in this world, only the human heart is the hardest to guess. Your tricks can fool ghosts, but if you want to trick people, better save it! Long Chen looked at Jiang Baihe and curled his lips.
Although this ghostly realm creature put on a desperate stance, Long Chen could sense that part of his power had secretly merged into the void. Long Chen knew this guy definitely hadn't held back any good stuff.
According to Long Chen's guess, his moves were nothing more than attack and escape. For safety, he had Lei Ling'er hide in the void, drawing all his attention and not noticing Long Chen's subtle movements.
Jiang Baihe's fierce attack on Long Chen was actually meant to attract Long Chen's attention and prevent him from seeing his actions. In the end, after mutual scheming, this ghostly realm being was still outmaneuvered by Long Chen.
With Lei Ling'er's arrival, fear appeared in Jiang Baihe's pupils. Lei Ling'er possessed the power of his terror.
"Whew!"
Jiang Baihe suddenly wielded the Vajra Pestle and charged straight at Long Chen. On the Vajra Pestle, strange patterns flowed, and a world-destroying aura surged. Even Ancestor Yuhua's expression changed:
"Not good, he's going to self-destruct the royal artifact."
Logically, Jiang Baihe shouldn't have the ability to control the royal artifact, nor could he unleash its true power, let alone order it to self-destruct.
But now, this Vajra Pestle was in the hands of that ghostly being. No one knew what secret technique had been used to command it to self-destruct.
It should be known that this Vajra Pestle is one of the two palace-guarding treasures of Yuhua Palace. If it self-destructs, the space within millions of miles around it will vanish in an instant.
With such a massive deadly force, very few of the strong warriors present would survive. After all, most of Yuhua Palace was already here, and if the Vajra Pestle self-destructed, Yuhua Palace would likely never recover.
"Buzz"—
just as Jiang Baihe was holding the Vajra Pestle, his face twisted with rage, ready to lead everyone on his way, Long Chen suddenly extended his left hand, and a golden pill furnace appeared.
Clang!
Long Chen held the pill furnace and smashed it toward Jiang Baihe. With a loud explosion, the two royal artifacts collided, and the echoes of metal and metal echoed endlessly between heaven and earth.
Jiang Baihe never expected that Long Chen actually possessed a royal artifact. Moreover, when the two artifacts collided, runes overlapped, causing a terrifying resonance. Heaven and earth changed color, heaven and earth were upside down, and a ripple radiated out, smoothing out the mountains.
The onlookers were sent flying by the ripple, blood spraying wildly one by one, their bodies beginning to crack.
The king's artifact duel was incredibly powerful; even the simplest collision triggered the king's own defenses, causing the earth's crust to deform.
Long Chen's strike made his arm go numb, his webbing cracked, and his alchemy furnace nearly lost his grip.
But Long Chen's strike shattered one of Jiang Baihe's arms, and the Vajra Pestle turned into a streak of light, flying far away.
"Pfft"
Long Chen stopped the Vajra Pestle from self-detonating. The bone knife in his other hand slashed down in midair. Red patterns lit up the blade again, black blood splattered, and Jiang Baihe's head shot into the sky.
"Boom!"
At that moment, Lei Ling'er's thunderous longsword slashed Jiang Baihe's flesh, shattering his body with a single strike.
Jiang Baihe's body shattered, endless black runes drifting away, but unfortunately, they could no longer merge. As the thunder power enveloped them, the black runes slowly shattered, eventually turning into gray dust.
Previously, Long Chen had sliced Jiang Baihe's body in two with a single strike, but Jiang Baihe could repair rapidly. However, after Lei Ling'er's sword, his body was completely destroyed.
Jiang Baihe was left with only one head. Seeing Long Chen charging in, he suddenly opened his mouth wide, and a blood arrow shot toward Long Chen.
Seeing the blood arrow, Long Chen's heart tightened. He didn't dare take it head-on, and with a flash, dodged the arrow.
"Boom!"
The blood arrow pierced through the void and exploded in the distance. Black blood filled the air, forcibly corroding the void into a large black hole.
Seeing that large black hole, everyone was horrified; it was like the eyes of a devil, sending chills down one's spine.
If it can even corrode the Heavenly Dao, whether it's a person or a weapon, this thing will probably be doomed.
Seeing the ghost path being with only one head left, yet still able to unleash such a terrifying attack, people couldn't help but feel a chill in their hearts—this creature was too ferocious.
"Pfft!"
Jiang Baihe's head had just spat out a bloody arrow when Lei Ling'er sliced it apart with a single sword strike. Jiang BaiheHis head shattered, and inside it appeared a black crystal.
Long Chen was about to reach out to grab it when his expression suddenly changed dramatically. The bone blade sliced through the void, slashing toward the black crystal.