Chapter 693: Chapter 211: Heaven and Earth Combined Strike
Zhu Xuanji’s eyes contained divine light.
The entire battlefield was in his sight, and for now, everything was within his layout.
“Heaven and Earth Double Ghosts are already famous powerful figures, but from another perspective, fame is also their weakness.”
“The greater the reputation, the more information tends to leak.”
“Just one probing battle to make the Liangzhu Country feel pain and humiliation, and given the vast resources of Liangzhu Country, they will definitely find a way to deal with the Heaven and Earth Double Ghosts.”
For example, the True Yang Real Man was urgently deployed by the royal family of Liangzhu Country. The bronze sundial in the old man’s hand was even considered a national treasure, stored in the national treasury. When used, it immediately smashed the Profound Yin Frozen Realm.
This is the foundation of a cultivation kingdom, extraordinary and unfathomable!
The Heaven and Earth Double Ghosts were each targeted by four or five Nascent Soul cultivators simultaneously and were severely suppressed.
For a while, Ning Zhuo and the Three Generals Camp turned from danger to safety and became bystanders.
The Three Generals, Ning Zhuo, and Sun Lingtong in the Mechanical Dragon were all gasping for breath, unable to calm their pounding hearts.
The recent battle was really perilous!
Not long after the battle started, Liu Guanzhang and Ning lost the initiative, barely maintaining the situation by passively responding, unable to seize even a sliver of the upper hand.
If this continued, Ning Zhuo would have no choice but to let the soldiers of the Three Generals Camp suffer slaughter while he and Sun Lingtong escaped alone using the Mechanical Dragon.
Of course, Liu Guanzhang would also be brought along.
But such an outcome was obviously not what Ning Zhuo wanted.
He had invested a lot in the Three Generals Camp and had been consistent in his efforts.
Although he had regained some of his investment earlier, abandoning the Three Generals Camp now would still mean a significant overall loss.
It wasn’t just about calculating interests; emotionally, Ning Zhuo wasn’t willing to part either.
On one hand, he had developed a tacit understanding with Liu Guanzhang, deepening their battle camaraderie. Ning Zhuo admired Liu Er’s ambition and genuinely wanted to see Liu Er getting closer to his goal.
Tian Shuang flew rapidly in the high sky, his figure like a long rainbow, twisting madly to dodge the Nascent Soul cultivators’ siege.
His Adam’s apple moved, spitting out a pale bone ball.
The bone ball twisted in the high sky, transforming into a Ghost Gate Pass.
The next moment, the Ghost Gate Pass opened wide, releasing a mass of ice crystal ghosts and snow bone rakshasas.
The vast amount of ghosts swept across the battlefield.
Several Nascent Soul cultivators snorted coldly and used their means to immediately kill countless ghosts.
“Tian Shuang, today will be your death anniversary next year!” One cultivator in a blue robe shouted, shooting out a flying sword.
Beidou Evil Extermination Sword!
The flying sword drew the starlight of the North Star, turning into a thread, piercing through Tian Shuang’s forehead, delivering a fatal blow.
“Good! What a Beidou Sword Master, what a Beidou Evil Extermination Sword!” Seeing this, the other Nascent Soul cultivators praised.
But the next moment, Tian Shuang moved again.
“Not dead yet?” Everyone was stunned.
The Beidou Sword Master’s brows furrowed, unbelievingly said to Tian Shuang, “This is impossible!”
He was sure he had just shot through Tian Shuang’s vital point in the forehead.
Cracking sounds.
From the part of Tian Shuang’s eyebrow where the ghost cultivator’s attack started, numerous cracks quickly spread across his face. The cracks filled his whole body in a short time.
Thin sheets of ice peeled off from Tian Shuang’s body, leaking the life aura of others.
“Wait, you are not the Heavenly Ghost?!”
Everyone was astonished. They all sensed that the aura leaking from “Tian Shuang” was different from “Tian Shuang”, but rather— the aura of an Earth Ghost.
Cracking sounds…
The crisp sound of ice peeling continued, revealing its inner form.
As expected, under “Tian Shuang’s” mask was the face of an Earth Ghost shrunk by half!
“This is… Ghost Mask Technique?!” The True Yang Real Man’s pupils contracted, recognizing the truth.
Consequently, many people looked toward the battlefield on the ground.
There, the besieged “Earth Ash” chuckled coldly, “Earth Ghost, you useless man, you ruined my ghost mask first.”
“Look at how I utilize your ghost mask, even surpassing your own skills!”
“Tian Shuang” sneered, “Clear your siege first before mocking me.”
“Earth Ash” laughed heartily, “Is that so difficult? Watch me closely!”
He immediately took action, this time not using Earth Element magic or Ghost Path methods, but Ice Element!
The combination of cultivators that surrounded him was initially targeting “Earth Ghost”. At this moment, “Earth Ghost” suddenly turned out to be the Heavenly Ghost, causing their meticulously crafted advantageous situation to collapse immediately.
On the other side, the battle status of “Heavenly Ghost” was similar, counterattacking the True Yang Real Man, Mountain Child, and others off guard.
Liu Guanzhang and Ning were watching intently, fully focused.
“It turns out the Earth Ghost is the Heavenly Ghost, and the Heavenly Ghost is the Earth Ghost!”
“Ghost Mask Technique… It is said that this ghost cultivation method can borrow the power of a great ghost to form a ghost mask. Once worn, one can impersonate the borrowed great ghost for a period.”
“The Heaven and Earth Double Ghosts practice the Ghost Mask Technique, borrowing each other’s power. They are well-versed in this technique, and such ghost masks almost cover their entire bodies, nearly reaching the level of divine skills! Truly formidable!!”
Liu Guanzhang and Ning were open-minded people, and even though the Heaven and Earth Double Ghosts were mortal enemies, they did not hinder them from objectively viewing and openly admiring their capabilities.
The situation of Liangzhu Country took a sudden and sharp turn!
Indeed, they were caught off guard by this change.
Many strategies were highly targeted, but the sudden identity switch of the Heaven and Earth Double Ghosts rendered many of their plots ineffective.
Moreover, they were now being targeted back.
Ning Zhuo realized in the previous battle that the personalities of the Heaven and Earth Double Ghosts were entirely different, leading to completely different combat styles.
At this moment, the true identities of the Heaven and Earth Double Ghosts were exposed, revealing their true personalities and causing their combat styles to change dramatically.
The cultivators of Liangzhu Country needed some time to adapt.
On the ground, the Heavenly Ghost sealed the mountains and forests in ice, holding down four Nascent Soul-level cultivators alone, and firmly gaining the upper hand.
In the sky, the Earth Ghost was in a deadlock with his enemies.
The Earth Ghost immediately incurred the mockery of the Heavenly Ghost.
“All of you get out!” The Earth Ghost, in a fit of anger and shame, stuffed the central “villain”— Buddha Thoughts— into the Heavenly Ghost Mask in one fell swoop.
Then, he extended his palm, grabbed his cheek, and forcefully tore it outward.
He successfully peeled off the Heavenly Ghost Mask.
The Heavenly Ghost Mask, shattered and battered, immediately formed independently after being separated, like an incarnation of the Heavenly Ghost.
However, this incarnation was not fierce at all; instead, it had a face full of remorse and compassion.
“I am a sinner under Buddha’s light.”
“My sins are profound!”
The Earth Ghost was completely revealed in front of everyone. He shook his head, stretched his limbs, took a deep breath, and sighed, “This is refreshing.”
“You all fought bravely just now.”
“I hope you can continue to fight so cheerfully!”
The Earth Ghost grinned viciously.
No longer disturbed, he struck with full force, immediately unleashing a terrifying offensive.
The several Nascent Soul cultivators in the sky were immediately pushed to the downside, becoming more and more desperate and struggling to cope.
The aftermath of the battle affected the Three Generals Camp on the ground.
At this moment, Ning Zhuo had already retreated into the military camp but had not yet withdrawn the mechanical army.
The residual shockwaves from the life-and-death battle at the Nascent Soul level were also not to be underestimated.
As they were about to resist the aftermath, they were intercepted by the Heavenly Ghost Mask ahead of time.
“You need not doubt.” The Heavenly Ghost Mask, with a solemn expression and a smile, looked at the Three Generals Camp with great tolerance.
“This is my debt to you.”
“Moreover, protecting the weak and saving all beings is the essence of Buddha.”
These words left the entire Three Generals Camp bewildered.
“So that’s it!” Ning Zhuo’s eyes flashed brilliantly, and he immediately explained to the Three Generals.
“I used my means to infuse a large amount of Buddha Thoughts into the upper dantian of the Earth Ghost’s divine sea.”
“When the Earth Ghost peeled off the Heavenly Ghost Mask, he inadvertently infused all the Buddha Thoughts into the mask.”
“We suffered persecution from the Earth Ghost, so the Heavenly Ghost Mask harbors a heart of remorse and compassion because of Buddha Thoughts, so it comes to help us!”
After listening to Ning Zhuo’s explanation, the Three Generals immediately understood the cause.
On one hand, they marveled at Ning Zhuo’s means, which could reach the divine sea of the Earth Ghost. On the other hand, they were delighted to have gained a strong ally. Of course, they also harbored some vigilance and precaution.
“The war situation is turning again. We should retreat to a safer distance first.” Liu Er issued a military order.
The Three Generals Camp did not dare to change formations rashly, moving slowly toward the edge of the battlefield in an iron bucket formation.
However, in a battle of Nascent Soul level, the range is quite extensive.
The Three Generals Camp needed to move a great distance to truly be safe.
During this retreat, the Heavenly Ghost Mask indeed gave its all, protecting the Three Generals Camp from several attacks, even at a personal cost.
The Heaven and Earth Double Ghosts, along with many Nascent Soul cultivators of Liangzhu Country, naturally saw this but had no energy to intervene.
“No, Ning Zhuo cannot leave!”
“We, the Heaven and Earth Double Ghosts, have mobilized this time, but if we can’t even catch a mere Foundation Establishment cultivator, how can we face returning to our sect?!”
Seeing that Ning Zhuo was about to leave, the Heaven and Earth Double Ghosts both became anxious.
They shouted one after another: “Seeking death!”
“Since you want to be brave, then you all shall die.”
The Heaven and Earth Double Ghosts spread their arms and shouted in unison: “Heavenly Ascension and Earthly Descent, Heaven and Earth Unite!”
Before the words fell, the Earth Ghost dived from the high sky, and the Heavenly Ghost rose from the ground. The two converged, flying rapidly towards each other.
The Earth Ghost’s figure was heavy, diving like a meteor from the high sky, bringing up a torrent of ash. The ash grew more and more, forming a massive rolling black cloud behind him. Red flames flickered intermittently within the ash, making the Earth Ghost appear like a descending deity, exuding a terrifying aura.
The Heavenly Ghost, on the other hand, wore white robes, like a long spear, rushing upwards, piercing the sky. He trailed a long stretch of frigid air along the way, the icy blue chill resembling a giant cape draped over his back, creating countless frost flowers wherever he passed, freezing the world around.
The sky roared like ink pouring down, while the ground emitted ominous indigo glaring lights.
Boom——!
The two crossed paths in mid-air, erupting in a thunderous boom.
The two divine skills combined, forming— Heavenly Ascension and Earthly Descent Strike!