Chapter 269: Surprise Attack

Is there a Primordial Spirit True Person lying in ambush here?

This thought merely flashed through Ghost Mother's mind, and in an instant she was passively drawn into a state of purity and bliss, in which all worries, schemes, and myriad evil thoughts were utterly dispelled, leaving only liberation and transcendence, pure serenity and joy.

But as a left-path Primordial Spirit with combat experience, Ghost Mother was still prepared.

Within her body, another innate magical treasure was naturally activated, countless black Dao patterns flowing out like ripples around her.

Within the ripples, it seemed one could hear the sounds of a hundred million ghosts wailing and wolves howling.

Yet a small, exquisite white bone skull appeared deep between her brows.

It let out a fierce, piercing cry, containing within it a pre-prepared Primordial Spirit technique, now naturally activated, transforming into a black aura that struck Ghost Mother's deep-brow Dao-heart azure lotus.

The azure lotus swayed, yet within it lay the mighty power of transmigrating Yin and Yang, saving beings from suffering, firmly controlling Ghost Mother's Dao-heart.

Ghost Mother's luck was extremely bad.

Her Myriad Souls Skull possessed tremendous power, and her own Primordial Spirit could devour all kinds of Primordial Spirit immortal arts, yet it happened to be restrained by the Azure Lotus Purifying Soul Dharma Mantra.

Salvation immortal arts are especially effective against ghost and god-type Primordial Spirits.

The myriad souls within that skull were affected by the Azure Lotus Purifying Soul Dharma Mantra; countless lost souls, in a dazed state, were stimulated by the mantra, gradually reacted, and began to counteract the skull's origin, trying to break free from within.

Yet the skull's piercing cry still caused Ghost Mother's chaotic Primordial Spirit to faintly stir, her vast Primordial Spirit power began to surge, and her eyes slowly opened.

Meanwhile, in the void, a magnificent azure lotus gradually turned red, becoming the color of a blazing sun like the sun itself; Zhang Jian's magical power flowed in his hand, and a second Primordial Spirit immortal art had already taken shape.

The effect of the Azure Lotus Startling Soul Mantra was merely to delay Ghost Mother's reaction by one or two moments.

The true killing move was the Golden Crow Fission Great Law, containing the fission great law of the Golden Crow seal, possessing tremendous physical destructive power, and also having superimposed fission ability.

He formed seals with his hands, and in the depths of the void rang out an incomparably sharp Golden Crow cry.

His figure resembled the blazing sun, boundless golden radiance pouring down, transforming into a beam that bombarded downward.

Golden light shone, Ghost Mother's heart surged violently; she barely raised a finger, and before her a long banner turned into blood clouds that condensed to resist, but in an instant the blood clouds melted, and the golden radiance pierced straight through Ghost Mother's deep brow.

At this moment, a hint of alarm faintly appeared deep in Ghost Mother's eyes.

In an instant, she felt her body riddled with thousands of wounds.

Boom—!

In that instant, her entire Ghost Mother true form suddenly melted beneath the rising sun, pierced by the blazing true fire of the exploding sun, and the ground where she stood seemed to have undergone countless layers of solar fission.

Boom—!

Yet where the sunlight reached, the earth melted, and beneath her feet the ancient battlefield instantly turned into an ocean of molten golden magma; violent explosion sounds rose and fell, and the depths of the void were filled with a dense golden light, as if countless golden flares lingered in the boundless void.

On the spot, Ghost Mother had already evaporated.

In the void, only two items remained.

One was that Myriad Souls Skull, and the other was a blood-red long banner.

"Dead?"

Zhang Jian gazed at the magma below, a hint of contemplation in his eyes; his vast Yang Spirit divine sense covered this ancient battlefield, and a hint of strange color appeared in his pupils.

According to reason, having taken head-on the fierce strike of the Golden Crow Fission Great Law, the Primordial Spirit True Person should also be unable to withstand it.

But his vast Yang Spirit divine sense always felt that there was still something unusual deep in the void.

He knew that some Primordial Spirit True Persons might not have strong combat power, but their life-preserving abilities were many, like the 《Five Dragons True Classic》 he was currently cultivating.

Cut the grass, remove the roots!

If an existence like Ghost Mother were to escape, that would be endless future trouble!

With a thought, Zhang Jian again activated the Azure Lotus Purifying Soul Dharma; in the void, a projection of the Azure Lotus Heavenly Venerate emerged, and the Azure Lotus Dharma Realm enveloped a vast expanse of void.

"Found it!"

A hint of ferocity appeared in the depths of his eyes, yet he saw a black aura forced to manifest under the radiance of the Azure Lotus Dharma Realm.

A black aura seemed to fly out from the illusory.

That Ghost Mother's Primordial Spirit seemed capable of illusory-substantial transformation, possessing the strange ability to devour the void.

At this moment, Ghost Mother flusteredly manifested a wisp of Primordial Spirit mark, appearing and immediately seeking to flee.

But in an instant, she was overtaken by an Azure Lotus, suddenly sealed, and fell deep into Zhang Jian's palm.

Gazing at the Dharma Mantra Azure Lotus deep in his palm, Zhang Jian's eyes revealed a hint of a smile.

At last, she didn't escape!

"Having converted this old ghost, it should still be enough to further advance this Azure Lotus Purifying Soul Dharma Mantra!"

Most importantly, after returning, I can go to the ancestral shrine to shear wool again.

Zhang Jian, at this moment, looked with interest at the black aura within the Azure Lotus that had seemingly come to a standstill.

Since there was still time, he directly set up the Dharma Realm here, fully exerting himself to refine and transmute this Ghost Mother.

Early transmigration, to avoid unexpected complications.

Beneath his feet, the Azure Lotus reappeared; Yang Spirit power flowed, like a flood dispersing into the void, suddenly merging into that mass of black aura; countless salvation scriptures entered it, forcibly granting liberation and transmigration to the residual soul imprint of this Primordial Spirit True Person.

……

Meanwhile, at a certain coordinate deep within, several magnificent figures were fully besieging one figure.

That figure was also extraordinarily terrifying, besieged by four figures, yet not falling downward; but as one black dragon phantom after another floated up, accompanied by sword shadows, one illusory mask after another was cut down by sword light.

The Hundred Phases Old Ancestor watched this scene, his eyes gloomy, and simultaneously felt something was amiss!

This battle situation was originally five against four, but his side turned out to be nothing but a rabble.

Besides his junior brother, the Evil Phases True Person, who was unexpectedly ambushed and severely wounded by the crowd, the remaining two, Nine Sons Ghost Mother being the most cunning, actually took advantage of his restraining of his other Primordial Spirit True Persons, fired a phantom spear midway, and went off to who knows where.

Seeing the situation was unfavorable, the Fire Spirit God Lord likewise took the opportunity to escape.

As a result, it turned into four against one.

Wind and Thunder True Person, Jade Spring True Person, Water Lotus True Person, plus the Four Heavenly Gang True Persons—four Primordial Spirit True Persons—ganging up on him alone.

"Hundred Phases Old Demon, this time you cannot escape even with wings!"

In the depths of the void, Yuan Geng, True Person of the Heavenly Gang, held the Heavenly Gang Divine Sword, a chilling killing intent flickering in his eyes as he formed hand seals—yet he saw the Nation's Fate Black Dragon manifest from the void around him, its aura rising steadily.

At that moment, the Heavenly Gang Sword Light that cleaved the void in his hand seemed to condense into substance, instantly transforming into a Nation's Fate Sword that tore through the void, slashing toward the Hundred Aspects Ancestor.

At that instant, even the Primordial Spirit True Persons of the other allied cultivators felt a chill spread through their bodies, knowing they could be torn apart by the sword light at any moment, their primordial spirits ripped asunder.

Meanwhile, the Hundred Aspects Ancestor beneath the sword light had nowhere to flee.

Facing the vast Heavenly Gang Sword Light, the Hundred Aspects Ancestor's eyes flickered; in an instant, his form shifted into a path of nothingness—the sword light descended, shredding vast expanses of the void, leaving only a broken cloth doll drifting in the emptiness, which instantly turned to dust.

"Escaped?"

Witnessing this, Yu Quan True Person's expression shifted slightly, a deep flush of embarrassment appearing in his eyes.

The Hundred Aspects Ancestor had long since replaced his true body; what remained in place was merely a primordial spirit incarnation.

The Hundred Aspects Ancestor was far more cunning than imagined.

Several Primordial Spirit True Persons also felt helpless—having expended immense effort to set this trap, their sole achievement was severely wounding the Evil Aspect True Person, while the others sustained only minor injuries or lost a few magical artifacts; this ambush could truly be called fruitless.