Celestial Master： I Have an Otherworld-Chapter 117 - 49: Treasure Porcelain

The yin wind howled.

The luxurious manor seemed to have suddenly lost its color, as if decades had passed in the blink of an eye. Before their eyes, it became dilapidated and covered with cobwebs.

No more glory!

Underworld souls, emanating intense cold air, drilled out from the roof, ground, and walls, their eyes full of insatiable hunger as they looked at everyone present.

"Ah!"

"Ghost!"

In an instant.

The maid beside Lord Yan turned pale, screaming incessantly.

When her gaze fell on the food she had just eaten, she screamed even more, bending over and retching uncontrollably.

Only to see that the once beautiful fruits and pastries, when stripped of their disguise, were revealed to be clusters of maggots, dried leaves, and heaps of mud.

Just the thought of swallowing such things...

Her stomach turned instantly.

"Peng!"

Guard Gong kicked the table in front of him, a surge of evil qi flowing from his brow, his expression grave:

"I knew you had a problem!"

He was greeted by several underworld souls.

"Hungry!"

"I'm so hungry!"

"..."

Generally speaking, underworld souls fear the yang energy of the living, especially the qi and blood of martial artists, which is the bane of underworld souls, almost ensuring their demise on contact.

Only a resentful soul or fierce ghost can suppress the yang energy of the living.

But now...

The underworld souls attacking Guard Gong showed no fear of his vigorous energy, full of greed, baring their fangs and claws as they pounced.

"Courting death!"

Guard Gong's tiger eyes widened as he pulled a hard whip from his back, fiercely striking the attacking underworld souls.

Whip,

not only includes soft whips but also a type known as hard whip.

At first glance, a hard whip resembles a mace but is thinner and also a blunt weapon, capable of splitting stone and breaking monuments when wielded with enough force.

"Boom!"

The whip's sound echoed like thunder, and before it even reached the underworld souls, they let out a sharp, wailing scream.

"Peng!"

Two underworld souls were whipped apart, turning into wisps of green smoke, and then they sank into the ground, reappearing with ghostly bodies flickering.

Hmm?

Guard Gong frowned.

Even though he held back his full strength, he still activated his qi and blood's power, which should have scattered the resentful souls.

A few underworld souls...

Yet they didn't vanish into thin air?

It was as if some eerie force protected them, rendering them unafraid of the living's qi and blood.

"Be careful, my lord, there is something strange here!"

"Attack!" Guard Gong's formidable prowess obviously caught the ghosts off guard, and the ghostly face floating in mid-air revealed a hideous expression:

"Tear him apart!"

"Wooo..."

In an instant, over a dozen underworld souls lunged forward.

From the ground, pale ghost hands emerged one after another, firmly gripping Guard Gong's legs, attempting to drag him underground and devour him.

Others were also under attack.

The underworld soul ghosts here...

There were just too many of them!

So many that there were dozens, and even when most were swarming Guard Gong, the others still faced seven or eight of them, making escape impossible.

On the other side.

Fang Zheng, lacking the strength of Guard Gong, immediately drew out a spirit talisman, holding the metal sheet while chanting.

"Five Peaks True Officials, Earth Spirits."

"By order of Heaven, suppress the evil spirits!"

"Hasten!"

Five Mountains True Spirit Talisman.

A flash of spiritual light, an invisible force instantly enveloped his body, as if a mountain safeguarded him. The underworld souls charging at him collided with the void, letting out painful howls.

"Ah!"

One of the underworld souls turned out to be the little servant who had led the way earlier.

Clutching his head, he looked at Fang Zheng with crimson, menacing eyes, his hands turned into dark ghost claws, lunging wildly:

"Hungry!"

"I'm so hungry!"

"Eat, let me eat!"

"Eat you, my ass!" Fang Zheng roared, slashing forward with his blade, decapitating the servant and charging through with a swirl of blade light.

"Where do you think you're going?"

The servant's head fell to the ground, bouncing around like a ball. The headless ghost body grasped at his head, hastily jamming it back on while relentlessly pursuing:

"Let me have a bite of meat."

"Eat your grandma!" Fang Zheng kicked, sending the servant's head flying, only to be tackled to the ground by several underworld souls.

Underworld souls have no weight, but they distort perception.

When they collide,

there's a 'feeling' of impact.

Several ghosts frenziedly clawed and gnawed, shredding the protective spiritual light from the Five Mountains True Spirit Talisman in an instant.

Even,

a slippery, cold touch appeared on his leg.

Ghost hand!

Ghost hand, formed from yin energy, saps life and vitality upon contact. Fang Zheng felt his body freeze, his strength rapidly draining away.

In panic, he fumbled in his arms for a few more spirit talismans, cutting his finger to smear fresh blood on them, and chanted softly:

"Commissioned by Heaven, ascending nine palaces, the hundred gods take their place, attending the Heavenly Duke. Souls and spirits unite, the Five Viscera flourish, a hundred brews merge, seven fluids replenish, the fire bell rings to repel evil and misfortune."

"Edict!"

"Go!"

"Boom..."

Several hardly-visible bursts of spiritual light exploded around him, forcing the surrounding underworld souls to retreat amidst pained screams, temporarily clearing the area.

"Distinguished guest."

The servant found his head somewhere, adjusting his neck to face Fang Zheng once more, charging:

"Don't go, I haven't eaten yet..."

"Peng!"

Fang Zheng turned, slashing with his blade, the blade dripping hot blood, exploding the servant's head, while swearing:

"Endless damn annoyance!"

"Ah!"

Another scream rang out.

Fang Zheng turned his head at the sound, a chill running through his heart.

He saw Lord Yan, realizing he couldn't escape, suddenly shove a maid beside him as a distraction, and the swarming underworld souls immediately engulfed her.

In the blink of an eye.

As the underworld souls dispersed, only a pile of white bones remained where the maid had been.

The flesh,

was entirely devoured by the underworld souls.

"Ah!"