Elder Ghost was injured.
But Jiang Ning stood there, completely unscathed.
Not only was he unhurt, but not a single strand of hair was out of place.
“I am Jiang Ning!”
Jiang Ning said calmly, looking at Elder Ghost.
“Impossible!
I investigated you!
You’re just an ordinary person who disappeared for five years!” Elder Ghost’s eyes widened, flustered and exasperated.
“Speak!
Are you from one of those hidden sects?
If you are, I might consider letting you off the hook!”
“Are you sure you’re the one letting me off the hook?”
Jiang Ning smiled.
‘This Elder Ghost truly overestimates himself.’
“Kid!
I, Elder Ghost, have dominated the East Sea for decades!
Do you think I’m so easily frightened?!”
Elder Ghost snorted coldly and pushed himself up from the ground.
“Elder Ghost is mighty!”
Jiang Sihai couldn’t help but shout.
Just a moment ago, they had thought Elder Ghost was done for.
They never expected that Elder Ghost was just putting on an act to trick Jiang Ning.
‘It must be!’
Jiang Sihai clenched his fists, his face alight with excitement.
As long as Jiang Ning died, they could finally avenge their daughter.
Once Jiang Ning was dead, they would go after his frail old mother.
They would tear her limb from limb!
‘How satisfying that would be!’
“So, you still have some tricks up your sleeve?”
Jiang Ning chuckled softly and adopted a relaxed stance.
Today!
No matter how many backup plans Elder Ghost had or how many people he could summon.
Jiang Ning was determined to kill him!
“Kid!
I am a member of the Ghost Slaying Sect!
If you are also from a mountain sect, you should have heard of our name!”
Elder Ghost sneered, revealing his background.
He was hoping!
Hoping the kid before him would know to back down when faced with a superior force.
Otherwise!
Even if he managed to kill Jiang Ning today, he would have to pay a heavy price.
“Never heard of it!” Jiang Ning shook his head, his tone indifferent.
“Whatever tricks you have left, show them.
I have some patience, but not much.”
After saying this, Jiang Ning glanced over at Jiang Sihai and his wife.
His gaze was perfectly calm, yet it sent a chill down their spines.
“Kid!
You really are a reckless fool!” Elder Ghost roared in anger, his eyes narrowing as a murderous glint appeared within them.
“Since you’re in such a hurry to be reincarnated, I’ll grant you your wish!”
As Elder Ghost finished speaking, his eyes shot wide open and his aura exploded outward.
BOOM!
An eerie black energy emanated from his body, threatening to swallow everything around him.
“Elder Ghost’s realm is actually the Late-Stage Earth Realm!
With this kind of power, he must be on the verge of the Celestial Realm!”
Jiang Sihai roared, his eyes wide with shock as he felt Elder Ghost’s aura.
“Jiang, this is great!
With Elder Ghost here, that kid is dead for sure!” Mei Changyan jumped for joy beside him.
“Unless a Celestial Realm master appears, a Late-Stage Earth Realm cultivator is a god in the East Sea!”
A god in the East Sea!
Far away, inside a car.
Xu Mingsheng, who was monitoring the scene with a drone, instantly grew excited.
‘I bet on the right horse!’
‘Now, all I have to do is watch Jiang Ning get beaten to death bit by bit, and I’ll have won completely!’
Suppressing his excitement, Xu Mingsheng used his phone to pilot the drone, hiding it on a nearby rooftop.
He waited quietly…
Faced with such a frenzied and oppressive aura, Jiang Ning remained as calm as a placid lake.
He was like a lone boat in the middle of a vast ocean.
No matter how the waves churned, he remained unmoved.
“Kid!
Scared stupid, are you?
Too late!”
Elder Ghost sneered, thinking Jiang Ning was frozen with fear.
The next second, he erupted with furious power.
He charged toward Jiang Ning.
“Overestimating yourself.”
Jiang Ning let out a light breath, and the air from his mouth shot out like a cannonball, slamming viciously into Elder Ghost.
THUD.
Elder Ghost, who was mid-air, was sent crashing to the ground as if struck by a heavy hammer.
He couldn’t move a muscle.
He was stunned!
The shock in his eyes clearly outweighed any panic.
‘I didn’t see a thing, yet I was smashed to the ground as if by a heavy hammer.’
‘This is impossible!’
Not far away, Jiang Sihai and Mei Changyan were also stunned.
They stood there, dumbfounded.
Their jaws hung open.
Their eyes looked as if they were about to pop out of their sockets.
‘What happened?’
‘Shouldn’t that kid Jiang Ning be the one on the ground?’
‘What’s wrong with Elder Ghost?’
‘Did all his nightly debauchery finally wear him out?’
“Kid!
Who the hell are you?!
Could you be a Grandmaster?”
Elder Ghost calmed down, looking up at Jiang Ning from the ground with a flicker of fear in his eyes.
‘Killing with a breath!’
‘That kid definitely just used the ‘killing with a breath’ technique!’
‘That’s a technique exclusive to the Grandmaster Realm!’
‘It can only be performed by someone who has surpassed the Earth Realm and is approaching the Celestial Realm!’
“No!” Jiang Ning shook his head, denying it.
He looked at Elder Ghost again and held up a single finger.
“You have one last chance!”
At this ultimatum, Elder Ghost’s breathing became ragged.
He knew that Jiang Ning wasn’t joking!
‘One last chance!’
‘It’s either live or die!’
“Elder Ghost!
If you have any other trump cards, use them now!”
Seeing the tense stalemate, Jiang Sihai hurriedly urged him on.
“That’s right, Elder Ghost!
The young models for the celebration at the Sihai Club are all arranged.”
Mei Changyan took out a phone to show her sincerity.
‘If Elder Ghost dies, we’ll be next.’
“Kid!
You are indeed strong!
But killing me, Elder Ghost, won’t be that easy!”
After getting up, Elder Ghost dusted himself off.
His face was grim.
But just as Jiang Sihai thought he was about to attack Jiang Ning, his own expression changed drastically.
“Elder Ghost!
What are you doing?!”
Elder Ghost had suddenly appeared beside Jiang Sihai and his wife, moving so fast that his eagle-eye mask was ripped from his face.
“Hmph!
Saving my own life, of course!”
Elder Ghost sneered, grabbing the couple by their necks and flinging them violently toward Jiang Ning.
He seized the opportunity.
And fled like a madman.
“Hahaha, kid!
I, Elder Ghost, am also known as the Ghost Bat!
You think killing me is that easy?!”
Just as Jiang Ning swatted Jiang Sihai and his wife to the ground, Elder Ghost’s triumphant, arrogant voice echoed from above.
Jiang Ning looked up, but Elder Ghost was already gone from sight.
Jiang Sihai and his wife were ashen-faced.
‘That Elder Ghost used us as bait.’
‘And he escaped!’
Far away, Xu Mingsheng, who was watching the monitor, suddenly froze, his breath catching in his throat.
The next second, a black-robed figure suddenly appeared inside his car.
“Kid!
Drive!
Get out of here!”
The sudden voice made Xu Mingsheng’s face turn deathly pale.
“Huh?
Elder Ghost?
How did you get here?”
“Cut the crap!” Elder Ghost’s face was grim as he snorted coldly.
“Using a drone to monitor me on my own turf, did you really think I wouldn’t notice?!”
Xu Mingsheng’s smile froze.
“Elder Ghost, I was just worried about your safety, that’s all.
Don’t worry, I’ll get you out of the East Sea right now!”
With that, he immediately stomped on the gas pedal.
The engine roared and the car shot forward like an arrow released from a bow.
But just as his speed hit a hundred and eighty miles per hour, he suddenly noticed a white-robed figure in the darkness ahead.
It was perfectly clear under the car’s headlights.
“Elder Ghost, it’s Jiang Ning!
He actually caught up to us!”
Xu Mingsheng’s expression turned to panic as he stared at the figure growing clearer in front of them.