Chapter 215: Thats Just How It Works

Chapter 215: That's Just How It Works

Yu Xian could remotely control the blood servants he had enslaved. As the Ghost-Masked man approached, the more he looked at his mask, the more familiar it seemed. On impulse, he contacted Feilichi, whose bull horns matched those on the mask. When he discovered that he could no longer reach Feilichi, he suspected that Feilichi had probably met with misfortune at the hands of the Ghost-Masked Man.

Thus, Yu Xian formed a few theories about the Ghost-Masked Man's abilities. By verbally probing him, he confirmed that the man had most likely been influenced by Feilichi's most prominent trait.

Unfortunately, the Ghost-Masked Man was still a Star-rank powerhouse. Even though Feilichi's thoughts had contaminated the mask, the Ghost-Masked Man was merely influenced rather than becoming completely loyal to Yu Xian.

After sending the drop of blood into the Ghost-Masked Man's mouth, Yu Xian immediately fused with Little Nora and retreated dozens of meters, hovering beyond the edge of the cliff.

His judgment proved entirely correct. The very next second, the right side of the Ghost-Masked Man's body burst apart as countless fists erupted from his arm, swelling outward like an explosion.

"I nearly fell for your trick, Master!" The Ghost-Masked Man's voice overlapped in countless layers—male and female, old and young.

Following his furious roar, the countless fists spun around and swung toward Yu Xian. They multiplied wildly, forming a vast barrage that blotted out the sky and bombarded everything ahead.

Yu Xian teleported out of the way, then watched as the fists struck the ground in front of the cliff. The center of the impact erupted with a deafening blast, as though dozens of nuclear bombs had struck at once. Shockwaves exploded outward, and the ground shook violently.

The teams that had still been looting parts from the cyborg had no time to escape. Before they could react, the shockwave engulfed them. Those with weaker defenses were obliterated, while the tougher ones were hurled through the air, screaming.

The punch was immensely powerful, and the shockwave was merely a side effect. The fists themselves were the terrifying part.

Little Nora's eyes nearly popped out when he saw the devastation. "Big Bro, this guy's seriously dangerous. Shouldn't we get out of here while we still can?"

Yu Xian stared at the Ghost-Masked Man, then smiled. "Quite the opposite. Now we can't afford to run!"

One could not stay on guard forever. Since they had already become enemies, the obvious solution was to kill the Ghost-Masked Man right here and now.

Yu Xian had no desire to be targeted by a Star-rank powerhouse and spend every waking moment guarding against a surprise attack. That was especially true of an enemy with abilities as bizarre and unpredictable as the Ghost-Masked Man's. If the Ghost-Masked Man suddenly struck him at a critical moment in the future, the consequences could be disastrous.

Little Nora was worried. "Big Bro, can we actually beat him?"

Yu Xian shot straight into the sky. His wings trembled, launching countless Vajra Feathers toward the Ghost-Masked Man. He laughed. "We won't know until we try."

On the ground, the Ghost-Masked Man suddenly shrank himself. However, what contracted was not his enlarged arm, but the rest of his body. With his tiny body attached to the massive mass of fists, he easily evaded the incoming Vajra Feathers.

The countless Vajra Feathers slammed into the cliff, blasting apart its protruding edge. They curved through the air like a school of golden fish and swiftly returned to the wings on Yu Xian's back.

Only around thirty seconds had passed from the Ghost-Masked Man's attack to Yu Xian's counterattack. The shockwave from the Ghost-Masked Man's punch was still sweeping through the trees in the distance.

After his first attack missed, Yu Xian immediately raised a hand. A golden feather spun above his palm as red energy enveloped it, transforming it into a spiraling spear.

"Go!" Yu Xian hurled the spiraling spear down at the Ghost-Masked Man below.

The Ghost-Masked Man twisted and contracted his enormous body. A mask appeared over one of his fists, transforming it into his head. By the time he looked up, the tip of the spear was already right in front of him. But he took the full force of the attack head-on, instantly detonating the immense energy contained within the spiraling spear.

The Vajra Feather concealed inside the spear slammed into the Ghost-Masked Man's mask. The tremendous impact drove his head into the ground, and the earth caved in. Even the small world fragment trembled. The spiraling spear itself could not injure the Ghost-Masked Man, but the Vajra Feather hidden within it could.

A deafening boom rang out. The golden feather flew out of the crater, accompanied by a mask with a fresh scratch across its forehead.

Beneath the crater, a terrifying burst of black energy erupted. A mass of pitch-black liquid shot upward and fused with the mask. Countless black spikes burst from behind it, attacking nearly every inch of Yu Xian's body from all directions.

Yu Xian's pupils reflected the incoming spikes. At the very last moment, he teleported beside the Ghost-Masked Man, gripping a Vajra Feather coated in True Will and True Crimson Energy, and instantly severed his head.

However, the Ghost-Masked Man was clearly an unusual living creature. He resembled an elemental lifeform. The moment his head was severed, his lower body transformed and thrust toward Yu Xian. After Yu Xian dodged, the spike extended downward and reconnected with the head in the blink of an eye.

At the same time, a fist rapidly grew from his headless neck and attacked the retreating Yu Xian. Yu Xian split the fist apart with the Vajra Feather, only for its two halves to attack him from both sides. Left with no choice, he teleported farther away.

Little Nora's head emerged from Yu Xian's shoulder. "Big Bro, I know what species he is now! He's a Yellow Springs Water Ghost. Only special liquids like a virgin boy's urine or rooster blood can truly harm him."

Yu Xian's expression stiffened. "Does my urine count as a virgin boy's urine?"

Little Nora replied matter-of-factly, "Big Bro, you've lost your primordial yang, so of course, it doesn't!"

Yu Xian glanced at the Ghost-Masked Man, who had returned to his human form, and frowned. "Little Nora, besides a virgin boy's urine and rooster blood, is there anything else that can harm him? Fire or sunlight, perhaps?"

Logically, since the Yellow Springs Water Ghost feared virgin boy's urine and rooster blood, it should also fear attacks involving sunlight or fire. After all, a virgin boy's urine relied on the boy's primordial yang energy, while rooster blood contained a rooster's yang energy.

Little Nora immediately rejected his theory. "Big Bro, Yellow Springs Water Ghosts aren't afraid of sunlight or fire."

"Then why are they afraid of a virgin boy's urine and rooster blood?"

Little Nora innocently shouted, "I don't know! That's just how it works!"

Yu Xian continued to retreat and helplessly asked, "Then according to the rules, what else are Yellow Springs Water Ghosts afraid of? Don't tell me it's only those two things."

If those were the rules, he had nothing more to say and could only abide by them. Every world had its rules. In the Abyss, for example, his spatial ability would not work. That was also why he had said goodbye to everyone he knew.

Once he entered the Abyss, he would no longer be able to return freely to the Blue Planet. That was the law of the Abyss, or, put another way, simply how the Abyss was designed.

Fortunately, this place was not the Abyss, but a special dimension similar to the world inhabited by the Supreme Martial Zombie King. As a result, his bubbles still worked, so he could return to the Blue Planet whenever he wished.

It was only because he had a way out that he felt confident enough to fight the Ghost-Masked Man. Otherwise, with the Ancient Cosmic Dragon lurking somewhere nearby, he would have fled long ago. He had never been the type to leave himself without an escape route.

Little Nora hurriedly replied, "Big Bro, Yellow Springs Water Ghosts are also afraid of the blood of black dogs, black donkeys, and black bears!"

Yu Xian's eyes lit up. The blood of a black bear!

He now knew how to defeat the Ghost-Masked Man.