“What’s your current combat power?”
Lu Ming quietly sent a transmission to Wang Defa.
“I probably only have the combat power of a peak Nascent Soul stage now.”
Lu Ming’s eyes flickered. That was a rather severe suppression!
He then inconspicuously sized up the old fossils like the Tianqi Ancestor.
He wanted to see if their cultivation had been suppressed as well.
He noticed that although they appeared calm, there was a faint, almost imperceptible trace of worry in their eyes.
At that moment, the Tianqi Ancestor was cursing inwardly as well.
As soon as he arrived here, he felt his combat power suppressed to around the mid-Soul Transformation stage.
On top of that, he had been injured while fighting for the Immortal Saber and hadn't recovered yet.
If anyone found out, wouldn't just anyone be able to bully him as they pleased...
But the matter of combat power being suppressed couldn't be hidden forever!
Lu Ming observed for a while and realized that everyone's cultivation should have been suppressed. He just didn't know by how much.
Just then, a cold, thunderous roar echoed out.
“Hey! You lot, get over here!”
The voice sounded like a blaring megaphone.
Lu Ming and the others snapped their heads up and saw a massive, burly figure standing not far away.
His head was about the size of a millstone, his features were twisted and distorted, and his wide mouth split all the way to his ears, revealing fangs that glinted with a deathly white light.
He looked exceptionally terrifying and disgusting.
Lu Ming’s heart skipped a beat. This guy had to be at least three meters tall!
And he was incredibly hideous to look at!
Behind that massive figure followed a squad of soldiers clad in black armor.
The soldiers' faces were a grey-green hue, and their eyes stared eerily at Lu Ming’s group.
Behind them, several cultivators seemed to have been captured.
Lu Ming spotted Bao Duoduo and Liu Dachui among them.
“Didn’t you hear me calling you? Are your ears stuffed with dung?”
The massive figure’s impatient voice rang out again.
What on earth?
The Tiansheng Sect Leader’s eyes widened instantly.
Did this guy have no eyes? He was the leader of a sect, after all. Did this giant think he could talk to him like that just because he was big?
He checked the giant’s cultivation.
Judging by the aura he radiated, he was only at the Soul Transformation stage!
Even though his own combat power was suppressed to the early Soul Transformation stage, he wasn't someone to be bullied by just anyone!
The Tianqi Ancestor’s expression was even uglier. He couldn't win against those powerhouses from the ancient forces, so he couldn't afford to provoke them.
But surely he could handle these ants, right?
“How dare you speak to us like that?”
Subconsciously, the Tiansheng Sect Leader adopted his authoritative persona and barked back.
“Oh, wow! So you’re not falling in line, eh?”
The giant spoke as he lashed out with a black whip in his hand.
Crack!
The whip struck the Tiansheng Sect Leader directly.
“Aaaagh!”
Just as everyone thought the Tiansheng Sect Leader would be able to dodge it, a shrill, agonized scream rang out.
It was so loud that Lu Ming and Wang Defa nearly jumped into each other's arms.
“That sound... it sounds like it really hurts!” Wang Defa said, his face turning pale.
Lu Ming nodded in agreement.
He looked at the Tiansheng Sect Leader but noticed there were no physical wounds on him.
Lu Ming was about to comment on how good the Tiansheng Sect Leader’s acting was when the Tianqi Ancestor’s voice rang out.
“That whip targets the soul!”
Lu Ming’s mouth twitched. So the Tiansheng Sect Leader wasn't faking it after all!
The Tianqi Ancestor took a deep breath and swallowed his indignation.
If his combat power hadn't been suppressed, he would have taught these things how to behave... no, how to be monsters, in a heartbeat.
After being whipped, the Tiansheng Sect Leader also tucked away his high-and-mighty attitude.
As the saying goes, a great man knows when to yield!
He would find an opportunity to kill him later!
“Hello there, General. I wonder why you’ve called us over? Is there something we can do for you?”
At this point, Lu Ming hurried forward to speak.
He was afraid these old guys, who were used to being treated like royalty, would say something stupid again and provoke this giant into killing them all.
After all, he didn't know yet if that whip would affect his own soul.
A look that seemed to be pride appeared on the giant’s hideous face.
“I am the number one ghost general under Ghost King Hei Dun, Ghost General Mo Tuo! I’m taking you lot to be mine slaves!”
“Is your younger brother named Ghost General Mo Di?”
“Hmm? You know my brother, Ghost General Mo Di?”
“I’ve heard the legends of you two brothers. Unrivaled under heaven, one general slaughters a city, two generals slaughter a country, three generals slaughter the world, four generals...”
While Lu Ming was being perfunctory, his mind was racing.
Ghost General?
Could these guys all be ghosts?
Looking at the churning black energy on Mo Tuo’s body, that was definitely ghostly energy.
Lu Ming and the others realized instantly that this was a world of ghosts.
The reason Wang Defa and the others had their combat power suppressed was likely because of this.
As for why he wasn't suppressed?
There was no need to ask—it was definitely because he was the protagonist!
Destined to be different from the rest.
Meanwhile, Mo Tuo was lost in a state of self-intoxication from Lu Ming’s praise.
After a good while, Mo Tuo finally snapped out of it.
“Are we brothers really that powerful?”
“Yes, absolutely!”
Lu Ming’s eyes glinted as he continued to ask, “May I ask, General Mo Tuo, what happens if someone doesn't know how to mine?”
Mo Tuo was stunned. Was there a ghost who didn't know how to mine?
In his long ghostly life, he had never encountered a ghost who couldn't mine.
“You don’t know how to mine?”
As Mo Tuo spoke, he had already raised his black whip.
He was ready to give Lu Ming a lash. A ghost who couldn't even mine was just a waste of ghostly energy!
Lu Ming quickly said, “I know how!”
“I was asking for him!” Lu Ming said, pointing at the Tianqi Ancestor.
Mo Tuo’s whip then pointed at the Tianqi Ancestor.
Tianqi Ancestor: “...”
Could you please act like a human for once!
He hurriedly spoke up, “General Mo Tuo, I know how to mine as well...”
General Mo Tuo impatiently retracted his whip.
“Fine. Hand over all your belongings, then follow me!”
“Alright!”
Lu Ming very cooperatively handed over a storage bag.
When Mo Tuo saw that there were only a few pathetic low-grade spirit stones and some tattered spiritual artifacts inside, he looked at it with pure disgust.
“You’re far too poor, aren't you?”
“Sigh... Great General... you have no idea! I have to support the people of three... no, four sects! Usually, we only get to smell a single pill for three months at a time...”
Lu Ming replied with a face full of misery. He looked as wretched as could be, as pitiful as one could imagine!
Mo Tuo was so moved by Lu Ming’s words that smoke seemed to billow from his eyes, and two streams of yin energy flowed from the corners of his eyes.
“Oh, that’s too tragic... Here, take your storage bag back!”
With that, he handed the storage bag back to Lu Ming.
Looking at the storage bag in front of him, Lu Ming was also momentarily stunned. Was tricking a ghost going a bit too far?
But he quickly snapped out of it and took the bag.
“Thank you, General Mo Tuo. You truly are a great ghost general...”
Lu Ming poured out a basketful of free flattery.
It didn't cost him anything anyway!
When the Tianqi Ancestor and the others saw this, their eyes lit up.
You could do that?
Rate on N.U.
