SWNOVELXO Chapter 59: So Biased
Chapter 59: So Biased
“You!” The hulking ghost cultivator was stunned. It could clearly sense that Ye Shu’s cultivation level was inferior to its own, yet it was being completely overpowered.
Whether it was in direct combat or speed, it was at a disadvantage. This was utterly unreasonable.
“When I was alive, I was tortured and refined into a treasure. After death, I became a ghost cultivator, and now I’m being bullied by a brat like you! Is there no justice in this world?!”
It was furious! It’s eyes turned blood-red, and the resentment it had accumulated over the years burned fiercely within it.
It felt a profound threat. If it didn’t act now, it would be completely drained by this young man.
So, it had no choice but to ignite its soul!
“Ah!” A heart-wrenching, mournful scream tore from its throat.
In an instant, its entire body turned crimson. Flames erupted around it, cloaking it in a wave of fiery energy. Its size grew even larger, and its aura became terrifying.
Its combat power skyrocketed by more than half in that moment, enough to challenge a peak Nascent Soul cultivator.
“This is bad! Junior Brother shouldn’t have pushed it so hard. He’s provoked it!” Nie Qing’s expression turned grim as she watched.
She knew this was the ghost cultivator’s final resort—igniting its soul flames. The consequences were severe, often resulting in death or severe injury. It was a move only used in the most desperate situations.
Once activated, its power would increase dramatically, elevating it to a whole new level.
And now, the hulking ghost cultivator had ignited its soul flames, preparing for a life-and-death battle with Ye Shu.
Nie Qing regretted it deeply. If only Junior Brother Ye Shu hadn’t chased that monster so recklessly, this could have been avoided. But Ye Shu had insisted on pursuing it, provoking the ghost cultivator and making the situation far more complicated.
She turned to Lan Caidie and shouted, “Let’s go! We can’t just stand by and watch!”
“Help him? Can we really help?” Lan Caidie muttered to herself, unable to believe that they could stop the hulking ghost cultivator in its current state.
But seeing that Senior Sister Nie Qing had already moved, she had no choice but to grit her teeth and follow.
However, the hulking ghost cultivator was already making its move. By the time the two of them arrived, it might be too late to stop it.
“You really deserve to die!” The hulking ghost cultivator glared at its claws, now wreathed in crimson flames—its precious soul flames. It had no choice but to use them, determined to obliterate the young man standing in its way.
It wanted to see the look of despair on the young man’s face as he faced death.
But Ye Shu didn’t give it the satisfaction. Instead, he looked annoyed. “Igniting your soul flames? How could you do that! You’re wasting my cultivation resources!”
“What do you mean? You still want to devour me?” The hulking ghost cultivator felt insulted, letting out an eerie screech.
After saying this, it couldn’t help but laugh. Its eyes narrowed, and a vicious glint flashed within them.
Without hesitation, it swung its flaming claws at Ye Shu.
At the same time, Ye Shu summoned his Great Silver Sword, its golden-green light—the dew from the Tree of Creation—flaring to devour even this enhanced power.
Clang!
The two collided once more!
“It’s over!”
Nie Qing, who hadn’t been able to reach them in time, felt her heart sink. Despair washed over her face.
Junior Brother Ye Shu hadn’t run away, nor had he used the puppet at the last moment. Instead, he had chosen to face the attack head-on.
Even she wouldn’t have been able to withstand that strike. How could a Golden Core-stage Junior Brother possibly survive?
Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle…
The sound of dry bamboo catching fire filled the air.
“Ah!!”
The hulking ghost cultivator let out a blood-curdling scream as it watched its claws melt under the radiant light emanating from Ye Shu’s body. It was as if ice had been thrown into a boiling pot, disappearing at an alarming rate.
What’s going on? Am I the monster, or is he the monster?
Why, even with a whole major realm above him, can’t I defeat him?
“This time, I won’t let you escape!” Ye Shu didn’t have time to care about the ghost cultivator’s shock. He decisively reached out, his hand aiming for the ghost cultivator’s neck.
“Get off me!” The hulking ghost cultivator roared, trying to intimidate Ye Shu into retreating. But it was no use. Its energy was already being drained through the sword, and it no longer had the strength to escape.
“Got you!” Ye Shu grabbed the ghost cultivator’s neck and activated the Creation Art within him. The sprout of the Tree of Creation began to glow, radiating light from within.
Ye Shu’s entire body was bathed in this divine light, making him look like an immortal. A vortex formed in his hand, and he began to absorb the ghost cultivator’s energy.
The hulking ghost cultivator struggled, but once Ye Shu’s hand was on it, there was no escape. It could only watch as its body slowly dissipated, turning into pure energy that flowed into Ye Shu.
“Who… are you?”
As he faded away, the hulking ghost cultivator voiced the question burning in its mind. It knew Ye Shu’s true strength wasn’t greater than its own, but the young man’s cultivation technique completely countered it. In front of Ye Shu, it was powerless.
It desperately wanted to know—just who was this young man?
“The one who rules over you,” Ye Shu replied as the ghost cultivator vanished completely. Its soul merged with the sprout of the Tree of Creation, forming a new pattern on its surface.
After finishing this, Ye Shu’s expression turned serious.
Only now did he realize just how powerful that ghost cultivator had been.
Absorbing it had filled Ye Shu’s body with an immense amount of energy, enough to fill the gaps left after his breakthrough to the mid-Golden Core stage.
In fact, he was now on the verge of breaking through to the late-Golden Core stage!
Ye Shu realized belatedly that if it weren’t for the Creation Art, his true Golden Core-stage strength wouldn’t have been enough to withstand even a single move from the ghost cultivator.
“Junior Brother, you… you actually defeated him!”
The two women stared in shock, their faces identical masks of astonishment. They stood frozen, unsure of what to say.
Even working together, they might not have been able to defeat the hulking ghost cultivator. Yet Junior Brother Ye Shu, with his Golden Core-stage cultivation, had single-handedly annihilated him!
How was this possible?
Seeing their stunned expressions, Ye Shu wasn’t sure how to explain. He roughly understood that the ghost cultivator had been at least at the Nascent Soul stage, and a powerful one at that. Just moments ago, the two Senior Sisters had been forced back by him.
But Ye Shu hadn’t defeated him through raw strength. Instead, he had relied on the unique properties of his cultivation technique, which completely countered the ghost cultivator. This didn’t prove that his strength surpassed that of his Senior Sisters.
“Senior Sisters, there’s no need to be surprised. I barely defeated him by relying on something Master gave me,” Ye Shu said calmly, standing confidently before them.
When in doubt, shift the blame!
He couldn’t very well say that he had cheated, that his cultivation technique was ridiculously overpowered, and that ghost cultivators were like natural nourishment to him.
Hearing this, the two women’s expressions changed. They couldn’t help but laugh, though it was tinged with bitterness. Lan Caidie muttered under her breath, “So that’s it—no wonder you could defeat him with your measly strength. Master’s so biased to give you such a treasure!”
She thought about it a lot, but what bothered her most was why Master Luo Jiuyan was so biased!
To give Junior Brother Ye Shu such a powerful treasure, allowing him to defeat a late-Nascent Soul ghost cultivator with his Golden Core-stage cultivation—when had they ever received such treatment?