Chapter 29 – Battle in the Ghost Domain

Su Ming summoned all of her forces: the Blood Soul Ghost, the Sword Ghost, the Chef Ghost Leader, and the Ice Crystal Turtle.

Guo Dong unleashed his Pseudo-Azure Dragon and Pseudo-White Tiger, while Zhao Pei’s soul-binding ghost also came out in full force.

The principal of Vermilion Bird Academy broke out in a cold sweat. Apart from the sect master and Shi Zhanlong, no one present, including himself, knew that the soul-binding ghost belonged to Zhao Pei. It seemed Su Ming’s battle was going to be extremely dangerous…

The powerful battle auras of both sides had already erupted. Su Ming sensed that Guo Dong’s true body was no simple matter, with strength around the Fourth Realm.

Su Ming: “Change of plans. The Blood Soul Ghost and Head Chef will take down that soul-binding ghost first—its soul-draining ability is useless against you two. Ice Crystal Turtle, grow big first; I’ll buy you time.”

Guo Dong: “Kill!”

The Sword Ghost shot toward the Pseudo-Azure Dragon and Pseudo-White Tiger at terrifying speed. Fearsome sword qi tore through the entire space, even creating brief vacuums, while piercing sonic booms echoed across the whole arena.

Guo Dong tensed up: “So fast!”

In truth, Guo Dong was far from relaxed. The Pseudo-Azure Dragon and Pseudo-White Tiger had no consciousness of their own—if he lost consciousness, they would become nothing more than two corpses, unable to move.

The Pseudo-Azure Dragon fired a breath attack at the Sword Ghost. The Sword Ghost unleashed his ultimate move, Armor Breaker, transforming boundless ghostly qi into sword qi that surged forward.

Trading injury for injury, the Sword Ghost took a hit from the breath attack, his ghostly body fading.

The Pseudo-Azure Dragon bore the brunt of the assault, its entire body torn apart by sword qi, drenched in blood.

To protect himself, Guo Dong had the Pseudo-White Tiger take the damage in his place, and the Pseudo-White Tiger also suffered some injuries.

Guo Dong: “I can’t believe he used his ultimate move right from the start… How dare he…”

Guo Dong had learned about the Sword Ghost’s skills through the Divine Beast System. Armor Breaker was the Sword Ghost’s most powerful move, with explosive force that could even contend with the Ninth Realm. He just never expected it to be used at the very beginning.

Su Ming could see that the Sword Ghost was also in bad shape, down to only sixty percent of his initial state.

But it was precisely the time the Sword Ghost bought that allowed the Blood Soul Ghost and the Chef Ghost Leader to nearly beat the soul-binding ghost half to death.

The soul-binding ghost was not skilled in combat, and moreover, he had never cooperated with Guo Dong before—no coordination, no proper command. Even with considerable Fourth Realm combat power, facing a Fifth Realm Blood Soul Ghost born for slaughter, victory was impossible.

Guo Dong scrambled to make up for it. The Sword Ghost’s full-force strike had nearly thrown his entire rhythm into chaos. Having originally planned to slowly wear Su Ming down, he was now completely flustered, commanding the White Tiger to rescue the soul-binding ghost.

Su Ming sneered coldly. Though she still didn’t know the soul-binding ghost was specifically targeting her, she understood that its existence was in some ways more dangerous than the Pseudo-Azure Dragon—because it could extract the souls of both humans and beasts at any moment.

Su Ming looked at the Ice Crystal Turtle, now already the size of a classroom. Its strength had also surged to Peak Fifth Realm. As a master of ice and snow, it too began holding nothing back…

“Look! Why has the sky turned dark!”

A voice rang out, and the livestream camera cut to the sky, where dense black clouds hinted at something ominous.

Guo Dong knew this was the Ice Crystal Turtle’s technique. In the previous battle, the Ice Crystal Turtle had reversed the manipulation of snow to kill Shi Zhen’s snow leopard.

Guo Dong snorted coldly. The Azure Dragon could also control water, and in both realm and status, it was superior to the Ice Crystal Turtle. He was confident—Su Ming was about to make a foolish move!

Guo Dong said smugly: “This is what intelligence means. I read all that material yesterday and summarized countless battle strategies. Now, I know all your trump cards!”

Massive hailstones fell directly from the sky, striking everyone indiscriminately, while a thick mist of water vapor began to spread, making it impossible to see one’s hand in front of one’s face.

Guo Dong, seeing this, remained completely unflustered. He manipulated the Pseudo-Azure Dragon to begin controlling the water mist, but the already-injured Pseudo-Azure Dragon’s strength had declined, and it couldn’t dispel the mist quickly.

At this moment, the Blood Soul Ghost’s advantage became apparent—she was the only one present whose Blood Pupil could clearly see everyone’s positions.

This was actually Su Ming’s plan all along: use the Sword Ghost to wound the Pseudo-Azure Dragon, reducing its ability to control water, while the Ice Crystal Turtle began interfering with visibility.

In truth, if these had been the original Azure Dragon and White Tiger, they could have tracked targets by aura, but Guo Dong and the sect master, fearing rebellion, had erased their consciousness, leaving them as empty shells.

Guo Dong activated a formation, beginning to panic. He couldn’t see anything, and in his heart, he felt that only sufficient spiritual power could protect his safety.

Little did he know that the moment he activated it, Su Lin had already detected it. He mobilized the spiritual power within his body and pressed down lightly—the formation instantly failed.

At this moment, the sect master and the military officer protecting Guo Dong were startled. They had also noticed the formation’s existence earlier, but it had been so faint that they’d paid it no mind. However, although Su Lin’s move was also extremely subtle, they dared not ignore it.

The sect master thought to himself: It seems there’s an expert here…

Meanwhile, Wugou, controlling the Black-Robed Man, stood behind the mysterious military expert, and a wisp of black energy was secretly injected into his body without anyone noticing.

After all, the descent technique also had its prerequisites…

The water mist dispersed, and the two had vanished. Everyone in the stands was stunned—where had they gone?

At that moment, the principal of Vermilion Bird Academy suddenly remembered that Su Ming had once said she would take him into the ghost domain. It seemed she had been telling the truth.

Principal of Vermilion Bird Academy: “Quickly obtain military surveillance access—they’re fighting inside the ghost domain!”

Two minutes later, a livestream from the ghost domain began. No one had expected that Guo Dong would simultaneously command over a thousand spirit beasts, wreaking havoc on the ghost domain!

Everyone was puzzled—where had Guo Dong gotten such power? He’d actually been hiding an entire beast tide.

But Su Ming understood well enough: if her loli form could summon a ghost tide, then it made sense that Guo Dong, who also possessed a system, could summon a beast tide.

Unfortunately, many chef ghosts hadn’t reacted in time, and over a dozen died in an instant. Though she sighed with regret, at least the majority had been preserved.

At this moment, taking advantage of her highest authority in the ghost domain, Su Ming and all the ghosts hid themselves away.

The Chef Ghost Leader was still immersed in grief over losing over a dozen of his underlings.

Recalling a minute ago—when Guo Dong realized he’d entered the ghost domain, he immediately summoned the beast tide, and over a dozen chef ghosts who hadn’t retreated in time were trampled to death by the surge.

Su Ming had roughly assessed that the spirit beasts in this beast tide were all devoid of consciousness. If they wanted to win, they should probably target Guo Dong himself.

Su Ming: “System, do his spirit beasts drop beast cores when they die?”

Ghost Immortal System: “Yes.”

Su Ming breathed a sigh of relief—at least it wouldn’t be a wasted fight. However, most of these spirit beasts were at the Third Realm to Fifth Realm, which would indeed be troublesome to deal with.

Su Ming comforted the Chef Ghost Leader: “Where there’s battle, there’s sacrifice—it’s unavoidable. Now we must drive that bastard out of our home!”

The Chef Ghost Leader knelt respectfully: “Please give your orders, boss. We must take revenge.”

Su Ming thought about how she could put these chef ghosts, who were only at the First and Second Realm, to good use.

After all, the original plan was to lure Guo Dong into the ghost domain and use its unique properties to wear him down.

Guo Dong wasn’t foolish—he wouldn’t wait for Su Ming to recover here and then fight to the death. The ghostly qi here was dense, which hindered the recovery of Azure Dragon and White Tiger’s injuries. To win, they had to leave first.

A large number of spirit beasts launched a frenzied assault in one direction of the ghost domain. If they could punch a hole through, they could escape.

Meanwhile, the soul-binding ghost wasn’t idle either, using the ghost domain’s qi to heal its wounds. Its injuries were severe—had Guo Dong not protected it, it would have nearly died.

Guo Dong cursed under his breath: “This soul-binding ghost is utterly useless. Not only did it fail to extract Su Ming’s soul, but it also needed my protection!”