Am I really hallucinating?

Chapter 425 Beyond Understanding
Because of Jiang Si's obstruction, the Ghost King's only remaining power to suppress the Undead City army was the ever-present blizzard.

When Jiang Si unleashed another bolt of lightning, the Ghost King used spiritual energy to form a shield to block it, but then hesitated. The core of a spirit is spiritual power, and its structure relies on spiritual energy.

When it is injured, it loses spiritual essence. Using spiritual essence to resist damage also consumes spiritual essence. However, even if Jiang Si's lightning strike hits it, the damage caused by it does not seem to be as much as the spiritual essence it would consume if it actively tried to block the damage.

While it may be better at micro-management, operation is ultimately secondary. Without real power, such operation can only be called cleverness at best!

An overwhelming surge of telekinetic energy, carrying a blizzard, lashed towards Jiang Si.

Jiang Si swiftly stretched out her hands in front of her, spreading them out like flowers. Dense red lines intertwined in front of her, each line twisted into a thick rope, forming a scarlet forest between herself and the Ghost King.

The wind and snow pierced through the red rope layer by layer, gradually decreasing until only a little frost remained before Jiang Si. The psychic power it carried was also scraped away by the spiritual essence she had scattered on the red thread.

A red light flashed in her eyes, and she easily dispelled the last bit of psychic power that was about to reach her.

It was blocked again...

He had initially dismissed the little corpse entirely, but now her actions were undeniably delaying the Ghost King's plans. The Ghost King was somewhat annoyed; beyond the surprise and trouble, he was primarily focused on his surroundings, wary of the Undead King who might appear at any moment.

It can't be affected by a tiny bug...

“If you’re waiting for Eldridge, it won’t be coming anytime soon.” Jiang Si was hanging upside down on the red thread, the silk threads wrapped around her entire body, and the tattered Undead City uniform revealed some white skin, showing a cold and beautiful and strangely eerie feeling.

The Ghost King looked at her: "What do you mean by that?"

"Although saying this might make you feel humiliated, and to be honest, I'm also quite helpless myself. But... Eldridge's task for me is probably to take care of you."

Boom!

The light of the spirit burst forth, and ice and white light intertwined, transforming into thousands of blue and white hailstones that slashed and shredded the red rope net. The Ghost King arrived through the air, and black cannons flew and roared in the wind and snow.

Jiang Si manipulated the red thread with precision, her body moving through the air like a dancer to dodge all the sharp blades.

Even so, the Ghost King's sudden outburst still caught her movements. Rather, it's more accurate to say that those attacks were designed to compress Jiang Si's movement path, and he then accurately predicted Jiang Si's actions.

The two closed the distance to within a few meters, and the Ghost King swung his hand, sending a sharp, close-range hailstone blade crashing down on Jiang Si. Though called a blade, its rough weight felt like a heavy hammer.

Jiang Si coughed up a large amount of blood and was cut in half at the waist on the spot.

"Even if it's a provocation, I have to admit you've truly angered me, you lowly corpse!" The Ghost King's voice was chilling and ruthless. "Whether it was Eldridge who underestimated me, or you who overestimated yourself, I no longer care. Now, the facts speak for themselves regarding the gap between us."

"You think you can solve my problems? In the final moments of this rotting corpse's life, do you realize how delusional such a dream is?"

"Uh...hehe, really?"

The Ghost King is unbelievable.

Even as she was reduced to a falling, mangled corpse, Jiang Si smiled through her gruesome state: "You were really serious just now, blocking the route, anticipating the attack, and even choosing to close the distance to ensure the attack hit me. Since you were so serious, it seems the gap between us isn't that big after all."

"Stubborn... huh?!" The Ghost King was about to say, "You're about to die and you're still being so stubborn," but suddenly realized something was wrong.

Jiang Si's body didn't have many marks from being actually injured by the hailstones!

Especially the cut surface of the waist wound was smooth and clean, which could not have been caused by rough hail blades.

She herself cut her own body in half beforehand!
"Don't even think about escaping!"

The Ghost King no longer cared about proving itself in front of this corpse; it wanted to chop it into mincemeat!

It lunged down at Jiang Si, and the cloud vortex in the sky moved accordingly, with the blizzard pouring down directly on Jiang Si.

Even if Jiang Si cuts himself into pieces, he can't escape this range!
Click—click—

Just then, the Ghost King sensed something unusual.

Because things happened so fast, by the time it realized it, it was already on solid ground, and the blizzard it had stirred up had vanished.

"What happened?! Where is that corpse?!" The Ghost King looked around, but apart from a few traces of blood that smelled of plants, Jiang Si was nowhere to be found.

And... is it just my imagination? The sound of the wind and snow has become quieter? Its perception of other spiritual entities and elements also seems to have become blurred.

Something strange happened. She must have done something before the body was swallowed up by the avalanche-like blizzard!
"The model... is complete..."

The sound came from one direction, and the Ghost King abruptly raised his head. To his utter shock, he saw a net formed by numerous red threads, encircling the entire mountain where he stood. These threads appeared perfectly normal on a visual level, yet they were filled with a strong sense of incongruity.

They are arranged according to a kind of chaotic yet unified pattern, enveloping and... cutting through this space!
Polyhedrons connected by lines, infinite rings... Even though the Ghost King can still see the outside world through the gaps between the lines, it seems to be in another space!
"What did you do? A rotting corpse!"

The movement of the silk threads, creating irregular shapes that recombine, reconstructs Jiang Si's figure in a wondrous visual effect.

“It’s just that I have a deeper understanding of what I can do. When the soul is liberated, it can transcend time and space. I understand that.” Jiang Si opened her hands and then slowly clenched them.

"You mean...understand?" the Ghost King said in a deep voice.

“That’s right. Although I have to spend a lot of time arranging such a huge model precisely so that I can put it to use, I have not let others down. It’s really amazing…” Jiang Si looked a little dazed and didn’t even look at the Ghost King directly.

"Foolish! How dare you insult me ​​with such limited understanding!" the Ghost King roared.

It raised its hand, only to find that the blizzard was completely blocked outside the line and could not penetrate, so it could only use the most direct spiritual ray.

Jiang Si's body was once again cut into several irregular geometric shapes by the silk threads and disappeared into the red line model. The spirit ray shot into the red line, and the red line then began to move, freezing the straight white light into several parts.

It was reassembled from a different angle and then launched towards the Ghost King himself.

Nourishes—

The Ghost King fired wildly, but all the rays returned and struck itself. Its body trembled, and it tried using telekinesis. Sure enough, once it came into contact with the red lines, it was fragmented and out of control.

Even if it is unwilling, it has to admit that it cannot understand.

It possesses a vast spirit and soul, yet it cannot accomplish this.

It has developed the seemingly useless talent of lowering the surrounding temperature of the spirit into a blizzard that it can control at will. It has exhausted everything to grow to this point.

How could this happen in a place like this...

No, it's not over yet.

“If I don’t move, you can’t hurt me.” It raised its head and spoke slowly.

The model doesn't understand what a model is, but for these threads to maintain this effectiveness, it is indeed necessary to maintain the current operating mode.

It cannot be changed arbitrarily.

It doesn't need to touch the red line with its own body, so it won't be cut or broken up.

Since it doesn't use spiritual energy to attack, Jiang Si can't use its power to strike it!
It would be wishful thinking for Jiang Si to try to hurt it or move the Ghost King, which was determined not to move, onto the red line model on her own.

and……

"If you dare to do it, then come on, Corpse. You are trapped within the red line, so I cannot harm you and will even injure myself. However, you would never dare to cross this protective net to come to my side! I stand right here! You, a mere Corpse, want to compete with a spirit in terms of time? I am more than willing to play along! How long can you maintain such a huge model? How long can your blood, your spiritual essence, and your mental strength last? I will stand here and wait for you!"

The Ghost King looked up and said loudly.

It found the solution: do nothing.

At this moment, however, it had no heart to care about anything else. Its only influence over the outside world now was to maintain the blizzard; the Undead City army had long since regrouped and was steadily advancing despite the blizzard and the spirit army.

It was isolated from the battle.

Jiang Si successfully held it back; even the Undying King didn't make an appearance. The Ghost King was held back by a nameless little corpse.

If the Undead King were to appear now, this battle could practically be declared over.

Ironically, the Undying King was still nowhere to be seen outside. He had no intention of using this perfect opportunity to deliver a fatal blow to the spirits.

Eldridge actually intended to let this nameless little corpse take down the Ghost King one-on-one!
But the Ghost King had no time to think about these things.

If we cannot break through this scarlet net...

Then it might really be killed by Jiang Si here!

(End of this chapter)