Douluo Continent: Peerless God General, starting by deceiving Qian Renxue

Chapter 34 Earthbound Spirits and the Eight Gates Golden Lock Formation

"Mother, did you hear any hissing sound just now?" Nan Feihuang asked Lan Xue.

When they were outside, Lan Xue told him not to call her "Empress Dowager" anymore, but to call her "Mother" instead, to conceal his identity a little, which would also make it sound more intimate.

"A hissing sound? No." Lan Xue shook her head. This place was too far from the Lake of Life in the center of the Star Dou Great Forest. The sound couldn't reach here at all. So even though Lan Xue had the cultivation of a Title Douluo, she didn't hear it at all.

The reason Nan Feihuang could hear it was because the voice was being transmitted to him.

"No? Maybe it was just my imagination." Nan Feihuang didn't delve into it. In fact, he was quite certain that he had heard the voice very clearly just now, coming from the very center of the Star Dou Great Forest.

He really wanted to find out.

But going to that place now would be tantamount to suicide, and even with Lan Xue's protection, there's no guarantee of safety.

If Lan Xue were to encounter those two forest kings, even if they fought one against the other, she would not be able to defeat them in the short term. However, it would be absolutely impossible for her to be distracted by protecting Nan Feihuang while under their control.

Therefore, Nan Feihuang chose to remain unmoved for the time being and wait until he had the ability to investigate further.

As night fell, Nan Feihuang and Lan Xue unknowingly found themselves in an eerie canyon.

"Hmm? What's the terrain here?" Nan Feihuang frowned as he looked at the valley.

"What's wrong, Huang'er?" Lan Xue asked, puzzled.

"Mother, I've seen this kind of terrain in my Heavenly Book of Dunjia. There are three hills in front, three long and two short, surrounded by mountains. Thousands of bones are buried both above and below ground. This kind of place is a place that locks souls," Nan Feihuang murmured. "Today, it's a starless night, and the yin energy is extremely heavy, so it's very likely that something will happen here."

Lan Xue was startled and exclaimed, "Could it be an Earthbound Spirit!" The next moment, the Xuanbing Halberd was already in her hand. She had also thought of it. As a Title Douluo, she certainly hadn't been unaware of this kind of extremely evil yet powerful special soul beast.

Just like the Ghost Douluo of the Spirit Hall, a spirit can only be created after dying once.

Earthbound spirits are a new type of special soul beast formed when the soul of a soul beast is bound after its death. They are invisible, formless, and elusive.

Even a Douluo-level expert can fall into their trap if they're not careful.

Even if the earthbound spirits here are not very powerful, with the highest cultivation level being around a thousand years, they pose no threat to Lan Xue, but they may not be so for Nan Feihuang.

Lan Xue couldn't afford to be careless when facing such a bizarre monster.

Suddenly, countless screams echoed through the valley, and pitch-black figures crawled out from the ground. The sight of those ghostly hands alone was enough to send chills down one's spine.

At this moment, Lan Xue and Nan Feihuang were completely surrounded.

The surrounding area was shrouded in fog, making it difficult to discern directions.

"Go!" Lan Xue grabbed Nan Feihuang's shoulder and flew into the sky. After becoming a Title Douluo, there is a big difference between him and a Soul Douluo.

That is, even without using a martial soul, one can fly through the air. If one possesses a flying beast martial soul, or can control a sword like Sword Douluo, the speed can be even faster.

Lan Xue chose to retreat. Although she was confident in dealing with so many earthbound spirits, she was not confident in ensuring her son would be unharmed under their siege. The earthbound spirits' attacks were simply too bizarre.

The fact that even she, a titled Douluo, was surrounded by so many vengeful spirits without her even realizing it is the best evidence.

However, she had only flown less than ten meters into the air with Nan Feihuang when she was pressed down by a fierce force.

"How is this possible? I'm restricted from flying. How could a mere hundred or thousand-year-old earthbound spirit possess the ability to restrict a titled Douluo?" Lan Xue was shocked.

"Ugh!" At that moment, the earthbound spirit roared and charged towards the two who had fallen back to the ground.

With a sweep of her blue snow halberd, she scattered dozens of the creatures that were rushing towards her. Nan Feihuang also used his Eighteen Single-Handed Thrusting Technique to pierce through the Earthbound Spirit that was attacking him, which had only two or three hundred years of cultivation.

But soon, these earthbound spirits reunited.

"Huang'er, you must not leave my side, these guys are very strange!" Lan Xue said with a frown.

For some reason, even though there were countless Earthbound Spirits in front of her, she felt as if there was only one. Moreover, that one was not only indestructible, but its strength was also infinitely close to the level of a Title Douluo, which was why it could prevent her from flying.

But she couldn't worry about that now. She kept swinging the Xuanbing Halberd, scattering the Earthbound Spirits one by one, but could only watch them reunite again and again.

This phenomenon shouldn't have occurred. No matter how strange the Earthbound Spirit is, with only a hundred or a thousand years of cultivation, it shouldn't be able to withstand the attack of a Title Douluo.

"Hmm? These earthbound spirits' attacks aren't random; on the contrary, they're quite regular. What kind of attack pattern is this?" Nan Feihuang suddenly realized something.

"Stop!" Nan Feihuang uttered a single word, then looked north. Sure enough, a dozen or so Earthbound Spirits attacked from that direction. After being scattered by Lan Xue, Nan Feihuang continued, "Next comes the injuries!"

He looked east again, where the earthbound spirits were about to attack.

At this moment, Lan Xue also noticed that her son seemed to have discovered something. "Huang'er, how can you predict the opponent's attack pattern?"

"Mother, this is a formation recorded in my Book of Escape Techniques, called the Eight Gates Golden Lock Formation. These Earthbound Spirits have used the terrain here to create this battle formation, combining the power of these thousands of Earthbound Spirits into one and greatly enhancing them, making them experts comparable to the Title Douluo realm. That's why you felt that there was only one opponent. Among them, there must be a very intelligent being as the formation's core. As long as we break it, this formation can definitely be broken!" Nan Feihuang said.

"Your book even records this? It's truly an encyclopedia." Lan Xue couldn't help but complain, then held the halberd in one hand and picked up Nan Feihuang with her left. "Huang'er, you take command, and Mother will break the formation. Let's join forces, mother and son."

Nan Feihuang nodded. "Okay, Mother, listen to me, start the attack from the southeast!"

Upon hearing her son's words, Lan Xue swung her halberd, unleashing a powerful freezing force that swept across the southeast, completely freezing hundreds of Earthbound Spirits in the southeast.

"Mother, the southeast is the Gate of Life. After breaking through here, we'll fight our way in from here and keep fighting until we reach the Gate of View in the west," Nan Feihuang continued to command.

Without hesitation, Lan Xue, holding her child in one arm and wielding her halberd in the other, charged freely among the thousands of bound spirits, as if watching fish and admiring flowers.

She quickly moved from the southeast to the west gate.

"Fifth Soul Skill, Mystic Ice Break!" Lan Xue unleashed her soul skill, a ten-thousand-year-old soul skill. A giant ice dragon roared out and charged straight through the Jing Gate.

The surrounding scenery suddenly changed. The fog dissipated, and the formation was broken by Lan Xue, revealing the Earthbound Spirit at the very center of the formation.

"Mother, that's the core of the formation! Throw me over there!" Nan Feihuang shouted.

Lan Xue channeled a suitable amount of power and threw Nan Feihuang toward the earthbound spirit in the middle.

Nan Feihuang raised his halberd high, his first spirit ring flashing, "First Spirit Skill, Crescent Slash!"

The earthbound spirit in the middle is the strategist of all these earthbound spirits. Perhaps its cultivation level is not the highest, but it is the most suitable for Nan Feihuang at present, probably around 1200 years.

The earthbound spirit certainly didn't want to sit idly by and wait for its death, but without the support of the formation, its strength didn't seem to be much. It was clever to set up the Eight Gates Golden Lock Formation, but unfortunately, this wisdom was bought with strength.

Moreover, Nan Feihuang possesses a ghostly body similar to Lü Bu's, a constitution with extremely strong malevolent energy, making him the nemesis of ghosts.

The guy was so frightened by Nan Feihuang that he didn't dare to move. In the end, he was cleaved in two by the Fangtian Halberd.

Upon seeing this, the remaining earthbound spirits were immediately frightened and scattered. Without their commander and formation, Lan Xue could easily kill them all. However, Nan Feihuang only needed one spirit ring, so there was no need to exterminate them completely.

A purple halo emerged from the slain earthbound spirit, and Nan Feihuang reached out his hand towards it.

(End of this chapter)