The Martial Saint begins by collecting corpses.

In the rosy glow of dusk, Zhou Mo looked at Lin Yuanrong and the others shrouded in the night ahead, and suddenly felt a chill run down his spine, his heart sinking to the bottom.

He never imagined that these people were actually ghosts, ghosts in disguise.

"Come quick! It's dangerous over there!"

Lin Yuanrong grinned as he spoke those words, his eyes suddenly widening, and his entire body blurred into a black shadow before he lunged forward.

Zhou Mo shouted, "Lord Lei!"

The next moment, he was suddenly stunned. The black shadow actually swept past him and pounced towards Lei Xiao. At the same time, the ghosts behind him also turned into gray shadows and pounced over.

"Drink!!!" Lei Xiao roared, drawing his sword with a clang, a faint purple electric light flashing across his body.

However, the lightning had barely appeared when it was enveloped by the black shadow that Lin Yuanrong had transformed into.

Just as they were locked in a stalemate, several gray shadows pounced from behind. In a mere instant, the lightning shattered, and Lei Xiao, as if wrapped in a black sack, fell to the ground and struggled for a few moments.

The person shrank rapidly.

When the shadowy figure rose again, Lei Xiao had already become a dried-up corpse.

Upon seeing this, a hint of fear appeared in Zhou Mo's eyes.

"Lord Su?!" he hurriedly called out, but before he could finish speaking, two gray figures flashed out from the shadows and enveloped him.

This inspector from the prefectural city performed far worse than Lei Xiao under the gray shadow monsters, and was devoured into a dried corpse in just two breaths.

"Go!" Su Wantang, witnessing this strange change, was shocked, but also somewhat glad that she had believed Lu Ming's words and hadn't gone that way.

Seeing the black and gray shadows devour Lei Xiao and Zhou Mo and then suddenly disappear, she knew that these ghosts' next move was to deal with them.

He shouted something to Lu Ming and turned to leave.

But after taking only a couple of steps, she suddenly turned around and saw that Lu Ming was still standing in the same spot.

She frowned and said, "Commander Lu?"

Lu Ming said, "Wait."

"Wait?" Hearing that word again, Su Wantang looked at him hesitantly. "They'll be here soon, what are we waiting for?"

"Let's wait for them to come," Lu Ming said, a hint of helplessness in his heart.

His Heavenly Heart Seal can only devour ghosts and monsters when he gets close to them.

He could certainly try to take Su Wantang and leave this place directly; perhaps they could walk out of there.

But he really wanted those ghosts. If they didn't chase him and he actually got out, wouldn't he have no chance to devour them?

Especially that Lei Xiao from earlier, who was also skilled in swordsmanship and could communicate with Yin and Yang to manifest true meaning.

If he were to absorb Lei Xiao's martial arts experience, it would be of great benefit to him.

In fact, he had just used the methods of the Ghost Deception lineage to see that the suddenly appearing Lin Yuanrong and others were ghosts in disguise, and he could have gone over and devoured the ghosts.

However, since Lei Xiao didn't believe him, he went along with it and let the two of them go.

Otherwise, how could Lei Xiao have died? If Lei Xiao hadn't died, how could his martial arts experience have been absorbed?

Thinking of this, Lu Ming sneered slightly. This person had targeted him time and time again, and in the end, he brought it upon himself. He had no one to blame but himself.

So he decided to wait there and see if those ghosts would come up to their deaths again.

Upon hearing this, Su Wantang's expression changed slightly, as she hadn't expected Lu Ming to say such a thing.

Even Lei Xiao couldn't last a breath against that ghost, yet Lu Ming said he wanted to wait for those ghosts to come over. What kind of madman is that?

Could Lu Ming possibly be capable of dealing with those ghosts? Su Wantang shook her head inwardly. If that were the case, Lu Ming wouldn't need to keep following her around.

Su Wantang couldn't understand what Lu Ming was thinking at all. Her expression was serious as she said:

"I don't want to give up yet. If you really don't leave, please forgive me... be careful!"

Before Su Wantang could finish speaking, her expression suddenly changed as she saw a gray figure flash out from behind Lu Ming and pounce on him.

She hesitated for a moment, seeing that Lu Ming still seemed clueless, and remembering that he had just saved her, she felt a little reluctant.

With a determined look, he pulled out a small red wooden knife from somewhere, stepped forward, quickly flashed behind Lu Ming, and thrust the knife out.

With a solemn expression and slightly disheveled hair, she stabbed the ghost with her knife. A sharp shriek was heard, and the ghost turned into yin energy, shattering into pieces and disappearing without a trace.

Lu Ming turned around and saw this scene, then stared at her blankly.

Su Wantang smiled slightly: "After all, I am a Lower Moon Night Seeker. With this Red Wood Knife, I am more than capable of dealing with ordinary Class C ghosts."

Who asked you!

Lu Ming felt a sense of speechlessness.

He didn't expect that Su Wantang would actually kill the ghost. After the ghost disintegrated, it no longer emitted any light.

A pang of heartache shot through him. This kind of psychic monster with distorted experience could have provided him with some of his innate talent, and he had just wasted it all.

Seeing Su Wantang's smiling face, as if it were nothing and she didn't need to thank him, Lu Ming hardened his resolve and his fist hardened.

Swish!

Just then, five or six ghosts suddenly appeared around him and pounced on him.

Su Wantang's expression changed, and a hint of fear appeared in her eyes. She then gritted her teeth slightly, about to use the small wooden dagger in her hand to fight her way out.

Then Lu Ming roared from beside him, "Don't move, I'll do it!"

Su Wantang was taken aback, and then she heard a clang as Lu Ming drew his ring-pommel sword, circled around her, and the blade swept across the surrounding ghosts and monsters.

Su Wantang had initially been somewhat hopeful, but upon seeing that Lu Ming's blade was unremarkable and showed no true intent, her heart tightened, and she said:

"Ghosts and monsters cannot be hit by ordinary moves, Commander Lu, you..."

As she finished speaking, she suddenly saw the ghosts and monsters around her that had been struck by Lu Ming suddenly shudder and their bodies vanish.

Su Wantang stared wide-eyed at the scene.

In his unseen vision, eleven green lights emerged from the ghost and entered Lu Ming's body.

[Gain martial arts experience.]

[Acquired skill: Lightning Blade.]

[Obtained partial root bone.]

……

[Gain martial arts experience.]

[Acquired cultivation technique: Heavenly Origin Technique.]

[Acquired martial art: Hunyuan Palm.]

[Obtained incomplete bone structure.]

……

[Gain martial arts experience...]

A flood of martial arts experience surged into Lu Ming's mind, and he felt as if every part of his body had been strengthened once again. He had a thorough understanding of various martial arts techniques, especially the martial arts experience belonging to Lei Xiao.

Lei Xiao's Lightning Blade technique was a military tactic, a martial art that combined internal energy cultivation and martial arts skills.

Lei Xiao's cultivation to the Great Perfection realm means that Lu Ming only needs a short period of cultivation to quickly cultivate it to the Great Perfection realm as well.

Combining this with one's understanding of the connection between Yin and Yang, that becomes a rapid path to breakthroughs in tendon training.

This was a great success, and Lu Ming was in high spirits. He looked at Su Wantang, who was staring in disbelief beside him, and smiled:

"What about me?"

Su Wantang's body trembled slightly as she said in disbelief:

"Lord Lu, how...how are you so amazing?"

Lu Ming smiled faintly, about to speak.

Suddenly, the sky darkened abruptly, as if it had gone from dusk to midnight in an instant.

There was no moon or stars in the sky; it was pitch black.

Behind Lu Ming, a darkness deeper than the night itself was revealed.

Su Wantang sensed that aura up close, her body trembled even more violently, and her face paled as she said:

"As expected... there really is a Class B evil spirit! Garrison Commander Lu, run!"

Before Su Wantang could finish speaking, she retreated rapidly without thinking. At the same time, the mass of darkness suddenly pounced towards Lu Ming.