This ancient corpse was the one whose long sword was stolen by Long Chen on the ghost ship.
As soon as he appeared, he absorbed all the power of the heavenly tribulation. Standing in the void, he exuded an air of dominance and a sense of dominance over the world.
At this moment, he seemed to come alive. Only then did Long Chen realize that he was a terrifying sword cultivator, and the Heavenly Dao had copied him.
"A half-step Realm King level existence."
Bai Shishi's mother cried out in surprise.
"His true strength is probably even more terrifying than an average Realm King."
Bai Zhantang also wore a serious expression. He gripped his longsword tightly and slipped out of the barrier. This was an extremely terrifying being, and he feared Bai Shishi might have an accident, ready to intervene at any moment.
Bai Shishi's mother, Bai Xiaole's mother, and all the experts of the War God Hall were on high alert, not daring to be careless.
"Buzz"
Bai Shishi's longsword trembled, her fighting spirit rising. Even facing this terrifying Ghost Path expert, she showed no fear at all—she had completely shed her fear of the Ghost Path.
"Whew."
Long Chen stood in front of Bai Shishi. Bai Shishi said, "This is my heavenly tribulation. I want to fight him to the end." "
If you were at your peak, I wouldn't have stopped you, but now your combat power is less than thirty percent. Fighting him will be a big loss."
If you weren't going through the tribulation with everyone, with your strength, you could easily get through it. Leave this final challenge to me—save some strength and absorb the last bit of thunder essence." Long Chen said.
Bai Shishi's strength was undeniable, but facing this terrifying swordsmanship expert, given her current situation, Bai Shishi would suffer a heavy loss.
In fact, Long Chen was secretly alarmed, almost going too far. If he hadn't noticed danger and let the Thunder Dragon absorb a large amount of thunder runes, this guy before him might have reached the Realm King realm's strength, and he would have truly lost control.
Seeing Long Chen say this, Bai Shishi nodded and didn't continue arguing with him. Long Chen was right—she had exhausted herself too much before, and if she lost to this powerful figure, her newly restored confidence would suffer a blow, making it a loss for herself.
Long Chen looked at the Ghost Dao expert, and that Ghost Dao expert looked back at Long Chen. To Long Chen's shock, a light appeared in the Ghost Dao expert's eyes. Suddenly, the Ghost Dao expert spoke:
"You stole my sword."
As soon as the Ghost Dao expert spoke, everyone including Long Chen was shocked. What was going on? How could a being simulated by the Heavenly Dao possibly possess intelligence and even speak?
"That's not stealing, it's openly robbing." Long Chen smiled faintly, appearing relaxed on the surface, but his large hand gripped the hilt tightly.
The old man said expressionlessly, "Very good." "
What's good about it?"
Long Chen was slightly taken aback, because his intuition told him that this Ghost Dao expert didn't seem angry; instead, he felt quite pleased.
"Thank you for helping me find a suitable owner for it." The old man said.
Long Chen and Bai Shishi were stunned; this outcome was something they hadn't expected.
"How did you find me?"
The expert said to Long Chen, but unlike before, he was actually using soul transmission. This time, Long Chen was truly shocked—how could someone copied by the heavenly tribulation have a soul?
"On the ghost ship." Long Chen also transmitted his soul message, and after speaking, he recounted everything he had seen on the ghost ship.
"Ghost Emperor, you really are cunning. You killed us back then, and now, billions of years later, you're using our corpses to fight for you, slaughtering our own kin?" The powerful figure snorted coldly, his voice filled with endless hatred.
"Who is the Ghost Emperor?" Long Chen asked urgently.
"You'll understand later. Even if you don't look for him, he will. You boarded his ghost ship, got stained by his karma, and planted his mark.
You become his prey, and when you're big enough, he'll come looking for you. "The man said.
"What do you want from me?"
"Of course, I'll take your life, and also take back the mark. The Ghost Emperor's mark is parasitizing you, nourishing your inner demons.
Your inner demon is his target. When your inner demon is strong enough, he will come to collect it. "The man said.
"Damn it, Ghost Emperor, do you think I'm a pig? Sooner or later, I'll kill him. Long Chen was furious.
"The Ghost Emperor is the master of the Ghost Path. Back in the Great Nine Heavens War, he slew countless beings. His power is beyond your imagination.
However, in you, I sense an aura different from all others; you are an anomaly.
Forget it, my last wisp of ghost soul was actually captured by the Heavenly Dao. Then I'll give you a chance! "
Boom!"
Suddenly, with a loud explosion, the old man's body shattered, transforming into eight golden swords that enveloped Bai Shishi.
Long Chen did not stop him. He believed that this powerful figure must have been a powerful human in life and would not harbor ill will toward them.
"Buzz"—
eight golden longswords slowly merged into Bai Shishi's body. Suddenly, Bai Shishi spat out a mouthful of fresh blood. Long Chen was shocked and hurriedly pressed a hand to Bai Shishi's forehead, unleashing a vast ocean-like soul power.
It turned out that the eight golden longswords contained eight types of runes, each containing endless information. When they merged with Bai Shishi, they instantly exhausted her soul power. Long Chen hurriedly used his own soul power to help her digest it.
Bai Shishi's soul power was already very strong, but after absorbing those runes, it was instantly depleted. Meanwhile, Long Chen's soul power slowly poured in, helping Bai Shishi digest those runes.
Long Chen felt a massive amount of information pouring into Bai Shishi's soul. Although he didn't know what this information was, he guessed it might be the lifelong lesson of this powerful figure.
Long Chen's vast soul power was consumed by nearly half before Bai Shishi could fully digest these runes.
At that moment, the tribulation clouds had completely dispersed, and the roaring evil demons in the distance began charging again.
Long Chen ignored them and instead led everyone back to the academy. Except for Long Chen, everyone else fell into a coma.
Because after the owner of the golden sword shattered, besides the eight golden sword runes, there was also a vast amount of thunder power, so Lei Ling'er naturally wouldn't waste it.
He absorbed all that energy and injected part of it into the disciples' bodies. This was the final thunder essence, the most powerful part. Everyone was torn apart, their bodies nearly shattered.
Following Long Chen's instructions, Lei Ling'er injected the power of thunder, nearly reaching everyone's highest limit. If she injected just a little more, they would truly die.
Back at the academy, the endless evil demons attacked again. Long Chen watched these frenzied fiends tearing at the barrier and gave a sinister smile:
"Just wait to be practiced."