Chapter 1015: Chapter 435: Supreme Treasure, Ten Thousand Souls Banner; Duan Shuang’s Divine Sense Breakthrough

Chiii!

The black aura around the ghostly apparition rapidly dissolved like snow in boiling water. Its soul body became indistinct and released a deathly wail.

The Ten Thousand Souls Banner trembled violently. Faint charred cracks appeared on its surface, releasing a burnt odor.

It seemed on the verge of collapse.

"Roar!"

In this precarious moment.

The ghost’s eyes shot out a fierce light as it forcibly gathered its remaining soul power, opening its mouth wide, unleashing a roar that shook the Divine Soul.

Inside the Ten Thousand Souls Banner, all ferocious spirits ceased passive defense.

Instead, they surged like a breached flood.

They actively charged towards the crimson divine thunder, sacrificing themselves to achieve mutually assured destruction with it.

Boom boom boom!

An endless series of explosions echoed, with the dispersing black mist and scattering thunder light entwining, casting the entire barren island in flashes of light and shadow.

When the last crimson thunder dissipated, the ghost’s soul body was nearly transparent, and the Ten Thousand Souls Banner lost all spiritual light, dropping to the scorched ground like ordinary iron, emitting wisps of green smoke.

"Is it over?"

Hongyi held his breath.

Xu Ping and Nine Nether Elder both frowned simultaneously.

"Something’s wrong!"

Xu Ping’s eyes narrowed.

He sensed that the oppressive force locking the world had not dissipated but was gathering at a more terrifying rate.

Indeed.

The tribulation clouds did not disperse. Instead, they spun wildly, and at their center, an extreme flash of light exploded.

It was no longer simple thunder but a fusion of thunder and heavenly fire.

A terrifying tribulation thunder, only as thick as an arm and platinum-colored with golden flames jumping inside, ripped through the heavens like a spear of judgment, slowly descending towards the seemingly defenseless Ten Thousand Souls Banner below.

Its speed was not fast, but with each descent, the aura of destruction it emitted surged dramatically.

Its power truly stepped into the Divinity Transformation level.

Even Xu Ping felt a chill in his heart.

"The fourth... Thunder Fire Tribulation!"

Nine Nether Elder’s voice was as grave as it could be.

As the platinum thunder fire spear was about to strike, the Ten Thousand Souls Banner planted in the ground trembled suddenly.

The charred cracks on its surface lit up with a ghostly glow, pulsing like blood vessels.

The previously nearly transparent ghost let out a scream of pure agony mixed with insane fury, forcibly gathering its shattered soul body, and actively moved towards the lethal thunder fire spear.

It no longer relied solely on soul power to resist; instead, it opened its gaping maw as if to devour everything.

Swallow!

It intended to swallow the fourth Divinity Transformation level Thunder Fire Tribulation whole.

Boom!

The thunder fire spear pierced into the ghost’s body, causing an indescribable explosion at the core of its soul body.

Blinding platinum flames gushed from its eyes, ears, mouth, and nose, as well as the cracks in its soul body.

It emitted a screech, twisted beyond any human voice.

Its soul body swelled and contracted like an inflating balloon, its surface constantly cracking then forcefully mending, as if about to detonate completely at any moment.

The core of the Ten Thousand Souls Banner buzzed continuously. Its surface flapped and rustled without wind, with every rune glowing intensely, evidently bearing unimaginable pressure.

This process seemed to span millennia and also an instant.

Finally, the rampant platinum flames gradually dimmed. The soul body, swollen to its limits, slowly contracted. Though still riddled with cracks, it remained insubstantial and elusive.

But it...withstood it!

Crack... sizzle...

Simultaneously, the charred layer on the Ten Thousand Souls Banner’s surface began to crack inch by inch.

Pieces flaked off, revealing a new, deep, seemingly light-absorbing black banner face beneath.

The runes flowing across it were more complex and mysterious, exuding a formidable pressure like a supreme treasure.

The ghost’s aura, too, surged as if all restraints were lifted, growing fiercely and rapidly.

In an instant, it surpassed its previous limits, reaching a height that left the heavens in awe.

Although it still couldn’t truly step into the Divinity Transformation level, it was just a breath away.

The tribulation clouds in the sky seemed exhausted, slowly dissipating, and the oppressive heavenly pressure faded along with it.

The Spirit Treasure Tribulation, as swift as it came, vanished just as quickly.

"It’s finally done."

Xu Ping let out a long sigh of relief, his tense spirit finally relaxing, revealing an uncontrollable joy on his face.

Fourfold Thunder Tribulation.

This newly reborn Ten Thousand Souls Banner, among tribulation treasures, was definitely among the most formidable.

Beside him, Nine Nether Elder and Hongyi also eased their taut expressions slightly.

However, just as the tribulation was successfully overcome and their spirits relaxed.

Another change occurred.

The ghost, having just withstood the heavenly tribulation and its aura skyrocketing to the extreme, suddenly turned its head.

Its eyes, once merely fierce, had now transformed into terrifying scarlet.

Within them roiled the primal killing intent, fury, bloodlust, and an unending thirst for freedom, swelling with palpable intensity.

Its gaze locked onto Xu Ping, the master that had always bound and driven it.

Boom. 𝘧𝑟𝑒𝑒𝘸𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝓁.𝘤𝘰𝓂

A pressure as massive as a mountain, cold and penetrating to the Divine Soul, descended upon Xu Ping, along with boundless resentment and Evil Qi.

"Hmph, ingrate, as expected, your treacherous heart won’t die."

Xu Ping had anticipated this, his eyes shooting cold light as he snorted.

How could he be unprepared for this backlash?

Almost the instant the ghost locked eyes with him, his immense Divine Sense, comparable to the threshold of the Divinity Transformation Sect, surged forth like a furious invisible ocean, crashing down onto the ghost.

Simultaneously, he activated the numerous Restrictions engraved in the ghost’s core and the Ten Thousand Souls Banner’s being from years ago.