The Master of Beasts-Chapter 642 - 178

Black Wind Ridge

Chen Jiuge looked at the ghost corpse in his hand with some disdain and thought, "I've just entered Black Wind Ridge and already encountered a ghost attack. It seems like the situation is quite dire."

Li Yu also expressed some fear, "Senior Brother, should we return to the Sect first?"

This ghost's cultivation had already reached the One Flower Heavenly Immortal level. If it wasn't for Chen Jiuge's timely reaction just now, Li Yu would have been critically injured if not dead!

"No need, since we're already here, let's take a look first!"

Chen Jiuge shook his head, rejecting Li Yu's suggestion, and then released two Heavenly Immortal Spiritual Beasts, Shadow Rats, proficient in stealth.

Although the Shadow Rat's strength is at the bottom among Heavenly Immortals, its stealth capability is extremely strong. Even a Golden Immortal would not notice without careful observation. It is one of the best reconnaissance Spiritual Beasts in Chen Jiuge's possession.

"Let's wait for a moment."

"Yes."

The palm-sized Shadow Rats, like ghosts, continued to shuttle through the dense forest of Black Wind Ridge, and in no time, they had already penetrated deep within.

"What is this?"

One of the Shadow Rats looked at the blood altar not far away, a trace of shock appeared on its pitch-black face.

A structure of ghastly white bones formed the altar's framework with a massive pile of bloody flesh upon it. The meat at the bottom layer had already turned black and putrid, while the blood beneath had gathered into a small river, and the overwhelming scent of blood soared into the sky, attracting many carrion-eating animals.

"Crack"

An evil ghost bit off the neck of a spying vulture in one gulp and swallowed it whole, its green eyes scanning around greedily, clearly unsatisfied with just a vulture.

"Squeak?" "Squeak!"

The two Shadow Rats exchanged a glance and then slowly faded, heading in different directions. 𝙧𝙚𝙚𝔀𝒆𝓫𝓷𝙤𝓿𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝙤𝓶

"Slap"

A large, dusky hand grabbed one of the Shadow Rats, and a corpse-like face revealed a horrifying smile, "Ah, a mouse has wandered in!"

"Crunch"

With a slight force on the palm, it crushed the Heavenly Immortal Realm Shadow Rat, sniffed the fresh blood on its palm, and licked the warm liquid. Heite remarked, "Delicious, just a pity it's not a human cultivator."

"Lord Heite!"

Several evil ghosts, each a yard high, knelt on one knee in front of Heite.

"Hmm, a little mouse has wandered in. Go and check it out; the altar cannot afford any surprises!" Heite said indifferently.

"Yes, my lord."

......

"Something's wrong, let's go!" At the moment the Shadow Rat was in trouble, Chen Jiuge's expression changed.

Even if the Heavenly Immortal Cultivation Shadow Rat had poor combat skills, it was still a Heavenly Immortal, yet it died without making a sound. The depths of Black Wind Ridge might be more dangerous than I thought!

"Senior Brother Chen, what happened?" Li Yu asked in a panic.

Chen Jiuge remained silent, releasing several Heavenly Immortal Cultivation Spirit Beasts. These lacked Spiritual Wisdom, like ordinary beasts, perfect for serving as a rear guard.

After gathering the Shadow Rat emerging from the void into his sleeve, Chen Jiuge took Li Yu and flew away with all his might.

"There they are!"

The greenish-black evil ghost leaped out to chase Chen Jiuge and Li Yu, but unexpectedly, the rock below suddenly came alive, transformed into a Stone Snake, and launched an attack!

"Watch out!"

"What is that!"

"Bang"

A leg was bitten off by the Stone Snake, and the evil ghost let out a harrowing scream, crashing heavily to the ground. Trembling, it got up and said, "Almost got caught off guard!"

"You were too careless!" the nearby evil ghost said, looking intently at the four Stone Snakes gathered together.

"Hmph, you all be careful, this thing is different from what we've encountered before. They seem to have a restraining effect on us!" the initial evil ghost warned.

"Mind your own business!"

The remaining two evil ghosts charged forward with bloodthirsty expressions!

After just a few exchanges, they retreated, somewhat battered.

"The spirits of these snakes are actually fused with their bodies. That rocky skin can even resist the erosion of Yin Qi!"

"Be careful, their cultivation isn't high. The three of us should be able to handle them."

After taking the secret medicine, the initial evil ghost had fully recovered.

"Boom"

Heite clutched the four Stone Snakes in his giant palm with some curiosity, "Is there such a restraining spirit beast in the Yang World?"

"You can come back now. With the blood and flesh of these four big snakes, the altar can almost be activated."

"Yes, Lord Heite!"

.......

Stopping at a mountaintop, Chen Jiuge furrowed his brows, deeply shocked. The four Stone Snakes, they were eliminated so swiftly.

These Stone Snakes weren't ordinary spiritual beasts; they were specifically bred by Chen Jiuge. Even without Chen Jiuge's enhancement, they possessed a slight resistance to Yin Qi, and after undergoing a Chaos Pearl mutation, they had a tremendous lethal effect on ghosts, practically their nemeses!

"To handle four Two Flowers Heavenly Immortal Realm Stone Snakes so quickly, there must be at least one Golden Immortal Ghost in Black Wind Ridge. It seems that intervention from the Sect Elders is necessary!"

"Bang"

A dazzling light flashed in the sky, as Five Elements Sect's specially crafted SOS signal alarmed everyone.

This light not only could be seen but could directly communicate a message through the Identity Token of the people within the Five Elements Sect. It was the highest-level SOS signal.

A quarter-hour later, a rift opened in space, and Jin Wushuang stepped out.

"Oh, it's you. What happened? Why use the SOS signal?"

"Elder Jin, it's like this..."

After listening to Chen Jiuge's account, Jin Wushuang frowned, "Do you have any more of those Stone Snakes? Let me take a look."

Waving to release a Stone Snake, Jin Wushuang inspected it carefully and nodded, "Your speculation is probably correct."