"Crack!"

There was a sound of thunder emanating from the Peach Wood Sword.

"Thunder inside the sword! Your Peach Wood Sword contains the power of thunder!"

The sight immediately shifted the Taoist's complexion.

As a practitioner of Taoism, he had some insight and instantly recognized the faint thunder power within Xiao Mu's Peach Wood Sword.

This was no simple matter.

It is known that the Thunder Technique is one of the supreme Taoist laws, even considered the most potent attack.

Any demons or ghosts hit by the Thunder Technique would turn into dust.

Of course, the Thunder Technique is not something an average person or a typical Taoist can practice, nor are they qualified to learn it.

Even if one had access to it, they could not practice it easily, as without sufficient cultivation, it would yield no results.

The faint thunder power released from Xiao Mu's sword originated from the Peach Wood Sword itself. Although mild, it still left the Taoist quite taken aback.

Caught in surprise, he retrieved his bound spirit rope and shouted at Xiao Mu, "Hold your hand, fellow Daoist!"

Unfortunately, it was too late. Xiao Mu had never intended to show mercy; even if he had planned to, it was too late to retract his moves.

"Sizzle!"

The golden thread was cut by the Peach Wood Sword, instantly disintegrating into ashes as if bitten by thunder.

"Ah! This...this..."

The Taoist stood there, dumbfounded, unable to speak as he stared at his destroyed golden thread, now turned to ash and falling down through the air.

Xiao Mu had no intention of sparing this Taoist practitioner. He minded his own business, yet the man had sought trouble with him. It was one thing that the Taoist had previously snatched the soldier's Yin Soul to feed his ghost, since Xiao Mu did not necessarily need it. However, now that the practitioner had reappeared intending to steal the Broken Sword Soldier Soul from him, it was unacceptable.

This was something Xiao Mu simply could not tolerate.

Not to mention that the Broken Sword Soldier Soul was of great use to Xiao Mu as he planned to convert it into a Ghost Servant, even if it were useless, he would certainly not tolerate a thief entering his home to steal his personal possessions.

"Daoist, I find your Evil Ghost satisfactory. Killing it can yield a couple of grams of Energy Crystals. How about giving it to me?"

Without waiting for the Taoist's response, he directly approached the Evil Ghost held by the Taoist's other hand, with his Peach Wood Sword.

"Fellow Daoist, please don't be too excessive."

The Taoist holding the Golden Gourd watched as Xiao Mu approached his Evil Ghost, intending to snatch it, and his face inevitably darkened.

This Evil Ghost was one he had painstakingly raised from a normal ghost, restrained with Tao Talismans, and planned to nurture into a Blood Demon.

After all, killing an Evil Ghost could at most yield two grams of Energy Crystals, while killing a Blood Demon could yield ten grams, not to mention being of higher quality and purity.

With the Taoist's strength, it was likely impossible for him to go out and kill a Blood Demon all by himself.

However, holding a ghost from the start and using it to nurture a Blood Demon was a good method.

Relatively, it was considered a shortcut to enhance one's strength.

However, even though the plan was good, raising a ghost was not as easy as imagined. If one wanted to turn an Evil Ghost into a Blood Demon, they first needed to find plenty of Yin Spirits for the Evil Ghost to devour, but Yin Spirits were not easy to find.

Even in a place like this, filled with the relics of an ancient battlefield, finding appropriate Yin Spirits for an Evil Ghost to devour was no simple task.

Despite searching for most of the night, the Taoist had only found three Yin Spirits. It barely allowed the Evil Ghost to evolve into a more potent evil spirit. One of the Soldier Yin Spirits was even snatched from Xiao Mu and his companions.

Now, Xiao Mu said he wants to take away this evil ghost, which naturally made the Daoist anxious.

"Fellow Taoist, please stop!"

The golden gourd Daoist sternly shouted at Xiao Mu. Seeing that Xiao Mu had no intention of stopping and was still approaching the evil ghost, a flash of severity came over the Daoist's face. "Friend, since it has come to this, don't blame me for not being polite, go for it!"

With that, he suddenly took out a mirror, one side of which is white and the other black, clearly a replica of the Yin-Yang mirror.

The golden gourd Daoist faced the black side towards Xiao Mu, aimed it at Xiao Mu's back, and shook it. A black light immediately shot out from the mirror surface towards Xiao Mu's back.

"Huh!"

Getting hit by the mirror light, Xiao Mu only felt a little dizzy in his head, and his body involuntarily swayed.

However, immediately after, the Dao Method Spiritual Energy surged in the body, and Xiao Mu was quickly back to normal.

The Yin-Yang Mirror is a legendary immortal treasure with astonishing power. However, the power of this imitation Yin-Yang mirror crafted by the Daoist can't compare to the legendary one.

This imitation Yin-Yang mirror can barely even be considered a magical instrument, and it would be very generous to call it a spiritual tool. At most, it can only be seen as a pseudo-spiritual tool.

Using such a pseudo-spiritual tool to attack Xiao Mu, who already reached the early stage of the Spirit Communication Realm, merely caused a slight dizziness.

The attacked Xiao Mu angrily turned his head to look at the Daoist.

The Yin-Yang mirror did not take down Xiao Mu, which immediately frightened the golden gourd Daoist.

This Yin-Yang mirror of his would usually kill ordinary humans instantly upon as the light reflected on them.

Even for martial artists, unless they cultivate a right path from Taoism or Buddhism and possess a special resistant ability, they would generally be momentarily staggered or stunned by the mirror light.

With this short-lived stunned moment, except for the top-level Bone Forger martial artists, the Golden Gourd Daoist always had the upper hand when facing ordinary Blood Refiner level and martial artists of lower levels.

Unexpectedly, upon confronting Xiao Mu, a reflection from the mirror merely caused slight dizziness, and there wasn't even a stumble. This naturally horrified the Daoist.

What level has this man's power reached? Could it be that he has achieved the Spirit Communication Realm?

Although the methods practiced both by the golden gourd Daoist and previously mentioned Qing Yan Daoist were Daoist techniques, not Daoist laws.

Regardless of whether they were Daoist techniques or Daoist laws, both belonged to the cultivation methods of Taoism. Despite differing emphases, their cultivation realm levels were the same.

The current Daoist has just recently stepped into the Spiritual Qi Realm.

"You... you..."

The Daoist stared blankly at Xiao Mu for a moment, then, all of a sudden, turned around and fled.

Realizing the strength of Xiao Mu, this golden gourd Daoist didn't want to stay another second. He didn't even intend to fight, opting instead to flee directly.

While escaping, the Daoist even swiftly withdrew the Bound Spirit Rope wrapped around the evil ghost, trying to use the evil ghost to block Xiao Mu and buy himself some time to escape.

"Hehe!"

The freed evil ghost immediately attacked Xiao Mu with an unpleasant laugh, turning into a cloud of ghost mist. From the ghost mist, a pair of jet-black ghost claws emerged, aiming directly at Xiao Mu's Heavenly Crown.

If this catch succeeded, even if Xiao Mu's realm was at the Spirit Communication level, he could not avoid being injured.

"A wise man cuts off the arm to save himself. He knows how to weigh the pros and cons. Unfortunately, his amount of Yin Virtue has suffered a great loss, and catastrophe is imminent. Death is not far away."

Looking at the figure of the Daoist fleeing in panic, Xiao Mu shook his head slightly, sighed, and turned back to deal with the evil ghost.

Although the Daoist was not without sense, knowing that he was no match for Xiao Mu, immediately letting go of the evil ghost in order to buy time to escape, Xiao Mu had already spotted the black gas shrouding the Daoist's face, faintly emitting a deathly aura.

This was already a sign he was not far from death.

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