First Immortal of Destiny

Chapter 171: Promotion to "Knowledgeable Demon"

"In the early stage of the third rank, the Ghost King transformed by the Tian Shun Country's ruler!"

Shen Mo's heart sank slightly.

When he was killing and refining various soul ghosts in the capital, he had caught a glimpse of the appearance of the Tian Shun Country's ruler.

Now, this Ghost King who leads ten thousand ghosts has become a ghost, and his appearance has changed somewhat.

But overall, one can still see his appearance when he was alive.

Indeed, he was a ruler of a country!

Never did he expect that when he became a ghost in Tian Shun Country, he would be promoted to the first third-rank soul ghost.

Still a king among ghosts!

Perhaps, he was influenced by the fortune of the dynasty in some mysterious way.

Otherwise, it would be difficult to explain this coincidence!

This time, Shen Mo did not think about escaping on his sword.

If it were any other peak second-rank ghost, he was confident that he could temporarily get rid of them with his exceptional "Sword Spirit Technique."

But third-rank ghosts were different; their strength was comparable to that of a Spirit Sea Realm expert!

They could fly in the air without relying on external objects, and their speed far surpassed that of most peak Qi Gathering Realm cultivators.

Unless Shen Mo had cultivated the "Sword Spirit Technique" to a state of perfection.

Perhaps there was still a three percent chance of escaping from the hands of a third-rank ghost.

Shen Mo withdrew his gaze and silently restored his spiritual power, preparing for the upcoming fierce battle.

"Buzz!"

"Buzz!"

Suddenly, a muffled thunder-like sound came from within his body.

"Damn it! It had to break through at this time!"

Shen Mo was not pleased but rather startled.

His complexion became even more unsightly than before.

Under normal circumstances, a breakthrough in cultivation would naturally be cause for joy and excitement.

But now, he was in the ghostly realm where the spiritual energy of heaven and earth was thin, and there was a formidable enemy right in front of him. It was not a good time for a breakthrough at all.

This kind of breakthrough, which was accumulated deeply and naturally, could not be suppressed.

Shen Mo formed a hand seal with his fingers.

The seven North Star swords trembled and instantly formed the Big Dipper Seven Star Sword Formation, concealing his body.

But that was not enough.

The Nine Extreme Crystal Sand Gang, which had been shrinking within his meridians, swelled up like a balloon, forming a Qi Gang protective shield.

The Soul Refining Banner beside him was even more blood-red and covered the sky.

One after another, powerful soul shadows emerged from the blood curtain.

The Ghost Bride, Hong Jue, Ghost Gold Mountain, Ghost Iron Mountain, Red Demon... and thirteen newly refined peak second-rank soul generals.

They all condensed and walked out in succession, standing in front of Shen Mo.

As for the hundreds of mid-second-rank fierce ghost soul generals, if Shen Mo were to summon them all at this moment, it would undoubtedly exhaust all his spiritual power.

Therefore, he temporarily summoned seventy of them to surround him.

With these preparations, even if the Ghost King personally made a move, Shen Mo could support himself for a while.

Immediately, Shen Mo no longer delayed and focused on dealing with this breakthrough.

His blood and qi surged incessantly within his body.

The spiritual energy in his limbs, organs, and meridians surged like tides.

The three major dantians operated, erupting with extremely strong devouring suction.

Along with it, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth within a radius of ten miles reversed and surged towards him.

However, the spiritual energy in this secret realm was less than one percent of the outside world, let alone compared to the inner gate cave mansion of the Linjiang Sect.

A large amount of spiritual energy flowed into Shen Mo's body like a trickle, being refined by the "Purple Mansion Heart Sutra."

Supplementing his Qi Sea Dantian.

But it was far from enough!

"Gurgle!"

"Gurgle!"

Shen Mo stuffed all the remaining Qi Consolidation Pills in his Qiankun Bag into his mouth.

Like eating candy beans, he chewed them slightly and swallowed them with saliva.

The abundant spiritual energy contained in the pills began to flow into his meridians, Qi Sea Dantian, and made up for the lack of spiritual power caused by the breakthrough.

He was only halfway through the breakthrough stage!

That day, the Ghost King of Shunguo, accompanied by thousands of ghosts, surrounded Shen Mo.

To Shen Mo's surprise, the Ghost King did not immediately attack, but instead watched with interest as Shen Mo broke through.

The malice of the Ghost King was almost solidifying into substance!

Shen Mo would not naively believe that the Ghost King did not immediately attack because it did not want to take advantage of the situation.

It was more like a cat catching a mouse.

After catching its prey, it would treat it as a plaything and play with it wantonly.

Compared to killing Shen Mo directly, perhaps the Ghost King wanted to extinguish his hope after he broke through, enjoying the pleasure of controlling everything.

Regardless of its intentions, Shen Mo would not let his guard down.

While refining and replenishing his spiritual power in the dantian, his mind focused on the Destiny Panel.

He was one realm behind the Ghost King.

Despite relying on his Divine Ability, which was enough to rival a peak second-order ghost, he had no chance of winning against a third-order Ghost King.

Unless his breakthrough violated the common sense of the cultivation world.

In an instant, he went from the Second Stage of Qi Gathering Realm to the Ninth Stage of Qi Gathering Realm.

Only then did Shen Mo have the confidence to fight against him!

Obviously, this was impossible.

Since that was the case, the only thing that could increase Shen Mo's chances of winning was the Destiny Panel.

In the special destiny.

[Combat], [Eagle-eyed], [Adventure], [Strong as an Ox], and so on, even if they continued to improve.

The effect would still be very limited when dealing with a third-order Ghost King!

As for spending destiny points to draw other destinies, it was not safe at all.

There was a high probability of drawing several white or green destinies.

The effects were unknown!

Even if he wanted to reach a practical level, he would have to rely on a large number of destiny points to improve.

Perhaps he could draw powerful destinies like [Radiant Divine Treasure (Purple)], [Qingtai Sword Gall (Orange)], [External Incarnation (Gold)].

But the chances were extremely slim!

Normally, it would be worth a try.

But facing the threat of a third-order Ghost King, using up hard-earned destiny points to bet on a very small probability, Shen Mo would not do that!

His gaze fell on [Knowledge of Monsters (Blue)].

This special destiny gave him the ability to perceive the weaknesses of worldly monsters.

It had helped him escape danger several times when facing powerful monsters!

However, this special destiny was not considered high-level, only a blue destiny, and its limitations were great. It could only perceive monsters.

Since entering the Ghost Country Ruins and facing many ghosts, it had almost lost its effectiveness!

But according to the consistent characteristics of destiny promotion.

After [Knowledge of Monsters] was promoted, there was a high probability that two aspects of its abilities would be enhanced.

One was a deepening of its abilities.

Enhancing the perception of monsters, even powerful monsters, could reveal information and weaknesses.

This possibility was not great.

Because up until now, Shen Mo had not encountered any monsters that he couldn't perceive with [Knowledge of Monsters], it was just a matter of how many spirit stones they consumed!

The second aspect was an expansion of its abilities.

In addition to perceiving monsters, it could also perceive information and weaknesses of human cultivators, heavenly demons, ghosts, and other living beings.

Shen Mo felt that the possibility of improvement in this aspect was obviously greater.

If that was the case, he could rely on the newly promoted destiny to perceive the information of the Ghost King, and spend spirit stones to deduce his weaknesses.

Even if he couldn't win, it would increase his chances of survival!

Shen Mo had made up his mind!

With a thought, the destiny points appeared before his eyes.

[Destiny Points: 87]

"There are eight chances to try!"

From a blue destiny, trying to promote to a purple destiny, just like going from green to blue, each time it would cost 10 destiny points.

"Buzz!"

As the destiny points were consumed, feedback appeared one after another.

"You have attempted to promote the destiny [Knowledge of Monsters] by consuming destiny points and failed."

(End of this chapter)