Versatile Sword Cultivator
Chapter 341 – Howling Ghost Ridge

Howling Ghost Ridge.

Located in the eastern part of Huafeng Province, this ancient battlefield has seen the deaths of hundreds of thousands of soldiers and countless buried generals.

Due to its location at the intersection of Yin veins, it easily nurtures Yin spirits and ghosts. The malevolent energy here is so intense that it is even called the "Gate of Hell."

Compared to the Secret Realm at Night Cave Ghost Ridge, this place is like a giant compared to a dwarf, not even worth mentioning.

The place is teeming with fierce ghosts, with ghost soldiers and ghost kings as numerous as cattle.

Because it is so terrifying, hardly any players dare to enter. Those who do usually die shortly after and, upon resurrection, are terrified of this place.

But for Lin Jichen, this level of horror is nothing.

As long as he can become stronger, he would dare to venture into even the real hell, let alone Howling Ghost Ridge.

After another day's journey, Lin Jichen finally arrived at the ruins of this ancient battlefield.

Outside, the sun was shining brightly, but inside, the Yin energy shrouded the mountains, and the malevolent fog never dissipated. A chill emanated from within, making one's hair stand on end and giving the urge to turn back.

Yet Lin Jichen's expression remained unchanged, showing no fear.

In the world of Xianxia, dealing with ghosts and demons is unavoidable. After the worlds merged, a large number of Yin spirits and ghosts flew into modern cities, causing chaos in every city.

Jiangling City once experienced a severe incident of a hundred ghosts walking at night. A Divine Transformation Realm ghost emperor led tens of thousands of fierce ghosts in a surprise attack on Jiangling City.

The tens of thousands of fierce ghosts killed countless citizens of Jiangling City. Fortunately, the military responded in time, deploying a large number of cultivators to capture the ghosts. After sacrificing two Elemental Infant Realm cultivators, they finally killed the ghost emperor, and the remaining fierce ghosts were exterminated one by one.

Ghosts, demons, and monsters are unavoidable encounters in the future.

If you are afraid, even if you inherit the strength from the game, it will be greatly diminished.

You might even be killed by a fierce ghost of a lower level.

Such incidents are not rare.

When facing these things, the first thing you need to overcome is fear.

Lin Jichen had already killed countless fierce ghosts and evil spirits, so he was completely immune to these things.

He wanted to release Panda Xiong, but the cowardly creature refused to go in, saying it was too scared.

Helpless, he had to put it back. After all, most of its damage was physical, which was ineffective against ghosts.

Lin Jichen stepped into Howling Ghost Ridge alone. As soon as he entered, it was as if he had jumped from day to night.

The stench of rot and decay filled the air, making it very uncomfortable.

The ground was overgrown with weeds, littered with abandoned corpses, decayed swords, spears, and armor that crumbled at a touch.

Lin Jichen walked forward without hesitation, stepping on the bones in his path, crushing them underfoot.

Because if he didn't walk this way, there would be no path at all.

The more you avoid it, the easier it is for the ghosts to exploit your fear.

"Heh heh heh heh..."

Not far in, a burst of eerie laughter echoed, and a skeletal ghost soldier, covered in sores, suddenly appeared.

The ghost soldier's form was ethereal, without a physical body. Holding a long knife, it charged at Lin Jichen, the blade imbued with intense malevolent energy, slashing down!

Lin Jichen deftly dodged, avoiding the ghost soldier's strike with just his movements.

The ghost soldier reacted quickly, immediately turning its body and changing the direction of its blade, seemingly determined to cut Lin Jichen in half.

Lin Jichen didn't hold back, summoning the Dark Night Sword.

The Dark Night Sword was different from before. Although the blade was still jet-black, golden light now flickered along its edge.

This wasn't because Lin Jichen had enhanced the sword, but due to the game's recent update, which added an automatic glow to the equipment.

White, blue, purple, and gold represented the quality of the same grade.

Gold meant that this piece of equipment was supreme-grade within its tier.

Besides the Dark Night Sword, the Purple Essence Ring on Lin Jichen's left ring finger also glowed with golden light.

All his other equipment was purple; there wasn't a single blue item, let alone white.

As soon as his hand touched the sword, Lin Jichen's aura changed dramatically.

Swish!

Lin Jichen twisted the sword and slashed upward, the blade cutting through the ghost soldier's ethereal armor.

Though it was a spectral form, the mana-infused Sword Qi could still easily penetrate the Yin spirit, wounding it deeply.

[-5185!]

The ghost soldier let out a wail, clearly not expecting Lin Jichen's attack to be so devastating.

Lin Jichen, however, muttered to himself, "The damage is still a bit low."

Ghost Soldier: "...."

[Ghost: Howling Ghost Soldier]

[Level: Ordinary]

[Strength: Early-Golden Elixir]

[Vitality: 29815/35000]

[Attack: 355]

[Defense: 310]

[Speed: 330]

As expected of Howling Ghost Ridge, even a random ghost soldier had the strength of the Golden Core Realm.

Lin Jichen no longer held back, dispatching the ghost soldier with a few simple strikes.

Each strike drained a significant amount of its vitality.

Realizing it had met its doom, the ghost soldier tried to flee but couldn't escape Lin Jichen's pursuit.

Before long, Lin Jichen delivered the final blow, sending the ghost soldier back to the underworld.

A Soul Burial Mound appeared, and Lin Jichen searched it, unexpectedly finding a long knife glowing with blue light.

[Mysterious Grade Weapon · Yin Soul Malevolent Knife]: Strength +42, Critical +19, Attack inflicts 3% Yin malevolent damage, comes with [Soul Summoning] skill.

Soul Summoning: Summons an early-Golden Elixir Howling Ghost Soldier to fight for you, lasting 2 minutes, with a 10-minute cooldown.

Special: Yin Malevolent series set, each additional piece increases attributes by 5%, up to five pieces.

Requirement: Usable by blade cultivators above the Golden Core Realm.

This weapon was quite useful.

It could summon a Golden Core ghost soldier and inflict additional Yin malevolent damage.

Although it was only blue quality.

But as a set item, if he could collect all five pieces, it would at least be of purple quality.

Even a single piece, though not qualified for auction, could easily sell for a thousand or two Spirit Stones in a shop.

If he could collect a full set, it would definitely be auction-worthy, and many would vie for it.

Lin Jichen put it into his ring and continued on.

After walking for over two hours, Lin Jichen encountered countless ghost soldiers and various ghost generals.

He dealt with them all, gaining no cultivation but collecting a lot of equipment.

The ghosts of Howling Ghost Ridge were quite generous; Lin Jichen quickly gathered several sets of Yin Malevolent equipment.

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From weapons, tops, pants, shoes, belts, he had a complete set.

Though he didn't care for them, he had a shop, and such rare and practical items were definitely good stock.

If it weren't so far from Mu Xian Province, Lin Jichen would have come here every day to farm sets.

Just as he was about to collect his fifth set of Yin Malevolent equipment, a worthy opponent finally appeared.

A Gathering Spirit Realm ghost king!

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