Chapter 91: Becoming a Regional Scourge
Very quickly, Xiao Yang thought of the right candidate.
Since the other party’s martial avatar was a ghost, then he would choose a bane of ghosts.
Whether it was a common wronged spirit or a vengeful specter that had cultivated for years, all of them feared one kind of existence.
That was the underworld messenger.
Of course, with Xiao Yang’s current horizons, he would not be content with summoning a mere underworld messenger.
What he wanted to summon as his martial avatar was the messenger’s superior: the Ten Kings of Hell.
“Follow me, and I will grant you your chance.”
Guan Xiu had also taken a liking to Xiao Yang’s aptitude. He wanted to train a top-tier assassin for the Assassin Alliance, to repay the organization for raising him.
And Xiao Yang’s aptitude and temperament before him were, at least, barely acceptable.
He believed that if he put in a little more effort, Xiao Yang would definitely become a first-rate assassin.
An assassin capable of slaying a Martial Marquis.
By then, even if he left, with such a top assassin in charge, few forces would dare move against the Assassin Alliance.
“Heh. And you think you’re worthy, you little punk?”
At last, Xiao Yang no longer held back and shot back coldly.
At the same time, he had already used the cultivation experience card for the peak of the Martial Marquis realm.
A surging power erupted.
And the familiar scene appeared once more.
The selection of a martial avatar had begun.
Since he had already decided, he chose the Ten Kings of Hell directly.
Almost the instant he made his choice,
gusts of阴 wind arose around them.
In the next moment, everything within a thousand miles plunged into darkness.
The cries and wails of ghosts rose and fell in eerie succession.
It made one’s scalp tingle.
Even Guan Xiu felt goosebumps rise along his arms.
At the same time, an ominous premonition surfaced in his heart.
“A ten-zhang martial avatar? I don’t see anything special about that.”
Xiao Yang’s voice rang out.
Guan Xiu hurriedly looked over.
He saw ten immense phantom figures appear.
Each one bore a mighty, earthshaking aura.
“What kind of martial avatar is this? And why are there ten of them?”
For a moment, Guan Xiu was stunned speechless.
He even felt that he must be hallucinating.
“I must be seeing things. A hundred-zhang martial avatar?”
As he spoke, he even raised a hand to rub his eyes before looking up again.
A gust of cold wind swept past.
Guan Xiu could not help shivering.
What terrified him most was that his Heavenly Ghost seemed to want to flee back into the sea of consciousness.
A buzzing roar exploded in his mind.
“What is this? What is this?!”
A nameless fear surged into his heart.
From ancient times to the present, there had never been a martial avatar a hundred zhang tall.
The sudden appearance of such a colossal avatar shattered his faith entirely.
It broke his worldview to pieces.
“Take it back!”
Xiao Yang suddenly lifted a hand and beckoned toward the Heavenly Ghost avatar.
Buzz.
“Ah!”
Guan Xiu only felt his brain come under a violent assault.
Something seemed to be trying to force its way out, inch by inch.
The searing pain made Guan Xiu convulse uncontrollably, cold sweat soaking his clothes.
“Roar!”
The ten-zhang Heavenly Ghost avatar was like a child, shrieking at the sight of the Ten Kings of Hell.
It tried desperately to break free of Guan Xiu’s restraint and flee beyond the horizon.
“Roar!”
“So now you know fear? Too late!”
Xiao Yang let out a cold snort.
Behind him, the Ten Kings of Hell slightly opened their mouths, as though chanting some incantation.
The next moment, wisps of black energy began to seep from Guan Xiu’s body.
Whoosh.
Then a streak of black afterimage flashed by.
Guan Xiu collapsed unconscious on the spot.
Yet the Heavenly Ghost avatar that should have dispersed remained frozen in place.
It stared at the phantom of the Ten Kings of Hell in utter terror.
Its body trembled nonstop.
“Hm? Why hasn’t that thing returned to Guan Xiu’s sea of consciousness?”
Xiao Yang was somewhat surprised as well.
A martial avatar was formed from essence, energy, and spirit. Once successfully manifested, it would reside in the sea of consciousness.
When summoned, one only needed a thought.
Of course, if its host fainted, or if some special circumstance arose, the martial avatar would automatically dissolve and return to the depths of the sea of consciousness.
But Guan Xiu’s Heavenly Ghost was clearly in an abnormal state and could not return.
At this moment, the Heavenly Ghost no longer looked fierce at all.
Because of its terror, it had already crouched miserably on the ground, too afraid even to lift its head.
Xiao Yang had no time to deal with the unconscious Guan Xiu. He strode straight toward Zhou Yan.
He placed a hand on her pulse and found that the young girl’s body was not strange in any way; she was merely asleep.
So he prepared to head back first.
Snap.
The sound of a branch breaking.
Xiao Yang whipped around at once.
Killing intent had already stirred in his heart.
There was more than one person here!
“Who goes there!”
He barked furiously.
Then he saw a woman walk out from behind a tree not far away.
However, Nalan Fangya at this moment was simply staring dumbfoundedly at the Ten Kings of Hell, unable to come back to her senses for a long time.
Shocked.
She had seen martial avatars before.
Her uncle, Xue Yong, even had a martial avatar at the Martial Marquis realm.
If she remembered correctly, it was a cyan giant tiger over three zhang long.
She had also heard that the city lord’s martial avatar was five zhang in size, which already counted as top-tier.
But who could tell her what those black shadows, a hundred zhang tall and lined up on both sides, were?
“Why is it you?”
Xiao Yang frowned slightly.
Then a flash of killing intent suddenly crossed his eyes.
“Were you the one who kidnapped Yan’er?”
As he spoke, the pressure from the Ten Kings of Hell descended in full force.
Nalan Fangya’s face went instantly pale, and an incomparable terror rose in her heart.
She staggered back several steps.
“I know nothing. I was just passing by.”
Nalan Fangya said through chattering teeth.
“Hmph. Good. If I find out you’re behind this, I’ll never let you off.”
Xiao Yang also felt that this woman probably really was just passing by.
This matter was most likely done by the Assassin Alliance.
Those three failures had cost that organization quite a few men.
Guan Xiu suddenly woke up and immediately spat out a mouthful of reverse blood.
His head felt as though it were being torn apart.
What frightened him most was that he could no longer sense his martial avatar.
Suddenly,
the Heavenly Ghost sensed Guan Xiu’s aura.
In almost the blink of an eye, it pounced.
It did not want to possess him, but instead extended its sharp claws.
Pfft.
A burst of blood blossomed in the air.
Guan Xiu stared in disbelief at his own body.
“Th-th-that’s my body?”
That was the only question left in his mind.
Unfortunately, no one would answer him.
He had already fallen completely into the pool of blood.
Because it happened too fast, and because Xiao Yang had never even considered the possibility of a martial avatar turning on its master, by the time he came to his senses, the Heavenly Ghost had already severed Guan Xiu’s head.
At that very moment, it was even devouring his flesh and blood in great gulps.
And the Heavenly Ghost’s aura was steadily rising.
“Hmph.”
Xiao Yang snorted coldly.
He could also see that such a martial avatar, now without a master, could not be allowed to remain.
If left alone, it would surely become a disaster.
Meanwhile, Nalan Fangya on the side was already scared stiff.
Though she often sparred with others, when had she ever seen such a bloody scene?
A spine-tingling crunching sound rang in her ears.
Crunch. Crunch.
“Stop looking. Help me hold my junior sister.”
Xiao Yang waved a hand in front of Nalan Fangya’s eyes.
Not caring whether she agreed or not, he had already handed Zhou Yan over to her.
He now needed to destroy that martial avatar which had broken away from its master, so as to prevent it from becoming a menace.