Chapter 24: First Encounter With The Scroll Painter
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Some desperate people began attacking the barrier light screen, but unfortunately, it was of no use.
That barrier light screen was like a solid fortress, extinguishing the last trace of hope in people’s hearts.
Soon, eerie fluctuations began to appear one after another, continuously gathering among the crowd.
“As expected, it’s related to emotions?”
Wu Xian took a deep breath and hurriedly spoke up to stabilize the situation.
“Everyone, don’t be afraid. The invasion method of this Dimensional Mirage is related to our emotions. The more fearful and anxious we are, the easier it is to attract them.”
As the only Spirit Tamer present, Wu Xian’s words carried a lot of charisma.
Many low-level spiritual energy cultivators in the crowd responded one after another, soothing the team’s emotions.
But the problem was that emotions weren’t something you could control just by saying so.
Soon, Yin Wind began to howl around them, the scene suddenly changed, and bursts of shrill ghost cries echoed above the crowd, further expanding the crowd’s fear and despair.
Then, many people began to experience hallucinations of being harassed by Abyssal Monsters, with screams rising and falling one after another.
The crowd instantly descended into chaos.
Wu Xian was speechless and mentally exhausted, his brows furrowed as he sensed the eerie auras scurrying around.
He saw a panicked man in the crowd suddenly let out a pained scream, convulsing and falling to the ground. Ghost Hands tore open the man’s abdominal cavity, spilling out his guts.
It was a Weird Monster covered in bloody Ghost Hands. Except for a pair of pale legs, its upper body was all arms, making one’s scalp tingle.
The surrounding crowd panicked and fled, with many of the faint-hearted passing out on the spot.
“First Order Elite Monster?”
Wu Xian was startled inwardly. Generally speaking, the higher the level, the easier it was for Elite Monsters to appear. It was truly rare for a First Order monster to “evolve” into an Elite Monster.
Seeing the Abyssal Monster charging ferociously toward the crowd, Wu Xian immediately threw out an Axis Scroll Painting.
The Scroll Painting unfurled in the air, transforming into a majestic Fierce Tiger with yellow and black fur. Its tiger roar resounded.
The Guardian Tiger pounced on the Elite Monster covered in Ghost Hands like a tiger released from its cage, easily tearing off two Ghost Hand arms with one bite.
The tiger roars came in waves, making the Abyssal Realm power within the Abyssal Monster restless and unable to fight back.
The crowd around them all exclaimed in shock and drew closer to Wu Xian, seeking protection.
However, just after dealing with this First Order Elite Monster, unusual movement came from the crowd on the other side.
A piercingly shrill ghost cry rang out, as numerous eerie fluctuations condensed into a ghastly white ghost shadow that flew toward Wu Xian.
Bang!
The Sneak Attack ghost shadow slammed heavily into the Aura of Wealth and Treasure Light, emitting bursts of unwilling shrieks.
“Not right!”
The consumption of Aura of Wealth was noticeably high; it was definitely not an ordinary Abyssal Monster.
Looking closely, it turned out to be a black long straight-haired Ghost. Under her terrifying black long hair emerged a ghastly white Ghost Face, and in her bleeding eye sockets, there were no eyeballs, but swirling black hair strands.
“Third Order Elite Monster!”
Another Elite Abyssal Monster, and a Third Order one at that.
The God of Wealth Painted Spirit’s eyes also became serious, with Thunder gathering on the Steel Whip in his hand.
Boom!
Lightning Magic struck the Ghost, sending up a puff of white smoke.
The Ghost retreated in pain, emitting bursts of shrieks, with a scorch mark from the Lightning Magic appearing on her shoulder.
This was the first time Wu Xian had encountered such a tough opponent. After hard-resisting the God of Wealth’s Lightning Magic, she was only slightly injured.
It must be known that he had fed the God of Wealth quite a few lightning-attribute materials. A normal Third Order Abyssal Monster hit by one Lightning Magic strike would at least lose half its life.
It could only be said that this Ghost, as a Third Order Elite Monster, had outrageous attributes.
And the God of Wealth, as a Painted Spirit, was ultimately limited by the Scroll Painting’s performance, so this wasn’t the power a Two and a Half Stars God of Wealth Painted Spirit should have, let alone the strength of the God of Wealth himself.
If the God of Wealth himself descended, there would be no need for Lightning Magic; just his might alone could crush this thing, or even directly repel this so-called Dimensional Mirage.
Whoosh! Whoosh!
The Ghost clearly had some trepidation toward the God of Wealth. After a series of strange shrieks, strands of black hair shot out from her eyes, ears, mouth, and nose, stabbing toward the God of Wealth from different directions with great power.
Unfortunately, they couldn’t break through the God of Wealth’s massive Aura of Wealth Protection.
The next second, the Guardian Tiger sneaked up from behind, pouncing the Ghost down from mid-air.
The flying black hair instantly wrapped around the Guardian Tiger, causing its Spirit Body to rapidly dim.
Fortunately, after a few Lightning Magic strikes from the God of Wealth, a large amount of black hair was destroyed, relieving the pressure on the Guardian Tiger.
Under Wu Xian’s mental control, the biting Guardian Tiger clamped down on the Ghost’s skull, then swung its head to fling her into the air.
“Third Order Elite Monster, huh?”
Wu Xian sneered as the invincible Gold Ingot in the God of Wealth’s hand charged up.
However, just as he was about to finish her off with one strike, a red wooden Coffin plastered with Talismans suddenly flew in from the distance.
“Holy crap, there’s another expert!”
He had thought it was another Abyssal Monster coming to reinforce, but the red wooden Coffin smashed straight toward the airborne Ghost, forcefully slamming her into the ground and creating a Deep Pit.
Talismans fluttered around the Coffin, surrounded by golden light, firmly suppressing the Ghost.
“Hee hee, what a big snack. Come out for a meal~!”
Immediately after, a bell-like yet somewhat eerie laugh came from behind.
Wu Xian wasn’t stupid and immediately realized another Spirit Tamer had made a move. He curiously turned to look.
He saw a woman in her twenties with sickly pale skin and an appearance and makeup full of Underworld style leaping over from above the crowd, a sinister grin on her lips.
The next second, terrifying Mental Power surged out from the woman’s body.
Above her back, a massive Scroll Painting shadow emerged. The Scroll Painting shadow slowly unfurled, presenting a projection of an evil and eerie painting with seven Ghost Gods of various forms surrounding a slightly rotund, tusked Ghost God.
“Scroll Painter?!” Wu Xian’s heart pounded wildly.
Such powerful Mental Power was absolutely not that of an ordinary Spirit Tamer, but a Scroll Painter.
Seeing a real Scroll Painter for the first time, Wu Xian stared intently, his mind filled with various doubts and curiosities, especially about the Scroll Painting shadow behind the Underworld woman that seemed condensed from Mental Power.
Clearly not a standard【Extraordinary Scroll Painting】, since it didn’t even have a physical form.
It was somewhat similar to the Scroll Painting Imprint in his Sea of Consciousness, yet not quite the same.
Amid the shock and curiosity, he saw the woman gesture with her hand, and the tusked Ghost God in the center of the painting behind her rushed out of the Scroll Painting, transforming into a 5-6 meter tall, burly and robust, ferociously faced, tusked monster Painted Spirit with earthy green skin.
Roar—!
The Tusked Monster opened its huge mouth wide. The Ghost suppressed under the Coffin let out a miserable wail, her form twisting as she was swallowed into the Tusked Monster’s belly. The red wooden Coffin also flew toward the woman.
Xue Lingling landed steadily on the Coffin Board and nodded in satisfaction.
With a wave of her hand, the Scroll Painting behind her retracted, taking the giant Tusked Monster back into it.
“Kid, that Third Order Resentful Hair Monster you injured just now?” The Underworld Young Girl Xue Lingling completely ignored the crowd around her, her eerie and evil gaze curiously turning to Wu Xian. “Pretty impressive.”
Wu Xian nodded slightly. “Thank you, Senior, for saving us.”
“Your Scroll Painting is quite novel,” Xue Lingling curiously examined the God of Wealth. “It looks like only a Copper Scroll Two and a Half Stars level, yet it managed to inflict significant damage on that Third Order Commander-level Abyssal Monster. Interesting.”
Wu Xian smiled humbly, inwardly feeling nervous.
Good grief, so that Ghost just now was a【Commander-level】Large Monster, no wonder she was so strong.
But the truly terrifying one was clearly this woman full of Underworld aura.
Not to mention anything else, that giant Tusked Monster from earlier was at least a Five-Star Painted Spirit, with rank and spirituality that were absolutely not low.
