Hoo hoo hoo - hiss hiss hiss -"
Late at night, in the quiet and spacious park, only the dim street lights were shining quietly. There was no moon in the sky, only a few stars dotted around.
At this moment, a strange sound suddenly came from the pavilion in the center of the park. Upon closer inspection, it was discovered that there was a bloated purple glowing balloon floating inside.
The balloon continued to expand as if someone was desperately inflating it.
"Bang-clang-"
With a loud noise, because the balloon had become too big, it directly overturned the roof of the pavilion.
At this moment, I finally realized that something was wrong and instinctively shouted at JIETOU and others. Then my sword sprayed out from my hand as I prepared to stab towards that large balloon.
However, what I didn't expect was that just at this time, I saw that expanding soul ball suddenly began to rotate rapidly and wriggle. With its rotation and wriggling came an extremely violent whirlwind of yin wind all around us.
"Hoo hoo hoo -"
The violent wind blew rapidly but directly lifted me up along with JIETOU and YunQingYue.
As soon as I stabilized myself by releasing my Qi shield after being blown away by strong winds while trying to attack again on that soul ball; when looking up again for another attack on it; what caught my eyes made me shudder with fear:
A black shadow towered over us in front of our eyes! It stood tall in the center of pavilion with height reaching at least two zhang (6 meters). Its whole body exuded an aura of deathly blackness while within those flowing dark energies one could vaguely see blood-red triangular ghostly eyes along with pale white ghost claws plus ancient yet eerie clothing.
Disheveled long hair slowly flew around, and the dark figure lifted its head to let out a mournful scream. "Hehehe, hahaha, it's been two thousand years, I Zhuang Zhou have finally returned! Where is the Fish Intestine Sword? Come on, let me wield my divine sword again and kill you pitiful ants!" The dark figure laughed ferociously and then grabbed a cold as frost long sword with his ghostly white bamboo-like claws.
"JIETOU, be careful. This ghostly thing is very strong," I warned JIETOU while summoning YunQingYue back.
"How strong?" JIETOU sensed the danger and prepared for battle by taking out two magic weapons from the basket behind him.
"Stronger than King of Yin," I couldn't determine that guy's true strength so I just said it offhandedly. Then holding onto my Mercy Sword in one hand and White Seal in another hand flashing with light, I charged towards that dark figure saying: "Hey don't think being big makes you powerful. In the end you're just a soul body. Even if you grow as big as heaven itself what can you do? It will only make you more bloated."
"Hehehe, poor little bug dares to talk to me like this? You really don't know your own limits. Let me teach you a lesson!" As he spoke those words his eyes flickered and he swung his long sword directly at me.
The long sword was icy cold like frost; although not physical it was still chilling enough that if hit by it one would probably have their soul torn apart instantly becoming dead on spot.
At once my brow furrowed as Mercy Sword swept across blocking his attack causing an explosive sound followed by dazzling white smoke bursting forth from where our Yin-Yang energies collided mid-air resulting in us ending up evenly matched.
However, this caused the dark figure to change his attitude towards me and start taking me seriously. "Yang Soul Hand, Fiery Sun Sword. Hehe, kid you're quite interesting. Not bad at all! It seems like my trip wasn't in vain!" The dark figure took a step back and looked down at me with a strange smile on his face.
Seeing that expression on the dark figure's face made my heart sink as I felt that this might be an unprecedented battle which made me unable to help but feel nervous.
Hey, you ghost head, look over here and taste my Golden Wheel Buddha Light!" JIETOU was not aware of the severity of the situation and shouted at the black shadow before throwing his Golden Wheel towards it.
"Vajra Barrier, open!" At the moment when the Golden Wheel was flying towards its target, JIETOU quickly made hand gestures and pointed at the black shadow. The Golden Wheel instantly emitted a dazzling golden light and charged straight towards the black shadow.
"Not bad, you two little bugs are quite interesting!" Seeing the Buddha Light on the Golden Wheel, the black shadow was shocked. He dodged while swinging his long sword to deflect it away.
"Ding Ling Ling..." The spinning wheel flew backwards but before it could hit ground, JIETOU flipped his hand gesture again and pointed at the black shadow. The wheel spun around a few times then shot back towards him.
"Hehehe... let me show you my infinite Gold Wheels! I bet they can't kill you!" JIETOU controlled his weapon while tauntingly speaking to the black shadow.
"Not bad at all! You two little bugs may be small now but given time, you will become a thorn in my side in Mo Tu's Ghost Domain. Today I'll take care of both of you as an accomplishment." Enraged by JIETOU's relentless attacks and provocations, he yelled out loud then suddenly appeared next to him with a sword aimed directly at his chest.
The speed of this attack was so fast that even human eyes couldn't keep up with it. Caught off guard by such agility from his opponent's movements,Jietou had no way to dodge or defend himself; he could only watch helplessly as that cold blade approached closer inch by inch until almost piercing through him completely. However,in this critical moment,a bright flame flashed across followed by a muffled sound which caused that cold blade to bounce off from JIETOU's face.
Bang!" Another white smoke flew up, and the black figure holding a long sword retreated three or four steps before stopping. He looked at me next to JIETOU with some coldness and said, "Kid, tell me your name. Who are you? You're just a mortal, why do you have the power of heavenly fire?"
"What power of heavenly fire? What are you talking about?" The black figure's words made me curious, but I didn't show it. I just pretended to be indifferent, squinted and smiled at him, saying: "Before asking someone's name, shouldn't you first introduce yourself? Who are you and why are you here? Can you explain these questions to us first?