Seeing the yellow-clad female ghost insert the iron needle into my own crown, I was instantly stunned.
What was she doing?
Trying to commit suicide?
I frowned, feeling something was off.
But then, the female ghost's body began to undergo strange changes.
After the iron needle pierced her crown, this ghost didn't die.
Instead, she trembled, and the yellow and black aura she emitted instantly turned red.
The Yin Sha energy surging around became even more violent.
I could feel her cultivation had strengthened.
Moreover, black patterns appeared on the female ghost's face.
They emerged densely, like a spiderweb.
Swollen like capillaries.
It looked incredibly terrifying.
This must be some kind of evil technique.
These ghost couple are not simple.
Definitely not ordinary ferocious ghosts.
I thought to myself.
And the yellow-clad female ghost, her strength greatly boosted, let out an enraged roar and lunged towards me.
"Die, I want you dead!"
Her voice was filled with anger, her face contorted.
The roaring sound echoed around this old neighborhood.
"Hmph! Let's see if you have the ability!"
I retorted, gripping my peach wood sword and charging forward.
My true qi circulated continuously.
Pushing my own strength to its absolute limit.
Because, under such intense combat.
I vaguely sensed an opportunity for a breakthrough.
The other party wanted to kill me, and I also wanted to use this ghost to help my own cultivation improve.
The female ghost slashed down.
I blocked with all my might.
However, after her strength increased again, I could no longer block her in my normal state.
This strike almost sent me tumbling.
My tiger's mouth ached and went numb.
But the ghost's assault continued.
Another claw strike came, and I blocked again, this time being forced to retreat several steps.
Yet, through these two blocks.
I clearly felt the door to breakthrough had been nudged open.
Just a crack, a tiny bit.
The barrier blocking my advance to the Soul Palace middle stage was about to be broken.
"Just a little more, just a little more!"
I muttered to myself.
I still didn't intend to use the Qian Kun Zhen Fa, opting instead to use the "Chi, Po, Mie" three-character incantations to deal with this ferocious ghost.
The female ghost, however, became incredibly fierce.
The more she fought, the stronger she became.
Seeing that she was about to succeed, she continued to attack.
She leaped high into the air and slashed down.
Instantly, waves of Yin Sha energy surged, suppressing me.
That cold feeling seemed to lock me in place.
And the more I was in this state, the more I felt my potential being tapped, the flow of my true qi accelerating beyond limits.
Most importantly, that door to breakthrough was just a kick away.
Hold on, just a little bit more.
I told myself, gritting my teeth and continuously speeding up the circulation of my true qi.
My qi output was ferocious, I raised my peach wood sword and blocked again.
The ghost's sharp claws were like five scimitars.
With a "bang," she slashed down again.
This time, the power of the ghost's claws was greater.
She directly split the peach wood sword in my hand into two pieces.
The Yin Sha energy transformed into gusts of sword qi, tearing open my upper garment.
On my abdomen, it carved a small bloodstain.
I was also sent flying back three meters by this Yin Sha qi.
My body rolled several times on the ground...
However, it was precisely these few claws from the ghost that helped me find the opportunity for a breakthrough.
And also helped me take that final step.
The moment I was sent flying.
A dull "buzz" sounded within my body, and my true qi erupted like an explosion.
The barrier blocking my progress collapsed.
The door to the Soul Palace middle stage was pushed open by me...
A meridian within my body also opened.
At that instant, within my dantian, another stream of true qi condensed.
Twelve.
The twelfth stream of true qi appeared.
I had broken through, in the midst of fighting the female ghost, I had seized the fleeting opportunity for breakthrough.
At this moment, I successfully broke through.
Soul Palace middle stage.
Although I had fallen to the ground, feeling the pain, and my abdomen was cut by a bloodstain.
At this moment, I became unusually excited and happy.
The female ghost intended to continue her attack.
But she suddenly felt something was wrong, because after being hit, the spiritual energy emanating from my body had clearly increased significantly.
Her momentary pause allowed me to steady myself.
I got up smoothly.
Holding the broken peach wood sword, I didn't bother with the dust on my face.
Instead, I smiled at the ghost opposite me:
"Ghost lady, thank you."
After speaking, I unleashed my full cultivation.
With twelve streams of true qi circulating, the converted spiritual energy became even more ferocious.
It crushed down towards the female ghost.
The yellow-clad female ghost was dumbfounded.
She looked at me with disbelief:
"You, you broke through..."
"That's right!"
I sneered coldly.
At the same time, I charged forward.
Now that I had broken through, this yellow-clad female ghost, this whetstone, was no longer useful.
Now, I would no longer hold back.
The Qian Kun Zhen Fa circulated.
With my increased cultivation, empowered by the Qian Kun Zhen Fa, my strength surged again.
I intended to end the battle quickly, kill her, and finish off this ferocious ghost.
Although the female ghost was surprised, seeing me charge forward.
She had no time for astonishment.
She could only roar, unleashing her Yin Sha energy and confronting me head-on.
But the result was, the moment we clashed.
She regretted it...