Ning Fa chuckled, "It's rude not to reciprocate. Take this spear!"
Before his words even fell, Ning Fa gripped his spear and slashed downwards with great force.
The spear erupted in brilliant light, dispelling the darkness of the area.
A massive spear phantom, seven zhang tall, appeared and smashed down towards Qian Shouzhong.
Directly feeling the terrifying might of this strike, Qian Shouzhong's expression drastically changed.
He finally understood the fearsome power of the Cloud-Breaking Spear, a top-grade Magic Artifact.
He furiously channeled his magic power, and the pair of Black Rings immediately spewed black light waves, forming a dense black barrier in front of him.
"BOOM!"
With a sky-shattering roar, the black barrier was shattered by the spear phantom's strike without any suspense.
Qian Shouzhong was sent flying, spitting out a large mouthful of blood.
Strangely, the blood floated in the air, instead dispersing into countless droplets that scattered everywhere.
Qian Shouzhong stabilized himself, blood at the corner of his mouth. He formed hand seals with both hands, and blood-red light surged from his body.
He shouted, "Blood Dragon Chant!"
A stream of blood-red light shot out from his mouth.
In an instant, this stream of blood-red light swept over the countless floating blood droplets in the air.
The next moment, the blood droplets filling the sky seemed to come alive, surging together before transforming into numerous small, blood-red snakes.
"Swish, swish, swish!"
These blood-red snakes lunged towards Ning Fa at extreme speed.
Meanwhile, Qian Shouzhong sat on the ground, forming hand seals and chanting incantations.
The pair of Black Rings merged into one, growing to several zhang in size.
The center rippled like black water, and a sinister, terrifying aura faintly emanated from within.
Ning Fa frowned. He sensed a very strange aura from these small snakes and instinctively felt he couldn't let them get close to him.
He raised his right hand towards the sky, and countless lightning bolts erupted from his palm.
These silver lightning bolts transformed into a silver lightning net, protecting Ning Fa within.
The next moment, countless blood-red snakes arrived, fearlessly pouncing onto the lightning net.
Although all the blood-red snakes were annihilated by the lightning power contained within the net, Ning Fa discovered that the magic power within his body was also rapidly decreasing.
Ning Fa was startled.
These blood-red snakes could actually burn a cultivator's internal magic power!?
Ning Fa let out a cold snort. If an ordinary cultivator encountered this situation, it might be very troublesome.
However, for him, it wasn't too difficult.
A black light flashed on his right hand as he put on a pair of grim yet uniquely beautiful black gauntlets.
These were the Obsidian Gauntlets gifted to him by the Third Elder.
Ning Fa channeled his vital energy and blood, immediately emitting a roar like a surging river.
He threw out a punch with all his might.
With a colossal roar like a mountain collapsing and the sea surging, the hundreds of blood-red snakes in the air first paused, then exploded with a bang, turning into countless blood mist before dissipating.
Ning Fa smiled.
He was not only a magic cultivator but also a body cultivator!
At this moment, Qian Shouzhong also finished his incantation.
The Black Rings, which had already grown to several zhang in size, now had surfaces like violently rippling black water.
The next moment, a pair of scarlet eyes, like burning coals, appeared within the gray water.
Immediately after, a massive ghost creature, about ten feet tall, leaped out from the rings.
This ghost creature was covered in dense, dark brown scales, resembling a demonic beast.
Its face had no features, only a pair of terrifying, blood-red ghost eyes, and a black, curved horn on its head, making it look extremely strange.
An extremely powerful aura emanated from its body.
Although it had not reached the Foundation Establishment stage, it already far surpassed ordinary Late Qi Condensation cultivators.
Looking at this ghost creature, Ning Fa's expression slightly changed.
At this time, Qian Shouzhong's face was extremely pale, and his aura was unstable, clearly indicating that summoning this ghost creature had placed a heavy burden on him.
The pressure Ning Fa exerted was too great, forcing him to unleash this ultimate trump card.
He grinned sinisterly, "You're quite lucky. My [Formless Ghost] just advanced again recently, only half a step away from second tier. Let's see how many moves you can last against it!"
With that, the creature known as the Formless Ghost let out a piercing wail from its abdomen. Taking a step forward, its figure vanished.
A blast of foul wind swept past.
The next moment, the Formless Ghost suddenly appeared where Ning Fa had been standing.
It clawed out with its ten fingers, unleashing ten dark red ghostly claws.
Ning Fa's figure was shattered by the attack, but it was merely an illusion.
Immediately, a thunderous roar could be heard.
The Cloud-Breaking Spear, crackling with lightning, struck towards the ghost.
The creature's eyes blazed with red light, and its two ghostly claws glowed with a blood-red luster. Crossing them, it managed to block the Cloud-Breaking Spear's attack.
Amidst flashes of lightning and peals of thunder, the Cloud-Breaking Spear had already struck hundreds of times.
Yet, the creature blocked them all.
Ning Fa frowned; this creature was indeed quite powerful and troublesome.
From a distance, Qian Shouzhong wore a confident expression. He sneered, "To tell you the truth, I haven't even unleashed the Formless Ghost's full power. I'll say it again, stop now, or face the consequences!"
Although Ning Fa found Qian Shouzhong's attitude a bit strange, he smiled.
He calmly said, "Very well. I've practiced that divine lightning technique for a long time but never had a chance to use it. Today, you can be my first audience."
With that, he raised his right hand high.
Dark light flickered in his palm; upon closer inspection, it was countless fine black lightning bolts dancing incessantly.
In the blink of an eye, a black lightning bolt materialized in Ning Fa's palm.
A terrifying aura, as if capable of destroying the heavens and earth, emanated from this black lightning.
This aura was intensely yin and frigid, making one feel as if they were in a bottomless abyss.
Sensing the terrifying power of this black lightning.
Qian Shouzhong's expression changed drastically.
He frantically urged his hand seals.
The Formless Ghost also sensed the immense danger. Its body erupted with blood-red light, and its speed doubled as it fled backward.
A thunderous roar, like a death knell, echoed.
The black lightning suddenly struck the Formless Ghost.
First, the blood-red light on the Formless Ghost flashed wildly. Then, like ice and snow melting, all this blood-red light dissolved under the terrifying might of the black lightning.
"Boom!—"
With a deafening explosion, a blood hole the size of a head appeared in the Formless Ghost's abdomen, piercing through to its back.
The creature's aura plummeted significantly.
However, its aura had not completely dissipated.
Ning Fa raised an eyebrow.
His trump card, the Dark Water Yin Thunder, was indeed incredibly powerful. With just one strike, it had directly rendered the formidable Formless Ghost incapable of fighting.
He suspected that even an ordinary Foundation Establishment Cultivator would struggle to withstand such a blow if caught off guard.
With a thought, the Cloud-Breaking Spear flew over and delivered the final blow.
"Boom!"
The creature's neck was directly pierced, its head severed from its body.
The Formless Ghost was utterly annihilated.
As their minds were connected, Qian Shouzhong immediately spat out a large mouthful of blood.
With a gust of wind, Ning Fa's figure appeared like a phantom and, with lightning speed, planted a restriction on him.
Ning Fa looked down at Qian Shouzhong from above, a smile on his lips, but his eyes held no mirth.
Qian Shouzhong's face was filled with terror. Only then did he realize that Ning Fa's strength was already catching up to the former Ning Huarong.
He was no match for Ning Fa at all.
Sensing Ning Fa's killing intent, he hurriedly shouted, "You can't kill me!"