Chapter 775: Chapter 768: Battle

In the backyard garden, by the pond, within the pavilion.

Chen Hai had just made a breakthrough in a small realm and was about to continue deeply immersed in his cultivation when he suddenly closed his eyes.

All of a sudden, he felt a strange chill encroaching, and not just around the pavilion—all throughout the backyard, the temperature seemed to plummet by several degrees.

“Which devil dares to cause disturbances here? Show yourself and meet your demise!”

A cold gleam flashed in his eyes as he fixed his gaze on the shadows beneath the lush green trees not far away.

During the day, the backyard environment was extremely quiet, but at night, besides needing the word ‘quiet’, it also required the addition of ‘dark’ to describe this place.

Although Chen Hai’s gaze was directed towards the shadows under the green trees, he had yet to truly lock onto a target.

It was merely because a faint scarlet mist was diffusing from those shadows, scattering towards other areas of the backyard, which drew his attention there.

“Hee hee…”

“Tsk tsk…”

From the sounds of a woman’s playful laughter, a vague red figure emerged from the shadows on the ground.

“Little brother, aren’t I pretty?” The woman covered her mouth with a giggle, her form flickering in and out of existence within the mist.

The woman was none other than Chi Lian, who had just arrived at this place and was flirting while throwing a seductive glance directly at Chen Hai in the pavilion from a distance.

Unfortunately, her act was in vain.

Just as she threw her coquettish glance, Chen Hai, who had been sitting in the pavilion, suddenly disappeared.

“Just a Heavenly Immortal hiding his head and showing his tail, I thought he was worthless, yet he appears to have some tricks up his sleeve.”

“Hiding? Are you playing hide and seek with sister?”

“No need to rush, I will definitely find you. A hunt without any difficulty gets boring after many attempts, I hope you can bring me more fun!”

…

Chi Lian, graceful and enticing, laughed playfully.

Although she was still in the Heavenly Immortal Realm and a bit away from stepping into the Golden Immortal stage, she never regarded Chen Hai as a challenge.

After all, being a ghost, they naturally had an innate advantage when facing ordinary humans.

Moreover, coming from the Nether Land, one of the most top-tier forces in the Primordial era, the array of techniques she held were beyond what ordinary Heavenly Immortals from the human race could compare to.

With a playful expression and a teasing cat-and-mouse attitude, Chi Lian looked around.

Although she still hadn’t located Chen Hai, the scarlet mist radiating from her was rapidly spreading all around. In the blink of an eye, most of the backyard was enveloped.

Wherever the red mist covered was regarded as Chi Lian’s ‘domain’.

“What kind of fun do you want? How about a few punches to start, is that enough?” Amidst a cold snort, a large hand stretched out from the shadows next to Chi Lian and clutched her neck.

Before Chi Lian could react, she was forcefully pressed down to the ground by that hand.

“Boom, boom, boom, boom…” Chen Hai, who had just appeared, didn’t bother to use any other methods, he swung his fist, the size of a cooking pot, landing a dozen punches on Chi Lian’s fairly pretty face.

Not until he had completely smashed her head did he stop and rest his hands.

With a “pop,” Chi Lian, who was somewhat confused by the beating, finally came to her senses.

Being a ghost, and not having a physical body, naturally her head wasn’t her weak point.

The illusory body exploded suddenly, transforming into countless currents of air, blending into the scarlet fog that already enveloped most of the back garden.

“In my Scarlet Domain, I am undying, unbeatable. You indeed possess great strength to have shattered my body.”

“But the more powerful you are, the happier I am.”

“Devouring you will increase my chances of entering the Golden Immortal Realm by at least fifty percent!”

Slightly disheveled, Chi Lian reappeared not far away.

Though she had suffered a slight disadvantage at Chen Hai’s hands, she showed no signs of disappointment; instead, she radiated clear joy.

Especially when she looked at Chen Hai, her gaze resembled that of someone beholding the most exquisite delicacy, involuntarily invoking a feeling of palpitations.

“White Hair Three Thousand Feet…”

No sooner had she spoken than Chi Lian flicked her head, her white hair surging wildly in the wind.

The entire sky darkened, the hazy moonlight from the crescent moon overhead completely obstructed by the overwhelming mass of white hair.

The area engulfed by the scarlet mist was also entirely covered by the white hair.

Faced with countless strands of white hair entwining towards him, Chen Hai, who had nowhere to run or to hide, let out a cold laugh.

“Just an abominable cultivator who thinks it can consume me? That’s quite the bold claim.”

“Good, I too wish to devour you for my cultivation nourishment.”

“Devouring Touch, come forth…”

With his arms spread wide, tentacles bearing ferocious maws emerged tumultuously from various positions on Chen Hai’s body.

On one side, the sky was filled with surging white hair; on the other, densely packed, grotesque tentacles to the extreme…

Very soon, the two collided and genuinely entangled with one another.

In terms of power and realm, Chi Lian and Chen Hai were almost equal, both having achieved Heavenly Immortal Realm Perfection.

Her skill, White Hair Three Thousand Feet, was indeed powerful and in previous battles with other Heavenly Immortals, this overwhelming white hair had never met its match.

Yet now, in front of those ferocious tentacles, Chi Lian’s white hair was instantly crushed, rapidly dissolving in large swathes.

Even more incredibly, as her white hair was continuously destroyed, her very source of power seemed to be diminishing as well, as if devoured by some bizarre force.

Alarmed inside, Chi Lian didn’t hesitate to cleanly sever all of her own white hair in an instant.

“No, with such bizarre Divine Skills at your command, you are definitely not a human. What exactly are you?” Chi Lian, now completely bald, stared intently at Chen Hai and demanded angrily.

“I am born a human and will die a ghost of the human race. To say I am not human? Devil, that’s an insult to me!”

With a deep, angry rebuke, Chen Hai, who had been crouching, now stood up.

In his eyes, being called non-human was practically a curse, something even an uncle could endure, but an aunt would never tolerate.

With his arms outstretched, the grotesque tentacles that had just crushed the white hair waved wildly in the air, sweeping directly towards Chi Lian.

As for his current appearance, countless thick tentacles, each with a ferocious maw at the end, wildly sprouting from his ordinary human body…

Although Chi Lian was a ghost, aside from her somewhat ethereal form, she bore no significant differences from humans.

In contrast, Chen Hai, a pure human, looked like a monster in his current state; anyone seeing him would likely not associate him with the human race.

Possibly, more timid humans might even be frightened into incontinence at the sight of Chen Hai, their kinsman.

But what of that? As long as Chen Hai himself felt he remained a pure human, that was sufficient.