One person and one horse stood at the entrance of the graveyard, Gu Jiao faced the moonlight, her whole face exposed under the clear shine of the moonlight.
It was a clean and lively face, sharply contrasting with the man’s face, which was covered in grime and blood.
He wore rusty armor, a rusty helmet, yet apart from the three-foot Qingfeng Sword, which was immaculately clean and shining brilliantly.
His eyes filled with boundless death aura, like a bottomless black abyss.
Being stared at by such eyes, even Gu Jiao felt a sense of oppression.
This was a man she did not wish to face—
Because he was too powerful.
But sometimes, the more you fear something, the more it comes.
Shangguan Qing once said, the Ghost King doesn’t harm ordinary people without martial prowess, Gu Jiao possessed no inner power, and generally, no one could sense she was skilled in martial arts.
But clearly, this Ghost King was an exception.
A sharp killing intent erupted from his lifeless eyes, and then his sluggish body instantly whipped around, agility seeming to increase a hundredfold!
He struck with claw-like hands, channeling inner power with a swipe in the air!
Gu Jiao only felt an invisible large hand gripping her throat, and then yanked her up and tossed her fiercely!
Gu Jiao’s waist slammed into a nearby tree, startling the crows resting there, flapping wings frantically away from their nests.
The tree leaves cascaded down with a rustle.
Gu Jiao crashed heavily onto the ground, spitting out a mouthful of blood!
This guy is so strong!
No wonder Shangguan Qing called him the Ghost King, with such strength... even Dark Soul wouldn’t be able to gain any advantage against him!
The Ghost King’s gaze fell again on Gu Jiao, hesitating.
Perhaps surprised why Gu Jiao hadn’t died.
"I won’t die so easily..."
Gu Jiao supported herself to stand up, "If I’d known I’d face such a tricky guy, I would’ve worn armor..."
No good either.
Armor is too conspicuous, wearing it wouldn’t allow entry into Pu City.
The Ghost King struck at Gu Jiao again!
Struggling to stand up, Gu Jiao was once again knocked down, face-first, resembling a wounded little sad frog.
Gu Jiao: Can’t I at least dodge?
Gu Jiao did a kip-up to stand up, blood streaming from her nose, unable to conceal the imposing aura: "This time I won’t let you hit me!"
Bang!
Splat!
Gu Jiao was once more knocked down flat again.
Her face pressed against the ground, both hands clutching the grassy earth, her little body trembling violently in anger.
Darn it... couldn’t dodge!
Gu Jiao’s aura gradually erupted with terrifying killing intent: "Ghost King, is it... you’ve really angered me now... ready to receive the wrath of this handsome devil—"
Snap!
The Ghost King swiftly flashed in front of Gu Jiao, grabbed her collar, lifting her up.
Only then did Gu Jiao realize how tall the Ghost King was.
In front of him, Gu Jiao was unpretentiously turned into a little chick.
Little Chick Jiao: "Let’s negotiate, need a minion? I’ll give you old Tang."
Tang Yueshan inexplicably sneezed in his sleep!
The Ghost King’s killing intent remained unabated.
Gu Jiao’s eyes darted, switched to her feminine voice in a second: "Actually, I’m a little girl!"
The Ghost King hesitated for a moment.
Perfect, now’s the time!
Blinded by your eyes!
Gu Jiao’s two fingers jabbed toward the Ghost King’s deathly eyes!
Three seconds later, Gu Jiao looked at her two fingers swelling visibly, pouting in grievance.
—The Ghost King blocked it in time, using his Qingfeng Sword.
Gu Jiao actually forced the Ghost King to draw his sword, though in such a cunning way, but it inadvertently aroused the Ghost King’s attention.
The Ghost King no longer gave Gu Jiao room to struggle, nor did he leave any leeway, directly raised the Qingfeng Sword in his hand, thrusting toward Gu Jiao’s abdomen—
Whoosh!
At the critical moment, Black Wind King galloped over, making excited noises in its mouth, suddenly bumped Gu Jiao aside!
Bounced off to the tree trunk, Gu Jiao: "..."
Black Wind King pounced at the Ghost King.
The Ghost King’s long sword raised high, ready to chop off Black Wind King’s head, yet paused in mid-air.
Black Wind King circled around the Ghost King, excitedly neighing, occasionally rubbing against him, at this moment it didn’t seem like a sixteen-year-old old horse, more like an excited little pony.
Gu Jiao lay on the tree trunk, blankly stared at it.
What’s going on?
Boss, you charged recklessly over, was it not to save me?
Knocked me away just because I was in your way?
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