Zhao Di looked at the ghost ape in front of him, whose appearance had hardly changed, but whose cultivation and aura were completely new, his heart was undulating.

  The scene just now, although separated by a thick layer of dark air, was clearly visible to him.

  Two ghost apes each took out a half-moon-shaped black jade token, silently reciting strange incantations in their mouths, and then wove the surrounding yin energy into each other, jointly stimulating it onto the two black jades.

  Two black jade merged into one, forming a round jade plaque; while the two ghost apes transformed into two clusters of gray-black gas and merged into one body, absorbing the surrounding dense yin energy and re-forming into a double-horned ghost ape.

  But the current Oni Saru's strength far surpasses that of before, and is even higher than the simple sum of the two Onis, and is somewhat similar to the rumored "Curse Spirit King".

  "This seems to be the rumored Soul Convergence Technique!" said Youlan, who was also startled, slowly.

  "What's 'Soul Convergence Secret'? Zhao Di immediately recalled some information."

  He had seen relevant records in a certain ancient book, which was a very harsh condition for using the ghost door secret technique, specifically for the body of ghosts. Not only did it require that the souls of these two ghosts were simultaneously refined by humans, but also required that they be blood relatives in their lifetime, and also required that their hearts be connected, and then borrowed from specially refined soul objects to succeed.

  The cost of using this secret technique is extremely high, and it can only be maintained for one or two hours. After that, the pair of souls that have merged will separate again, and their vital energy will be severely injured, requiring a long period of rest to recover.

  Although the price is high and the conditions are harsh, the power is also very strong.

  Taking the two ghost apes in front of us as an example, they were originally cultivators in the later stage of forming elixirs, but after merging their souls, they actually approached the existence equivalent to the early-stage "Curse Spirit King" of the Primordial Infant.

  But this forced promotion of cultivation may not necessarily be comparable to the true Jie Ling Wang, and how strong its power is remains to be verified.

  Taking advantage of the opponent having just finished casting the Soul Fusion Secret Art, Zhao Zhi swung his Dream Crystal Sword and struck out a purple sword light at Gui Yuan, while a group of puppets also began to attack incessantly.

  The giant ape opened its mouth wide, spewing out a stream of dark gray air that merged with the surrounding yin energy to form a ball. In an instant, it shielded a large area in front of it. At the same time, it leaped forward, carrying a stream of black air, and its body flickered only a few times before arriving at a place several meters away where the yin energy was even more concentrated.

  The puppet's attack couldn't break through the dense dark energy defense, only the purple sword light could slash into the grayish black dark energy, but was resisted by the opponent with that slightly damaged bone staff.

  Zhao Di couldn't actively trigger the Buddha power hidden in Meng Li's sword, so the triggered sword light only contained Hunyuan Sword Qi and didn't have any special Buddha power to support it, thus it also couldn't effectively restrain the opponent.

  From past experiences of multiple encounters with Jyuu Rei, it can be seen that the most effective method is to have Mugen no Kensei's true form directly attack the opponent's body.

  Suddenly, Zhao Di's mind stirred, his divine sense swept across the spiritual beast bag at his waist, and a mysterious smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. He began to chant and transmitted a series of magical incantations through his palm into the Dream Lure Sword.

  At this time, the ghost ape was also preparing a fierce attack. It held the intact bone staff in its hand and whispered incantations softly. The skull on the staff swelled again to over a foot in size, its dark mouth open wide, sucking in all the dense yin energy around it. A moment later, the entire staff once again presented a glossy black luster.

  Zhao Di also finished reciting the incantation for "Giant Sword Technique" at this time, transforming the Dream Crystal Sword in his hand into a length of two zhang!

  "Hmph!" The ghost ape let out a cold hum, not surprised but delighted. When the opponent enlarged his treasure sword, although its power might be slightly higher, its agility had greatly decreased. To think of harming it was simply a fool's dream!

  Zhao Di lightly patted his waist, and a faint green light flashed. A more than ten-zhang-long pale green dragon burst into the air, baring its teeth and claws. As soon as it emerged, it opened its big mouth and spat out dozens of ice cones the size of a ruler, shooting them straight at the ghost ape.

  After the crocodile came out, the ghost ape just took a glance and didn't care about it anymore. As for those dozens of ice cones, they were naturally not taken seriously either.

  As expected, the ice cones were blocked by the surrounding yin energy and quickly melted away.

  The goblin suddenly let out a loud roar, its body first swelling up by three points before quickly shrinking down, becoming even shorter than before. Only the right arm holding the bone staff became incredibly thick and sturdy, several times thicker than before, as if all the energy in its body was concentrated in this one arm, looking extremely uncoordinated and eerie!

  The goblin let out a loud roar, raised its arm and swung the bone staff with great force. It was as if the staff had sucked away his vitality, causing his thick right arm to shrink instantly, while at the same time, two extremely fast black lights shot out from the skull's eyes on the staff, one heading straight for Zhao Di, and the other attacking a nearby pile of puppets.

  The dark light attack came extremely fast and fiercely, Zhao Di only managed to place his giant sword horizontally in front of him, protecting himself.

  A loud "thud" sound, a black light struck the giant sword, sending the giant sword and Zhao Di flying back over ten feet.

  A series of "puffs" sounded, and another black light easily penetrated a deep yellow shield spirit held by a puppet, and pierced the bodies of three puppets in a row.

  Immediately afterwards, there were two light "dings", and the black lights fell to the ground, turning out to be two black stone-like objects, but they immediately transformed into a wisp of dark grey gas that dispersed and vanished.

  "Dark energy solidifies!" Since the appearance of the two-horned ghost ape, the two women who knew they couldn't help had already hidden inside Zhao's body. Seeing this overbearing black light attack, Youlan exclaimed in shock.

  "It's indeed a Cursespawn King-level entity, able to condense dark energy into a tangible form and launch an attack, almost ignoring any defense!"

  Zhao Di secretly thought to himself that he was lucky. If it weren't for his life-protecting treasure having a strong Buddhist aura and being made of excellent materials, which greatly restrained the evil spirit's path, then whether or not he could withstand this unparalleled powerful strike would be uncertain!

  Bingfeng Jiao quickly flew to Zhao Di's side, and the latter lightly jumped onto Bingfeng Jiao's back.

  This blow not only made the ghost ape's right arm thinner, but also lightened the color of the bone stick. The force of this blow actually consumed half of the yin energy accumulated in the bone stick.

  With a single blow of all his might, he did not annihilate the opponent. The ghost ape was not out of breath, it was gathering its whole body's energy, intending to launch another "Yin Qi Hua Shi" attack.

  Zhao Di stared intently at Gui Yuan's every move, but did not make any other attacking or defensive moves.

  "Hah!" The ghost ape let out a loud roar, its right arm raised forward, and the skull head of the bone staff in its hand shot out two unstoppable black lights from its eyes, one above the other, rushing straight towards Zhao Di!

  At the moment when Guiyuan swung his bone stick, Zhao Di gave an order to Bingfeng Jiao. The latter shook its tail lightly and a gentle breeze blew by. Just as the black light was about to attack Zhao Di, he suddenly disappeared along with the Jiao. Two unstoppable black lights fell on empty space.

  The goblin was taken aback for a moment, but the next instant it felt a faint breeze blowing from several feet away. Looking down, it saw that Zhao Di's foot had stepped on the Ice Wind Python and had suddenly appeared in this place, his hand waving a giant sword to slash a purple light towards its head.

  The demon ape was greatly shocked, its body shape drawing a streak of dark gray smoke rapidly drifting to one side, while stretching out its left arm holding another damaged bone stick, intending to block the purple sword's downward slashing momentum.

  A light "ka" sound, the giant sword rose and split the bone staff into two segments. At the same time, it swung and cut off the front half of the left arm of the ghost ape. As soon as this half arm left the body of the ghost ape, it transformed into a dense dark energy that dissipated and disappeared.

  Although he took advantage of this brief delay to flash out a few feet away, his left arm was severely injured and there was a faint layer of spiritual light wrapped around the wound, making it impossible for him to use a large amount of yin energy to restore his left arm in an instant.

  The demon ape flew into a rage, its right hand waving the bone staff, transforming it into a frosty bone claw over ten feet long, which reached out to grab Zhao Di from several meters away.

  Just as the bony claws were about to grab Zhao Di and crush him into a meat paste, Bingfengmang danced lightly with its tail, and after a gust of clear wind, Zhao Di and Bingfengmang disappeared, leaving the bony claws grasping at nothing.

  More than ten zhang away, a gentle breeze blew by, and Zhao Di and Bing Feng Jiao's figures reappeared. Zhao Di once again took out the Pure Yang Shield treasure in front of him, then grasped the giant sword and let out a low roar, a layer of purple energy flashing across his face. A purple light shot out from his hand, flowing evenly over the body of the giant sword.

  At the same time, Gui Yuan finally dealt with the spiritual light on his wound and a dense and extreme yin energy gushed out from this place. In an instant, a new forearm was formed once again.

  The goblin swallowed the bone staff into his abdomen, and his bright red eyes revealed a ferocious expression. Then, with both hands grasping the two horns on his forehead, he pulled them out with force, transforming them into two black triangular cones over two feet long, which he held in his hands as he coldly stared at Zhao Di. The deep wound on his forehead, however, healed instantly after a layer of dark grey gas flashed across it.

  The icy wind dragon's tail swished gently again, taking Zhao Di with it as they vanished before the ghost ape's eyes. The next moment, one man and one dragon appeared behind the ghost ape, and Zhao Di raised his sword to chop down.

  The well-prepared Guiyuan almost instantly turned around the moment Zhao Di reappeared, one hand holding a black crescent-shaped shield to block the giant sword, and the other hand thrusting a black crescent-shaped spear towards Zhao Di himself.

  The giant sword tilted slightly to one side, stuck to the dark cone and chopped down, cutting off half of the ghost ape's head and removing one of its arms.

  And another wu zhui easily pierced Zhao Di's pure yang shield in front of him, and with undiminished momentum, stabbed towards his chest.

  At the most critical moment, the ghost ape chose to risk its life and take another sword strike in order to severely injure Zhao Di. It figured that the opponent's spirit beast had just finished using its mysterious escape technique and definitely wouldn't be able to continue escaping with Zhao Di.

  Wū zhuī easily pierced Zhao Di's body, but the latter had somehow transformed into a ball of bloody shadow.

  In an instant, Zhao Di reappeared behind the ghost ape with a pale face and swung his giant sword wildly, not giving the opponent any chance to breathe.

  If it were an ordinary sword attack, no matter how sharp it was, even if it could cut the ghost ape's body into several pieces, the ghost ape would still be able to re-condense its wounds and recover its original shape in an instant. However, every time the Dream Crystal Sword strikes, it leaves a faint, almost imperceptible layer of spiritual light on the ghost ape's wounds, which effectively prevents the yin energy from condensing into shape again within a short period of time, making it the bane of the ghost ape's existence. Therefore, after a flurry of chaotic slashes from the Dream Crystal Sword, even the incredibly powerful ghost ape was ultimately chopped into countless fragments, dispersing into wisps of dark grey smoke that dissipated into thin air.

  With a few "clatters", after the evil aura around the ghost monkey's body dissipated, several objects fell down.

  Two green soul crystals, larger than the several pieces Zhao Di had obtained before, with a deeper color.

  A transparent bone rod, two half-moon-shaped black jade plates, two hard horns about half a foot long, and a palm-sized black magic plate.

  Zhao picked up the hard horn, which was not simply transformed from yin energy. After the ghost ape's body dissipated, it still remained, and its texture was extremely hard. Under the slash of the Dream Crystal Sword, it only left a mark without being immediately damaged. Moreover, it could easily pierce through the shield-type magic treasure, making it an extraordinary precious artifact.

  "Can't you two also recognize the origin of this treasure?" Zhao Di asked Yu Lan and You Ruo.

  "The body of the cursed spirit is all transformed from yin energy, and according to normal reasoning, it shouldn't have a physical object like this horn. This horn should be an external object that was refined by the two apes." After touching the hard horn, Youlan analyzed and said, then she picked up the two black jade cards again and examined them carefully.

  You Ruo was very interested in that black law disc and carefully examined it.

  "This bone staff is definitely a high-quality nether treasure, and once you two sisters' cultivation advances another level, you can use it! Unfortunately, the other bone staff was chopped into several pieces by me and is difficult to repair." Zhao picked up the bone staff and stored it in his storage ring along with the black hard horn.

  "Master, grant this pair of jade pendants to me and You Ruo!" Yulan said with a faint smile.

  "Of course, no problem! How about it, you two sisters want to try the Soul Merge Technique?" Zhao Di was taken aback at first, then said with a smile.

  Youlan and You Ruo were born as twins, and for many years they had been together day and night, their hearts already connected. This was extremely in line with the harsh requirements of the Soul Matching Secret Technique, and this pair of jade tokens obviously only needed to be activated using some yin energy.

  "Although the Soul Fusion Secret Technique is demanding and costly, its power is great, and it's not too much trouble to cast. It can indeed serve as a backup plan when needed." Youlan acknowledged.

  "Master, this black lacquer disc is indeed the disc of a spatial law array. It seems that the key to exiting this level lies here!" You Ruo said with some excitement.

  You Ruo held a black magic disk in his hand and walked around the stone cave, occasionally injecting a stream of dark energy into the disk.

  Before long, You Ruo walked to a certain place and stood still, throwing the Dharma plate in front of her, striking a grayish-black aura.

  A black light shot out from the law disk and struck a rugged stone wall several meters away.

  A dense, dark aura churned outside the stone wall, and the stone wall cracked open a long fissure at the spot where the black light struck, slowly opening up to reveal a colorful ladder of light.

  Zhao was overjoyed, gathered up the puppet and magic treasures, took the two girls with him, stepped onto the light ladder, and arrived at the sixth floor grand hall of Tongtian Tower!

  The sixth layer of the Grand Hall is still hundreds of feet wide, with only two arched doors on all sides, but these two arched doors are not symmetrically distributed on the left and right. From their position, they should be two of the three arched doors that are evenly spaced apart.

  That is to say, a monk has already entered the sixth layer of the difficult pass!

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