God of Pets

The performance of Shi Zhimen and An Yiqi greatly impressed Ximen Ding and Jiang Tianqing. From this battle, it was clear that their combat abilities were not inferior to the top geniuses among the reserve team, especially Shi Zhimen's commanding skills, which Jiang Tianqing increasingly admired and hoped to recruit him under his command.

"What a pity, these two are following Chen Guan. If they were with us, perhaps today could indeed be the day things fall into place." Ximen Ding noticed that Chen Guan was actually the least remarkable of the three.

Chen Guan's spear technique and riding skill were decent, but among the many geniuses in the reserve team, such a performance seemed rather mediocre.

He neither had Shi Zhimen's broader perspective and command capabilities nor An Yiqi's ever-changing Dual Blade Technique, just appearing average and ordinary.

As the three were about to rush close to the Ghost Emperor, Ximen Ding said to Jiang Tianqing beside him, "If they can't handle it and get stuck, should we intervene?"

"They are all decent talents, it would be a pity for them to die; if we can save them, we should, but it's best to act only when they are in desperation." Jiang Tianqing said lightly.

"Alright, as you say." Ximen Ding drew his saber and prepared to move.

Having faced the Ghost Emperor before, they knew how terrifying he was, and it was certain that Chen Guan and his two companions were no match; the moment would come soon for Ximen Ding to shine.

As Chen Guan and his two companions were about to break through the encirclement of the Shadow Soldier Corps, Ximen Ding saw Chen Guan at the rear surprisingly stand up on his horse, then leap into the air, charging toward the Ghost Emperor.

While Shi Zhimen and An Yiqi turned their horses around, blocking the tidal wave of charging shadow soldiers behind them.

"What the heck, what's this move? Leaving Chen Guan to solo the Ghost Emperor? Isn't this courting death?" Ximen Ding was stunned by the actions of Chen Guan and his two companions.

In his view, if the three maintained their formation and charged together, perhaps they could contend with the Ghost Emperor for some time; charging alone seemed no different from suicidal.

Crack!

In mid-air, Chen Guan thrust his spear at the Ghost Emperor, only for the Ghost Emperor to cut the spear in two with a single sword strike.

Chen Guan, hovering mid-air, neither sad nor happy, struck a palm towards the Ghost Emperor's face.

The Ghost Emperor, having just swung his sword, couldn't lift it again in time to slash at Chen Guan. With a wave of his large sleeve, a ghostly hand extended from it, carrying black smoke to meet Chen Guan's palm.

"Ghost King Hand... looks like Chen Guan's hand is done for..." Ximen Ding recognized the secret technique the Ghost Emperor used.

The black smoke emanating from the Ghost King Hand carried a strong ghostly fiendish aura, which if infiltrated into one's flesh and blood, would quickly cause it to die.

Just as it seemed Chen Guan was about to suffer greatly, suddenly an eerie blue flame arose on Chen Guan's palm.

Boom!

The two palms collided forcefully, Chen Guan flipped over in mid-air, lightly landing on the ground.

While the thousand-year-old Ghost Emperor staggered back several steps, blue flames started burning on the hand he used to clash with Chen Guan.

The black energy covering the thousand-year-old Ghost Emperor was like gasoline catching fire; in an instant, he was engulfed in blue flames.

Stepping forward, Chen Guan raised his blade and brought it down, decapitating the thousand-year-old Ghost Emperor who screamed angrily amidst the blue flames.

At this moment, all the shadow soldiers suddenly halted. Shi Zhimen and An Yiqi, who had been watching Chen Guan with side glances, were also stunned, their faces full of surprise and disbelief mixed together, making their expressions incredibly peculiar.

Ximen Ding and Jiang Yuanqing's faces were also full of astonishment; Ximen Ding even let out a light gasp, as if someone had suddenly stabbed him in the heart.

He couldn't believe that the thousand-year-old Ghost Emperor was cut down by Chen Guan just like that, making all their previous desperate calculations seem futile?

Why didn't the thousand-year-old Ghost Emperor use secret techniques to battle Chen Guan, why didn't he use body protection secret skills, just standing there to be decapitated, this was too strange.

"Was the thousand-year-old Ghost Emperor pretending with us before? Why was he so strong when we fought him?" Ximen Ding knew how ridiculous his words sounded, but what happened before his eyes forced him into such absurd thoughts.

Even Chen Guan hadn't anticipated the effectiveness of the Profound Nether Yin Fire Palm working so well.

The thousand-year-old Ghost Emperor had absorbed so much Supreme Yin Elemental Energy within the great tomb that his Primordial Energy was too abundant, leaking out as black smoke.

When the thousand-year-old Ghost Emperor used secret techniques, it was as if his Primordial Energy was inexhaustible due to the overwhelming Yin Elemental Energy within him.

The Profound Nether Yin Fire Force uses Yin Elemental Energy as a base, igniting the Primordial Energy's method.

So when the Yin Fire Force encountered the thousand-year-old Ghost Emperor's Yin Elemental Energy, it was like pouring oil onto a fire, igniting all the Yin Elemental Energy inside and outside him.

Without Primordial Energy, no matter how many secret techniques the thousand-year-old Ghost Emperor had, they were unusable, while Chen Guan could use the Steel-cutting Blade Technique, taking the Ghost Emperor's head with one stroke.

Body protection secret skills were useless without Primordial Energy, and natural immunity to blades and spears was impossible too.

The thousand-year-old Ghost Emperor was like a weakened version of Chen Guan, with many skills and much Primordial Energy, but when the Profound Nether Yin Fire Force drained his energy from the foundation, he immediately wilted.

Chen Guan had been prepared to endure the thousand-year-old Ghost Emperor with his Azure Heaven Dominating Body and then deal another Profound Nether Yin Fire Palm, who knew he would be so vulnerable, unable to withstand even one.

"So he was really killed just like that!" An Yiqi still couldn't quite believe it. Earlier when Chen Guan claimed he could solo the Ghost Emperor, An Yiqi thought it was a joke.

Later, when Chen Guan insisted on going alone to kill the Ghost Emperor while they handled the Shadow Soldier Corps, An Yiqi was still skeptical.

Now, An Yiqi felt that Chen Guan had been far too modest; this wasn't just a solo kill, it was a one-hit instant kill.

"Chen Squad... you're truly amazing..." An Yiqi finally understood why a person like Ji Nanhong was captivated by him; there must have been a very good reason, true skill could not be lacking.

With the thousand-year-old Ghost Emperor's demise, the summoned Shadow Soldier Corps scattered into ashes, leaving only Chen Guan and his two companions with the Ghost Emperor's dead body on the battlefield.

After the blue flames on the thousand-year-old Ghost Emperor's corpse extinguished, black particles drifted from his body, gathering in Chen Guan's hand, quickly forming into a black Secret Core.

"The secret skill has appeared!" Chen Guan was delighted; though there wasn't a pet, an Unparalleled Secret Skill was valuable enough.

Along with the Ghost Emperor's Secret Treasure, this trip was worthwhile.

Chen Guan walked over, stripped the dragon robe from the Ghost Emperor's corpse, also taking the sword and scabbard. After ensuring there were no other items on the body, he summoned the Rouge Rabbit to take the blood with a blade.

As the Rouge Rabbit was extracting blood, Chen Guan took a cursory glance; both the dragon robe and sword were Unparalleled Secret Treasures, essentially quest items.

Without a doubt, the Secret Core was the Unparalleled Secret Skill, named "Netherworld Emperor Sword Technique."