Countless tree roots wildly surged toward Chen Xuan's position.
Yet each attack seemed to strike only empty air.
At that moment, Chen Xuan, standing still without moving, slowly raised his hand.
The black cane he held gently struck the ground once again.
Clack!
A muffled sound echoed, and then a strange scene unfolded.
The black trench coat, which had been calm until now, suddenly began to billow.
At first, it was small, but quickly it grew larger and larger.
It was as if a figure inside was tearing through it, trying to climb out.
From afar, Xue Qian, Qin Long, and Pang Ling all stared wide-eyed in shock, drawn by the sight.
Is it coming out?
Since the beginning, they had never seen this Gentleman manifest any other physical Malevolent Ghost presence.
Now, it seemed that hidden inside him was a Malevolent Ghost.
Shla!
The Ghost windbreaker seemed unable to withstand the force and was suddenly torn apart violently from inside.
In the next moment, an enormous, bizarre head wearing a straw hat suddenly popped out.
The straw hat lifted, revealing a round, odd face with a strange smile.
Instead of eyes, two black crosses stitched with rope took their place.
The mouth beneath was similarly grotesque and exaggerated.
With the head's appearance, two huge hands, also woven from straw, suddenly emerged.
With great effort, they pulled the body free from Chen Xuan's form.
Thud!
It collapsed heavily onto the ground.
"This… it's a Straw Ghost?"
No one expected that the entity hidden inside the Gentleman was a Straw Ghost.
Crack crack crack!
The Straw Ghost swayed slightly on the ground, then pushed itself up with its hands.
Immediately, an overwhelming sense of dread radiated from its body.
Though it looked harmless and even somewhat rustic, the Straw Ghost gave off a chilling aura.
Its tattered clothing, towering over two meters tall, and that eerie smile on its face—
all confirmed it was an incredibly terrifying Malevolent Ghost.
"Cut it down!"
Calm words came from beneath Chen Xuan's mask.
The Straw Ghost finally moved.
It raised its arm and tilted its head back, opening the grotesque mouth wide.
To everyone's horror, it was a real mouth, filled with jagged, fearsome teeth, emitting a disgusting corpse stench.
At that moment, it became clear this Straw Ghost was not just a straw figure but a corpse resembling a Straw Ghost.
Its hand plunged into its mouth and suddenly pulled out a black handle stained with rust and reeking of decay.
The handle extended longer and longer, finally revealing a massive scythe about two meters in length.
The scythe was rusty, with patches of brownish blood stains still visible.
Just a glance was enough to make one wonder how many lives had been cut down under this blade.
Gripping the scythe, the Straw Ghost began to march mechanically toward the giant banyan tree.
Its steps slow, like that of a corpse.
Swish!
A tree root quickly targeted it. Without Chen Xuan's protection, the root lashed straight at the Straw Ghost.
However,
The Reaper's Scythe held in one hand barely trembled.
Shhh!
Before the root could approach, an invisible force enveloped it and snapped it cleanly in two.
"This… this blade?"
Xue Qian stared in astonishment at the silently broken root and glanced toward Qin Long.
Qin Long frowned, a flash of surprise in his eyes.
"This blade is not an ordinary Malevolent Ghost weapon—it's even more terrifying than my Ghost Blade."
"What?"
Pang Ling exclaimed in shock.
Qin Long's Ghost Blade was ranked top among the captain-Tier Ghost Tamers at headquarters.
Whenever he swung it, no one could block it—even Malevolent Ghosts would be sliced through.
It was incredibly powerful.
Yet now, he said the rusty, blood-stained scythe was stronger than his Ghost Blade?
How terrifying must that scythe be?
As everyone was filled with doubt,
the Straw Ghost suddenly stopped and slowly raised The Reaper's Scythe.
In an instant, puff puff puff puff!
Countless tree roots were shredded one after another, disintegrating into fine powder before even getting close.
Then the Straw Ghost mechanically raised its arm, pointing the scythe's tip at the banyan tree, and swung down in midair.
Swish!
The scythe cut through the air without causing any ripples, like a casual swing by an ordinary person, seemingly without effect.
Failed?
All four observers from afar showed confused expressions simultaneously.
But the next moment,
Crack crack crack!
A shocking crisp sound echoed through the entire banyan tree, as if the tree itself could no longer bear its weight.
"What is this?"
Before anyone could finish, the sound grew louder, and they watched in stunned silence as the thirty-meter-tall banyan tree was split cleanly in two from top to bottom.
"One cut, two halves?"
Chen Ruoqing covered her mouth, unable to believe it.
Was this humanly possible?
No—even for a Malevolent Ghost to split the tree like this in one strike would be nearly impossible.
Qin Long's eyes nearly popped out in shock.
None of those present understood blades and Malevolent Ghost rules as well as he did.
Unlike ordinary weapons, clashes between Ghost Blades were battles of rules.
That meant the blade did not cut the physical entity but the very rules embodied by the ghost tree.
Before, he had only managed to carve a wound—not because his blade was dull, but because his own Ghost Blade rules could only affect the opponent's rules to a certain extent.
Now, the Straw Ghost controlled by the Gentleman had crushed the ghost tree in a single cut.
How terrifying must the rules of that blade be?
Rumble rumble!
As the banyan tree split, the ground shook violently.
The puppet-like villagers standing motionless began to vanish one by one.
Just as suspected, they were already dead—mere illusions sustained by the ghost tree's presence.
Not only that, the once dark Fengmen Village seemed to have had its shadow torn away, becoming suddenly bright.
Even the densely packed graves behind the banyan tree started to blur and disappear,
leaving only a few tombs where Ghost Tamers were buried.
Just as everyone thought it was over,
Chen Xuan suddenly raised an eyebrow and glanced at the fallen banyan tree.
Suddenly, with a bang, the tree burst into flames.
The fire was not yellow but a ghostly blue, like ghost fire.
In moments, the entire tree was engulfed in flames, turning into a blazing inferno.
The fire burned swiftly and just as quickly was extinguished.
Soon, only ashes remained.
Chen Xuan stepped forward to the ashes, pinching a bit between his fingers and gently crumbling it.
His brow furrowed suddenly.
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