Golden immortal light flowed around him and mmed against the blood-red glow pouring off the altar.''
A sizzling sound filled the air as the golden light forced the red glow back bit by bit, purging that thick evil aura a little at a time.
He lowered his head and fixed his eyes on the coffin floating above the center of the altar.''
He looked at the Ghost n figure inside it as it woke, looked at the ghostly energy growing stronger and stronger, and the corner of his mouth lifted into a cold, dismissive smile.
"Since you''re not awake yet, then don''t wake up at all."
His voice was not loud.''
Even so, it carried a weight no one could push back against, like a judgment handed down from above, and it rolled across the summit of Sacred Mountain into every
corner.
As soon as the words fell, he slowly raised a hand.''
Golden immortal light instantly gathered in his palm and formed into a massive golden handprint. Endless power churned inside it, and the pressure rolling off it was so immense it felt like it could crush Sacred Mountain into pieces with one blow. That handprint also carried a dense purifying force.''
It could cleanse all evil, all darkness. Against the Ghost n, it was a natural bane.
And just as he was about to bring that palm down, smash the coffin apart, and wipe out the soul of that Ghost n Sacred Paragon for good...
Bzz!
A deep hum rolled out.''
On the altar, the strange runes carved into the ground lit up in an instant. The blood- red glow surged harder than before, thicker and brighter, piercing into the sky until the whole expanse above turned red.
A vast evil force erupted from the altar and mmed into the golden handprint in Jared''s palm.''
The collision ripped out a deafening st.
Boom!
The explosion shook the heavens.''
Sacred Mountain trembled violently, the whole mountain mass swaying as broken stone rolled down the slopes, as if the ce might copse at any second.
Golden immortal light and that blood-red evil power crashed against each other and ground against each other in midair.''
Wave after wave of violent energy burst out and spread in every direction.
The Celestial Pce soldiers around the altar did not even get the chance to dodge.''
The instant those shockwaves struck them, they turned to ash before a single scream could leave their mouths.
Jared''s brow pulled together slightly.''
A trace of surprise flickered through his eyes.
He had not expected the formation on this altar to be this strong.''
It had actually blocked his attack, and it had even erupted with that much evil power in return.
That made one thing obvious.''
To build Sacred Mountain and revive this Ghost n expert, the Celestial Pce had poured enormous effort into it. They hadid down a powerful formation to guard the altar and support the resurrection ritual.
"Now that''s interesting."
The smile at Jared''s mouth shifted, and something sharper lit in his eyes.
He had assumed Sacred Mountain, these Celestial Pce soldiers, and even this Ghost n Sacred Paragon on the edge of revival were all nothing more than clowns he could deal with at will.''
He had not expected an actual surprise here.
He did not hesitate at all.''
The golden immortal light in his palm surged again, and that massive golden handprint became even more terrifying.
He slowly pressed down harder.''
Bit by bit, the golden handprint forced back the evil power erupting from the altar ward, inching closer and closer to the coffin.
"Bzz-bzz-bzz-"
The altar ward gave off that deep hum again.''
The blood-red light thickened further, and the evil power rising from it kept growing stronger.
Countless blood-red runes lifted off the altar floor, gathered together, and formed a huge crimson barrier in front of the coffin.''
It stood there trying to block Jared''s golden handprint.
Bang!
The golden handprint mmed hard into the blood-red barrier.''
The whole thing shuddered. Crack after crack spread across its surface, like it could burst apart at any second.
But even then, the blood-red barrier still held on.''
It refused to break right away, and those blood-red runes kept rushing together,
patching the cracks over and over.
A chill shed through Jared''s eyes.''
He could feel the altar ward burning through its power.
The barrier''s defense was weakening too.''
If he pushed harder, he could crush the blood-red barrier for good and smash the coffin with it.
But right then, the huge Ghost n figure inside the coffin suddenly moved.
"Roar!"
A shrill, savage roar exploded out of the coffin.''
It carried thick violence and killing intent, with a trace of unwillingness and pain mixed in, and it rolled across the summit of Satred Mountain hard enough to make ears throb and hearts jolt.
Right after that, the ck runes on the coffin lit up all at once.''
The lid slowly opened, and a massive ck figure slowly sat up from inside.
That figure stood several yards tall, its whole body covered in ck scales.''
Ghostly energy and the stench of decay rolled off the scales. Its head looked like an evil ghost''s, with scarlet eyes and exposed fangs.
A vast pressure at the Sacred Paragon level poured off him.''
It was thicker and more terrifying than before, so heavy that all of Sacred Mountain
started trembling under it.
He had not fully revived yet.''
Part of his body was still
half-illusory, and his aura wavered,
but even so, the pressure off
him was enough to make even a Top Level High Immortal Realm cultivator fose their nerve.
"Human... you dare... ruin my revival ritual... you''re asking to die!"
The Ghost n Sacred Paragon spoke in a hoarse, violent rasp, like a broken gong scraping through the air.''
Killing intent flooded his voice as he locked onto Jared, hatred and fury crammed
into his stare.
He could feel it clearly.''
The chaotic celestial energy inside Jared was a fatal counter to him. If that golden handprint hit him, then even if he barely managed to revive, his soul would still be blo and he would be wiped outpletely.
apart