Chapter 2010: Soul Lantern!

Translator: Legge 

“Hehe,”

The black-robed old man’s laughter sounded once more. “Stop struggling. Even if I don’t attack, you’re dead!”

“The power of the curse of the Emperor’s Tomb has already seeped into your organs and bones after being struck by my ghost face. You’re already a dead man, hehehe!”

When the black-robed old man realized that Su Zimo was already a bird in a cage, he was no longer anxious and merely followed closely behind Su Zimo, smelling the scent of this fresh soul with an intoxicated expression.

Su Zimo bit his tongue gently and tried his best to stay awake.

Under normal circumstances, their cultivation realms were very low and the power of the curse would not seep into their bodies after entering the Emperor’s Tomb. That was the reason why they had the chance to purge it and survive.

Once the curse of the Emperor’s Tomb seeped into his flesh, he would be in danger.

Let alone seep into his organs and bones!

However, the black-robed old man was only half right.

The power of the curse of the Emperor’s Tomb had indeed seeped into Su Zimo’s flesh and tainted his organs and bones. But, as though it was blocked by some power, it could not continue deeper.

Su Zimo did not give up. Gritting his teeth, he continued forward.

However, the black-robed old man became impatient.

“Hmph, let’s see how much longer you can last!”

The black-robed old man sneered and his black robes swayed. Hundreds of ghost faces fell and flew towards Su Zimo, drowning him instantly!

The ghost faces opened their mouths and bared their sharp teeth, biting Su Zimo.

With every bite, the Green Lotus Essence Spirit dimmed!

Without waiting for the black-robed old man to attack, those hungry ghost-like faces alone could devour Su Zimo cleanly.

Right then, Su Zimo’s heart skipped a beat as he recalled something.

He took out a jade talisman from his storage bag and held it in his palm.

The jade talisman emitted a glow that enveloped him.

“Ah! Ah! Ahhhh!”

The ghost faces that were initially gnawing on Su Zimo released their bites one after another as though they were in immense pain. They let out tragic cries and turned to flee.

In the blink of an eye, the ghost faces flew out of the radius of the jade talisman’s light.

Green smoke billowed from the ghost faces and their auras were clearly much weaker.

Su Zimo obtained a rare breather and could not help but perk up, looking at the black-robed old man with widened eyes.

The black-robed old man’s expression darkened.

When he saw the light emitted by the jade talisman, he was clearly wary. However, he did not stop and said slowly, “Do you think that this thing can stop me?”

The black-robed old man approached continuously and arrived at the edge of the jade talisman’s radius. He paused for a moment before striding in!

Sizzle!

The light of the jade talisman enveloped the black-robed old man and let out a series of strange sounds. However, it was clear that his foundation was not injured!

As the two of them approached, Su Zimo suddenly raised his hand and threw the jade talisman in his hands towards the black-robed old man.

“Hmph!”

The black-robed old man extended his walking stick and flicked it gently, knocking the jade talisman to the ground.

He did not stop and continued walking towards Su Zimo, getting closer and closer!

Seemingly flustered, Su Zimo took out a pile of Dharmic treasures from his storage bag and threw them towards the black-robed old man.

The black-robed old man had a mocking expression as he waved his walking stick casually and knocked down the Dharmic treasures one after another.

He did not notice that among the Dharmic treasures, there was one that Su Zimo did not touch with his hands. Instead, it was wrapped with robes and threw out among the many Dharmic treasures.

It was a dim bronze lantern that looked ordinary.

The black-robed old man waved his walking stick casually and struck the bronze lantern. However, he suddenly shuddered and his expression changed!

His eyes widened with fear and his body trembled uncontrollably with increasingly stronger convulsions.

“To think that t-this lantern is a-actually in your hands…”

The black-robed old man’s voice trembled.

He waved the walking stick in his hands vigorously, as though he wanted to throw the bronze lantern off.

However, the bronze lantern seemed to be stuck to the walking stick and could not be flung down.

What Su Zimo thought of earlier on was not the jade talisman, but this bronze lantern!

Previously, he merely touched the bronze lantern and his Essence Spirit was almost absorbed.

If not for the Buddhas that appeared and chanted the Prajna Nirvana Sutra, he would have been killed by a bronze lantern!

At the bottom of the bronze lantern was the word ‘Soul’.

Therefore, Su Zimo guessed that the bronze lantern might have something to do with the soul.

That was not the only strange thing about the bronze lantern.

Although it had been in the Emperor’s Tomb for countless years, it was not tainted by the curse of the Emperor’s Tomb at all. In fact, even the Hell Suppression Tripod could not devour it!

Right now, the bronze lantern had indeed done something extraordinary!

“Ah!”

Suddenly, the black-robed old man shrieked with a ruthless glint in his eyes. He extended his left hand and severed his right arm decisively.

His right arm and walking stick fell at the same time.

Although the black-robed old man lost an arm and suffered severe injuries, he was at least free from the threat of the bronze lantern.

Su Zimo had been paying attention to the situation the entire time and could not help but feel shocked when he saw that.

If the black-robed old man were to break free, he might be the one to die!

At that moment, it was already too late for him to pick up the bronze lantern.

Suddenly!

Su Zimo’s eyes flickered as he noticed something unusual.

There was a faint glow at the bottom of the bronze lantern.

Unknowingly, a thin layer of oil had accumulated in the lantern!

A thought flashed through Su Zimo’s mind. Without hesitation, he channeled his extremely weak Essence Spirit and released a feeble spirit consciousness flame.

Or rather, it could only be considered as a spark.

However, that spark caused a change when it landed in the lantern!

Phew!

With a whoosh, a small flame ignited in the lantern and enveloped the black-robed old man with a golden glow.

“Ah!”

Before the black-robed old man could escape, he encountered such an unforeseen event and could not help but cry out tragically. The fear in his eyes had reached its limits as he shrieked repeatedly, “Soul Lantern! You actually ignited the Soul Lantern! Ahhh!”

The golden flame of the bronze lantern did not burn the black-robed old man directly.

However, when the golden light around the flame landed on the black-robed old man, golden flames were ignited from head to toe from the inside out and could not be extinguished!

In the blink of an eye, the golden flames devoured the black-robed old man completely.

The black-robed old man’s tragic cries deteriorated rapidly as well.

In just a few breaths, the black-robed old man had already vanished completely and his Essence Spirit was destroyed by the golden flames!

Su Zimo looked at everything in a daze, dumbfounded.

Earlier on, he merely released a spirit consciousness flame in a flash of inspiration—to think that it would create such a terrifying scene!

“Is this a Soul Lantern?”

Su Zimo murmured softly, “It’s impressive indeed. Souls are completely helpless against the envelopment of this lantern.”

That power did not come from the Soul Lantern’s flame.

If the black-robed man, a powerful Ghost Immortal, was burned into ashes by the light released by the flame, how terrifying was the power of the actual flame?