The ghost spirit sneered, transforming into a dark shadow that pounced toward Lin Chen.

"Damn it!" Lin Chen's face changed color, but it was already too late to dodge.

"Boom!" Lin Chen felt a shudder in his soul as a cold breath surged into his mind.

"Boy, sacrifice your body to me!"

An arrogant laughter from the ghost spirit echoed in Lin Chen's mind.

The ghost spirit's soul morphed into a giant skeleton that lunged at Lin Chen.

Although the ghost spirit had lost its physical body, its strength had evolved to the True Yuan Realm after devouring more than a dozen powerful beings.

Despite Lin Chen's all-out effort, he was still powerless against the overwhelming strength.

The ghost spirit's power had now become so great that Lin Chen could not resist.

Just when Lin Chen was about to be devoured by the evil spirit, suddenly a streak of golden light flashed past, stabbing at the ghost spirit!

"Pfft!"

"Ah!"

The golden light struck the ghost spirit like lightning, causing it to shriek in agony as its form abruptly contracted.

"What is this thing?" The ghost spirit stared at Lin Chen with apprehension, the golden light from before instilling a profound sense of danger.

While the ghost spirit was startled, a golden and red light arose from within Lin Chen's body and rapidly wove into a large net, tightly ensnaring the ghost spirit.

"Hmph! With your Innate Realm cultivation, you think you can trap me?" With a cold snort, the ghost spirit released a burst of black qi, instantly shattering the large net into pieces.

"Is that so? Let's see if you can withstand the power of this!" Lin Chen snorted coldly as the shadow of a formation appeared around the ghost spirit, which was now encircled by a large array.

"Tai Chi Eight Trigrams Array!"

With another cold snort from Lin Chen, the array spun into action, instantly engulfing the ghost spirit within.

Damn it, the ghost spirit's face changed drastically. It had never expected that Lin Chen, despite his young age and great strength, also commanded the Tai Chi Eight Trigrams Array, such a miraculous formation.

"Kid, while the array is formidable, you're still lacking if you think you can hold me with it," the ghost spirit proclaimed as it transformed into a giant serpent, lunging at Lin Chen once more.

"Thinking of escaping? Not so easy!" With a thought from Lin Chen, the array activated.

Boom, boom, boom! A barrage of attacks launched instantly, heading straight for the ghost spirit.

The ghost spirit, though trapped by the array, was restless like a frenzied wild bull, rampaging inside the Eight Trigrams Array.

To Lin Chen's dismay, cracks began to appear in the Five Elements Eight Trigrams Array.

"Damn, this guy's strength is so formidable." While controlling the array to fend off the ghost spirit's impacts, Lin Chen furrowed his brows, searching for a solution.

After multiple assaults failed to break the array, the ghost spirit finally lost patience.

"Boy, now you will taste my true power!"

Boom!

With a loud bang, the ghost spirit's body suddenly became wrapped in black flames, charging toward the array.

Lin Chen's expression changed dramatically; he couldn't have imagined that this creature was so desperate to defeat him that it would burn its own soul.

Crack, crack, the Five Elements Array Lin Chen had refined suddenly cracked.

The ghost spirit broke through the array in an instant and rushed toward the depths of Lin Chen's soul.

"Damn it, it's too late to dodge now," Lin Chen's face showed shock as the ghost spirit broke free of its bonds and charged into the depths of the array.

This bastard, Lin Chen was alarmed. Once that creature breached the depths of his soul, the resulting damage would be unpredictable.

The ghost spirit rushed excitedly into the depths of Lin Chen's soul, intent on locating his soul and taking over.

However, when the ghostly spirit rushed into the depths of Lin Chen's soul, it was suddenly stunned by the scene before it.

"What is this, what exactly is sealed here!"

The ghostly spirit stared in shock at the seals that filled Lin Chen's soul.

A sense of extreme danger instantly spread throughout the ghostly spirit's body.

"Damn it, what is this feeling of extreme danger!" For some reason, the ghostly spirit finally felt afraid and tried to rush out of Lin Chen's body.

Just then, a cold laugh echoed from the depths of Lin Chen.

"Since you're already here, why don't you stay!"

As the voice fell, suddenly, the ghostly spirit felt a shudder throughout its body, its entire body wrapped in bands of black tentacles.

No matter how the ghostly spirit struggled, the black tentacles only tightened further, slowly consuming it.

"No, don't!" The ghostly spirit let out a shrill scream, never having imagined that such a terrifying thing was hidden deep within Lin Chen's soul.

About an hour later, Lin Chen finally completely digested the ghostly spirit.

To Lin Chen's surprise, as another self in the depths of his soul helped him absorb the ghostly spirit, his strength steadily increased, and he broke through the Innate Realm and directly advanced to the True Yuan Realm.

The ghostly spirit had absorbed the True Yuan and essence of more than a dozen high-ranking Martial Artists, but in the end, it ironically contributed to Lin Chen's success. If the ghostly spirit and Bai Kun knew this outcome, they would probably vomit blood in frustration!

Thud thud thud!

Loud banging sounds came from outside. Hearing the noise, Lin Chen felt a warmth in his heart.

These guys haven't left yet.

Outside at this moment, Wu Shitong had tears welling up in her eyes: "I'm sorry, Lin Chen. It's my fault. I shouldn't have let you join Bureau 118. I shouldn't have dragged you into this mess only to end up harming you."

"You bastard, weren't you very clever? Didn't you value your life? Damn it, you better not be dead!"

Xie Wanling was also teary-eyed, her eyes brimming with tears.

Zhang Yu and Xu Ye both looked extremely gloomy; Lin Chen had sacrificed himself for everyone just before, which made them admire him even more.

You can only truly see a person's character when they are faced with a real situation.

In that moment of crisis, Lin Chen had taken the threat of death upon himself, leaving the hope of life for everyone else. He was a true brother worthy of having one's back in battle.

As time passed, however, the moods of the group sank to rock bottom.

Keep in mind that both Bai Kun and the ghostly spirit were of the True Yuan Realm. In front of them, Lin Chen was essentially nothing.

Although the group still harbored a sliver of hope, even they didn't believe Lin Chen could still be alive.

Bang!

Just then, accompanied by a muffled sound, the stone door shattered to pieces.

The group's hearts tightened. Was that ghostly thing coming out?

All four of them looked on with grave faces, intently watching the inside of the stone door.

Even though they expected a monster to come out, not one of them thought of running away.

Lin Chen had risked his life for them, so why couldn't they risk theirs for Lin Chen's revenge?

Determination showed in their eyes, ready to fight to the death for Lin Chen's revenge.

Tap tap tap!

From the dust, a figure slowly emerged, and upon seeing that figure, all four faces revealed expressions of wild joy.

Wu Shitong could no longer restrain herself and rushed forward, while Xie Wanling also wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes, revealing a smile.

At this moment, Zhang Yu and Xu Ye looked at Lin Chen dumbfounded: "This guy actually killed the two True Yuan Realm monsters inside. What a monster!"