Five Ghost was a first-tier Swordsman, and compared to Six Ghost the Berserker, he didn't possess terrifying strength, but his speed far exceeded Six Ghost's by a wide margin.
In particular, Five Ghost used the high-level attack technique Triple Slash, with center-of-gravity movement even superior to Six Ghost's. Furthermore, Five Ghost employed Wind Chasing Sword, boosting his speed once more. A faint fourth afterimage could almost be seen; his speed had increased noticeably.
Right now,
Five Ghost's sharp blade pierced through Shi Feng's back, a smug, cold smile appearing on his face. "Kid, you're pretty strong, but you're still ten years too early to fight us Seven Ghost Gods."
"Fifth Brother, watch out!" Six Ghost suddenly shouted at the smug Five Ghost.
"Hm?" Five Ghost immediately sensed something was wrong, as his subconscious told him his life was at a critical juncture. He then realized the sensation of his sword piercing Shi Feng's body felt like stabbing into air. Instantly, all the hair on his body stood on end. He immediately activated his life-saving technique, Sword Control Return to Heaven, and lunged forward.
But he was still a step too late.
Swish, swish, swish...
As Five Ghost activated his life-saving technique and leaped forward, he felt gusts of cold sword qi from behind.
This sharp sword qi was precisely Shi Feng's attack, launched after he used Silent Step to suddenly appear behind Five Ghost. If Five Ghost hadn't activated his life-saving technique, Sword Control Return to Heaven, which granted him a few moments of damage immunity, he would already be dead.
"Who exactly are these people?" Shi Feng frowned slightly.
It was hard to imagine that such experts would appear in the Netherworld, and he had never heard of them before.
After using Silent Step, he had immediately swung Abyssal. At such close range, and catching his opponent off guard for a split second, even an expert of the same level wouldn't have time to react. Yet Five Ghost had still managed to activate Sword Control Return to Heaven, only getting hit after his body had already lunged forward.
Moreover, from Five Ghost's attack, Shi Feng had clearly felt his prowess. When Six Ghost used Triple Slash, he could only perform basic swings, unable to incorporate skills simultaneously. But Five Ghost had managed to integrate the Triple Slash technique into his slashes—a difficulty beyond what an ordinary person could achieve. Even Shi Feng himself couldn't do it now.
And despite attacking first, he was still a step slow.
This reminded Shi Feng of Teng She's Godspeed Reaction. In terms of neural signal transmission, Five Ghost might be like Teng She, innately gifted with a neural reaction speed under one second—around 0.7 seconds—but Five Ghost utilized it better.
Originally, Shi Feng wanted to press his advantage, but Six Ghost attacked again, forcing Shi Feng to defend.
In such high-speed combat, except for some special skills like Silent Step, Teleport, etc., using offensive combat skills was extremely difficult. These skills required fixed motions during activation, which couldn't keep up with normal attack speed. Even if one was highly proficient and could cast them quickly, the extreme speed often led to distorted form, resulting in low completion and almost no effect. It was better to just perform basic attacks. Therefore, Six Ghost integrating attack techniques into his combat skills was an exceptionally difficult feat.
"You're pretty strong, kid. Your attributes are ridiculously high, and you even have that kind of skill—you almost got me. But you won't get that chance again," Five Ghost said, having recovered, turning to look at Shi Feng. Greed flickered in his eyes as he took out a bottle of Evil Ghost Binding and drank it, then attacked Shi Feng again alongside Six Ghost.
Their equipment was already top-tier, yet Shi Feng's attributes still suppressed theirs. This meant Shi Feng's equipment was even better. If they killed him, they could drop those items, further boosting their strength.
Six Ghost used Triple Slash relentlessly, while Five Ghost attacked from the flank.
A two-on-one was too disadvantageous. Shi Feng held nothing back, unleashing Purgatory Force, increasing his attack speed by 100%. He then used Phantom Step, vanishing from everyone's sight.
"Vanished?"
Six Ghost was stunned, then realized Shi Feng had already appeared beside him. Abyssal was only centimeters from his neck, causing his body to bend sharply backward in a dodge.
However, a splash of blood still erupted, dealing over 3,000 points of critical damage.