Versatile Mage: Starting with the White Tiger Pendant-Chapter 217: Ghostfiend, Eight-Shaku Lady

Golden Source Apartment.

Lu Jun began refining the soul of the ghostly woman. It had to be said, having a beautiful female ghost really boosted one's image.

While others summoned grotesque and horrifying specter-type ghosts through their Curse magic, he had an elegant and seductive mature woman lowering the enemy's mental defenses before striking decisively.

And as for the ghost not being scary? No need to worry. Once her true form was revealed, the deformed, charred, and twisted appearance rivaled the faces of Kayako and Sadako truly terrifying on the highest level.

With a single thought, the surging and coiling black-red Heavenly River in Lu Jun's spiritual world spilled forth threads upon threads of cursed substance.

Next, Lu Jun placed his hand on Ghost Women's chest. The power of the Blood Abyss Curse Seal began to corrode her, black-red sacrificial runes spreading across the ghost woman's body, as endless demonic energy gushed out.

Zzzt zzzt zzzt! The ghost woman's soul body became entirely enveloped in cursed substance, her essence empowered. Her height climbed rapidly until she transformed into a towering three-zhang-tall fearsome ghost, having to crouch inside the room.

Her facial features were grotesquely patterned, filled with exotic charm.

"Uh, this..." Lu Jun's eyes widened as he looked up at the two massive bulges pressing against the ceiling. Eight-Shaku Lady?! Who could possibly resist such temptation?

In fact, for ordinary high-tier Curse Magic, like Demon Punishment: Green-Faced Ghostfiend, the summoned green-faced fanged ghost was equally gigantic, like a small mountain.

Soon, Lu Jun sensed a close spiritual connection extend from his mind into the ghost woman's soul body. She had been completely refined into his servant ghost.

Yes Blood Abyss Curse Seal: Nether-Connecting Ghost Punishment: Matron Ghostfiend!

Only now did Lu Jun's high-tier Curse Magic reach true completion, and he gained insight into the name.

"Matron" signified the female, the yin side of yin and yang, and was also a type of high-grade cursed ghost creature from the Dark Plane, with notable growth potential.

With the augmentation of cursed substance and spiritual realm, his Matron Ghostfiend possessed a base power several times greater than an ordinary Green-Faced Ghostfiend.

Furthermore, the superiority of servant ghosts lay in two areas intelligence and unique demonic arts.

The former allowed them to act autonomously, with cunning and devious methods. As for the latter, once Lu Jun's cultivation reached high-tier level two or three, the Matron Ghostfiend would evolve further and gradually unlock divine or magical abilities from her life. freēnovelkiss.com

The ghost woman originally exhibited aspects of Earth, Curse, and Psychic elements all of which might manifest.

"Master, the Matron fights for you."

At that moment, the tall and graceful female ghost looked at him with charming, spirited eyes. She gently leaned down, wrapping her jade-like arms around Lu Jun's neck from behind. Her voice was pleasant and delightful.

Lu Jun felt like he had sunk into a snowy mountain of cotton, his mind echoing with one word: Brainwaves. This is the pinnacle of human pleasure.

He cleared his throat. "Matron... never mind, I'll call you White Wuchang. What abilities do you have?"

That title carried too much karma, but he believed that one day, when he became a true powerhouse, his generals would live up to their names.

Hearing this, the Matron Ghostfiend fell into thought. Suddenly, she released a wave of ominous spiritual energy that rapidly engulfed the entire building, emanating a grayish-white glow.

"This is... a proto-domain? Earth element?!"

Seeing this, Lu Jun was greatly shocked. At the same time, he sensed his Cursed Star River tremble within his mind. Torrents of demonic energy overflowed voluntarily, merging with the Matron Ghostfiend and significantly amplifying the power.

This was not an Earth-element domain, but a Curse Domain. It could be named Matron Earth Domain, or alternatively Medusa's Gaze.

The latter was a special domain effect, akin to Canglei Seal from Tyrant Wildthunder.

Lu Jun's heart was shaken. He hadn't expected that through the Matron Ghostfiend's aid, he would finally glimpse hope for mastering a Curse-element domain something he had been missing all this time.

The ghost woman's high-tier Earth-element spell, Gaze of the Rock Fiend, had originally been modeled after the curse sorcery petrification of the African Medusa race.

Now combined with his Curse element, it had returned to its source. Cosplaying Medusa's Gaze was more than convincing.

And that wasn't all Lu Jun received feedback from the Matron Ghostfiend in return. A stream of spiritual power nourished his own body, strengthening his peak fourth-realm spiritual strength to the brink of reaching fifth realm.

"Amazing."

Lu Jun praised sincerely. This was the fundamental difference between a servant ghost and a "borrowed" cursed creature—it was truly a part of the Star River Magic.

"Master, my full strength has not yet recovered. My innate demonic art Earth Mother remains dormant. I cannot yet unleash the power of the Curse Petrification. For now, I can only use Earth Escape."

The Matron Ghostfiend said with some difficulty.

"No problem." Lu Jun didn't mind this was expected. The two were bound together. He said, "You can return to the Curse Well."

Yes! The Wraith nodded respectfully, then lay flat against him and quickly burrowed into a certain mysterious space, where layers of black-red spiderwebs overlapped and covered everything.

Very soon, the gray-white luster in the room faded away like a tide, restoring calm once more.

Lu Jun was satisfied with the Fierce Wraith. His Curse Element magic had improved. Although his domain was still in its embryonic stage, it would eventually take shape.

Even just the Earth Escape ability was of great help. The Wraith could carry him during escape, which somewhat made up for his lack of movement spells not inferior to Shadow Escape or Windtrack.

"My soul and the Curse Star River can still bear one more Cursed Wraith at most."

He sensed his spiritual world and fell into contemplation. Perhaps it had something to do with his dual soul origins, allowing him to summon one more Cursed Wraith than the average mage's Ghost Punishment.

Just one Wraith was already so powerful. If he added another one and made them cooperate, the domain they could form would undoubtedly be formidable.

Because of this, Lu Jun grew a little expectant. Coincidentally, that Grand Deacon Hu Jin in the ancient capital was just the right material.

Hmm... with the white Wuchang being the "Mother Fiend Wraith," could the black Wuchang "Father Shepherd Wraith" be far behind?

Lu Jun rubbed his chin, dark amusement flickering in his eyes. That ghost lady was quite good-looking should he turn Mu He into a woman?

After all, in soul form, aside from Yin-Yang attributes being immutable, body shape and appearance could be altered at will.

Next, Lu Jun devoted himself to cultivation, focusing on enhancing Space and Summoning magic.

Only a few months remained before the Calamity of the Ancient Capital. He aimed to elevate both of these elements to Level 3 Completion.

He would then use the remaining Commander-level remnant soul from the White Tiger Pendant, one Warrior-grade essence, and over a dozen Servant-grade essences to unlock a new Level-4 Intermediate Spell.

Whether it would be for the Space or Summoning Element would depend on the situation.

At the same time, Lu Jun also attempted to break into the Advanced level on his own. At present, the most promising elements were Mind and Metal.

Unfortunately, he couldn't focus all his energy on this. The barrier to Advanced level was incredibly thick. Grinding through it by sheer effort would take too long and wasn't cost-effective. After a few tries, he gave up.

On the other hand, his sister Lu Mei was also busy.

She had obtained a Fire Element Essence Crystal, along with many rare fire materials, and even three or four Spirit Seeds that could all serve as raw materials to synthesize a Soul Seed, with a pretty good success rate.

Lu Jun needed to find a suitable Soul Seed Forging Master.

Originally, he had someone in mind Yu Shishi the Moth Lady, who had forged a Rock Element Heaven Seed for Mo Fan. She was a top-tier Soul Item Forging Master.

But finding her in the short term would be difficult. She was powerful and extremely wary of humans, not easily subdued.

Fortunately, the Flame Witch Jiang Feng unexpectedly offered to help Lu Mei refine a high-quality Soul Flame.

Jiang Feng wasn't a Soul Item Mixer, but she was a will left behind by the Flame Empress. She hoped to take this chance when the Soul Seed was infused into Lu Mei's body to help her break through the Fire Element's Advanced-level barrier, while also maturing the Fire Calamity Fruit and hatching the Flame Empress.

A true three-birds-one-stone deal.