"Don't be in a hurry, there's still one last step."
After calming himself down, Xu Taiping's gaze fell on the several jars of strong liquor by the bedside.
Then, ignoring the constant provocations of the ghost outside the courtyard, he carried the jars to the front yard and approached the trap he had dug in the center of the yard long ago.
"As long as I can force your spirit to leave your body, these jars will be your execution wine."
Xu Taiping looked at the gate of the courtyard and hung the jars above the trap.
Sensing that the barrier's power had weakened further, the ghost began to drive the three-headed demon wolf to repeatedly ram the gate of the Green Bamboo Residence.
Xu Taiping was already standing in the center of the courtyard at this moment.
He drew the bowstring taut, and the arrow, covered in Residual Afterglow Qi, transformed into an ice arrow, continuously emitting cold energy.
At this moment, under the continuous impact of the three-headed demon wolf, the remaining spiritual energy of the Green Bamboo Residence's barrier was exhausted, and the gate was directly broken by one of the demon wolves.
The demon wolf, which had already sensed Xu Taiping's presence in the courtyard, let out a roar and pounced at him like three gusts of wind, with the cautious ghost following closely behind.
Xu Taiping released the arrow, which, with a whistling sound, pierced through the neck of the leading demon wolf. The Residual Afterglow Qi on the arrow instantly turned into ice crystals, freezing the demon wolf completely.
The ghost was somewhat surprised by this scene, as in their previous encounters, he had never seen Xu Taiping use this move.
While the ghost was momentarily distracted, Xu Taiping had already discarded the bow and rolled forward, as if it were pre-calculated, just in time to avoid the second demon wolf's pounce.
Without any hesitation, Xu Taiping, upon standing up, drew the fine steel long knife from his waist, infused it with Residual Afterglow Qi, and slashed down.
Because he had not learned any sword techniques, Xu Taiping's slash was very clumsy. The demon wolf could have easily dodged it by just twisting its body, but this was the one with an injured hind leg, and it failed to dodge, resulting in its leg being severed by the slash.
In an instant, two of the three demon wolves were eliminated, leaving only the one the ghost was riding.
After killing the two demon wolves, Xu Taiping did not pause for a moment. His small figure darted forward like the wind, rushing towards the ghost riding the demon wolf.
The ghost was both shocked and angry. When he was still a few yards away from Xu Taiping, he sat on the demon wolf and slashed a sword strike at Xu Taiping from a distance.
The sword had not yet arrived, but the sword energy came first.
A black sword energy over a yard long, like a huge sharp scythe, fiercely swept towards Xu Taiping.
However, in the face of the ghost's sword strike, Xu Taiping did not dodge. Instead, he leaped forward to meet the fierce sword energy, as if he were willing to risk his life, and punched towards the ghost in front of him.
The Residual Afterglow Qi protecting Xu Taiping's body was shattered by the sword energy, turning into a mass of ice crystal fragments. However, he himself did not suffer any harm and continued to leap high, punching towards the ghost on the demon wolf.
"How is this possible? How could he withstand my sword strike?"
The ghost had thought that even if the previous sword strike could not kill Xu Taiping, it would at least seriously injure him and make him fall to the ground, or at the very least, stop him from advancing. He never expected that Xu Taiping's Residual Afterglow Qi could withstand the sword strike.
Just as the ghost was full of confusion, Xu Taiping's fist landed with a bang.
Without time to swing his sword again, the ghost had to凝聚身上的鬼气，以手臂为盾来格挡。
让那鬼更加惊骇的是，许太平这一拳的力量远超他的想象，竟然把他从恶魔狼背上砸了下来。
“这小子难道隐藏了实力？该死的！早知道刚才那一剑就该用全力！”
但许太平一击得手后，显然没有打算再给他喘息的机会。
许太平用他那还稍显稚嫩的身影怒吼了一声，仿佛在为自己鼓劲。接着，他周身轰然炸开一团冰霜寒气，这些寒气在一瞬间汇聚成了一颗巨大的青牛头颅，随着许太平砸落的拳头，重重地轰击在了那鬼的身上。
又是一声巨响，缠绕在鬼身上的浓重阴气被许太平这一记“牛角崩山”撞散，他的尸鬼躯体也重重地倒在了地上。
不等那鬼站起，覆盖着冰晶的拳头，已然落在了那鬼的身上。
“奔牛凿阵”这一招最特别之处便是，只要施展之人拥有足够的真气，拳势就不会停下，而且拳头的威力还会不停地叠加，除非你拥有压倒性的修为，否则根本不可能阻断拳势。
再加上许太平是以残霞真气施展此拳，每一拳砸中对方的同时，还会在其身上覆盖一层冰晶，只四五拳下来，那鬼的尸鬼躯体就已经变成了一块大冰坨。
当然，这一招的缺点也很明显，只要收拳，接下来就得需要一段很长的时间恢复真气，在此期间你将会无比虚弱。
“小子……你拳势再猛也终有……终有真气耗尽之时……现在收拳，我……还会考虑给你一个痛快！”
显然那鬼也看出了许太平这一拳的破绽，于是强忍着剧痛，开始言语威胁许太平。
许太平看也没看他一眼，依旧不停地双拳交替砸出，哪怕两只拳头皮开肉绽，也依旧眼皮也不眨一下。
不过在连续挥出二十多拳之后，他的拳头明显变得沉重起来，挥拳的速度开始放慢。
“来啊，继续出拳啊，只要你稍有刹那懈怠，我便能一剑将你格杀！”
也就在这时，许太平的右拳在一拳重重砸出之后，左手却迟迟没能抬起。
见状那鬼放声狂笑，随即准备阴魂离体，但他的笑声很快戛然而止。
随着一声巨响，鬼脚下的地面陡然塌陷，如同一具冰雕般的躯体，整个掉落进了许太平早就准备好的陷阱坑洞之中。
没错，许太平费了那么大的力气施展奔牛凿阵，就是为了将这鬼逼得掉落进这座一丈来深的坑洞。