Chapter 406: The Ghost King of the Netherworld, Soul-Calming Pass
Chapter 406: The Ghost King of the Netherworld, Soul-Calming Pass
Ghost Mist Ridge, Soul Burial Village——
The four ghost generals surrounded the stone plate, and around the four ghost generals were densely packed corpse soldiers.
These corpse soldiers were recruited from ancient battlefields. Although they are not real ghosts, they can still serve as cannon fodder cheerleaders.
Since they have no intelligence, these resurrected undead have a natural hatred for the living, but they are naturally obedient to powerful beings like ghost generals from the underworld.
And on that stone plate, there stood a dark figure.
This is the man behind all this.
"They have been lured away, let's do it."
"I see. Well done Weiyang. I owe you one."
Sombra hung up the phone and turned his attention back to the game.
"Everyone, the people of Longxiang Country have been delayed and will not come to Ghost Mist Ridge for support in the short term. Now is the time when our plan is about to be accomplished. I will open this seal, just as we agreed before, and let Ghost Gate return to the world. Please don't burn your bridges after crossing the river."
"Hehe, we, the people of the Netherworld, are not as treacherous and cunning as you humans. Go ahead and do it. When my master arrives, I will teach you all the Netherworld spells."
"Haha, then I'll do it."
As the black shadow spoke, he embedded the seven spirit stone talismans into the stone plate one by one.
As the last symbol was inserted, the mechanism on the stone plate was immediately activated and rotated open. As the stone plate opened, a strange scorched earth with black smoke rising from it was revealed.
The black shadow was a little surprised: "Hey, didn't they say there was an entrance to the underworld? How come——"
Before the question was asked, it was interrupted by the voices of the four ghost generals.
Evil Shadow (Ghost General of the Netherworld): "The road to the netherworld is open, and all souls obey my orders——."
Jue Gu (ghost general of the underworld): "The ghost soldiers borrow the road, and the dead souls lead the way!"
Lingmie (ghost general of the underworld): "The nine springs split open, and the path to the underworld is revealed!"
Conviction (Ghost General of the Underworld): "The gates of the underworld open—the gates of the underworld reveal themselves!"
The charred ground suddenly began to collapse and crack, and thick black gas visible to the naked eye emerged.
Boom! Black gas shot up into the sky, swirling upwards. An inky black vortex of yin energy rushed straight into the sky. In the midst of that eerie ghostly energy, a pitch-black gate tower slowly rose from the black gas, appearing and disappearing, half real and half virtual.
There were three big words written on the gate tower - Ghost Gate.
The pitch-black gate below the gatehouse was as deep as an abyss, and no one knew where it led to.
The black shadow took a look towards the door and suddenly felt a huge suction force coming from behind the door. At that moment, it seemed as if his soul was being sucked in.
The black shadow quickly turned his head away, not daring to look directly at him, and only glanced at him out of the corner of his eye.
In the corner of his eye, he could clearly see groups of ghosts marching out of the gate in formation.
At first, they seemed like twisted shadows in the darkness, without hands and feet, no facial features or limbs, only a dark outline floating in the air. However, once they entered the world of the living, these black shadows immediately became concrete, with facial features and limbs, wearing black armor, and holding cold swords that exuded a gloomy chill.
Some of them wore black mist robes, were surrounded by ghosts, and held skull staffs in their hands.
There are also Rakshasa Knights riding underworld horses and wearing underworld iron armor...
Underworld Demon: Level 34.
Underworld Piercer: Level 38.
Underworld Reaper: Level 39.
Nether Soul Gatherer: Level 40...
The black shadow was secretly shocked. The level of this monster went up suddenly. Even though they were just a group of small monsters, they were still very oppressive.
The army of the underworld walked out of the Ghost Gate and immediately spread out, forming a formation around. Then a huge twisted shadow rushed out madly. Due to its huge size, it seemed as if it was squeezed out when it rushed out of the Ghost Gate.
After entering the world of the living, the huge shadow quickly gathered into a tall human figure, more than three meters tall, wearing a Shura skull armor, a ghost-patterned fang crown on his head, a Thousand Souls silk robe, and phantom bone boots on his feet.
Holding a giant sword emitting black flames, just standing there, it was as if I was an evil villain written on my face.
Yan Shuque (Ghost King of the Netherworld): Level 54 leader-level BOSS. HP: 21400.
When the four ghost generals saw this, they all bowed in submission.
"Owner!"
"Well done, you didn't let me down." Yan Shuque's voice was as harsh as torn metal.
The ghost king was shrouded in black air all over, and it was pitch black under his helmet. Only a pair of blue eyes like ghost fire were floating in the darkness.
At this moment, the pair of ghost-like eyes suddenly looked towards the black shadow beside them.
"and who are you?"
"Master, this person is a returnee. He is the one who helped us open the seal of the immortal. However, he and I have made an agreement beforehand. If we help to open the door, we need to learn the netherworld spell as a reward. For the sake of the master's cause, we have agreed.
This person is waiting for the master to fulfill his promise."
"Hahahaha, I didn't expect that among the humans in this world, there are people who understand the current affairs so well. All things in the world will eventually perish, and only the netherworld is the final destination of all things in the world. You made a good choice, returnee. Don't be shy, come up and receive your reward."
Although the black shadow was nervous, he still came forward.
"Now, I will teach you all the Netherworld Curse Techniques, but there is only one problem. The ghost curse technique can be learned by living people, but only the people of the Netherworld can use it. You are just a bag of flesh and blood, but I am in a good mood today, so I will help you get rid of this burden."
What! The shadow was surprised.
"Wait a moment!"
However, the Ghost King of the Netherworld was not so easy to talk to. He raised his hand and the Yin energy rushed into the black shadow's body like a vortex.
His flesh and blood quickly withered and turned into bones and dust, and only his soul wailed in pain under the tempering of the Yin energy.
The players behind the screen were even more stunned, "This... this... this..."
Finally, the ceremony ended. The dark shadow, which was originally the spell effect of the equipment, became one with the body at this moment.
System prompt: Trigger the adventure event [Gift from the Netherworld Ghost King], your race changes from 'Human' to 'Netherworld'...
The Hades, the people of the underworld, have lost their flesh and blood, and instead have invisible bodies composed of yin energy and souls. In the world of the living, they can temporarily gain physical form through the shaping of yin spirits, or they can possess the spirits of the dead.
As a race in the underworld, it is easy for them to learn ghost spells and even stronger underworld spells. Moreover, after the racial transformation, the reputation in the underworld directly becomes friendly. In other words, they can go directly to the underworld to find the "locals" to learn spells in the future.
But the price seems a bit high.
Looking at his new ghost body on the screen, the black shadow felt a sense of bitterness.
The game can only be projected into reality for 24 hours at most, and usually only for a few hours. In other words, his flesh and blood body can only exist for a few hours.
Once the transformation is complete, the delicious food and physical desires of humans will no longer be available to me. Of course, the benefits are also huge. From now on, I will be a member of the underworld and will never die. This, this, this...
How about taking advantage of these last few hours to have a good meal and then find a girl to have some final fun?
Ignoring the shadow's shock and confusion.
Yan Shuque looked towards the Soul-Realizing Pass in the distance.
"Ah, the human world, I am finally back. It has been three thousand years. Three thousand years ago, my body was destroyed by those immortals and I was driven away from the human world. Now I have finally returned here.
You have done very well. Go ahead and lead my army to capture the Soul-Calming Pass. I want to kill everyone inside and outside the pass. I want to turn all the people in this world into my ghosts. When I have strong troops and horses, I will unify the two worlds of Yin and Yang."
The Netherworld is just like the Kyushu World, with many heroes fighting for supremacy. The two biggest forces are the King of Hell and the Emperor of Hell.
The establishment faction headed by the King of Hell believes in the order of yin and yang, reincarnation of life and death, and that everyone in the nine provinces and the underworld lives their own life.
The conquering faction headed by the Hades Emperor believed that the world of the living should also be turned into the underworld. In order to achieve this plan, the Hades Emperor bribed various ghost kings, granted them territories, and enfeoffed princes in the underworld. Yan Shuque was one of the ghost kings. However, although they nominally respected the Hades Emperor as their leader, in reality, these ghost kings of the underworld naturally had their own ambitions.
The same is true for the Nightmare Hub. If one can occupy the place where Yin and Yang meet, one can increase the power under one's command by killing living beings, temper the Yin and Yang soul power, and gradually grow.
Maybe one day in the future, even the Emperor of Hell will be able to do it.
However, in order to achieve this, they must first capture the Zhenhun Pass, otherwise they can only attack Longhua Prefecture to the west. Three thousand years ago, Longhua Prefecture was the capital of the Longhua Empire. The might of the imperial army still makes Yanshuque fearful even after three thousand years. It would be better to develop eastwards and slaughter the living people in Fengyin Prefecture.
Hearing the order from Yan Shuque, the four ghost generals responded in unison - "Yes, my king!"
The four ghost generals each brought the ghost army that emerged from the underworld under their command.
Four armies were quickly formed. Although these Netherworld troops were small in number, their combat effectiveness was far beyond that of zombies and skeletons. With these hundreds of Netherworld troops as the core and the zombies and skeletons as cannon fodder, it was enough to organize a terrifying army.
Following the command of the four ghosts, the army charged towards Zhenhun Pass.
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At this moment, a fierce battle has already broken out at Zhenhun Pass.
"Quick, knock these dead bones down for me!"
The old captain stood on the city wall with his sword in hand and commanded with confidence.
Although the zombies were pouring in like a tide under the city wall, the old captain didn't care.
This dark tide comes from time to time, and I have long been accustomed to it. Although this time the dark tide happened a little suddenly, I am not panicked. After all, the Soul-Suppressing Pass is guarded by a city protection magic circle, and there are masters from the Taiyin Dharma Assembly and Chunyang Dharma Assembly to help. In addition, the soldiers have risked their lives, and it has stood for a thousand years. I am not worried that it will fall into the hands of this group of walking corpses.
Although those corpses and skeletons looked scary, they had no intelligence and were just attacking the city walls in vain.
Occasionally, one or two ghosts would rush through the barrier above the city wall, but they would be instantly killed by the soldiers and mages who were on high alert.
Not to mention that some returnees took advantage of every opportunity to help defend the city.
However, just when the old captain thought that the battle would subside in a short time, suddenly -
"Captain, look!"
A guard suddenly exclaimed, and the old captain looked up, stunned to see countless ghosts circling and howling behind the tide of corpses, and four ghost generals with their ghost soldiers coming in formation.
These armies from the netherworld are not comparable to those mindless zombie skeletons. They march in formation with strict battle array, their swords and spears are like a forest, their halberds are like a forest, and their armor is like shadows in the night.
There are also soul gatherers from the underworld who use soul-exorcism techniques to control all the scattered corpse soldiers and form them into military formations.
"Hurry, hurry, ask for help from Xuanxu Palace and Xiaofeng City!"
Immediately, two messengers rushed out from behind the pass and flew towards the east.
Although he sent out an envoy, the old captain did not relax at all. Xuanxu Palace and Xiaofeng City were too far apart. If they waited for the reinforcements to arrive, they would probably be dead.
For now, we can only rely on the defense forces in the city.
"Hurry up and ask Taiyin Zhenren and Chunyang Tianshi to come to the city to help!"
There is a deacon in charge of each of the two major ceremonies in the city. They usually live a life of luxury and do not go to battle, but at this moment they cannot care less.
Soon two masters were invited up.
When Master Taiyin saw the situation outside the city, he immediately cried out that something was wrong.
"Oh no! The one who came is the ghost general of the underworld, leading the real army of the underworld. How could this be? How could this be? Has the gate of hell opened again?"
The Pure Yang Heavenly Master also had a stern expression on his face.
"Such evil ghosts are rare. I'm afraid they are definitely not weak. I'm afraid that a battle today will be disastrous. Never mind. I, the Pure Yang Dharma Assembly, will exorcise the demons and defend the Way today and defeat these ghosts! Heavenly Masters, open the magic circle!"
"Look what that is?" A cry of surprise made everyone look into the distance again.
I saw those ghost soul gatherers gathered in a circle, and I didn't know what magic they cast, but I saw countless zombie skeletons swarming into the circle, scrambling to climb up, piling up together, and constantly climbing upwards, stacking up into huge corpse towers.
Under the effect of the spell, the bones and rotten flesh gradually merged into one and began to wriggle.
Everyone was stunned with shock, only to see countless bones piled up to form a giant with more than a dozen hands holding rusty weapons, his body was covered with skulls, his head was made up of dozens of skulls, and countless pairs of green eyes looked at everyone.
"It's a Buddha corpse! It's a Buddha corpse!"
This kind of monster occasionally appears in the tide of Yin. People have never known the reason for the birth of this pagoda corpse. The wizards of the Taiyin Dharma Assembly believe that it is mostly a natural phenomenon caused by the accumulation of Yin energy.
Now it seems that it is not that simple.
"Not good, these people really have some tricks up their sleeves."
Not just one, not two, but more than a dozen pagoda corpses stood in front of the city gate and began to slowly approach the city wall, like siege towers.
The old lieutenant hurriedly gave the order: "Catapult!"
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh! Boom, boom, boom!
The catapults on the city wall began to fire frantically, hurling out huge stone bombs and flaming bombs.
The bombs hit the pagoda corpses, causing blood and flesh to fly everywhere, and bones to splatter everywhere, but not a single pagoda corpse was knocked down.
"Hit the nearest one with all your firepower!"
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh! Boom, boom, boom!
After a series of concentrated fire, a pagoda corpse finally fell down, but the others had already approached the city wall. The height of these huge monsters as tall as towers was almost parallel to the city wall.
At this time, they were approaching the city wall, and they were rushing down one after another.
Those countless arms frantically grabbed and climbed towards the city wall, fixing the Buddha's corpse on the wall like tentacles.
The pagoda corpses tilted, forming a steep slope, and the tide of corpses behind them immediately climbed madly along the slope toward the city wall.
Everyone on the city wall was stunned. This pagoda corpse was actually used as a ladder.
"Quick! Stop them!"
The soldiers on the city wall immediately rushed to the ramp built by the Buddha corpses and held up the top of the city wall.
Pure Yang magicians also released Pure Yang Fire Curses, and bright white fireballs blew away the horde of corpses.
Before the old captain could even breathe a sigh of relief, he saw several underworld reapers mixed in with the crowd of zombies and suddenly leap onto the city wall.
With a swung swing of the sharp blade in his hand, he knocked several soldiers to the ground.
The tide of zombies behind them suddenly surged onto the city wall.
Several gaps opened up in the blink of an eye.
It’s over! It's over now!
The old captain looked desperate.
Although there are still many soldiers on the city wall, how can they resist such a surging tide of zombies, led by ghosts from the underworld?
At this moment, a voice suddenly came from behind, "Old General, how are you?"
When the old captain turned around, he saw Yin Yue Sui Feng leading a group of returnees rushing up the city wall.
I was immediately overjoyed, as if I had seen a savior.
Xiao Jie saw the crisis situation at a glance.
Especially those high-level monsters mixed in with zombies and corpse soldiers.
Monsters over level 30 are not easy to deal with, even if they are small monsters.
"Quick, block the gap, don't let them rush in, explode the gunpowder pot towards the gap! Blast the pagoda corpse to pieces!"
(End of this chapter)