The burly Ghost Commander who had been silent all this time suddenly turned around and said in a low voice, "Oh no, the Fierce Ghost Tribe and the Soul Puppet Tribe actually took advantage of the chaos to leave the group and escape."
The expressions of the Scarlet-Browed Ghost Marshal and the Bone Armored Ghost Marshal changed. They turned around and saw that the number of demons in the army behind them had decreased significantly. There were still small groups of demons constantly breaking away from the main group and fleeing into the distance.
The evil spirit army, which had originally numbered close to ten thousand, had been reduced by thirty percent in the blink of an eye!
"Those bastards!" The Bone Armored Ghost Commander was enraged. He clenched his knuckles so hard that they made cracking sounds.
The Red-browed Ghost Commander waved his hand and said, "Forget it, I didn't plan on relying on those guys anyway. It won't be too late to settle the score with them after this battle is over. I can't care about them now."
The Bone Armored Ghost Commander let out a hateful sigh. He no longer looked behind him and turned to face the direction of Fort Taitian.
"Don't worry, I just received news that the Twelve Rakshasa Ghost Kings of the forbidden temple have been successfully unsealed. Li Xuan is already on his way here. He should be here soon." The voice of the azure-faced old man rang out. The communication array disc in his hand was slowly fading away.
"Is that true?" The Red-browed Ghost Commander was overjoyed.
"Even so, we can't retreat yet. Otherwise, we will only be split up and killed. As long as we hold on for a while, we can still turn the tables!" The azure-faced old man nodded. At the end of his sentence, he almost paused between every word.
The other three Ghost Commanders also nodded.
Following that, a series of orders were quickly passed down. The remaining evil spirit army began to change their formation. In the blink of an eye, they split up into seven or eight defensive formations.
In each formation, there were close to a thousand evil spirits gathered. They were lined up in a row that stretched for over five kilometers.
On top of the golden giant, the red-nosed old man and the middle-aged man surnamed Wei were discussing something in low voices. The golden giant below them did not take any further action. The other three Heavenly Phenomenon Elders hovered above the group of cultivators. Naturally, they saw the evil spirit army's actions.
"Strange, they actually did not flee. Could it be that they really think that they can stop the Heavenly Golden Light Soldiers with a mere military formation?" the old man with the surname Fang from the Celestial Work Sect said in a strange tone.
After the Mystic Gate Ghost Burial Formation of Fort Peaceful Sky was destroyed, the communication barrier in the city had been restored. They were immediately informed that the Mystic Venerable Rank puppets of Puppet City and the Hidden Demon City Fiend Lizard were on their way here. Naturally, they did not think much of the ghost army before them.
"Don't underestimate the enemy. The origin of the Evil Ghost Legion has always been a mystery. For them to mobilize such a large force this time, I'm afraid they have something to rely on," the middle-aged man in Haoran Academy said solemnly.
Naturally, he had also contacted Great Qi City. Not only did the bearded man who was sent to break out of the encirclement with Liu Ming and the others not return to Great Qi City, he was also uncontactable at the moment. In all likelihood, he had already died.
The four major sects sent one person each, and only the Haoran Academy's disciple did not complete the mission, which naturally made him very depressed.
After several Heavenly Phenomenon existences discussed for a moment, the figure of the red-nosed old man from Taiqing Gate flashed and flew into the sky. His voice rumbled loudly.
"All disciples, listen to my order. Set off immediately and wipe out this ghost army!" The old man's words were clearly heard by the disciples below. Everyone's spirits were lifted, and their eyes uniformly looked at the dark phalanx of the ghost army in the distance.
Apart from the disciples of Jin Guangjun who had rushed to support, the rest of the disciples had been tortured by the ghost army for the past few days. Now that they had the opportunity to stand up, their fighting spirit naturally rose!
In the crowd, Liu Ming breathed a sigh of relief. He waved one hand, and a black aura surged out of his body. At the same time, he said to Xiaowu, "It seems that a fierce battle is inevitable.
"It seems that a fierce battle is unavoidable. Senior Sister, you have to be careful!"
Xiaowu nodded and made a hand seal. A black light rolled out in front of her, and twelve large banners that emitted black light appeared.
Rumble!
As Elder Wei softly chanted a few incantations, the golden light giant under his feet suddenly turned sideways. The golden light on its forehead shone brightly. With deafening heavy footsteps, it walked toward the ghost army in the distance.
The red-nosed old man and the other three Heavenly Phenomenon cultivators also turned into four rays of light on both sides of the golden light giant. They rushed toward the ghost army in an aggressive manner.
Liu Ming and nearly a thousand disciples also flew out from behind the giant and followed it.
There was a sudden commotion in the ghost army in the distance!
Suddenly, the golden light giant waved its arm, and a huge light sword slashed through the void. A huge golden sword light appeared again, and with a momentum that could topple the mountains and overturn the seas, it shot toward the direction of the ghost army in the distance, which was nearly a thousand people.
An earth-shattering explosion resounded in the air.
As the golden light flashed on the ground, a ditch that was more than a thousand feet long appeared out of thin air. Hundreds of ghost soldiers inside were annihilated on the spot.
Just when the ghost soldiers saw this, the formation was instantly thrown into chaos. At this moment, four black streaks of light flashed from behind, heading towards the golden giant. They were none other than the green-faced old man and the other three Celestial Phenomenon Realm ghost commanders.
Black light flashed in the hands of the four people, and each of them took out a black flag. The size and shape were exactly the same, and each of them was embroidered with a ferocious beast. It seemed to be a set of magic tools.
As the four people chanted in a low voice, the black flags in their hands danced in a blur. Black clouds as thick as ink surged out from the flags, instantly condensing into a huge black cloud of several acres in front of the ghost army. There was a constant rumbling sound inside, and from time to time, ferocious beasts could be seen flickering in and out of existence.
The golden light flashed, and the golden sword light whistled again, and the two collided with a loud bang!
The huge black cloud lasted for a few breaths, and finally shattered, turning into rolling black gas that covered the sky again. However, the sword light had also exhausted its power, and turned into golden light that filled the sky and dissipated.
The green-faced old man and the other ghost commanders' bodies shook, and a layer of red surged on their faces at the same time. They retreated more than ten feet before they could stabilize their bodies.
The four ghosts looked at each other in horror, and the green-faced old man's heart sank.
He originally planned to use the power of the four of them to delay the golden light giant by relying on the set of black cloud ghost flags in their hands, and then use the military formation that the ghost army was good at to delay the other human cultivators for some time.
However, the strength of the golden light giant was far beyond his imagination. A casual attack had such great power, and he couldn't guarantee that he could withstand such an attack a few more times.
The golden light giant was stopped by the four ghost commanders, and the battle below also broke out.
The old man with rosacea and the other three Celestial State cultivators took the lead and flew out of the cultivator team, flying in the direction of the ghost army. Their bodies shone with five-colored aura, and various huge phantasms appeared behind them, and they all cast their magic weapons.
Although they were only facing some Jin Dan, Crystallization Period, and even Condensation Period ghosts, and they were bullying the weak, they didn't intend to hold back at all. They attacked with all their strength.
At this moment, the space behind the old man with rosacea and the other three fluctuated slightly, and two black shadows suddenly appeared.
One of the black shadows waved his hand, and countless black shuttle shadows blasted out, hitting the back of the old man with rosacea and the middle-aged man in scholar robe from the Haoran Academy.
A triangular banner of thirty meters high rose behind the other figure. A black light flashed, and a black bone dragon flew out from the banner.
The black light flashed in the dragon's hollow eyes, and a green-black demonic wind spurted out from its mouth. It instantly covered a radius of a hundred feet, and it rolled the old man surnamed Fang of the Nature Work Sect and the giant man of the Demon Mystic Sect inside.
The change was so sudden that the old man with rosacea and the other three were shocked. They couldn't care about attacking the ghost army anymore, and they hurriedly turned around. At the same time, their bodies lit up with various protective shields.
Bang bang bang! A series of muffled sounds mixed with angry shouts spread out.
Two black figures revealed themselves. One of them was clad in silver armor, while the other had a head full of golden hair. They were the two Heavenly Phenomenon Ghost Marshals who had besieged Golden Light City. No one knew when they had appeared here!
The old man with rosacea and the other three shouted angrily, and the magic weapons in their hands blasted out.
The silver-armored ghost commander's figure flashed, and the next moment, he appeared a hundred feet away, avoiding the attacks of the old man with rosacea and the middle-aged man in scholar robe. At the same time, his hand shook, and a bird-shaped black shuttle flew out from his sleeve. With a shake, countless shuttle shadows tore through the void and shot out.
The golden-haired ghost commander's movement technique was also abnormally agile. As he moved, he left behind a series of afterimages. The triangular banner on his back stirred up gusts of black demonic wind. The wind howled, and everything within a radius of a thousand feet was shrouded in darkness, making it impossible to see anything.
The two ghost commanders didn't fight head-on. Instead, they relied on their phantom-like movement techniques and the magic treasures in their hands to keep the old man with rosacea and the others busy, preventing them from attacking the ghost army.
The old man with rosacea and the others were naturally aware of the silver-armored ghost commander's and the two ghost commanders' intentions. However, the two of them didn't care about the consumption of magic power. As they fought with all their might, the old man with rosacea and the others were temporarily entangled in place.
Liu Ming and the cultivators of the other sects had already circled around the two battlefields and were pouncing on the ghost army.
Jin Guangjun and the cultivators stationed at Fort Peaceful Sky totaled around a thousand people, which was a far cry from the ghost army's numbers.
The several thousand cultivators in the ghost army were their most elite forces. There were several tens of Jin Dan realm ghost commanders, and six to seven hundred ghost commandants.
However, the ghost army seemed to be wholeheartedly focused on defense and had no intention of taking the initiative to attack.
In the chanting of the human cultivators, all kinds of magic arts and spiritual treasures glowed, and all kinds of secret arts and cultivation methods surged out, slapping the formation of the ghost army nonstop like huge waves.
Liu Ming was mixed in with the cultivators. He didn't take out the Bitter Wheel Sword, but only used the Tiger Dragon Hell Prison to symbolically attack. Most of his attention was on vigilance and observing the other two battles.
As of this point, the battle outside of the Fort of Peaceful Heavens had broken up into three groups.
The green-faced old man and the other three ghost commanders joined forces to fight against the golden giant.
The old man with rosacea and the others fought against the silver-armored ghost commander and the golden-haired ghost commander.
The remaining seven to eight thousand evil ghosts and the reinforcements of the Golden Light Army, as well as the cultivators stationed in the Peaceful Sky Fort, were engaged in a fierce battle.
At this moment, a long howl came out of nowhere. The sound was like metal rubbing against each other. Although it sounded very far away, it pierced straight into people's minds, giving them an inexplicable feeling of panic.
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