The appearance of the Corpse General meant that the gap in the Gate of Hungry Ghosts had widened.
With a wave of the Corpse General's hand, a black corpse cloud soared around it, carrying nearly ten thousand Corpse Soldiers as it charged towards the Soaring Dragon ship.
The Corpse General from the Naraka Realm was actually able to use Dharmic Arts, thus nullifying the advantage of the cultivators in flight.
With a long howl, the sword in Liu Changqing's hand flew up, drawing a white arc as it stabbed towards the Corpse General!
Layers of Corpse Soldiers blocked the attack, assuming a standard defensive stance. The sword pierced through dozens of Corpse Soldiers, like an arrow at the end of its flight.
The Corpse General attacked Just Now. A smile appeared on its stiff face as the pitch-black blade in its hand fiercely slashed at the flying sword.
The flying sword wailed, wanting to fly back. A group of powerful Corpse Soldiers that seemed to be the Corpse General's personal guards stopped it at all costs.
Liu Changqing's expression changed, and he pushed the flying sword with all his might. At this moment, the dark cloud above his head enveloped him, and his connection with the flying sword instantly weakened.
The Corpse General gripped the hilt of the sword, and corpse qi surged. The light on the flying sword quickly dimmed, and a layer of black qi enveloped it. It was actually refined on the spot.
Casually hanging the sword at its waist, the Corpse General bared its fangs and let out a soundless laugh. It looked disdainfully at the cultivators on the Soaring Dragon ship.
Only then did they realize that while the Corpse General seemed to be approaching menacingly, its corpse cloud had cleverly stopped within the range of the dark cloud.
With such intelligence, it did not seem like a zombie at all!
Over the years, Burial Mound Mountain had obtained large numbers of corpses and refined many Corpse Generals. However, the Corpse Generals controlled by army seals were nothing more than powerful puppets. It was nothing more than a powerful puppet. There was a world of difference between it and the Corpse General in front of him.
Liu Changqing's heart ached. The feeling of having a spirit artifact taken away was not a good one, but he could not care about that right now. More Corpse Soldiers were surging out of the Gate of Hungry Ghosts. Meanwhile, the Soaring Dragon ship had lost the ability to fight.
He ordered loudly, "Everyone, attack together!"
All the cultivators attacked together. Spells, spirit artifacts, and spirit talismans flashed with light, all of them possessing astonishing power as they attacked the corpse cloud. Based on their experience Just Now, these Corpse Soldiers would be wiped out in an instant.
The Corpse General swung the blade in its hand. Nearly ten thousand Corpse Soldiers moved back and forth, quickly and precisely adjusting their formation. The Corpse Qi between nearly ten thousand Corpse Soldiers. They actually fused into one and rose into the air, forming a huge black shield.
Boom! Boom! Boom! The attacks landed on the black shield one after another, but the Corpse Qi only dissipated slightly. It was actually unable to break through.
Han Anjun's expression changed. This was very similar to the military formations of the Military School.
And military formations had extremely high requirements for disciples. It would take a long time for them to understand each other. Even so. When it came to battle, they would also be affected by fear, anger, and other emotions. This caused the formation to collapse.
However, the Corpse Soldiers clearly did not have such concerns. Under the control of the Corpse General, they were able to move the Corpse Soldiers with ease, forming the most exquisite cooperation. Compared to the difficulty of communicating with each other, these Corpse Soldiers simply did not have their own thoughts. Even if they were chopped in the head, they would not waver.
Such a formation was undoubtedly purer and more powerful.
Among the cultivators present, no one understood the power of a military formation better than Han Anjun. Perhaps each Corpse Soldier was not strong, but once their power was gathered, it would change from quantity to quality. Even he did not dare to take it lightly.
The Corpse General did not charge forward at once. For a moment, the cultivators did not know what to do.
In the sky, they faced off against each other.
The Corpse General rode a corpse horse, riding a corpse cloud, leading the Corpse Soldiers. As the dark clouds in the sky spread, it slowly approached. Facing nearly twenty Foundation Establishment cultivators, it actually had the air of a general who was strolling leisurely and strategizing.
"This is a cultivator of the Hungry Ghost Realm!"
Li Qingshan felt like his horizons had been broadened. He could no longer see the Corpse General in front of him as a "monster". It was clearly a powerful and cold cultivator. Although its cultivation method was completely different from humans, demons, and all living beings.
The Corpse General truly did not take Liu Changqing and the other cultivators seriously, but it was not because it was confident it could defeat them completely.
Instead, it was because fighting and killing was a common occurrence in the Hungry Ghost realm. Its intensity was well beyond what Liu Changqing and the others could imagine. Let alone when they faced a group of Foundation Establishment cultivators equivalent to Corpse Generals, who knew how many times they had faced Corpse Commanders, Ghost Kings, or even higher existences. Even struggling was pointless. All they could do was accept their fate.
In the great battlefield, survival was sometimes completely dependent on luck. After experiencing that, the current situation was nothing more than a small matter.
Hwa Seung-zan said, "We can't drag this out any longer!"
During the moment of confrontation, several more Corpse Generals crawled out of the Gate of Hungry Ghosts. They varied in shape and size. One of them was clearly not a human corpse.
However, their eyes all shone with light. The first thing they did after emerging was gather the Corpse Soldiers. They glanced at the sky, but they did not attack immediately.
Instead, they allowed the Corpse General to face off against the cultivators while they led the army outside the Gate of Hungry Ghosts, falling into a huge military formation. It seemed like some sort of strange formation.
The Corpse Soldiers served as the formation diagram, while the Corpse General served as the eye of the formation. If they had not witnessed it with their own eyes, who would have thought that mere Corpse Soldiers of the lowest level could actually have so many wondrous uses?
The moment the formation fell into place, the black pillar of smoke that surged out of the Gate of Hungry Ghosts immediately became even thicker. They had to work together from both inside and outside to widen the Gate of Hungry Ghosts so that even more, even stronger, corpses from the Hungry Ghost realm could come here.
Once the Gate of Hungry Ghosts was opened, it would be enough for the master of the huge, withered hand, the Corpse King, to pass through. That would truly be the end of the world.
If this continued, the situation would only worsen.
To fight or to flee, they had to make a decision quickly.
"Kill!"
Han Anjun bellowed out coldly and leapt onto the dragon head on the bow of the ship. He raised his spear and pointed it straight at the Corpse General.
He was also a general!
Before he set off, he had already received a military order from the great general Han Anguo. He could not flee from this battle. He had to drag it out until reinforcements from the Ruyi commandery arrived.
A military order must be obeyed!
The Soaring Dragon ship suddenly began to move. Like a roaring, furious dragon, it collided with the corpse cloud.
The Corpse General did not back down. He swung the blade in his hand again, pointing it straight at the sky. Surging corpse qi rose up from the Corpse Soldier, turning into a huge blade over a hundred meters in length that swung towards the Soaring Dragon ship.
The Soaring Dragon ship had almost run out of energy. It could not even activate its defensive formations. The huge blade swept down from top to bottom, cleaving the Soaring Dragon ship in half. They could clearly see the structure inside as wood splinters flew into the air like rain.
The halved ship did not slow down at all, slamming into the corpse cloud viciously. Countless Corpse Soldiers were sent flying, falling towards the ground.
The core furnace exploded with a loud bang, swallowing the entire corpse cloud.
The military formation had been destroyed!
How could a mere Corpse General be the opponent of all these cultivators? Right when everyone wanted to finish him off, they discovered the Corpse General galloping off in the direction of the Gate of Hungry Ghosts on his corpse horse with a trail of black smoke.
The moment the Corpse General swung his blade, he had already turned his horse around without any hesitation. The corpse horse trod on four clumps of smoke mixed with sparks, moving as fast as lightning with astonishing speed.
It was the complete opposite of the calm he had Just Now. Only the words "fleeing" could describe it, causing everyone to be unable to react for a moment.
It was like a general from ancient times. No matter how mighty he was on the frontlines, once he was ambushed and defeated, he would immediately flee without a care for his parents, wife, and children. Victory and defeat were common for soldiers, all for the sake of making a comeback in the future.
The cultivators chased for a while, but had no choice but to stop. The closer they got to the Gate of Hungry Ghosts, the thicker the aura of death became. Even the Spiritual Qi of the world became extremely weak.
A sinister wind blew, burrowing into every pore and greedily plundering their life force.
If it were a Qi Practitioner here, they would probably lose their lives in a short while.
Although the cultivators were not in danger of losing their lives, their strength had been greatly reduced. They struggled to see through the gloomy clouds and saw that over twenty Corpse Generals had already crawled out from the left and right sides of the Gate of Hungry Ghosts. The Corpse Soldiers were like mountains and seas.
They no longer had any advantage, be it in terms of quantity or quality.
If they went any further, only death would await them.
It was even more difficult to use techniques or control spiritual artifacts from afar.
What do we do?!
The cultivators all looked at one another. Even with Han Anjun's valiance and fearlessness, he would not choose to throw his life away for nothing.
They were stuck between a rock and a hard place.
"Qingshan, if this continues, the entire Clear River prefecture will be reduced to a land of death. As a matter of fact, the entire nine provinces will become a part of the Hungry Ghost realm," Hwa Seung-zan suddenly said to Li Qingshan secretly.
Li Qingshan gave a noncommittal reply. He knew his performance in the underground palace could not fool Hwa Seung-zan's eyes.
How could a regular Foundation Establishment cultivator withstand a strike from a Corpse King? How could he still escape after being dragged into the pool of blood? Even if he was extremely weak due to the restraints of the domain, he was still a powerful existence on par with Daemon Kings.
The Hungry Ghost realm definitely did not have any gods of mountains and rivers. It was a land of absolute death. Once these zombies attacked, his status as a water god would come to an end. And, the Hungry Ghost realm definitely was not suitable for the living to cultivate either.
However, Li Qingshan did not plan on taking action. If the "Moon Devil" took action, he could kill these Corpse Generals and Corpse Soldiers and temporarily slow down the opening of the Gate of Hungry Ghosts, but the withered hand would definitely strike again. However, that withered hand would definitely strike again. He had already tried to transform and fight it, but the result was very difficult.
But now that the Gate of Hungry Ghosts had been opened to such a degree, the withered hand would definitely become even more powerful. Combined with its terrifying technique, it was extremely dangerous.
Li Qingshan was not arrogant enough to underestimate a Corpse King. As a result, he said to Hwa Seung-zan secretly, "Even if the sky collapses, there's someone tall to hold it up."
Hwa Seung-zan froze for a moment, then smiled wryly. "That's true."
Li Qingshan stared at the Gate of Hungry Ghosts. "These Corpse Generals look terrifying, but for Little Ann, they might be excellent tonics. The Samādhi Flames of White Bone just happens to counter these things."
Li Qingshan had already told Little Ann to hurry nearby, but at the same time, he requested that she hide and observe the situation. She could not take action.
What he was afraid of was that in a moment, a powerful figure would come over and see them "acting bravely for a just cause" and "saving the world". Without a second word, he would destroy them first.
Golden Core cultivators were fine, but if it was the governor of the Azure province, or the few top figures from the major sects, they would not even have the chance to escape.
If this world is really gone, I will be destroyed. Something so fragile, it's best to destroy it as soon as possible …)
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