If you don't give up, I'd like to be your adoptive father.

Chapter 266: Invasion of the Ghost Country
"Be careful, we've entered the Lianghe Beach area." The leader of the Minshan Alliance shouted above everyone's heads.

"There are ghost soldiers!" As soon as he finished speaking, ghosts and gods in another direction shouted a warning.

"There are evil soldiers!"

"There are evil soldiers!"

Screams came from all directions, as if they were surrounded by evil soldiers.

"Don't panic, look at the sun in the sky, they are just scouts!" the leader of Minshan shouted.

"How brave!" He took action and threw a thumb-thick thunder at the ghost soldiers one hundred and fifty steps ahead.

"Boom!"

"Ah~~~"

The ghost soldiers let out miserable howls and were torn into pieces along with the skeleton horses beneath them.

Until the loess road disappeared and the cavalrymen stepped onto the shallow water covered with pebbles and gravel, they did not encounter a single ghost soldier.

"Prepare to set up camp!" shouted the leader of Minshan Alliance.

The team split into two, and nearly six hundred riders continued to move towards the mountains ahead.

The remaining three thousand cavalry slowed down and ran towards the high ground across the river beach.

Among the three thousand horses, two thousand were not carrying any passengers, but were carrying goods with strong "yang energy" such as peach wood, cinnabar, dog blood, and talisman paper on their backs.

Xiaoyu's acquaintances including Aunt Liu, Taoist Dog Meat, Zhu Yitao, Doctor Min, Taoist Chengxin and others were among them.

Under the command of the Dog Meat Taoist priest, Aunt Liu and other warriors from Tianmen Town unloaded the goods swiftly and quickly set up fences and chevaux de frise.

"Extraordinary people" like Taoist Chengxin who are good at transportation began to chant and drive the "Five Elements Spirits" to move ordinary supplies that were stored dozens of miles away and had less "yang energy" into the camp.

Well, Taoist Chengxin, like Taoist Dog Meat and Doctor Min, stayed at the back.

However, he did not just use the moving technique to "slack off".

Many of the talismans carried by the "Hero of East Shu" were provided by him.

After the transportation was completed, he would continue to draw talisman arrays near the camp and work with a group of "aliens" to set up a protective magic world.

They divided the work and cooperated with each other in an orderly manner with extremely high efficiency.

When Xiaoyu and his companions dismounted at the foot of Guaizi Mountain in front of them, a simple camp had begun to take shape.

"Be careful, there are ghost soldiers - it's General Bietou. General Bietou is leading the ghost soldiers to attack the camp. They are heading towards the rear camp." The ghost who had already floated up the hillside screamed wildly.

In fact, he didn't need to shout, because the perceptive "hero" had already noticed that a Yin-Yang road had opened up behind him, and the fluctuations of Yin energy were very obvious.

A huge amount of negative energy poured down the hillside like a flood that had been opened. In just a few breaths, the world became gray and only a faint halo remained of the sun in the sky.

The scenery was beautiful and the sun was shining brightly just a second ago, but a few breaths later, the yin energy spread like a tide to the entire Lianghe Beach.

The area within a radius of twenty miles lost all sunlight and color, as if the world was pulled into the underworld.

But there were no ghost soldiers rushing down from the hillside in front.

There was, however, a rumbling sound of galloping horses that made the ground tremble slightly, coming from behind the "Ghostbusters".

Xiaoyu looked back and saw a group of ghost knights emerging from the ground. There were thousands and thousands of them, countless, like a cold black tide, rushing towards the unformed camp on the high ground by the river.

The ghost knights all rode skeleton horses, wore rotten armor, tattered cloaks, and had green or red ghost fire in their eyes. The team was very neat and their momentum was condensed together to form a military formation.

At the head of the army was a general with a helmet that was deflated into the shape of a boat.

Xiaoyu determined his identity at a glance: his former "father", the Dune King Shatou.

The flat helmet embedded on the flat head was a model designed by her and cast by Dune Bravely.

"Kill! Evil spirits are rampant, slaughtering all living people. Kill, kill, kill~~~"

The roar of the flat-headed general was like thunder, almost drowning out the sound of horse hooves of thousands of troops.

"What kind of adventure did this guy have? His growth rate is even faster than that of a cheater like me."

Even though she knew in advance from the "Dead-Head Killing Method" that he not only had "unparalleled ghost skills" but also mastered a powerful military formation, she was still shocked and puzzled when she saw the spectacular scene of thousands of ghosts running around.

The Shatou in Xiaoyu's memory was just an ordinary person with exceptionally strong physical talents and a rather stupid brain.

At this moment, he not only practiced ghost skills, but also learned the art of military formations, and he became a master of both civil and military skills.

"When the Buddha Dipamkara appears, all directions will be illuminated!"

A Buddhist chant seemed to float down from the sky.

What followed was endless light, and in the center of the light fell an old monk with an illusory body and shining Buddha light.

Chijuro in soul state!

The negative energy that covered the sky and the sun was like a cotton ball thrown into a stove. It was burned away in an instant, and the whole world was filled with light, brighter than when the sun was not blocked by the negative energy.

The sunlight and Buddha's light fell on the army formation of the Yin soldiers, just like charcoal fire burning pork fat, making a sizzling sound and emitting black smoke.

"Ah~~~"

Some ghost knights couldn't bear it and melted directly in the light.

"Flat head, go to hell!"

When the ghost knights' army lost its momentum under the light and the team became loose, the old fairy Yuchen jumped out of the camp, opened her mouth and spit out a lightning pillar as thick as a bowl, which hit the flat-headed general directly.

"Boom~~Crack~~~"

Even though the Flathead General was still protected by the power of the military formation, he was blown away by the lightning pillar, which plowed a trail ten meters wide and forty to fifty meters long in the military formation behind him.

His warhorse was torn into pieces by the lightning, with charred flesh and flying bones.

"There is indeed an ambush, retreat!"

The flat-headed general was not dead, only the armor on his chest was dented and his flat head was burnt black.

He struggled a few times, then got up again. A huge amount of black smoke-like Yin Qi burst out of his body, which merged with the Yin Qi of the nearby Ghost Knights, temporarily blocking the sun in the sky. In the Yin Qi, the Ghost Knight's figure became hazy.

They left the world of the living, returned to the world of ghosts, and quickly retreated to the underworld.

When the sunlight and Buddha's light completely dispelled the evil spirit, the river beach was in a mess, with many rotten and smelly debris and rusty and broken weapons left, but there was no sign of the Ghost Knight and the Flat-Headed General.

"As long as it's not dark, even if all the Eight Ghost Kings are dispatched, they will not be able to capture our camp."

The leader of the Minshan Alliance remained calm the entire time. When he saw General Bietou attacking the camp from behind, he stood at the foot of the mountain without moving.

"Keep going, the real tough battle is in the Ghost Country of Guaizi Mountain!"

Li Xianzhi shouted, then looked up at the ghosts and gods in the City God Temple on the hillside.

A ghost god bowed and reported: "Minshan Alliance Leader, Prince, and all warriors, two hundred steps ahead is the camp where the coalition forces of the thirty-six countries were stationed last year. The entrance to the ghost country is inside the camp."

"Let's go!" The old farmer from Minshan climbed up the hillside and walked in front of the crowd.

Everyone had put on their "speed vests" in advance and moved very quickly. Soon they arrived at a barren grass slope.

In the weeds, one can see ruined camps, trampled chevaux de frise and demolished fences.

The old farmer from Minshan stopped in front of the ruins of the camp, looked around, and then looked up at the bright sun in the sky. He said, "Rest here for a quarter of an hour, then put on a new magical vest, and it's best to swallow a magical pill to fill your stomach."

Fortunately, they are all "strange heroes". In addition to their extraordinary skills in exorcising ghosts and demons, they are also powerful warriors with true energy, or even extraordinary people who have cultivated magical powers.

If an ordinary person gallops on horseback for more than a hundred miles, his body will inevitably fall apart and he will be too tired to go to the battlefield.

Although Xiao Yu was full of energy and not thirsty or tired, he sat cross-legged on the grass like everyone else, first tied on his magical vest, then swallowed a magical stomach-filling pill, drank a few sips of water, closed his eyes and silently practiced internal breathing.

A quarter of an hour later, the "ghost-killing camp" on the beach at the foot of the mountain had set up barricades and built a circle of fences. One could even see a seven-story loess platform built on the side of the camp facing Lianghe River, and the dog meat Taoist priest began to set up the altar and perform rituals.

There was also a group of Taoists outside the camp, such as Taoist Chengxin, who used cinnabar to dig a huge "earth talisman" on the ground: they used the earth as talisman paper, dug small trenches on the ground along the route of the rune, and then filled the trenches with cinnabar.

This type of "ground talisman" is not simply the effect of copying talisman paper on the ground. The "ground talisman" must also be consistent with the feng shui of the place, corresponding to the stars above and connecting to the earth veins below.

More than 3,000 war horses were led away by a group of warriors and headed south.

"Time's up, get ready to go."

A quarter of an hour later, the old farmer in Minshan bowed to the sky and said, "Please come to Guan Chenghuang!"

There were no sound or light effects. Silently, the armored Guan Chenghuang walked out of the ghost path and came to the old farmer in Minshan.

Guan Chenghuang is not alone, there are two or three hundred ghost soldiers and generals behind him.

However, the ghost soldiers and generals still remained in the ghost path and did not appear in front of people.

Guan Cheng Huang flipped his right hand, took out the Cheng Huang divine seal, and shouted: "God of the land of Guaizi Mountain, listen to my command, come out!"

"Bang, bang, bang, bang!"

Eight balls of white mist with the scent of incense exploded on the ground, and eight embarrassed-looking ghosts emerged.

They looked like they had been wearing official uniforms and stayed in a beggar's den for half a month. Their bodies were dirty, their faces were bruised and swollen, and their eyes were filled with fear and anxiety, yet also with joy of seeing a savior.

"I pay my respects to the City God."

Guan Chenghuang said in a deep voice: "I won't say any more nonsense. You are guilty of losing the land. Now is the time to make amends. Open the netherworld and guard the entrance until we return safely."

"I will obey the master's decree."

The eight ghosts were muttering to themselves, and a faint grey mist was rising from the ground. Everyone intuitively felt that the surrounding scenery became hazy, the sky had become dark, and the sun had disappeared.

They emerged directly onto a desolate hillside.

The sky was dark, without any starlight, only a rich and depressing gray-black, like thick clouds or the sky itself.

The hillside at my feet seemed to be the previous Guaizi Mountain camp, but there were no weeds, only rocks and bones.

They were halfway up a mountain, and on the top of the mountain there was a tall, dark city wall, and inside the city there was a huge, magnificent palace.

"How dare you break into my Eight Kings Palace."

A huge demonic shadow, emitting a terrifying aura, hovered above the city gate.

Outside the city gate, thousands of ghost soldiers were already densely packed.

The Demon Shadow and the Ghost Soldiers were at the top of the mountain. They were outnumbered and halfway up the mountain, in an extremely unfavorable position.

For a moment, Xiao Yu even suspected that the eight land gods and mountain gods summoned by Guan Chenghuang were all traitors who wanted to lure the Shudong hero into a trap.

However, the leader of Minshan, Li Xianzhi, and Guan Chenghuang were not in a hurry. Not only did they not show any signs of shock or anger, but they took the initiative to wave their hands and shouted, "Shudong volunteers, follow me to charge!"

It’s still “Charge with me” rather than “Charge at me”.

The three big guys were all charging at the front, Guan Chenghuang was even in the first place, and the old farmer from Minshan was a few steps behind.

Xiao Yu was confused, but he huddled in the center of the Shudong Heroes and ran towards the top of the mountain.

"Kill, kill all living people and ghosts!"

The Demon Shadow is in a position of ease and superiority, so naturally he will not be cowardly.

Tens of thousands of ghost soldiers were like a black tide, about to drown the hundreds of Shudong heroes below.

Guan Chenghuang suddenly stopped, took out the Chenghuang Seal again, held it high above his head, and shouted: "I am the lord of Yingxiang Mansion. The earth of the four directions, the spirits of the five elements, and the gods of the eight directions, listen to my command and open the sky~~~~"

"Boom!!!"

It was like a magnitude 10 earthquake, but it wasn't the ground below that was shaking, but the sky above that was cracking.

The dark, low, eerie and depressing underworld sky had a huge crack several kilometers long and hundreds of meters wide, and there were many smaller cracks near the crack.

The sound of chanting drifted down from the cracks, accompanied by the "Great Sun Buddha Light" - a mixture of Buddha's light and the midday sun.

The evil shadows, ghost soldiers, and even half of the ghost town were all exposed to the "Great Sun Buddha Light".

"Sizzle~~~" the scene of lard residue grilled over charcoal fire appeared again in the underworld.

(End of this chapter)