Gentlemen, it's time to enter the Banner of Ten Thousand Souls.

Chapter 381 The Death of the Tiger's Accomplice
The changgui is immortal and indestructible; even if it is scattered, it should be able to reform.

As the great battle has progressed, the only thing the Tiger Servant Lord has consumed is spiritual energy, not any of the serpent spirits.

But just now, he clearly sensed that one of the ghosts had vanished without any possibility of recovery.

Tiger Lord was greatly surprised; something was wrong.

Just as I was about to carefully sense what was happening, I realized that I didn't need to bother.

Because fewer of the evil spirits rushed into the Yunlu Immortal Sect, and this time not just a few, but several hundred were eliminated.

A long, golden banner hung above Cloud City, from which thousands of Yin soldiers emerged to fight against the evil spirits.

Although the number of cougars was large, their strength was far inferior to that of these ghost soldiers.

These ghostly soldiers were armed with a multitude of magical artifacts, seemingly designed specifically for the invisible. With a flick of their wrists, they could bind dozens of ghostly accomplices, preventing them from escaping as they struggled.

The ghostly soldiers chased after these vengeful spirits everywhere, capturing them all alive.

But this is merely a capture; what can truly kill the ghost is neither the Yin soldiers nor the golden-glowing Ten Thousand Souls Banner.

Instead, it was a monstrous beast that instilled fear in the tiger's entourage.

On the surface, it looks like a grayish-brown glutinous rice ball with a round body that makes it almost impossible to see its neck. Its limbs are short and chubby like a newborn bear cub, and it waddles from side to side when it walks, with its belly almost touching the ground.

Anyone who sees it will only describe it as adorable.

But in Hu Chang's eyes, this chubby monster was like his natural enemy.

Then, the ghostly soldiers dragged countless ghouls to the front of the monster. They waited for it to open its mouth, and then forcefully shoved the ghouls into the monster's mouth.

The immortal and indestructible cougar fell into the mouth of the demon beast, melting away like cotton candy and vanishing without a trace.

There was no dissipating gray fog, nor any reconstructed form; it simply vanished into nothingness.

Tiger's accomplice didn't know the name of the monster, but he knew that his magic had been broken.

The changgui should be immortal, because it is not a ghost at all, so it is not afraid of any magic, let alone sunlight or other means of suppressing ghosts.

The essence of the changgui (伥鬼) is actually a dream.

It is the last beautiful dream a person has before they die.

The key to creating a cougar is to make it lose all will to live, and to make it willingly devote all its energy and spirit to that ethereal dream.

When mortals die in such a strong desire to immerse themselves in dreams, their souls will merge with the dreams.

Then, all that is needed is to extract this dream using the secret methods of the Demonic Sect, and it can be used as a material for refining the cougar.

The subsequent steps are simply to alter the content of the dream, making it unbearably painful, increasing its ferocity, and so on. Finally, with the addition of manipulation techniques, an immortal and indestructible vengeful spirit is formed.

You can destroy a mortal's soul, but how will you destroy his dreams?

This thing is ethereal and unpredictable, gathering and dispersing at will. Only by constantly consuming its spiritual energy until it is completely exhausted can one possibly destroy a vengeful spirit.

But even if a single ghost is scattered thousands of times, it won't suffer much wear and tear.

Dreams are the ultimate fantasy, the boundary between illusion and reality, and no magic can affect them.

Until this monster appeared.

It was as if the heavens were playing a joke on the Tiger Lord, that this monster could actually devour dreams?
When did the Yunlu Immortal Sect start raising such a thing? Isn't this targeting a bit too unreasonable?!
Chen Ye initially thought it was a coincidence. How could it be such a coincidence that a survivor protected by the Dream Eater came to the Yunlu Immortal Sect and happened to meet Chen Ye, who knew the Eight-Nine Arcane Arts, and taught him to transform into a Dream Eater to specifically restrain these dream-like ghosts.

But when he recalled Mo Suixin's divination, things seemed to make sense.

Everything is cause and effect, karma.

Chen Ye often heard Mo Ci lament that good people in this world never get good rewards, and bad people never get bad punishment.

Of all the demon lords who ascended to immortality, which one didn't kill countless people, yet ultimately still achieved immortality and attained enlightenment? So good and evil are merely choices one makes, and there is no such thing as fairness in this world.

But things are different now.

With the establishment of Fengdu City, the underworld still exists, and the only method of reincarnation among the six realms of reincarnation that has not yet been created is the method of rebirth.

Chen Ye has severely influenced the world's cycle of cause and effect, causing it to change in the direction he envisions: "good deeds bring good rewards and evil deeds bring evil consequences."

The Tiger Servant Lord spread plagues, harming countless mortals, and his refining of serpent ghouls was even more inhumane.

Such heinous acts will naturally bring about their consequences.

The Dream Eater was an extremely rare monster, and the family protected by it would never have any connection with the Yunlu Immortal Sect.

But due to the spread of the plague, he eventually climbed the Heavenly Ladder to seek help from the Yunlu Immortal Sect.

Chen Ye was the source of this karmic retribution, and he happened to arrive at the Heavenly Ladder to deliver the mortal who was about to freeze to death to the Yunlu Immortal Sect.

As for Chen Ye himself, if it weren't for the Tiger Lord sending people to the Northern Frontier to release the plague, Chen Ye wouldn't have been able to study the dream plague, and he probably wouldn't have been able to transform into a dream-eating tapir and devour the ghost in such a short time.

One drink and one peck, could it be a predestined decision.

This is cause and effect, this is the retribution for the wicked's accomplices.

The only pity is that this retribution doesn't seem to be big enough.

Having devoured tens of thousands of demonic beasts in the city, the protective array of the Yunlu Immortal Sect flickered and disappeared once more, leaving it defenseless once more, as if taunting the Tiger Demon Lord's demonic beasts to attack again. The Tiger Demon Lord couldn't understand why, if this was truly the Yunlu Immortal Sect preparing to deal with its demons, they would open the protective array to lure the demonic beasts into attacking.

Even if it's a strategy to lure the enemy in, we should wait until all the traitors have entered Cloud City before closing the gates and beating them.

Putting tens of thousands in, letting the monster swallow them, and then opening the gate... does that mean there's a limit to how many ghouls the monster can devour each time?

This time, the Tiger Servant Lord guessed half of it correctly.

Chen Ye had transformed into the form of a dream-eating tapir, but he wasn't very skilled at it; swallowing tens of thousands at a time was already his limit. Moreover, his chubby body was actually very unstable, so he didn't even dare to move, nor did he dare to fly into the sky to chase after those ghouls and devour them.

He was afraid that if he made any unnecessary movements, he would no longer be able to maintain the transformation of the dream-eating tapir.

Since Chen Ye cannot leave Cloud City, he has no choice but to open the door and let the ghosts in, which is a very risky arrangement.

However, Master Wuyun chose to trust Chen Ye's advice, which is why he risked opening the formation just now.

As it turned out, releasing tens of thousands of ghouls at once was no problem. The disciples of the Yunlu Immortal Sect had no way to deal with the ghouls, and their numbers were far inferior.

Chen Ye, however, was accompanied by a large group of ghost soldiers.

Perhaps it was because the changgui (伥鬼) ultimately possessed some divine soul characteristics; even though they were not afraid of sunlight, they were still affected by the divine soul secrets of the Ksitigarbha Sutra. The ghost soldiers were perfectly suited to capture changgui, and tens of thousands of changgui posed no threat before being sent into Chen Ye's mouth.

Unfortunately, Chen Ye's time to practice transformation was too short. If he had a few more years to practice the sword manual that Sheng Huai'an gave him, he might have been able to rebuild his foundation and master the art of transformation.

They'll be able to chase after Tiger Lord and gnaw on him, treating this Demon Lord like a dog and chasing him everywhere.

Now, Chen Ye can only wait and see what Hu Chang chooses.

Faced with such a natural enemy, and an entire sect that is clearly unbeatable, running away is the only wise choice at this point.

He should abandon his current physical body and use a life-saving method like Fei Lian to leave the Western Region. Otherwise, if he stays here, he will be besieged by the righteous path, and the army of Chang Gui will be devoured by Chen Ye sooner or later.

Thus, the two demon lords attacked the Yunlu Immortal Sect and each lost a life. In addition, the Great Five Elements Heavenly Punishment Formation eliminated the demons. Therefore, the beginning of this war between good and evil can be considered a minor victory for the righteous path.

But Chen Ye ultimately underestimated the Demonic Sect Master's ruthlessness.

The gray mist gathered together and transformed back into the form of the Tiger Lord. This gray giant clenched his fist, gathering immense power, and punched Chen Ye.

He knew he was going to lose his life here, so why not take a gamble?
The gray giant punched countless cracks in the sky, this punch condensed the true power of the Returning Void Realm, the space itself was damaged, determined to kill Chen Ye, this "natural enemy", with one punch.

The Yunlu Immortal Sect quickly reopened its protective mountain formation, blocking the giant's fist outside.

As the light shield opened and closed, the gray giant's fist was severed, and the tens of thousands of yin spirits that made up the fist dissipated, turning into layers of gray mist that drifted towards Chen Ye.

Chen Ye simply opened his mouth, for the Dream Eater could overcome any number of ghosts that came to it.

As soon as he opened his mouth and inhaled, the gray mist was indeed drawn in and entered Chen Ye's mouth.

Countless ghosts wailed and cried out, but none could escape Chen Ye's devouring.

Just as Chen Ye swallowed the gray mist, a tremendous force suddenly exploded from his mouth.

With a loud bang, the Dream Eater that Chen Ye had transformed into exploded into a shower of blood and flesh.

The Tiger Lord, covered in blood, let out a burst of wild laughter.

He knew that by personally intruding into the Yunlu Immortal Sect, he had cut off his own escape route. The ultimate result would be nothing more than being besieged by the righteous path and forced to abandon this physical body.

But he still killed the strange beast; it was worth losing his life to eliminate a natural enemy.

Just as the Tiger Lord was thinking that killing one would be enough and killing two would be a bonus, he suddenly discovered that the flesh and blood on his body were beginning to mutate.

The foul-smelling flesh turned golden yellow.

"The Eight-Nine Arcane Technique! It's that brat Chen Ye?!"

Tiger's sworn brother never expected that this demonic beast was actually Chen Ye in disguise. It was just that Chen Ye's transformation was so realistic that Tiger's sworn brother, being countered by his natural enemy, failed to notice anything amiss.

Before the Tiger Lord could continue his pursuit of Chen Ye, a voice called out from not far away: "Demon, look here!"

Tiger's entourage looked in the direction of the sound and saw that Chen Ye's half body had condensed into a human form and was lying on a step. His physical body had not fully recovered, but he was holding a gourd in his hand.

gourd?

A gourd with its lid already opened?

This was Hu Chang's last memory before his death, because when he saw the gourd, his body had already been pierced by countless sword energies.

That cunning brat, he attacked first, then spoke.

However, these sword energies were too sharp, cutting his body into countless pieces, yet Hu Chang's consciousness was still preserved for a moment.

Chen Ye looked at the Tiger Lord who had been silently sliced ​​to pieces and quickly covered the gourd with the lid.

I tried to use the gourd sword energy time and time again, but missed the opportunity each time. I never thought it would finally come in handy.

Just now, he released half of the gourd's worth of sword energy in one go, which pained Chen Ye greatly.

However, the effect was excellent; even the Tiger Lord couldn't transform into gray mist and was directly shredded.

Looking at the sword marks and bits of flesh scattered on the ground, Chen Ye thought, "I wonder if they've been completely killed. I'll have to ask Youluozi about it later. I promised to help her get revenge, but she ended up killing Hu Chang. I have to make her give me some more benefits."

(End of this chapter)