The lush trees blocked half of the ranged attacks, allowing Miss Zheyuan and Chenghai, who had been injured and healed multiple times, to breathe a sigh of relief.
After confirming that Suzuran and the others had left the stone fortress, the demons did not pursue them further. The terrain of the mountains and forests was not suitable for long-range concentrated fire attacks, and close combat against Suzuran's abilities would be suicide. Moreover, their numbers were too small to even defeat the other three demons.
They merely circled the stone fortress, making it appear as if they had already fought hard, in order to avoid incurring Anlushan's wrath upon her return.
After Linglan and the others shook off the demons, they immediately contacted Qin Huanyu to tell her that they were safe and that they had obtained the medium to activate the cursed doll.
Qin Huanyu, who was exchanging blows with An Lushan, immediately stopped pretending, unleashed her full speed, and left An Lushan speechless, leaving behind a sonic boom cloud before speeding away.
The speed difference was so great that An Lushan, whose fastest flight speed was only about 200 kilometers per hour, had no desire to catch up at all.
She finally realized she had been tricked, gritted her teeth for a moment, then turned and flew towards the stone fortress.
An Lushan's idea was simple: to gather all available forces and wait in a place where she could exert her strongest power.
Speed does not equate to strength. An Lushan does not believe she will lose to Qin Huanyu, especially since Qin Huanyu has hundreds of demons under her command. She will use her strength to crush all schemes and tricks head-on!
On the other side, Qin Huanyu first cautiously flew around the edge of the Ghost Realm twice at top speed to confirm that An Lushan really hadn't followed, before going to meet up with Linglan and the others.
"Sister Ling'er, the Flower Monk, and Miss Zhe Yuan..."
After exchanging greetings in turn, Qin Huanyu couldn't contain her curiosity and asked:
"How did you get captured by An Lushan? She's not that strong, is she? With your abilities, as long as you're careful and focus on teamwork, you could protect yourselves even if you couldn't win, right?"
"Ah, this..." x3
Bai Ling and the others looked at each other, especially Bai Ling and Miss Zhe Yuan, who both felt ashamed, while Cheng Hai looked helpless.
"Gu, I'm so sorry, Sister Yu, we were too careless."
For top-tier online influencer anchors, thick skin is a basic requirement. Bai Ling quickly adjusted her ashamed attitude, stuck out her tongue, and briefly explained the reasons for their defeat.
Qin Huanyu's previous analysis and guesses were all correct. Bai Ling and the other two were defeated and captured because they became a little arrogant after winning two consecutive matches.
After entering this ghostly realm, the three quickly reunited by making noise together and once again fought against the demons led by An Lushan.
The team composition of Bai Ling, Zhe Yuan, and Cheng Hai is actually quite comprehensive.
Cheng Hai is the main tank, Bai Ling is the support, and Zhe Yuan will replace Qin Huanyu as the damage dealer. In this mountainous terrain, as long as they are not surrounded by too many demons, they can definitely put up a fight. The probability of winning is very low, but at least they won't be captured alive, and there is a good chance they can fight their way out.
However, Bai Ling and Zhe Yuan both suffered from a relapse due to their previous two consecutive victories.
Bai Ling, despite being a support character, is obsessed with dealing damage and only wants to use the Jade Spirit Sword to wreak havoc, neglecting to use water-based magic to support her teammates.
Zhe Yuan was blinded by hatred, and her old habits resurfaced—with her strength, she could often kill her enemies instantly, but she refused. Her heart had become somewhat twisted due to hatred, and when hunting ghosts and demons, she never gave them a quick death, but instead beat them half to death and tortured them first.
Both of them were having an episode, and Chenghai, the only one who was normal, said it was too difficult.
Bai Ling was able to rampage and get the most kills in the palace because many people, including Ling, who were stronger than her, were willing to support her. Now that she wants to use that wild fighting style, Cheng Hai alone can't support her.
An Lushan was stronger than any of the three, and she was fighting on home ground with hundreds of demonic subordinates. She had the advantage of timing, location, and support, making it easy for her to capture the three of them alive.
"You guys... sigh."
After listening to all this, Qin Huanyu shook her head, knowing that now was not the time for lecturing, and extended her hand to Bai Ling:
"Where's the stuff?"
"At this!"
Bai Ling quickly took out the items she had collected inside the stone fortress.
Qin Huanyu took the small plastic bag, then took out the cursed doll in the form of a jelly slime. She incorporated the hair and skin fragments from the small plastic bag into the jelly slime, and finally injected spiritual essence into it and began to knead it according to the method taught by Yi Youyou.
Soon, the jelly slime began to transform, turning into Anlushan in the shape of a figurine.
"It's done!"
Qin Huanyu's eyes lit up:
"This An Lushan is indeed the same An Lushan! Now her real name, physical medium, and birth date are all on the cursed doll, and the cursed doll can unleash its full power. She's finished!"
After speaking, she looked at Linglan and the others:
"You all leave the Ghost Realm first. Once outside, Doctor Linglan, please contact Yuebao and ask her to help gather more troops, preferably a combined arms brigade!"
"What do you need so many troops for? An Lushan is the lord of the Ghost Realm and its core. Killing her will cause the Ghost Realm to collapse, and those demons will naturally be unable to escape. There's no need..."
Lily of the Valley frowned:
"Could it be that you, Ayu, want to capture An Lushan alive? Or is it because you're soft-hearted because she's quite pretty?"
"How could that be? No matter how pretty she is, could she be prettier than me?"
Qin Huanyu snorted disdainfully:
"I do want to try to capture her alive, but not because of her appearance, but because of the research value of this Ghost Realm and the hundreds of demons within it! The first two times I encountered the Ghost Realm, I had no choice but to kill the Ghost Realm Lord and destroy the Ghost Realm at the same time. But this time, with the magical artifact Youyou lent me, I want to try to turn everything here into research material! If I can completely understand the principles of the Ghost Realm and even develop the technology to artificially create Ghost Realms... hehe, understand?"
"For research value... okay."
Linglan gave Qin Huanyu a deep look:
"I can agree to cooperate with you, but you must also promise me that you won't be reckless. If you can't capture An Lushan alive, then kill her as soon as possible... You don't want what happened to Ling'er and the others to happen to you, do you?"
"Don't worry, I know what's going on."
Qin Huanyu waved her hand confidently and pointed to her eyes:
"No matter what I do, I can always see the success rate of doing it! Right now, my probability of achieving my goal is over 93%; I will succeed."
"But I'll agree to it anyway."
Seeing that Linglan's lips were about to move as if she wanted to lecture again, Qin Huanyu shrugged again:
"Once the probability drops below 70%, I will immediately abandon capturing Anlushan alive and instead kill her... The success rate of this has been locked at over 99% since I activated the cursed doll."
Linglan didn't say anything more and prepared to leave with Bai Ling and the others.
Miss Zhe Yuan hesitated for a moment, but still showed a determined look in her eyes, and whispered to Qin Huanyu:
"I've recognized her! That bitch is the bastard who led demons to kill my whole family and almost slaughtered my entire village! After you capture her alive, can you give me a chance for revenge?"
"Easy to say."
Qin Huanyu agreed very readily:
"Once I've squeezed all the research value out of her, she'll be yours, and you can do whatever you want with her."
"Thank you!"
Miss Zhe Yuan's eyes immediately lit up, and she gave Qin Huanyu a rather charming look:
"As long as Officer Qin can help me get my revenge, I will thank you properly... You can even do whatever you want with me, I've heard some things about you."
Without giving Qin Huanyu a chance to explain, Miss Zheyuan turned and left, quickly disappearing into the depths of the mountains with Linglan and the others.
Qin Huanyu was left dumbfounded, wanting to stomp her feet in disbelief.
—You'd better explain yourself clearly! What have you heard about me? Why do you think I'm that kind of person? Who said that?
However, thinking of Miss Zheyuan's stunning beauty when she danced, and her alluringly flat and smooth abdomen like a snowfield, Qin Huanyu had to admit that she was quite tempted, but the direction of her heart was definitely different from that of ordinary people.
—If I were to make Miss Zheyuan lie in the kitchen and use her as a cutting board, making me roll out noodles and flatbreads on her lower abdomen, would she cut me with a knife or prick me with a needle?
Lost in her thoughts, Qin Huanyu soared into the sky once more, arriving above the stone fortress, where she faced An Lushan from a distance of a thousand meters.
An Lushan also quickly spotted Qin Huanyu, but this time she didn't rush to chase after her. Instead, she made a provocative gesture with one hand towards Qin Huanyu, luring Qin Huanyu down to fight.
Qin Huanyu gave a disdainful sneer, then took out a spiked awl and the cursed doll that had been turned into an An Lushan figurine, and stabbed it hard into the sole of the doll's foot.
Screams immediately echoed through the night sky of the ghost realm.
Chapter 199 Capturing the Weak Demon King and Taking Over the Ghost Realm
"Gulp, spare me!"
"I'm sorry, I was wrong!"
"Please, please let me go! I'll do anything you want!"
"Owner!"
The battle ended much more smoothly than Qin Huanyu had imagined.
She hadn't even used any of her more vicious methods yet; she had only used a spiked club to stab the soles of An Lushan's doll's feet once, and An Lushan couldn't withstand it.
At first, An Lushan was quite stubborn, screaming and cursing, but in less than two minutes she began to beg for mercy with tears streaming down her face, completely ignoring the fact that she was being watched by hundreds of demons. In the end, she even called out to her master and lay on the ground to surrender.
Qin Huanyu was not careless; this could be a trap. She might be besieged by An Lushan and the demons when she went down to accept An Lushan's surrender.
So Qin Huanyu ignored An Lushan's pleas for mercy and continued to stab An Lushan's doll with a nail-headed spike until An Lushan was convulsing, her eyes rolled back, and she could no longer speak before she stopped.
Then, under the watchful eyes of hundreds of demons with complex expressions but not daring to act rashly, Qin Huanyu, dressed in armor, descended in front of the stone fortress, handcuffed An Lushan who was already in a daze, and used the strong electric arc of the electric arc rifle to disperse the spiritual energy on her body before carrying her on his shoulder and taking her away.
However, this is the Ghost Realm after all, and An Lushan is the Lord of the Ghost Realm. Even the strong electric arc could not disperse the spiritual energy on her body for too long. The spiritual energy on her body was accumulating in large quantities every second, and she could recover her combat power at any time.
Leaving the Ghost Realm directly is not the best option either. There is a high probability that the hundreds of demons in the Ghost Realm will go out of control, and there are more than one or two connection points between this Ghost Realm and the real world. Once a large number of those demons enter the real world, it could easily cause a major disaster.
Fortunately, this ghost realm was large enough. Qin Huanyu carried An Lushan around in the air and found a hidden place that the demons would definitely not be able to find in a short time. She landed there and threw An Lushan heavily to the ground.
The yellow scraps from the various defeats in the time traveler's memories can finally be put to use.
Using alloy tentacles to whip An Lushan, nail-headed spikes to pierce her feet, and electric shocks from an arc rifle as the main methods, Qin Huanyu gave An Lushan another severe beating.
An Lushan's willpower is not strong at all; rather, it is very fragile. She is only arrogant because she has gained great power by chance. Once she is defeated, she can be easily broken.
After about two hours of playing with An Lushan, bringing her to the brink of death several times, Qin Huanyu finally believed that she had truly obeyed and allowed her to regain some of her strength.
After regaining her power, An Lushan did indeed have thoughts of rebellion, but unfortunately, her body had already left too deep a memory of Qin Huanyu. She was so frightened by just one glare that she almost wet herself, and could only force a smile to appear obedient.
"What do you need me to do, Master?"
"You should be able to completely control this ghost realm and those demons, right?" Qin Huanyu asked.
"This……"
An Lushan hesitated for a few seconds before smiling wryly:
“Controlling this space isn’t a big problem, since I’ve already merged with it, and you could say I’m the core of this space. But those demons… they certainly wouldn’t have dared to defy me before, but you, Master, have thoroughly defeated and humiliated me in front of them. The authority I’ve built in their hearts over the years has most likely collapsed, and I really don’t have the confidence to continue controlling them.”
"I never expected you to be such a useless piece of trash! The title of Second Generation Demon King Anlushan sounded pretty intimidating..."
Qin Huanyu glared at An Lushan with disdain, then thought for a moment before giving the order:
"Then you should lock all the entrances and exits to this space, so that those demons can't freely enter the mortal world. Surely you can do that?"
"This……"
An Lushan seemed to have guessed some of Qin Huanyu's plans, and her face was very ugly, but her still slightly twitching body prevented her from resisting, so she could only answer honestly:
"If I regained all my strength and returned to the Stone Fortress, I could easily maintain the seal on this space for as long as I wanted. But right now... I can only hold out for a maximum of 3 hours."
"Three hours should be enough, let's get started."
Qin Huanyu immediately waved her hand and shook the alloy tentacle behind her that now made An Lushan's legs go weak just by looking at it.
An Lushan was helpless; she was at the mercy of the powerful, and had no choice but to obediently comply.
After eliminating the risk that a large number of demons from the Ghost Realm would enter the mortal world, Qin Huanyu once again carried An Lushan away from the Ghost Realm like a bandit leader snatching his wife.
After leaving the Ghost Realm, An Lushan's spiritual energy condensation speed plummeted, becoming less than one-tenth of what it was inside the Ghost Realm. Her overall strength also weakened considerably, posing no threat to Qin Huanyu.
Linglan, who had arrived earlier, had already contacted Nangong Yue as Qin Huanyu had instructed. Nangong Yue immediately dispatched a regiment of paratroopers to airdrop in and provide support. Later, an entire combined arms brigade would arrive from the ground.
With a regiment of paratroopers plus the unit that was already sealing off the site, the force now exceeds 2000 men. They are sure to win against the hundreds of demons in the Ghost Realm, but some casualties are still unavoidable, since some demons have magic powers and pose a great threat to ordinary soldiers.
Qin Huanyu wanted to wait for the main force to arrive before completely eradicating the demons in the Ghost Realm, but An Lushan's Ghost Realm blockade could only last for 3 hours, which was too short of time.
She didn't ask the soldiers of the Holy Zhou Kingdom who were about to enter the Ghost Realm for battle whether they were afraid of bloodshed and sacrifice; such a question would be an insult to the soldiers of the Holy Zhou Kingdom.
After some mental calculations, Qin Huanyu decided to lead the 2000-plus soldiers into the Ghost Realm to wipe out the demons.
If hundreds of provoked demons were to disperse and wreak havoc in the mortal world, the potential harm they could cause would be far too great; this is the one thing we must do everything in our power to avoid.
The battle unfolded much as Qin Huanyu had predicted.
When the army first entered the Ghost Realm, under the firepower suppression of modern weapons, they killed more than a hundred demons in a way that could be described as devastating, without any casualties.
But demons also have intelligence. An Lushan, the second-generation weak demon king, was captured, but those ancient demons who have lived for hundreds or even thousands of years are still around.
They quickly regrouped the remaining ogres and stopped fighting the human army head-on, instead using their physical advantages, geographical advantages, and uncanny magic to wage guerrilla warfare.
Even if Qin Huanyu could fly, and with the help of Bai Ling and Zhe Yuan who came in with her, it would still be difficult to take care of all 2000 soldiers, especially as the battle progressed, the soldiers had to be divided into groups of 30 to 50 people to fight separately.
When the demons realized they couldn't escape the demon realm and that humans were clearly determined to exterminate them, they went berserk and fought desperately, escalating the battle's intensity once again.
In the end, it only took a little over an hour for the human side to complete the extermination of the ghost realm. All the demons were either killed directly or beaten half to death and captured as test subjects.
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