Chapter 715: Chapter 324: Welcome, Fengdu Emperor!
“How goes the battle?”
Within Yomotsu Hirasaka, a Tao Harmony supernatural being standing by Hell’s tributary posed the question.
A supernatural being immediately laughed loudly,
“In recent times, the Mortal Path has been in conflict with the Divinity Path, and the local deities of Sky High Plateau haven’t descended their divine power to guard the cities this time.
The mere Human Clan stands no chance against the more than eight hundred Spirit Refining Ghost Kings we dispatched first.”
As soon as these words were uttered, a flurry of discussions instantly erupted.
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“It seems our offensive is going much smoother than anticipated. The Human Clan and those gods are nothing but fools who only know how to fight amongst themselves!”
“In some major cities of the Human Clan, there are still many cultivators approaching Spirit Refining. If they resist desperately, they can hold off the Spirit Refining Ghost Kings for a short time, which would cause significant trouble for the battle situation.”
“Rest assured, the Nine Yin Ghost Immortal has already made calculations. Those Human Clan cities where cultivators congregate have all been subjected to two projections of Hell’s tributary, with over a million Hell specters and more than ten Spirit Refining Ghost Kings.
No matter how numerous their Spirit Transmutation Peak cultivators may be, as long as they haven’t stepped into the Spirit Refining Stage, they cannot resist so many Ghost Kings.”
“This round alone, we will probably have enough to meet the blood sacrifice needed for the Lord Judge of Life and Death to descend upon the ten cities.”
“It’s a pity that restrictions on the world prevent the Return-to-Void Stage Great Ghost Kings from smuggling into Hell, and all those Great Ghost Kings who advanced from the Spirit Refining Stage perished in the last skirmish. Otherwise, this campaign could have been even easier.”
“No matter what, eight hundred Ghost Kings against Spirit Transmutation cultivators, the advantage is ours!”
While the many supernatural beings celebrated, the Nine Yin Ghost Immortal, who presided over the battlefield of Hell, revealed not a trace of joy on his face, but his eyes were filled with doubts instead.
As the controller of the battlefield of Hell, although the Nine Yin Ghost Immortal couldn’t cross realms to know the details of the battlefield, he could understand the state of the battlefield through the erosion progress of Hell’s tributary.
In his perception, eight hundred Ghost Kings and tens of millions of Hell specters flooding into the battlefield should be reaping souls en masse, expanding Hell’s erosion of the living world.
But at this moment, the Nine Yin Ghost Immortal could only sense a scant amount of souls being harvested and flowing into Hell.
As for Hell’s erosion of the living world, not only was there no increase, but there were also signs of a slight retreat.
“How is this possible?”
The Nine Yin Ghost Immortal’s voice was filled with incredulous doubt.
Subsequently, in his perception, one by one, the soul fires connected to the life of Hell began to extinguish.
Each soul fire represented a Spirit Refining Ghost King, a powerful presence who would be invincible on the periphery of Ying Island, and even Hell’s tributary had only managed to ferry just over a thousand Ghost Kings from the Netherworld over the years.
Some perished in the wars of these years, while others fell in the sudden attack launched from Luliang District the last time.
The remaining eight hundred Spirit Refining Ghost Kings were almost all the Spirit Refining powerful experts within Yomotsu Hirasaka.
Yet these Ghost Kings, capable of dominating a battleground, were falling en masse, while the gains of the Hell specters were negligible.
“A trap! This is a trap!”
The angry voice of the Nine Yin Ghost Immortal interrupted the celebration of the many supernatural beings.
“Eight hundred Spirit Refining Ghost Kings are dying continuously. It must be that gods of Sky High Plateau have covertly entered other cities to slay our Ghost Kings.
The deities of Ying Island have not completely abandoned those cities; all of this is but a ruse they’ve crafted, intending to deplete our living forces with it.”
The supernatural beings were astonished, the information revealed by the Nine Yin Ghost Immortal completely exceeded their expectations.
Their previous celebratory joy instantly turned into anger at having been outmaneuvered by the deities of Ying Island.
“All the gods of Sky High Plateau must die!”
“Mere low-level deities can only resort to such petty schemes to conspire against us.”
“Please, Nine Yin Ghost Immortal, aid us in heading to the battlefield; I shall certainly claim the heads of those deities!”
The burly Spirit Stalwart Ghost Immortal bellowed angrily,
“Head to the battlefield? Do you even know how many powerful deities might be lying in ambush on the other end?”
“No matter how many Ghost Kings are killed, it cannot change the course of the war in Hell; only by defeating the powerful gods and demons of Hell can we truly threaten Yomotsu Hirasaka.
In such circumstances, who can be sure that the death of the Ghost Kings isn’t another trap?”
The words of the Spirit Stalwart Ghost Immortal plunged the previously noisy supernatural beings into silence.
As the invasion of Ying Island reaches its final phase, with the arrival of the Judge of Life and Death set to cleanse the entirety of Ying Island, who would willingly risk their life at such a critical juncture?
It was precisely because of the concerns within the hearts of the major supernatural beings that the decision was made to dispatch eight hundred Ghost Kings for the first wave of the offensive, attempting to fulfill the mandate of the 10th Hall Yama through the hands of these Ghost Kings.
But now, the first round of the offensive hasn’t brought about the desired results, and there are fears of traps lying in wait on the battlefield, putting all the supernatural beings in a difficult position.
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“I suggest we gather our forces and choose one battleground to descend upon; even if we encounter ambushes, we can break through with strength!”
“Idiots, gathering all our forces in one place will surely attract the siege of the gods.
They certainly don’t have the strength to kill us, but if it drags on, and we fail to fulfill the mandates of the Yamas within seven days, can you bear the consequences?”
“So, what should we do?”
As the supernatural beings were fraught with apprehension, the Spirit Stalwart Ghost Immortal spoke up again.
“I do have a method, but it depends on whether you all are willing.”
The supernatural beings cast eager glances at him.
“What’s the method?”
“Since the deities of Sky High Plateau have set up ambushes around the outskirts of Ying Island, then Sky High Plateau and Pingan Capital must be poorly defended.
We might as well do the opposite of what they expect and directly invade Pingan Capital to blood sacrifice the city.”