Chapter 686: Chapter 207: Battle of the Twin Ghosts_2
“Ignore him for now.”
“Sect Leader Lin, recover quickly, we have more urgent matters to attend to!”
While gulping down spiritual porridge, Lin Bufan looked at Zhu Xuanji with confusion.
Zhu Xuanji said, “The Heaven and Earth Ghosts have gone to ambush the Three Generals Camp, they want to capture Ning Zhuo alive.”
Lin Bufan’s face instantly changed: “The Heaven and Earth Ghosts are strong Nascent Soul level cultivators, renowned across the lands. A single one’s combat power far exceeds the mysterious enemy trying to kill me.”
“No matter how strong Ning Zhuo is, he is only at Golden Core level. How could he withstand the Heaven and Earth Ghosts?”
Zhu Xuanji: “That’s why we must hurry to aid him.”
Lin Bufan looked hesitantly at Zhu Xuanji and Red Sleeves Fairy: “Just the three of us?”
Thousand Vines Talisman Celestial Corridor.
Ning Zhuo’s mechanical army advanced along the left route, pushing forward relentlessly.
Ning Zhuo, without regard for casualties, reinforced the battle formation. Wherever the mechanical army went, it broke through effortlessly!
The Three Generals Camp moved along the mountain, slowly following around the corridor.
Every time Ning Zhuo occupied and gained control of a section from within the corridor, the outer vine talismans became inactive, losing their defensive power.
Thus, the Three Generals Camp just followed, with Liu Guanzhang, the three generals, on full alert, ready to aid Ning Zhuo at any time.
When they attacked the Ten-mile Burning Forest, they encountered unexpected trouble with deities like the Fire Crown Divine Pine.
Based on their assessment, this Thousand Vines Talisman Celestial Corridor might present similar situations.
However, as Ning Zhuo’s mechanical army advanced and was nearing the end, they hadn’t encountered any deities.
The remaining cultivators in the corridor, aside from the initial skirmish, offered little resistance and scattered.
Many even kneeled on the spot, surrendering directly.
“So far, the resistance we’ve encountered is minimal.”
“Our decision to stay and rest in the Ten-mile Burning Forest for a few days to let the news spread was the right one.”
“Strongholds like the Ten-Mile Burning Forest and Thousand Vines Talisman Celestial Corridor mainly cultivate resources. Once cultivators get the news, they tend to retreat immediately.”
“We must remain cautious, though, lest it’s a stratagem by the enemy. Only when we’ve captured the entire celestial corridor can we breathe a sigh of relief.”
“That’s right. There may still be a deity secretly raised by the Ginseng Whisker Dragon King in the Thousand Vines Talisman Celestial Corridor.”
Liu Guanzhang and Ning Zhuo maintained close communication through the magic artifact.
Just then, an unexpected event occurred.
Behind Ning Zhuo, a light blue icy mist suddenly appeared.
From the mist, a white bone claw stretched out, quickly grabbing towards Ning Zhuo’s back.
In that instant, Ning Zhuo rolled forward as if he had eyes on his back, avoiding the bone claw.
His divine sense spread everywhere, covering the entire mechanical army, naturally seeing behind him. However, even if his divine sense noticed it, his own ability alone wasn’t enough to dodge in time.
In the last moment, the mechanical ring on Ning Zhuo’s hand gave him a strong warning, making him highly alert.
This was the main reason he could avoid the ambush.
However, having dodged the first strike, Ning Zhuo was still in danger.
He had just rolled three steps away, and icy mist emerged from both sides. Two more white bone skeletons came out from the mist.
The three skeletons, radiating Golden Core level aura, launched a combined attack on Ning Zhuo.
In a desperate situation, Ning Zhuo dodged frantically and summoned mechanical fists and feet to block the attacks in an emergency.
Strengthened by the Heroic Return Skill, his combat power had already reached Golden Core level.
The close combat techniques he diligently practiced at the Ten Thousand Medicine Sect allowed him to evade most attacks. He used the mechanical fists and feet to cover the remaining gaps in his defense.
Bang, bang, bang.
These mechanical fists and feet were not of high grade; they were made by Ning Zhuo while at the Ten Thousand Medicine Sect.
After a few rounds, they were all destroyed, shattered into pieces on the ground.
The inner walls of the entire Thousand Vines Talisman Celestial Corridor were covered in claw marks, many of which let light through.
The skeleton assassins’ attacks were relentless and sinister. The corridor’s material, which could withstand Golden Core level attacks, had been easily breached.
Suddenly, the three white skeletons stood still, their arms outstretched, palms aimed at Ning Zhuo.
Ning Zhuo’s heart pounded, sensing danger.
The next moment, countless frost converged, generating an intense ice explosion.
Bang!
The segment of the corridor was instantly burst from within by enormous ice bombs.
In the next moment, green light exploded from the ice blocks, erupting into towering trees.
The tree crowns grew dense like giant umbrellas, completely covering this segment of the corridor.
Thick vines, resembling giant pythons, lashed out, striking the white bone skeletons, causing them to jump around in the smoke and shock waves.
Hiding deep within the tree crown, Ning Zhuo clung to the tree trunk, panting heavily.
The previous ambush had left him exhausted, and only now did he catch his breath.
Had those bone claws struck Ning Zhuo, given his defensive means, his fate would have been the same as the corridor walls.
“Using three Golden Core level skeletons to ambush me? Which cultivator in the corridor hates me so much?”
Under the cover of the tree crown, he finally had the opportunity to observe the skeletons closely.
He saw that their heads were like inverted triangles, similar to mantises, with three spiral ice horns arranged horizontally on their foreheads, and icy blue ghost fires burning in their eye sockets.
They hunched over, with spike-lined thirty-six-segment spines, long limbs with ice spikes at the joints, and sharp ice blades on their fingers and toes.
Their rib cages emitted ice light, occasionally flashing with the shadows of defensive talismans.
Their tailbones extended to the ground, forming long bone whips covered in reverse thorns. In the recent ambush, Ning Zhuo barely avoided being hit by the whips several times.
Ning Zhuo’s eyes narrowed slightly as he connected the dots, immediately recognizing these assassins—the Snow Bone Rakshasas!
Recognizing their identity took only a moment.
Ning Zhuo soon noticed the edges of his vision glowing with fire.
Turning his head, he saw the entire Three Generals Camp engulfed in a sea of fire.
This sea of fire was abnormal; the flames were yellow-green, producing shrill wails as they burned.
Ning Zhuo didn’t need to refer to his knowledge this time; he recognized the source of the fire at a glance.
A spell—Nether Fire Fierce Hell!
He had personally experienced the power of this spell.
It was cast by Qi Bai during their battle in Fire Persimmon Immortal City.
Therefore, Ning Zhuo remembered it vividly and identified it immediately.
“Could it be that someone from the Soul Devouring Sect has come?”
“Such a fire, at least a Nascent Soul level cultivator.”
“The Heaven and Earth Ghosts!”
Ning Zhuo’s heart sank.
After the major battle, the presence of the Heaven and Earth Ghosts and their use of the Ghost Gate Pass became known to the Liangzhu Country army.
Ning Zhuo naturally knew this military intelligence and felt a heavy weight settle in his heart.
“The Heaven and Earth Ghosts are powerful Nascent Soul cultivators known throughout the countries. Even if I combined forces with the Three Generals, we wouldn’t be their match!”
Leverage by the mechanical army, Ning Zhuo could exert Golden Core level combat power.
The entire Three Generals Camp, fighting with full force, could contend with Nascent Soul level beings, comparable to Ma Feitui or Tu Ming.
But each of the Heaven and Earth Ghosts was acknowledged to be stronger than Tu Ming.
Tu Ming, mastering the divine skill Ten Thousand Snake Poison Flow, was a Nascent Soul True Monarch.
Both Heaven and Earth Ghosts were True Monarchs, each mastering more than one divine skill!
“Be cautious! The intruders are likely the Heaven and Earth Ghosts!” Ning Zhuo urgently communicated to Liu Guanzhang.
As soon as he finished, he looked up and saw a meteor falling from the sky.
The White Ice Meteorite brought a howling wind as it bore down relentlessly.
Ning Zhuo stimulated his mana to cast the Wood Element spell Pine Waves Green Waves to counterattack.
The sound of pine waves arose, and emerald light surged like massive waves, crashing into the White Ice Meteorite. However, it resembled ocean waves hitting rocks, barely shaking it, reducing its momentum by merely thirty percent.
Ning Zhuo hurriedly cast Tree Realm Descent, causing the ground to rise high as countless trees and vines burst forth. Towering trees kept growing taller, forming a city wall-like defense.
Wood Element—Bamboo Joint Green Tenacity!
Ning Zhuo added another layer of protection to the giant trees.
This was a spell once cast by Linghu Jiu, and Ning Zhuo, with his profound Wood Element realm, had comprehended it after seeing it once.
Now he had fully replicated it.