Chapter 805: Chapter 269: Soul of Ten Thousand People
The sounds of ghostly wails and wolf howls filled the battlefield.
The ghost tide surged continuously, assaulting the White Paper Immortal City!
The Silent Ghost General and five other Golden Core Level experts had long secretly left midway. Sun Lingtong mixed in with the main army, arriving beneath the White Paper Immortal City, witnessing this grand battlefield scene.
He saw thousands of large-headed ghosts blowing the surging Yin wind, small-headed ghosts densely packed, constantly rushing towards the top of the city walls.
On the city walls, the City Guard Army held talisman paper weapons, maintaining the line, amidst the flashes of blades and swords, not a single small-headed ghost could charge up the walls.
Suddenly, hundreds of Lantern Ghosts in groups attacked the city gate.
They spewed out a large amount of ghost fire, attempting to set the city gate ablaze, but the gate emitted layers of Yin light, black water surged from the light, not only extinguishing the ghost fire but also sweeping and slaughtering the Lantern Ghosts.
Less than twenty Lantern Ghosts remained, fleeing in panic.
However, the ghost tide still had an enormous scale. Large numbers of small-headed and large-headed ghosts were continuously being spawned.
And contributing to this was precisely the Ghost Mothers.
These Ghost Mothers were large in stature, lying on open ground outside the city, constantly inhaling and exhaling vast amounts of Yin Qi, continuously producing a large number of new ghosts.
On the walls, the City Guard Army leader Tie Guzheng stared intently at these Ghost Mothers, knowing that to repel this wave of ghost tide, these Ghost Mothers must be eradicated.
He intended to lead his team, charge out of the city, and slaughter these Ghost Mothers to death, but he also gazed at the distant Yin Army.
In previous ghost tides, the Wangchuan Underworld had not dispatched troops, but this time they sent an elite force!
Undoubtedly, this brought greater defensive challenges for Tie Guzheng.
Sun Lingtong was amidst the main army, after observing for a moment, he clicked his tongue secretly, “White Paper Immortal City’s defense is so strong!”
The ghost tide was massive, surging continuously like a vast wave. Yet, White Paper Immortal City remained as steady as a mountain, immovable, Tie Guzheng’s defensive experience was too rich!
Under his command, the City Guard Army was busy yet orderly, maintaining a stable defense, even if there were occasional urgent situations, Tie Guzheng would swiftly give the right orders, and with effective execution, easily defused the formation crises.
“Truly worthy of an Immortal City.”
“In this situation, even if my Yin Army was ten times larger, I’m afraid it wouldn’t impact this city.”
“But the Wangchuan Lord doesn’t dispatch troops easily; he must have a trump card.”
Just as Sun Lingtong thought of this, turmoil erupted within the White Paper Immortal City!
A large number of Water Ghosts emerged from the canals in the city, attacking in all directions. Initially, the citizens fell into panic, losing hundreds of lives. Once they regained composure, they actively resisted.
However, the Water Ghosts were Yin Soldiers, benefiting from the support of Military Art and Battle Formation, even if temporarily blocked, they still slew people ceaselessly.
Upon hearing this commotion, the flags of the Yin Army began swaying.
The Yin Army quickly launched an attack, rushing towards the White Paper Immortal City.
Led by a Hanging Ghost General, a Yin Army composed of Hanging Ghosts charged to the base of the city walls, throwing nooses, attempting to climb.
The City Guard Army immediately allocated some men, wielding axes and knives, to hack and chop.
The Hanging Ghost General climbed while swinging his long tongue, attacking the City Guard Army. He was powerful and fought fiercely, several City Guard Army cultivators were hit by his long tongue, some retreated with serious injuries, others were directly swept off the walls, and immediately torn into pieces by countless ghosts.
Seeing this Hanging Ghost General about to be the first to climb the walls, Tie Guzheng snorted coldly, activating the seal in his bosom.
Instantly, on that section of the walltop, layers of overlapping symbols emerged on the wall bricks, causing talisman papers to fly into the air, transforming into countless spells.
The spells were varied; some greatly enhanced the City Guard Army’s defense, others killed many Hanging Ghosts. The Hanging Ghost General attempted to confront them but was still struck down by the spells.
Seeing this, the Yin Army’s Main General immediately issued a military order.
The military flag swayed a few times, and a Lantern Ghost General led his subordinate Lantern Ghosts, swarming towards another section of the city wall.
They did not climb the wall, instead directly crashing into the foot of the wall.
Boom, boom, boom…
A series of explosions shook the city wall continuously.
Subsequently, flames burned fiercely, surrounding the wall, enduring for a long time, crimson tongues of fire licking the layers of wall paper.
Tie Guzheng was finally moved.
The Wangchuan Underworld’s army came prepared; this flame siege method faintly restrained the construction methods of White Paper Immortal City!
But in the next moment, Tie Guzheng snorted coldly again, activating another means.
A large stream of Black Water reappeared, dashing into the flames.
Water and fire clashed, producing hissing sounds, fiercely contending. The Black Water surged continuously, quickly extinguishing the crimson flames.
As the flames neared extinction, they suddenly transformed into a giant flaming ghost, letting out a final wail, and then vanished completely.
“Black Water Mountain, White Paper City…” Sun Lingtong murmured, gaining a deeper understanding of this widely known name.
After two consecutive siege failures, the Main General had a solemn expression.
After frowning and pondering, he made a difficult decision, ordering the entire army to slow down the attack, then looked expectantly towards the south city gate.
He hoped there would be greater internal chaos in the city, indirectly helping him open the situation.
The Silent Ghost General and the other five were unaware, bearing this layer of expectation; now their primary concern was—how to escape from this damned Jade Bell True Array!
They were covered in wounds, in contrast, Wen Ruanyu and Ning Zhuo appeared calm and unruffled, without a drop of sweat.
The key was having a planned strategy, the array they had set up perfectly restrained their opponents.
Wen Ruanyu was controlling the array, while Ning Zhuo stood by his side, occasionally casting his gaze towards him.