Chapter 843: Chapter 287: Renowned Across the Land!
White Paper Immortal City.
The ghost tide crashes against the city walls wave after wave.
With the City Guard Army as its backbone and numerous cultivators from around the Immortal City as flesh and blood, they form a defensive force and defend the city.
Every moment, countless ghosts are blasted into oblivion, and many cultivators also fall.
Tie Guzheng, as the Commander of the City Guard Army, wears a stern look on his face, keeping a close watch on the battlefield and frequently issuing orders to adjust the city’s defenses.
“Only three reserve forces left.” Tie Guzheng’s heart is heavy.
Earlier, the White Paper City Lord had generously rewarded brave fighters and gathered almost all available forces around the Immortal City, incorporating them into the city’s defenses, which has allowed them to hold out for so many days.
However, after successive waves of ghost tides, the defensive forces of White Paper Immortal City have suffered significant losses, and manpower is once again stretched thin.
“Report—! Emergency at the west city gate, a large number of Soul-hooking Geckos have climbed onto the wall and have already taken a section of it!” The emergency military report arrives.
Tie Guzheng’s brows furrowed even more tightly as he quickly calculated internally, realizing that the three reserve troops almost couldn’t handle the task.
“Besides me going personally, there can only be hope in the Qing Jiao Army.”
The so-called Qing Jiao Army refers to the army commanded by Qing Chi and Jiao Ma (Ning Zhuo), which is organized with contributions from the Ghost Clan’s Qing Family and the Human Clan’s Jiao Family.
In a strict sense, Qing Chi has yet to successfully build the army, and it can only be considered a prototype at this stage.
“Received the order, we’re heading to the west city gate!” Inside the city, Qing Chi opened her eyes and stood up suddenly.
She had been waiting impatiently for the military order to go into action.
The other cultivators had also been ready for battle for quite some time and moved into action upon hearing her, closely following Qing Chi.
Qing Chi was the first to rush out of the temporary camp, heading towards the west city gate.
A group of cultivators followed her.
“Finally in action…” Ning Zhuo was located elsewhere, observing from afar.
“They don’t march as orderly as the Three Generals Camp and Red Flower Camp because there’s no time for specialized military drills. However, in the city, with the alleyways and street terrain, there isn’t space for large-scale marching operations.”
“But this shortcoming needs to be addressed.”
“After all, when fighting in the Netherworld, the battlefield won’t be this complex.”
A section of the city wall near the west city gate no longer had any cultivators, with dozens of Soul-hooking Geckos perched together and occupying the area.
Meanwhile, a large number of Soul-hooking Geckos continue to climb up the city walls, pouring onto the top.
The city walls of White Paper Immortal City are not easy to climb; layer upon layer, talisman paper burns continuously, causing many ghosts to wail in agony upon contact. Those with weaker power are burned to ash.
Stronger Soul-hooking Geckos withstand the burning of the talisman paper and climb up the walls with residual sparks.
The geckos flick their tongues at each other, licking away the sparks on each other’s bodies one bit at a time.
They are quickly recovering!
The leader who saw this scene had bloodshot eyes, knowing it absolutely cannot be allowed.
“If this continues, this section of the wall will fall. If not reclaimed, the west gate will be at risk. At that time, we’ll be the sinners responsible for the city’s fall!”
“Once more, everyone charge with me!”
The leader’s voice was hoarse as he led the charge with an injured body.
The cultivators’ bravery and responsibility were ignited by him, following him in a desperate re-counter to reclaim the wall.
Almost simultaneously, the Soul-hooking Geckos turned their heads and spat out their tongues.
The tongues shot out like electricity with incredible speed, and once stretched, their length was also quite astounding.
In the blink of an eye, these tongues struck many cultivators.
The cultivators didn’t have time to react and were hit consecutively.
A portion of them relied on their protective measures to withstand this wave of attacks, but most were hit, and their souls were hooked out of their bodies when the tongues retracted.
The speed of the geckos’ tongue retraction was even faster than when they were shot out!
The souls of the cultivators were taken by the tongues and pulled into the geckos’ mouths.
The geckos closed their mouths, swallowing them whole.
The soulless bodies collapsed to the ground one after another; just this round of attack resulted in at least fifty percent of the cultivators being lost.
The cultivators’ morale took a huge hit, leaving them shaken.
The leader shouted, “Keep charging!”
But following him were just a few people.
The others scattered, fleeing backward.
Ning Zhuo watched this unfolding secretly, but was unsurprised.
The leader and the last few cultivators who followed his charge were all from the City Guard Army. Even if they weren’t from a formal cultivation army, they were usually well-trained, hailing from good families, loyal and willing to fight.
But the others mostly came from villages and towns surrounding the Immortal City.
This bunch of country folks do not have strong feelings towards the Immortal City, nor have they experienced such fierce battles and arduous training; their morale is unstable.
If not for the solid city defense of White Paper Immortal City, solely relying on these cultivators, they would have long since collapsed and been utterly dispersed under the ghost tide.
The geckos opened their mouths again and shot out the second wave of tongues.
The leader and several cultivators instantly fell, unwillingly widening their eyes.
Their souls were all hooked and pulled into the geckos’ bellies.
The Qing Jiao Army that rushed to the scene witnessed it all.
“Something’s wrong. The strength of this group of Soul-hooking Geckos far exceeds the normal standard. What’s going on?” Qing Yan frowned tightly.
He had just wanted to pause and carefully observe when Qing Chi ahead of him shouted furiously, “Damn beasts! Charge with me, avenge our comrades!”
Everyone had undergone military cultivation, and the first set of military principles was [Command and Prohibition], which inclined this prototype army towards following the Commander’s orders.
Therefore, after hearing Qing Chi’s call, they all swarmed up the city walls.