Chapter 541 – The Three Pillars (1/2)
They did not communicate with one another, but they coordinated with tacit understanding. They constantly adjusted the formation in a tense but orderly fashion, leading a million Corpse Soldiers to guard the Gate of Hungry Ghosts.
The solemn silence was deathly still.
They were like an extensive yet delicate machine of war, ready to be activated at any time.
There was a saying, “Within the tens of thousands, people resembled mountains and seas,” so what kind of concept was “a million” Corpse Soldiers? It was virtually unimaginable unless someone saw it with their own eyes.
Centred around Burial Mound mountain, over a hundred hills in the surroundings had been completely covered by Corpse Soldiers, rising and falling like the waves of the sea. It spanned as far as the eye could see. It was truly a “sea of corpses”.
Under the dark clouds, the hilly terrain had been completely converted into a land of death and danger, and it constantly spread into the surroundings.
The cultivators were all forced back to fifty kilometers away. They did not attempt any more attacks.
Under the lead of the Corpse Generals, the Corpse Soldiers constantly adjusted their formations and expanded their arrays, turning into an unshakable military mountain. Simply a glance of it was enough to throw the heart into uncontrollable turmoil, filled with a sense of despair and powerlessness.
Would mobilising all the cultivators in the Ruyi commandery be enough to breach this military mountain?
And, the Gate of Hungry Ghosts was still rapidly opening wider, surging out with even more and even stronger undead.
Victory was completely impossible!
The end of the Clear River prefecture was here!
Li Qingshan widened his eyes and clenched his fist, but he was not afraid. Instead, he felt irrepressible excitement. A grand sight like this could never be seen in a mountain hamlet!
The Gate of Hungry Ghosts opened wider, but the black pillar of smoke instead began to thin.
Dark clouds no longer shrouded the sky directly above the Gate of Hungry Ghosts. The sky had become grey.
The sun seeped out with dismal light. There was no warmth or life, only cold stillness.
This was not a sight that could bring relief!
The mist-like coldness coiled like strands in the air.
The world was beginning to be converted into the Hungry Ghost realm.
At this very moment.
A gust of wind arrived!
Like a sharp paper cutter, it sliced through the clouds in the air.
The magnificent, resplendent light that poured out of the crack in the clouds was like a signal from god, landing on this land of death, on the boundless sea of corpses.
A glorious, white hawk unfurled its pure-white wings, riding on the light as it descended from above like a shadow from heaven.
It moved like a swift flash, yet also like an ever-fleeting gust of wind.
Even Li Qingshan had to gather his focus before he could barely make out the figure.
That was not a hawk, but a person.
Gu Yanying!
Her speed left Li Qingshan lost in wonder. If he pushed the wings of wind to the limit and beat his phoenix wings as hard as possible, he could achieve the same speed after substantial effort, but he would not be able to maneuver about as freely and as skillfully as Gu Yanying. Moreover, she was clearly still holding back.
Gu Yanying seemed to sense something and suddenly turned her head, looking at Li Qingshan from afar. She seemed to smile at him before sailing off towards the Gate of Hungry Ghosts!
Probably only Li Qingshan managed to capture that “swift” smile of hers.
Hua Chengzan said, “Be careful, commander!”
Was she not flying to her death?
Li Qingshan was taken aback. Gu Yanying was powerful, but what she faced was an army of a million. She probably did not know about the horrors of the military formation, and she would be weakened by the Hungry Ghost realm.
The hundred Corpse Generals roared out together, lifting their weapons high into the air. The Corpse Soldiers immediately responded, except the disturbance they made was akin to a natural disaster, like the awakening roar of a colossal beast.
A hundred wisps of smoke rushed into the air, coiling and entangling as they surged towards Gu Yanyng.
Gu Yanying’s figure became even more fleeting, weaving between the thick pillars of smoke.
However, the smoke merged together and sealed off all of her space to dodge. She waved her delicate, jade folding fan, and a few streams of air rushed out, severing a few wisps of smoke.
The Corpse Generals immediately changed their formation. They wanted to go from offence to defence, but they were too slow.
Gu Yanying landed in the very centre of the military formation like a white bolt of lightning. Vicious faces revolved around her.
With her clothes whiter than snow, she drifted around like she was flying as streams of air circulated around her, blocking the invading chilly winds.
The hundred Corpse Generals roared furiously together and lunged over.
Although they had no time to control the military formation, the corpse qi from the Corpse Soldiers under their command gushed over, enveloping every single one of them in a greyish-black cloud. With their auras connected, they unleashed an ingenious combined attack, tearing away at the foolish opponent who had walked straight into the enemy’s ranks.
She raised her head, her eyes as sharp as hawk’s.
She swung her fan. A hundred heads flew into the air.