530 Gan Ji, the Mad Demon Lord 3 (1/2)
Transportation for Li Feihong was an easy job. He simply flew to the destination, sacrifice a few hundred thousand years of lifespan to open a thousand of dimensional gates for a few hours, then flew to another destination and repeat.
It took Li Feihong half a day to bring two legions from the Yi Province and Xiangyang to Jiangling, where Cao Cao had once used this place as their operation base before the Battle of Chibi.
Still, Li Feihong was confused about why Diaochan didn't allow him to send these soldiers behind the line of Sun Ce's troops. They could have ambushed them and destroyed their bases.
Li Feihong: ”Can I send them inside Jianye and wreck everything?”
Again, Li Feihong asked Diaochan, hoping that she could approve his idea.
Diaochan: ”Negative. Gan Ji is going to destroy them with his system skills and turn them to zombies. We'll leave these men to fight on their own battle while all of our 8-wing personal will handle Gan Ji.”
Li Feihong sighed in disappointment. Diaochan was afraid of Gan Ji's system skills that she became overly cautious like Tong.
Still, being cautious was better than being reckless. Limiting casualty in wars was never wrong.
Li Feihong: ”Okay, then. I've brought them to Jiangling as ordered. What's next?”
Diaochan: ”Drop off all your officers in your dimension in Jiangling, except Ma Chao, Zhang Min, Zhang Ying, Xu Shu, Lu Lingqi, Sima Lang, Sima Yi, Sima Fu, and Liu Bei. Don't you kill Liu Bei, or we'll be in trouble.”
Li Feihong: ”I know. I saw his true soul. BTW, how the heck has his soul become like that?”
Diaochan: ”That's probably Lilith or Lilim's doing. Any 10-wing demon can transform a sinner with negative karma into a monster, so she might have tampered Liu Ping's soul.”
Diaochan was half-correct. Lilim destroyed Liu Ping's soul when she succeeded in her mother's job. However, she forcefully severed the chains of karma between him and Tong, which ended up tampering Liu Ping's soul in the process.
It created an unusual karma knot that couldn't be released normally. Only Tong and Lilim could solve Liu Ping's monster curse issue, but the two hadn't realized this yet.
Soon, this prolonged karma knot would haunt them.
Diaochan: ”Well, be sure to remind Zhang Min not to use curse skills on herself or on you. If you have a baby while you're on lust curse or something related to sexual desire, your child might come out as a monster. This accident usually happens in Hell, so don't you turn this world into a monster paradise, okay? Until one of us gets our 10th wing, keep Liu Bei alive.”
Currently, Liu Bei was being held in Li Feihong's dimension as a prisoner of war. This former warlord always begged Li Feihong for his forgiveness whenever the latter visited them.
For the sake of precaution, Li Feihong trapped him here and forced him to cultivate some lifespan, hoping that this counterpart of himself could change for the better.
Li Feihong: ”Gotcha. I'll rush to Lujiang ASAP. BTW, how's Liu Yang?”
Diaochan: ”She has recovered somewhat, but she won't be any use for future battle against Gan Ji. I need you to replace her here.”
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In the sky above the destroyed Guangling City, Gan Ji was monitoring his undead soldiers.
The zombies and walking skeletons crawled and staggered toward Shouchun at a slow pace. The entire troops could only travel 5 to 10 kilometers a day even though they didn't rest or sleep.
This was their full speed, which was a downside of this army.
The necromancy system skill that Gan Ji had was similar to the combo skill of Sun Fang. Sub-skills with various usage could be unlocked at a higher level.
Necromancy: Undead Awakening
Necromancy: Bone Reconstruction
Necromancy: Berserk Blessing
Necromancy: Undead Plague
Necromancy: Corpse Explosion
Necromancy: Soul Harvest
Necromancy: Soul Injection
Necromancy: Remote Soul Detonation
Necromancy: Dead Ascension
Necromancy: Flesh of Doom
The first subskill was already deadly on its own as it could create undead soldiers from dead bodies. Bone Reconstruction could reanimate mutilated corpses into a complete undead, and Berserk Blessing could rejuvenate the animated corpses and enhance their abilities.
Undead Plague was a disaster that could cause an apocalypse as they spread undead viruses. Corpse Explosion was as its name as they turned dead bodies or undead creatures into explodable weapons.
Soul Harvest, Soul Injection, and Soul Detonation were taboo skills that could threaten weak immortals. By using the combination of these soul manipulation abilities, they could use local souls as anti-immortal grenades.
And Gan Ji had already stored 300,000 souls for this reason!
But that was not the strongest arsenal of this necromancy skillset!
Dead Ascension could bestow sentience to the animated undead soldiers while Flesh of Doom could combine undead creatures into a new being, which could become anything but a normal living animal. If Gan Ji gave a soul to it, a bio-organic weapon might be born.
These ten subskills were a threat of humanity and even immortals, which was why Zuo Ci decided to kill the creator of this system skill before he grew up.
However, Zuo Ci wouldn't have dreamt that Lilim had given Gan Ji this system skill to help Sun Ce.
Fortunately, Medusa came to this dimension late. She had seen the broadcast show in Heaven and memorized all otherworlder skills before she reincarnated in this world.
Because of her awareness and memory, she was busy blocking Gan Ji from heading toward the central plain and other provinces.
Currently, she was floating 500 meters in front of Gan Ji, harassing this old man as usual.
Liu Yang didn't come this time since she dragged Medusa down. The latter ordered Liu Yang to concentrate on self-recovering, so they could fight Gan Ji and Cao Cao's goons together afterward.
Diaochan looked relax despite the threat of Gan Ji's system skills and his cultivation strength. Several private messages floated around her, but she answered all officers' questions with ease.
”You seem relaxed, my devil princess,” Gan Ji mocked Medusa, ”I heard that Morning Star treats you like his daughter. I'm jealous of you.”
Medusa rolled her eyes, ”You haven't even been in the Netherworld. That's none of your business.”
”Oh, your highness. Every demonic cultivator has to learn about your fame and your father's prestige. Your father is the true founder of this cultivation system, not the creator, so we have to honor our benefactor.”
Medusa closed all communication windows and glared at Gan Ji. This old sage had touched a secret that only a handful of immortals in Heaven and Hell knew, ”Did Lilim tell you?”
”Of course! Who else?”
”I see. That's the more reason that I can't let you live!”
Medusa disappeared from where she was flying and teleported behind Gan Ji. A steel spear in her hand punctured through Gan Ji's back and exited his chest.
However, she immediately pulled back her spear and flew away 2 kilometers within a split second.
*BOOM*
Gan Ji's body exploded, but Medusa didn't let down her guard. She thrust her spear at her left side, targeting nothing but thin air.
Yet…