27: Eat ghosts, swallow zombies

These desperate rogue cultivators really ran into a wall.

Serves them right!

Lu Chen had no intention of interfering. Since the Inner Sect Disciple had already hooked the 'fish', taking down these rogue cultivators was likely not a problem.

It was more practical for him to return to the Sect and raise his Dao Soldiers.

Just as he was about to recall the ten Copper Armor Dao Soldiers he had sent out to investigate the situation, Lu Chen suddenly paused.

He saw that the ten Copper Armor Dao Soldiers underground were all shining with light in their eyes, staring intently at the two Black-haired Zombies and the many ghosts that were howling in the air. Moreover, strong waves of desire were constantly transmitted to Lu Chen's heart.

The meaning was simple: 'Good stuff, want to eat.'

"Want to eat Black-haired Zombies? And also eat the ghosts cultivated by those evil cultivators?"

Your tastes are quite wild!

Lu Chen fell into contemplation for a moment. If the Dao Soldiers wanted to eat, it meant it was definitely good stuff, and of course, they could eat it.

The question was, 'eating zombies' was one thing, but why didn't they even spare the ghosts?

He couldn't understand it, but Lu Chen expressed his support. It was good stuff they got for free, so they might as well eat it.

After thinking for a moment, Lu Chen took the remaining five Copper Armor Dao Soldiers and one Silver Armor Dao Soldier and also burrowed underground. Of course, he couldn't favor one over the other when there was good stuff; the ten Copper Armor Dao Soldiers who went first had their share, and the six beside him couldn't be left out either.

In an instant, he reached the middle of the mountain, but Lu Chen did not show himself.

Underground, he couldn't see what was happening on the surface, but the Dao Soldiers who were naturally in control of the Earth Element could. He used the Dao Soldiers' vision to carefully look towards the center of the fight.

The three Tong Qiao Realm rogue cultivators were all evil outsiders, with fierce appearances. One of them, a skinny old man holding a ghost banner, had sunken eyes and looked especially frightening.

The guy who raised the Black-haired Zombies wasn't much better, with yellow teeth, green light in his eyes, and a lingering corpse aura. He looked neither human nor ghost, with disheveled hair.

The only one who seemed relatively normal was the one controlling the blood-sha Flying Sword, a burly man with blood-red eyes, a bald head, and no eyebrows, looking fierce and malevolent.

The three Tong Qiao Realm Inner Sect Disciples who were fighting them were all wearing sky-blue long robes. Looking closely, one could see a small Flying Sword embroidered on the white edge of their collars.

"So it's the Senior apprentice-brothers from Doujian Peak."

One of the powerhouses in the Inner Sect was Doujian Peak, and also Mingjing Peak.

The difference was that the Law Enforcement Hall of Mingjing Peak dealt with both internal and external matters, while Doujian Peak only dealt with external matters. Any random Disciple from Doujian Peak was incredibly lethal, and there wasn't a single Doujian Peak Disciple whose hands hadn't been stained with enemy blood.

Perhaps within the Sect, the reputation of Mingjing Peak's Law Enforcement Hall was more feared by the Disciples, but outside the Sect, the Disciples of Doujian Peak were the true killers.

Anyone who was an enemy of the Dongming Sect knew the name of Dongming Sect's Doujian Peak.

Among the three Disciples from Doujian Peak, one looked like a young man with a deep horizontal wrinkle on his forehead, making him look both old and young, a very distinctive feature. He transformed his body into a sword, displaying a sharp edge. Astonishing Sword Qi accompanied by Sword Intent erupted, causing the blood-sha Flying Sword to constantly wail.

One was a young giant nearly two meters tall, built like an iron tower, but with a somewhat simple and honest appearance. However, his eyes held astonishing Battle Intent, and his iron fists unleashed unparalleled power, knocking the two Black-haired Zombies back and forth.

The last one was a young woman with fair skin but unremarkable features. She had a detached demeanor, forming hand seals so quickly that only afterimages could be seen. Faintly, the power of thunder was flickering between her palms, slaying the fierce ghosts.

"The killers of Doujian Peak actually resort to such ambushes and sneak attacks. As expected, they are shameless!" The skinny old man with sunken eyes and skin and bones stared intently at the fair-skinned woman forming hand seals, gnashing his teeth.

"Could it be that only you remnants are allowed to wantonly kill the weak Disciples of our Sect, and our Doujian Peak is not allowed to retaliate? There is no such logic in this world." The fair-skinned woman said calmly. Before her voice faded, she suddenly opened her mouth and spat out a rolling green flame. The green flame then transformed into a sword, flashing like lightning, suddenly cutting through the sky and piercing the old man's shoulder.

"Ah, you attacked me from the shadows, you deserve to die!" The skin-and-bones old man cried out in pain, almost dropping the ghost banner in his hand.

The fair-skinned woman was about to provoke the old man further with words to make him expose a greater flaw, but suddenly heard a faint voice transmission in her ear: "This Senior Apprentice-Sister, I have a way to break his ghost banner. Stall him."

'There's still a Dongming Sect Disciple here? Who is it?' The fair-skinned woman remained composed, the thought just flashing through her mind before she acted as if nothing had happened.

At the same time, a vast Earth Element force underground suddenly transformed into rolling sand and dust tornadoes, soaring into the sky. Faintly visible within the tornadoes were more than ten tall stone figures, charging directly towards the ghosts howling chaotically in the air.

The details weren't clear, but one could vaguely see that these more than ten tall stone figures ate ghosts whenever they saw them, each eating faster than the last. In the blink of an eye, the eerie scene of a hundred ghosts filling the air had completely disappeared, and even the ghost howls vanished without a trace.

Fast, too fast. So fast that the skin-and-bones old man hadn't even reacted before the ghost banner in his hand completely dimmed, and then suffered a backlash. The old man spat out a mouthful of blood, roaring in anger: "Who ruined my Hundred Ghost Banner!"

He was shocked and angry, and even felt fear. What kind of monstrous things were those stone figures in the dust tornado just now? Why could they even swallow the fierce ghosts he had refined from living people? Could they be even more terrifying Great Fiend creatures?

However, before the skin-and-bones old man could understand everything in his shock and anger, a green flame fire sword arrived with the sound of Wind and Thunder, instantly piercing his head and nailing him to the ground.

At the same time, the dust tornado rolled back underground, and the stone figures whose true forms were unclear also disappeared with it.

"This Senior apprentice-brother, I have a method to break these Black-haired Zombies. Don't make a sound, just go kill the person controlling the corpses. Leave the Black-haired Zombies to me." A faint voice transmission suddenly sounded in the ear of the giant man as tall as an iron tower.

"Hmm?" The giant man, strong as an iron tower, felt a stir in his heart.

He had clearly seen the scene where the hundred ghosts were suddenly swallowed up, and instantly understood that a fellow Disciple was helping. He remained calm, unleashing astonishing power. His fists struck out simultaneously, like mountains moving horizontally, with the force of thunderclap, arriving as fast as lightning. In an instant, he sent the two Black-haired Zombies in front of him flying backward.

At the same time, he suddenly abandoned the two Black-haired Zombies, took two quick steps, as if Shrink the Earth into an Inch (Shrinking the ground into an inch - a spatial technique), and instantly killed the corpse raiser with yellow teeth and green light in his eyes.

He was a Body Refinement practitioner, unparalleled in close-quarters combat, brave and invincible. Any Qi Refinement practitioner who was caught in close combat by him, even if their strength was one or two minor Realms higher, could be torn in half by him, more fierce and courageous than a fierce beast from the Great Wilderness.

"Roar!" The two Black-haired Zombies that were knocked flying roared, rose from the ground, and flashed their bodies to attack the iron tower giant again.

It was at this moment that large hands wrapped in rock suddenly stretched out from underground, grabbing the two Black-haired Zombies. The power was so terrifying that it was even more astonishing than the two impervious Black-haired Zombies.

With just one pull, they instantly dragged the two Black-haired Zombies into the depths of the earth, and there was no more sound.

"Pfft!" The corpse raiser with yellow teeth and green light in his eyes spat out a mouthful of blood, shouting in shock and anger: "Who annihilated my Black-haired Zombies? Damn..."