90: Take the initiative

The Middle-aged Cultivator with a mustache smiled slightly: "Run! Why aren't you running anymore?"

"Or is it that you know you can't escape?"

Gu Changan remained silent and took a deep breath.

The Middle-aged Cultivator with a mustache pressed closer: "Did you think you could escape with your Qi Refining Peak strength?"

"You underestimate the Foundation Establishment Stage too much!"

"Hand over your Storage Pouch, and I'll leave you an intact corpse!"

The several Foundation Establishment Cultivators behind him also lined up.

Surrounding Gu Changan in the center.

They had to ensure Gu Changan couldn't escape while also preventing others from attacking them from behind.

Thus, everyone was relatively restrained, and no one was the first to strike.

They were afraid of others taking advantage of the situation.

Surrounded in the middle, Gu Changan did not panic; he took out five top-grade explosion talismans with one hand.

After activating them, he threw them towards the left and right directions respectively.

Intense explosions rang out immediately.

Gu Changan was also within the range of the top-grade explosion talismans, so he immediately applied ten vajra talismans.

He conveniently stuck a Low Grade hundred soul banner into the ground first, and with a surge of mana, over a hundred living soul cannon fodder gushed out.

A dense black mass immediately obscured the vision of some people.

Gu Changan then quickly took out a supreme grade hundred soul banner and tucked it into the back of his waist.

He injected mana and released all the ghosts and ghost soldiers!

He also gave them an order: attack the Foundation Establishment Cultivators present, defeat them one by one, and absorb their Souls!

These were all Foundation Establishment Stage souls; if absorbed, they would directly become Foundation Establishment Stage ghost soldiers!

He couldn't give up on so many ghost soldiers!

Subsequently, more than twenty clearly defined figures of ghost soldiers and ghosts appeared beside him one after another.

They quickly identified their targets and swarmed around them.

The Black Armored Soul General directly activated its General Domain.

All the ghost soldiers and ghosts, including those living souls that were nearly wiped out, were all buffed.

Their Soul body strength was increased by 30%, and their movement speed by 30%, but the suppression effect was negligible against Foundation Establishment Cultivators.

The Black Armored Soul General condensed a horse-chopping saber in one hand, its entire body wrapped in a set of armor.

A Soul-Slaying Blade strike slashed toward the Foundation Establishment Cultivator beside him.

The Foundation Establishment Cultivator with a face full of stubble looked as if he had seen a ghost.

A Foundation Establishment Peak ghost soldier?

Wouldn't this strike kill him if it hit?

He hurriedly reached out to perform a hand seal, and a shield protected his body.

He then prepared to retreat, intending to strike again when an opportunity arose.

Let the other Foundation Establishment Cultivators go first!

As it turned out, before he could even turn around, other living souls crowded around him.

Several Qi Refining Stage ghosts also swarmed over from the side.

The stubble-faced Foundation Establishment Cultivator shouted in desperation, unable to dodge at all.

He had just cleared a few living souls when the Black Armored Soul General's blade shattered his shield with a single strike.

The Soul-Slaying Blade struck his physical body directly, and the stubble-faced Foundation Establishment Cultivator felt as if his Divine Soul had been sliced open by a blade.

Then, it felt as if a red-hot iron rod had been placed on the wound, causing excruciating pain.

The stubble-faced Cultivator was scared out of his wits; was he going to die here?

Enduring the pain in his Divine Soul, he performed a hand seal to release a Soul attack.

However, it hit the Black Armored Soul General's armor, and the black mist of the armor only dissipated slightly, seemingly having no effect!

The stubble-faced Cultivator hurriedly patted his Storage Pouch again, releasing a coffin emanating a sinister ghost qi.

With a harsh screeching sound, the coffin lid was pushed open!

From the gap in the coffin lid, a pair of pitch-black hands emerged, with long green fingernails.

Gu Changan's heart stirred as he thought to himself, "A Refined Corpse? Is it Qi Refining Stage? Or Foundation Establishment Stage?"

While the stubble-faced Cultivator was still performing hand seals, his Divine Soul was wounded by the Black Armored Soul General.

Other ghosts swarmed forward and dragged his soul out.

Without anyone to drive it, the coffin fell silent again!

Gu Changan was overjoyed, but he couldn't spare a thought for them.

The battles elsewhere were also quite intense!

This group of ghosts dragged the stubble-faced Cultivator's soul into the supreme grade hundred soul banner.

Then they came out again to fight!

Gu Changan took out the top-grade blood soul jar and released the Red-Clothed Female Ghost inside.

Upon emerging, the Red-Clothed Female Ghost received Gu Changan's command: kill all living people nearby!

Gu Changan looked at the Red-Clothed Female Ghost's cultivation; as a Foundation Establishment Mid-stage ghost soldier, she could be considered a trump card.

Previously, Gu Changan had activated ten top-grade explosion talismans, causing explosions in two locations.

The Foundation Establishment Cultivators in those two spots dodged in a panic.

The Foundation Establishment Cultivators in front and behind were also secretly on guard, fearing Gu Changan would do the same to them!

They then saw Gu Changan take out a Low Grade hundred soul banner and release over a hundred living souls.

Several Foundation Establishment Early-stage Cultivators showed expressions of contempt.

They watched the swarming living souls attack them.

Some performed hand seals to conduct Divine Soul attacks, easily wiping out several living souls.

Others used Magical Artifacts with mana-infused attacks, killing living souls with ease.

Some directly took out ghost artifacts and captured a few living souls for themselves.

Seeing that the Rank of the living souls was so low, everyone relaxed their vigilance.

However, they still eliminated them cautiously and didn't dare get too close to the center; the situation surely wasn't that simple.

As expected, these living souls suddenly accelerated, and among them emerged several Foundation Establishment Early Stage ghost soldiers.

Plus over a dozen level 9 Qi Refining ghosts.

One of the Foundation Establishment Peak ghost soldiers engaged the stubble-faced Foundation Establishment Cultivator in combat.

Everyone's hearts sank; it seemed they had to show some real strength.

Once they started fighting, everyone's true capabilities were revealed.

One person summoned a Qi Refining Peak Refined Corpse.

Commanding the Refined Corpse to attack Gu Changan's main body!

While he stood to the side, using Spells to kill the approaching living souls.

Two others were Ghost Cultivators; one took out a mid-grade hundred souls banner and released about a dozen Qi Refining Peak ghosts.

And a group of Qi Refining Early Stage ghosts.

Most importantly, there were several ghost soldiers mixed in!

Gu Changan's pupils constricted upon seeing this!

The entire sky became even more chaotic; it was impossible to tell which ghost belonged to which side.

Or which ghost was on his own side!

Fortunately, the Foundation Establishment Ghost Cultivator only arranged the ghosts around himself to block Gu Changan's ghosts from approaching.

As for the other Foundation Establishment Ghost Cultivator, he held a Soul-Locking Chain, which he could throw to entangle a Qi Refining Peak ghost.

Dragging it desperately, he then absorbed it into his own soul banner.

Gu Changan couldn't care about any of that on the battlefield; all his attention was on these Foundation Establishment Cultivators.

As for the remaining five Foundation Establishment Cultivators, they all had Blood Path cultivations!

Someone held a blood-red gourd and released a cloud of blood mist.

Any ghost or living soul that entered the blood mist was completely corroded.

Others struck out two blood handprints through the air toward Gu Changan's direction.

However, most were blocked by the living souls and ghosts in the air.