52: Chapter 52 The Night Parade of One Hundred Demons

On the third underground level, the sickly green Yin Qi was so thick it felt like it was about to drip water.

Ye Yan felt the surging power within his body, as well as the Yin Soldier Tiger Tally radiating a terrifying aura, and his entire being fell into an unprecedented state of excitement.

A mere 5% progress in the construction of the Underworld had given him such immense power.

If he were to turn all of Yanjing, or even the entirety of Huaxia, into his ghost realm, wouldn't he truly be the only god walking among Mortals?

Ambition grew wildly like vines; he could not wait to see Mortals trembling at his feet.

"It's not enough, far from enough!"

Greed burned in Ye Yan's eyes; he needed more fear, more Yin Qi to accelerate the check-in process and expand his Underworld.

And the best sources of fear were the Yang Qi and despair of the living.

He held the Yin Soldier Tiger Tally high in his hand, his voice echoing in the vast underground space with a sick, maniacal frenzy.

"Yin Soldiers, hear my command!"

As he gave the order, the Yin Qi throughout the basement began to churn violently, like boiling water.

"Hundred Ghosts Night Parade!"

"March! Drain the Yang Qi of every living person within a five-mile radius!"

"I want to make this place a forbidden zone for the living and a paradise for the dead!"

The hideous ghost head on the Tiger Tally suddenly glowed with red light.

"Boom—!!!"

At that moment, the rusty gate of the psychiatric hospital, welded shut with thick iron chains, was smashed open from the inside by an invisible, massive force!

The iron chains shattered into pieces, as fragile as hemp rope.

The next second, sickly green ghost fire, so dense it had become tangible, erupted into the sky like a volcanic eruption, dyeing half the night sky a bizarre green.

Immediately after, countless translucent figures swarmed out from the gate.

Some wore tattered ancient armor, others wore ragged modern military uniforms, holding rusty spears and swords, green ghost fire burning in their hollow eye sockets.

These Yin Soldiers marched in reasonably orderly ranks, their steps silent, yet they brought with them a heart-wrenching sense of oppression.

Behind them followed countless bizarre, wandering ghosts, emitting wails and howls that were either shrill or venomous.

This sound seemed to drill directly into people's bone marrow, making their very Souls tremble along with it.

Hundred Ghosts Night Parade, Mortals retreat!

However, just as this army of death, composed of three thousand Yin Soldiers, was about to step beyond the dilapidated walls of the psychiatric hospital:

"Bee-woo—bee-woo—"

A piercing, loud siren, filled with the aura of modern industry, tore through the dead silence of the night sky without warning.

The sound was so abrupt, so "Mortal," that it instantly shattered the terrifying atmosphere created by the ghostly wails.

All the Yin Soldiers froze, and even the ghost fire burning on their bodies flickered, as if they were extremely unaccustomed to such a sound.

Immediately after, more than a dozen bright, powerful beams of light lit up from all directions, as if daylight had descended, illuminating the entire psychiatric hospital area.

At the end of the light beams, black riot armored vehicles emblazoned with the words "Bureau of Anomalous Affairs" had, at some unknown point, surrounded the entire hospital completely.

"Ghosts ahead, listen up!"

A male voice, calm and devoid of any emotion, rang out through a high-power loudspeaker, the sound clearly carrying across the entire mountain wilderness.

"This is the Huaxia Bureau of Anomalous Affairs; I am now officially warning you!"

Gu Changan stood on the roof of an armored vehicle, holding a large megaphone, his black trench coat motionless in the night wind.

"According to Article 55 of the 'Huaxia Public Security Administration Punishments Law,' assemblies, parades, and demonstrations without the permission of public security organs are illegal acts!"

"Your current actions constitute a large-scale illegal assembly!"

"At the same time, according to the 'Law on Prevention and Control of Environmental Noise Pollution,' the noise you are creating has exceeded the legal standard of 120 decibels at night, which constitutes a serious disturbance to the public!"

"Stop advancing immediately, put down your weapons, and disperse on the spot! Otherwise, we will take compulsory measures!"

These words, amplified by the megaphone, sounded awe-inspiring and full of power.

Those wandering ghosts who had just crawled out from underground and hadn't heard such "Mortal" language in hundreds of years were so shaken that several of them had their spirit bodies destabilized, nearly dissipating on the spot.

Ye Yan, standing on top of the hospital clock tower, looked at the iron-clad formation below and the man shouting from the roof of the vehicle. He was stunned for a moment, then let out a sneer of extreme contempt.

"Mortals?"

"A bunch of Mortals holding scrap metal, and you dare to block the advance of my Underworld army?"

He felt he had been greatly insulted.

He was the future King of Hell, a god who held the power of life and death! These Mortals didn't kneel and beg for mercy, but actually dared to use Mortal laws to warn him?

It was simply the biggest joke in the world!

"Kill them for me!"

Ye Yan waved his hand violently, his voice filled with the anger of being offended.

"Tear these suicidal ants to pieces! Let them know what Divine Might is like!"

"Roar—!!!"

Having received the order, the Yin Soldiers did not hesitate; they collectively let out a heaven-shaking roar, and the ghost fire in their hollow eye sockets surged.

They turned into a black torrent, ignoring the terrain, passing directly through walls and obstacles, and charged fiercely towards the first line of defense formed by the armored vehicles!

"Fire!"

Following the order, the automatic machine gun turrets on top of the armored vehicles instantly spat out tongues of fire.

A dense storm of bullets swept towards the black torrent.

However, a bizarre scene occurred.

Those bullets, capable of tearing through steel plates, passed directly through the bodies of the Yin Soldiers the moment they made contact, hitting the ground and walls behind them and sparking a series of flashes.

The Yin Soldiers' charging speed was not affected in the slightest.

They had no physical form at all!

"Hahahaha!"

On top of the clock tower, Ye Yan saw this scene and laughed even more wildly and triumphantly.

"Foolish Mortals! Physical attacks are ineffective against spirit bodies! This is common sense!"

"Before my Yin Soldiers, the weapons you are so proud of are nothing but a pile of fire pokers!"

He could already imagine that in the next second, these Mortals would be torn to pieces by the Yin Soldiers rushing into their formation, and their Souls would become the first batch of "prisoners of war" for his Underworld.

However, on top of the armored vehicle, Gu Changan's expression did not change in the slightest.

He put down the megaphone in his hand, not even raising an eyelid.

"Physical attacks are ineffective?"

He spoke into the communicator in a flat tone, as if he had heard a joke.

"That is only because the yield is insufficient, or the frequency of the attack is wrong."

He raised his hand and snapped his fingers crisply.

"All personnel, equip 'Spirit Vision Goggles'."

"Initiate Plan A—Radiance Upon the Mortal World."

In an instant.

Dozens of behemoths already deployed on the hills surrounding the psychiatric hospital started simultaneously.

These were not ordinary searchlights, but [Full-Spectrum High-Energy Ultraviolet Matrix Lamps] that looked like giant beehives!

These "demolition tools," usually used for spiritual energy purification and regional disinfection, had their power turned up to the maximum at this moment!

Hum—

A dull roar.

A light, ten thousand times more blinding than the midday sun, erupted instantly!