Chapter 116: The Hero

“It’s you. Weren’t you about to apply for entry into the inner city? I’m warning you, you’d better not make trouble this time. Get out of here. Don’t you know that this street has been blocked off?” At first, the black-robed man’s tone was a bit nervous, but when he saw the figure of the person coming, his tone suddenly became relaxed and condescending.

I looked at the man on the roof with doubt. Was he a native of the Ghost City? Could it be that he was one of them?

However, we couldn’t think too much about it. The person on the roof had already spoken: “I, Kuang Yunchong, was once full of pride and vowed to kill my way back and forth in the Lake of Ghosts, but I didn’t want to learn the Dao for many years, and in the end I didn’t learn the art well. I died and ended up here as a ghost, and I was about to be reduced to something that was delusional and used by evil things. Thanks to the pure yin qi that Master Hong Ren gave me over the years, I have maintained my clear mind. Who wants to enter your inner city? I spit, as long as my heart is not dead, I still remember to kill a good time in this lake of ghosts.

We stood on the street, looking at the rugged figure under the gray-red sky. When he said those words with a resounding voice, I felt a kind of persistence and pride.

At this moment, we looked at him, and he suddenly looked at us: “Master Hongren has already lit a great array, that is, it is time to act. You can activate the array with peace of mind and go to the next place! No large army will come, because the shit lord will know about the changes here. It is estimated that a large number of ghosts have gathered at several points, but they will surely act as well.”

“They?” Cheng Qing couldn’t help but ask behind me.

“Yes, they, and Master Hongren, who have always guarded the outer city’s formation, are all monks and priests who died here with regret, gathered under Master Hongren’s command! Now there is no need to hide, you just go ahead, and the shit lord will send his lackeys to come, don’t we have anyone?” That Kuang Yunchong waved his hand and said with a heroic tone.

The leader of the black-robed men had already figured out what was going on and had lost patience. He said in a sinister tone, “Kill them.”

Then a large number of black-robed people surrounded us!

The sound of broken windows rang out in succession on the street. We looked on in amazement as no fewer than ten figures rushed out of the surrounding buildings, all dressed as monks and Taoists. They charged towards the ghosts surrounding us in silence, not uttering a word.

On the roof, Kuang Yunchong laughed wildly at the sky: “It’s time to have fun. I have carefully set up a small thunder array in this area for many years, and it’s time to use it. When are you going to rush in?”

A smile of joy appeared on our faces. At this moment, the monks and Taoists who had rushed out had already fought with the black-robed man. After enduring in the ghost city for many years, their current battle was completely an explosive venting. Every move was full of power. The Taoist and monk who rushed to kill with their hands, the Taoist who pinched the secret, and the monk who recited the scriptures to bless…

Under the roof, Kuang Yunzhong also began to move his hands, as if to activate the small thunder array in his mouth.

If not now, when? I could clearly feel that these black-robed men were hiding some pretty good fighters. They had a red thread embroidered on their sleeves, and the leader of the group stood in the center of the chaotic battle, never making a move.

I couldn’t care less. I grabbed Zhu Zhuo and rushed into the house. Some of the black-robed men began to surround us, but every time a black-robed man got close to us, a figure would block them for us, or a spell would just happen to land on them.

We were sprinting for a short distance of 100 meters, but it was like watching a heroic movie. There were more than a dozen heroes who were willing to sacrifice themselves to pave the way for us to hope.

The leader of the black-robed men saw us successfully rush past and finally made his move. He was extremely fast, almost reaching a position three meters away from our team in the blink of an eye. Hui Gen was infected by the passionate atmosphere here and roared to make his move.

But then the rough voice of Kuang Yunchong came again from the roof: “Just keep charging, don’t shoot, save your strength for the inner city.”

Then, without warning, a purple bolt of lightning fell on the leader of the black-robed men. The leader of the black-robed men let out a strange cry and suddenly retreated several meters. Don’t doubt the lethality of lightning against ghosts.

“Go!” Kuang Yunchong shouted at us. Without warning, dark clouds gathered in the sky, and in an instant, purple lightning ripped through the sky. Within this small area, dozens of bolts of lightning rolled in.

“Ha ha ha ha…” Accompanied by our running pace, was the resounding laughter of Kuang Yunchong: “It’s a pity that I’m restricted to this world. My thunder is bound by the yin qi and has turned purple. Otherwise, I might not be able to summon the thunder of heaven to kill you, you shit lord.”

When he said the last sentence, he was facing east, and this sentence was meant for the lord of the city.

Everything around me seemed to be in slow motion. The sound of the wind mixed with the heroic roar of a man who has no regrets. There was no air here, but I could smell the heroic blood. Over there, the building where the eye of the formation was located, the gate was already in front of us!

With a loud bang, Huigen directly smashed through the gate. At that moment, I heard the gloomy voice of the leader of the black-robed men ring out again: “Kill him! Don’t let him manipulate the formation! You, go block the group of people…”

“You bunch of pigs, once the formation is activated, who needs me to control it? Don’t come up, your grandpa is here!” I looked back and saw that Kuang Yunchong had already jumped from the roof. He had a beautiful figure, and it seemed that he had learned the lost light body technique. This rough man had learned it well.

And under the cover of the thunder array, where can those ghosts block us? In this room, we quickly found the location of the eye of the array. I took a piece of agarwood beads in my hand and without hesitation, I put it toward the eye of the array…

There was no reluctance, no half-heartedness. The monks and Taoists in the ghost city, who had long endured, their unyielding Buddhist and Taoist hearts, their persistence in hope, and their salvation from darkness, had completely ignited the blood in my heart!

The bead with a beautiful blue flame fell into the center of the formation. At that moment, I heard another muffled sound. I looked back outside the house and saw that it was still a battlefield, still with thunder and lightning… But the sky had already begun to crack, and another crack the size of a palm appeared in the sky. The purple-red color replaced the gray-red sky.

If it were ten years ago, no, even if it were seven years ago when the master had not left, after I had finished all this, I would have rushed to the battlefield with blood in my veins, but now I have come to understand what it means to bear a burden, and I can no longer do such things.

I glanced at Zhu Zhuo, who immediately understood and said, “Let’s go upstairs. From the side window, you can jump to another alley. That alley can lead you out of this intersection and to the next place.”

I nodded slightly and rushed to the second floor with Zhu Zhuo in my arms. Everyone quickly followed behind me, except for Huigen. I saw his body shaking with excitement, the blood-red tattoo becoming more and more vivid, and his eyes flashing with a fanatical light. I said to Huigen in a low voice, “Go!”

Hui Gen looked at me with some dissatisfaction, but still followed our team.

Soon, we rushed to the second floor. I kicked open the side window Zhu Zhuo had mentioned. Standing at this height, I realized that in several places in the city, there was a strong wind, heavy rain, lightning, and rolling clouds of smoke and dust… Just as Kuang Yun had said, they had all begun to act. There were no large troops, and no ghosts to stop us anymore. They were paving the way for us!

My heart was burning, and my eyes began to tear up involuntarily. The sound of fighting was still deafening downstairs, and I couldn’t help but turn my head to take a look before jumping down.

I happened to see a monk standing in front of four or five ghosts. Two of the ghosts had already clawed through his body, but he was dragging his body and blocking the other ghosts. He opened his mouth and bit one of the ghosts…

As for Kuang Yunchong, he was already covered in wounds from fighting the leader, but I saw him smiling happily. Behind him, a ghost raised its claws and grabbed Kuang Yunchong’s back!

“Be careful!” I couldn’t help but yell. Kuang Yunchong looked at me in surprise, but in the end he didn’t avoid it. The claw pierced his chest!

‘Pop’, Kuang Yunzhong spat out a mouthful of blood and shouted at me, “Hurry up!” Then, still with that cheerful laugh, he started to make hand gestures and shouted, “It’s not a bad thing to die together.”

The sight of the blood stung my eyes. Everything was too much like the world of the living, and it was a sad thing, making the sacrifice of the hero even more tragic.

My body was shaking involuntarily, and I could hardly hold Zhu Zhu in my arms!

Hurry up, hurry up… Kuang Yunchong’s words just now echoed in my ears. What am I still delaying for? I turned my head and, without hesitation, jumped from the second floor down the alley. In the sound of the wind, I almost bit my teeth to pieces!