Chapter 211 The final road

When I looked at the red-robed ghosts, I could clearly feel their gaze on me. We were facing off in this cold, tense standoff, but they still didn’t move an inch.

The battle on our side is also quite shocking, but it’s not so bad that they feel the need to act?

I was too lazy to guess. Behind Huigen’er, two shadowy images of Vajra appeared. Unlike before, these two Vajra were the rare eight-armed Vajra, each with a weapon in its hand.

“Lend me a weapon.” Hui Gen’er’s expression was calm, but he took a long knife from the hand of one of the eight-armed Vajra and held it in his hand. He didn’t know what spell he was chanting, and then Hui Gen’er’s muscles expanded at a speed visible to the naked eye. The monk’s pants on his body even broke apart in a way that was appropriate for the occasion. The image looked so oppressive that it even made me feel a little bit oppressed.

What was even more eerie was that one of the shadowy images of the Vajra behind Hui Gen’er had actually become a little paler.

This scene shocked me. I had heard that the blood-red tattoo could only exert its full power when it was completely fused. What was going on with Hui Gen’er? In addition, although we were in a spirit state, how could Hui Gen’er borrow weapons from the imaginary Vajra that he had invited?

But now is not the time to explore this. I took a deep breath and said loudly, “Northwest, go!”

Without hesitation, I ran northwest, and Chengzhen followed closely behind me, guiding me in the direction. According to Chengqing’s arrangement, Huigen must be at the front of the team at all times.

Facing the endless tide of ghosts, Huigen finally swung his large knife and roared, “Make way!”

With the swing of Hui Gen’er’s great sword, a sound of air explosion was produced in the air. The first dozen ghosts were cut by Hui Gen’er’s great sword, and they were undoubtedly cut in half by the sword. The air current produced by the great sword actually lifted dozens of ghosts in one blow.

In this way, Hui Gen’er’s one-sword might created a vacuum zone within a radius of ten meters from his point.

Hui Gen turned around without hesitation and ran to the front of us. Seeing Hui Gen’s powerful side, I couldn’t help but call out, “Good!” With the current rhythm, it doesn’t matter if there are a few more ghosts.

It was a bloody run. I was not fighting in the middle of the team, but I really felt what a battlefield was like. In this world that was very similar to the world of the living, every time we moved forward by one meter, it was the flesh and blood of those black-robed ghosts that paved the way for us.

But this was also a perfect match. When the aggressive dragon and the cute snake saw which side was in a more critical situation, they would support and attack. The most amazing thing was Chengqing. He had three more coins in his hand at some point, and kept throwing them up and down. I didn’t understand what Chengqing was doing, but every time, Erlan Gu would transform into a shield, blocking the attacks of the four main attackers at the most critical moment.

The first formation, the second formation, the third… We ran all the way, fighting our way through the blood and rain, relying on fighting to advance the path forward, and we actually completed ten formations.

Together with the five battlefields in the outer city, we have completed 15 battlefields so far.

This large formation has 18 ordinary formation points and 4 core formation points. If the path forward is 22 steps, we have already completed 15 of them.

Unlike the activation of the array in the outer city, in the inner city, the placement of the array did not bring any abnormal reaction, just like doing an ordinary thing. But I believe that when the last array is completed, something earth-shattering will happen here.

At this point, I don’t know where we are in the inner city. After all, we are following Chengzhen’s command, just for the formation, and we don’t know where we are going.

Compared to the outer city, the inner city is a little smaller, but it is also a very complex existence. The palace-like buildings inside are like real deep palace compounds. No, it should be ten times more complicated than that.

The black-robed people who had been pouring out were not many at this time, and they were scattered around us. Some were still hesitant and did not dare to approach, as if the wild waves in the sea were finally tired and gradually subsided.

We were now standing in front of a square that was higher than the rest, with a magnificent palace behind it, its gates wide open. It was dark and gloomy, like a beast waiting to devour us.

There were no more black-robed people in the back, as if this square and this palace were the forbidden of the forbidden. The black-robed people did not dare to come forward, but the red-robed people followed us all the way here.

The ground I was standing on felt slimy from the spreading and solidifying blood. This was the last battlefield, and the black-robed men had stopped coming after arriving here.

Hui Gen’er’s great sword, Lushan’s bone knife, Xiao Chengqian’s heavenly soldiers and heavenly generals’ weapons, and Tao Bai’s fists, the blood has coagulated into a dark red color, and the blood drops are still dripping down one by one.

I could hear their panting in my ears. Obviously, they had expended a great deal of spiritual power in fighting their way through, and everyone had sustained some injuries, but they were not in a bad way at all. Only Xiao Chengqian’s heavenly soldiers had lost two.

“The last seven key points are all here, and the remaining three ordinary key points are in this square. The core key point is in that hall.” Chengzhen whispered in my ear.

I nodded, afraid that this final road would not be easy.

The sparse black-robed people gathered together again, but they still looked hesitant. I said to them, “If you want to kill, just come. If you don’t, we’re going in.”

None of the ghosts answered me. In fact, as the battle raged on, I had already discovered something very strange. It was that these black-robed ghosts were all fearless, and even if more deaths appeared before them, they would still advance as usual, and then advance again… You have to know that, having already become ghosts, death is the end of the soul. What makes them so crazy? And what makes them stop in front of this square?

“Children, retreat. You, if you have the ability, just come in.” The black-robed ghosts did not speak, but behind me, a voice suddenly sounded. I was very familiar with this voice, which was the voice of the so-called city lord.

But unlike the previous two times, which were filled with rage and condescending emotions, this time there was a strange calmness, as if the advantage we had gained earlier was nothing in its eyes?

As it spoke, the black-robed men began to disperse, and the few red-robed ghosts also followed, mysteriously disappearing.

“That guy is really unable to lose. After all, there is an old city on the other side, which is eyeing it with a greedy look.” Cheng Qingge played with the three copper coins in his hand and said lightly, and I deeply agreed.

I don’t know what role the Old City will play in the end of this battle.

“Let’s take a break.” Cheng Xin suddenly spoke up. After entering the inner city, there was endless fighting, and it was rare to have such a quiet time. Cheng Xin suddenly proposed this, and I didn’t know when he had a few more pills in his hand. Unlike the pills in the world, the pills in his hand were more like a ball of gas.

Hui Gen and the others, having received the magic, sat proudly at the edge of the square. Cheng Xin handed the pills to them, sighed and said, “Swallow them. They replenish your soul power. Although they cannot repair damage to your soul, they are still extremely precious. Otherwise, they would not have produced the spirit of the medicine. Let me bring them in.”

“I don’t need it. It doesn’t take much effort.” Only Tao Bai refused to take the pill, as if he was using a different kind of power.

Cheng Xin Ge did not force him, and calmly put away the pill. Huigen and the others, however, swallowed it directly. After a while, they had a comfortable expression on their faces, as if they had just been greatly relieved from fatigue.

“Since it’s a rest, I’ll recite a sutra too. Reciting mantras can nourish the soul and willpower, giving you some strength.” Entering the inner court, he saw such carnage, and the usually silent Jueyuan spoke up, calmly, then sat cross-legged, turning the rosary in his hands and began to recite for us.

As Jueyuan recited the sutra, my heart sank into an unusually peaceful state of mind. In this crisis-ridden inner city, I suddenly felt as if I were in a distant starry sky.

Time slowly passed, and with the sound of Jueyuan chanting, I didn’t know if it was ten or twenty minutes. In any case, this rare peace was making me nostalgic. Behind us, a series of footsteps broke the peace.

“Hey, our benevolent lord is giving you a little breathing room, and you’re taking advantage of it? How about it, have you rested enough?” A voice sounded behind us.