Chapter 24: The Corpse Roars

The voice from behind me was so old and weak, but here it seemed to have endless authority. I thought that such a stop would cause an explosive result here, but no, everyone here was just silent.

Even though I was wearing a cloak, I could see some people bowing their heads slightly. Only the few black-clad figures on the high platform remained silent, but they didn’t say anything either.

The foggy night was quiet, only the huge pile of fire next to me occasionally crackled, and the footsteps behind me were getting closer and closer, but everyone seemed to be suppressed by this sound and did not make any movements.

This change of events undoubtedly gave me a little breathing space. Under my skilled hands, the lock on the yang energy had been unlocked. The yang energy that had been locked was released, and my body began to feel a little warmth. At this time, I had time to turn around and take a look at the newcomers.

There were more than a dozen old people supporting each other. They were not wearing mysterious black cloaks here, but just normal clothes.

The old man in the middle seemed very tired. After saying that sentence, he kept coughing and panting weakly. It was because of this that I knew that the voice that just said “don’t do evil” was him.

I took a closer look at the old man. He was very thin, had an ordinary appearance, and looked much older than the others. Coupled with his frail appearance, it made people suspect that he would die at any time… It was precisely these dozen old people who shocked the roughly 200 people present.

The group of old people stopped walking until they reached the front of the stage. The old man in the middle was being supported by someone else. He stamped his cane on the ground and said to the people on the stage, “Put the children down. I must stop your actions this time!”

As soon as his words fell, the frightened children on the platform seemed to finally react, one after another began to cry, struggling to get out of the blood-red and strange ship, while two of the black-clad men on the platform stopped the four children in time, one forcibly holding two, keeping them under control on the platform.

“They will be sent away tonight. The messenger will be here soon. You should give up.” At this point, the black-clad man in the middle, who had been silent up until now, spoke up.

“Cough… cough… Messenger of shit, a bunch of man-eating monsters, you… you numb people, still not awakened? Look… look at what our town has become?” The old man was so angry that his facial muscles were shaking when he spoke.

But the black-clad man in the middle paid no attention to him, but pointed at me and said, “Bring the sacrifice up. After the sacrifice is completed… go to the river to meet the messenger.”

“No!” the old man shouted in a panic.

But the people ignored him, and many people around me began to slowly walk towards me… It seems that they were really going to take me up for a sacrifice?

At this point, the man in black seemed dissatisfied and continued, “Send back the old man Liu and the others. They’re confused again.”

As soon as he finished speaking, some people began to walk towards the group of old people, as if they really wanted to force them to leave.

I was helpless. Although magic is generally used against ghosts and demons, and I was not prepared to use it against ordinary people, in this situation, I could only use it forcefully… The magic used against them could not be too harsh, and could only be used to summon a sufficient number of low-level ghosts to temporarily confuse and suppress their souls and stop their actions.

However, before that, several hands had already reached out to grab me, so I had to use my magic to get rid of them first…

The power of these people is very ordinary, not even as good as an ordinary adult, and they have no method in their attacks. They are just ordinary people attacking in a messy way. How could they catch me? Soon, I knocked down two people and then rushed out of the siege. I ran as fast as I could to the cliff behind the high platform, where I could perform the Invocation Technique… In fact, I could have taken advantage of the chaos to run down the slope. At the speed of these people, it was impossible to catch up with me.

However, my heart was concerned about the four children. Watching them struggle and cry on the platform, if I did not save them at this time, I was afraid that a permanent shadow would remain in my heart, and my heart would never be complete in this lifetime. I could not turn a blind eye to them. I did not think anything good would happen to them.

The wind was howling in my ears. In fact, I wasn’t worried about these ordinary people at all. Even if there were more of them, they wouldn’t be able to hold out for long in the face of powerful magic… What I was worried about were the few black-clad people who had been watching from the sidelines on the high platform. I couldn’t forget that the first time I came into contact with them, I felt the cold breath of something inhuman emanating from them.

At the edge of the cliff, I stopped in a panic… I turned around and saw that the people chasing me were still about 70 or 80 meters away, which meant that they would catch up with me in about ten seconds. In this restricted terrain, I couldn’t run any further, and ten seconds wasn’t enough time for me to perform the spirit summoning technique. At this time, I could only awaken Shatu…

“Hold them back!” I communicated with Shatuo telepathically, and the moment Shatuo woke up, I only said a few words, and Shatuo appeared in front of me.

Ordinary people cannot see the spirit of Shatu, but I can. Shatu looked at these ordinary people with disdain and confusion… Obviously, it didn’t understand that I had awakened it just to deal with twenty or thirty ordinary people.

However, the next moment, Shahu knew what had happened. The symbiotic nature of our relationship meant that what I experienced was also equivalent to what it experienced, even though in many cases it was sleeping.

So, the moment I started to perform the spirit summoning ritual, Silly Tiger had already pounced on the group of people, and at the same time opened its mouth wide, starting a silent roar that sounded like a tiger roar to ordinary people!

Tiger roars have a suppressive effect on human souls. When encountering a tiger in the mountains, many people may still be able to stand up and react in time, but after a tiger roar, many people with weak wills will be scared out of all reaction and become dumb. This is the suppression of tiger roars on human souls… not to mention that Silly Tiger is the king of tigers.

If I wanted to kill someone, the moment the stupid tiger passed by, I could use my powerful spirit to instantly force out the soul of an ordinary person and then devour it… But if I did that, I would be dragging the stupid tiger and me down the road to hell, with no chance of turning back… Otherwise, what is the point of these two hundred people? The consequences of a Taoist or sorcerer trying to kill someone are extremely dire. The only difference is that even evil cultivators are afraid of the punishment of heaven and dare not act at will, let alone me?

Therefore, in the case of not being able to harm these ordinary people, the soul power of Silly Tiger can only barely suppress the twenty or thirty people chasing after me… However, this is good, at least it has bought me some time.

Under the suppression of Shatu, the twenty or thirty people chasing me in front of me suddenly stopped, became stupid, and looked confused… I watched coldly as they began to take the steps required for the Invocation of the Gods.

The people on the high platform did not notice me for the time being, but were staring at the people carrying the dozen or so old people down the mountain… So my magic was still going well.

The low-level spirit summoning technique is not a complicated one for me now, and I quickly communicated with the will of a dozen low-level ghost soldiers… The will of a dozen ghost soldiers should be more than enough to temporarily suppress these two hundred ordinary people.

But at this time, one of the people on the high platform finally discovered the abnormality here, and then began to shout something towards the high platform, and more people rushed towards me.

At the same time, he was also saying something to the person in the middle. The person who had been paying attention to the dozen elderly people suddenly looked at me. Although we were hundreds of meters apart and I was still performing the spirit summoning technique, the moment he suddenly fixed his gaze on me, I felt like I was being fixed by a cold, poisonous snake.

Without warning, the man in the middle suddenly let out a loud roar in my direction… The sound was… My heart suddenly contracted, and the spell I was casting was almost forcibly interrupted!

The sound was a corpse roar! But it was not exactly the same… If it was a real corpse roar, I was afraid that at this time, not to mention casting spells, if I wasn’t careful, my entire soul would be affected.

How could this be? My forehead was immediately covered with a layer of cold sweat. I was protected by Yangsheng, but Shihu, who was suppressing the ordinary people, was actually affected. In order to prevent damage to his soul, Shihu could only passively defend himself.

These people, who had become confused, suddenly realized what they should do and rushed towards me… Fortunately, at this time, my spirit summoning technique was almost complete. I immediately summoned Shahu, and then, in such an unfavorable environment, I forcibly maintained my composure, quickly performed the final hand gesture, and guided the will that had communicated to me to a “bright” path to me…

But I also seemed to hear the sneer of the person who had let out a corpse roar from the high platform… A sound of laughter echoed in my ears.