Chapter 39: The Ghost General

  But we had just taken a few steps when a barrier suddenly appeared right in front of us. The three of us didn't even have time to react and directly crashed into it, bouncing all three of us back. All three of us landed on our butts!

  When we looked up again, a black mass appeared within about twenty meters of us. The guy was all black, his face expressionless, holding a long gun in his hand, estimated to be nearly two meters tall, with well-developed muscles all over his body, wearing ancient clothes.

  "It's a ghost general!" Little Rong's face showed terror, "It really is this thing."

  The three of us immediately got up and wanted to escape again, but suddenly there were some obstacles in the surrounding positions. We can't get out at all!

  The demon general had a long spear slung over his shoulder, and he slowly walked towards us. With each step, the sound of "dong" echoed out, as if something was being struck. Although he was quite large, it wasn't to the point where the ground shook, so from this situation, one could probably gauge just how powerful he was.

  "What does this thing want to do? It seems we don't have any grudges with it, right?" said the sunglasses-wearing knight, gritting his teeth as he stared at the ghost general.

  Xiao Rou lit an incense stick and placed it beside us, saying to the two of us: "This ghost is an extremely evil spirit, one that can't be found even among ten thousand ghosts. It's very frightening. If there's no grudge between us, it will come after us. Moreover, our cultivation has already reached a certain level, so it must want to devour our cultivation to strengthen itself."

  "Alright then, since it's coming anyway, I'll make sure it's a one-way trip. Thinking of devouring our cultivation? I'd rather kill it and use it to cultivate a Gu." The Masked Swordsman took off his glasses, wiped them clean, and put them back on.

  "Brother Chen, don't force it. With our abilities, we're not even a match for the ghost general. I need to think of a way to escape." Xiao Rou's voice was still gentle, but there was a hint of anxiety in her tone. This made me realize just how terrifying the ghost general was.

  At this time, the ghost had already appeared in front of us. It was only then that I took a closer look and saw that this guy's two eyes were sunken and didn't have pupils. Moreover, his head to neck area was flowing with dark brown blood, looking particularly disgusting. However, his body actually existed and didn't seem like a ghost.

  He moved his neck, inserted the long gun into the ground, and looked at us.

  "Can he see things?" I whispered to Xiaorou.

  "Of course, he has no eyes, but his perception is stronger." Xiao Hui replied.

  The ghost took a long, deep breath, stretched out his finger towards our location, and said in an extremely hoarse voice with strong tremolo: "Today, all three of you will die!"

  Not only did it have a quivering mouth, but also emitted a gurgling sound. As it spoke, it walked straight towards us, and Xiaorou let us disperse to attract its attention.

  I and the sunglasses knight both left Xiao Rou's side at this time, running to one side in a triangular formation. Seeing that we had both withdrawn, Xiao Rou immediately took the burning incense stick in her hand, broke it into two segments, and began muttering something, looking like she was summoning something again.

  But who would have thought that this ghost would actually stretch out his hand and grab Xiao Rou's waist, and with one hand he picked up Xiao Rou.

  "Xiao Rou!" I shouted loudly.

  "Xiao Rou?!" The Ink Glasses Hero also cried out anxiously.

  The atmosphere was extremely tense, and Xiaorou was trying to struggle free, but in front of Gui Jiang, she had no way out. After grabbing Xiaorou in mid-air, Gui Jiang looked at her for less than two seconds before throwing her away directly.

  At that time, I heard a "bang" sound, and Xiaoyu was heavily thrown to the ground. Immediately afterwards, a mouthful of blood spurted out! At that moment, my heart felt like it had been pierced by dozens of embroidery needles. Because this scene was something I never expected.

  "Damn it!" The sunglasses hero was now furious, and with a jump and a run, he arrived in front of the ghost general. With a leap into the air, he kicked towards the ghost general. This kick landed squarely on the ghost general's body, but surprisingly, the ghost general didn't react at all, while the sunglasses hero was bounced back instead. Not only that, he also crashed into the barrier and was bounced back again, heavily falling to the ground.

  "Ugh......" At this moment, a large mouthful of fresh blood spurted out, and the masked knight fiercely covered his neck with his hand.

  I stared at what was happening in front of me, a bit stunned, and it took a few seconds to react. There was an inexplicable fire burning in my heart. I also rushed towards the ghost general, wanting to fight him to the death.

  "Come back, Little Dragon!" Xiao Rou called out to me in a weak voice.

  "No way!" I shook my head desperately.

  "I'll hold off this ghost general with Xiao Rou, you take advantage of the chaos to escape, and wait for a chance to avenge us two in the future." Mo Jian Xia's face twisted in pain as he shouted at me.

  "No, I don't want this kind of ending. If we die, let's die together; if we live, let's live together." I also shouted loudly. At this time, if I ran away, then Zhao Xiaolong would really not be a human being. Because they have all become what they are now.

  I actually knew that rushing over would have no possibility, nor suspense, and that I would die on the spot. Because we didn't have the cultivation of those two people, I was just an ordinary person. What makes me regret is that after going through so much, I still have to die, and I also dragged down two such good people.

  At this moment, a very violent tornado suddenly came from afar and quickly swept towards us. It directly blew me up and I was tossed in the air for over ten seconds before being blown to Xiaorou and Mojingxia's side.

  "Xiao Long, why are you so silly?" asked Xiao Rou, staring at me.

  "I...". I also became speechless and didn't know what to say, but looking at the two people's appearance, their injuries weren't particularly severe. As for everyone spitting out a mouthful of blood, it should also be due to being struck by that power.

  "This kid, I'm telling you, he's an idiot! Thinks he's Sun Wukong or something!" The sunglasses-wearing hero also complained to me, while asking: "What was with that tornado just now? Won't be another Yin Bing Dao, will it? If so, we..."

  "Ding ding ding......" "Ding ding ding......"

  Before the Ink Glasses Knight could finish speaking, a hurried bell sound was heard. At that moment, I felt somewhat familiar with it, and Xiaorou's expression became slightly surprised as she muttered: "It's not the Yin Soldier borrowing the way, this should be the Nine Springs Taoist's bell sound?"

  It wasn't until Xiaoyu said this that I remembered and blurted out: "Yes, that's the Jiuquan Daoist."

  "Are you acquainted with him?" Xiao Rou asked in surprise.

  "We've met before!" I replied.

  "Xiao Rou, is that the Taoist who fought against the witch last time?" Mo Jing Xia also showed special surprise at this moment.

  "That's the person."

  Just as Xiaoyao finished speaking, a figure in a red Taoist robe appeared from afar. He was slightly far away, and his face couldn't be seen clearly, but judging from his attire, it was indeed him.

  The ghost saw Jiǔquán Dào Shì slowly approaching it, and after being stunned for a few seconds, began to shift its gaze onto Jiǔquán Dào Shì.

  The Ink Glasses Knight asked Xiaorou: "What is the probability that the Jiuchuan Taoist will defeat the Ghost General?"

  Xiao Rou shook her head and said to us, "This is not very clear. The Taoist techniques of the Nine Springs are profound and unpredictable, making it impossible for people to grasp them. But this ghost general is definitely not an ordinary person. Just now, we didn't even have a chance to make a move before being subdued by it. I also can't figure out what's going on."

  It can be felt from the tone that Xiao Rou still has some expectations for this Jiuchuan Daoist, but I don't understand it. This Jiuchuan Daoist is obviously not a good Daoist. According to the method in Hidden Town, Jiuchuan Daoist still threw a large talisman into the air and made it glow.

  The demon general also gripped his long spear tightly in his hand, and the surroundings seemed unusually quiet. I knew this was the calm before the storm, a great battle was about to begin. There were no unnecessary conversations, only an unusual fighting spirit.

  At this time, the ghost swung its long spear with a loud shout: "Come..." Accompanied by a chill, more than a dozen of the same kind suddenly appeared behind it, forming a vertical row.