Chapter 134: Night of a Hundred Ghosts (3)
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
“Since both of you are ready, let’s begin,” said Lu Yuan, as he took out his magic item, the Mountain River Painting.
As the Mountain River Painting unfolded, subtle changes began to appear in the courtyard.
In many inconspicuous corners of the middle courtyard, many array stones had been set up at some point in time.
These array stones were all secretly set up by Lu Yuan in the middle courtyard these few days, using his clone to disguise himself as a Paper Servant.
A layer of illusory spiritual energy fluctuations instantly covered the entire courtyard.
The ghosts in the courtyard quickly noticed this movement.
“What’s going on? Who’s setting up the array!” exclaimed a mountain demon, looking around in disbelief.
As for the other ghosts, they revealed the same puzzled expression as the mountain demon.
They did not expect such a situation to occur.
“All!”
Just as the ghosts were still searching for the person who had set up the array.
Suddenly, a scream rang out from the crowd.
Zhuang Yangbing had already appeared in front of a ghost.
The Fish Scale Blood Water Spike in Zhuang Yangbing’s hand directly pierced through a ghost’s vital point.
The poisonous blood on the sword’s edge even entered the ghost’s body through the wound.
In an instant of applying the cultivation technique, the ghost’s body began to dissolve rapidly.
The divine soul also started to deteriorate rapidly.
In a blink of an eye, a Foundation Establishment Stage ghost disappeared in front of Zhuang Yangbing.
On the other side, Meng Ruyan also started her own massacre.
Compared to when she was dealing with the Horsehead Ghost, she still had some strength left.
Meng Ruyan was undoubtedly fighting with full force.
The peach wood sword in her hand was imbued with the power of thunderbolts.
Each attack could easily kill a Foundation Establishment Stage ghost.
Without exception, both of them displayed the peak strength of the Foundation Establishment Stage.
If considered their hidden skills, they could reach the Pseudo Core Stage within a short time.
Facing these two people, the ghosts in the courtyard did not have any fighting spirit at all. They only wanted to escape from the place and report the information to the King of Hell Xuan outside.
However, when some of the ghosts reached the edge of the courtyard, they discovered with despair that the defensive array that covered the courtyard was extremely formidable.
It was a layer of dark green energy barrier, with matrix-like black tortoiseshell patterns above it.
One of the Foundation Establishment Stage ghosts didn’t believe in the power of the barrier and punched it with all his might.
However, his attack only left a shallow ripple on the barrier, and breaking through it seemed like a distant goal.
Although he knew that his attacks might not be effective.
However, facing the threat from Meng Ruyan and Zhuang Yangbing behind the ghosts, they were all extremely worried.
There were still quite several ghosts who began to attack the barrier like crazy.
They wanted to open a gap so that they could escape.
However, their efforts were in vain, as the barrier was protected by a powerful defensive array.
Lu Yuan, who was behind them, secretly smiled as he saw the despair in the ghost’s eyes.
The array in front of him was a special defensive array that Lu Yuan had developed based on his Nine Guard Tortoiseshell Technique.
Externally, it functioned as a defensive array, but internally, it was a trapping array.
This array was called the Nine Guard Return to Origin Array.
[Array: Nine Guard Return to Origin Array]
[Effect: After activating this array, it could withstand three full-powered attacks from a Core Formation Stage first transition cultivator. If the array was not broken in a short period of time, the array would not be removed unless there were sufficient spiritual stones.]
An array that could withstand the first transition of the Core Formation Stage was naturally not something that these Foundation Establishment Stage and Pseudo Core Stage ghosts could break.
Moreover, besides setting up the Nine Guard Return to Origin Array, Lu Yuan also set up a confusion array in the surroundings.
Its function was to hide the effect of the Nine Guard Return to Origin Array and avoid being discovered by outsiders.
“D*mn it, who set up this disgusting array!”
After trying several times and failing to make a hole in the array, a ghost couldn’t help but curse.
The other ghosts also cursed angrily in the face of death.
However, Lu Yuan was not angry at these vicious curses. Instead, he was a little happy.
There was a saying that the enemy’s exasperation was the best praise for you.
If you did something to make your enemy happy, you had to reflect on yourself and see if you did anything wrong.
Due to the existence of the Nine Guard Return to Origin Array, the ghosts in the courtyard could only fight like trapped beasts.
The ghosts were forced to fight with Zhuang Yangbing and Meng Ruyan.
However, these two were undoubtedly not people that an ordinary person could deal with, let alone ghosts.
In less than half an hour, there was not a single living ghost left in the courtyard.
Lu Yuan looked at the corpses on the ground and couldn’t help but glance at Meng Ruyan’s calm expression and Zhuang Yangbing’s smiling face.
As expected of someone with great luck, their strength was about to catch up to his own.
After making sure that no one could disturb them in the courtyard, the three of them quickly rushed towards the backyard.
Time was of the essence. They were unsure if the King of Hell Xuan and the other ghosts would return halfway.
Therefore, they had to find the exit to leave Ghost City as soon as possible.
After arriving at the backyard, everyone was quickly stunned by the scene in front of them.
They had assumed that the King of Hell’s dwelling would be a place of dense Yin Qi and filled with ghostly qi.
However, the overall layout of the backyard was surprisingly antique.
There were not only artificial mountains and water features but even a rare vitality not often seen in Ghost City.
Yes, there was vitality.
Lu Yuan was even able to see butterflies fluttering about in the courtyard.
If it weren’t for the vivid memories of the past few days, Lu Yuan might have doubted whether he had already escaped.
“Looks like you three have discovered this exit in advance.”
The group looked up and saw a white-haired scholar sitting in the courtyard.
He held a sheet of white paper in his left hand and a pair of scissors in his right, busily cutting the paper.
Lu Yuan and the others exchanged a glance and saw the seriousness in each other’s eyes.
This was because the scholar’s aura was no less inferior than that of the earlier King of Hell, Xuan.
Or rather, the true boss of the King of Hell’s residence was this scholar in front of them.
[Ghost Cultivator Shen Xuan]
[Cultivation: Core Formation Stage Rank Two]
[Cultivation Technique: Night Soul Ghostly Spectrum]
[Divine Ability: Paper Binding Technique]
As Zhuang Yangbing and Meng Ruyan looked at Shen Xuan, they felt a tremendous amount of pressure.
Shen Xuan didn’t pay attention to the three of them and instead placed the tiger-shaped paper on the table after cutting the last piece of paper in his hand.
Then, he took out the brush pen beside him and tapped on the paper tiger’s eyes.
In the next second, the paper tiger came alive and transformed into a lifelike tiger demon.
[Paper Tiger Demon]
[Cultivation: Pseudo Core Stage]
Shen Xuan looked at the three of them and smiled, “Previously, I don’t know why, but although 1 could sense the presence of outsiders, 1 could only stay in my room and make paper bindings. I couldn’t do anything else.”
“But now, this restriction seems to have disappeared. Since 1 finally have seen the living people, let’s have some fun.”
As he spoke, the scene in the courtyard changed instantly.
Suddenly, a large number of ghosts jumped out from the surroundings.
Among these ghosts, there were tree demons, stone demons, and even butterfly demons.
It turned out that the lively scene was created by the person in front of him with paper, one by one.
With so many ghosts, it was like the legendary Night Parade of One Hundred Demons.
Shen Xuan stood among the paper crowd and said to the three of them with a smile, ‘If you want to leave this Ghost Domain, the exit is behind me. All you need to do is charge towards it and you’ll be able to leave.’
With that, Shen Xuan stood up and stretched.
“If you want to leave this Ghost Domain, let’s see if you have the ability to pass my Night Parade of One Hundred Demons Technique.”
As soon as he finished speaking, hundreds of paper ghosts rushed toward Lu Yuan and the other two.
Meng Ruyan and Zhuang Yangbing felt immense pressure when faced with so many ghosts.
However, Lu Yuan’s eyes remained calm with a hint of excitement.
Was this the level of difficulty of the Ghost City in front of him?
“How cautious 1 was earlier!”