After the Painted Skin Luo Ying was killed, the command system of the Painted Skins was not disrupted.
Under the command of several Painted Skin Scholars, the Painted Skins fought and retreated, and after keeping a certain distance, they fled quickly.
The Painted Skin who was left behind shed his skin and escaped with the help of the Yin spirit, escaping from the pursuit of the Jing'an Army.
"They want to leave, chase them quickly."
The most suitable way for ghosts to escape from the battle is not to leave the city, but to hide in various towns.
But they wanted to make the Jing'an Army think that they were frightened and dared not stay in the city any longer, and wanted to flee back to the ghost nest for refuge.
Therefore, their retreat routes were quite uniform, as if their nest was outside the south gate of the city.
Bang, squeak...
The gate bolt was thrown down roughly, and the heavy door was pushed open by four painted-skin warriors.
At this time, the city guards on duty were hiding in the classroom, so scared that they dared not move.
"Boss, are you really not going to take a look? If thieves open the door at night and steal from the treasury, it would be a serious crime of dereliction of duty."
"Look at what the Jing'an Army has been doing with the monsters in the city. The drums of war haven't stopped yet. Which fool dares to cause trouble at this time?"
"Boss, you're right. We are city guards who manage bandits and law and order, not warriors who manage demons and monsters.
Let them fight as they please, and we should just stay out of the trouble."
The city guards were too timid to stop them, and the pursuing Jing'an Army did not make things difficult for them.
This was not because Captain Jing'an was kind, but because his goal was to drive the ghosts out of the city, not to trap them inside.
The Painted Skin Ghosts wanted to lure the Jing'an Army out of the city, and the Jing'an Army wanted to expel them on the Ghost Festival to prevent them from taking the opportunity to cause chaos.
These two ideas coincided perfectly and naturally created a scene of mutual cooperation.
But this tacit understanding was broken as soon as they arrived at the South City Gate. The soldiers of the Cavalry Battalion arrived first, followed closely by the soldiers of the Shooting Sound Battalion.
But they all stayed at the city gate and had no intention of leaving the city to fight.
Only Captain Jing'an and the warriors from the subordinate counties chased out, ready to continue driving them away and locate the location of the Painted Skins' lair.
After dozens of painted skins left the city and ran for a while, they found that the warriors were just keeping a distance and driving them away, while the Jing'an Army had completely disappeared.
"Manning, what should we do now?"
At this time, Painted Skin Manning had lost most of his skin.
The remaining skin was burned black and cracked by the flames and electric arcs, like a hideous evil ghost made of black liquid and dry skin.
"Cowards, they had the upper hand but didn't dare pursue. If Mother were here, she would have killed them all."
Painted Skin Manning didn't know that this was to prevent the existence of hidden powerful ghosts.
In the previous battle, not only was Captain Jing'an conserving his spiritual energy, but there were also three warriors from the subordinate counties hiding in the army, ready to attack and rescue at any time.
"How about we go back and fight them again?"
"No, if we go back and provoke a fight, Captain Jing'an will definitely notice something's wrong."
"I can neither advance nor retreat, what can I do?"
Outside the city, the Painted Skin Ghost was unable to advance or retreat, and the warriors kept a distance and watched it. Both sides were puzzled as to why the other side had stopped.
At this moment, bursts of bell sounds suddenly came from Jing'an City not far away. Those were the retreat bells prepared for special festivals such as the Ghost Festival.
When the people in the city heard this sound, they knew that it was midnight and no one was allowed to leave the room. They should close the windows, extinguish the candles, close their eyes and rest until dawn.
Dong, Dong, Dong...
The melodious bell rang twelve times in a row, and the Painted Skins who were in a dilemma finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"It's midnight, the gates of hell are wide open, and it's time for the spirits from the secret realm to patrol the outskirts of the city. Let's use ghost spells to lure them out..."
Painted Skin Manning was saying something excitedly when he suddenly disappeared, leaving behind only an iron bamboo whip.
The same thing happened to the other Painted Skin warriors. They suddenly disappeared for no reason, leaving behind a pile of clothes, armor, and shriveled skins.
At the same time, the painted skins hiding in the city also disappeared silently, leaving behind pieces of human skin and the terrified screams of their relatives.
At this moment, the painted skins seemed to be killed by some special force, causing the Jing'an City, where humans and ghosts lived together, to be purified of ghosts in an instant.
"Captain Jiang, why did they suddenly disappear?"
"I don't know. Perhaps they've returned to their lair and designated this place as a key area for strict inspection."
Unknown to the people present, not long after the bell rang, a pale-faced man suddenly sat up in the cellar of a house in Chunrongfang in the city.
He stroked his thin body and rubbed the ribs in his chest, feeling happy and worried at first.
"Luo Lang, am I a success or a failure?
If it didn't work, how could I have blood? If it worked, why can't I even use the ghost spell? "
“I can’t feel any spiritual energy anymore, I can only feel the warmth of my heartbeat.
I think I succeeded, but I also lost the Yin spirit and became a normal person."
The Painted Skin Ghost Mother succeeded. She took advantage of the opening of the Ghost Gate during the Ghost Festival and the temporary cessation of restraint of ghosts in the secret realm to complete the identity replacement.
But it also failed. Luo Xing's body had no spiritual energy. He was just a normal person with a strong constitution.
The only thing worth mentioning about him is that he has Uranus in the temple, which also means he cannot generate his own spiritual energy.
The Painted Skin Ghost Mother used the method of turning emotion into a puppet to obtain Luo Xing's body and soul, and under the magical effect of fate, she obtained the identity of a human.
As a result, it escaped the judgment range of the secret realm copy and became a relatively normal person.
It introduced an incompatible identity prefix and was judged to be lost and dead by the secret copy. It was free, but also lost its connection with the secret copy.
Therefore, the secret realm copy determined that the core boss was dead and there were no players left in the copy, and automatically restarted and refreshed the secret realm copy.
The painted skin ghosts from the secret realm copy were directly refreshed, and only the painted skin ghost mother who was reborn and gained human identity escaped.
"No, if I become a normal person, where should they go?"
The ghost mother Luo Xing seemed to have thought of something. She hurriedly pulled open the baffle in the cellar, revealing a dark hole.
Then it made a simple torch with cloth, grease and wooden sticks, lit it and climbed down by the firelight.
Sure enough, after walking for not long, it saw shriveled skins and messy clothes all over the ground.
It stared at all this blankly, feeling the loneliness and sadness unique to humans in its heart.
"Have a safe journey, everyone."
"Hahahaha..., I wanted to escape from the secret realm, but the secret realm also abandoned me.
There are no demons with eternal wisdom and immortality, only demons without wisdom and immortality, and humans with wisdom but short lives.
In the cold and smelly city sewers, a thin man was heartbroken. He gained the fate he had always dreamed of, but also lost everything.
It was sad for a moment, then continued to move forward with the torch in hand. After passing through several holes of different sizes, it saw the ghosts wandering blindly.
This is the ability to distinguish yin and yang provided by the Uranus entering the temple, and those wandering evil spirits did not attack it.
Because when the ghost gate is wide open, the ghosts in the secret realm will become passive monsters. If they are not attacked or guided, they will just wander around the secret realm at will.
Ghost Mother Luo Xing knew that these evil spirits could no longer call her mother, and they even had new ghost mothers.
It followed the foul-smelling and filthy passage and found a dark room with simple decoration.
There is a man-made dry well in the dark room, and wandering ghosts are constantly emerging from the well.
"Gentlemen, you all went back, but I can't go back. I don't know whether it is fortunate or unfortunate.
Fortunately, you are immortal and incapable of feeling sorrow and grief. Let this be the end of our karma.”
