Chapter 399: Ten Thousand Ghosts! Kill! Kill! Kill! Leave No One Alive!
She reached out her hand, and a black banner appeared in her grasp. With a light flick...
Whoooosh!
Billowing black smoke surged outward, and from within it, countless fierce ghosts began to crawl and writhe their way free. There were hanged ghosts, headless ghosts, starved ghosts, beheaded ghosts, lustful ghosts, malignant ghosts, all manner of twisted shapes and hideous visages.
Most terrifying of all were the vicious spirits whose murderous intent filled the air. Among them were even monster souls, a sign that this black banner contained innumerable bound souls, a truly ominous artifact.
Within the horde were two Ghost Kings, known as the Mighty Ghost King and the One-Eyed Ghost King, each radiating an overwhelming aura.
People speak of the Hundred-Ghost Procession, but this seemed more like the release of ten thousand ghosts!
In broad daylight, the sky dimmed, and the land below turned into a ghostly hellscape. The dense yin qi continuously eroded the spiritual essence of the Taixu Temple’s Mountain-Guarding Formation, causing the ambient qi of heaven and earth to thin to a trickle.
The chill of the ghostly realm spread outward, while the old scholar’s brows furrowed deeply.
“This... may have gone terribly wrong.”
He stirred his intent, and his form dissolved into a gust of wind, sweeping away into the distance.
“Why should I take the blame for the demons’ incompetence?”
He decided that upon returning, he would make sure to turn the prince against the White Marsh Demon Kingdom, and let them bear the weight of this disaster.