First Immortal of Destiny

Chapter 223: The Enchanting Soldiers

"If Senior Yao needs anything, I still have some second-grade spirit pills that I can sell to you!" Shen Mo said while resting in Tianshan City.

He had purchased another batch of spiritual herbs and refined several furnaces of second-grade spirit pills. At this moment, he had a small quantity of third-grade spirit pills on him, but he still had quite a few second-grade spirit pills, so it wouldn't hurt to give some to Yao Ting.

"Then I thank Junior Shen!" Yao Ting smiled and expressed her gratitude.

After the transaction was completed, she didn't leave but instead had a look of curiosity on her face.

"Do you have something else, Senior Yao?" Shen Mo asked.

Yao Ting smiled mischievously and asked with a curious tone, "These pills, were they given to you by Lingyin Junior Sister?"

"I had a feeling that you two were close when we were at the foot of Tianshan Mountain."

"How did you meet Lingyin Junior Sister?"

"Is there a romantic relationship between you two?"

Shen Mo almost couldn't help but use a powerful palm strike to send her flying. As a cultivator, an elite of the Xingchen Peak, how could he have such a strong curiosity like an ordinary middle-aged woman?

Seeing Shen Mo remain silent, Yao Ting's enthusiasm faded and she turned back disappointed.

Shen Mo didn't notice that the cultivators of the Linjiang Sect had all perked up their ears and showed a curious expression. After all, cultivators hadn't completely shed their human nature and were naturally not exempt from gossip.

Unless they were tainted by the Heavenly Demon and became mutated Heavenly Demons. In their hearts, only the thought of becoming stronger would remain.

For the Heavenly Demon, whether it was being tainted by demonic energy or devouring living beings, it was ultimately for the sake of becoming "perfect" and more powerful.

In a certain sense, the pursuit of the Heavenly Demon was purer than that of cultivators.

But this purity was too evil, too cruel.

Chen Mengze, who had finished refining the pills, glanced at Shen Mo with a deep gaze and quickly looked away. It was unknown what she was thinking.

After a moment, the group finished their preparations.

Li Zhong, relying on his own powerful strength, took the lead and rushed into the restricted area.

Shen Mo and the others followed one after another.

As the group entered, the dormant underground palace seemed to have been awakened, emitting an ominous aura.

"Crack!"

"Crack!"

"Crack!"

The sound of metal rubbing against metal came from the underground palace.

At first, it was as weak and chaotic as the wind blowing through leaves, but then the sound gradually became orderly and louder.

"Be careful, we must have alerted the arrangements left by Prince Yongzuo in the tomb." Shen Mo's face turned serious as he prepared various methods.

"Creak~"

In the long and piercing sound of the opening door, the gate of the underground palace in front of Shen Mo slowly opened.

Then, rows of figures stepped out of the palace gate in a goose formation, surrounding them.

There were thousands of them, with an imposing momentum!

Each figure was dressed in heavy iron armor and held weapons such as spears, shields, large knives, and bows and arrows.

The "crack" sound was the sound produced by the friction of the armor plates on their bodies.

However, whether it was the heavy iron armor or the spears and shields, they all appeared somewhat worn and damaged.

It wasn't the result of fighting with enemies and suffering damage, but rather the traces left by hundreds of years of erosion.

"Who are you? Why did you trespass... into the royal palace of the Xingwu Dynasty?" The leading general, filled with killing intent, questioned aggressively.

Its voice was extremely obscure!

Even if one didn't listen carefully, it was impossible to discern what it was saying.

But the killing intent in its tone was extremely obvious.

Even without hearing the words clearly, one could sense its determination to kill foreign enemies.

"What kind of creatures are these soldiers?" Li Zhong couldn't help but speak.

His words seemed to anger the leading general.

With a wave of its large hand!

Immediately, the archers in the back row made a creaking sound as they drew their bows. Hundreds of worn and damaged arrows flew towards Li Zhong like locusts.

The bowstrings in their hands had long rotted away.

Apart from the bow body, the back is completely bald, with nothing else.

But it can still make the bowstring resonate and shoot out arrows.

"Swoosh!"

"Swoosh! Swoosh!"

Immediately, there was a series of "clang clang" sounds.

Li Zhong has cultivated the "Heavenly Fire Refining Body Technique" to the perfect level, and his physical body is comparable to a Profound Grade top-tier magic weapon.

This is only in terms of the hardness of his body.

He is even superior to Shen Mo.

Even a Qi Gathering Realm peak cultivator would find it difficult to harm him even with a magic weapon.

Not to mention these worn-out arrows that are about to fall apart.

Seeing this, the leading general continued to give orders, and then thousands of heavily armored soldiers slowly pressed towards the crowd.

Shields in front, long spears standing on the shields.

Behind them, there was a formidable formation of knives, and finally, there were archer soldiers!

The military formation was seamless, without any flaws.

Shen Mo swung a brilliant sword energy and slashed towards the leading general, warning aloud.

"These soldiers are half human and half ghost."

"The leading general is at the peak of the Second Order."

"The other soldiers all have the strength of the early Second Order and the ability to fly. Don't be careless!"

Shen Mo scattered a handful of spirit stone powder from his sleeve.

In his line of sight, the information of these soldiers was reflected.

...

[Half Human and Half Ghost: Wei Bai]

[Realm: Peak of the Second Order]

[Brief Description: This ghost was originally a person from the Zhongzhou region of the Chiyan Kingdom and was a second-grade guardian general of the Liewu Dynasty.

At the time of the dynasty's downfall, he was saved by the Crown Prince Yongzuo and buried alive in his tomb, turning into a ghost.

This ghost is skilled in military combat and proficient in military formations.

He awakened the Divine Ability (Recruitment), which can enhance his strength through the power of the army and inspire the might of the military formation.]

[Weakness: This ghost heavily relies on the power of the military formation. If the army can be defeated, it can easily be killed.]

...

[Half Human and Half Ghost: Niu Dazhuang]

[Realm: Early Second Order]

[Brief Description: This ghost is from the Zhongzhou region of the Chiyan Kingdom, and his physical body is different from ordinary people.

He was taken away by Crown Prince Yongzuo and buried alive in his tomb, turning into a ghost.

This ghost is skilled in military combat, proficient in using long spears, and can rely on his comrades in the army to fight to the death.]

[Weakness: This ghost has a damaged soul and can only move freely under the protection of the military formation. If the army can be defeated, it can be killed using soul curse techniques.]

...

[Half Human and Half Ghost: Zhong Shi]

...

[Half Human and Half Ghost: Qian Haoyang]

...

With thousands of heavily armored soldiers, Shen Mo couldn't possibly use "Insight into All Beings" to investigate each one individually.

But he randomly picked more than ten people, all of whom were early Second Order half-human and half-ghosts.

It goes without saying that this group of soldiers all possessed such strength.

I don't know what method Crown Prince Yongzuo used, but he actually buried people alive and transformed them into half-human and half-ghosts.

It should be noted that such creatures are extremely rare!

Shen Mo had only seen a large number of half-human and half-ghosts in the Forbidden Land where Zhang Taian was located in the Abandoned Ghost Domain.

And those half-human and half-ghosts lived like ordinary people, farming, reproducing, and living their lives.

It's just that their ancestors were once living people who later became tainted by ghost energy and luckily didn't die.

Generation after generation, they passed on these characteristics to their descendants, gradually evolving into ghosts and forming half-human and half-ghost villages.

But the half-human and half-ghost soldiers in front of him were completely different from those in the Abandoned Ghost Domain!

"Bang!"

Shen Mo's sword light was blocked by piece after piece of shields.

(End of this chapter)