Meet the Gentleman

Chapter 311 Devouring the Dead Souls
Woohoo——

It was as if a thick fog was descending around the First City, and voices resounding like weeping and complaining could be heard one after another.

The soldiers and scholars on the city wall could vaguely see the hideous ghosts emerging from the diffuse ghost fog.

"This is not an ordinary ghost fog. It should come from the netherworld."

Some scholars stared at the ghost fog and soon discovered that it was not the ghost fog on the misty ice field, but it seemed to come from the underworld, carrying a strong breath of the underworld.

Otherwise, why would there be so many dead souls?

"From the Netherworld?"

Someone frowned, staring at the diffuse ghost fog, and asked, "Could it be that something strange has happened in the Netherworld again?"

"That's all."

There is humanity.

At this moment, everyone's faces darkened.

Could it be that the emergence of ghosts from the ghost fog is a precursor to a "weird" attack on the Wanli Changting?

"All soldiers, listen up to my order. We will defend Wanli Changting to the death and not take a single step back!" On the northern city wall, a middle-aged general in armor stared at the emerging ghost and said coldly.

"promise!"

The soldiers shouted loudly.

The scholars and ministers sitting cross-legged in the Wen Pavilion all looked solemn, looking coldly at the darkness ahead. At the same time, they paid attention to the literary lamps beside them, always ready to inject literary energy to prevent the lamps from going out.

The so-called Wanli Changting is composed of a number of literary pavilions. The literary lights in the pavilions emit a literary light that blocks the ghost land of Huangquan, preventing evil spirits from passing through the literary light.

Everything that is illuminated by the light will burn like a flame.

At this moment, there were no evil ghosts crawling out from the Yellow Springs ghost land, but dead souls emerged from the darkness, struggling frantically to get out.

Zixuan——

At this time, all the souls that were illuminated by the text were burning with a layer of white flames.

"Ah-"

The emerging ghosts screamed and tried to return to the darkness, but they could not get rid of the white flames.

But in the blink of an eye, the emerging ghost was burned by the lantern.

These are just ordinary ghosts, no match for the evil spirits, and they can’t even hold out for three breaths.

but.

There are so many souls emerging from the darkness.

The light of the literary lamp burned away one layer, and another layer emerged, seemingly endless.

At first, the scholar sitting in the Wenting Pavilion was not too worried, after all, it was just an ordinary ghost. However, when he saw that the ghosts could not be completely destroyed, his face gradually became solemn.

A scholar can kill a hundred ghosts through a literary lamp without consuming much literary energy.

Even if there are a thousand dead souls, a scholar can easily destroy them.

But what about one hundred thousand, one million, or even ten million?

Is this something the scribes can handle?
There is no need for millions or tens of millions, just one hundred thousand is enough to consume a lot of the literary energy of the literati.

But at this time, another evil ghost rushed out from the Yellow Springs Ghost Land?
How could the scribes cope with this?

So at this moment, many literati's faces changed drastically.

Could it be that these suddenly appearing ghosts are "weird" and are used to consume the literary energy? Moreover, the long pavilion is ten thousand miles long, and no one knows which literary pavilion is lacking literary energy. Even if we know, we can't make up for it immediately...

Although the people guarding the Wanli Changting include not only great sages, but also great scholars and literary ministers.

However, the main force in charge of the Wenting was the literati and literary masters.

……

On the misty ice field south of the First City, layers of ghost fog rolled in, accompanied by countless ferocious evil spirits, making the terrifying misty ice field even more terrifying.

"Kill, kill, kill—"

The roar of evil spirits could be heard from the ghost fog.

At this time, rolling ghost fog pressed towards the First City, bursting out with an extremely terrifying murderous aura, which terrified the soldiers on the south city wall.

"What's up with these evil spirits?"

A soldier asked in horror.

It was the first time I saw so many evil spirits, and I couldn’t help but feel terrified.

These evil spirits were at least at the level of scholars, and at most at the level of great sages, and there were quite a few of them. Originally, there were not many soldiers guarding the southern wall, and now with so many evil spirits coming to kill them, how could they stop them?
Normally, the city walls were enough to keep out evil spirits. But at this time, there were too many evil spirits coming to kill them, some of them were great scholars, and some were even great sages.

The city walls were hard to resist.

At this time, the soldiers on the city wall, even suspected that the evil spirits on the misty ice field, all rushed out.

"Too many, please call for reinforcements."

A general said in horror.

"Please invite the zither player."

There is the way of generals and soldiers.

"All soldiers, listen up. Wait until the evil spirit comes within a hundred steps, then kill it with arrows." The general guarding the south wall shouted loudly, looking coldly at the evil spirit in the distance.

White light burst out from the city wall and turned into a rain of arrows that shot into the ghost fog.

However, the city wall can block evil spirits below the level of civil ministers, but it is difficult to block evil spirits at the level of great scholars. On the other hand, evil spirits at the level of great sages can directly kill their way into the first city.

However, based on past experience, there are very few evil spirits at the level of great sages that attack the First City.

Don’t say it’s about breaking into the first city.

But at this moment, the middle-aged general saw several evil spirits at the level of great Confucian scholars rushing towards the First City. As for the evil spirits at the level of great sages, they might still be hiding in the ghost fog, waiting for an opportunity to strike.

This makes it even more terrifying.

"Two hundred steps."

"One hundred and fifty steps!"

The middle-aged general shouted coldly, and when the evil spirit came within a hundred steps, he shouted: "Shoot!"

shhh-

On the city wall, arrows were shot out, emitting a burst of white light.

No matter whether it is a dead soul, a fierce creature, or even an evil ghost, ordinary feather arrows cannot harm them at all. But it is different after being injected with literary energy.

The so-called literary arrows are arrows that have been processed and infused with literary spirit.

puff--

An arrow emitting white light pierced through a scholar-level evil spirit and did not stop yet. It still had enough energy to shoot forward.

When it hit the second evil spirit, it seemed that the arrow finally ran out of energy and the entire arrow shattered.

However, the two evil spirits were only seriously injured.

Didn't die.

However, the arrows rained down like rain, and it was difficult for the evil spirit to avoid them. It was possible that he would be shot by more than ten arrows...

A round of arrows shot out, and the middle-aged general frowned, hesitated for a moment, and ordered: "Stop!"

Swish-

All the soldiers stopped immediately and looked at each other in confusion.

On the misty ice field, it seemed that countless evil spirits and ghosts were fighting each other, which surprised some soldiers on the city wall.

This is why the middle-aged general asked for a halt.

"Hey, why are they killing each other?" a soldier asked curiously, seemingly confused. "Haha, good job, kill them, it's best if they die together."

"Evil spirits are evil spirits, and dead souls are dead souls. They cannot be confused with each other."

Some people couldn't help but said.

At this time, the soldiers on the city wall all breathed a sigh of relief.

However, some people, such as the middle-aged general, frowned, with some concerns in their hearts. It seemed that the evil spirits and the dead souls were fighting, but in fact, the evil spirits were slaughtering the dead souls one-sidedly...

And it's not as simple as a massacre.

But devour!

"Oh no! The evil spirit is devouring the souls of the dead!"

At this moment, a general's face changed, and he quickly shouted: "After the evil spirit devours the dead soul, it will become stronger!"

Upon hearing this, the faces of the soldiers on the city wall also changed drastically.

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P.S: Thank you "Yg今夕何夕" for the reward!

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