Ascending to Immortality by Slaying Spirits

Chapter 79: Wei Xiang's Break
boom! boom! boom!
The battle between Lin Le and Xiang Linghan was brief but intense. In the end, Lin Le seized an opportunity and completely killed Xiang Linghan.

Point out the stars!

With the spear piercing through his body, Xiang Linghan gripped the shaft and looked at Lin Le, saying, "Patriarch, we won't let you go!"

Lin Le remained expressionless, but with a single breath of his true qi, he completely extinguished Xiang Linghan's life force.

"As you wish," Lin Le said coldly.

After quickly cleaning up the battlefield, Lin Le left with Xiang Linghan's body.

There's still Ertoushan that hasn't been dealt with.

In a restaurant in Bailian County, Wei Zhenshan and Xiang Lingchen sat on the top floor, looking towards Ertou Mountain.

Suddenly they all frowned, because with their eyesight they could clearly see a group of soldiers fleeing in panic.

How is this going?

Wei Zhenshan was puzzled. He knew very well the fighting strength of the Xiang family's group of thugs. As for the Tiger Head Bandits' rabble, the hope of defeating them was quite slim.

Xiang Lingchen unconsciously clenched his fists; he had a bad feeling.

Soon, a man ran up, knelt on one knee, and said, "Your subordinate has come to report on the battle situation."

"Speak!" Xiang Lingchen said.

"Our army fought the Tiger Head bandits to a draw." The man paused for a moment, "Then the White Cloud Mountain demon fox Tu Shanling made a move and slaughtered our army. Our army was defeated. Battalion Commander Xiang was fighting the demon fox to save the lives of his soldiers."

Bang! Bang! Both teacups shattered at the same time.

Ignoring the tea in his hand, Xiang Lingchen looked at the person giving the report and said, word by word, "You said that the fox demon is called Tu Shanling?"

"Yes, this was personally confirmed by the battalion commander, and all the soldiers who escaped have heard about it." The person reporting lowered his head, avoiding the two cold gazes.

"Hahaha!" Xiang Lingchen suddenly burst into laughter, "Good, good! I almost forgot that the old fox's specialty is illusion magic!"

"No wonder I couldn't find any trace of them!" Xiang Lingchen said through gritted teeth, and then suddenly punched Wei Zhenshan next to him.

Wei Zhenshan was blasted away.

"Xiang Lingchen, are you crazy!" Wei Zhenshan climbed out of the ruins, looking at Xiang Lingchen with a gloomy expression.

"Am I crazy?" Xiang Lingchen laughed as if he had heard something funny. "Ha, Wei Zhenshan, stop pretending. If it weren't for your cooperation, how could those fox demons have entered the city and killed my children?"

"Yesterday my Xiang family was robbed, and today a demon fox has wiped out my Xiang family's core members. What a coincidence!" A chilling aura emanated from Xiang Lingchen. "You really went to great lengths to destroy my Xiang family, Wei Zhenshan!"

Wei Zhenshan was also full of grievances, but he still suppressed his anger: "Lord Xiang, there must be some misunderstanding here. How could I possibly deal with your Xiang family at this critical juncture!"

"Who knows?" Xiang Lingchen said expressionlessly. "My Xiang family has suffered continuous losses, but you, Wei Zhenshan, have been completely unscathed. It's hard not to make people speculate."

"Your family's losses have absolutely nothing to do with me!" Wei Zhenshan said through gritted teeth. "I can even swear to the heavens that I have no connection whatsoever with that fox demon."

"Stop playing word games with me!" Xiang Lingchen sneered. "If you know perfectly well what's going on, what does it matter if you have no connection?"

Wei Zhenshan said coldly, "Xiang Lingchen, use your brain and think it through. If I were working with that fox to target you, I wouldn't have been exposed now!"

"So you admit that you colluded with that old fox?" Xiang Lingchen asked Wei Zhenshan indifferently.

Wei Zhenshan laughed in exasperation: "Ha, where did you get that from!"

"Does it matter?" Xiang Lingchen asked.

"Isn't it important?" Wei Zhenshan retorted. He had figured out that Xiang Lingchen was so angry that he couldn't listen to anything anymore.

"It doesn't matter anymore." Xiang Lingchen turned and left. "Watch your head, or you might suddenly move one day."

Watching Xiang Lingchen leave, Wei Zhenshan's face turned completely grim. Damn it, which scoundrel is stirring up trouble!

At Ertoushan stronghold, the bandits had recovered from the fighting. Seeing that more than half of their companions were gone, they were overcome with grief and appeared dejected.

Shao Hu no longer cared about his men; he simply had the bandits cook while he locked himself in his room.

Looking back on today's battle, Shao Hu felt it was very strange. He knew the strength of the bandits; they were just a rabble who had gathered together solely because of his personal bravery.

Without him, these bandits should be getting crushed by the government troops.

Only when they are scattered can he escape.

In the underworld, the most important things are reputation and loyalty, so that people will be willing to follow you.

That's why Shao Hu led the bandits to take the initiative to attack; otherwise, if he fled without a fight, his reputation would be ruined, and he wouldn't be able to get along anywhere.

But to his surprise, his band of mountain bandits actually withstood the government troops, which was truly unbelievable.

After thinking for a while, Shao Hu didn't find anything too strange. He slapped his forehead and muttered to himself, "What's the point of thinking about it? I'll just deliberately lose tomorrow. The important thing is to pack my bags now."

After packing up his belongings, including the gold, silver, and valuables, Shao Hu went straight to sleep without taking off his clothes.

What he didn't know was that someone was silently taking the lives of the bandits.

However, as the killings increased, the stench of blood could no longer be concealed, and some hunting dogs sensed the danger and began to bark loudly.

The bandits were alerted. One of them came out of the room, looked at his companion standing in the distance, and shouted, "Six, go see what's going on?"

Liu Zi didn't reply. The bandit frowned, walked over, and gave him a push.

Bang! A corpse fell to the ground.

The bandit was startled and was about to shout when a spear tip emerged from his throat.

Blood flowed and seeped into the earth as Lin Le slaughtered his way through the land like a ghost.

When the bugle sounded, some bandits confirmed the fact that the enemy had attacked.

Shao Hu was also alarmed. He came out with his broadsword and shouted, "What's going on?"

"Enemy attack! Tiger Head!" a trusted aide shouted.

"What!" Shao Hu's eyes widened, turning the night into day, but he couldn't see the large number of enemies.

"Where are the enemies?" Shao Hu frowned as he looked at his confidant.

The confidant, however, looked tense: "It's a ghost, Tiger Head, it's a ghost! Our men died before they even saw the enemy!"

"Hmm, a ghost?" Shao Hu's expression changed. In his line of work, he must have many wronged souls under his command. He had often heard of his colleagues being haunted by ghosts.

When it rains, it pours; what bad luck!
Shao Hu said, "When people are gathered together, their blood and energy are abundant, and ghosts will not dare to approach."

"Yes." The confidant immediately blew the horn, two long and one short.

Soon, the remaining bandits gathered in the hall.

Looking at the bandits who numbered only twenty or thirty, Shao Hu's expression turned grim. "What vicious ghosts! They actually killed so many people!"
Moreover, the more a ghost kills, the stronger it becomes; it's unknown just how powerful this particular ghost is.

Shao Hu took out a talisman from his storage bag.

He would definitely be on guard against ghosts.

(End of this chapter)