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into the night.

After Chu Jiang and his mother went to sleep, he quietly closed the bedroom door.

The medicine bowl was washed clean and placed upside down on the stove, with a crack left in the window for ventilation.

He put on the Nether Cloak that had dropped in the dungeon, pushed open the door, and his footsteps made no sound.

This Nether Cloak is of the Silver grade, and it not only provides one minute of invisibility but also a life-saving shield skill.

For Chu Jiang right now, this is the best equipment he has.

The old stairwell was pitch black, with broken light bulbs swaying overhead.

Chu Jiang went downstairs and walked along the path in the western suburbs towards the city outskirts.

The city's defensive barrier gradually weakens in the outer areas, and low-level monsters often appear in the areas near the wilderness at night.

The military has set up a few makeshift sentry posts in the area, but patrols are not frequent.

After all, they were just low-level monsters below level 10, and even Awakened Beings of Rank C or above wouldn't bother with them.

But for Chu Jiang, these miscellaneous monsters were simply mobile points of attack.

He needs 64 points to replenish the construction cost of the Gate of Hell, and also needs a large number of ghost soldiers to fill the upper limit.

time does not wait.

As I passed through the last line of defense markings, the night wind of the wilderness, carrying a fishy and pungent smell, rushed towards me.

Under the moonlight, withered yellow grass stretched to the horizon, with a few crooked, dead trees scattered in the distance.

Deep within the grass, dozens of pairs of eerie green eyes were peering around.

Shadow Wolf, Lv.5.

Further away, from the mud pit near the tree roots, came heavy breathing and the sound of earth rotting.

Corrupted Wild Boar, Lv.7.

They are all monsters of the Black Iron or Bronze rank, so they are not very threatening.

Chu Jiang stood still, his right hand slightly raised.

"come out."

The shadow beneath their feet exploded silently, and a hundred ghostly soldiers clad in tattered black armor and wielding long spears glowing with eerie light emerged from the darkness.

A deep blue light spread across the desolate night, like a silent sea of ​​cold flames.

Ghost General Xiong Po rose from the shadows, his three-meter-high rocky armor gleaming darkly in the moonlight, and knelt on one knee awaiting orders.

Chu Jiang pointed forward.

"Clear the area."

The ghostly soldiers dispersed.

There were no shouts of killing, no footsteps.

One hundred dark blue figures disappeared silently into the wild grass like mercury spilling onto the ground.

The Shadow Wolves were the first to suffer.

The alpha wolf had barely pricked up its ears when the Soul-Snatching Spear pierced its body.

It didn't pierce through the skin and flesh; it directly hooked out a ball of white soul light from inside the body.

The wolf pounced down, not even having time to let out a mournful cry.

The remaining wolves were thrown into chaos and scattered in all directions.

Useless.

The ghost soldiers are spirits, not restricted by terrain, and can move through grass as easily as through air.

Within thirty seconds, the entire wolf pack was wiped out, leaving more than forty soulless wolf corpses lying on the ground.

The panel is jumping around.

[Soul Harvest Successful! White Soul Points +43!]

The decaying wild boar was in an even worse state.

This thick-skinned creature has extremely high resistance to physical attacks, but Soul Slash does not deal physical damage.

The ghostly soldiers wielded their long spears one by one, and the wild boars' tusks and thick hides were as thin as paper. When their souls were pulled out, the boars' bodies were still in the posture of rooting in the ground.

[White Soul Points +28!]

Chu Jiang watched as the number on the panel jumped to 1007.

enough.

He brought up the Fengdu Underworld architecture panel and pointed his finger at the blueprint of the Gates of Hell.

"put up."

[Consuming 1000 White Soul Points to construct a Tier 1 Gate of Hell...]

The ground beneath my feet began to tremble.

The crack spread out from Chu Jiang's feet, and purplish-black light patterns spread wildly along the crack, covering the ground within a radius of 100 meters.

Then, the ground collapsed.

It's not a physical collapse—it's that space itself has been torn open.

A colossal bronze gate, ten feet tall, slowly rose from the ground.

The door frame was cast from an unknown dark metal, its surface covered with hideous, ghost-head-shaped copper nails. Each nail seemed alive, its mouth opening and closing, silently roaring.

Three ancient seal characters on the lintel emerged in the dim light.

gate of hell.

The two bronze doors were half-open, and thick black mist poured out from between them. The mist spread along the ground and dyed the surrounding weeds a grayish color.

This is not the phantom from the previous instance.

It is a physical entity.

Chu Jiang could feel a chilling power radiating outwards from the Gates of Hell, resonating with the very foundation of his soul.

Panel information refresh:

[Tier 1 Ghost Gate is complete!]

[The maximum number of ghost soldiers that can be stored has been increased from 100 to 500]

[Ghost General storage limit increased: 1 → 3]

[Additional feature: After the ghost soldiers and generals enter the Gates of Hell, they will fully recover their status within one hour.]

[Upgrade to Tier 2 Ghost Gate: Ghost Soldier limit increased to 2000. Cost: 2000 White Soul Points]

The second-tier Ghost Gate requires 2,000 points.

Chu Jiang glanced at his current Soul Points balance—seven.

The road ahead is long.

However, the priority is to max out the 500 Yin Soldiers limit first; Soul Points can be accumulated while fighting.

He put away the panel and glanced at the distant wilderness.

In places where the moonlight doesn't reach, a large number of monsters still roam.

"continue."

The hundred ghost soldiers once again dispersed into the night.

Chu Jiang did not sleep that night.

He discovered something—commanding the ghost soldiers wasn't as simple as issuing an order to "go" or "clear the area."

Although the ghost soldiers obey unconditionally, they lack the ability to make their own judgments.

It works fine against a single target, but when it encounters a group of targets, the ghost soldiers will spread out evenly to attack, making it extremely inefficient.

Chu Jiang began to try dividing the command into teams.

Group them into groups of ten, setting up flanking maneuvers; group them into groups of twenty, crushing them head-on, with the Bear Soul in the center, providing a Soul Shield to the core damage dealers.

From unfamiliarity to proficiency, from frantic activity to smooth execution, his command efficiency nearly tripled after an hour.

Getting first place in the theory exam for three consecutive years wasn't for nothing.

The foundation of tactical simulations came in handy at this time. The formations and coordination that had been simulated hundreds of times on paper were still logically consistent when executed by unseen soldiers.

Before dawn, the outskirts of the wilderness were completely cleared.

The number of ghost soldiers has been replenished to five hundred, and the materials dropped by low-level monsters have filled two bags.

Chu Jiang withdrew his troops and returned to the city.

For the next two days, he stayed home to take care of his mother, brewing medicine, cooking, and talking to her.

We left the city at night to continue clearing the wilderness.

The following night, he expanded his search area to the middle of the wilderness and encountered several Lv.12 elite monsters—Ironmane Earthshakers.

Three hundred Yin soldiers surrounded and attacked, but Xiong Po took the damage head-on and used a shield to finish the battle in two minutes.

The number of ghost soldiers has been pushed up to four hundred and fifty.

In the early hours of the third day, after the last batch of Shadow Wolves was wiped out, the numbers on the panel finally stopped.

Current number of ghost soldiers: 500/500 (full)

Current number of Ghost Generals: 1/3

Current White Soul Points: 307

Current Level: Lv.10

Five hundred Yin soldiers, one ghost general, level ten.

It's important to know that most students who have just switched jobs need about a month to reach level 10.

Chu Jiang, on the other hand, only took three days!

Chu Jiang withdrew his troops and entered the Ghost Gate Pass, watching as five hundred ghostly blue figures filed into the bronze gate and disappeared into the black mist.

The Gates of Hell slowly sank into the ground, and the ground returned to its original state without leaving a trace.

He dusted himself off and carried two bags of low-grade materials toward the city.

We'll find a place to exchange the materials for money later. Although it's still far from 800,000, it will at least be enough to buy my mother two more doses of medicine.

The sky was beginning to lighten with the first light of dawn.

Today is the third day.

Practical assessment.

Chu Jiang returned home, washed his face, and changed into clean clothes.

Jiang Yingxue was already awake, leaning against the headboard and looking at him.

"Is there something going on at school today?"

"Hmm, a small test."

"Come back early after your exam, I've saved some food for you."

"it is good."

Chu Jiang closed the door and walked towards Jiangcheng No. 1 Middle School.

The morning light shone on his slender back. He folded his ghostly cloak and stuffed it into his schoolbag, looking no different from any other ordinary high school graduate.

But beneath his shadow, five hundred ghost soldiers and a ghost general were asleep.

Be ready to obey orders at any time.