Why is my anime art style so weird?

Yet, from beginning to end, she held that already rotting head tightly in her arms, so tightly that she wouldn't let go even in death...

The next morning, just as Cao Cao was about to have breakfast, a soldier suddenly reported that Diao Chan's body, which had been found hanging herself, and Lü Bu's head, which she was holding in her arms, had been discovered at the White Gate Tower.

Snapped!

Cao Cao's chopsticks fell onto the low table in front of him.

His face instantly darkened, and he roared:

"Who was guarding the White Gate Tower last night? Neglecting their duty, they are immediately dismissed and demoted to common soldier!"

After the soldiers left to carry out their orders, Cao Cao suddenly felt a loss of interest; the passion he had felt the day before had vanished.

"Give Lady Diaochan a proper burial."

He casually gave the order.

"Yes!"

The guard obeyed and left.

However, not long after, the guard returned and reported new developments to him.

When he heard that Diao Chan was holding Lü Bu's head in her arms and couldn't pry it off no matter what she did, he was deeply moved.

Cao Cao was silent for a moment, then gave the order in a low voice:

"There's no need to separate them; let them be buried together."

Thus, Lü Bu, the pride of the Three Kingdoms, was buried in different places in Xiapi City, along with his body and head.

Time flies, and three years have passed in the blink of an eye.

In recent years, Xuzhou has been in turmoil. First, it experienced the Battle of Xuzhou, in which Lü Bu's forces were kicked out of the game of vying for the Central Plains.

Liu Bei persuaded Cao Cao to let him guard Xuzhou.

The following year, Liu Bei killed Cao Cao's envoy and rebelled again. He was subsequently defeated by Cao Cao's small army. To protect Liu Bei's family, Liu Bei's second brother, Guan Yu, had no choice but to surrender to Cao Cao.

After several battles, Xiapi eventually came under Cao Cao's rule and gradually returned to peace.

However, everyone knew that Xiapi was close to the territories of the Sun family and Liu Biao, and would sooner or later be plunged into war again.

The night is deep.

The city was pitch black, and from a distance it looked like a huge mausoleum.

The soldiers of Cao Cao's army did not dare to slack off in the slightest, and patrolled back and forth on the city wall.

As they approached the White Gate Tower, a soldier suddenly called out softly.

"Ouch! Sergeant, I need to pee!"

The squad leader at the head of the platoon immediately laughed and scolded:

"You're such a busybody! Your shift is about to change, so shut up!"

The soldiers were in a great hurry.

"Squad leader, I really don't have time! If this isn't resolved soon, I'm going to wet my pants!"

Chapter 706 Vengeful Ghosts Claiming Lives

"Squad leader, you should let this kid go. Otherwise, if he really poops in his pants, the smell will keep us all awake at night."

"Exactly! That kid's shit stinks!"

"Ha ha!"

His comrades nearby began to tease him.

With the shift change approaching and no fighting in Xuzhou recently, the squad leader softened his heart and casually waved his hand.

"If you do that again, I'll make you poop right in your pants! Go now!"

"Thank you, sergeant!"

The soldier quickly hid inside the nearby city tower, intending to find a place to relieve himself.

There has been no fighting in Xuzhou recently, so this city gate tower is usually not frequented and is mostly used as a warehouse.

The soldier quietly opened the gate of the city tower and slipped inside.

Inside the city gate tower, it was pitch black and nothing could be seen.

A gust of wind blew in, and because the window wasn't closed properly, it emitted a strange whistling sound.

The soldier couldn't help but shudder.

However, the thought that there were nine comrades waiting outside made him feel a little more at ease.

After dawdling for a while, he found a corner and was about to unzip his pants for a good time.

Bang! Bang!

A strange noise came from above, startling him.

He quickly put his pants back on and tiptoed into the hall.

The strange sound continued, and it sounded like someone was moving armor.

Someone stole the armor!?

The soldiers immediately became alert. Stealing military equipment was a capital offense, and if discovered, even the soldiers on duty would be punished.

However, if you can catch the thief, it will be a great achievement, and you might even be promoted to squad leader.

The thought of this immediately ignited a burning desire within him, and without even untying his hands, he quietly crept towards the second floor.

Upon reaching the second floor, all was quiet except for the occasional sound of wind and the incessant clanging of armor.

The soldier went to the room where the noise was coming from and then pushed the door open abruptly.

"You audacious thief! How dare you... dare you..."

However, halfway through his call, his voice grew softer and softer, and his whole body began to tremble involuntarily.

He clearly saw it...

The other nine soldiers hid in a sheltered spot near the city wall, waiting for their comrades while chatting quietly, occasionally punctuated by the sound of stomping their feet.

It was already the twelfth lunar month, and the weather was freezing cold.

The city wall was high up, and gusts of cold wind blew in, making them shiver.

After a while, someone complained impatiently:

"Did that kid really poop in his pants?"

The squad leader couldn't help but frown slightly, and was about to send someone to check.

"what!"

A piercing scream rang out.

"Squad leader, it's Xiao Zhao's voice!"

Someone immediately exclaimed in surprise.

"Oh no! Follow me quickly!"

The squad leader's expression immediately changed, and he led his men to rush into the city gate.

They pushed open the gate and rushed into the city tower, quickly disappearing into the darkness...

The time for the changing of the guard arrived, but none of the ten people in the group showed up.

"What is Old Wang up to?"

Liu, the squad leader, muttered to himself as he waited for his shift to change.

"Could something have happened?"

A soldier standing nearby whispered a reminder.

When Liu, the squad leader, heard this, it seemed to make some sense. After all, it was impossible for ten people to disappear at the same time; something must have gone wrong.

Another quarter of an hour passed, and still no soldiers from that platoon appeared. Liu, the platoon leader, immediately realized that something had indeed gone wrong.

"I'll go inform the military commander; you all wait here!"

Soon, Squad Leader Liu returned, followed by a military officer surnamed Sun with forty or fifty men, their faces ashen, as they arrived near the city gate.

A group of fifty people climbed the city wall but did not find any trace of the ten men until a soldier discovered that the gate tower was wide open.

"Commander, this is it! The city gate has been opened!"

Sun Junhou waved his hand.

"Light the torches! Let's go in and take a look!"

Soon, soldiers lit torches in the braziers nearby.

The group followed Sun Junhou into the city gate tower. More than a dozen torches were held aloft, illuminating the inside of the city gate tower.

There wasn't a single person on the first floor.

The entire city gate tower was quiet. Even though more than fifty people had entered in one go, the whole building still felt lifeless and eerily quiet.

The group searched all the rooms on the first floor but found no trace of them, so they searched the second floor...

"what!!"

When the first soldier with a torch illuminated the second floor, he screamed in fright.

"What's going on!?"

The crowd quickly rushed up to the second floor, where an incredibly terrifying and bizarre scene unfolded before them.

Five headless corpses dressed in armor stood upright in the second-floor hall.

On the beam directly above the corpses, five corpses were suspended by ropes, each of them holding a severed head in its hand.

It was almost as if five soldiers had swiftly severed their comrade's head, used his headless corpse as a stepping stone, and then, clutching his severed head, climbed up to hang themselves...

Some new recruits who had never been on the battlefield or seen blood were immediately trembling with fear.

If it weren't for the presence of the military commander and the large number of people around, several people would probably have run away on the spot.