Please be my partner.

Unfortunately, while the new version of the Divine Commandment meets Melon's requirements in terms of resource consumption, it is now limited by the amount of casting materials required. Fortunately, the latter is easier to resolve.

The gods appointed by the Meron Consecration Law gave Meron a natural control over them.

The three newly born deities before them resembled the golden-armored soldiers summoned by the Six Ding Six Jia Talisman in appearance, except that perhaps because they used the Earthly Fiend Qi, their armor was dark gold and they naturally possessed an Earthly Fiend Divine Power.

With this, the last piece of the puzzle in Mellen's vision was almost complete. The next step was to systematically improve his strength, collect rare and precious materials such as the Heavenly Divine and Earthly Fiends, and further develop the Divine Command Technique.

And Mellen's first target... Oushan, is almost ready to be completed.

Having spent so much time in Wushan, Mellen had gathered a fairly complete understanding of Wushan from the information he collected from those ghosts.

There are three high-ranking ghosts in Wushan. They are the rulers of Wushan and are second only to the Ghost King.

One is the thousand-year-old zombie. It is said that it was originally a great figure buried in Wushan in ancient times. After thousands of years of sedimentation, it turned into a zombie and possessed great power. Not only is it impervious to swords and spears and water and fire, but it can also communicate with the Yin veins of Wushan. As long as it is in Wushan, even the Ghost King may not be able to easily do anything to it.

Secondly, there is the Yin Puppet, whose origin is quite peculiar...

Legend has it that several hundred years ago, an old puppeteer was passing through Wushan Mountain. He rested in a dilapidated temple on a snowy night, where he met a few travelers. With nothing to do, the others asked the old man to perform a puppet show. The old man readily agreed, and the puppets were exquisitely crafted and lifelike, just like real people. Everyone who watched cheered, but the old man looked sad.

After the performance, the old man recounted that he loved watching puppet shows when he was young. He spent a lot of time learning and studying puppetry, and by the time he learned it, he was already old. But he was even more determined to pursue it, so he made puppetry his profession. Although he enjoyed it, he had a life of wandering, without a fixed abode or companions. His only companions were his puppets.

The old man's expression suddenly turned angry, and he said excitedly: "My whole life has been miserable because of you. I can't even afford clothes when it gets cold. I'm so poor that I might as well burn you!"

Before anyone could react, he threw the puppet into the brazier. Little did they know, the puppet was already sentient. It rose from the brazier, bowed to the old man, and did not resist, letting the raging fire burn it to ashes.

The burning did not kill the puppet; instead, it completely released its spirit, transforming it into a special ghost with the power to create puppets from both living and dead objects.

Thirdly, there are the mysterious ghosts. These ghosts are not native to Wushan; they come from outside and seem to be subordinates of a certain ghost king. They have been staying in Wushan for decades and are usually very mysterious. Their methods are also quite amazing, and they have many powerful ghost subordinates.

Those wooden and paper figures were naturally sent by Yin Kui, and the black and red ghost mist they encountered later was probably the subordinates of the ghosts.

In other words, the ghost must have many more ghosts under his command that have fused with the earthly evil energy, and he may even have mastered a considerable amount of earthly evil energy.

Mellen's original plan was to first find the Yin Puppet, whose ability to create wooden and paper figures would be quite useful to him. As long as the Yin Puppet could be transformed into a deity, it would be worth it even if Mellen had to expend more power, because then he would have countless experimental materials.

Now, Mellen has naturally changed his mind and is going to meet that ghost first. After all, the other party has already prepared the materials, and it would be a bit unreasonable for him not to accept them.

Even in Mellen's eyes at this moment, the thousand-year-old zombie was a higher priority than the Yin puppet, since the thousand-year-old zombie could sense the Yin veins of Wushan and must be very familiar with the earthly evil energy that existed in Wushan.

When Mellen made his move on Ghost, Ghost became aware of his presence.

Initially, Ghost sent his men to investigate east of Wushan Mountain out of mere caution. It wasn't until he lost contact with his men that he truly realized something was wrong.

The ghost came with the Ghost King's mission. Having operated in Wushan for decades, if he really wanted to, it could be said that no movement in Wushan could escape his eyes. He easily learned of Melon's existence and naturally also learned that Yin Kui was trying to capture Melon but had repeatedly failed.

Although Ghost didn't know what Yin Kui was up to, he understood that they couldn't let Mellen continue to cause trouble. Their plan had been secretly underway for decades and was about to come to an end; they couldn't tolerate any unexpected complications at this crucial moment!

Ghost even suspected that Mellen might be a spy sent by the City God of Fengshan City to investigate Wushan after sensing something was wrong.

Ghost was a cautious man. He knew that Mellen, who had repeatedly escaped from the clutches of the Shadow Puppet, was no ordinary person. As the saying goes, even a lion uses its full strength to hunt a rabbit, so he had no intention of giving Mellen any chance.

With a whoosh, streaks of black and red ghostly mist appeared around the ghost, numbering as many as five or six hundred in the blink of an eye.

Looking at the Blood Demon Army before him, Ghostly Demon's eyes revealed a look of satisfaction. These Blood Demons were all crafted by him one by one, taking decades of his hard work, and they would be his reliance for attacking Fengshan City later.

Once the city of Fengshan is breached, and a large number of flesh and souls are devoured, the ghost is confident that it will be able to advance to the Ghost King level.

With a wave of his hand, the Blood Demon Army surged into the ghost's sleeve, and he himself transformed into a shadow and quickly disappeared into the distance.

What does it mean to go together? What does it mean to meet unexpectedly? What does it mean to fall in love around the corner? ...Ahem, let's cross out the last one.

With Mellen's keen senses, he detected a powerful aura approaching rapidly from afar. Mellen was very familiar with the aura of the Yin Puppet, and considering the reclusive nature of the thousand-year-old zombie, Mellen guessed that it was most likely the last of the three giants of Wushan... Ghost.

Isn't that a coincidence?

Therefore, Mellen went to meet them without hesitation.

When the two met, especially seeing Mellen's undisguised excitement, Ghost frowned and looked around with some suspicion, wary of any trickery.

Mellen was naturally overjoyed. His eyes were fixed on the ghostly right hand, where a huge amount of earthly evil energy was clearly gathered. If he was not mistaken, it should be the black and red ghostly mist that Mellen had encountered before, and there was definitely a lot of it.

Mellen felt a little embarrassed by the delivery, and his gaze towards the ghost was filled with kindness.

After confirming that there were no ambushes around, Ghostly snorted coldly. Mellen's gaze made him quite uncomfortable, so he made his move directly.

comminicate?

There's no need. In Ghost's view, as long as he captures Mellen, he can deal with him properly, and then he can naturally learn all the information that interests him.

As the ghost appeared before him, seemingly transformed into a phantom, Mellen smiled and drew a talisman with his finger. An invisible shield enveloped Mellen, blocking the ghost's attack.

Ghostly expression remained unchanged. Thick black mist swirled in his hands, emanating a corrosive and decaying aura. He pressed it against the shield, producing a hissing sound, and directly corroded a large hole in the shield.

But before the dark hand could grab Mellen, Mellen had already drawn several talismans.

These talismans were linked together and actually produced a combined effect. The space around the ghost was sealed and stripped away by a powerful force. Then, the power of the blazing sun suddenly erupted in this narrow space. Not only did all the power not dissipate, but it was also amplified further due to the refraction of space.

This was the first time the ghost had come into contact with the supremely powerful and yang energy of the sun. He was immediately filled with a terrifying sense of impending death and immediately used all his strength to defend himself. The Blood Demon Army also released layers of mist to envelop him.

When the separated space was restored, only a black sphere remained, with a thin mist floating on it.

As the black sphere dissipated, the ghostly figure stared at Mellen with a grave expression, filled with doubt and apprehension. He hadn't expected his opponent to be so powerful and was already considering a temporary retreat. He planned to return and gather the thousand-year-old zombie, the Yin Puppet, and his numerous subordinates to deal with Mellen again.

Meanwhile, Mellen was also assessing the ghost. Overall, it should have legendary-level strength, and due to the ghost's special nature, it was somewhat more troublesome than ordinary legendary powerhouses, but that was all.

Although Mellen can only exert one or two tenths of his strength now, dealing with Ghost is just a piece of cake. If Mellen wanted to, he could have burned Ghost to ashes with that attack. He only held back his power at the last moment because he saw that Ghost couldn't withstand it.

"Aren't you going all out yet? It's time to summon your men." Mellen said.

Upon hearing this, the ghost turned and left without warning.

"Tsk!" Mellen clicked his tongue, instantly drawing a talisman and softly uttering, "Ghost-Slaying Talisman!"

For powerful ghosts like phantoms, ordinary exorcism talismans are naturally ineffective in immobilizing them, so Mellen used a more powerful talisman he had developed.

The Ghost-Slaying Talisman, also known as the Spirit-Slaying Talisman, is primarily designed for the intimidation and control of the spirit. It is especially effective against ghosts without a physical form, comparable to a monkey's immobilization spell.

The talisman exploded, and an invisible wave swept over the ghost, which immediately froze.

Mellen casually drew a divine command talisman, then with a flick of his wrist, it instantly split into two, then four, then eight…

In the blink of an eye, hundreds of them surged into the ghostly right hand.

After a brief pause, as if a warehouse storing fireworks had been set ablaze, hundreds of beams of light shot into the sky simultaneously, a mixture of sacred and sinister power.

The blood demons screamed and flew through the air, but they seemed to be bound by some force and could not escape this area. The pain they endured was almost no less than that of flesh and blood being ignited from the inside out and reborn by burning themselves.

Yes, this is one of the main drawbacks of the current method of divine command.

The ghost had recovered from the shock of the talisman, but instead of continuing to run away, it stared blankly at the scene before it, unable to believe that its decades of hard work were about to be destroyed in an instant.

This transformative feast lasted for several minutes. Occasionally, a blood demon would collapse because it could not withstand the pressure, which manifested outwardly as it being burned away by the holy light.

But every cloud has a silver lining.

When the first Blood Demon survived the transformation and became a deity, the other Blood Demons seemed to immediately understand its significance, and deities began to be born one after another.

The ghost stiffly turned its head to look at Mellen, and asked bitterly, "Who...who are you?"

Mellen smiled slightly and said, "An unknown nobody, at least for now."

Chapter 678 Resolute

Decades of accumulation, the Ghost King's command, the hope of becoming the Ghost King...

In an instant, everything was gone, which caused the ghost's mentality to collapse, and even gave rise to a feeling of despair.

Fortunately, the ghosts were not so fragile. After a brief moment of panic, they quickly recovered and had time to think about the changes that had occurred on the blood demons.

Upon seeing this, they were immediately shocked, because these blood demons looked somewhat similar to the underworld officials in the City God system, but there were also obvious differences.

The judges of the underworld, ghost soldiers and ghost generals in the City God system are not much different from ghosts in essence. The difference is only revealed because they have absorbed human power.

In fact, ghosts and demons hold the City God system in utter contempt. In their view, it is not so much that the City God protects the human race, but rather that the City God is exploiting and sucking the marrow from the bones of the human race.

Rather than being enslaved by these parasites, it would be better to destroy everything and turn everyone into ghosts; that would be much more satisfying.

The ghostly figure trembled as it asked, "What is this?"

"This is a freshman! So, are you ready?" Murren laughed.

The ghostly figure smiled bitterly and said, "Do I even have a choice?"

If the ghost had been determined to escape before, now he couldn't even muster the thought of running away, because the blood demons who had been transformed into gods were respectfully bowing to Melon, showing their utmost humility.

The aura they released was already extremely close to that of ghosts.

Mellen threw a divine command talisman, which struck the ghost.

In fact, ghosts certainly have choices, but they only have two choices... life or death.

Clearly, he chose to live.

As the first high-level ghost recruited by Mellen, he is willing to give it some preferential treatment as long as the ghost does not seek death on its own. If the ghost cannot withstand the transformation on its own, Mellen will step in to help.

However, as expected of a capable assistant sent by the Ghost King to carry out a secret plan, the Ghost Demon's willpower and survival instinct were incredibly strong. After struggling painfully for more than ten minutes, it finally pulled through and successfully completed the transformation.

The ghost looked at Mellon, all his previous resentment and fear vanished, leaving only respect and admiration. He knew this was abnormal, but he felt no desire to resist. He felt that submitting to Mellon was the most important mission of his life.

More importantly, with the transformation into a god, the bottleneck that had hampered the ghosts also disappeared. He clearly understood that he had already touched the Ghost King realm he had always dreamed of, and now all that was left was to accumulate the necessary quantity.

Having realized this, the ghost became even more respectful.

Looking at the ghostly figures, Mellen showed a satisfied expression and asked, "How many of these subordinates who have fused with the earthly evil energy do you still have?"

The ghost immediately replied, "Master, the Blood Fiend Ghost Army is all here. They were created by me by fusing ghosts with blood fiends. I learned this technique of fusing fiends from the Blood Flame Ghost King. The purpose was to have me secretly make arrangements in Wushan to prepare for the attack on Fengshan City."

"In my cave, there are some ghosts that have merged with other types of earthly evil energy, but there are not many of them, and they are all unstable. Their success is based on some coincidences. Only the Blood Fiend Ghost is the most successful. Moreover, there is a Blood Fiend Pool in Wushan that can continuously generate blood fiend energy. There are also ghosts everywhere in Wushan."

Mellen nodded slightly and inquired more carefully, discovering that there were several areas in Wushan that could gather earthly evil energy, but the quantity and quality varied.

However, that doesn't matter. As for 'additives,' Mellen accepts them all and doesn't mind having too many.

Mellen asked, "Tell me about the Blood Flame Ghost King, and your mission in Wushan."

The ghost replied, "The Blood Flame Ghost King is the ruler of the Flame Mountain. The Flame Mountain is about 500 kilometers away from the Black Mountain. The Blood Flame Ghost King wanted to annex the Black Mountain and take over the Fengshan City. So, forty-eight years ago, he sent me to the Black Mountain to make arrangements."

"At that time, two high-level ghosts were entrenched in Wushan, namely a thousand-year-old zombie and a Yin puppet. It took me a lot of effort to persuade them to join the plan."

"The thousand-year-old zombie's demands are simple. He hopes to be promoted to Ghost King and become a ten-thousand-year-old zombie. However, the Yin Puppet is a bit strange. She seems to have a split personality. Sometimes she actively promotes the plan and can't wait to storm into Fengshan City and cause a bloodbath. At other times, she is passive and even drags her feet. She seems very contradictory."

The ghost paused for a moment, then continued, "As for our plan... Over the past few decades, the thousand-year-old zombie has been using its affinity with the Yin veins of Wushan to continuously extract power from them and accumulate it in certain nodes. When it is activated, it can unleash this power in one go, impacting the earth veins of Fengshan City and temporarily paralyzing its defensive capabilities."

"After that, we will lead the thousands of ghosts from Wushan into Fengshan City. At that time, the Blood Flame Ghost King will personally deal with the City God of Fengshan City. The Blood Fiend Ghost Army will be able to resist the City God's suppression and will be able to wreak havoc in the city. When the people's hearts are scattered, the City God's power will also weaken accordingly."

"The whole plan is actually quite simple. The only difficulty is that it takes a lot of time. If Fengshan City sees through it during this process and they are on guard, it will not work."

The ghostly figure spilled out all the plans in detail, like beans pouring from a bamboo tube.

Mellen was naturally uninterested in the plan to breach Fengshan City; what interested him was the Blood Flame Ghost King and his Flame Mountain.

After thinking for a moment, Mellen asked, "Can you arrange to meet the Blood Flame Ghost King alone?"

Without hesitation, Ghost said, "Of course, I have a secret way to contact him. His plan for me was that, in order not to alert the enemy, he would come alone in secret. Given Blood Flame Ghost King's caution, he might not come to see me alone, but he would definitely be near Fengshan City. Only in this way can we meet Fengshan City God as soon as the plan is launched."

Mellen nodded slightly, already having a plan in mind.

Leaving that topic aside, Mellen said, "Let's go, take me to see the thousand-year-old zombie."

The ghosts and demons responded respectfully. 489 bloodthirsty deities transformed into streams of light and surged toward Mellen's wrist. When the light dissipated, only a glittering golden bracelet remained.

Hongxiu also rushed over after receiving notification that Mellen was safe.

Wushan stretches over 200 kilometers from east to west and is about 50 kilometers wide from north to south. For ordinary people, traversing mountains and rivers would be extremely difficult, but for powerful individuals like Mellen and Ghost, the journey was smooth sailing.

Before long, under the ghost's guidance, Mellen entered the depths of Wushan. It was a valley that seemed unremarkable from the outside, but to those who understood feng shui, it would be clear that this was the place where the earth's veins of the entire Wushan converged.

The thousand-year-old zombie resides in the valley, firstly because it is a suitable place for the thousand-year-old zombie to cultivate, and secondly because the thousand-year-old zombie also intercepts the power of the Yin vein of Wushan here.

Meanwhile, because the thousand-year-old zombie needs to be stationed at the Yin Vein at all times, the three of them would meet in this valley whenever they had something to discuss.

After agreeing to the Blood Flame Ghost King's plan, the Thousand-Year Zombie and the Yin Puppet were essentially considered to have joined the Blood Flame Ghost King's ranks. Therefore, they even specially built a statue of the Blood Flame Ghost King in the valley.

As the ruler of Flame Mountain, Blood Flame Ghost King is a powerful figure among ghost kings, with two or three ghost kings under his command. Naturally, the thousand-year-old zombie and the Yin Puppet had no complaints about being subordinates of such a powerful figure.

Moreover, the creation of the Blood Flame Ghost King's statue was not purely for flattery. With the statue as a medium, the Blood Flame Ghost King could occasionally descend with a wisp of power to give the three ghosts some guidance, which could be considered as some benefits paid in advance.

At the ghost's call, the thousand-year-old zombie soon emerged from the ground. He complained, "Ghost, what is it now? Didn't we just finish our discussion? Even if you have something to say, can't you wait until the next gathering?"

"Huh? Who's this? Ghostly aura, what's with your presence..."

At this point, the thousand-year-old zombie finally realized something was wrong. He frowned and looked at Mellen and the ghost, no longer approaching. The ground beneath his feet rippled slightly, ready to gather power or escape at any moment.

The thousand-year-old zombie was born in the Wushan ley line and naturally has a close connection with it. Once it disappears into the earth, even the Ghost King will not be able to catch it easily.

It was this confidence that prevented the thousand-year-old zombie from fleeing immediately after realizing something was wrong.