Records of Mysterious Things in the Southern Dynasties

Chapter 151: Hold on, there will be a way!
"Alliance leader, we have only fought for one day and we have lost half of our men. How can we hold on?" Several younger leaders asked impatiently. The older ones also looked at Ren Yuan worriedly, no longer having the excitement they had when they had just defeated the enemy.

"Trust me, if you hold on, there will be a way." Then he listened to Yuan's deep voice: "Hold on for the rest of the day. When night falls, the balance of victory will definitely tip towards us!"

"Understood." All the sect leaders responded in unison. After a day of fighting, Ren Yuan had quickly gained their recognition and became the true leader of the Taoist sect.

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Fortunately, the ghost army did not launch a general attack throughout the day... It’s not that they didn’t want to, but their losses last night were even more severe, and almost everyone was injured.

Although the ghost soldiers did not need to eat or drink and were not afraid of pain, many of them had their limbs blown off and their heads chopped off, and they had to be put together again before they could fight again.

Therefore, they were temporarily unable to launch an offensive, and only sent small troops to harass the Taoists, so that they could not rest, and then attack again after dark...

Qiangliang is still very confident that he can win tonight.

Because there were only 400 Taoists left on the mountain. And he had figured out that the so-called reinforcements were just a small group of enemies bluffing, which was irrelevant and could be ignored.

After some repairs, his Ghost King Army was restored to 2,500 available troops.

Twenty-five thousand versus four hundred, this is no longer an "advantage is in my hands" in the ordinary sense. We must strike hard, crush the four hundred Taoists into dust, and destroy their Taoist school, in order to recover the face we lost last night!
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That night, the moon was dark and the wind was strong. The temperature dropped again and water turned into ice. The general attack of the Ghost King's army came as expected.

Their attack was still fierce and treacherous, no less fierce than last night.

But the defending side could not maintain the same level as last night. Half of the Taoist priests were killed, and the troops were obviously not enough to defend such a long front. There were loopholes everywhere on the hilltop, and after a tenacious resistance of half an hour, many defense lines were lost.

Seeing that the enemy had completely occupied the hilltop and the Taoist priests were in danger of being surrounded and annihilated, Ren Yuan had to sound the horn to withdraw his troops.

Qiang Liang had already climbed to the top of Taoyuan Mountain. Seeing the Taoists hastily retreating down the mountain, he finally let out the anger he had been holding back for a day and shouted an order: "The whole army will pursue them, leaving no one alive!"

The sound contained in the magical power exploded in the sky above the Peach Blossom Spring, making people shudder with fear.

High-pitched and sharp whistles sounded everywhere, and the Ghost King's army rushed down the mountain at high speed, following the retreating Taoists and rushing into the Peach Blossom Spring.

This unclean army of the dead from the ghost country trampled on the fertile fields, polluted the beautiful ponds, and cut down the mulberry and bamboo trees without mercy... Finally, they crossed the bamboo bridge over the creek and rushed into the village with neat houses from all directions.

The village was deserted. There were neither elderly, weak, women, nor children, who were as frightened as lambs to be slaughtered, nor any desperate Taoist priests who were unable to resist. It was so quiet that it made one's hair stand on end.

The officers were just about to order a thorough search when the scene suddenly changed. The original adobe and thatched houses with white walls suddenly rose from the ground and turned into tall and sturdy stone fortresses.

At the same time, walls two or three meters high broke out of the ground, forming a large maze together with the fortress.

The Taoists also poked their heads out from their hiding places, and under the cover of the parapet and shooting holes, they launched an attack on the Ghost King's army from a high position.

The Ghost King's soldiers were huddled together and were beaten very badly. The situation was very passive.

The officers quickly blew their whistles and ordered the Ghost King's troops to disperse and seek cover. But they were soon surprised to find that even if they hid in blind spots where the enemy could not attack, they would still be hit continuously...

They ordered their soldiers to climb the fortress in an attempt to occupy the commanding heights. However, the agile ghost soldiers kept climbing up quickly but could not reach the top.

The officers looked at each other, feeling that this was extremely weird.

Just when they were at a loss of what to do, they heard General Duan shouting in the air: "Don't panic, this is an illusion, everything you see is an illusion!"

He shouted, "Watch me break the formation!" "Great, as long as General Cuo takes action, everything will be fine!" The ghost army officers cheered with relief.

So under the expectant gaze of everyone, General Cuo waved his hands quickly in the air, trying to dismantle the illusion formation that trapped the Ghost King's army.

However, they waited and waited, but the illusion array remained the same, and the Taoists' attacks even became more and more fierce. Moreover, those attacks were not simple illusions, half of them were spells that could cause harm to them...

General Cuo felt a little embarrassed and had to show his magic weapon - Tianpeng Ruler.

This object is neither gold nor iron, it has four edges and six sides, engraved with stars, sun, moon and "Tianpeng taboo", which can break all magic array illusions.

He had originally intended to use the Tianpeng ruler to break through the mountain protection formation, but he did not expect the other party to dismantle the formation on their own, so he took it out only now.

Cuoduan silently recited an incomprehensible spell, and the power of the stars in the sky surged towards the Tianpeng ruler in his hand.

"Break!" Cuoduan shouted loudly and swung the ruler to smash it!

Countless cracks appeared in the air above the village, and the formation was crumbling. The fortresses began to collapse, the city walls also began to collapse, and many Taoists above disappeared out of thin air...

However, before the Ghost King's army had time to cheer, everything returned to normal.

The Ghost King's army was dumbfounded, and Cuoduan's forehead was covered with sweat. Only experts knew that repairing a formation that was about to collapse was much more difficult than simply destroying it.

Therefore, the opponent who is hiding his head and showing his tail must be stronger than himself.

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The weather was even worse. The wind was blowing hard, dark clouds were overhead, and heavy rain began to pour down!
Incredibly, 99% of the rain fell in the village, and outside the village it was only moderate rain at best. In the village, however, it was already daytime, and the heavy rain caused the water level in the array to rise continuously, and soon it turned into a swamp.

The ghost soldiers' feet were stuck deep in the mud, making it increasingly difficult for them to move. Their vision was blocked by the heavy rain, and the strong wind even covered the sound of the whistle, throwing them into chaos once again.

Qiang Liang's face was as pale as the bottom of a pot. He stared at the dark cloud that covered the entire formation. He clearly saw a dragon inside that was controlling the clouds and raining rain!

“Where did this evil dragon come from? How dare you act wild in front of me?!” Qiang Liang shouted, holding the Xuanhua Axe, and rushed towards the clouds like a cannonball, wanting to chop the dragon into two pieces.

In front of him, a golden light flashed, and an old Taoist priest he had never seen before stood in front of him with a whisk in his hand, and said with a smile: "Blessings and infinite heavenly master, I'm sorry that this road is blocked."

"Get out of the way!" Qiang Liang was in no mood to waste time talking to him. The Xuanhua Axe turned into a bolt of lightning and struck towards the old Taoist who was ignorant of the danger.

But the other party waved the whisk in his hand, and the tail of the whisk turned into a golden streak, which tightly entangled his axe.

Qiang Liang was known for his physical strength, but he couldn't break free even after using both arms. He couldn't help but ask in surprise, "Who are you? When did the Taoist sect acquire such a powerful supernatural power?"

The old Taoist's whole body glowed with golden light, like a god descending to the earth. Then he shouted in a deep voice: "Tianshi Dao Bao Ren has been ordered by the leader of the alliance to come and protect the religion!"

"Uncle Bao, it's Uncle Bao!" A Taoist priest recognized Bao Ren in the formation and immediately cheered.

"The old man has achieved his golden elixir!"

(End of this chapter)