I Slay Gods and Demons in the Deceit Night
Chapter 189 - 139: Corpse Demon Becomes a Soldier [First Update!]

Chapter 189: Chapter 139: Corpse Demon Becomes a Soldier [First Update!]

High Willow City, Observatory Tower.

The Divine Mirror could only observe up to a hundred miles outside High Willow City.

Beyond a hundred miles, it could no longer observe.

At this moment, a golden light from beyond the hundred-mile range broke into the edge of the Divine Mirror’s observation.

Within the scope of the Divine Mirror’s observation!

"The Lord of Residual Prison Mansion has arrived!"

"Those two individuals from the Qi Refining Realm separated earlier, heading in different directions."

"The Jiaolong stirs the wind and waves, carving out a tributary, seemingly attempting to escape the Dayin River?"

"That solitary boat’s mysterious mist and the Life-taking Mysterious Lamp, along with the red fog, have all gathered together."

Before the four temple priests could exchange words again,

the "evil qi" symbolizing the solitary boat’s mysterious mist suddenly surged and then dispersed.

Immediately after, the "evil qi" symbolized by the red fog and the Life-taking Mysterious Lamp merged into one place.

"What’s happening?"

The official in the west changed color dramatically, revealing a look of horror.

"The solitary boat’s mysterious mist has been severely damaged, with barely one-tenth remaining, nearly falling off the ’tier’."

The second temple priest hurried over and said solemnly, "But the red fog seems to have subdued the Life-taking Mysterious Lamp."

"What?" Mr. Liu Qi’s face changed slightly.

"Evil spirits can devour each other," said the second temple priest gravely. "The Mysterious Lamp and the ’money for sparing life’ are both fierce level ’mysterious items’, but because the money for sparing life was sealed by our temple and put at a disadvantage, it was eventually consumed by the Mysterious Lamp, forming the extremely vicious Life-taking Mysterious Lamp!"

"Does Elder Brother mean that the red fog has devoured the extremely vicious Life-taking Mysterious Lamp?" Mr. Liu Qi’s face looked extremely unpleasant.

"It’s not just that!" said the second temple priest gravely. "In just a short moment, It first heavily damaged the solitary boat’s mysterious mist and then devoured the Life-taking Mysterious Lamp..."

"Its own tier must be far superior to these two extremely vicious entities!" Mr. Liu Qi immediately understood.

"It must be among the very top within the ’extremely vicious’ tier."

Elder Brother spoke with a heavy tone, slowly saying, "This time, It has nearly completely devoured the solitary boat’s mysterious mist and merged with the Life-taking Mysterious Lamp..."

The other temple priests had also arrived, looking at each other in dismay.

After tonight, the red fog might well surpass the "extremely vicious" rank.

"Such an existence, our Liu Venerate Temple, simply cannot handle," Elder Brother’s eyes showed extreme gravity as he said solemnly, "Within High Willow City, only the fully awakened Liu Venerate would be able to deal with It!"

The atmosphere at the scene suddenly became eerily silent.

In a daze, as if a gloom lingered over their hearts.

After a long pause, Elder Brother spoke again.

"In this world, there are too many things that we cannot handle."

"A being that surpasses its tier is not something we should be considering."

"What we should consider is how to respond to the changes in the Dayin River right now."

Hearing this, everyone nodded in agreement.

After the third temple priest stepped out, he suddenly came back in.

"By the way, Elder Brother, the remaining solitary boat’s mysterious mist has fled toward the east."

"Oh?"

Elder Brother’s brows slightly furrowed, he hesitated for a moment and then said, "Previously It fed on incense yet did not wish to leave, lingering outside the city for many days."

"It was difficult to deal with in the past, but this time It has suffered heavy damage, nearly falling off the ’extremely vicious’ tier!"

"After dawn, report to Qifeng Prefecture City, within Qifeng Prefecture territory, and while It has not recovered, extinguish it quickly!"

"This way, the threat of one ’extremely vicious’ entity can be reduced!"

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Meanwhile, Lin Yan appeared somewhat bewildered.

In his understanding, it was his first time leaving High Willow City to rescue his second brother, and because he did not follow the rules, he provoked ominous omens from within the darkness.

Thus, attracting so many extremely vicious entities.

They were all coming for him, so why did they suddenly vanish into thin air?

"Something’s not right..."

Lin Yan, holding the Night-shining Precious Sword, felt a sense of unease rise in his heart.

Standing in the darkness, yet within a thousand steps around him, he saw no evils.

The sky was not yet bright, and by reason, the darkness outside the city should be teeming with evils, nearly endless.

But this place seemed to have become a sanctuary instead.

Had those extremely vicious beings scared away the evils?

Or was it because of the Dayin River behind him?

Just as he thought this, a pale greenish light seemed to enshroud him.

He quickly turned around only to see the Dayin River in the distance as the riverbanks were breached again by the water, ushering in another widening of the riverbed.

But the water at the eastern bank was blocked by a small mountain, circumventing the mountain, a tributary split off, forming a new river channel.

"That is..."

At that moment, Lin Yan’s eyes flashed as he saw several corpses floating on the river surface ahead.

His expression tightened as he poured True Qi into his legs and hurried forward.

His True Qi gathering beneath his feet, he stepped on the water leaving no trace.

As he gradually halted, he found himself standing steadily on the water’s surface.

After the previous dangers, Lin Yan kept a threefold caution in his heart and did not dare to go directly to the Dayin River, instead, he quickly headed down the newly formed channel.

One of the corpses had drifted into the new channel and was swept past by the current.

Lin Yan caught up and took a glance.

The corpse in front of him was mutilated.

But he didn’t recognize the upper half of the body.

It was neither General Flag Envoy Pei Xiong nor someone from his command.

With a slight frown, Lin Yan pulled the body out of the water and laid it on the further bank.

Then two more bodies were washed over by the river.

Lin Yan went up to them and fished out another body, still unrecognizable.

However, another mutilated body, with only the chest upward remaining, had a vaguely familiar face.

He identified it after a moment and couldn’t help but sigh.

It was a Flag Commander who had followed Pei Xiong; last night, he was still drinking with Lin Yan, boasting a considerable tolerance for liquor, a booming voice, and a hearty disposition.

But now, it was a bloated and whitened corpse, no longer filled with any mirth or laughter.

Lin Yan gave a salute and was just about to retrieve his body from the water.

But at that moment, he suddenly became stiff.

For at his side, without his notice, thousands of flickering lights had appeared.

These were the ghostly fires created by the yin souls of the dead.

"When did they get here?"

Lin Yan’s face changed drastically, he drew his sword to extinguish these flickering ghostly flames.

But he found that these lights passed directly by him and merged into the relatively intact body in front of him.

He took a step back and noticed even more lights rising from beneath the water’s surface, breaking through.

Tens of thousands, innumerable.

How many wronged souls were buried beneath this Dayin River?

Lin Yan felt his throat go dry.

But the next moment, he felt a chill on his back as a gust of cold air blew.

He raised his sword and looked behind him.

He then saw more than a dozen "shapes" appear at the junction of the Dayin River and this new river course!

On the river’s surface, endless ghostly fires poured into these "shapes," seemingly filling their imperfections.

Lin Yan held his breath and gripped the sword tightly, only to sense movement behind him.

He glanced back and saw the body he had just left standing on top of the water, radiating a pale, eerie glow that became increasingly substantial, almost like armor.

And that body, expressionless with hollow eyes, held a pale, ghostly light in its hand shaped like a long blade.

Then, the armored and sword-formed corpse slowly stepped forward, walking on the water’s surface against the current, heading towards the source of the Dayin River.

Lin Yan moved half a step aside, silently watching as this "corpsed ghost soldier" passed by him.

"Is this new ’transformation’ Magic Method so useful?"

Lin Yan realized right away; by concealing all signs of his Qi Mechanism, he had also erased any traces of living "Qi-Blood."

There were not a few people in the world who practiced the Concealing Breath Technique.

But indeed, the Concealing Breath Technique’s efficacy had its limits.

For most Martial Artists, mastering the basics to hide their Qi-Blood was generally all they could aim for.

Probably only a few would devote considerable effort to perfect such a minor and somewhat impractical skill to Perfection.

After all, to cultivate the Concealing Breath Technique to Perfection was as difficult as mastering a profound Sword Skill to Perfection!

It was only in his old age that Prefect City’s Commander Wang Yuan managed to cultivate his Sword Skill to a state of flawless mastery.

Only Lin Yan, with the assistance of Evil Qi, had pushed the Concealing Breath Technique to its limits.

And after he had refined his True Qi, it naturally merged with the Disguise Technique and other Magic Methods to form the "transformation" technique.

He stepped back, away from the waters, watching those "corpses" move against the current toward the source of the Dayin River.

He sighed in relief, ready to leave.

But then, he suddenly halted.

Because those soldiers, whose bodies had gathered a large amount of ghostly fire and formed armor and blades, had stopped in formation upstream on the Dayin River.

Already there were hundreds of them in number.

And the leader of those hundreds of "corpsed ghost soldiers" was someone Lin Yan found all too familiar.

His heart trembled, and he hurried forward, employing the "transformation" technique for disguise while concealing his Qi Mechanism.

He stood at the edge of the Dayin River, about eight hundred steps away, finally making out the face of that leader.

"Brother Pei..."

Lin Yan whispered.

He looked closely and finally understood, thinking to himself, "It was the inner armor I gave to Brother Pei that protected his body after death, preventing it from being dismembered and maintaining its most complete form!"

Those hundreds of corpsed ghost soldiers were, in fact, hundreds of corpses, but in life, they must have been Pei Xiong’s highest ranking cultivators, with a oneness in spirit and flesh.

And with the most intact body, Pei Xiong was able to bear more ghostly fire.

The more one could carry, the higher their tier was among the spectral soldiers.

So, there on the Dayin River, Pei Xiong became the commander of the hundreds of yin soldiers!

And the next moment, pale, ghostly flames ignited in Pei Xiong’s eyes.

He raised the blade he carried in life, looking at the reflections of the ghostly fire upon it, and let out a deep, guttural roar.

...

Lin Yan’s eyes narrowed slightly, and he suddenly applied all the Evil Qi he had just acquired from slashing a few lanterns during his escape to his "transformation."

Transformation (13/100)+

He reached out for a strand of the ghostly fire.

His body became gradually enveloped by the ghostly light, forming an "armor."

His hands and blade began to transform as well.

Then he set off towards the Dayin River.

On the turbulent waters, he moved upstream against the current, joining the ranks of the hundred "corpsed ghost soldiers."

He gritted his teeth and moved forward again, approaching the leader at the forefront and spoke in a deep voice, "Brother Pei?"