Serial Player
Chapter 962 - 616: Planting Beans into Soldiers!

Chapter 962: Chapter 616: Planting Beans into Soldiers!

The night in the mountain forest was beautiful, with the starry sky presenting its most stunning facet to the people after they left the lights behind.

However, Li Changhe and his companions had no time to marvel at the beautiful starry sky, as they were rapidly making their way through the mountain forest.

They had only left the old temple for a moment when another strategic point was removed; the enemy’s movements were unbelievably swift.

"It seems that the original body of the Three Corpses God is an ancient sage well-versed in the Qimen Formation!" Mr. All-known, wearing a Taoist robe, calculated their position while running and said, "The two points that were broken are far apart, even requiring one to cross over a mountain. Yet, they were all broken in less than a few minutes."

"Does that mean that the enemy has quite a number of people in action?" Qiu Wentian responded, having long since taken off her school uniform.

The mute girl, seeing her in tattered school clothes, had taken out a jacket for her.

Consequently, Qiu Wentian was now wearing clothes that were somewhat baggy, carrying a broadsword thicker than her waist on her back, and a large knife on her shoulder.

Despite the load, she could still move swiftly through the mountain forest.

This made many Extraordinaries feel inferior, as not everyone could wield those two weapons.

Of course, Li Changhe’s appearance was also odd.

He carried a hunting bow and a bundle of thick arrows on his back while also holding a bundle of swords. Among the four, his appearance was the most abnormal.

It was an unavoidable circumstance. Without a player’s backpack for readily accessible equipment and high-quality weapons, the players’ appearance had inevitably become quite strange.

The strength-gifted Qiu Wentian had chosen weapons that were heavy and bulky.

Li Changhe, endowed with Black Mud Divinity, could temporarily enhance the quality of items, so his weapon choice was entirely based on quantity.

In contrast, Pan Ke, besides carrying a sword on his back, didn’t appear odd. Dressed in a Taoist robe and moving through the mountain forest, he seemed to possess a celestial elegance.

Ghost Hand mentally critiqued the group’s attire while explaining, "No, people who are unfamiliar with the Qimen cannot even approach the array points if they are told where they are, let alone find the hidden banners underneath the trees. The enemy may have special artifacts or treasures specifically designed to counter the Qimen Formation, or... does that Three Corpses God have other tricks?"

"Regardless, it’s correct for us to head to the array point and set up an ambush first."

Soon, the four arrived at a hollow in the mountains. This location was where one of the formation points was set up.

One could only enter from a specific direction and had to make seven twists and eight turns according to specified steps to approach it, or else they would be lost due to the influence of the Array.

"And the array point is hidden here," Pan Ke pointed to a bush not far away, where a small, inconspicuous yellow flag was concealed within.

In Li Changhe’s energy perception, it was only at this distance that he could barely notice a strange fluctuation.

It seemed that players with less than 13 points in energy would have a difficult time with this kind of Qimen Formation.

"This is the closest array point to the last one that was breached. There is a high chance that the enemy will come here to break the entire formation. We just need to lie in ambush here," Pan Ke said, "Everyone be very careful and do not get entangled in prolonged battles. Being possessed by the Three Corpses is no joke. Once the Purification Talisman is depleted, we must immediately retreat."

"I’m here," Ghost Hand responded. Although he seemed a bit casual at times, he was indeed a reliable guy.

Otherwise, Li Kun wouldn’t have let him team up with three strangers of unknown origin. To the Extraordinary Association, the identities of the four players were mysterious, and it would be difficult to trust them, like Sword in Wine and Jiang Shenchui.

Not to mention teaming up with three people on his own, yet Ghost Hand seemed indifferent.

Ghost Hand raised his hand, and a talisman appeared in it. The talisman instantly dissipated, and an invisible force spread out, enveloping the four of them.

This was a talisman similar to Aura Concealment. Within its range, the auras of the four would be isolated.

Subsequently, the four concealed themselves and waited for the enemy’s arrival. Of course, if the enemy was not strong enough, they were likely to be shot by Li Changhe before getting close.

After a few minutes of silence, a dazzling thunderbolt suddenly flashed across the distant sky, quickly followed by the thunderous roar that ensued.

"A bolt from the blue?" Li Changhe thought to himself.

"No, it’s the old fellow’s doing. It looks like that team has already clashed with the enemy." Ghost Hand’s face shifted slightly, "To force the old man to use Thunder Law, they didn’t directly encounter the Three Corpses God, did they?"

The other team was led by Li Kun and should have been preparing, like Li Changhe and the others, to eliminate those sabotaging the array. It seemed that the Three Corpses God had taken personal action.

The outcome of the battle was unknown.

Li Changhe looked at Pan Ke, who wasn’t added as a friend with the fishpond owner. They could only contact the fishpond owner through Pan Ke now.

However, Pan Ke shook his head gravely and said, "The fishpond owner said he got separated from the team with Jiang Shenchui. The two are trying to make their way back to the old temple."

"How could they get separated just like that?" Qiu Wentian asked incredulously, "Could the two of them be that bad with directions?"

The fishpond owner was the deputy leader of the fifth team, which primarily handled war scenarios; his strength and combat awareness were both top-notch.

He shouldn’t have made such a basic mistake.

And for Jiang Shenchui to also be lost?

"No... The enemy has set up different Qimen Formations within the mountain forest. After turning a corner, he and Jiang Shenchui could no longer see the others," Pan Ke furrowed his brows, "Setting up a new Qimen within the Qimen, the methods of the Three Corpses God is indeed extraordinary."

"In other words, Li Kun and Sword in Wine are now unreachable?" Li Changhe said, "And if the enemy also laid down an array..."

"Then the situation... is turning disadvantageous for us," Ghost Hand looked into the distance and spoke gravely, "As long as they hold us back until our Purification Talismans are exhausted, we’ll have lost... The enemy is quite clever."

At this moment, Li Changhe also looked toward the changes at the entrance to the mountain hollow.

His strong physique endowed him with exceptionally sharp hearing and vision.

Even from a great distance, he could see the swaying of the tree branches, as if an army was marching through.

As a Tian Ce General of the Eternal Prosperous Tang Dynasty, Li Changhe was all too familiar with that sound.

"Alright, everyone, let’s prepare to break out," Li Changhe spoke up.

Soon, an elderly man in a kimono holding a samurai katana appeared at the mouth of the hollow. He seemed to be over ninety years old, with wrinkles so deep they could trap mosquitoes, yet he moved swiftly over the steep mountain path as if it were flat ground.

Behind him, a group of more than a hundred golden-armored soldiers followed closely.

Their entire bodies were golden yellow, even their skin. They exhibited no vital signs of living beings, no breathing or heartbeat, yet they managed to keep up with the old man in the kimono’s pace.

"Those are... Taoist Soldiers!" Pan Ke sighed, "That’s something we really didn’t anticipate... The enemy is actually employing the tactics of Planting Beans into Soldiers."

"The Celestial occupied by the Three Corpses God... is Fuyang Miaodao Master, Guiguzi!"