Jing Le didn't go anywhere; he just stood on the city wall with Bai Hu to guard it.

As midnight approached, the gates of the underworld opened wide.

The early autumn heat gradually subsided, and white mist suddenly rose in the darkness, slowly heading towards the capital.

When the ghosts of the local government slowly approached within 100 meters of the city wall, an invisible ripple spread for a moment, as if sensing something.

After failing to detect anything unusual, they fell silent.

Jing Le watched as each spirit followed the guidance of its ancestral tablet and headed towards different households.

"ah!"

Suddenly, a scream rang out.

"Ah, here they come."

Jing Le's eyes lit up, and she smiled softly.

The white tiger also pricked up its ears and looked toward the source of the sound.

He is now a third-tier demon beast, and after a period of training, he has mastered the use of spiritual power.

He then focused his spiritual energy into his eyes, and was able to clearly see what lay outside the city.

"Ahhh, Master, there are so many ghosts!"

After seeing this clearly, the white tiger instantly bristled, startling Jing Le on its back.

"Little White, don't tell me you're a demon beast and you're afraid of ghosts. Didn't you not fear Qiu Niang before?"

Jing Le was speechless. Was it you who was afraid of ghosts, or were ghosts afraid of you?

Have you forgotten that you've become a spirit yourself, and are now feared by others?!

"At the time, I felt that Qiu Niang was also a pitiful person. Before she could even be afraid, she was killed by her master."

The white tiger said with a pitiful expression, its eyes glancing out of the city every now and then.

I don’t know if it’s because of Jing Le’s formation, but as long as the ghosts that can pass through it are all dead and their intestines are exposed, they can all be restored to normal appearance.

That actually made people less afraid.

Jing Le looked at the ghosts who hadn't even entered the city yet, who were pulling their intestines back into their stomachs, trying to retract their long tongues, and holding their heads and sticking them on their heads, and suddenly understood.

To be honest, she felt a little uncomfortable after seeing it.

Turning our gaze back to the spot where the scream had just been heard, a dark, ghostly figure lay motionless on the ground, its soul slowly dissipating.

It seems to have been injured by the golden light of merit contained in the formation.

"Ha, so they sent a nobody to scout ahead and gather intelligence?!"

Jing Le touched his slightly chubby chin, deep in thought.

[This formation is something I've come up with after much thought. With the blessing of ebony beads and merit, even the King of Hell would be suppressed.]

[I have bound this formation to the fate of the Great Yong Kingdom. Anyone with malicious intent or a desire to harm the Great Yong Kingdom will be unable to enter; instead, they will be harmed by the golden light of merit.]

This was a protective formation for the city that she had enhanced with some merit points.

It can not only defend against external enemies, but also against demons and monsters.

It can be said that the entire capital city was protected.

After the first black figure screamed, several more screams followed, as they were blocked outside by an invisible array barrier and could not get in at all.

It doesn't matter which direction you approach from.

As time went by, all the souls that had been enjoying the incense offerings had entered the city. Those without the guidance of memorial tablets or those with malicious intentions could not enter.

"A big one is coming down."

Jing Le looked into the darkness and murmured.

Big guy? Could it be the Ghost Emperor that Qiu Niang mentioned?

The white tiger, disregarding its fear, stared wide-eyed into the darkness.

"bump!"

A massive attack came hurtling towards Jing Le.

The transparent barrier easily blocked it, and Jing Le inside was completely unaffected.

"With such limited strength, you can't break through my barrier."

Jing Le patted the white tiger's head, signaling it to fly into the air, and spoke into the darkness.

"Bang bang bang!"

Jing Le was met with a barrage of attacks, which terrified the wandering ghosts below who were unwilling to leave, causing them to flee in terror.

However, the barrier remained completely unaffected.

"Hey big guy hiding in the shadows, why don't you come out and show yourself? Attacking from the shadows won't do you any good. Maybe if you get closer, you can open it!"

Jing Le took out the sunflower seeds she had put in her spatial storage not long ago and sat on the tiger's back to start eating them.

This scene enraged the creature in the darkness.

"Little brat, you're asking for death!"

A ripple appeared in the darkness, and the black mist slowly condensed into a figure, shrouded from head to toe in a black cloak.

He flew into the air, looked up at Jing Le, and said coldly.

"Oh, so you're a ghost king. But are you all alone? Why didn't you call a few more over?"

Jing Le glanced at the ghost opposite him and knew that he was just a ghost king who had recently been promoted, just like the ghost bride back then.

If it weren't for Jing Le's intervention, that ghost bride would have become one of them too.

"Hey, why isn't that Ghost King behind you coming out yet? What kind of behavior is it to hide behind you? Doesn't he have any sense of being a leader?"

Jing Le's growing disdain made the other person genuinely angry.

"Bang bang bang!"

"Shut up, what do you know, you little brat? The adults will be out soon, and then the whole capital will be ours."

The Ghost King was enraged when he saw that Jing Le was ignoring him and looking down on the Ghost Emperor.

Attack the barrier with all your might.

The invisible ripples are like soft cotton, allowing them to attack without leaving a trace.

Upon seeing this, the Ghost King's pupils constricted, and he thought to himself:

"When did this barrier appear in the capital? It wasn't here last night. And who is that little girl sitting on the white tiger? Why is she here?"

One question after another filled his mind, and he simply couldn't figure it out.

He finally managed to get ahead of the other ghost kings, hoping to make a name for himself in front of the Ghost Emperor, but he couldn't even get through the city gate.

This is so frustrating.

Jing Le finished cracking the melon seeds in her hand, clapped her hands, looked up at the Ghost King, and said:

"Now that you've finished your attack, it's my turn."

Such casual words are simply unbelievable; how could a three-year-old possibly defeat a demon king?

Jing Le is not a normal three-year-old, but unfortunately he realized it too late.

"What is that?!"

A thin, black thread silently approached the Ghost King and bound him tightly in the blink of an eye.

Jing Le was holding the other end of the thin thread.

With a forceful push, the Ghost King passed through the barrier that he could not break and arrived beside Jing Le.

Looking at Jing Le and then at himself, the Ghost King was dumbfounded:

Who am I? Where am I?

Why am I here?

Shouldn't I be outside?

"Alright, you can log off now."

Jing Le directly rolled the Ghost King into a ball and threw it into the Soul-Locking Pearl.

"Not bad, very easy to use."

With a flick of her finger, the black line vanished instantly. This was her new weapon, refined from surplus ebony iron.

"Master, do you think another Ghost King might come?"

The white tiger looked into the darkness and spoke.

"No doubt about it, they've already arrived, and quite a few of them!"

Jing Le's smile faded, and she answered in a deep voice.