Chapter 151 The Last Battle of Winter
The weather is getting colder.
The temperature outside had dropped to about minus fifty degrees Celsius. Zhang Yang had to temporarily start two boilers and order all the residents to light their kangs and fireplaces to maintain the indoor temperature.
Ordinary villagers are no longer allowed to leave their homes, and soldiers with lower strength have retreated back to the warm fortress. Only captain-level soldiers and heroes are left to patrol and take charge of daily affairs.
"My lord, it seems that the Ghost Queen really wants to fight us to the death. There are still five days left before winter ends, but it is still so cold here. I think the temperature will continue to drop in the next few days."
Wu Yuan was wearing a bearskin cloak and carrying a heroic spear, patrolling the outer city wall with Zhang Yang. He was a four-star hero with three extraordinary attributes, so this low temperature was nothing.
Of course, even more inhuman are Wang Mumu, Duan Kuan, Song Dachui and Zhou Datou, four guys with ice talents. They can all scrub themselves shirtless in the snow, which is absolutely a naked show-off.
It is because of these four people that many of the dirty and tiring work in the village are done by them.
For example, burning boilers, delivering firewood and water to residents, etc., because the lower the temperature, the more difficult those seemingly ordinary daily chores become.
"It doesn't matter. I'm just afraid that the ghost queen won't come."
Zhang Yang was also wrapped up like a furry bear. He wore three layers of boots, three layers of animal skin coats, and a huge bear skin cloak on the outside. From a distance, he looked like a furry ball of yarn.
This appearance made those bastards laugh at him a lot, but Zhang Yang had no choice. Of course he was not afraid of the cold. That was just a joke. After all, he was a quasi-immortal cultivator who had taken a first-grade foundation-building pill and opened his meridians. He was able to store about 0.1 units of mana in his body's meridians.
However, after Zhang Yang came back, he became more cautious. He did not busy himself with cultivation, and the little magic power in his body was exhausted, making him look very useless.
This is not to guard against others, but to paralyze the Ghost Queen.
Although this sounds a bit far-fetched, it is better to be safe than sorry. Zhang Yang doesn't want the unexpected to happen. What if the Ghost Queen becomes afraid and doesn't come this winter, but appears next winter? That would be terrible.
Wu Yuan didn't try to guess what Zhang Yang was thinking. He was not Wang Shen, so he continued, "Sir, after winter is over, are you really not going to rebuild the mountain temple? I still want to build a statue for my second brother."
"Whatever, you can make as many as you want."
Zhang Yang didn't care. The mountain god Zhao Xianyu was really just the mountain god Zhao Xianyu who was formed because of the gathering of faith, not the dead Zhao Xiaoer. But Wu Yuan looked so sad, so naturally he had to let him seek peace of mind.
This also made Zhang Yang realize that people like Wu Yuan would probably only live for 20 years, just like himself.
"If there is another life, would you still be willing to follow me?"
Zhang Yang suddenly asked half-jokingly.
"Next life? Why do you say that, sir? I am just feeling sentimental at the moment. If there really is a next life, I would like to be a farmer, working from sunrise to sunset. The days of killing will always make people bored." Wu Yuan said with emotion.
"Tired, you've only been following me for less than a year, how come you act so old-fashioned?" Zhang Yang was very curious.
Wu Yuan smiled and said nothing.
"Sir, if there is a next life, we are still willing to follow you to travel all over the country and carve a hole in the sky and on the earth!" It was the four-member Violent Bear Group, and their ears were very pointy.
Zhang Yang laughed loudly and no longer had the idea of probing into Wu Yuan's inner world.
After patrolling along the outer city wall for a few rounds, they found basically nothing unusual. When the group was about to walk down the wall, Sun Goudan, who had the best eyesight, suddenly shouted.
"Sir, the clouds are changing!"
Zhang Yang and others looked in the direction he pointed, but found nothing, because the sky was still the same as it was a few months ago, with a clear sky overhead and a circle of black clouds a few hundred kilometers away, like a bald monster.
"There have been changes, my lord. I have observed them every day over the past few months. Yes, the clouds there are rising. Well, you will be able to see them clearly in about a moment."
Sun Goudan quickly explained.
"Light the fire and prepare for battle!"
Zhang Yang immediately gave the order, and that day finally came.
"Wang Mumu, you are responsible for the first line of defense! Wu Yuan, you are responsible for the second line of defense. Ryan, you go to the castle. Be sure to protect the things I gave you before, and then ignite and release them at the critical moment!"
The decoration in the castle was made by Zhang Yang in this period of time. It is a thing similar to the Sky-piercing Monkey, um, a rocket. He named it the Sky-piercing Rocket. It is used to break the blockade of Yin Qi. It is sealed with mana, and with the fourth closed circle as the core, combined with some other means, it can spiral upwards quickly. The effect - he doesn't know what it will be?
As for Zhang Yang himself, he was going to prepare to fight the Ghost Queen personally, aiming to capture or kill her in one fell swoop.
Everything was ready, and the changes in the clouds in the sky could finally be seen with the naked eye. They did not seem murderous, but moved slowly like a turtle. However, this movement was extremely terrifying.
This is because all the negative energy clouds from all directions are pressing towards the center, like a pile of huge mountains. Even if you are hundreds of kilometers away, you can still feel the overwhelming pressure that covers the sky.
What's more, this is more terrifying than ordinary dark clouds. As a special existence, the yin energy cloud can isolate the air. As long as it closes and squeezes, the crisis of suffocation alone is enough to make people helpless.
What's more, there are also extremely terrifying low-temperature cyclones, and the temperature may drop to minus eighty or ninety degrees Celsius by then.
"As expected, those who come with bad intentions will not be welcomed by those with good intentions. After this Ghost Lady advances to become the Ghost King, with the favorable timing and location of this Yin Qi cloud, I'm afraid her combat power will surpass that of a cultivator in the Foundation Establishment Stage."
Zhang Yang looked serious, his scalp was tingling, and he no longer felt relaxed as before.
"Damn it, if I had known I wouldn't have wasted that legendary Mountain God Talisman. This situation is going to bankrupt me!"
At that moment, Zhang Yang no longer dared to hide his incompetence. He was so arrogant that he even dared to look down on the Ghost Queen!
If he fails in this battle, he will have to go home early to eat melons! "God of Hurricane, listen to my orders!"
Zhang Yang shouted, and like magic, a tablet of the God of Hurricane appeared in his hand.
This was what he had left behind during the Mountain God Trial. He was not stupid. He knew that he had given Zhao Xianyu freedom, so why should he think perfectly for him? They had obtained a total of 15 pseudo-god thrones. Zhang Yang left 10 for Zhao Xianyu, which was necessary to stabilize the situation.
The remaining five pseudo-god thrones were kept by Zhang Yang.
They are the hurricane pseudo-god, the sowing pseudo-god, the fertility pseudo-god, the love pseudo-god, and the forest pseudo-god.
After being separated from the nourishment of the faith of their respective believers, the remaining power of these gods has become pitifully weak, but they can still be used as a special prop.
In addition, Zhang Yang did not plan to activate them in the fantasy village building mission, because even if these pseudo-god positions were rubbish, the faith required to worship them would be calculated based on 100,000 believers. Using them here would only drain his small village.
No need.
If Zhang Yang had not discovered today that the Ghost Queen might overturn his table, he would not have wanted to use it, because it would consume the durability of the god's position.
The Hurricane Pseudo-God's throne has a total durability of only 100 points. At this time, Zhang Yang forcibly injects 30 units of divinity. The effect is equivalent to the Overlord Bow, which directly wipes out 30 points of durability. Because there is no god to preside over it, there is no buffer.
"boom!"
Thirty units of divinity instantly made the throne of the hurricane pseudo-god burst out with a shocking aura, and a yellow tornado rolled out and soared into the sky. Within a few breaths, the yellow tornado was thousands of meters long and hundreds of meters in diameter, and it rushed towards the east like a yellow dragon.
Zhang Yang wanted to use this method to break the iron wall of encirclement behind the Ghost King.
No matter what, we must not allow these dark clouds from all directions to gather together. Once the terrifying low-temperature cyclone forms, it will be too late.
"God of Hurricane, obey my command! Come again!"
Zhang Yang showed no mercy and injected another thirty units of divinity into it, creating a second tornado that headed straight west.
"Come again!"
The third tornado appeared, heading due south.
"Come again!"
The fourth tornado appeared, and the throne of the Hurricane False God wailed and shattered into dust.
Zhang Yang didn't care. He brought this thing back to ward off disasters. Besides, it was not a non-renewable resource, it was just a pseudo-god's throne.
The appearance of the four tornadoes immediately caused changes in the surrounding yin energy clouds. More yin energy clouds could be seen pouring out quickly, as if trying to stop the four tornadoes from splitting.
Unfortunately, this is not an ordinary tornado. Until the divinity injected into it disappears, the tornado will only become more and more violent.
As for whether there is any way to crack this divinity, of course there is, but that requires going to the third-sequence battlefield.
It would be strange if a mere ghost queen could find a way to crack it.
So what we saw next was an extremely spectacular scene. The tornado that soared into the sky collided with the overwhelming cloud of yin energy. In an instant, it was like an electric drill drilling into a piece of wood. Countless fine pieces of yin energy were ejected, splashing for dozens or hundreds of kilometers, and even covering the sky.
But such a sky cover would have little power.
Without saying a word, Zhang Yang took this opportunity to collect flames from the fire, build a second closed circle, and throw fireballs into the sky to explode the cloud of negative energy. Every time he hits a flower, he can harvest dozens of ghost crystals.
This is a good thing that will bring great profits.
In just over ten minutes, four tornadoes tore through the thick cloud of yin energy, and successfully broke the Ghost Queen's first big attack.
If you want to try hypothermic asphyxiation, just dream on!
At this time, the Ghost Queen must either take the opportunity to retreat and regroup before coming back, or she must use new tactics.
Because in a short period of time, even the Queen of Ghosts cannot gather the completely shattered cloud of Yin energy again.
But there is no doubt that the Ghost Queen chose the latter.
“Ahhhh!”
An extremely sharp cry that pierced the sky suddenly sounded, and then countless ghost assassins, ghost priests, and evil spirits rushed out from the broken cloud of yin energy.
With the addition of the Yin Qi cloud, the combat power of these things is doubled, and they can also mobilize a portion of the Yin Qi to charge. From a distance, it looks like a huge ice sandstorm.
Ghost Sea Tactics? "Everyone, defend the line!"
"The bonfires are all lit!"
"Open the trench and light the fire!"
Orders were given one after another, and Zhang Yang didn't need to worry about anything. Wu Yuan, Wang Mumu, Wang Shen, Sun Goudan, Duan Kuan, Ryan and others each had their own tasks, which they had practiced countless times. All the captain-level soldiers were on full alert, coordinating with the flames of the three lines of defense to fight against the charging ghost soldiers.
The key point of this battle is to protect residential houses. No evil ghost can be allowed to enter the houses at any cost.
Dozens of captain-level archers, led by Sun Goudan, occupied advantageous positions, with a brazier in front of each of them. As long as there were evil spirits flying through the sky, they would greet them with rockets.
In addition, protection amulets and reconnaissance amulets can also be thrown out for free.
This battle has been intense since the beginning!
(End of this chapter)
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