Chapter 74 The Army Deploys
This time, even the people around Mu Jiu were no longer calm.
The Hundred Ghosts Legion that had originally escorted them all the way up the mountain was now no match for the old ghost.
On the one hand, the number of old man ghosts is too large, far exceeding the number of skeleton ghosts, at least several hundred.
On the other hand, the skeleton ghost is not very adaptable to the bright environment, and its mobility is greatly reduced, so it cannot avoid the large amount of mucus that is gushing out by the old ghosts.
One after another, the skeleton monsters melted under the slime and turned into crystal clear white monster beads.
Mu Jiu guessed that the strange thing must have achieved evolution and upgrading by devouring the same kind of strange beads in some way.
The scene before us is the process of the second-level old man ghost devouring the second-level skeleton ghost and evolving towards the third level.
And the nutrients needed for these evolutions were exactly what Mu Jiu delivered to him using the Shikigami Talisman.
Of course, Mu Jiu couldn't let this happen, so she immediately ordered the remaining Shikigami to evacuate quickly.
We can’t let our entire army be wiped out here and supply the enemy with the energy of the strange beads!
Even if only half of the skeleton is left, it is better than having nothing at all!
Without the obstruction of the skeleton ghosts, hundreds of old ghosts surrounded the barrier tightly.
Mu Jiu was also in a dilemma. The circle of the Nameless Tomb barrier was quite large. She was standing in the middle and there was no way for the chicken blood to cover the entire area.
In this way, she could only carry the chicken blood bead curtain and wander around the edge of the barrier to intimidate the old ghosts who tried to break into the barrier.
But at the same time, Mu Jiu discovered a problem. In certain places where the sunlight was directly shining, there was never any strange lingering movement!
This means that even the third-level weirdness cannot survive standing in the sun, and they are also avoiding direct sunlight!
"Xiao Huang, find a way to cut off the branches or trunks on top of and around the barrier. These weird creatures are afraid of light!" Mu Jiu said immediately.
"Okay!"
Then, Xiao Huang followed Mu Jiu's instructions and led everyone here to start cutting and digging trees.
First of all, we must ensure the safety of the barrier, so the eight large fruit trees within the barrier must be removed, even if they are Boss Qi’s property.
Otherwise, once the old man adopted a policy of forceful attack and broke through the barrier, Mu Jiu would not be able to guarantee that everyone present would be alive.
Mu Jiu took out a lot of tools that he had collected from the warehouse from the space, including saws.
Distribute the fruit trees within the barrier to the people in Qi Nian, and make sure they are all cut down within a short period of time.
Mu Jiu continued to wander around the edge of the barrier, buying time for everyone to cut down trees.
About an hour later, the last fruit tree within the barrier was cut down.
The sun shone down from above, and the gloomy feeling in the forest instantly dissipated most of it.
The originally arrogant old ghosts began to move slower after seeing the light, and their strange bodies began to become transparent.
Mu Jiu took advantage of this opportunity and quickly eliminated the old ghosts who were surrounding the barrier one by one.
More than three hundred slightly yellowish white strange beads were stored in the space, and Mu Jiu immediately felt the significant changes in the space spirit gathering grass!
On the trunk of the spiritual herb that reached the sky, a spiral staircase suddenly grew, winding upwards, all the way to the top of the clouds...
But Mu Jiu didn't bother to carefully check the changes in space at this moment. Killing these old ghosts would only bring temporary safety.
Relying on the previous wandering and investigation of the Hundred Ghosts Legion under the Shikigami, Mu Jiu knew that there were no less than 5,000 old ghosts hiding in this ten thousand acre mountain forest!
The hundreds killed previously were just the tip of the iceberg.
Cutting down trees and basking in the sun is only temporary. If these Muggles don't leave this orchard quickly, the strange power will be stronger than it is now at night.
But there are nearly 30 people here, and it is not easy to get down the mountain safely.
After all, a large amount of human breath will attract weirdness in itself.
"Boss Qi... this, this, this... is it a superpower?" He Li's voice echoed over the jungle.
Everyone looked at him.
At this moment, his right hand was emitting a faint yellow light, and in the light, there was a small bean sprout breaking out of its shell.
And outside the barrier, there was a fruit tree whose originally stretched out branches and crown now looked like a long-handled umbrella, with the umbrella cover folded up and turned into a condensed branch!
Moreover, the folding of these branches is the tree's own initiative, so there is no crease or damage at all!
This is a wood-type ability, and it actually awakened at this time!
Mu Jiu's face was filled with unconcealable joy. With this, it might not be so difficult for everyone to go down the mountain.
Mu Jiu walked straight over, pretended to be surprised, held He Li's palm with his right hand and looked at it carefully. The red dragon pattern on his index finger was instantly lit up.
Beep—a familiar sound echoed in my mind:
[Dear Master, congratulations on unlocking the new Talisman Totem! ]
[This talisman is the Wood Spirit Talisman, which means the growth of all things. It can be used to activate wood-related skills.]
Mu Jiu immediately felt the change in space.
Among the thirty-three wordless steles, a ninth bright red totem appeared!
"He Li, everyone here is in your hands. You are responsible for opening a road down the mountain and getting everyone down the mountain safely." Mu Jiu ordered.
"Boss, what about us?" Alvin asked, because Boss Mu just mentioned everyone.
"You guys should come down the mountain with me and prepare dinner for me when I come back."
Mu Jiu didn't say anything and immediately drove them away, asking them to leave the forest before the sun sets.
Of course, she also had a trick up her sleeve. She took out a wooden talisman and secretly gave it to Xiao Huang in case of emergency.
What if He Li runs out of energy and traps them in the mountains and forests!
But she concluded that these old people who died in the mountains were ghosts and could not leave the forest and go to the greenhouse on the flat ground at the foot of the mountain, so it would be safe there.
What's more, even if they stayed, they couldn't help much against the old man.
But Mu Jiu thought of something else and told Aiwen and the others:
"After you go down, be careful of those two women. They must have pushed the rock on the mountainside down.
So they have a strange aura about them, and they probably won't live long, but be careful of them attacking suddenly."
Seeing a large number of people leaving, Mu Jiu took out the Shikigami talisman paper again and summoned her Hundred Weird Legion back.
Although the Skeleton Ghost cannot kill the Old Man Ghost, it can be used as an errand boy without any problem.
She had to take advantage of the remaining few hours of daylight to eliminate all the thousands of level three monsters on the mountain.
Just now, Mu Jiu used his consciousness to check the spirit gathering grass in the space, but there was nothing at the end of the spiral staircase!
But it was not until today, after absorbing a large number of third-level ghost beads, that the spirit gathering grass underwent major changes. This shows that the old man's ghost energy is far beyond all the ghosts he had encountered before.
If all the old ghosts in this mountain are caught, something extraordinary might appear in the space.
While thinking this, the skeletons under the Shikigami had already gathered strangely, surrounding Mu Jiu and obeying his orders.
Mu Jiu placed a wooden talisman in the right hand of each skeleton ghost.
Then he used his consciousness to order all the skeleton ghosts to disperse, and used the wood spirit talisman to make the fruit trees retract their umbrellas.
They took advantage of the sunlight and drove all the old ghosts on the mountain from the bottom to the top, and drove them all to gather at the top of the mountain.
Mu Jiu himself killed a chicken on the top of the mountain, prepared a large amount of chicken blood, and waited for the ghosts to come up the mountain!
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