The Candle Dragon's figure was hidden in the void. Its powerful seventh-tier strength was undeniable, and even the mighty Dark Serpent Man could not detect it.
The flickering candlelight shone in the starry sky, protecting the ghostly soldiers from the corruption of dark energy.
Under Ye Chen's orders, the Witch Clan began to retreat continuously, while the Yin Soldiers took their place and fought against the Dark Serpent People.
The formless and intangible souls of the Yin Soldiers caused considerable trouble for the Dark Serpent People. Most of their attacks were aimed at the mind and soul. Blood energy was scarce in the entire starry sky, with only the lifeless corpses of serpent people drifting about.
Even looking across the distant starry sky, the lords could hardly see the bodies of the ghost soldiers. They only knew that the dark serpent people were attacking the void aimlessly, and then some of the serpent people would suddenly shudder, either going mad or completely losing their voice.
"What? What are these? Wraiths?" Many lords asked in horror. Few lords would take undead creatures as their followers, not only because of fear, but also because these creatures are more easily corrupted by darkness.
"No, they are ghost soldiers. After a person dies, their soul enters the kingdom of the dead to live, so naturally there will be soldiers from the kingdom of the dead!" Ye Chen explained.
The strength of the ghost soldiers is not very strong. In fact, the lower-level ghosts are limited by the power of their souls, and their souls are much weaker than those of the same level. Often, even a first-level opponent can kill them. However, the strength of ghosts lies in the word "ghost".
Not only are their spirits immune to physical damage, but they also often possess various bizarre abilities, such as possession, passing through walls, invisibility, and transformation. These profound spells, which are difficult for physical beings to master, are as easy for ghosts as eating and drinking.
However, the Dark Serpent Man's power is all-encompassing, including his robust physique, mysterious magic, and even his strong soul resistance, which also caused a large number of casualties to the Yin Soldiers.
This is not Fengdu City. The Yin soldiers are already ghosts in a spirit state. If they die again, their souls will be scattered.
Fortunately, Ye Chen had already instructed all the Yin soldiers to leave a wisp of their true spirit in Fengdu City. When reincarnation begins in the future, they can rely on this wisp of true spirit to be reincarnated, so they are not completely annihilated.
"You? Ghost soldiers? How many are there?" A full hour had passed, and the passage through which the ghost soldiers passed was still open. Shi Mingxu asked with slight surprise.
"I don't know. I did a count more than ten years ago, and it was probably over 10 billion!" Ye Chen shook his head and said.
Fengdu City is a self-contained space, and it is not convenient for him to stay inside for a long time. Therefore, he is not very clear about how many ghosts are already inside. However, undead creatures are known for their numbers, and the necromancer's sea of skeletons is famous throughout the heavens and the myriad worlds. His number of ghost soldiers is only more.
"Hiss~~~" Upon hearing Ye Chen's words, everyone couldn't help but gasp. Although there were quite a few clans in their territory, that was the total number of all clans combined. For a single race to reach tens of billions was too exaggerated, not to mention that this was data from more than ten years ago.
"How exactly do you manage to house so many clans on your territory?" Shi Mingxu asked incredulously. Although a sixth-tier lord's territory is not small, how could a clan of hundreds of billions possibly have such a large living area? These are not creatures like mosquitoes or flies.
Ye Chen simply smiled and didn't say anything. Everyone understood that this was someone else's secret, and it was best not to pry.
Countless ghost soldiers clashed with the dark serpent people, giving the witch warriors a chance to catch their breath and digest the blood energy and baleful aura they had absorbed, thus stabilizing their own realm.
The endless stream of ghost soldiers shocked the Dark Serpent People. "Damn it, we have an endless army backed by a spatial rift, and you guys have more troops than us?" One serpent warrior was almost fighting against two ghost soldiers.
This is all thanks to the special nature of the soul. If explained scientifically, what you see is just the surface. In reality, a ghost is just a special wave, without any actual physical form.
Since they have no physical form, they naturally don't care about the actual space they occupy. If you really want to squeeze into a passage for ghost soldiers, you can squeeze in tens of thousands of ghosts. How can your spatial rift compare?
Moreover, these ghost soldiers are fearless and have the opportunity to reincarnate. For most ghosts, accumulating enough merit for reincarnation and a life of wealth and honor is already their greatest expectation, not to mention the opportunity to seek enlightenment and become an immortal, and to see a wider world.
Therefore, these ghost soldiers are risking their lives. Every time they kill a dark snake-man, it is a merit for them, and they are more likely to be reborn into a good family in the next life, and have a better chance of obtaining a divine destiny.
Although this tactic inflicted heavy casualties on the Yin Soldiers, it also successfully hindered the Dark Serpent People's breakout. In fact, by relying on their sheer numbers, they were able to temporarily repel the Dark Serpent People, forcing them to temporarily abandon their attack and retreat back to the top of the spatial rift once again.
This scene delighted the many lords. No one had expected that Ye Chen could repel the Dark Serpent Man once again, especially given the latter's fearless and relentless attack.
However, compared to everyone's joy, Ye Chen's mood was much heavier. After this round of battle, although he successfully forced the Dark Serpent Man back to the top of the spatial rift, he also paid the price of hundreds of millions of dead souls. Even if there was a chance for reincarnation, death in this life was death.
"It should be about time, right?" Ye Chen breathed a sigh of relief and asked the lords around him.
By this time, the battle on the outer perimeter was nearing its end. There were not many dark serpent people left, and they were visible to the naked eye in the starry sky. They had even abandoned their fearless offensive, just like those on the spatial rift side, and retreated to the outermost defensive line.
The second line of defense set up by Fatty and his group was already in ruins, and had almost been breached several times. Fortunately, it held on in the end. Once the remaining dark creatures were dealt with, the army could retreat and focus on dealing with the spatial rift.
The Dark Serpent People were clearly aware of this, so they abandoned their attack and instead stayed on the perimeter, keeping an eye on you, which prevented the lords from returning to reinforce you with peace of mind.
Moreover, dark serpent people continue to emerge from the spatial rift, clearly indicating that they have not given up.
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