The loss of the passage in the first line of defense will take up a lot of time. Wang Yao needs to help the high-level ghosts recapture the first line of defense before he can go to other places. As for the other blocking points in the second line of defense, he can't worry about them at all and can only leave them to the high-level ghosts to clear slowly.
Even so, the situation became increasingly dire as they went further. By the time they reached the Underworld District, the first line of defense had already fallen, and apart from the ghosts infected with the corpse aura, there wasn't a single ghost in sight in the corridors.
They moved forward to a wind tunnel blockade point on the second line of defense. This blockade point was also empty. They saw a ghost with its upper body sticking out of the wind tunnel vent. It had no protective shield and it was unclear whether it wanted to hide inside to escape or to block the corpse energy.
The ghost was somehow stuck there, its lower body hanging outside, torn apart by a fierce ghost, with only some flesh and skin loosely connected at the waist, like a flag with its pole cut off, hanging from the ventilation opening of the air duct.
Seeing that the ground around him was covered with fallen ghosts, and apart from the fierce ghost that was tearing at something, there were no other moving ones, Wang Yao hurriedly called on Wuying to kill the fierce ghost, but unexpectedly Wuying coughed lightly.
"My lord, I can't do it," Wuying whispered.
Wang Yao turned his head and noticed that Wu Ying's arms were completely bare, and his legs had disappeared from his calves. Since his entire body was floating on a cloud of black mist, he didn't notice it unless he looked closely.
"You...you are..." Wang Yao stared at Wuying in astonishment, not knowing what to say.
"It's alright, it will grow back after absorbing some Yin energy once the matter is settled. It's just that I can't kill the evil spirits for you now," Wuying said with a smile.
"It's alright." Wang Yao raised his hand and unleashed a lightning combination magic spell, turning the vengeful ghost into ashes. "Are you... sure it can grow back?" Wang Yao looked at Wuying with concern.
“It’s a bit difficult, but don’t worry, sir. The safety of floor zero is the most important thing. You should hurry up and rescue a few ghosts and reseal this air duct.” Wuying shook his head and said.
The situation was urgent, and Wang Yao had no time to think. Hearing that Wu Ying's words made sense, he quickly stepped forward and dragged the half-ghost's body that was stuck in the ventilation duct. Even if a ghost is cut in half, it won't die. This ghost had only entered a mild state of corpse aura and was just limp there.
However, since the ghost only had half a body left, it was inconvenient for it to enter the wind tunnel to block the corpse energy. Wang Yao put the ghost aside and prepared to rescue the ghosts whose parts were intact and rebuild the wind tunnel defense. This was already the second line of defense, and the corpse energy could not be allowed to enter again.
Unexpectedly, just as he let go of the broken ghost, he suddenly felt that the ghost looked very familiar. He hurriedly took a closer look at the ghost's face and quickly took out the Awakening Token and struck the half-ghost. It turned out that the half-ghost was the cat ghost that had chatted with him in his previous life and had been tortured to death.
After a few wake-up calls, the cat ghost finally woke up slowly, and Wang Yao waved his hand to add a protective shield to it.
"How are you?" Wang Yao asked, frowning.
"Lord Yue... it's alright, it doesn't hurt at all, much better than being a cat in the human world." The cat ghost smiled slightly at Wang Yao.
“I have other things to do, so please wait here for a while. I will come back to save you when I have time,” Wang Yao said. The cat ghost smiled and nodded at him.
Wang Yao then went to wake up a few more ghosts and arranged for them to re-enter the wind tunnel. There were too many ghosts lying on the ground. Wang Yao knew that if he kept them down, they would probably all enter a moderate state and become vengeful ghosts in no time. The half-bodied cat ghost would not be safe.
But he couldn't care less about that now. It was obvious that the second line of defense of the Underworld District had been breached. He was even more worried about Hui Shuo's safety and just wanted to hurry over there to take a look.
Suddenly, he stopped casting the Shadowless Technique with a grim expression. He probably saw a familiar ghost, but instead of calling for Wang Yao's help, he just stood there in a daze for a while. He must have realized that the ghost was in a critical condition and beyond saving.
Along the way, everywhere you looked, there were ghosts lying sprawled on the ground in the stairwells. On some main roads, the fallen ghosts were piled up in layers, covering the ground and stretching as far as the eye could see.
Wang Yao also discovered many familiar-looking ghosts who were admired by Hui Shuo. These ghosts were all management ghosts within the system, and in terms of seniority, they should be ranked at the back of this floor. It wasn't their turn to stand at the front and fight to the death with the high-level corpse puppets.
Most of the ghosts who were drawn to Hui Shuo by Wang Yao remained in the Underworld Affairs Zone. Apart from a few who were initially assigned by Wang Yao to guard the first line of defense, the vast majority were actually just reserves, and Wang Yao did not assign them any tasks.
After the Dao Lord took over the floor's defenses, these ghosts had even less to do and were mostly just following behind the leaders or Hui Shuo around doing nothing. Under normal circumstances, they shouldn't be in any danger.
However, when these love ghosts also fell to the ground one by one, it could only mean that the defenses of the underworld district had completely collapsed. All the ghosts, regardless of seniority, had become victims of the corpse energy.
Looking at the devastated scene, Wang Yao suddenly felt as if all his energy had been drained away. He plopped down on a fallen ghost and waved to Wuying to rest. The disaster had already happened, and there was no point in fighting for a few more seconds.
This place is already deep in the underworld area, and Wang Yao guesses that a blockade could appear at any time.
Although he had not yet found the blockade point, he knew that even though the second line of defense in the Underworld District had been breached, the Lord of the Samsara Path defending this area would definitely try to build a third line of defense, because if the corpse energy and corpse puppets were allowed to enter, the Lord of the Samsara Path would surely die.
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