"This is a method devised by my master, Gu, to exchange ghost lives for time. If we kill these low-level corpse puppets early, higher-level corpse puppets will appear later, and the pressure on us will be even greater."
"We'll use ordinary ghosts to keep him occupied, while our forces conserve their strength and wait for powerful reinforcements to arrive. Then we can seize the opportunity and reclaim our lost territory in one fell swoop," explained the Lord of the Samsara Path.
He had dealt with Wang Yao before and knew Wang Yao's temperament. As the Dao Master of the Samsara Path, he knew that consuming the lives of ordinary ghosts in this way would have serious aftereffects. Therefore, when he talked about these things, his words were somewhat hesitant and his expression was not very natural.
"Bring up all those who have been resting and recuperating, let's go back and fight our way back." Wang Yao had long since figured out the nature of the Underworld, so he didn't bother with any more words. He said to the Lord of the Reincarnation Path, then jumped over the barricade. Eunuch Wei and the Fairy Maiden followed suit.
Before Wang Yao could even pull out his interface panel, Wei Gonggong swept around the entire battlefield like a whirlwind, and the low-level corpse puppets fell to pieces one by one, the thick stench of blood instantly filling the entire corridor.
Upon seeing this, the ordinary ghosts who were fighting against the low-level corpse puppets cheered loudly. Some ghosts even tried to steal the remains of the low-level corpse puppets on the ground, but were stopped by the high-level ghosts who arrived later. According to the rules of the underworld, these were all Wei Gonggong's spoils of war.
Unlike Gu Qi, who recklessly devoured raw meat and blood, Eunuch Wei glanced disdainfully at the corpse puppet's remains on the ground before looking at the Reincarnation Dao Master who had followed him.
"Tell your men to clean these corpse puppets thoroughly. Select the ribs, inner thighs, calves, and chest meat, and cut them into strips about one finger wide with alternating layers of fat and lean meat. Pack them into nine gift boxes. As for the rest... I don't think there will be much left. Pack them all into one box."
"When I get back, I'll take some upstairs for the Kings of Hell to have a taste. The rest is up to you," said Eunuch Wei.
The Lord of the Cycle of Reincarnation hurriedly agreed and quickly turned to arrange things for his subordinates. He specifically instructed them to find a chef from his previous life, and one of those famous chefs at that.
This ghost's orders are not so simple. Just by listening to them, you can tell that this ghost is a gourmet ghost. Such a gourmet ghost can compromise on other things, but he never compromises when it comes to food.
If you don't do things carefully and the result doesn't satisfy this ghost god, then there will be no good consequences waiting for him.
Wang Yao ignored Wei Gonggong's distribution of the corpse puppet remains and walked forward. He hadn't gone far when he suddenly heard a series of clear hoofbeats coming from the corridor ahead. The corpse aura here was quite dense, and the corridor ahead was shrouded in a layer of blue smoke, making visibility very poor.
Wang Yao walked slowly forward, only to hear the hoofbeats getting closer and closer, as if each hooves were stepping on his heart. He felt inexplicably restless and irritable. He tried hard to see what was in front of him, but all he could see was blue mist and nothing in the corridor ahead.
At that moment, he suddenly felt his body sway and crash into the corridor wall. Immediately afterward, a huge black shadow sped past him, as if a shuttle had slammed past his body, and the wind it generated made his eyebrows and hair stand on end.
Immediately, Wang Yao saw Eunuch Wei leap towards the dark figure. With a loud "bang," the huge dark figure crashed flat on its back onto the stairwell floor in front of Wang Yao, sliding a considerable distance away.
"Be careful!" The fairy maiden's slightly reproachful reminder came from her ear, and Wang Yao's body broke out in a cold sweat. Fortunately, he was pulled away by the fairy maiden, otherwise he would probably have turned into a pile of minced meat like the spirit that had taken over Su Jin's body.
Without saying a word, he first labeled himself a "good person" before focusing his gaze on the dark figure on the stairwell floor. He saw that the dark figure had fallen and immediately split into two pieces.
The creature turned out to be an extremely large black donkey. After falling down, it brayed a few times, kicked its hooves wildly, and then stood up again.
Another dark figure somersaulted off the back of the black donkey and landed steadily on the ground; it was a burly, shirtless man with a mohawk.
The burly man, clutching a long spear, took a few steps back and charged at Eunuch Wei without a word. Suddenly, the donkey kicked out a hoof at Wang Yao, who was watching the commotion.
Wang Yao was already prepared. Although the donkey's hoof came at him very suddenly and he had no time to dodge, he didn't care because he had "good people" with him. Instead, he focused his mind and swiped on the interface panel, leading the Mohican man and the donkey together.
Just then, the Mohican giant flew past Eunuch Wei again, like a kite with a broken string. Wang Yao heard the donkey in front of him bray and took off chasing after the Mohican giant.
"My Lady Fairy, please deal with that donkey. Leave this high-level humanoid corpse puppet to me. It's not at the Ghost General level yet, so I should be able to kill it. However, the black donkey is naturally a counter to the Ghost Clan. You kill it first so I can make my move," Eunuch Wei cried out in a shrill voice.
Wang Yao only understood after hearing Wei Gonggong's shout. It turned out that this mid-level corpse puppet in the shape of a black donkey was specially developed to target the ghost race. He had been wondering before what the hell meant by making a corpse puppet in the shape of a donkey.
It seems that the folk legend that black donkey hooves ward off evil spirits is not entirely unfounded.
The fairy didn't say a word, but her figure rushed out. Pink light bloomed from her fingertips, and a red light shot straight towards the black donkey's rump. Just as it was about to hit the black donkey, the big man in the mohawk suddenly flashed and blocked the red light.
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