The sound of iron hooves shaking the ground had already covered all other sounds in the world. The snowy mountains were constantly shaking off snow powder. The army of two hundred thousand corpses marched straight into the Qilian Mountain Valley in such a grandiose manner!
The valley was only a mile long. Li Jinglong held his breath as the vanguard rushed out. When the tall warrior entered with Lu Xu, Li Jinglong shouted, "Jump!"
Everyone rushed out of the cliff at the same time. They opened their arms and jumped down.
Hongjun was in the air. He shook his Mo Sword and turned around. He gathered all his mana and injected it into the Mo Sword. First, he spun to the left and waved his Blade Qi!
The Blade Qi left the blade and stirred up a transparent wave. It whistled and disappeared into the top of the snow mountain. Li Jinglong grabbed his left wrist and threw out a move when he was falling. Hongjun shouted and waved his Blade Qi for the second time! The second Blade Qi left the blade and flew to the other snow slope!
"Borrow the force!" Li Jinglong shouted again.
One after another, everybody crashed into the snowy slope on the opposite side. Right at this moment, the snowy peak of Mount Qilian above their heads was displaced. Thousands of icebergs and snow powder rolled down with a loud rumble. Everybody flew up together and left the snowy slope, leaping onto the ropes that stretched across the valley in the air!
The Ghoul Army noticed the top of their heads. Lu Xu looked up and saw the avalanche coming down. Mysterious Fairy in black was flying in the sky. She shouted, "Pass through as soon as possible!"
Then, she waved her sleeve and a blizzard rolled up, blowing away the snow powder in the sky.
Li Jinglong pulled his bow and pointed at the Ghoul King. He shouted, "Atay!"
"Okay!" Atay shook the Fan of Wind and opened his arms. He was in the air. The power of True Fire was concentrated on the fan and he waved it at Mysterious Fairy's blizzard!
The raging fire and wind roared across the entire valley. Mysterious Fairy's blizzard was blown away and she flew backward. The snow waterfall rushed down again with great momentum! As the first piece of ice crashed into the Ghoul Army, the ice and snow on both sides of the valley began to fall toward the center. The main force of the Ghoul Army was buried under the snow!
The avalanche spread toward the entrance of the valley faster and faster. The Ghoul King retreated quickly with his subordinates. At this moment, Li Jinglong stood on the rope and released the arrow.
In the dark night, the arrow gathered the power of the Mind Lamp. It lit up the entire valley like a meteor. It passed through the roaring snow waterfall on both sides of the valley and chased after the Ghoul King!
As soon as the arrow left the bow, the ambushing soldiers received the signal and simultaneously shot out thousands of hooks towards the Ghost King. The Grey Wolf rushed out of the Ghoul King and chased after the Ghoul King and the Ghoul King...
The hooks wrapped around the Ghost King's mount like an inescapable net and pulled it to the ground.
In an instant, the glowing arrow went straight for the Ghoul King's chest. The Ghoul King pushed his hands and a huge black shield appeared in his hands. "Clang!" The shield blocked the arrow.
The arrow and the shield collided and set off a gust of wind. Lu Xu and his horse were blown away!
The Ghoul King put away the shield and let out a roar that shook the heavens and earth!
The roar shook everyone's eardrums and almost caused a second avalanche! Then, the Ghoul King pushed his hands horizontally and a long spear appeared in his hands. He turned around and swept the spear horizontally, causing the waterfall-like avalanche to scatter!
The Ghoul King took half a step back and his subordinates gathered around him. The Ghoul King stretched out his hands and thousands of black gas burst out from his hands. The black gas rushed forward and entangled the falling snow in the air.
The Ghouls of the Ghoul King's subordinates emitted endless black gas and stood in their respective positions like a magic array! The Ghoul King roared again and pushed his hands forward. The snow and ice were pushed up layer by layer! Rolling up rocks and ice, the Ghoul King forcibly cleared the valley into a huge open space!
"Another slash?" Hongjun held the Mo Sword and gasped for breath.
Li Jinglong shouted, "Listen to my arrow's command! Break through his spell! "
Li Jinglong pulled his longbow and the arrow shone brightly. Just as he was about to shoot the arrow, he heard a whistle from the sky.
Liu Fei's cloak fluttered and he jumped out from the top of the ice mountain. Holding the Wind Sword, he opened his arms and flew down toward the valley! A fierce wind passed through the wind hole of the Wind Sword. "Buzz!" It was like a strange beast awakening. The soldiers around the Ghoul King immediately scattered. In the blink of an eye, Liu Fei had already landed on top of the Ghoul King's head.
The Ghoul King immediately changed his move and blocked the Wind Sword in Liu Fei's hand with his long spear. The two sides collided, and the sound of metal rang through the valley!
The golden sword in Liu Fei's hand vibrated crazily. He waved his sword and roared, "King!"
The Ghoul King jumped up and left the valley.
"Chase!" Li Jinglong shouted. Then he put away his bow and rushed down the mountain path with the others. The soldiers shouted and rushed down from the sides of the valley with swords and sabers!
The plain was in chaos. Ghouls were everywhere. The sound of the Wind Sword resounded through the sky. When Hongjun arrived at the plain, he could only run toward the sound of the Wind Sword. Suddenly, Atay's voice rang in his ears, "Be careful!"
A flaming tornado broke out, and then a monstrous heat wave rolled out. It lit up the battlefield. Ghouls with sabers were everywhere, illuminating the night sky. Grey Wolf roared, "I saw Lu Xu! I'll save him! "
Li Jinglong shouted, "Split up!"
Hongjun turned over and jumped on Grey Wolf's back. Carried by Grey Wolf, they rushed toward the battlefield where the ghouls and the Tang army were fighting.
Li Jinglong's expression changed, "Hongjun, you can't go!"
However, Grey Wolf ran too fast. Li Jinglong could not catch up with him. Hearing the loud sound of the Wind Sword, he had to turn around and rush to the center of the battlefield!
The battlefield was full of burning ghouls. The blizzard rolled up again. Carrying the monstrous anger of Mysterious Fairy, she roared, "Who are you!"
"Yo." Atay held a fan and laughed, "Beauty, it's not good to be so hot-tempered."
Then Atay waved his fan again. Raging fire broke out and collided with the blizzard.
The scene was extremely spectacular. A row of raging flames rose from the ground to the sky. Thousands of snowy waterfalls rolled down from the sky like a river of stars. Suddenly, the night sky was lit up by the raging fire and snow. The thunder-like thousands of soldiers fighting below seemed to be in the middle of a wonder!
Mysterious Fairy took a deep breath and suppressed her anger. When she was about to fly to the battlefield, Atay was sent up into the sky by the strong wind. He laughed and said, "Your opponent is me."
Mysterious Fairy rolled up her sleeves and showed her dark face. Atay was shocked. Both of them cast spells. Suddenly, ice and fire bullets collided in the air like thousands of meteors!
Li Jinglong held the Wisdom Sword and rushed to the place where the Wind Sword was screaming. Liu Fei and the Ghost King had turned into two shadows and were running around. Liu Fei roared, "Wake up!"
Then Liu Fei threw the Ghost King to the ground and punched it. The Ghost King roared and kicked Liu Fei to the ground. Liu Fei fell backward and hit a rock hard. The Ghost King rushed forward and pressed Liu Fei into the snow. Li Jinglong rushed up from behind and stabbed the Ghost King's back with his sword. The Ghost King was alerted and turned around to sweep his leg. Li Jinglong couldn't dodge in time and was hit in the waist and abdomen. He fell into the snow immediately!
The Ghost King raised his hand and summoned his dagger. When he was about to stab Li Jinglong's chest, two flying daggers were shot at his face. The Ghost King suddenly raised his head and his helmet fell off. His black hair flew in the wind. He turned around and glanced.
"Hongjun?!" Li Jinglong shouted.
"It's me." Ashina Chong shook out the other two flying daggers and moved his neck. He stood in the snow and watched the Ghost King's every move.
"Don't fight it head-on!" Li Jinglong dragged the Sword of Wisdom and was about to attack when Ashina Chong rushed forward like a gust of wind and aimed the flying daggers at the Ghost King's throat!
Li Jinglong's warning was too late. When Ashina Chong rushed forward, the Ghost King only blocked with one hand and raised his leg. The Ghost King punched Ashina Chong in the chest and abdomen with his left fist. Ashina Chong felt like a mountain had crashed into him. He spat out a mouthful of blood and fell backward!
"What … what kind of monster is this …" Ashina Chong staggered up and said, "I'm not fighting anymore! Let's go! "He turned around and ran to support Mo Rigen's team.
Li Jinglong: "…"
Liu Fei: "…"
Liu Fei struggled to get up and faced the Ghost King with Li Jinglong, who was holding the Sword of Wisdom. The Ghost King didn't chase after Ashina Chong. Instead, he turned around and faced Li Jinglong.
The surrounding ghouls rushed over. Li Jinglong knew that things weren't going well. Liu Fei immediately turned his Sword of Wind and injected his magic power into it.
With a buzz, the Sword of Wind began to tremble. The surrounding ghouls slowed down and avoided Liu Fei and Li Jinglong as if they were afraid.
The Ghost King turned around and looked at Liu Fei with his turbid eyes. Li Jinglong injected a strong light into the Sword of Wisdom and held his breath to observe the opponent's movements. He had to defeat him in one move! Otherwise, he might not be able to get up again after taking a punch from him!
The surrounding ghouls retreated. Liu Fei stared at the Ghost King. The Ghost King was silent. He slowly opened his palm and a red light flashed in his palm. A rattle-drum appeared. Then, the Ghost King held the rattle-drum and spun it.
With two bangs, all the ghouls on the battlefield stopped moving and turned to rush toward the center of the battle!
Liu Fei shouted, "King!"
The ghouls that had just dispersed held their crossbows and pointed at Liu Fei and Li Jinglong. The Ghost King spun the rattle-drum again. Liu Fei's Sword of Wind flew toward the Ghost King. The Ghost King caught it and turned to Li Jinglong.
Li Jinglong saw that he couldn't avoid it anymore. He could only shake his Sword of Wisdom and charge forward!
"What's going on over there?!" Hongjun turned his head and looked into the distance. All the ghouls were no longer fighting and were running toward the center of the battle. Even the ghouls that had been buried in ice and snow in the valley were struggling and crawling out with difficulty.
Grey Wolf ran on all fours. He looked back and shouted, "It's too late! Find Lu Xu first! Find Lu Xu and we can only awaken the Ghost King! "
Lu Xu, dressed in black, was watching the battle from a high place. When he saw the Grey Wolf rushing over with Hongjun on his back, he immediately jumped off his horse and ran down the hill. Grey Wolf turned around abruptly and chased after Lu Xu. Lu Xu was as fast as lightning, but Grey Wolf persevered and chased after him.
Hongjun shouted, "You can't catch up with me!"
Grey Wolf gritted his teeth and said, "I'll do my best!"
Hongjun said, "Bring him to me!" As he spoke, he jumped off the Grey Wolf's back. He rolled in the snow and ran toward the nearest rock. Grey Wolf shrunk its body and immediately chased after him.
Without the weight, Grey Wolf's speed was even faster than Lu Xu's. Lu Xu was constantly closing the distance between them. Just as the Grey Wolf was about to pounce on him, Lu Xu suddenly burst out with black energy. He turned into a pitch-black deer and flew into the sky!
Grey Wolf missed and used the momentum to jump. The black deer's entire body exploded with energy. It lowered its head and stabbed the Grey Wolf with its antlers. The Grey Wolf was sent flying, but in the confusion, it managed to grab the black deer's antlers with its claws. In an instant, the two giant beasts fell to the ground. The black deer kept struggling, but the Grey Wolf refused to let go. One wolf and one deer rolled in the snow.
Hongjun's throwing knife spun, trying to help the Grey Wolf. The wolf and the deer kicked up snow, making it difficult for him to aim. The Grey Wolf pressed the black deer down and roared. Suddenly, the wolf's howl shook the world. The black deer's body emitted black energy, as if something was being driven out of its body!
It turned its head and let out a Lu Xu sound.
"Grey … Wolf …" The black deer said in a low voice, "Give up. The White Deer is already dead …"
Grey Wolf's body seemed to be burning with blue flames. White light burst out from his eyes and he roared, "Who are you?! You've taken over the White Deer's body! "
The black deer said in a low voice, "The most painful thing in the world is not losing someone or becoming someone else … It's that every day and every night of your life, you have to see all the living beings being tortured by the world, leaving behind endless pain …"
The black deer's beautiful antlers spewed out black energy, which scattered into the snow and formed a giant net, entangling the Grey Wolf's body.
In the Ghoul Legion, Li Jinglong and Liu Fei used all their skills. The Ghost King waved his long spear and suppressed the two of them. Although Li Jinglong had no power to fight back, he still had the Sword of Wisdom in his hand and the Heart Lamp in his chest. The Ghost King still seemed to be afraid. Liu Fei, on the other hand, was the one who was beaten the most. His armor was completely shattered. The Ghost King rushed forward and attacked him like a storm, completely breaking his arm!
Li Jinglong shouted, "Liu Fei!"
The Ghost King turned around and walked towards Li Jinglong with his long spear. Liu Fei's bones were all broken. He stood up shakily, his hair was disheveled, and he smiled bitterly. He gave Li Jinglong a look.
In an instant, Li Jinglong felt that Liu Fei was going to die. His heart suddenly skipped a beat.
Then, Liu Fei rushed forward and shouted, "Attack!"
Li Jinglong held the Sword of Wisdom and shot towards the Ghost King!
The Ghost King swooped down, wanting to kill Li Jinglong on the spot. Li Jinglong's Sword of Wisdom was about to reach his chest, but Liu Fei roared. He clasped his hands together and leaped up, riding on the Ghost King's back. He used a move to wrap around the Ghost King's head. Li Jinglong took this opportunity to stab at his chest!
"Don't … hurt his Neidan …" Liu Fei grabbed the Ghost King's neck with difficulty.
The power of the Heart Lamp flowed from Li Jinglong's chest to his arms and then into the Sword of Wisdom. He faced the Ghost King. The Ghost King suddenly roared and was burned by the white light. He grabbed the Sword of Wisdom with both hands!
Li Jinglong felt that the power of his Heart Lamp was crazily flowing into the Ghost King's body and fighting against the black fog in his body.
However, in the next moment, the Ghost King roared and pushed Li Jinglong away. Li Jinglong was focused on his shoulder when he was hit. He felt that his shoulder bone was broken and he fell into the snow. As soon as the Heart Lamp was lost, the Ghost King suddenly grabbed Liu Fei from behind and threw him out!
In an instant, a long spear appeared in the Ghost King's hand and he caught up. Liu Fei tried to get up, but he was stabbed in the chest by the Ghost King! The moment the spear pierced through the chest, there was a clear "ding" sound. The Neidan of the Corpse King in Liu Fei's body was mercilessly hit by the long spear. It burst, shattered, and exploded into a cloud of green fog. Then, the long spear didn't disappear and nailed Liu Fei to the snow!
Liu Fei's eyes were wide open. The green fog in front of his chest spread up along the long spear.
"Liu Fei — —!" Li Jinglong struggled to get up and shouted.
"I … finally …" Liu Fei murmured, "King … I'm free. From now on … only you … are left … alone …"
Liu Fei's eyes were wide open. His skin and flesh began to rot at a speed visible to the naked eye. In an instant, he was reduced to white bones. The green fog spread all over the Ghost King's body, like a ghost, restricting his movements.
Li Jinglong rushed forward again with his sword. With a sorrowful shout, he stabbed the Ghost King's back with the Sword of Wisdom!
In a flash of white light, the Ghost King let go of the long spear and knelt in the snow. Li Jinglong poured the light of his Heart Lamp into the Ghost King's body. The Ghost King looked up to the sky and roared in pain. The black fog dispersed by the power of the Heart Lamp spewed out from his ears, eyes, mouth, and nose.
In the sky, Atay was chasing Mystic Fairy to the top of the snow mountain.
The roar of the Ghost King came from afar. Atay laughed and said, "Beauty, have you finished your game of chess? It's time to stop. "
Mystic Fairy pulled her robe and whispered, "It's still early!"
In an instant, Mystic Fairy's naked body was revealed. Only her face was dark. Then, icy light began to flow. Atay was stunned. He was afraid that Mystic Fairy was going to die with him. He immediately rode the wind and flew to the sky. He bent down and waved the Fan of Wind fiercely. Icy light, raging flames, thunder, and flying sand poured down crazily!
Mystic Fairy had turned into an ice crystal. She opened her mouth and roared. A layer of frost spread rapidly on the mountains and the earth connected to her. In an instant, the whole area was covered in ice! Then, Mystic Fairy waved her hand. All the ice broke into pieces and turned into sharp blades that shot toward Atay!
Atay had no choice but to fly again. He pulled back his arms and protected his body. Raging flames surrounded his body. "Bang, bang!" The ice blades in front of the wind wall were all destroyed.
Mystic Fairy sneered and turned around. With a swoosh, she scattered into snowflakes and disappeared.
At the same time, the Grey Wolf and the Black Deer were rolling and struggling in the snow. The Black Deer wrapped the Grey Wolf with black smoke emitted from its antlers and turned into Lu Xu in the air. As soon as he landed, he wanted to escape. Suddenly, Ashina Chong appeared in front of him.
"Break!" Ashina Chong threw out flying daggers at Lu Xu. Lu Xu quickly leaned back and dodged. Then, Ashina Chong turned into a shadow and shot forward!
In the air, Ashina Chong and Lu Xu bumped into each other. Lu Xu grabbed Ashina Chong's flying daggers and quickly attacked.
A snowflake fell from the sky and floated in front of the two as if it was frozen. In an instant, Lu Xu and Ashina Chong each attacked with their daggers. With a clear sound, the snowflakes fell on the blades and the flying daggers separated. In an instant, they had exchanged more than twenty moves!
"How can you be so fast?!" Ashina Chong didn't have time to think. He relied on his instinct to counter Lu Xu's moves. The snowflakes shattered under the force and turned into ice crystals. Fists and kicks flew and the flying daggers flashed across the sky. After another five moves, a shadow suddenly rushed out from the snow.
"The Soul Leaving Pollen is here!"
Lu Xu was speechless.
Lu Xu was caught off guard. The Carp Demon lying in ambush in the snow scattered the Soul Leaving Pollen all over his face. He sneezed and a trace of confusion appeared in his eyes. Ashina Chong roared.
"Take this —!"
Ashina Chong finally saw an opening. He turned around and kicked Lu Xu in the chest with his left foot.
Lu Xu lost a move, but this move was fatal. He immediately fell backward like an arrow. At the same time, Grey Wolf had already struggled out of the black gas and pounced on Lu Xu!
Lu Xu turned into a deer in the air again. He rolled gracefully and was about to fly away when Grey Wolf bit the black deer's front leg. With a muffled roar, Grey Wolf dragged the black deer to the ground and threw it towards a rock!
"Hongjun!" Grey Wolf slammed the black deer behind the rock. "Cut the horn!"
Hongjun finally found his chance. He shook his Mo Sword and jumped from behind the rock. The black deer raised its head and black gas suddenly burst out from its horn. However, it was pressed to the ground by Grey Wolf. In a flash, Hongjun's Mo Sword slashed down!
There was the sound of gold and jade shattering. The Mo Sword burst out with a strong light and actually shattered a part of the blade!
However, Hongjun held the Mo Sword tightly and roared. Sword Qi burst out. He did not retreat at all and directly slashed down!
Black flames burst out from the black deer's body. The explosion caused the surrounding people to fly away. Two of its horns were cut off and fell into the snow.
Hongjun's hand holding the Mo Sword trembled uncontrollably. The recoil had exhausted all of his strength.
The black deer lay on its side on the ground and twitched uncontrollably. The two chopped off horns emitted billowing black smoke and rose into the sky.
"You … How did you know to cut off its horns?" Hongjun could not control his hand. He could not even hold the Mo Sword and it fell to the ground.
Grey Wolf turned into Mo Rigen and said, "Chief Historian … guessed. Lu Xu?! Lu Xu! "
The black deer's body kept shrinking and turned into the black-clothed Lu Xu lying on the snow. Lu Xu's left arm was bleeding profusely from where Mo Rigen had bitten it. His black clothes kept turning white.
"Lu Xu?" Hongjun stumbled forward and half-carried him. Mo Rigen and Ashina Chong hurriedly surrounded him.
At the same time, the roar of the Ghost King came from afar. The ghoul army on the ground collapsed. The sound of weapons clashing could be heard from all directions. All the ghouls fell to the ground one after another.
Li Jinglong only felt a throbbing pain in his heart. He took half a step back and let go of the Wisdom Sword.
The mountain-like body of the Ghost King fell forward and fell heavily on the ground in front of Liu Fei who had turned into a skeleton.
The starlight flickered. The ground was full of armored corpses. The light shone on the center of the battlefield. Liu Fei's skeleton was lying quietly with his back against a rock. The breeze blew up the skeleton's long hair and made it flutter on the ground.
In front of him was the majestic body of the Corpse Ghost King, who had fallen in battle, and Li Jinglong, who was standing with the help of his sword. Li Jinglong's eyes were full of confusion. On the battlefield, the Tang soldiers were just as confused as him.
The sun rose and shone on the Great Wall.
In the shadow of the mountain, Mo Rigen pressed his palm on the forehead of the Ghost King and murmured an incantation. However, there was no more black gas on his body that could be dispelled.
Hongjun, Atay, Li Jinglong and Ashina Chong quietly looked at the appearance of the Ghost King.
His figure was very tall and sturdy. He was even half a head taller than Li Jinglong. His Qin armor was as impenetrable as a mountain.
He closed his eyes tightly. Mo Rigen said, "I don't know if I can wake him up."
"I had a very long dream …" The Ghost King said in a deep voice.
His voice was as hoarse as Liu Fei's. As he spoke, he slowly opened his eyes.
Everyone stepped back and looked at the Ghost King warily.
"In the dream, I killed my best brother." The Ghost King said again.
His eyes were no longer turbid. Like Liu Fei when he woke up from a dream, his pupils had gathered into a faint pupil. His skin color was almost the same as an ordinary person's. There were no livor mortis spots or dry spots. The only thing that indicated his identity was the grayish-white color.
"Now, who can tell me whether this is real or not?" The Ghost King said again.
No one answered. They just looked at him quietly. He sat under the Great Wall with his back against the wall. Looking at the blue morning sky, he suddenly said, "I haven't seen daylight for a long time …"
A breeze blew. Hongjun turned around and slowly walked to the center of the battlefield. He stepped over the ghouls and corpses on the ground and came to the skeleton.
The rusty armor was torn apart. Liu Fei's skeleton raised its head. Its empty eye sockets looked at the white clouds in the sky. The long spear was still stuck in its broken and sunken ribs.
Hongjun whispered, "In fact, you are not cursed forever, Liu Fei."
At that time, he didn't know the meaning of eternal life and eternal death.