"Yes!!!"
Dozens of voices rang out from the mouths of the men in white coats around him. As they typed furiously on their computers, a series of commands were issued.
"Sir!"
Just then, the door opened, and a military officer walked in, saluted, and whispered, "The ten hunting zones in the City of Salvation … have made their move."
Zhang Chenghai's eyes flickered with a cold glint.
The Yin spirits weren't important.
Their numbers were indeed troublesome, but it was only a matter of time.
What was truly troublesome was the hunting zones.
Every hunting zone was home to an Operative-class vengeful apparition.
There were simply too many places in Cathay similar to the City of Salvation for Soul Hunters to deal with.
"Elder Mei." He shut his eyes and gritted his teeth.
"I'm here." Elder Mei cupped his hands respectfully and took a step forward.
Zhang Chenghai drew a deep breath and endured the pain, "Order the trainee cultivators … to move out."
Elder Mei was taken aback, "Sir, I have to remind you that trainee cultivators … aren't even Operative-class experts yet."
"Hold them back as long as you can!"
Zhang Chenghai's voice was steely, "I've said it before. This battle … must be won. Defeat is not an option!"
"Tomorrow, I want to see flags of the living everywhere!
No matter how many people have to sacrifice themselves! "
He shut his eyes and continued, "I'll bear all responsibility. I believe … the headquarters will approve of my decision."
Elder Mei grew taciturn. Several seconds later, he sighed, "The number of people who are able to cultivate right now … is no more than two or three hundred thousand … That's a ratio of one to six thousand … Since this is your command, I'll pass it down …"
"Go."
… … …
The greenish-white Yin energy transformed into a vast sea of fog that enveloped the entire City of Salvation.
Back in the hotel, Qin Ye's eyes gleamed brightly. He could see thousands upon thousands of Yin spirits carrying scarlet lanterns with the word 'Cao' written on them. They looked no different from scarlet eyes as they swept through the entire city like a tidal wave, searching for any trace of his whereabouts.
He was waiting.
Cao Youdao has made his move. What's the reaction of the mortal realm?
What are you guys going to do?
Time trickled by. Half an hour had already passed since the Yin spirit uprising.
Just then, a powerful aura suddenly erupted from the heart of the city, right in the heart of the City of Salvation!
"It's coming …" He stared fixedly in the direction of the central plaza, which wasn't far from where he was.
Hundreds of meters away, the Yuji-shaped central plaza emitted a tremendous hum, and then … slowly opened up from the center!
The little garden, the fountain, the chair … slowly parted amidst the rumbling tremors, and a statue that was five meters tall, with only half of its body and half of its head missing, slowly rose from the ground.
As soon as the statue rose into the air, the entire City of Salvation fell silent.
Beneath the Insignia University, Cao Youdao stared at the sky in surprise as he sipped on a glass of red wine. After a long time, he finally nodded his head.
"The City God Statue of the City of Salvation … Personally conferred by Hell. I've heard that it was destroyed during the era of the Four Olds. So it's hidden here …"
"Not bad … So this is what he hid when he broke the Four Olds?
The mortal realm is struggling far more than I'd expected … "
Boom!!
A faintly discernible pressure caused the ground of the city to tremble slightly.
Countless people at home could feel it.
Then, the seven lights around the City God statue lit up one after another. The only stone eye on the City God statue that only had half a head left actually slowly opened.
Whoosh!!
A circle of pure white ripples swept across the ground. A split second later, the surroundings of the City of Salvation were covered with a faint brilliance that vanished in the blink of an eye.
The supernatural perimeter had been fully activated in the City of Salvation!
Henceforth, the entire City of Salvation would become a battleground between the living and the dead.
Furthermore … it was a call for help from other cities and provincial capitals!
Simultaneously, the entire city was brightly lit!
From the direction of the armed forces, the direction of the military, the direction of the armed police barracks, the direction of the police station … dozens upon hundreds of vehicles drove out of the city like a long dragon.
It completely shattered the stillness of the night.
"Whoosh …" Back in the hotel, Qin Ye watched as the dense cluster of red lanterns in the distance paused in unison, before rushing madly towards the military vehicles.
He took several deep breaths to calm his restless heart.
Then, he shut his eyes and desperately tried to sense the strongest Yin energy around him.
Rumble … He could sense that the entire City of Salvation was trembling. The clash of Yang energy, true energy and Yin energy could be described as earth-shattering.
He couldn't care less about the situation elsewhere, because he had only one goal in mind.
The hunting zone!
"Over here!" Seconds later, he opened his eyes and put on a mask. A nethergale swept through the room, and he dashed out.
Tonight … I'm not the only hunter!
… … …
East District of the City of Salvation, plot number 28, an unfinished thirty-storey building.
Once upon a time, there was a rumor that the tallest building in the City of Salvation was going to be built here. Back then, the leader of the municipal committee had even personally appeared to cut the ribbon.
Unfortunately, after five years of construction, the real estate company's capital chain had actually ruptured, and the company had vanished into thin air overnight, leaving behind only this unfinished building.
At some point in time, this building had become the number one ghost story in the City of Salvation.
Legend had it that anyone who entered this building after six o 'clock in the morning would never make it out alive.
Legend had it that even if one searched during the day, they wouldn't be able to find any corpses.
Legend had it that every night, one would be able to see a woman dancing on the roof of the building from the surrounding windows.
But tonight, three men dressed in camouflage uniforms were standing back-to-back on the rooftop of the building that was the number one ghost story in the City of Salvation. They looked up at the sky with vigilance.
This was the rooftop.
A rooftop that no one had ever been to before.
Legend had it that this was the place where a woman would dance at midnight.
The surroundings were covered with blood stains, and the walls of the rooftop were stained red with fresh blood. It was hard to tell how many people had died here.
It could have been the vagrants, or it could have been something else.
As for the dancing girl, she was like a spider, hanging above their heads.
She was wearing a dirty dress that was covered in dust. Her skin was supposed to be snow-white, but now it was stained with blood. Thick greenish-white Yin Qi emanated from the woman's body. Her black, dirty hair was disheveled, revealing her pale skin that was covered with livor mortis spots.
Her teeth were pitch-black, and her mouth was dripping with stinking dark red blood. A single bloodshot eye peeked out from beneath her hair, and her throat emitted a series of short, continuous, hair-raising sounds.
"Sss … Haa …"
As she opened her mouth in an exaggerated arc, the black hair on her back suddenly expanded like a black spider web that shot straight towards the three men!
"Dodge!!" The leader of the group was a young man with a square face. His expression was filled with determination.
Needless to say, the three men immediately jumped away from where they were standing.
But even though they reacted quickly, the female ghost was even faster!
Her black hair danced wildly like a whip, lashing through the air with an ear-piercing sound. With three muffled groans, the three men were swept back five to six meters.
"Cough … cough cough!" The young man with a square face clutched his chest and cursed, "Weren't you supposed to be an elementary school teacher who'd been raped to death?!
What kind of anti-rape is this?!
Just how thirsty are you?! "
"You're still in the mood to joke around?"
A tall man wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and leaned against the wall as he struggled to his feet, "This is the first hunting zone in the City of Salvation … An evil ghost that's at least fifteen years old … My ribs are already broken …"
"Let's go together!
We'll all die if we drag this on! "The last man to speak was a bespectacled gentleman. His face was pale, and his lips were stained with blood.
He trembled as he stood up.
"Sss … Haa …" The female ghost's head on the ceiling swiveled 360 degrees, almost as though she were sizing up the three men.
In her eyes, the three men began to run at top speed. The man with the square face swiped at his waist, and a rope tied with hundreds of talismans suddenly appeared.
"Go!"
The man with the square face bellowed as he retreated. The bespectacled man drew a deep breath, and his chest puffed up at an alarming rate.
At the same time, the tall man pulled at the air with both hands, and the rope was pulled taut like a crescent moon, almost as though he were pulling a massive bow.
Clatter clatter … The sound of a bowstring being pulled taut filled the air. The tall man's eyes were bloodshot, and the muscles on his arms bulged.
With a loud bellow, there was a muffled sound in the air. The bespectacled man opened his mouth, and a meter-long fire arrow shot straight towards the female ghost!
BOOM!!!
A massive inferno erupted from the ceiling. The man with the square face panted as he asked with cold sweat dripping down his forehead, "Is it over?"
"No …" The bespectacled man responded with a trembling voice, "She's … on my body …"
The other two men froze, and they immediately turned to look at the bespectacled man.
Only to discover that … his chest was growing larger and larger!
It was now at least a meter tall!
In the next moment, two hands covered in blood and spots of livor mortis suddenly reached out from under his clothes and grabbed him by the neck!
He could even see the hideous expression on the female ghost's face beneath the camouflage uniform, as well as the rows of black foul-smelling teeth in her gaping maw!
She's not dead … She's not even injured …
The two men yelled at the top of their lungs and rushed towards the bespectacled man with all their might. At the same time, their hearts sank.
Is this what an Operative-class ghost is like …
The Yin spirits that I've been training with … are like night and day.
The three of them were also the cream of the crop among the trainee cultivators, and they had teamed up many times before. But even then, they were still no match for a vengeful apparition …
The two men were fast, but the vengeful apparition was even faster. In the blink of an eye, her pitch-black nails had already sunk deep into the neck of the bespectacled man. Blood flowed profusely, and she opened her mouth that was a foot wide, before finally emerging from the camouflage uniform.
"Stop!!!" "You're courting death!!"
The eyes of the two men turned bloodshot.
The bespectacled man bit down on his trembling lips and pulled out a wooden sword from his waist. Just as he was about to plunge it into the ground, a voice suddenly called out.
"Eh?
A little monster? "
"And here I was wondering why the Yin spirits attached to this hunting zone had all perished. So it turns out that there are still a few brats who don't know what's good for them …"
The female ghost's mouth was already hanging over the bespectacled man's head.
The other three men were also taken aback.
But before they could even react, the female ghost shrieked in disbelief, and a hand grabbed her hair. Then, with a powerful tug, the female ghost that they were helpless against was actually pulled out from under the clothes of the bespectacled man!