Dongfang Chenyue pointed at herself with an innocent expression, "Is it because of me that we got dragged in here? How could that be?"
"Your mental defenses are relatively weak, creating a gap that led you into this magnetic field space, forming this ghost realm! There’s no need for you to understand why, what’s more important now is figuring out how to leave this place!"
Yu Nianzhao shielded Dongfang Chenyue behind her, "Don’t stray too far from me. I’ll protect you!"
Dongfang Chenyue gazed at her back with gratitude, feeling that her figure was incredibly majestic.
"Guard the carriage for me, protect my wealth, and don’t lose it, that’s all!" Yu Nianzhao glanced at the box inside the carriage and reminded her seriously.
Dongfang Chenyue, "..."
It’s all an illusion, her true nature is just a greedy money-grubber!
Dark shadows at the end of the street let out low growls and slowly emerged from the darkness one by one.
In the remaining light, you could see their decaying bodies, their blue-black faces incredibly stiff, with blood-red eyes that exuded a thirst for blood, devoid of any human warmth.
"Hiss—Are those humans or ghosts?"
Dongfang Chenyue clung to Yu Nianzhao’s arm, cautiously peeked out from behind her, and felt a chill down her spine upon seeing that group.
"They’re Corpse Ghosts. Didn’t you just see them earlier? You forgot so quickly?" Yu Nianzhao said calmly, "Looks like they’re not just targeting the Liu Family but secretly cultivating a team of Corpse Ghosts!"
"A Corpse Ghost team?"
Dongfang Chenyue gasped, "Are they insane? This violates heavenly principles and conscience, are they trying to destroy this dynasty? Properly deceased should be laid to rest; turning them into Corpse Ghosts will lead to chaos in the world!"
"Exactly, chaos is what they want!"
Yu Nianzhao raised her hand, the Judgment Blade materialized in her palm, she tilted her head and smiled slightly, "Seems like they want to silence me first; sending a whole team of Corpse Ghosts is quite a significant move."
"What should we do, Zhaozhao? Should we fight them head-on?" Dongfang Chenyue took out talismans she carried and said pitifully, "I only have these talismans, not sure if they’ll work."
With a sidelong glance, Yu Nianzhao shook her head and replied, "They’re completely useless, just stay here."
A distant bell sound echoed in the ears.
The Corpse Ghost team seemed to receive a command, rushing out from the shadows, ferociously pouncing towards Yu Nianzhao.
Seeing the Corpse Ghost’s sharp claws nearing, Dongfang Chenyue tossed the talismans without caring if they’d be effective.
The sharp claws tore the talismans to shreds, mercilessly swiping towards Yu Nianzhao’s face.
Time seemed to slow down, and Yu Nianzhao didn’t blink, flipping her palm and slashing the Judgment Blade in mid-air, transforming into a large knife radiating a golden glow, decisively cutting towards the Corpse Ghost’s head.
Black currents surged from the Corpse Ghost, unable to withstand the power of the Judgment Blade.
The leading Corpse Ghost’s head was severed, tumbling to the ground.
Its body kept moving, a mass of evil qi emerged, roaring, attempting to attach to Yu Nianzhao’s body.
"You don’t walk the road to Heaven, yet choose to barge into Hell?"
Accompanied by Yu Nianzhao’s icy voice, she formed seals in her hand, and the Red Lotus Karmic Fire ignited the Corpse Ghost Qi from bottom to top.
The flames burned vigorously, turning the Corpse Ghost Qi into ashes while faintly hearing its miserable cries in the air.
The other Corpse Ghosts were momentarily stunned by this scene.
The bell’s sound grew urgent.
The Corpse Ghosts hesitated momentarily before rushing towards Yu Nianzhao again.
Six or seven Corpse Ghosts leaped forward, Yu Nianzhao swiftly swung her blade horizontally; the golden light clashed with the black mist.
A loud crash, Corpse Ghosts splintered, crashing to the ground.
Yu Nianzhao held the Judgment Blade, stepping over the scattered remains, slowly moving close to the Corpse Ghosts.
Their vacant eyes retained the red glow, staggering as they instinctively opened their mouths, intending to gnaw on her flesh, only to be kicked away by Yu Nianzhao.
"Sure enough, they’re just newly refined Corpse Ghost brats, like Liu Han."
Yu Nianzhao’s gaze turned cold, "Seeing this on the surface, God knows how many more are hidden away; the Chu Family’s guts are growing bolder, seems like I’ve affected their profits, so they want to eliminate me."
[Quite audacious, daring to target the master?]
[Exciting! It’s just the right time for Old Judgment to show off!]
[Corpse Ghost Qi, I don’t even bother to ingest it.]
Jiu Ying’s voice was chattering.
Judgment Blade: [Master, the appearance of these Corpse Ghosts will disrupt human order.]
Yu Nianzhao stepped on the Corpse Ghost’s hand bones, nonchalantly said, "Oops! Sorry for your trouble, why cause disturbances even after death? Carelessly scattering body parts is quite rude."
If only it could speak, it would surely cuss.
Judgment Blade: [Master, there’s still an aura of that ghostly thing at the end of the street.]
Yu Nianzhao sensed it too, looking towards the shadows at the street’s end.
A tall figure cloaked in black was glaring at her with ill intent.
"Zhaozhao, is everything fine now? Why hasn’t anything around us changed? How do we leave this ghost realm?"
Dongfang Chenyue kicked away the corpse fragment near her feet in disgust, following Yu Nianzhao step by step.
"The one who set up the array is nearby; I need to catch them to break the ghost realm."
Yu Nianzhao focused on that figure, confidently smiled, "Or, I’ll break it through force!"
Just as she finished speaking, the tall figure at the end of the street lunged forward.
Dense evil qi rushed towards her, and Yu Nianzhao swung her blade without hesitation.
Unexpectedly, the tall figure turned into a shadow, darting towards Dongfang Chenyue.
Dongfang Chenyue’s face paled, quickly using her Magic Artifact, the runes on the Compass enveloping the figure, but was ineffective.
The vicious claws reversed, viciously attempting to extract Dongfang Chenyue’s heart, while Yu Nianzhao fiercely hurled the Judgment Blade, knocking Dongfang Chenyue away.
Missing by a mere inch, Dongfang Chenyue’s chest almost bore an extra hole.
As her body fell backward, the claws scratched her arm, causing her to fall to the ground in pain, her face turning pale.
"Ugly thing, are you ashamed to show your face?"
Seeing blood gushing from Dongfang Chenyue’s arm, fury brewed in Yu Nianzhao’s eyes.