Chapter 427 No martial ethics
The two rampant ghosts were stunned. They had not expected that this group of people could actually blow away the evil miasma. However, they reacted very quickly. When they saw their whereabouts were exposed, they immediately let out shrill ghost howls.

The screams of ghosts are sharp and piercing, going straight into the human brain, which can affect people’s mental consciousness and make people fall into a state of panic and confusion.

These two rampant ghosts not only screamed, but also bared their fangs and claws, relying on the fact that they were spirits and were not afraid of ordinary swords and knives. They pounced on the county soldiers, devoured their vitality, and sucked their blood.

That’s how they killed people before.

But this time, they made a wrong calculation.

What they were facing were elite county soldiers, who often assisted wizards in eradicating evil spirits. Although their cultivation was only at the Tongmai realm, they had rich combat experience and were particularly proficient in battle formations.

The moment he saw the demon, the captain shouted an order:

“Change formation—kill the ghosts!”

The nine county soldiers quickly adjusted their formation at the command of the squad leader.

Under the guidance and stimulation of the battle formation, strands of blood and energy were released from the bodies of the county soldiers. Although a single strand of blood and energy was not strong, after being gathered together through the battle formation, it turned into a bell-shaped cover that protected all the county soldiers.

The crying of the rampant ghost hit the bell cover, causing ripples of energy to burst out.

All the negative energy contained in the ghost’s crying was blocked outside the blood bell and could not affect the county soldiers.

Instead, it was the blood and energy of the county soldiers that passed through the battle formation and attached to their protective gear and weapons.

These armors and weapons had originally been strengthened by witchcraft, and now, stimulated by the blood and energy, they immediately burst out with bursts of sharp light.

As soon as the two rampant ghosts rushed up, they were trapped by the county soldiers in a battle formation.

The shield is in front to resist the attack of the rampant ghost.

Long swords and big spears followed, and they chopped and stabbed the rampant ghost fiercely.

It is true that demon ghosts are spirits, and it is indeed difficult to hurt them with ordinary physical attacks.

However, the weapons of the county soldiers were originally tainted with witchcraft, and now they were attached with blood, so even spirits could be hurt by them.

On the contrary, the attack of the two rampant ghosts was useless to the county soldiers.

The ghost energy that was chopped off was scattered in an instant, and the spirit body trembled.

Realizing that something was wrong, the devil turned around and tried to escape, hoping to reunite with his companions and then make a comeback.

However, the battle formation formed by the county soldiers was like a cage, trapping the two rampant ghosts firmly inside.

If you want to get out, you must break the formation.

But these evil spirits don’t know how to break the formation. If you force your way in, you won’t be able to get out.

Although they were stronger than the county soldiers, they were greatly suppressed and could hardly perform when the county soldiers formed a magic circle.

In an instant, the two rampant ghosts were defeated by the fierce attack of the county soldiers, and were then captured by Shang Lu with the Tu Bo Seal and sent to the underworld, becoming his achievement as a “ghost messenger”.

Sanniang looked down on these rampant ghosts and did not collect them into the tube banner, which gave Shanglu a chance.

“Great job, keep going!”

After Shang Lu praised the county soldiers, he looked at the back of his right hand.

The Tubo seal that appeared on the back of the hand was like a mouth that swallowed the ghost.

The county soldiers were also looking at Shang Lu carefully.

Just now they were fighting with the rampant ghosts, but Shang Lu just raised his hand and sucked the two rampant ghosts into his hand – in the eyes of the county soldiers, it seemed as if there was a real mouth in Shang Lu’s hand that was swallowing ghosts.

The county soldiers then realized that Shang Lu was not only friendly, but also a powerful wizard.

His orders were naturally carried out more seriously and carefully.

Under the leadership of Shang Lu, the county soldiers attacked along the planned route.

Shang Lu had no intention of stealing credit or gaining recognition, so he did not rush to take action along the way.

Whether he encountered an erratic and rampant ghost, a thick-skinned and pain-resistant puppet corpse, or a rice thief with all kinds of strange abilities, he would let the county soldiers go, and he would scout on the side.

He would only attack directly if the enemy was too strong or a county soldier was about to be injured. Otherwise, he would only assist by performing military sorcery to boost the morale of the county soldiers, inspire their fighting spirit, and strengthen their combat effectiveness.

Although the individual strength of the county soldiers is not strong, the combat power they unleash after forming a battle formation is enough to trap and kill even an enemy who has completed the marrow cleansing.

And after receiving the blessing of the witch officials and strengthening Shang Lu’s various military and witchcraft methods, he can even compete with enemies who have just started Qi Refining.

They quickly attacked the advancing county soldiers and killed several rampant ghosts, puppet corpses and rice thieves.

During this process, Shang Lu noticed that the battle formations listed by the county soldiers would be adjusted according to different types of enemies, so that the battle formations could always fight the enemy in the strongest form.

Shanglu not only looked carefully, but also studied seriously.

He had learned the art of battle formation in the military wizard class, but the knowledge in books was just dead, and only through actual combat could one understand it more deeply and comprehend more.

Even though Shang Lu did not directly command this 10-man county soldier squad, he still gained a lot from observing the squad leader’s command. At the same time, Shang Lu also asked the squad leader and county soldiers about the use and changes of battle formations during the march.

Seeing that Shang Lu, a wizard official of such a high status, actually asked questions to them, the soldiers, they were surprised and felt proud at the same time.

Everyone spoke one after another, vying to answer Shang Lu’s questions, wishing they could tell Shang Lu everything they knew to show off their abilities.

These county soldiers have already made up their minds that when the mission of suppressing bandits is completed, they will return and brag about it to their comrades in the army.

They had “instructed” the witch officer! This was something they could brag about for the rest of their lives!

Shang Lu listened very seriously and did not feel disdainful just because these people were far inferior to him in strength.

He is a beginner in the art of warfare. These county soldiers may not know the principles and deeper uses of warfare, but they have been practicing warfare and killing enemies with it for years, so they have rich feelings and experience.

These are exactly what Psoralea corylifolia lacks.

Just as Shang Lu was asking for advice seriously, he suddenly heard Sanniang’s reminder.

“A hundred steps to the right, there is a thief trying to escape, his strength is at the minor stage of Zhou Tian!”

Zhou Tian Xiaocheng? This kind of strength is not something the county soldiers can deal with.

However, Zhou Tian, ​​who has achieved minor accomplishments in his career, should be in the center of the valley, responsible for guarding the rice fields. How could he appear here?

Did you escape?

Although Shang Lu was curious, he didn’t think about it too much.

The thief was already a hundred steps away. If he attacked, he would definitely hurt the county soldiers.

When Shang Lu heard Sanniang’s warning, he took action without any hesitation. He picked up the Yazi slingshot, put ten green aphid coins on the bowstring, and according to Sanniang’s instructions, he shot at the invisible enemy in the evil mist.

When the county soldiers saw this scene, although they were surprised, they did not ask any questions and did not hesitate. They immediately adjusted their formation and prepared for battle.

Although they have not seen Shang Lu officially take action, Shang Lu has accurately predicted the enemy’s situation time and time again, which makes them firmly believe in Shang Lu’s ability in this regard.

“grown ups……”

The sergeant was about to ask about the enemy’s specific location, distance, type and strength, but before he could finish his words, he suddenly sensed a powerful evil spirit howling in from the evil miasma fog.

Shang Lu’s body flashed, he stood in front of the county soldiers, and suddenly opened his mouth and sucked.

“Whoosh-“

This cold and evil spirit, so strong that it made the county soldiers feel like they were suffocating and their blood was freezing, was swallowed by Shang Lu in a strange and bizarre way. The county soldiers protected by Shang Lu were unharmed.

After Shang Lu swallowed the evil spirit, he raised his hand and wiped his face, putting on the Nuo mask of the god with a pig body, eight legs and a snake tail.

Then the figure disappeared.

However, he used the earth escape technique to pounce on the He thief in the evil miasma fog.

He Zei was not feeling well at the moment.

The green aphid coins shot by Shanglu with the Jiaozi slingshot actually formed a battle formation during the flight!

The power contained in the ten Qingxie coins gathered together through the battle formation, like a green dragon, rushing straight towards the He thief.

The speed was so fast that by the time the He thief noticed, the Qingxie money was already in front of him.

The He thief was not affected by the evil miasma and had discovered the presence of Shang Lu and the others early on. He waited until they were within a hundred steps before launching a sneak attack, hoping to catch them off guard, severely injure Shang Lu, and kill the county soldiers.

But he never expected that when he launched the sneak attack, Shang Lu’s attack also came.

Not only is the speed extremely fast, but the accuracy is also extremely high.

The He thief hurriedly made hand gestures and cast a spell, spewing out evil energy from his mouth, trying to corrode the power of the Qingxie coins, to block and destroy them.

As a result, the Qingxie money that formed a battle formation directly dispersed his evil spirit.

Then, the force generated by the ten Green Fly Coins directly hit him. With a loud “boom”, the evil spirit that protected his body was shattered, and blood holes were blasted on his body.

“what–“

He Zei let out a scream and wanted to curse this bastard who had no martial ethics and even set up a formation while releasing hidden weapons.

But before he could utter the curse, his intuition told him that there was danger behind him.

He turned his head 90 degrees and looked behind him.

At the same time, backhand attack.

Unfortunately it was too late.

He only saw a figure, who emerged from the ground at lightning speed, and with a wave of his hand, a fire dragon attacked him.

No! He Zei soon discovered that what was attacking him was not a fire dragon, but a long sword burning with blazing flames!

This knife seems to have life.

Because He Zei felt that the flames on the blade were like a mouth, mocking him.

He Zei wanted to hide, but he didn’t know when, strands of hair quietly swept over him, entangled his body, and restricted his movements.

Before he could break his hands and feet, the witch sword with blazing flames came at him and chopped off his head.

The flames on the blade instantly burned He Zei’s head.

These flames also penetrated into the body of He Zei through the wound on the broken neck, transformed into fire knives, and stabbed into the strange “Red Child Yuanying”.

The “infant soul” in He Zei’s body was burned and screamed in pain.

What frightened him even more was that this burning witch sword was actually consuming his strength.

The severely injured He Zei could not withstand the burning of the witch sword’s flames with just his “Infant Nascent Soul”, not to mention that his power was also devoured.

So very soon, this “Infant Primordial Infant” stopped crying out.

By the time the squad leader and the county soldiers came over following the sound, the thief had already been killed.

His soul was taken away by Shang Lu using the Tu Bo Seal and thrown into hell to be punished.

Seeing the county soldiers coming, Shang Lu danced the burning witch knife in a circle in his hand, made a handsome flower knife move, and put it back into the sheath.

Then, without even looking at the burning corpse of the thief, he called out to the county soldiers: “Keep moving forward!”

The county soldiers responded solemnly, and showed a little more respect and fear for Shang Lu.

Before, Shang Lu only issued warnings, or used military witches’ methods to improve the combat capabilities of the county soldiers, but did not take direct action.

Although the county soldiers respected him, they were all there for him because of his identity as a wizard.

It was not until this moment when the county soldiers saw Shang Lu kill the grain thief in an instant that they realized how powerful Shang Lu was.

This thief only spit out a ball of evil spirit, but the county soldiers could not bear it and felt like they were “dying”.

But Shang Wuguan just raised his hand and swallowed up the evil spirit that made them despair, and then killed this powerful He thief in an instant.

This strength is truly shocking!
Not to mention that Shang Wuguan looked quite relaxed.

It gives people the feeling that not much effort was used.

Of course, the county soldiers didn’t know that the witch knife in Shang Lu’s hand could absorb power from the enemy’s wounds and provide it to Shang Lu.

And the evil energy that Shang Lu had just swallowed was transformed into his own strength under the help of his internal organs.

Under such circumstances, Shanglu did not consume much energy and even grew slightly.

Next, Shang Lu continued to act as he did before, only releasing his military witchcraft to empower the county soldiers, allowing them to line up and kill any rampant ghosts, puppet corpses, and rice thieves they encountered along the way.

But this time, the county soldiers no longer doubted Shang Lu’s strength.

Not long after, they encountered another soul flag.

Although there are not thousands or hundreds of rampant ghosts in this soul flag, there are still dozens of them.

Shang Lu did not let the county soldiers go up again.

He was using the county soldiers to practice military witchcraft, not to let the county soldiers die in vain.

Shang Lu raised his hand and wiped his face, then put on the Tubo Nuo mask, and used Tubo’s divine power to suppress the rampant ghost.

At the same time, he activated the Five Qi Refining Method, turning the county soldiers’ fighting spirit and morale into thunder and fire, bombarding the Soul Banner.

Amid the deafening thunder, the Soul Banner was blown to pieces.

The rampant ghosts trapped by the soul flags were either blown to pieces by the thunder and fire, or had their ghost gates opened by the Tu Bo Seal on Shang Lu’s right hand and were dragged into the underworld.

After annihilating the rampant ghost and destroying the soul flag, Shang Lu strode forward, stomped his foot hard, and destroyed the center of the formation under the soul flag in one fell swoop.

Once the center of the formation was broken, the evil miasma and fog in the surrounding area dissipated a little.

Everything went smoothly.

Shang Lu was a little surprised by how smoothly it went.

He originally thought that the strange murderous intent that flashed across his mind before would take advantage of the opportunity to cause trouble during the process of suppressing the bandits.

But up to now, he has not encountered any accidents.

But what Shang Lu didn’t expect was that as soon as the thought came to his mind, something strange happened.

This made Shang Lu curse inwardly: “Damn it, why didn’t my wish come true when I bought the Poker? Is it true that good things don’t work but bad things do?!”

(End of this chapter)