nucmednet Chapter 54 Fighting the Ghost General
Chapter 54 Fighting the Ghost General
Beneath their feet lay sticky black soil, mixed with dried blood and rotting corpses.
The air was thick with the stench of blood and corpses, making one want to vomit.
The sky above was a hazy gray.
Countless crows circled and flew low in the sky.
Dark wings sliced through the heavy air, emitting a "cawing" sound.
Several vultures flapped their filthy wings and landed on the mountain of corpses.
Its sharp beak ripped through the remaining flesh with a frenzied, teeth-grinding sound.
The scene was grotesque and terrifying.
"This... seems to be a battlefield?"
Li Qingchen frowned and muttered to himself.
He raised his hand and rubbed his throbbing temples, his mind a complete blank.
"Where did I get this for?"
Li Qingchen gripped the hilt of his sword tightly, his eyes warily scanning his surroundings.
Corpse, crow.
Vultures, scattered weapons.
In the distance, the ruins of the city walls, ravaged by war, are faintly visible.
The lingering smell of gunpowder mingled with the stench of blood in the air.
Everything looked incredibly real.
It was so real that he could feel the damp cold of the black soil beneath his feet and smell every nauseating odor.
but……
Li Qingchen used his sword to slash open his palm.
The sharp blade gently sliced through the palm.
Warm blood gushed out instantly, dripping through his fingers.
But strangely enough...
There was only a slight sensation in my palm, but no pain whatsoever.
"So, this is an illusion?"
He pondered in a low voice, his doubts deepening.
Is this a game? Or reality?
Just then.
A series of heavy footsteps came from the center of the dilapidated city.
"Thump—thump—thump—".
Every step felt like stepping on people's hearts.
Accompanied by the screech of armor and the screeching sound of a broadsword dragging on the ground.
An even more intense and violent aura than before surged towards Li Qingchen like a tidal wave.
[Hint: The Ghost General has issued a battle challenge. Swordsman, there is only one way to tame a ghost pet: defeat the vengeful ghost completely!]
Surprisingly, the game text continues.
Am I still in the game?
Is it because the ghost realm forcibly came into reality to seize people, thus causing the suppression?
No matter what.
The scene before us is so real that it transcends the limitations of text.
Li Qingchen must take this seriously.
The Ghost General was walking towards him step by step.
Li Qingchen noticed that it was a full three meters tall and was extremely large.
Dark, ghostly energy surged continuously on the rusted armor.
His previously flimsy body now appeared much more solid.
It lifted the broadsword with one hand, the blade glowing with eerie green flames.
"Once I defeat you, you'll obey me, right?"
Li Qingchen drew his sword.
"roar--"
The Ghost General let out a roar, swung his broadsword, which was wreathed in eerie flames, and slashed towards Li Qingchen.
Li Qingchen dared not be careless in the slightest.
He touched the ground with his toes and quickly retreated.
At the same time, make hand gestures with your fingertips.
The Frost Silver Sword soared into the air, transforming into a streak of light that pierced straight into the Ghost General's chest.
The Ghost General parried with his sword.
The sword light was imbued with the Buddhist chants of the Great Sage.
Swords clashed, and the clang of the blades grew even louder!
The golden light and the eerie green ghost fire collided, producing a sizzling sound and sparks flying everywhere!
The surrounding corpses were burned by will-o'-the-wisps and kept dissipating!
"receive!"
Li Qingchen sheathed his sword.
The Ghost General's hardness far exceeded expectations.
Although its soul was weak, it retained its fighting instincts from its previous life and reacted with incredible speed.
As Li Qingchen pondered how to subdue it, the Ghost General suddenly appeared in front of him as if by teleportation, slashing down with its greatsword!
Clang!
The immense force caused Li Qingchen's arm to go numb, and he involuntarily staggered back several steps, even drawing a trace of blood from the corner of his mouth.
"So strong!"
Li Qingchen was secretly alarmed.
I never expected the Ghost General's attack to be so terrifying.
Li Qingchen quickly adjusted his breathing and flicked the spine of the sword with his fingertips again.
The tone of the Great Sage's chant suddenly rose, and the golden light became even more mellow and resonant!
The ghost general became increasingly agitated by the chanting.
Li Qingchen activated the Heavenly Freedom Technique to create distance.
Taking advantage of its loss of consciousness, Li Qingchen used a freezing technique, while dense, blood-red sword energy emanated from his body.
The Bloodthirsty Sword Qi of Immortal Slayer!
The immobilization lasts only a second, but that's more than enough for a sword aura that moves at almost instantaneous speed!
Sword energy instantly pierced through the overwhelming ghostly aura!
The Ghost General let out a mournful roar, his body trembling violently.
The ghostly aura emanating from him receded like a tide, and his rusted armor crumbled away piece by piece.
Soon, its enormous body turned into yellow earth and vanished with the wind.
Li Qingchen sheathed his sword and took a short breath.
Wait quietly.
however--
"Why is there no text prompt?" Li Qingchen had a bad feeling.
"Could it be...?"
rustling.
A faint sound came from behind.
The yellow dust that had just dissipated with the wind suddenly seemed to come alive, gathering together and attaching itself to a nearby corpse.
In the blink of an eye.
The corpse was enveloped in a dark, ghostly aura, and its body rapidly expanded, transforming once again into a three-meter-tall ghost general.
The violent aura remained undiminished, and was even more intense than before.
The Ghost General has been resurrected!
Another teleportation.
In the blink of an eye, the Ghost General arrived in front of Li Qingchen!
Li Qingchen instinctively parried with his sword.
Clang! Clang! Clang!
The two sides clashed fiercely once again.
"What's going on? Is this ghost general immortal?"
"Or is it that it can possess corpses and resurrect indefinitely as long as there is a corpse?"
Li Qingchen was filled with doubt.
There was no time to think.
Li Qingchen immediately used the immobilization technique again, while simultaneously unleashing the Immortal Slaughtering Blood Fiend Sword Qi, shooting it towards the Ghost General.
However, this time...
The time the Ghost General was frozen was reduced slightly, to only half a second.
After the sword energy subsided, the Ghost General was once again reduced to nothing.
However, Li Qingchen dared not be careless in the slightest. He forcibly circulated his inner strength and gathered another burst of Blood Fiend Sword Qi.
Sword energy scattered like fireworks, shooting towards all the corpses within the city—
He wanted to completely remove the corpses and cut off any possibility of the Ghost General's resurrection!
However, this attack was ultimately insufficient to completely eliminate all the corpses.
The loess quickly gathered up again.
The Ghost General has been resurrected again, and the speed of his resurrection is getting faster and faster.
What alarmed Li Qingchen even more was...
The Ghost General's condition has changed:
Its body, which was initially three meters tall, has grown increasingly larger, now approaching four meters.
The tattered armor turned an intense red, as if it had been scorched by a raging fire;
The ghostly flames on the broadsword grew increasingly intense, their eerie green tinged with a hint of scarlet, and their malevolent aura became even more ferocious.
"This guy... he actually evolved?" Li Qingchen asked in surprise.
Just then, the game text appeared.
You failed to subdue the Demon General within the time limit!
You failed!
Li Qingchen's vision went black again.
When I opened my eyes again, the world around me had become what it is today.
Li Qingchen steadied himself and checked the game progress.
[During your battle with the Ghost General, your true form was attacked by the Perfumer.]
[Swordsman, you've been turned into perfume! You are dead!]
"It seems that being pulled into the Ghost Realm by the Ghost General won't affect my progress in the game. The Perfumer must have noticed something amiss and rushed over here."
Li Qingchen thought to himself.
This time, we did achieve something.
At least we now know that the Ghost General can be subdued, but we need a way to do so.
Thus, after using up his remaining resurrection attempts, Li Qingchen was left with nothing but waiting.
Waiting for the next opportunity to compete with the Ghost General.
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