Chapter 316: Acquaintance Boss Niu, Above the Emperor Sovereign? How to Fight This? [10,000 Words]
Mu Rufeng followed Ma Shu into the City Lord Mansion and met the current head of the Ma Family, Ma Yong.
Ma Yong was not only the current head of the Ma Family but also the Great General of the Demon Suppression Army and a strong expert at the Divine Realm Peak.
"Minister Ma Yong greets the Crown Prince." Ma Yong, upon seeing Mu Rufeng arrive, hurriedly stepped forward to salute.
"General Ma, you may dispense with formalities. How is the current situation at the Ghost Cave?" Mu Rufeng inquired.
"Crown Prince, the situation is not optimistic. The Death Qi from the Ghost Cave is now only ten miles away from Demon Suppression City, and the people in the city can evacuate before sunset today."
"The Demon Suppression Army has four hundred thousand soldiers, Qin State has three hundred thousand soldiers, Lu State has five hundred thousand soldiers, Yu State has five hundred thousand soldiers, plus the Sixth Prince's two hundred thousand Hu Ben Army, totaling one million nine hundred thousand troops fighting against the undead creatures."
"Thanks to the Crown Prince's Array Map, we have not sustained significant damage. Although countless undead creatures have been slain by us, there are still endless undead creatures emerging from the Ghost Cave."
"Originally, there were five undead creatures at the Divine Realm, which have now increased to fifteen. So far, no undead creature at the Emperor Sovereign Realm has been discovered." Ma Yong reported the current situation in detail.
"How many are there at the Emperor Sovereign Realm in Qin State now?" Mu Rufeng asked again.
"In response to Your Highness, there are currently three Emperor Sovereign Ancestors: one is the Ma Family Ancestor, one is Senior Master Chun sent by His Majesty, and the last is one of the Seven Ancestors of Da Li," Ma Yong said.
Previously, people had organized martial artists to enter the Ghost Cave in an attempt to uncover what sort of existence it truly is.
However, existences at the Emperor Sovereign Realm cannot enter the Ghost Cave. Every Emperor Sovereign level expert standing before the Ghost Cave experiences intense palpitations and fear.
It seems that should they enter, they would face great terror.
For this reason, no Emperor Sovereign level expert dares to venture inside.
Even dying Emperor Sovereign level experts, thinking there might be opportunities beyond Emperor Sovereign in the Ghost Cave,
suppress their fear and enter the Ghost Cave, never to return again.
Dispatching those at the Divine Realm inside only leads to endless Death Qi and countless undead creatures. They are unable to penetrate further, and due to the erosion of Death Qi, they cannot stay inside for long.
"The Seven Ancestors should have arrived long ago; has the Bright Sun Pearl been activated?" Mu Rufeng inquired.
"No, the ancestor said to wait until there are enough undead creatures and their expansion is large enough before using the Bright Sun Pearl," Ma Yong stated.
The Bright Sun Pearl is an extremely powerful Ninth Rank Magic Treasure of the Yang Attribute.
It can naturally absorb any Power of the Fire Element and sunlight to replenish and accumulate Yang Power.
Yang Power has a great restraining effect on Death Qi and undead creatures.
The Bright Sun Pearl has absorbed decades of sunlight, overflowing with extremely powerful Yang Power.
Once the Bright Sun Pearl is activated, it will emit an even more dazzling and scorching aura than sunlight.
Therefore, they intend to let the Death Qi spread to a certain range and accumulate a certain number of undead creatures before activating the Bright Sun Pearl.
In this way, they can maximize the extermination of undead creatures and the elimination of Death Qi.
Hearing this, Mu Rufeng nodded.
"Demon Suppression City must not be engulfed by Death Qi. In two more hours, activate the Bright Sun Pearl," Mu Rufeng instructed.
"Yes, Your Highness, we also planned to activate the Bright Sun Pearl today to prevent any accidents, which is why we evacuated the common people first," Ma Yong replied.
Two hours later, it would be two o'clock in the afternoon, the time when Yang Qi is at its strongest.
"Let the soldiers withdraw and camp to rest near Demon Suppression City," Mu Rufeng said.
"Your Highness, it's only two hours, and those undead creatures at the Divine Realm can briefly leave the Death Qi, so we must continue attacking them," Ma Yong replied.
"Quite right, let them continue the assault. General Ma, attend to your duties; I shall go find the Seven Ancestors. Do you know where they are now?" Mu Rufeng inquired.
"In response to Your Highness, the three ancestors are near the battlefield; you should be able to find them," Ma Yong replied.
Mu Rufeng nodded and then left the City Lord Mansion with Ye Lin and the others.
Riding the Jiao Lin Horse, Mu Rufeng quickly arrived at a high ground in front of the battlefield.
Standing there, he could overlook the distant scene.
Before even approaching, he saw the ghost qi covering the sky.
Terrifying wails and screams echoed continuously from within.
Besides that, there were occasional flashes of divine light.
On both sides of the overwhelming ghost qi, soldiers stood in a phalanx formation.
With many Array Maps, they formed a Four Symbols Formation with ten thousand soldiers per phalanx, continuously emitting divine light against the Death Qi.
Mu Rufeng and the others were deeply shaken by this scene.
"It's ghost qi; all of it is ghost qi, but we can't quite see what kind of undead creatures are inside," Ye Lin said solemnly.
"Those divine lights sweep across, and we cannot make out what kind of undead creatures are inside," Jiang Caiwei shook her head.
"I reckon those undead creatures are something abnormal, more or less," Mu Rufeng said slowly.
"You all say that your Ghost Power has been transformed into Qi Blood Power. If ghost qi enters your bodies again, what would happen?" Mu Rufeng suddenly asked.
Everyone looked at each other, not knowing how to respond.
"We'll find out if we try," Ye Lin said.