Shennong Dao Master
Chapter 460 - 49: The Battlefield Ghost Hits the Wall, Liu Tianning’s Preaching (6K)

Chapter 460: Chapter 49: The Battlefield Ghost Hits the Wall, Liu Tianning’s Preaching (6K)

In the dark night, Wang Debiao was yawning in the shack next to the melon field. He was the Minister of Agriculture on night watch tonight, but being merely a ninth grade, he was not responsible for defending against enemies.

The one responsible for guarding against enemies was an eighth-grade priest in the adjacent shack.

The weather in the Southern Desolate was unpredictable. Wang Debiao’s duty was to monitor the nighttime growth of the Wuyuan melons, ensuring these delicate sprouts were not harmed.

"Hoo~" The oil lamp on the table flickered suddenly. However, Wang Debiao did not notice anything unusual.

In the other shack, the eighth-grade priest Lin Yuan suddenly opened his eyes, looking out with suspicion.

He stepped out of the shack, activated his clear sight to inspect the Wuyuan melon field, but saw nothing.

Little did he know, there was already a squad of ghost power warriors on the ridge of the field.

However, the spells of Morick and Qi Yuanzi were profound, beyond the detection range of Lin Yuan.

Lin Yuan only saw a grass man standing in the melon field, appearing lifeless.

"I wonder what purpose Mr. Zhao’s grassman serves. It looks rather eerie," Lin Yuan thought the unease in his heart came from the grass man.

He was about to return to the shack.

Suddenly—

"Swish~"

The motionless soul-binding grass man suddenly extended its right hand, with a vortex in its palm, stabbing forward.

"Wuuu~" Although there was only air in front, a wailing sound echoed.

This sound was inaudible to others, unnoticed by Wang Debiao, but heard by Lin Yuan.

Because it was the cry of ghosts!

"What?!"

Lin Yuan’s heart raced, he decisively made a swift motion with his palm, then wiped it over his closed eyes.

"Heaven and Earth sweep across the Six Harmonies, Yin and Yang True Eye Technique!"

The priest’s True Eye Technique!

Using heart blood to cast the True Eye Technique could enhance the ability to detect ghosts!

But this method couldn’t last long, as the effect would disappear once the blood stains dried.

After casting the True Eye Technique, Lin Yuan finally saw the source of the anomaly.

"What? It’s hidden souls?!"

Lin Yuan saw a squad of unique ghosts, ten in number, their forms extremely phantasmal, akin to the distinctive sword cultivators among martial artists. Among ghosts, there were also those skilled in stealth, which Lin Yuan called ’hidden souls.’

They were almost as unnoticeable as ’Nie.’

But what surprised Lin Yuan more was that this squad of unique hidden souls were panic-stricken and fleeing in all directions.

One of the hidden souls had its chest pierced by the grass man in the Wuyuan field, its form rapidly shrinking until it howled and vanished within three breaths.

"No, it didn’t disappear, it was absorbed!" Lin Yuan’s scalp tingled; his knowledge was limited, and he had never heard of any grass man that could absorb souls.

Moreover, hidden souls were hard to detect. How did the grass man sense them?

Could all of this be within Mr. Zhao’s calculations?

"Kill!"

After a brief shock, Lin Yuan immediately fulfilled a priest’s duty. He grabbed the soul lamp and drew the soul-slaying curved sword from his waist, chasing the squad of hidden souls.

"What’s going on? What’s going on?" Wang Debiao woke up suddenly. He heard Lin Yuan’s voice and had just walked out when he saw Lin Yuan chasing what seemed to be air.

"Crap!" Wang Debiao instantly understood, quickly retreating back inside, closing the shack door, and sticking a talisman on it.

Mr. Zhao had instructed them that if ghost attacked, those ministers of agriculture like them, who had few means to deal with ghosts, should stay inside the talisman-protected shack and not come out.

Wang Debiao trembled in the shack.

"It’s over, it’s over. Ghosts from the Holy Spirit Royal Court have invaded Tonghuo City."

"Am I going to die?"

"Sigh, I’m still a bachelor at thirty, haven’t even taken a wife or had children. Dying like this is really unjust."

Wang Debiao was filled with anxiety. He had fought in the army for so long and had always won easy battles.

This was his first encounter with real danger.

"Bang bang bang!"

There were rapid knocks on the shanty door. Wang Debiao retreated to the eternal lamp, sweating, a wisp of yin wind swirling around him.

His Yin Wind Skill was only a mid-level third transition, not particularly effective against ghosts.

But it was the only spell he had that could affect ghosts.

"Bang bang bang!"

The door of the shack was being battered loudly, scaring Wang Debiao.

He felt as if a malevolent spirit could break in at any moment.

After a minute, however, the noise ceased, and peace returned.

Mustering his courage, Wang Debiao approached the door, trying to observe the outside through the crack.

As soon as he got close, he saw a pair of eerie green eyes, their pupils swirling like vortexes.

Grass was growing around the eyes!

"Mother!" The bizarre sight frightened Wang Debiao so much he stumbled backward, falling on his butt.

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"This Wang Debiao is so pathetic, how can he be so scared?"

Zhao Xing floated in the air, commanding the soul-binding grass man.

Since taking the Life Soul Pill, his control over the grass man had greatly enhanced, significantly increasing the number of Grassman Skills he could employ.

Now, a thousand soul-binding grass men operated in the northern planting area.

Most were spread in the four directions of the planting zone, while a few were scattered in different fields.

Knowing their opponent was the Holy Spirit Royal Court, Zhao Xing had naturally made ample preparations.

When dealing with ghosts, the best spells were [Yin Wind] and [Soul-Binding Grassman].

The soul-binding grass man had a unique trait when facing a ghost army: the more they fought, the stronger they became!

They could bind one or multiple ghosts within the grass man, harnessing part of the ghost’s power.

For instance, binding a ghost power warrior would make the soul-binding grass man immensely strong. Binding a hidden soul would greatly enhance the grass man’s mobility.