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Chapter 273 - 262: I’ve left! And I’m back again!

Chapter 273: Chapter 262: I’ve left! And I’m back again!

Zhang San saw the White-haired Ghost King walking toward him with a ferocious expression and immediately cast a pleading glance at Wu Tong.

Wu Tong promptly leaped in front of the White-haired Ghost King and said coldly, "This matter was ordered by our master and dominated by Fang Xiang. Even if you’re dissatisfied with Fang Xiang, you must wait for the master’s orders to act. Now, we must all follow Fang Xiang’s commands..."

Bang—

The White-haired Ghost King raised his hand and the white hair on it suddenly grew longer and turned black, like a thick brush, striking Wu Tong and sending him flying away.

Zhang San watched Wu Tong’s figure getting smaller and finally disappearing into the mist, and he realized the situation was not good.

Although it was possible that Wu Tong was momentarily careless or actually didn’t want to be involved, one thing was certain: this White-haired Ghost King was not afraid of Wu Tong and even dared to strike him, suggesting his combat power was no less than Wu Tong’s.

At that moment, Luo Liangfeng, who was behind him, shouted, "Military Chief Zhang, Military Chief Xu, this is the Hairy Ghost King, originally suppressed within Maoshan as one of the powerful ghost kings. His strength should be in the Late Period of the Spirit Platform Realm, and I fear he has made recent progress. We..."

Though Luo Liangfeng didn’t finish his words, Zhang San knew they meant either "little chance of good outcome" or "certain death."

Zhang San sighed helplessly.

At that time, as Wei’s team was approaching from behind, an intense chill also drew closer progressively.

Zhang San turned back and looked toward the rear of the team.

He saw a blue Ghost King blocking off the other end of the street.

"Hairy Ghost, since neither of us submits to Fang Xiang, why don’t we make a scene together!"[Note 80]

Zhang San turned his head to ask Luo Liangfeng behind him, "Do you recognize this blue one?"

"Also escaped from Maoshan, the Blue Ghost King. His strength is not inferior to the Hairy Ghost King."

Zhang San finally understood why there had been so many evil ghosts previously attacking the Maoshan Sect.

"Blue Ghost King, good! Let’s make a scene together! Let that Fang Xiang know, playing nice in front of his so-called master is useless! Only strength can dominate all!"[Note 81]

As the two ghost kings spoke, their bodies began to expand again.

Zhang San watched as the bodies of both ghost kings became enormous.

The White-haired Ghost King, in particular, turned into a tall Evil Ghost with black hair.

The Blue Ghost King, behind him, was emitting an immense coldness, so bone-chilling that even standing at a distance, one could feel the cold.

"Junior brothers, it’s our turn to make a move!"

Seventy-two elite corpses from the Maoshan Sect immediately took action.

However, after a full round of attacks on the Hairy Ghost King, not even the hair on his body was damaged.

The Blue Ghost, on the other hand, condensed cold Qi into a long spear in his hands, and with one thrust, blew a huge hole in the street.

Witnessing such destructive power, Wei knew at a glance that they were no match, absolutely no match!

Doomed!

Wei had a sharp sense of crisis, and at that moment, he knew that if that long spear had not fallen on the ground but on his body, his death would have been certain.

Not just him, everyone present, no one could withstand that strike!

So... Wei turned and ran.

The Blue Ghost, which had been intent on targeting Wei after the intimidation, felt as though he had merely blinked, and the human in front of him had vanished.

For a moment, the Blue Ghost King was even a bit bewildered, unsure if this was some cunning human trickery.

At the same time, Fang Xiang, who was manipulating the Compass to sense the object he had set up in Fengdu County City and its Formation, suddenly noticed someone running out of Fengdu County City.

Fang Xiang looked in shock toward the direction the person had fled, then glanced at the wheel disk in his hand.

"Impossible! I haven’t opened the exit; not even I holding the Compass can leave, so how did that human manage to do it?"

While escaping from Fengdu County City, Wei couldn’t help but curse as he walked.

"Why did I even bother helping others? If I had just run for it earlier, I’d already be gone!"

"What’s the use of helping others? In the end, doesn’t it just get yourself killed?"

"I’ve only learned this much, to never involve myself in cause and effect, not like you, you sounded so nice teaching us back then. What happened in the end? You just had to go be some goddamn loyal and upstanding official. And then what? Your entire family got wiped out by the Yuwen Imperial Clan, and only I escaped, just like today, just me again escaping by myself!"

As Wei cursed, he failed to notice his own tears sliding down his cheeks and falling onto the dead leaves beneath his feet.

Suddenly, Wei stopped in his tracks, involuntarily thinking back to the day his whole family was executed.

The weather was also gloomily overcast, as if it wanted to cry.

Clenching his teeth, Wei continued to walk forward.

"I really shouldn’t have made any friends."

"Xu, you too. You’re a living dead man, what’s it to you to worry about the living? Can you defeat either of those two Ghost Kings? Died once before and now to die again? I’ll have to go back and cry at your grave yet again!"

"And that damn kid, with all your troublemaking, why didn’t you just join the Heavenly Punishment Sect instead of the Town Martial Office?"

"Madness! Every one of you has a sick head!"

As Wei walked on, he suddenly noticed an old locust tree at the side of the road, its roots twisted and even bulging out of the ground in parts.

That shape, it was just like a youth clinging to an elder’s leg.

Just like the first time he met Zhang San, that brat clung to his leg and called him "Great Uncle."

"I’ll go back and learn Attack Techniques, and the next time danger comes, I’ll knock you two out first! That’ll save me worry! Damn it! I really shouldn’t have gotten to know you two sick-headed fools!"

And yet, as Wei spoke, he found himself turning back toward the direction of Fengdu County City, walking back where he came from.

Moreover, the more he walked, the faster he went.

Inside Fengdu County City, Fang Xiang finally figured it out—the other party had used the formation as a medium, employing a special Skill of Concealment to leave through the medium.

No wonder the other party could ignore the formation.

But Fang Xiang immediately adjusted the formation, separating the external Yin Qi and Death Qi with nothing in the center, completely empty.

By isolating it completely and exceeding the range of the formation, although it would be impossible for anyone outside to come in, it also ensured that nobody inside Fengdu County City completely surrounded by the formation could escape.

Fang Xiang breathed a sigh of relief, very satisfied with his own adjustments.

However, in the next instant, Fang Xiang noticed that the man who had just jumped out had come back.

And he had entered just like that.

Fang Xiang couldn’t understand how, even after adjusting the formation, the other party could still come in!

Why!?

Why the hell was this happening?

At that moment, Fang Xiang wanted to smash the Compass!

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[Note 80]Reference explanation

The Hairy Ghost is referenced from "Taiping Guangji·Volume 339," originally a black-haired ghost with a square, footed ghost as an assistant.

[Note 81]Reference explanation

The Blue Ghost is referenced from "Drunk Tea Records of the Strange·Volume One."