Where have all these monsters gone?
Filled with questions, Li Yao and his group continued walking inside.
Suddenly, a faint sound of talking and strange laughter came from ahead.
Li Yao quickly quickened his pace and walked over.
A grand hall appeared ahead, its corridors adorned with lanterns shaped like human heads, illuminating the surroundings brightly.
The corridor floor was covered with a carpet made of human skin, and there were many leftover arms and legs scattered in the corners. A group of ghost soldiers were chatting and joking together, occasionally letting out strange laughs.
Chapter 439 Fighting for Territory
Who is it?
A group of ghost soldiers gathered in front of the Song Emperor's Palace noticed Li Yao and his party and were slightly taken aback.
Upon realizing they didn't recognize the newcomers, they immediately became alert, grabbed their weapons, and demanded sharply, "Who are you? What are you doing here?"
Li Yao glanced at the group of ghost soldiers and went straight to the point: "Quickly summon the old demon Caiwei to come out and see me!"
"How dare you! Who do you think you are, and what right do you have to see our King!"
A ferocious-looking ghost soldier, filled with resentment, shouted loudly.
The other ghost soldiers also had fierce eyes, each one looking extremely irritable and bloodthirsty.
"That ignorant fool dares to call our king an old demon! He's practically asking for death!"
"Hehe, we weren't full yet, and you guys just delivered yourselves right to our doorstep, so we won't be polite, hahaha..."
"Good, good, eat them, eat them..."
"..."
The eyes of the group of ghost soldiers immediately turned green, and they charged towards Li Yao and his group, each carrying their own weapons.
The first to charge forward was a burly demon, wielding a large, ghost-headed sword that gleamed with a chilling light, which he brought down towards Li Yao's head.
Li Yao stood still, motionless.
"Brother Li, get out of the way!"
When Nie Xiaoqian saw that Li Yao neither dodged nor avoided her, she was so shocked that her face turned pale, and she quickly shouted a warning.
The next moment, a group of ghost soldiers and several female ghosts, including Nie Xiaoqian, were all dumbfounded.
With a loud thud, the demon-headed broadsword struck Li Yao's head as if it were striking an iron head, shattering instantly in two.
Li Yao's head was completely unharmed!
Before the evil spirit that was attacking Li Yao could react, Li Yao's right hand had already turned into a claw and reached out to grab the evil spirit's neck.
A snap.
Li Yao snapped the evil spirit's neck, and the spirit's head rolled to the ground like a gourd, its face still showing disbelief.
Before the other ghost soldiers could react, Li Yao's eyes flashed like lightning, shooting out beams of electricity like lasers. These beams struck several ghost soldiers, and with a series of loud bangs, they instantly turned to ashes and their souls scattered, leaving them terrified.
The air seemed to freeze, and there was complete silence in front of the Song Emperor's Palace.
Only one ghost soldier remained, his face ashen and filled with terror. He fell to his knees with a thud, kowtowing repeatedly and begging for mercy: "Your Majesty, spare me! Your Majesty, spare me..."
"Are you now willing to summon that old demon Caiwei to come out and see me?"
Li Yao glanced at the ghost soldiers on the ground and asked indifferently.
"My king... no, I mean, the old demon Caiwei... he's not here!"
The ghost soldier said tremblingly.
Not here?
Li Yao frowned and demanded, "Where did he go?"
"I heard that Black Mountain... the Black Mountain Demon was killed by someone. When Caiwei Demon learned that the Dugui Demon and the Mountain Demon were rushing to the City of the Wrongfully Dead to seize Black Mountain Demon's territory, Caiwei Demon also led a large number of ghost soldiers and generals there, wanting to take over the City of the Wrongfully Dead..."
The ghost soldier quickly and honestly told the whole story.
The City of the Wrongfully Dead imprisons a large number of vengeful spirits and ghosts, which are important resources for improving one's cultivation level.
Therefore, a group of demon kings, including Caiwei Old Demon, Dungui Old Demon, and Shanxiao Old Demon, had long coveted the City of the Wrongfully Dead and wanted to take it for themselves.
However, the three old demons, Black Mountain Demon, Forgotten River Demon, and Painted Skin Ghost King, were originally demon kings and ghost kings in the underworld. They had a very good relationship and their power in the underworld was deeply rooted.
In addition, there's the intimidating effect of the Great Sage Equaling Heaven.
Therefore, the other demon kings did not dare to easily make a move against the City of the Unjustly Dead.
Now that the Black Mountain Demon is dead, the demon kings closest to the Biancheng Royal Palace are overjoyed upon hearing the news and immediately rush over, all wanting to take over the City of the Wrongfully Dead.
"Hmph! These demon kings are no pushovers!"
Li Yao snorted coldly.
After receiving this information, he kicked the last ghost soldier away.
"I've told you everything, so why...why are you still trying to kill me?"
The ghost soldier let out a miserable cry, his face filled with pain and confusion.
Did I say I would spare your life?
Li Yao said it casually.
These ghost soldiers are all bloodthirsty and no good; Li Yao would not let them off easily.
"You...you're so cruel!"
The ghost soldier let out a miserable cry and fell heavily to the ground, smashing into pieces.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, I am utterly loyal to you and will never betray you. Please, Your Majesty, do not kill me."
The wolf demon standing to the side was terrified when he saw Li Yao being so ruthless to the ghost soldiers who had confessed. He wondered if he would end up like them.
But now, his life is in Li Yao's hands, and he has no choice but to beg and plead.
"Don't worry, as long as you are willing to do good and stop committing evil deeds in the future, I can spare your life!"
Li Yao said.
"Yes, Your Majesty! I will never dare to do anything wrong again. Thank you for sparing my life!"
The wolf demon felt as if he had been granted a pardon and kowtowed repeatedly in gratitude.
"Alright, get up, quickly take us to the City of the Wrongfully Dead!"
Li Yao nodded slightly.
"Yes, sir!"
The wolf demon stood up and bowed obsequiously in agreement.
Then he led Li Yao and his group to the City of the Wrongfully Dead.
...
The City of the Wrongfully Dead is a city created by Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva for the ghosts who died unjustly, and it is adjacent to the Blood Basin of Suffering.
The city of the unjustly dead was originally under the jurisdiction of King Biancheng, the sixth of the Ten Kings of Hell.
Those who die unjustly are gathered in the City of the Unjustly Dead and imprisoned until their predetermined lifespan ends.
For example, if someone is destined to die at the age of ninety, but unfortunately dies prematurely at the age of forty, they will be gathered in the City of the Wrongfully Dead and imprisoned until they are ninety years old.
The ghosts imprisoned here did not die of old age, but died by suicide, disaster, war, accident, murder, or other forms of violence, all of which are considered unjust deaths.
Originally, the ghosts imprisoned here would be rewarded or punished, sent to hell or reincarnated, depending on their good or evil deeds in life, once their imprisonment period was over.
However, ever since the Black Mountain Demon took over the City of the Wrongfully Dead, he made the unjustly dead ghosts in the city fight each other, arousing their resentment and malevolence, in order to refine the vengeful spirits and provide them for the Black Mountain Demon to cultivate.
Therefore, the City of the Wrongfully Dead became a place even more terrifying than the eighteen levels of hell.
Now that the Black Mountain Demon is dead, all the demon kings want to devour this prize for themselves.
At this moment, outside the City of the Wrongfully Dead, the Old Demon of Picking Ferns, the Old Demon of the Dung Demon, and the Old Demon of the Mountain Demon are leading their respective ghost soldiers and generals in a fierce battle.
Chapter 440 When the snipe and the clam fight, the fisherman benefits.
The unjustly killed outside the city walls, amidst the deafening cries of battle.
Three groups of ghost soldiers and generals, dressed in different ways, charged together and fought each other, hacking at each other, creating complete chaos.
"Fatty, Scorpion, this is my territory now, what are you doing here causing trouble!"
A monster with a human face, long arms, a long, dark body, and a appearance very similar to an ape, held a fan in its hand and shouted angrily.
He is the old demon mandrill!
Because he occupied the Fifth Hall of the Underworld, which was closest to the City of the Wrongfully Dead, he was the first to receive news of the Black Mountain Demon's death and the first demon king to arrive at the City of the Wrongfully Dead.
However, before he could even enter the City of the Wrongfully Dead, the Scorpion Demon, the Old Demon Ghost, arrived with a large number of ghost soldiers and generals.
The two old demons argued for a while, then suddenly broke into a fight.
Subsequently, the old demon Caiwei also led a large number of ghost soldiers and generals to this place, also wanting to take over the City of the Wrongfully Dead.
None of the three parties would yield, and none would submit to the others.
Thus, the three sides clashed, and the battle became extremely chaotic.
"You stinking monkey, who do you think you are, daring to say this is your territory!"
Caiwei the Old Demon has a very bad temper and hates being called a fatso the most.
Immediately, he tore off his clothes, revealing his bare torso. On his abdomen, there were sixty-four navels, arranged in a regular pattern according to the positions of the Bagua (Eight Trigrams).
He thrust his large belly forward, and sixty-four navels shone with golden light, from which numerous weapons shot out, densely packed towards the mountain demon.
"Hmph, you old bastard, you think you can fight me? You're asking for death!"