In the Blade

Du Chengfeng had never thought that he would actually catch a ghost one day.

He had never seen such a thing as a ghost. After all, it didn't seem like there would be ghosts in this world. If ghosts really existed, he would have been killed by the ghosts long ago after he had killed so many people.

Of course, if there were ghosts, he wouldn't care. They couldn't beat him when he was alive, so how could they beat him after he became a dead ghost?

"So, what's wrong with you?"

Du Chengfeng once again carefully studied these strange virtual soldiers.

Although these virtual soldiers looked brave, they were mostly brave in visual effects. In terms of actual combat power, they might not even be able to beat those masters of evil spirits. For example, Du Chengfeng himself didn't spend much effort to kill those virtual soldiers who broke into the houses just now.

If it were those masters of evil spirits, they would probably be in a similar situation with the blessing of the evil spirit swordsmen.

The only one who had something to say was the ghost general who gave orders, but this ghost general was not too strong. If you must find something to compare him with, it would probably be like He Xiqing who had not turned into a monster - maybe this ghost general could beat some ordinary evil masters, but that was the extent of it.

In short, this team could only bully ordinary people or ordinary masters at most.

So, since these virtual soldiers were weak, Du Chengfeng had no intention of killing them all. He only killed those virtual soldiers who broke into the houses, and simply circled the rest with flames and brought them back.

"Tell me, who asked you to come."

After studying the strength of these virtual soldiers, Du Chengfeng lost interest in these new things.

"I'll count to ten. If you don't tell me, don't blame me."

With that, Du Chengfeng raised his right hand, ready to send these virtual soldiers away with a knife.

"One, three, nine..."

"Wait!"

Just when Du Chengfeng was about to wave his hand, the leading ghost general suddenly shouted.

"Don't do it! We are one!"

"Who is your one?"

Du Chengfeng was amused. This ghost general was quite flexible.

"It's too late to surrender. I said I would count to ten. Since you don't say it..."

"Not one of us?"

The illusory ghost general was stunned for a moment, raised his hand and pointed at Du Chengfeng's right hand.

"You...are not a Chu person?"

"...Hmm?"

Du Chengfeng subconsciously glanced at the direction of the ghost general's finger.

On his right hand with a steely luster, there was a dim fire phoenix pattern hovering there, spreading its wings and ready to fly.

Strictly speaking, this is indeed the mark of the Chu people, because this mark represents the remaining consciousness of the last descendant of the Chu people. The black fire sword that hosted the gray-black fire phoenix was smashed by three mountains during the battle in Sanshan Town, and those fragments were forged together with Du Chengfeng's flesh and blood.

In other words, the gray-black fire phoenix has really fulfilled its long-cherished wish to some extent. It really occupied Du Chengfeng's body, even if it was only a small part.

And this also gave Du Chengfeng's right hand the power of a war sword.

"So... you are also Chu people?"

Thinking of this, Du Chengfeng once again looked at these illusory soldiers and generals.

Before, he was busy thinking about ghosts, but he didn't look closely at the armor styles of these illusory soldiers and generals. Now he looked closely, and the armor and equipment on these people really looked like those Chu people he had seen in his memory.

Especially those long and short spears, which can be regarded as the iconic weapons of the Chu people. After all, he really only remembers that the Chu people in his memory had equipped the spear. After the demise of the old Chu, the spear seemed to disappear, or it was replaced by the crescent halberd that can also hook and parry.

After all, weapons also change with the development of the times. When stronger and stronger materials appear, the old weapon structure will be replaced by a new style.

In other words, a new generation of soldiers replaces the old soldiers.

"So what's the matter with you?"

Seeing that these old Chu Yin soldiers had no intention of confronting him, Du Chengfeng drew out the big knife beside him and waved it, so that the flames that burned these Yin soldiers faded away, leaving only a circle of fire.

After these Yin soldiers showed a relaxed expression, Du Chengfeng continued to ask.

"Did the people of Jishui Town provoke you? According to the customs of the Chu people, don't you only fight strong enemies?"

"We...ah."

The leading ghost general sighed.

"We, too, have no choice."

According to the ghost general's narration, Du Chengfeng roughly understood what happened.

This Chu army originally came to this area during the war years. At that time, the Chu State had not yet developed into the later Chu Empire, so it also needed to use troops everywhere and fight other enemy countries. It was at that time that this Chu army chose a nearby hilltop as a base to build a fortress, on the one hand for a good view, and on the other hand for easy defense and difficult attack.

And that mountain is now Liuhua Mountain.

However, at that time, Liuhua Mountain was not called Liuhua Mountain, and the Liuhua Mountain area was not completely controlled by the Chu people. Therefore, when these Chu troops recruited civilians, their methods were inevitably a little rough. This was naturally nothing to the Chu army. It's okay, after all, they did this even if they recruited the Chu people, but for the local people who had just been brought under the rule of the Chu people, this was somewhat difficult to accept.

So these locals found a helper.

"They found a man wearing tiger skin."

Even just talking about it, Oni General still looked frightened.

"He must be wearing tiger skin. Anyway, we never saw his face clearly. We didn't even realize what happened. Everyone was killed by him... and then we became Such a ghost look.”

Having said this, the ghost general smiled to himself.

“There is no body, no life, no will, not even the ability to move freely... Whatever he asks us to do, we will do it. We can only obey his orders, just like those people who were eaten by tigers in the story and became Like a ghost."

"this……"

Du Chengfeng started scratching his head.

"Haven't you ever thought about resisting? Come on, all the Chu people I know died in battle, and none of them surrendered."

"We...can't resist."

The ghost general opened his mouth, but finally lowered his head in shame.

"After all, he still holds our general's flag in his hand."

"General's flag?"

Du Chengfeng was stunned.

If he remembered correctly, he happened to have such a thing in his hand, but he had studied and played with the general flag. Didn't he remember that the general flag had this function?

"Yes, general flag."

The ghost general nodded.

"That tiger-skinned man used evil methods to restrain our souls and sealed them inside the general flag. As long as he still holds the general flag in his hand, we can only obey his command, just like... …”

"It's like an evil spirit."

Du Chengfeng concluded for this stupid general.

Having said this, Du Chengfeng completely understood the operating mechanism of these ghost soldiers and ghost generals. They were not so much ghosts as they were some special application mode of evil energy - or, in other words, a kind of evil energy similar to evil spirits. Special application mode, after all, these ghost soldiers and ghost generals are far more convenient than the evil spirit that only knows killing.

If it were an ordinary evil spirit, even Du Chengfeng would have a hard time blasting it from Liuhua Mountain to Jishui Town in the distance. Although the distance is not too far in flying, it would still be quite a long distance if you actually do it. distance.

But it was different if it were replaced by these ghost soldiers and ghost generals. Not only could they take the initiative to set off from Liuhua Mountain to Jishui Town, they could also get into every household to carry out precise killing missions - although in terms of results, because Du Cheng Feng's side took action, but they couldn't finish it, but what if his side wasn't there?

These dark soldiers who come and go without a trace may only be considered average in terms of the battle itself, but in terms of execution that requires attention to detail, they far surpass those so-called evil spirits.

But after all, they are still similar to evil spirits.

Just like the evil spirit needs to be attached to the weapon and will be controlled by the holder of the weapon, these Yin soldiers will also be controlled by the holder of the general flag.

"So do you want to consider changing to a general flag?"

Du Chengfeng thought for a moment and then touched the Huangtian Cervical Sword on his waist.

But whoever wanted to touch it directly ended up in vain.

"Ah this."

Only then did Du Chengfeng remember that he had brought the Huangtian Cervical Sword with him for convenience. However, after being forged by three mountains, Huangtian's cervical vertebrae had also been smashed—— Fortunately, he had already put the judge's pen back in the collection room in Wangyou Township, otherwise this treasure would have been smashed to pieces.

But overall it's okay. It was just smashed, not lost. The Emperor's Cervical Sword, like the Black Fire Broadsword that has become the best sword in the world, is melted together with his body. This is quite surprising. It’s easier for him to pick up things.

"Sorry, I was distracted just now."

With that said, Du Chengfeng made a virtual gesture with one hand, and then pulled out the flag from the storage room far away in Wangyou Township.

"Look, do you want to change the flag and join me?"

"this……"

Looking at the old battle flag and facing the familiar fire phoenix pattern on the battle flag, these ghost generals and soldiers even fell into a trance for a while.

Under the night, the fire phoenix war flag fluttered in the wind, as if the great Chu of the past appeared in front of them again.

only……

"It can't be done."

The ghost general smiled bitterly.

"That's not something we can decide."

Immediately afterwards, the ghost general picked up his weapon again and plunged into the ring of fire blocking the outside.

The ring of fire burned the ghost general's body, which made the ghost general once again show a painful expression, but both the ghost general and the illusory soldiers gritted their teeth and rushed into the fire.

It was as if something was urging them.

"Hey, no, if you can't do it, you can't do it. Why are you committing suicide?"

Du Chengfeng quickly controlled the fire ring to get out of the way. He didn't expect these dark soldiers and ghost generals to be so brave.

If they don't agree with each other, they will get into the fire, and if they agree with each other, they can see through these evil soldiers and ghost generals with just a big flag?

"no……"

The ghost general turned his head with difficulty and spoke with great effort.

"It's the general's flag... our general's flag, the tiger is urging us to go back."

But we don't want to go back.

Although he didn't say it out loud, just by looking at the expressions of these dark soldiers and generals, Du Chengfeng already understood what they meant.

They can't disobey orders from afar, but they don't want to continue to live a life of helplessness, so death becomes a relief for them - anyway, they have already died once, and it will be the same if they die a second time.

What's more, even if they wanted to die before, they couldn't do it. Now that they suddenly have the opportunity to die, how can they not die?

"Then he definitely can't die!"

Du Chengfeng simply removed the flames.

There was obviously no burning flame, but the expressions of these dark soldiers and ghost generals became more painful, as if what had just been removed was not the flames, but their last hope.

"You are from Chu too! Why don't you give us a good time!"

The expression of the leading ghost general became more and more ferocious.

"You are also from Chu! Why don't you let us rise from the ashes! Why!"

"Well, first of all, let me state that I am not from Chu."

Du Chengfeng raised his hand to indicate that this kind of thing should not be done wrong.

"Besides, you really can't die. Not only can't you die, you have to go back."

"Go back? You mean to let us continue to work as dogs for that tiger-skinned man?"

The angry-eyed ghost will gnash his teeth.

"You bitch! Are you still a human being!"

"What you said means that I am indeed a human being. Can't you see that?"

Du Chengfeng started scratching his head.

"No, if you don't go back, how will I know where that tiger-skinned man is? You can't just scan Liuhua Mountain, right? Wouldn't that be too troublesome?"

"you……"

The ghost general who was still furious was suddenly stunned.

The desire for eternal sleep blinded his reason, so much so that he forgot that there was another thing they could do when they returned.

For example, take back this strange iron man who claims that he is not a descendant of the Chu people, but has the fire phoenix of the Chu people printed on his hands.

It's just that they themselves are bound to be unable to disobey the tiger, but if they add this strange iron man...

"No way."

Gritting his teeth, the ghost general shook his head.

"We will not take you back. It is impossible for you to fight against that tiger-skinned man. You have no idea what that monster means. It is simply not something that human beings can contend with..."

While saying this, the figures of those Yin soldiers and ghost generals gradually dimmed and disappeared.

"It's too late, we can't survive anymore. I hope that the next time we meet, you can kill us with your own hands before you die..."

But we hope you can survive, young Chu warrior.

Before he finished speaking, the figures of those dark soldiers and ghost generals completely disappeared and were no longer traceable.

Du Chengfeng was left standing there, scratching his head.

"So what does it mean? Why can't humans compete?"

Du Chengfeng was quite puzzled.

"But... when we meet next time? Does Hezhu mean it for me?"