The Great Bandit of Journey to the West

Chapter 72 with 1

The boundary between the realms of Yin and Yang is called the Yin-Yang Boundary, where many ghost kings reside.

In a ghost king's palace, more than a dozen ghost kings were drinking and making merry.

On a ghost king's table, a naked female ghost lay sprawled, her body covered with blood and food, which the ghost king enjoyed to his heart's content.

In another part of the main hall, a ghost king, disregarding the gazes of others, was having intercourse with three female ghosts in public, drinking wine and laughing wildly.

Among the many ghost kings, Erzhu Rong, Gao Huan, Gao Cheng, and others whom Wang Yuanzhi was worried about were among them.

Tuoba Tao looked at the chaos in the hall, a hint of displeasure appearing on his face.

Although Tuoba Tao was cruel and bloodthirsty, he could control his temper most of the time. Compared with the group of ghost kings in front of him, he was a rare "normal person".

Now, being forced to collude with these demon kings he despises is making it difficult for him to control his violent temper.

After a long while, he could no longer contain himself. He slammed his hand on the table, silencing the entire hall, and declared, "Now that we have gathered eighteen ghost kings, with a large and powerful army, it's time to begin our counterattack!"

Erzhu Rong's eyes flashed with a blood-red light: "After slaughtering those monks and Taoists, I will slaughter everyone in Daxing City, so that the world will remember my name once more!"

Gao Cheng pushed the female ghost off him, licked his scarlet tongue, and chuckled, "I've heard that Empress Dugu is incomparably beautiful. When we conquer Daxing, I'll definitely have a good taste of her!"

Hou Jing sneered, "Empress Dugu is so old, how could you bring yourself to kiss her?"

Gao Huan stepped forward and kicked his son Gao Cheng to the ground, saying angrily, "This beast slept with my concubine Zheng Dache when he was only fourteen! He just likes older women!"

Gao Cheng sat on the ground and laughed loudly: "Father, don't you also like beautiful women? Then we, father and son, can enjoy that Empress Dugu together!"

Gao Huan smiled with satisfaction: "That makes more sense. I'll go first!"

Gao Cheng excitedly waved his arms and legs: "Great! I'll be there to cheer Dad on!"

Tuoba Tao was furious with them. He strangled the female ghost who was pouring wine beside him and, too lazy to listen to their idle chatter any longer, said with a murderous aura: "Since you all have no objections, then let's set the time for tomorrow evening and launch an attack when they are about to finish the conference and are exhausted."

Hou Jing and Gao Huan, you should lead your troops in a feigned attack on the altar to lure away the Demon-Suppressing Army and the Longevity Army.

"Erzhu Rong, Gao Cheng, you two are responsible for holding off Jiang Feng and the others. I will lead the troops to slaughter the monks and Taoists on the altar!"

None of them had any objections, and the tactic was thus decided.

Meanwhile, Jiang Feng, who had returned to Cui Peng's residence, seemed to sense the impending crisis. He set up an altar and began to summon the spirits of the dead.

"By imperial decree of Ziwei, the fierce general descends. With golden spears and iron horses, protect my altar. Once a hero of the mortal realm, now a guardian spirit of the underworld. Hear my incantation, swiftly depart from the netherworld. Follow my command, lest you linger. So be it!"

"Please welcome Xiang Yu, the Hegemon-King... Please welcome Guan Yu... Please welcome Lü Bu, the Marquis of Wen..."

A long list of names was called out, but no one answered.

Undeterred, Jiang Feng continued his summons: "Please welcome Emperor Wu of Song, Liu Yu!"

The next instant, a cloud of white mist rose up, and a burly man clad in armor appeared before him.

Jiang Feng was stunned for a moment: "You're Liu Yu?"

Liu Yu looked impatient: "Didn't you summon me? How could you not know who I am?"

Jiang Feng said awkwardly, "I just called out casually, I didn't expect you to be so accommodating."

On another note, I have an old friend here who I've known for two and a half years, and he probably really wants to see you now.

Before Jiang Feng could finish speaking, a voice suddenly rang out above them.

"Liu Ji Nu!"

A gust of wind howled, and Sun En rode the wind to arrive, hovering above the courtyard, his eyes shining, eagerly staring at Liu Yu on the ground.

Liu Yu looked puzzled: "Who are you?"

Sun En was stunned for a moment, then roared furiously, "Today I'll show you who I am!"

After saying that, his hands flashed with lightning, and he struck Liu Yu with a palm strike.

Lightning crackled across Liu Yu's body, yet he seemed completely oblivious to the pain. He suddenly realized, "You are the sorcerer Sun En!"

Seeing that he hadn't actually recognized him, Sun En gritted his teeth in anger and kept slamming his palm lightning down.

Liu Yu leaped up amidst several palm strikes of lightning, and punched Sun En in the chest. Sun En was immediately struck hard, his face contorted as he was blasted away.

Liu Yu then ran a few steps, grabbed Sun En who was still flying backwards, threw him to the ground, and gave him a good beating.

Jiang Feng felt a pain in his teeth watching: "What a brutal fighting style! Sun En, you can't even beat them, yet you still have to provoke them like this."

Sun En was instantly beaten black and blue, and began to cry for help intermittently: "Help...help..."

Jiang Feng sighed helplessly, then took out a grenade and threw it towards them.

With a crisp bang, the grenade exploded, and a dazzling Buddhist light instantly illuminated half of Daxing City.

"ah--"

Sun En and Liu Yu were immediately blinded by the Buddha's light. They covered their eyes at the same time and screamed in pain.

"Can you stop now? You insist on letting me break up the fight."

Jiang Feng looked at the two people who looked miserable and said with an innocent expression.

[Your compassion and mercy dissuaded Liu Yu and Sun En from fighting. Your boundless love moved Heaven, and you are rewarded with the skill of "One Man as an Army, One Against a Thousand".]

After a while, Liu Yu recovered, his hands trembling as he covered his eyes and shouted, "Is this how you try to break up a fight? If you had just said 'stop,' I might have stopped!"

Sun En stopped rolling on the ground and chimed in, "That's right, I'll stop too!"

Jiang Feng couldn't help but retort, "The person who got beaten up has no right to say such things."

Amid Sun En's indignant expression, Jiang Feng recounted the current situation to Liu Yu, concluding, "That's how it is. You and Sun En are the strongest ghost kings I could find. The responsibility of resisting the evil spirits rests on your shoulders."

Liu Yu's eyes gleamed with anticipation as he said, "It's been so long since we've had a war. It'll be perfect to have some fun with them!"

Sun En looked at him and said, "I never thought that we two mortal enemies would one day join forces against an enemy. It's truly a cruel twist of fate."

Liu Yu smiled contemptuously: "Don't flatter yourself. If I hadn't just been promoted and was short of soldiers and supplies, I would have thought you were someone special if you could have lasted even half a month under me, let alone two and a half years."

Sun En was speechless.

Even if what you said is probably true, I still have my pride, don't I?

My men are all watching, they should at least give me, the Celestial Master, some face!