Chapter 60: The Core of the Formation
Dragon City, Slums
The Red-Faced Ghost had clearly been killed by Chu Wujiang, but was reborn in the fire, although he looked much weaker.

And trouble ensues.

After the death of the red-faced ghost, it seemed to become smarter. It began to avoid Chu Wujiang and set fires at the fire scene. It also sent out ghosts to kill ordinary people.

The people in the slums were still calling for help and fleeing, but the ghosts were haunting them, causing the death toll to increase significantly.

Every minute and every second, someone is burned to death or suffocated to death at the fire scene.

In the face of a huge fire, only a few people were actually burned to death, and more were suffocated to death by poisonous smoke in despair.

The Snow Girl seemed to realize something and shouted:

[My Lord, be careful. There is something strange about this red-faced ghost.]

[Any ghost will be shattered if its soul bead is broken, but I only got part of its memory just now.]

[It must be connected to the formation to be able to come back to life! ]

[The formation must be broken! ]

A demon ghost is troublesome enough, but what is more troublesome than a demon ghost is that it also has the attribute of immortality.

What’s more troublesome is that this red-faced ghost has become smarter.

It floated in the air, using its air advantage to spit out fiery snakes and kill people everywhere.

A warrior must reach at least the late Yuandan stage before he can fly freely in the air like the old butler.

【What a troublesome guy. 】

Chu Wujiang and Coach Wang attacked successively, interrupting the spraying of the two fire snakes. The red-faced ghost then let out a strange laugh and shrank back.

This slum is very large, with a population of nearly 100,000 people living there. There are enough people for it to kill. After it has killed them all, it may be able to gather resentment and upgrade to a fierce ghost.

If it was a demon ghost, Chu Wujiang and others could still suppress it successfully. But once it turns into an evil ghost, things would become troublesome.

The appearance of any evil spirit could cause a thousand miles of barren land.

Chu Wujiang immediately gave the order:

"Coach Wang, gather the guards."

"Be careful not to be left alone and attacked by the red-faced ghost."

Coach Wang immediately blew the whistle, and the guards who had been fighting the fire at the front line retreated back and formed a nine-square formation around Chu Wujiang.

There are twenty-seven guards in total, and each of them is a powerful person who has reached the great success or even perfection of the Yuantai realm.

Warriors who have reached the great stage of Yuantai are considered the backbone of noble families, and are also a favorable guarantee for them to control the army.

A person without servants cannot command an army even if he passes the imperial examination.

Therefore, Chu Wujiang would rather give up the loose formation and avoid the Red-faced Ghost's sneak attack to avoid suffering losses.

"Everyone form a cone-shaped ice formation and slowly move forward."

"Keep your energy flowing to prevent evil spirits from taking over!"

Twenty-seven guards, led by Coach Wang, were surrounded by an astonishingly cold air, becoming the center of the fire resistance.

Even demons and ghosts dared not get close, for fear of being burned by the vital energy or even dying.

But the pace of advancement slowed down.

The long and narrow slums, the endless fires, and the Red-Faced Ghost's men killing people everywhere resulted in the fire-fighting speed being unable to keep up with the fire.

The Chu family's team slowly advanced forward, and Chu Wujiang shouted:
"Captain Yan, come here!"

The officials of the government office had been guarding the periphery for a long time. They were more worried about Chu Wujiang getting into trouble than putting out the fire. Now they came forward, not caring about the frost on their cheeks, and shouted:
"Lord Longcheng, your orders."

Chu Wujiang shouted:
"The fire is too big now, and there are ghosts causing trouble. You should organize all the people and tear down a barrier."

"Mobilize all the people, don't just stand there."

Captain Yan led more than ten constables and a hundred white-clothed officers. These were originally the group with the weakest military force in the government office. Captain Yan was only at the great stage of physical training, so naturally he completely obeyed Chu Wujiang's arrangements.

"Yes, my lord."

"I will do it right away."

"Wait a minute."

Chu Wujiang wanted to dismantle the isolation belt not only to control the fire, but also to completely destroy the formation.

"Gather a group of men and go to the gourd mouth ahead to dig down!"

The slums in East City are a long and narrow strip of land, with the central part forming a place similar to the mouth of a gourd.

The Wangui Sect spent a huge amount of time and set up a large array of ghosts in the basement of the slums. The core point of the array was right in the center of the gourd's mouth.

The people who came to put out the fire were not Taoist masters, and it was difficult for them to see through the mystery of the formation. After all, Chu Wujiang possessed the Yin-Yang eyes and could overlook the entire formation from a high altitude.

This formation is simple and crude, and the Wangui Sect does not need to set up a very sophisticated formation. Whether it is the imperial court, the aristocratic families, or the sects, their efforts in helping the poor are basically zero.

Their principle is that as long as it can be used, it's fine. That's why Chu Wujiang was able to quickly determine the core of the formation and how to crack it.

There seemed to be someone controlling the red-faced ghost. After suffering a great loss, it had been floating high in the sky, spitting out fiery snakes to kill people.

This fire cannot be solved without luring it down.

Then attack the place where the enemy must be defending, the core point of the Yinhun formation, and kill it completely.

When Captain Yan heard this order, his expression changed:
"Sir, is this dangerous?"

"Of course, I will do it right away. It's just a matter of who will do it!"

Is it a meritorious service or a death?

Even if the Wangui Sect is lazy again, the core of the Yinhun Array will definitely take countermeasures, and whoever digs it will die.

Chu Wujiang immediately replied:
"If anyone who digs the mine dies, the Chu family will provide compensation, at least one hundred taels!"

"Go!"

Captain Yan immediately shouted:
"Yes, villain, I obey!"

Then we see Captain Yan calling out a group of poor people and telling them the cost and reward of digging.

"Fuck you, your rotten lives are not worth even ten taels of silver."

"Everyone, charge forward and dig as hard as you can!"

Compassion does not command troops.

Chu Wujiang was unwilling to let his men fill the dangerous hole in the array, so he used money and power to let the government mobilize manpower and sacrifice lives to fill it.

The refugees, who had suffered heavy losses in the fire, gritted their teeth and, under the urging of Captain Yan, rushed to Hulukou like ants in the thick smoke and flames, digging the ground frantically.

Shovels, hoes, and baskets worked bravely in the fire.

"Quick, hurry up!"

"Hurry up, everyone who survives will get ten taels of silver!"

Captain Yan instantly turned into a contractor, shouting, beating and scolding, and drove the recruited refugees towards Hulukou.

Soon, the first victim appeared.

Thick smoke was billowing at the fire scene.

Chu Wujiang and his group gave up on putting out the fire and went straight to the center of the formation. After inhaling a large amount of toxic gas, the refugees who rushed there had difficulty breathing and fell to the ground.

The warriors in the Yuantai realm have the ability of internal breath and can still hold on, but Master Wang couldn't help but frowned and said:

"Master, the fire here is fierce. Why don't we retreat for the time being and wait for the government office to send someone over."

"No, right here."

Chu Wujiang said in a cold voice that he felt a palpitation in his heart the moment the Ghost King woke up. This was the intuition given to him by [Foreknowledge and Avoidance of Danger].

If he didn't destroy the formation, the results would be even worse.

"We have to take the enemy down."

"All on alert."

At this time, gusts of cold wind blew.

The red-faced ghost had just been grilling in the sky, but he soon realized Chu Wujiang's cruelty and became furious on the spot.

Countless ghosts swooped down, including evil ghosts, resentful souls, and even wandering souls that had just formed, all of which rushed over madly under the guidance of the red-faced ghost.

"Moths fly to the flame!"

Chu Wujiang frowned and ordered the guards to deploy the ice formation, and countless vital energies filled the surroundings.

Before these ghosts could get close, they were smashed to ashes.

Before they die, only a sad wish remains.

The Snow Girl was extremely happy. She swallowed up all the scattered soul power one by one, and Chu Wujiang's soul also became stronger.

If it continues to grow stronger, it is estimated that it will be able to achieve the state of out-of-body experience.

It's strange, is this red-faced ghost crazy?

No, it's not crazy.

Just after countless ghosts launched suicidal attacks, soul power filled the air around the Chu family guards, and the red-faced ghost revealed a sinister smile.

Will-o'-the-wisp lit.

All the negative energy turns into soul fire.

What was even more shocking was that the flames in the entire slum seemed to be torn apart and rushed madly towards the Chu family guards.

(End of this chapter)