Chapter 65: The Night March of Many Ghosts

"Done vomiting?"

"Huh?" Qian Hao, covered in blood, twisted his head to look behind and to the side.

There he saw the female team leader, Lin Lin Yue, staring at him with an expressionless face.

"Too many wolves, too little meat!" Qian Hao thought things were going badly and hastily argued, "There were only six or seven Blood Disaster Dogs in total.

Captain Lin, I am a believer of Two Two Biwu; I currently possess no long-range offensive Bi Wu Shen Fa, so I couldn't grab any!"

Lin Lin Yue was also a believer of Two Two Biwu; in a certain sense, Qian Hao counted as her junior fellow disciple.

Perhaps precisely for this reason, she was very impolite toward Qian Hao.

Lin Lin Yue said coldly, "Everyone else is striving to contribute to the team, while you are here spitting blood."

Qian Hao: "."

Looking at the stammering little fatty, Lin Lin Yue immediately felt a surge of anger: "Now that the battle has ended, what should you be doing?"

"Ah!" Qian Hao hurriedly moved his feet, "Who is injured? Quick, I'm here!"

"Me." Hu Hu Dingtian spat out a single word.

Qian Hao's eyes instantly lit up; he rushed forward, and a green glow emanated from his hand.

Bi Wu Shen Fa · Two Two Biwu Holy Light!

This technique can heal wounds.

After its grade is improved, it can even replenish vitality for the target.

Although Hu Hu Dingtian said he was injured, in truth, he had only scraped a bit of skin off his palm when he fell to the ground just now.

Qian Hao firmly grasped Hu Hu Dingtian's hand with one hand, while radiating light from the other to shine upon the wound.

"Clean up the battlefield," Lin Lin Yue said, her attitude noticeably softening as she looked at everyone.

The students immediately obeyed the order and began tidying up the battlefield in all directions.

The demon crystals of the fiends naturally had to be handed over to the Moon-Watcher troops.

However, everyone could use Divine Power Beads to absorb the fiends' bones and draw energy from them.

"Brother Ran, are you injured?" After finishing treating one person, Qian Hao ran over quickly.

Lu Ran held a Divine Power Bead in one hand, pressing it against the Blood Disaster Dog: "No."

Qian Hao, however, squatted down directly: "Where are you hurt? Let me see."

Lu Ran: "."

For the sake of extra points, you really can spout nonsense.

"Woo~~~"

A low-pitched alarm sound suddenly rang out, echoing through this small city.

Such an abrupt noise startled everyone, turning their faces pale with shock!

The joy of victory they had just felt instantly vanished without a trace.

It must be known that at this point in time, the war between the human race and the fiends had long since begun.

Citizens spent their nights in terror within shelters or before household shrines.

Believers were exerting their utmost strength, fighting the fiend clan to a standstill.

Everyone was already extremely vigilant; did this mind-disturbing alarm sound still hold any meaning?

The answer was... yes!

An alarm sounding amidst the flames of war signified the arrival of a greater crisis!

If either of the following two conditions is met, the city will sound the alarm:

1. The descent of a Demon Lord: A Jiang Jing or even higher-level fiend appears within the city!

As everyone knows, a Jiang Jing fiend could very well inflict devastating damage upon the human race and the city.

2. The Night March of Many Ghosts.

The "many" here does not refer to a wide variety of fiend types.

Rather, it means that fiends of the same type are appearing in groups!

Generally speaking, on the nights of the fifteenth, fiends invading human settlements appear randomly.

Whether it is the number of fiends, their strength and realm, or the locations where they manifest, everything is random.

However, there is another phenomenon: a fiend clan targets a specific human settlement and appears there in large numbers.

It is as if they are organized and disciplined.

This is the so-called "Night March of Many Ghosts."

No one knows why this phenomenon occurs.

Just as no one knows why fiends invade on the nights of the fifteenth.

It is worth mentioning that such incidents are not particularly rare.

They happen on almost every lunar fifteenth.

However, the territory of Great Xia is extremely vast, and there are numerous human settlements.

Therefore, when such sudden events are averaged across every city, the probability becomes relatively small.

"Which one?" Chang Ying's voice trembled slightly as she looked at the male and female team leaders, "Which type of disaster?"

Jiangjiang Ruyi remained extremely calm, her mind undisturbed by the atmosphere of panic:

"Long and short alternating; the Night March of Many Ghosts!"

Indeed, the alarm sound was not a continuous low tone, but alternated between short and long.

"Everyone, immediately stop cleaning up," Zhang Feng commanded in a deep voice, "Now, follow me back to the teaching building!"

Naturally, no one objected, and they quickly followed in the leaders' footsteps.

Lu Ran moved forward with his eyes tightly shut, straining his ears to listen for something.

The alarm echoing through the city certainly did not require such focused attention from him.

What Lu Ran was truly eavesdropping on was the intelligence transmitted through the invisible earpieces worn by the two Moon Gazers, Zhang Feng and Lin Lin Yue.

Don't tell me it's the Lady Lady Yanzhi Dolls?

It can't be the Lady Lady Yanzhi Doll clan, can it!

If that's really the case, then I could jump into the Yellow River and still never wash myself clean. Hmm?

The Demon Clan · Night Phantoms?

Lu Ran's brows knitted tightly; he had indeed heard the two words "Night Phantom."

Screw your grandpa!

This damn thing is even worse than the Lady Lady Yanzhi Dolls!

"Creak~"

Suddenly, a familiar sound reached Lu Ran's ear.

It was the unique noise made by an iron chain rubbing against an iron pole.

Lu Ran whipped his head around sharply, startling Tian Tian.

This movement immediately drew everyone's attention; people followed Lu Ran's line of sight toward the southeast area of the playground.

Cold moonlight poured down.

It fell upon the swing and also upon a dark silhouette.

That figure was tall and graceful, standing on the wooden board of the swing, swaying gently.

"Night Phantom?"

"Night Phantom!" Several students blurted out the term, their expressions turning quite grim.

Clearly, this was a humanoid demon.

She wore night-traveling clothes, a conical hat on her head, with a layer of black veil hanging from the hat's brim.

That tight-fitting night gear outlined her curvaceous, fiery, and seductive bodily contours.

To be honest, she looked far too much like a human woman!

Enough to pass as real!

"This kind of demon... is it the Night Parade of Hundred Demons?" Bai Bai Manni's heart hung right up in her throat.

The Night Phantom clan was extremely dangerous!

Just how dangerous could they be?

The demon lair of the Night Phantom clan was not even open to the public!

Although entering any demon lair for training was tantamount to risking one's life for human believers,

at the Night Phantom lair, your life was truly not built to last!

From this perspective, it was very difficult for Lu Ran to have the opportunity to activate this demon sculpture.

If tonight he could kill enough of them...

might he not make a tidy profit?

It must be known that this type of demon was very rare and did not often appear on the fifteenth night.

Thanks to this rarity; otherwise, who knows how much the number of human casualties would increase!

There was a phenomenon: the closer a demon's appearance was to that of a human, the rarer it tended to be.

For example, the Lady Lady Yanzhi Dolls, the Ghost Talisman Dolls, and the Night Phantom standing on the swing.

Of course, this theory was not one hundred percent accurate, but generally speaking, it held true.

"Advance faster!" Zhang Feng said in a deep voice, "Retreat toward the teaching building with Team Lin; I will cover the rear!"

As he spoke, another team of Moon Gazers came running swiftly toward this side.

The Night Phantom clan was very special; like the Lady Lady Yanzhi Doll clan, one could not judge their strength or realm by their physique.

Only after she made her move could you know whether she was in the Mist Realm, Stream Realm, or River Realm, or perhaps even the more terrifying River Estuary Realm.

However, this Night Phantom before them should not have reached the River Estuary Realm.

Once reaching that level, even if a Night Phantom stood completely still, she would exert immense pressure on others!

That overwhelming momentum, that posture of absolute crushing dominance, was enough to make one's body and soul tremble.

"Halt!"

Lin Lin Yue slammed on the brakes, spreading her arms to block the students on both sides.

Right on their path of advance, dozens of meters ahead, a surge of energy churned open.

A dark phantom quietly materialized, the tips of her feet lightly touching the ground.

An exquisite conical hat, a mysterious veil, and pitch-black night-traveling clothes.

She lowered one hand, energy churning in her palm as she gripped a single-edged blade.

"Form up, engage the enemy!" The Moon Gazers rushing to support all changed color slightly and immediately adjusted their formation.

"Whoosh~"

The autumn wind rose, blowing the hat and veil into a light dance, lifting one corner of the black gauze.

"Gulp." Lu Ran swallowed some saliva.

He had kept the Xie Fa · Evil Awareness active the entire time.

Lu Ran clearly saw the snow-white skin of her neck.

He also faintly perceived that the corners of her lips were slightly upturned.

Within that mysterious smile,

It seemed to carry a hint of amusement.

It's the end of the month, so I'm asking for some votes~

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