Chapter 445: Seven Stars Attack

He let out a long howl toward the sky; the sound was as earth-shaking as a volcanic eruption, and flames burned even more violently around his body as a result.

He was seen grabbing something from the magma—a weapon flowing with molten lava.

From a distance, it looked somewhat like a spiked club, and somewhat like a meteor hammer.

It raised the spiked club high, and countless drops of magma fell onto its head; it bathed in the rain of magma, absorbing the energy within.

Suddenly, the Flame Ghost King cast a fierce look.

It swung the massive flaming spiked club, and with a booming sound, the club easily shattered the chains binding its other arm.

The Flame Ghost King moved its arm, producing a crackling sound.

"After all these years, I can finally move my hands; I no longer have to be bound by chains."

Subsequently, the Flame Ghost King lowered its head, staring with those crimson eyes at the final chain wrapped around its feet.

His Lijua instantly cut into the chain, and accompanied by a spray of Xianghuo, the chain snapped at the sound.

"I am finally free. I will make it so that the heavens can no longer cover my eyes; I will make the world crawl beneath my feet."

Ye Bai's mouth twitched; this Flame Ghost King was a bit chuunibyou.

"Wuzhiqi, your chance to perform has arrived."

Ye Bai pursed his lips toward Wuzhiqi, who was standing to the side.

As it turned out, this fellow was sweating buckets; it carried the Hunyuan Iron Staff and felt the staff was irritatingly itchy.

"Big Brother, this is Tongzhudiyu, not my home turf. Do you really think I can exert much of my strength here?"

"Besides, this guy's strength is on par with mine, and this is his home turf."

Wuzhiqi rolled its eyes, then scratched its butt, looking restless and agitated.

The Flame Ghost King's gaze fell upon Wuzhiqi and Ye Bai, a hint of wariness flashing in its eyes.

It sensed a power in Wuzhiqi that was more unfathomable than its own.

The Flame Ghost King's primary targets for revenge were Yantong, the holder of Tongzhudiyu, and the artifact spirit.

Before it had taken its revenge, the Flame Ghost King did not want to expend too much of its own power.

Only at this moment did Ye Bai truly see the spiked club in the Flame Ghost King's hand clearly.

Between his thick arms, his right hand gripped a spiked club condensed from pure flame.

This spiked club was dozens of meters long, with black flame patterns coiled around the shaft.

The head of the club was covered in sharp, wolf-tooth-like fire spikes, each one containing terrifying power capable of piercing steel and incinerating souls.

The Flame Ghost King stretched its muscles: "Kid, I know you aren't from here, and you have nothing to do with this place."

"However, please don't meddle in other people's business, otherwise I won't let you off."

The Flame Ghost King swung the spiked club fiercely, issuing a warning to Ye Bai; a deafening sound erupted from its mouth.

"Little ones, charge! As long as we break the Flame God Palace, we will be free."

The chains of Tongzhudiyu could suppress the power of the flame ghosts, and the Flame Ghost King had also spent a great deal of effort to break free from the restraints.

It wasn't that it didn't want to undo the restraints on the flame ghosts, but breaking the chains would also consume the Flame Ghost King's energy.

Only by completely breaching the Flame God Palace and capturing the artifact spirit could the seal on the flame ghost clan be completely lifted.

Seeing the flame ghosts rushing toward the direction of the Flame God Palace one after another, unable to wait any longer.

Ye Bai thought of a method.

"Sun Flower Fairy, force summon the Mirage Dragon and use Haishishenglou."

"Space Pelican, use space Cut to open a space gate."

The massive Mirage Dragon was summoned by the Sun Flower Fairy.

But as soon as the Mirage Dragon was summoned, it plunged headfirst into the boiling magma, and a sky-filling rain of magma fell, dousing Wuzhiqi's face.

Wuzhiqi wiped its face with its monkey-furred hand and said to Ye Bai, feeling slightly speechless.

"That is a Mirage Dragon, not just any stray cat or dog; it is a very rare Mirage Dragon. How could you drop it into the magma?"

Streams of Black Water were seen spraying out from the Hunyuan Iron Staff; these streams of Black Water separated the magma from the Mirage Dragon, shielding it from the heat.

Ye Bai gave a sheepish smile; he had forgotten that he was currently in a magma zone.

The Mirage Dragon opened its shell and sprayed a pink airflow from its mouth.

These airflows instantly enveloped the entire Tongzhudiyu.

Immediately following, a crane's cry was heard; the Heaven-Swallowing Pelican used its wings as a brush to Cut through the space in mid-air, and a huge opening was sliced open.

"Look quickly, why has the sky split open?"

Shui Yaori extended her slender hand and pointed at the split sky.

A large amount of magma poured down from the sky, and countless flame ghosts fell from the sky along with the magma.

They had already fallen for the Mirage Dragon's Haishishenglou, mistaking the army of zombies summoned by Shui Yaori for enemies.

"Bad luck, it seems our intelligence was leaked long ago."

Shui Yaori and Tu Yaori were the advance guard, so they were at the very front of the formation.

"But this is fine too; I can have a good exchange with the experts from the Bureau."

"Charge, my black zombie army."

The coffin lid pushed by white bones was opened, and one after another, black zombies covered in black hair jumped out from the coffins.

The flame ghosts grabbed a handful of magma and swung it hard, and a scimitar condensed from magma appeared in their hands.

"Kill, kill, for freedom!"

Shui Yaori watched as evil ghosts, each tethered with chains, came roaring and surging toward them.

"Which layer of Hell are these evil ghosts from? How could they appear here? I don't recall anyone in the Bureau possessing mastery over the Dao of space."

Shui Yaori said, feeling incomparably puzzled.

"It must be that the Twenty-Eight Mansions have made a move."

"The Twenty-Eight Mansions killed my teacher; now, I will sever their fine heads to offer as a sacrifice to my teacher."

"However, my clay bombs still need some time to activate."

Tuyao Ri picked up his staff and stomped it heavily against the ground.

The ground moved quietly, and a large number of small spiders made of clay emerged from the earth.

They formed a tidal wave, surging toward the Flame Ghosts.

It was just that Tuyao Ri seemed to have underestimated the heat resistance of his spiders.

The scorching temperature swept over, and before even touching the small spiders, they began to Self-Destruct one by one.

Instead, it blew a portion of the Black Zombie army into disarray.

"Tuyao Ri, are you actually capable of anything? If not, stop causing trouble for me."

Shuiyao Ri looked at the many carefully cultivated Black Zombies that had been blown to pieces, a trace of anger appearing in her eyes.

"Sorry, I didn't expect the temperature of this magma to be so high; the moment they made contact, the clay exploded."

"Shuiyao Ri, this round seems to depend on you."

"I still need to adjust my clay bombs."

Shuiyao Ri was speechless; at a time like this, he still wanted to play with mud.

Move aside, let me handle it.

A pitch-black staff was drawn from Shuiyao Ri's embrace, and streaks of slime resembling Black Water appeared on the staff.

"Clouds, come!"

The sky suddenly became much dimmer, and then leaden, ink-like black clouds appeared.

"Wind, come!"

A Gale blew, making the surroundings howl, sand and stones flew, and a large number of leaves were blown into the air.

"Thunder, come!"

Jagged bolts of lightning fell from the sky, striking the necklaces wrapped around the Flame Ghosts.

The Flame Ghosts all let out painful screams, but Shuiyao Ri still discovered that they were using the power of the lightning to temper their Souls.

"Rain, come!"

A loud boom was heard, and rain as big as beans fell from the sky as if it were free.

The moment it made contact with the magma, it hissed, and at the same time, bursts of white steam rose up.

Eroded by the torrential rain, the Flame Ghosts retreated several steps in succession.

But soon, the Flame Ghosts rallied again, and they brandished their blades, hacking at the Black Zombie army.

In just one encounter, a portion of the Black Zombie army was hacked to death by the chaotic blades.

As the flame blades swept across the necks of the Black Zombies, black flames instantly erupted from their bodies.

These zombies, which transcend the Three Realms and are not within the Five Elements, vanished into thin air in the blink of an eye.

"Where on earth were these Pet Beasts found, and do they have any fatal weaknesses?"

Shuiyao Ri gritted her teeth and took out the intelligence she had obtained from Tufang, flipping through it quickly.

But to Shuiyao Ri's disappointment, there was no information about the Flame Ghosts in it at all.

The Flame Ghosts were sealed at the very bottom of the Tongzhudiyu, so naturally, Tufang did not know information about them.

After all, the Flame Ghosts did not riot at any given time; they were usually sealed beneath the magma, and it was very difficult for ordinary people to discover Pet Beasts like the Flame Ghosts.

That was why Tufang had no intelligence on the Flame Ghosts.

"No, I can't find this guy's weakness."

Shuiyao Ri said, acting as if possessed by madness.

She always felt that the start was unfavorable.

"It doesn't matter; this kind of ghost has clashed with the Black Zombie army and turned the Black Zombie army into flames."

"This means that it does not fear the Black Zombie army; on the contrary, it can absorb the corpse Qi of the Black Zombie army to improve itself."

Wuzhiqi looked down at this great melee from a high vantage point, giving Ye Bai a sense of steadfastness.

"No matter, it is better for the Flame Ghosts to break through than for the Black Zombie army to charge in here."

"I actually hope the Flame Ghosts' strength grows stronger and stronger, so that the Seven Stars attacking the Bureau might return with broken wings."

"The Flame Ghosts cannot escape the blessing of the Haishishenglou."

"Even the Flame Ghost King cannot escape the Haishishenglou; they will always believe that the Black Zombies before them are the detestable Bureau."

"Let's watch the show here for a while and wait until the Black Zombie army is wiped out."

Ye Bai could clearly see that the Black Zombie army was countless, a vast, dark mass.

For the time being, the Black Zombies and the Flame Ghosts should be able to fight to a draw.

But as time progressed, the strength of the Flame Ghosts began to increase.

It absorbed the corpse Qi of the Black Zombies to strengthen itself.

"Wuzhiqi, don't just sit there; you can join the battle too."

Ye Bai pushed Wuzhiqi, but the first push didn't move him.

"Haha, indeed, a digestive exercise after a meal is also quite good."

Wuzhiqi carried the Hunyuan Iron Staff on his shoulders with both hands and leaped out from the gap.

"Audacious monsters, to actually dare to send such filthy Pet Beasts to attack the Bureau; I order you to retreat immediately, otherwise I will take action against you."

The humidity and temperature here were very suitable, and Wuzhiqi clearly liked this place.

Being on guard duty at the Tongzhudiyu earlier must have been a torture.

However, here, Wuzhiqi can at least exert eighty percent of his combat power.

"What a mangy monkey you've brought here."

Shui Yaori said coldly: "Since you are already mangy, in order to let you appear in everyone's memories forever, I might as well turn you into a corpse."

"Go, Black Jiang."

The sky and the fields were filled with Black Jiang, moving like a tide.

Bean-sized raindrops fell onto the Flame Ghost, making a sizzling sound.

At this moment, the Flame Ghost had also donned a thick layer of magma armor.

Just at this moment, a beeping sound rang out.

"Ye Bai, how is it on your side? Do you need support?"

Zhang Lingxue had dealt with three Hells at once; this speed was truly fast.

Not long after, Blue Phoenix arrived as well.

"Ye Bai, why have you been staying here for so long?"

"Don't you need to deduce tactics in advance and make a reasonable layout?"

The two asked with extreme astonishment.

Ye Bai then assigned the remaining Hell that hadn't been visited, as well as the final Hell, to Blue Phoenix and Zhang Lingxue.

"Why did the Heaven-Swallowing Pelican carve out such a gap, and the ferocious Exotic Beast inside looks so imposing?"

Zhang Lingxue and Blue Phoenix were like curious babies.

"Because the Seven Stars have already arrived at the outer side of this place and are currently on a forced march, so I sent the Flame Ghost King and the Flame Ghosts to contend with them."

"Flame Ghost King? How could he be so obedient? I heard that Tongzhudiyu once swore to lock the Flame Ghost in the Magma Hell for all eternity, so that he could never rise again."

"So why has he appeared at this time?"

The two women were truly puzzled.

"That is because one Flame Ghost evolved into a Flame Ghost King, so it is calling out to its clansmen, wanting simple freedom instead of being driven out."

"And I just played along; when I detected that the Seven Stars were about to approach here, I had the Heaven-Swallowing Pelican carve out a spatial passage."

"This way, we can build the first line of defense and consume the Seven Stars' undead army as much as possible."

At this time, Zhang Lingxue was a bit confused again; the Pet Beasts and Exotic Beasts imprisoned here were all extremely vicious and dangerous.

The Seven Stars' goal this time was to occupy the Bureau and use it as their territory.

And based on this, establish the Earthly Kingdom of God.

By that time, most of the people in Yan Country would be displaced and become prey for the undead.

"I had the Mirage Dragon use Haishishenglou, which is how I completely confused these Flame Ghosts."

"And although the Flame Ghost King has already entered the seventh rank, it evolved not long ago, so the Mirage Dragon's Haishishenglou still had an effect on the Flame Ghost King."

"At this moment, in the Flame Ghost King's eyes, there are only the people of the Seven Stars; this is also our hope for defeating the Seven Stars."

Every member of the Seven Stars is a powerful Pet Beast Master.

Each one is about on the level of the Twenty-Eight Mansions, and they also possess special abilities.

If it were close-quarters combat, the Twenty-Eight Mansions might not necessarily be their match.

At this time, in the Flame God Temple.

Yantong was reciting the God-Sealing Prayer.

As a result, as soon as he looked up, he discovered that the entire Tongzhudiyu was somewhat wrong.

"No, why is Tongzhudiyu so quiet?"

(End of this chapter)