Chapter 153

Sometimes it would be clearer, turning pale blue.

Sometimes it would be very blurry, as if it had vanished, leaving only some very faint humanoid lines. If one didn't look carefully, one might not see them at all.

This inevitably made the word "ghost" surface in everyone's mind.

"My lord, are those ghosts?"

Tang Ruan asked the doubt in her heart.

Gu Qing, on the other hand, asked: "How do we fight them?"

Zhao Chi said quickly:

"These aren't ghosts, they're specters.

"Everyone look closely, their bodies keep changing.

"When their bodies turn transparent, none of our attacks can hit them.

"Attacking at that moment is like hitting air. But they can attack us. You must pay close attention.

"Wait until their bodies turn pale blue — that's the best time to attack.

"At that point our attacks will feel like hitting wind, with some resistance, but not obvious, yet they can hurt them."

Gu Qing nodded: "Understood, has everyone got it?"

"Got it!" the female soldiers answered in unison.

Zhao Chi quickly grabbed Gu Qing, afraid she would charge straight in.

"I haven't finished — these specters attack with their arms, and their attack power isn't that high, about the same as those harpies.

"But the most troublesome part is that when you hit them, they let out a very piercing shriek, and this shriek triggers a feeling of fear.

"I'm not sure if your Fearless talent can immunize you against this kind of fear. If not, we'll still need to lure them away and take them down one by one.

"Because their shriek is an area-of-effect skill — everyone nearby will be affected, and the effects stack too."

Gu Qing nodded: "So let's test it first. If we can be immune, then it doesn't matter, right?"

"Exactly!" Zhao Chi nodded.

Gu Qing smiled: "Then that's easy. I'll go try."

Tang Ruan said: "Sister Gu, let me go. What I specialized in is defense — this kind of thing should have been mine to handle from the start."

Gu Qing waved her hand: "It's not time for that yet. My stats are higher. You all watch closely. My lord, shall I go?"

"Be very careful." Zhao Chi.

Gu Qing smiled and charged out.

She rushed straight to the nearest specter and thrust out her iron spear.

Whoosh!

Gu Qing only felt as if she had stabbed into water.

There was some resistance, but the resistance wasn't strong.

"Aaah—!!"

Suddenly, the specter before her let out a piercing shriek.

A transparent wave swept over Gu Qing's entire body.

But Gu Qing felt nothing at all.

So this is the fear my lord mentioned?

Just as expected, it's useless against us.

Gu Qing stepped back and shouted loudly: "My lord, is it like this? I don't feel a thing."

That shriek had traveled a long distance, and by the time it reached Zhao Chi, its power had weakened considerably.

But Zhao Chi still felt a twinge of fear.

Still, he was very happy.

He was afraid, but these women felt nothing at all.

If that's the case… this is my home turf this time!

"That's right, Gu Qing, that's the shriek. It looks like you can be immune. Everyone, charge in and scatter them!"

"Yes!"

The women all charged out.

Gu Qing turned her head and focused on attacking.

Whoosh!

A transparent arm-line swung at her, and Gu Qing immediately raised her shield.

Bang!

The force wasn't small — it knocked Gu Qing back a step.

"Not bad, my turn!"

She thrust her spear again — and missed.

This attack didn't have even a hint of resistance.

Looking at the specter again, its form was almost invisible, with only some pale white lines writhing.

But Gu Qing saw two lines rushing toward her at high speed.

"I see them."

Her long legs kicked hard, and she retreated rapidly.

A gust of wind pressure scraped past her cheek.

Clearly the specter's attack.

Gu Qing continued to retreat, finding that this wraith's movement speed wasn't all that fast.

Although it was floating, its movement speed was roughly at the level of 5 points of Agility, so Gu Qing with 7 points of Agility could easily pull away.

Within a few seconds, the wraith's body once again turned a translucent pale blue.

Gu Qing sneered: "Die!"

Swish!

"Aaah————!!"

This time the wraith's cry was extremely piercing; Gu Qing felt that getting any closer would give her tinnitus.

The next moment, the wraith, like burning tissue paper, rapidly evaporated and dispersed.

Before long, it vanished completely.

"That's it?" Gu Qing smiled and charged toward the next one.

Soon, screams rang out everywhere.

"Ah—!"

"Aaah————!!"

"Aaah——————!"

"Ah——!!!!"

The female soldiers' attack had already begun.

Waves of transparent ripples spread out; the female soldiers felt nothing, only thought it noisy, and all calmly defended and thrust their spears.

The female craftsmen were the same, except that attacking these wraiths with wooden spears required 5-6 strikes to kill one.

Zhao Chi didn't attack this time.

Instead, he watched from afar.

He was, after all, not a Taoyuan human, didn't have the Fearless talent, and couldn't be immune to this kind of wraith screech.

What he had to do now was simply not add to the chaos.

He opened the system and carefully watched the women's morale status.

The first few rounds were too easy; there was no need to watch morale at all.

But later on, he'd need to monitor it in real time.

Taoyuan women feared nothing, but their morale could still dip.

If anyone's morale dropped, Zhao Chi would immediately help raise it.

After all, Encouragement was the only spiritual technique he had learned, and it could boost morale.

【Zhao Chi Army Morale】

【Gu Qing】 91%