Twilight's Threshold Chapter 678: Sweet Potato Burn and the Weight of Loyalty - Novel Cool

Chapter 678: Sweet Potato Burn and the Weight of Loyalty

Chapter 678: Sweet Potato Burn and the Weight of Loyalty

"I said you're not allowed to leave, and now you won't be able to!"

As Hu Ma issued the order within the Evil Suppression Bureau, his eyes flashed with murderous intent, and he fixed his gaze on the Meng Family Patriarch.

When he saw the Golden Armored Warriors being blocked by various Lords of the Realm, he had already made up his mind to capture the Meng Family Patriarch himself.

Speaking of the Meng Family and the Hu Family, there was indeed an interesting dynamic. Whether it was the Ghost Gate or the Evil Suppression Bureau, the Hu Family's methods seemed to have the upper hand over the Meng Family in every aspect.

However, because the Meng Family was suppressed by the Hu Family, they had also devised various ways to counter the Hu Family's techniques. Even now, as the Evil Suppression Bureau grew more formidable and the Golden Armored Warriors became stronger, the Meng Family Patriarch could still disappear without a trace.

There was no way to apprehend him, no trail to follow.

But besides the Hu Family's methods and the Evil Suppression Bureau, Hu Ma also had the Grand General of the Heavenly Emperor's Seal.

The Year Guardian's skill lay in his quick reactions and accurate recognition. Once he set his sights on someone, there was no escape, not even for the Meng Family Patriarch.

Of course, Hu Ma never expected that just as he was about to unleash his power, his robe fluttering in the wind, and about to step out of the Evil Suppression Bureau to give chase using his Year Guardian abilities, he suddenly heard the sound of gongs and drums ahead.

In front of him, amidst the dark clouds, a group of Shadow Soldiers and Ghosts approached with an air of triumph. At the very front, sitting in a wooden basin, was a person.

Behind her, the Meng Family Patriarch was tightly bound by Ghost Generals, tied up like a prisoner, struggling fiercely.

Upon seeing her, Hu Ma was stunned: "You... how did you get here?"

The person sitting in the wooden basin, upon seeing Hu Ma, immediately tilted her head in confirmation. At this moment, she couldn't see Hu Ma's face clearly, but she recognized his voice and saw his reaction, and suddenly became cheerful.

She hurriedly stood up from the wooden basin, waving her hands excitedly: "Senior, Senior, I heard you're causing trouble here again..."

"I'm here to help!"

"..."

"..."

Seeing Sweet Potato Burn's excited face, Hu Ma pinched himself a few times to make sure he wasn't dreaming.

So...

...even more confused?

Upon closer inspection, Sweet Potato Burn looked rather disheveled. Her small face was smudged with ash, and her rich lady's attire, though she tried to straighten it, was torn in several places.

Looking at the ghosts and kings around her, tall and short, fat and thin, large and small, with long tongues, missing limbs, and human skin drums and tattered flags.

It was a pitiful sight, yet they were all cheerful, insisting on posing as a regular army. And then there was the Meng Family Patriarch in their grasp, looking utterly dejected.

"You... you're not..."

It took him a long time to finally regain his composure: "Can someone explain how you ended up here?"

"Huh?"

Sweet Potato Burn's face showed surprise: "Didn't you send me here, Senior?"

At this, Hu Ma was even more confused: "Me?"

"Yes..."

Sweet Potato Burn answered with absolute certainty. As she handed over the Meng Family Patriarch to Hu Ma, and the Golden Armored Warriors restrained him, she chattered excitedly: "At first, didn't you tell me to go to the West Mountain Path, Wazhou?"

"When Senior gives an order, how dare I not take it seriously? So, I went through the list and dealt with them one by one!"

"Fearing that my work wasn't good enough, I even took care of a few extra people beyond the list..."

"..."

"You took care of a few extra people?"

Hu Ma's face showed his shock: "If you were this dedicated, why didn't you ever come back to report?"

Sweet Potato Burn explained: "Because I encountered a powerful one, and I couldn't beat him!"

"?"

Hu Ma was taken aback: "There's someone you can't beat?"

"Yes, the Ten Mile Slope Earthen Pot Spirit of Wazhou. He's a Ghost King, and his power is quite formidable!"

Sweet Potato Burn said: "At that time, I had only refined the Human-Demon General to about three or four-tenths, barely enough to enter the Mansion. Not enough to be noticed."

"To be honest, this is my fault!"

Listening to this, Hu Ma could only admit: "It was indeed a bit of pressure to send you, at that time, to deal with a Ghost King-level opponent."

"But I always felt that with your abilities, crossing borders to kill enemies shouldn't be a problem..."

"..."

Upon hearing this, Sweet Potato Burn was touched: "In the end, Senior, you're the one who trusts me the most..."

"This gratitude is hard to repay, not to mention the two thousand catties of Blood Food."

"At that time, I was also thinking that no matter what, I couldn't let you down, Senior. So, I started to rack my brains..."

"..."

'Why do I feel a bit scared when she mentions racking her brains?'

Hu Ma's heart echoed with doubt, but he mustered his spirits: "And then? What did your brain come up with?"

"At that time, I thought..."

Sweet Potato Burn said: "I couldn't beat this Ghost King alone, but surely with more people, it's possible?"

"Suppress the evil spirits with blood pressure!"

"Of course, a powerful ghost like that can't be dealt with by just grabbing a couple of villagers. So, I inquired about the situation there and learned about the Wacan Mountain Three-Headed Serpent Warlord, who commands tens of thousands of soldiers and whose influence spans several prefectures."

"His soldiers are all battle-hardened. With their help, eliminating the Ghost King shouldn't be a problem.

"..."

Hemp Seed immediately understood her thoughts but found them absurd. "Who among the warlords isn't a dragon among men?"

"Even if I'm reckless, my subordinates are all capable and exceptional. How could they be so easily deceived by you?"

"Moreover, if they're all in Wazhou, how can you be sure that the warlord and the Ghost King don't know each other?"

"..."

"Senior, you truly foresee everything like a deity..."

Sweet Potato Burn sighed, "That Ghost King is actually the guardian deity of the three-headed serpent."

Hemp Seed was even more surprised. "So you..."

"I wasn't deceiving anyone..."

Sweet Potato Burn explained, "I found out about the three-headed serpent's ancestral tomb and buried three hundred catties of blood food there."

Hemp Seed was bewildered. "???"

Sweet Potato Burn continued, "Then I went to provoke the Ghost King, making him so furious that he chased me for over three hundred li. As he pursued me, we ended up at the three-headed serpent's ancestral tomb, where I could smell the blood..."

"I must say, Senior, when the malevolent spirit saw the blood food, it couldn't control itself. It forgot about chasing me, forgot about any rules or relationships, and forgot everything..."

"When I saw the state of the ancestral tomb, if I were the three-headed serpent, I wouldn't spare the Ghost King either..."

"..."

"Who in the world could spare him?"

Hemp Seed's heart didn't feel any relief; he was truly startled by Sweet Potato Burn.

Seeing that Sweet Potato Burn was still excited and hadn't had his fill, Hemp Seed took a long time to digest what he heard before heaving a deep sigh. "So, to kill that Ghost King, you provoked the three-headed serpent."

"But because the capable people under the three-headed serpent discovered the flaw in your plan, to get rid of this big trouble, you 'persuaded' several other wealthy families, and two warlords went to cause trouble for the three-headed serpent..."

"Wait, what's the deal with your little flag?"

"..."

Upon hearing Hemp Seed's question, Sweet Potato Burn immediately produced it, waving it around, causing ghostly winds to blow and countless ghosts to wail:

"I found it!"

"..."

"Yes, yes, I found it..."

Hemp Seed sighed helplessly, "You picked up this flag from their battlefield, thinking it would be a waste to leave it, so you collected the spirits of the fallen soldiers into the flag."

"But because the matter became too big, the Impermanence Li Family noticed and came to capture you. With no other choice, you fled into the Netherworld, forced your way through the Ghost Gate, and hid in the Undressing Pavilion."

"Exactly!"

Sweet Potato Burn proudly declared, "I know the Impermanence Li Family too well. Once I passed through the Ghost Gate, they stopped pursuing me."

"However, maybe I made the matter a little too big, and they still didn't want to give up."

"They even invited the Meng Family to come and catch me!"

"..."

Hemp Seed recalled that when he first arrived here, he did see the Meng Family and the Noble Zhang Family going out to capture some ruffians. "Knowing that someone was coming to catch you, how dare you come here? Shouldn't you have run as far away as possible?"

"It was like that at first..."

Sweet Potato Burn explained, "But I don't know why. Just as they were about to capture me, they suddenly received some urgent news and hurriedly withdrew. I thought, how could they possibly give up on capturing me halfway?"

"In the past, they were all determined to catch me no matter what!"

"Since even I was abandoned, it only proves that they have their own problems. So I decided to follow them and see what's going on..."

"As soon as I arrived outside the City of the Wrongly Dead, I met those two kind brothers and the young lady. They told me this was the City of the Wrongly Dead and that there were important figures fighting inside. They advised me to leave quickly."

"I thought they didn't want to tell me because of my low status, so I took out the Summoning Order for the Wandering Ghost Chief Executioner's Deputy that you gave me and showed it to them."

"As soon as they saw it, they became excited..."

"..."

Sweet Potato Burn's expression turned serious as he continued, "When I heard that the Wandering Ghost Chief Executioner was here, fighting with someone, how could I hide?"

"How could I not?"

"Senior's business is my business too!"

"I immediately brought the good brothers I met below to join me!"

"..."

"I..."

Listening to Sweet Potato Burn's chattering, Hemp Seed didn't know how to respond for a moment.

After a long while, he heaved a soft sigh, "I truly... thank you..."

"We're family, no need for formalities."

Sweet Potato Burn nonchalantly waved his hand and then stretched his neck to look around. "Is there anything else to be done here?"

Hemp Seed sighed softly and gestured lightly, and four Golden Armored Warriors appeared. Amidst the shimmering golden light, they seized the Meng Family Patriarch's spirit, bound him in chains, and pierced his soul with golden nails. Without a word, they dragged him into the Evil Suppression Bureau and pinned him under the incense burner, while Hemp Seed looked down.

Below the City of the Wrongly Dead, the countless skeletons had returned to their slumber, except for a faint glow that remained, like countless distant eyes watching Hemp Seed.

After a long sigh, he withdrew his gaze and said, "Let's go up first!"

"The matters below are settled, but it's still lively above. It's time for the Meng Family to pay a heavy price for provoking the reincarnates..."

(End of Chapter)

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