[672] Ghost Slave Market
The firmament army fell silent in unison.
In the clouds, only the night wind was still howling.
In the sky-high firelight, the eyes of the firmament army were attracted by the behemoth overhead. Above them, those Nine Shadow Kingdom Immortals lined up were enough to make them dumbfounded. And the accompanying thunder car shocked the Sky Army, even the wasp and the bird's beak.
Different from ordinary Thunder Cars, the Thunder Cars that cast large shadows from above the Sky Army at this time were larger, full ten times larger than the Thunder Cars in the past. There are seven pairs on the left and right, and fourteen Hot Wheels. Only so many Hot Wheels can drive a huge flying thunder car, smoothly volley into the clouds, and soar in the air.
In the mountains of Dongyizhou, among the boulders that do not fall in the mountain streams, there is a wealth of Qingluan steel, which is just used by the Nine Shadows Kingdom to expand its armaments.
And these large-scale flying thunder vehicles seen by the Sky Army now are the glorious achievements that Lin Cong has worked hard to make in Dongyizhou over the years.
When he was in Dongyi Continent, even if he was frugal in other aspects, he had to give all the research support to the ordnance supervisors in his jurisdiction, including materials and money, as well as ancient books collected from the various exterminated ghost kings' palaces. This allowed the ordnance supervisors and craftsmen in this state to study this huge flying thunder car. The fourteen Hot Wheels on both sides allow the Big Thunder Car to not only fly in the air, but also increase the speed of the Flying Thunder Car.
The most important thing is that because the volume increases, a fuel tank can be added to the car, which allows the Minecar to increase the continuous sailing time and distance.
Now it seems that on the life-and-death night of the calf pass, Xiao Shizhu was not carried away by anger and let Lin Cong go, which was also a wise move to beat the right one. Obviously, Lin Cong has constantly proven his usefulness.
Cold sweat continued to ooze from their foreheads, and the firmament army, whose backs were scurrying with cool air, looked at the Flying Thunder Car and the Immortal Chariot in a daze, and hovered above their heads after they were lined up.
The Firmament Army below was both curious and afraid of the Nine Shadows' next move, and their breathing became heavy one after another. It's all a pounding heart, and the palms are full of sweat in a blink of an eye.
The Nine Shadow Army's Xiancha and the Great Flying Thunder Car opened their bilges one after another after hovering. Pitch-black square openings appeared above the heads of the Firmament Army.
Shells and screaming dragons from the holes followed, as well as watermelon-sized thunderbolts.
Brilliant firelight spread all over the heads of the firmament army. This is the last beautiful scenery that the Firmament Army will see before they die.
The Firmament Army finally knew why these flying vehicles of the Nine Shadows Kingdom were hovering above their heads and then quickly spread out. These vehicles have long been given their proper mission - to bombard the enemies who have invaded the Nine Shadows.
This is Yu Rong's plan, first use the Flying Thunder Car and the Air Cavalry, as well as the Flying Sky Army to catch the opponent by surprise, kill and injure the Sky Army as much as possible, and also destroy most of the weapons on the Guanyue Cha. Of course, Yu Rong knew that the volume of the Guanyuecha was too large, and it would be fine if there were only one or two of them, but there were tens of thousands of Guanyuecha here, and only relying on the Flying Thunder Cavalry and the Flying Sky Army would not be able to solve the battle for a while.
So he employs a segmented attack.
After the Flying Force, the Flying Thunder Car, and the Air Cavalry cooperated to cause large-scale destruction, causing panic among the Firmament Army, the Xiancha and the Great Flying Thunder Carts dispatched and flew above the Firmament Army and the Mooncha, and then the bombardment began.
Unlike the attacks of the Flying Army and the Air Cavalry, the Xiancha and the Great Flying Thunder Vehicles were more powerful in bombing and had more intensive artillery fire. And he grabbed the Netherworld Ghost Cannon and the bed crossbow on the Guanyue Chacha, and he couldn't raise it ninety degrees to attack the weakness.
In this way, the counterattacks encountered by the Xiancha and the Great Flying Thunder Car will not be very strong, and there will not even be any counterattacks, and the Nine Shadows Army can airdrop to the Sky Army with peace of mind*.
The explosion soon rang out, scorching the chill in the clouds and the moon. There were constantly Sky Army screaming and falling to the ground in the explosion, and there were also bed crossbows and transfer machines that were torn apart. On the deck of the moon, there were fires everywhere, and the raging flames were swept into the sky with the heat wave and the scorching wind.
Billowing smoke and flames tossed like waves, explosions shook the heavens and the earth, sawdust flew everywhere, stumps and flesh splintered with pungent blood, and terrible screams resounded through the night sky with heart-rending screams. The large-scale bombardment instantly caused countless casualties to the Sky Army below. And hundreds of ships of the Mooncha also tilted their bodies under the scorching flames in the billowing smoke, and fell towards the sea.
Those cannonballs of the Nine Shadows Kingdom were like meteorites piercing the clouds, dragging long guns and smoke, covered in flames, and falling at lightning speed.
It collided with the cannonball on the Moonpier, and immediately burst into high-temperature flames. Thick smoke rose, heat waves and scorching winds, and most of the firmament troops on the moon were torn apart in the explosion, screaming and falling, and ghost blood was splashed.
The flames were shining into the sky, and the blood-stained Firmament Army could be seen everywhere. Splashed with sawdust and sparks, the Firmament Army on fire scurried around aimlessly. There are also many who were blown up in the indiscriminate bombardment, and their flesh and blood were blurred, and they died on the spot.
The ghost soldiers on the Nine Shadows Kingdom Immortal Chariot had already taken out all kinds of firearms, walked quickly to the edge of the Xiancha, leaned over and raised their guns to aim below, and kept shooting at the Sky Army on the Moonpier. The red-colored guns then shot out, and when they crossed the night sky, they made a "Xiu Xiu" sound that broke the air, and danced with the cannonballs, and constantly crashed towards the Guanyue Chacha.
In just a moment, nearly 100,000 Firmament Army were killed in an instant in the bombardment of the Nine Shadows Kingdom. In the heart-rending screams, there was pungent blood mixed with choking smoke, which continued to disperse above the clouds.
Under the rumbling cannon, in the big flying thunder car of the Nine Shadows Kingdom, on the four spirit pestles stretched out, the thunder and lightning flashed at the top. The next second later, lightning and thunder fell from the sky, like a sharp sword, and slashed down on the deck of the moon without exception.
Broken slabs of wood on the deck flew again, and the screams of the firmament army grew louder.
The violent explosions that kept sounding made Guan Yuecha shake one after another. The beak and the wasp opened their eyes wide, and when they looked up, they saw a dense rain of cannonballs spread out all over the sky, and the fear in their eyes grew more and more intense......
Dongyingzhou, Yasujin country.
In this ghost country in the south of the Qingqiu Fox Country today, most of them are short dwarf ghosts, and the army and the court of the ghost country are all controlled by these little ghosts who are about five feet tall.
As early as when Xiao Shizhu was busy conquering all parts of Xuanyan Continent, the Qingqiu Fox Kingdom in Dongying Continent was also busy expanding its territory. Their preferred target is the ghost country of Yasujin.
For a long time, the Qingqiu Fox Kingdom and the Yasujin Kingdom have been at war, and the Qingqiu Fox Kingdom has always had the upper hand. After years of conquest, the result was that the territory of Yasujin became smaller and smaller.
Today, the Jingren Kingdom, which originally had four counties of land, actually only had one county of land left, but only a few dozen cities. If it weren't for the fact that Emperor Xudu once again united all the ghost countries in Dongyingzhou, except for the Qingqiu Fox, so that the Qingqiu Fox Kingdom was overwhelmed by enemies on all sides, it wouldn't be long before the Jingren Kingdom would have perished.
And in the south of the Jingren Kingdom, there is a Jingren city built in the river valley. In the valley of the river, surrounded by high walls, there are many small houses with low eaves.
These houses are very appreciative, and the gates are also in the style of tombstones, but the rooms in the back are the same as the tombs, which are domed houses of various sizes but without windows. From a distance, it looks less like a city, but like a tomb behind a high wall.
These peculiar houses are the houses of the dwarf ghosts of Yasujin Kingdom. It is said that the more ornate the tombstone-shaped gate in front of the house, the richer the family.
And in this city, only most of the buildings are like this, and in the southern corner of the city, there are also different buildings.
There were a number of thatched huts and earthen huts, scattered in the corners near the edge of the city walls, and among these chaotic houses, there were all kinds of cages. What is locked up inside is not wild beasts and birds, but human souls of different ages.
These souls were all dressed in rags, their faces were full of confusion and fear, and on their feet and hands were cold handcuffs and shackles.
Ghosts who have spent a few years in the Netherworld only need to take a look at this place to know that this place is a ghost slave market specializing in trading human souls.
Speaking of which, this is also a wonder of the Jingren Kingdom, which is obviously a ghost country ruled by human souls, but the transaction of buying and selling human souls in the country is more than other ghost countries in Dongyingzhou, and it is even more popular. There are large and small ghost slave markets all over the country, and hundreds of souls are sold and bought every day. Even the taxes from the ghost slave trade have become the main income and expenditure of this ghost country.
In the ghost slave market of Yasujin Kingdom, the human souls of all shapes and shapes can basically be seen, except for the dwarf ghosts, almost all other human souls can be bought here.
This is the reason why Ye Shuyan and King Yama, after discussion, decided to cut this ghost country first. Disbanding the starry ghost slave markets in the country can bring prestige and popular support to the Nine Shadows Army.
However, what Shuyan could think of, Xiao Shizhu also thought of.
When he decided to send troops to Dongyingzhou, the Xuanjiao disciples had already infiltrated the ghost slave markets in various parts of the Jingren Kingdom and were dormant.
In the ghost slave market of this Jingren country, on the high platform in the middle, several ghost slaves with shackles on their hands and feet were brought to this square platform half a foot high, lined up with the buyers under the stage.
There are both men and women of these ghost slaves, old and young, most of them are either weak female ghosts and small ghosts, or weak old ghosts. Only the man's soul in the middle is a tall and sturdy human soul.
With a fleshy face and knotted muscles, he was only brought to the high platform with a majestic face, and the buyers below were in an uproar.
In this ghost slave market, it is rare to see such a tall and majestic ghost slave as him, which is normal for the buyers waiting for bidding in the audience to be eager to try.
The white clouds drifted in with the wind, covering the cloudy sun that had gradually set in the east, casting a large shadow that happened to be shrouded in the high platform in the ghost slave market here.
A slight coolness suddenly appeared, diffusing on the high platform. The other ghost slaves were all trembling, and the fear and panic in their eyes were getting heavier and heavier, but only the human soul man, whose face was still very calm.
He slowly glanced down, and the dwarf ghost buyers who were looking at him for commenting or discussing, all of them with fat heads and big ears, raised the corners of their mouths slightly, revealing a sneer.
He looked at the bidders in the audience, and his eyes became cold.
There are no ghosts, noticing the subtle changes in the eyes of this man's soul, they are still discussing, guessing how much this soul will be sold for, and secretly calculating what kind of price they can afford and earn.
A trade without humanity is about to begin.