Yet, to their surprise, the Long-Haired Ghost Soldiers ignored them. In tight formation, they charged the pursuers coming up behind. Not one of them spoke; their silence held a chill fierceness. Though they numbered roughly the same as the pursuers, their Ghost Aura and Yin Energy had fused into a single whole. As they pressed forward, they felt like Bronze Walls and Iron Ramparts.
The pursuers' leader was a Ferocious Ghost, but even he quailed at the sight. He had seen enough battles to know just how formidable War Ghosts in such a disciplined formation could be!
Suspicious by nature, he wondered whether these living people were bait meant to lure them in.
Hadn't the War Ghosts ignored the living altogether? And hadn't those people sent out a Yin Soldier from the Daoist Tradition just moments ago...?
The more he thought about it, the more suspicious it seemed; the evidence he conjured up in his own mind only kept mounting. He shouted, "Retreat..." and fled at the head of the pack.
The Long-Haired Ghost Soldiers, however, had no intention of letting them go.
Ghost Aura shifted in their hands and became longbows. Yin Energy formed sharp arrows, and in an instant, dozens of shafts flew at the fugitives' backs.
Unfortunately, their opponents were Ghost Creatures too. Arrows made of Yin Energy posed little threat to them.
After barely three volleys, the ghost horde led by the Ferocious Ghost had vanished without a trace. Only seven or eight of the weakest Grudge Ghosts remained, their souls scattered by the rain of arrows.
Only then did the Long-Haired Ghost Soldiers turn and close in on Da Xiang and the others.
It all happened with frightening speed. The Long-Haired Ghost Soldiers drew their bows, nocked their arrows, and took aim at Da Xiang's