Meanwhile...
Cheng Yu had no idea where he was. After chasing down a powerful Weird and "eating" it, he realized he seemed to have gotten lost.
And there were a ridiculous number of forks along these mountain roads, leading to the following scene.
A man stood at a crossroads, tossing a coin.
"Does the road on the left lead to Gang City?"
The coin landed tails. No.
"Then does the road on the right lead to Gang City?"
The coin landed heads. Yes.
He had lost count of how many dozens of times he had done this. Even with Cheng Yu's temperament, tossing coins was making him want to puke.
It wasn't as though he hadn't considered flying into the sky, turning invisible, and heading straight toward Gang City. But his soul had immediately sounded an alarm. After tossing a coin to divine the reason, he found that, unsurprisingly, the Weird King was responsible.
Well, there went the simple, straightforward option.
As Cheng Yu neared the next intersection, a fully armed Ghost squad passed nearby. With his Bronze-level soul, he had already picked up their soul fluctuations.
Cheng Yu activated the Cognitive Disruption Spell and prepared to go grab a "snack."
Their conversation, however, happened to buy them a little more time to live.
"Hey! Have you heard? Our next stop is Gang City."
"Of course I have! Her Highness the Songstress is holding a concert there. Everyone in the province is trying to squeeze in. How could I not know?"
"Hehe, yeah. Who would've thought that following the general's orders to head to Anping Capital would let us hear Her Highness sing along the way?"
"That's nothing. The general invited Her Highness the Songstress to perform and boost morale for this troop assembly."
"Oh, so we'll get to hear