"Lady Liu, you must avenge us lowly ones!"
"That fellow is terribly powerful. Several great ghosts have fallen at his hands."
"Either he dies, or we perish!!"
"That's right!"
"..."
The great ghosts all chimed in.
Lady Liu was a Thousand-Year Female Ghost outside Wangjiao City, with profound cultivation.
She held a treasured tract of mountains and waters and possessed formidable strength.
Years ago, she had utterly captivated a Cultivator from a renowned orthodox sect who had descended the mountain to travel.
He had even wanted to grant her a golden body.
So that she could return to life in the world of the living.
In the end, Lady Liu had schemed against him, not only killing him and ending his cultivation.
His Life-Bound Robe had also fallen into Lady Liu's hands.
Lady Liu usually cultivated in seclusion in that auspicious spot outside Wangjiao.
The Demon Ghosts within Wangjiao frequently sent her boys and girls to feast on.
The two sides were partners in profit, of a sort.
Unless they had absolutely no alternative, Wangjiao's great ghosts would never ask Lady Liu for help.
Lady Liu had always been greedy. Once she helped you out,
she would all but skin you alive afterward.
But now, it was their only remaining option.
If Lady Liu could still negotiate cooperation and coexistence with them,
then Jiaze would never rest until one side was dead.
"Hey, what's going on over there?"
"Have the Wandering Ghosts appeared again?"
"Don't be afraid! Jiaze Great God will protect us."
A believer spoke loudly.
At that moment, more and more people noticed something amiss in the distance.
A streak of scarlet was slowly rising from the horizon, spreading across the entire sky.
Everyone raised their heads and stared blankly at that scarlet hue.
Some already sensed