After eliminating the fierce zombie, the group continued their journey, and the Ghost King Wei Qin returned to his sedan chair.
As soon as he sat down, Yu Jinhong couldn't help but ask, "What's the situation ahead?"
"A few Mao Jiang appeared..." Wei Qin replied.
Yu Jinhong was shocked, "Mao Jiang?! Are you sure?"
"I dealt with them personally," Wei Qin also felt puzzled. "Didn't they say Zhong Yan had no strength, and the strongest corpse he raised was only Red-eyed?"
"Zhong Yan is timid and generally weak, I can be sure of that!" Yu Jinhong stroked his chin. "Could it be that Shen Shuzhen found some helpers?"
Yu Jinbo, who had been silent all along, spoke up, "Don't forget, there is a Maoshan disciple in the crematorium."
"Even if he's a Maoshan disciple, so what? He's just one person. He'll set up some obstacles on the road, and we'll deal with them," Yu Jinhong still didn't pay attention to the crematorium.
Yu Jinbo fell silent again. In fact, he had already felt that Shen Shuzhen seemed to have anticipated that they would attack the crematorium, so she had set up traps along the way.
But Yu Jinbo's attitude was the same as Yu Jinhong's.
With three Ghost Kings present, dealing with the small fries at the crematorium would be a piece of cake, wouldn't it?
Encountering these troubles on the road merely proved that Shen Shuzhen lacked confidence!
"Today is Shen Shuzhen's death anniversary, I can't wait!"
Yu Jinhong sneered, then beckoned, and two graceful female ghosts floated into the sedan chair from the sides, serving him diligently.
But before he could enjoy himself, the sedan chair stopped again!
"What is it now!" Yu Jinhong roared.
"Report!!!"
The little ghost ran over again and knelt on the ground, saying, "Old Ancestor, a heavy fog suddenly appeared ahead, and many paper figures are wandering in the mountains. Our young clansmen have been captured by those paper figures!"
"Paper figures?!"
Yu Jinhong's face darkened, his anger soaring.
The previous Mao Jiang were meant to deal with those extraordinary people, and now the paper figures were meant to deal with the malevolent spirits they brought!
There have always been ghosts catching people, when did it become people catching ghosts?!
Yu Jinbo said coldly, "It seems Shen Shuzhen was well-prepared, waiting for us to ascend the mountain."
"Big brother, what should we do now?" Yu Jinhong gritted his teeth. "Why don't the three of us just kill our way up the mountain and bite off Shen Shuzhen's head?!"
Wei Qin said, "No, the crematorium is not guaranteed to be free of traps. If we barge in rashly, we'll be falling into their trap!"
The unspoken truth from Wei Qin was that if the people and ghosts ahead didn't clear the mines for them, they would have to step on all the mines themselves later.
Yu Jinbo didn't think for too long and directly adopted Wei Qin's suggestion.
"The team continues to advance, I want to see what other tricks Shen Shuzhen has!"
"Old Ancestor, what about those paper figures ahead..."
"Wei Qin, Jinhong, you two go and deal with it!"
"Alright!"
The two Ghost Kings took their orders and rushed out, but the dense fog ahead and the elusive paper figures meant they still spent quite some time resolving them.
And the malevolent spirits in the team had already lost one-third of their numbers!
This outcome left Yu Jinhong and Wei Qin extremely dissatisfied, as the descendants of their families were among these malevolent spirits.
Attacking a mere crematorium was supposed to be an easy task, yet they had suffered such heavy losses!!
Yu Jinbo also sank his face, muttering to himself, "Who on earth did Shen Shuzhen find as a helper..."
...
After passing through the fog and paper figure traps, the Yu and Wei families' teams encountered several more troubles.
Each time, the troubles caught them off guard, and they suffered heavy losses.
The three Ghost Kings also became angrier with each passing encounter!
What made them most ashamed was that as they neared the crematorium, their team actually began to go in circles!
This was the ghost wall!
The ghost wall was the most commonly used tactic by ghosts to torment humans, blinding the living and making them spin in circles. They would walk for hours without getting out, finally tiring themselves out so the ghosts could possess them.
But they never expected that they, already ghosts, would encounter such a thing as the ghost wall!
It was simply outrageous!
The team had been circling for probably half an hour before Yu Jinbo discovered the problem and broke the ghost wall formation!
"Too much! Too much!!"
After finally breaking the formation, Wei Qin trembled with anger.
In the hundreds of years since his death, when had he ever suffered such humiliation?!
Yu Jinhong was so angry he was jumping, "This must be the work of Maoshan! When I catch that Taoist from Maoshan, I will torture him severely!!"
Although Yu Jinbo was also angry, he did not show it. He said coldly:
"The crematorium is just ahead."
One more turn ahead and they would reach the main entrance of the crematorium. Yu Jinbo planned to vent his anger after entering the crematorium.
Today, he would make the crematorium run red with blood!
Upon reaching the outside of the crematorium, the once mighty team had fewer than a quarter of their original strength remaining.
Their morale had been high when they set out, but now they were in disarray.
The various traps along the way had terrified them, and now, the closer they got to the crematorium, the more afraid they became.
Finally.
The team arrived at the crematorium gate.
Yu Jinbo looked ahead and saw that on the plaza inside the crematorium gate, dozens of people were standing densely.
All of them were Shen Shuzhen's subordinates!
Xu Qian, Duan Mu, Ying Jiu, Zhong Yan...
They stood like a wall, blocking the team's path, their eyes filled with determination and resolve.
Yu Jinbo stood up.
His massive body looked down at Xu Qian and the others:
"Is this your final trick... Where is Shen Shuzhen?"
Everyone from the crematorium was there, but Shen Shuzhen was nowhere to be seen.
Xu Qian replied loudly, "Grandma Shen is ill, and we will face you today!"
"Shen Shuzhen is ill?" Yu Jinhong sneered and added, "Where is that Maoshan disciple who helped you? Call him out, and I can leave you a whole corpse!"
In Yu Jinhong's eyes, there were several people who had to be dismembered tonight.
Shen Shuzhen, and that Maoshan disciple!
If not for that Maoshan disciple, they wouldn't have reached this point, nor would they have suffered such heavy losses as they had now!
The presence of three Ghost Kings was a blatant threat, yet under this threat, the people at the crematorium still showed no despair or fear.
"Grandma Shen said that even if she's not here, we should still be hospitable. Let me first entertain you all!"
Xu Qian suddenly picked up a bronze gong and struck it fiercely!
The sound of the gong made the ghosts' heads split with pain!
Even Yu Jinbo couldn't help but frown, his body swaying!
And at this very moment, Duan Mu, the crematorium worker, suddenly opened his mouth and spewed out a ball of fire!
The flames he spewed out were like a fiery dragon, flying more than twenty meters straight ahead and landing at the feet of the ghosts!
The next second, the ground beneath them collapsed, spewing out countless hot oil. The hot oil was ignited by the flames, turning into a raging inferno that instantly engulfed the Ghost Kings' team!
Duan Mu laughed and said, "This is Mr. Yan's Fiery Cremation Array, our final grand gift prepared for you!!"