More than a hundred ordinary ghosts were released at this moment.
They looked around, saw the Four Ghost Messengers, Chi, Mei, Wang, Liang, with their strange and peculiar faces, and were not too afraid...
They just stood in the middle, a bit bewildered.
I looked at these released ghosts and immediately shouted:
"Everyone stand at attention. These four in front of you.
Are the Four Yin Messengers of the Underworld, serving the City God.
Why don't you pay your respects quickly?"
The over a hundred ghosts present were stunned by my shout.
They all turned their heads towards the Four Yin Messengers, Chi, Mei, Wang, Liang, standing with their hands behind their backs before the offering table.
Chi, Mei, Wang, Liang said nothing, just stood there motionlessly with calm expressions.
They did not emit any oppressive aura.
They looked like ordinary ghosts, perhaps even less so.
After a brief silence, Old Mo urged again:
"What are you all standing around for? Do you still want to reincarnate?"
Old Mo's shout brought the many ghosts back to their senses.
Finally, a ghost called out:
"Greetings, Yin Messenger sirs."
"This humble ghost greets the Yin Messengers."
"Yin Messenger sirs, I want to reincarnate, I want to reincarnate."
"I have been drifting for over thirty years, it's too hard, please take me away, Yin Messengers."
"..."
With one ghost leading, the rest also chimed in.
Some ghosts even knelt down and kowtowed in excitement.
However, not all the ghosts here wanted to reincarnate, nor were all of them good ghosts.
A few self-proclaimed clever ghosts saw that the scene was chaotic.
This was a wilderness, with no boundaries set around.
The Chi, Mei, Wang, Liang in front did not exude any deterrent aura.
So they had some wicked thoughts and wanted to escape from here.
After all, ghosts who had committed evil deeds would suffer in the underworld, and might even become beasts or insects in their next lives.
These ghosts, while outwardly bowing,
were actually retreating slowly within the crowd.
Taking advantage of the dark night, they slipped out of the ghost crowd in an instant.
Silently, their bodies turned into black smoke and quickly merged into the darkness, fleeing.
There were over a hundred ghosts here, occupying a large area.
Dozens of ghosts were blocking in front of me and Old Mo.
Neither I nor Old Mo saw the few escaping ghosts.
But besides me and Old Mo, there were four legendary Yin Messengers present.
How could these little ghosts possibly escape?
Their actions were no different from seeking their own death.
At this moment, the leading ox-eyed Chi Yin Messenger snorted coldly:
"Audacious little ghosts, you don't even put us Yin Messengers in your eyes.
And you dare to escape, seize them all!"
With that, the Chi Yin Messenger widened his eyes, and his pair of ox-like eyes emitted a faint green light.
It seemed to pierce through the void of the dark night.
The Mei, Wang, and Liang on his left and right trembled.
The Four Ghosts, who had shown no oppressive aura moments ago, now suddenly unleashed a terrifying, world-shattering, supreme ghost energy.
That energy surged upwards like a tsunami with a "buzz," and erupted towards all directions.
Old Mo and I stood not far away, feeling this energy.
We felt our heartbeats quicken and our breathing become difficult.
It felt as if a large stone was pressing on our chests.
The numerous little ghosts present were pressed to the ground by this energy, all kneeling down with a "plop."
They trembled with fear, unable to speak.
Besides this, the Four Ghosts, Chi, Mei, Wang, Liang, raised their hands simultaneously and pointed in different directions.
The next second, the sound of chains "clang, clang, clang" was heard.
Black iron soul-hooking ropes flew out from the sleeves of the Four Yin Messengers and shot into the darkness in all directions.
Old Mo and I widened our eyes in surprise.
Before we could fully recover, the chains that had shot into the darkness began to retract with a "clang, clang, clang."
At the same time, in the distant mountain forest, screams of tearing could be heard continuously.
"Ah!"
"It hurts!"
"Let me go!"
"..."
Along with these sounds,
ghosts entangled by the soul-hooking ropes were all pulled back.
Amidst the screams, they were all yanked back with a "bang, bang, bang."
They fell heavily to the ground, landing before the Four Ghost Messengers, Chi, Mei, Wang, Liang.
In just a few seconds, none of the seven escaping ghosts in the dark got away.
All were pulled back by the soul-hooking ropes.
At the end of each soul-hooking rope was a bright iron hook.
Now, they were all hooked into the shoulders or backs of these ghosts.
The seven ghosts writhed in pain on the ground,
constantly crying out "Aiyoh, aiyoh," with ghost blood trickling out...
The over a hundred ghosts kneeling on the ground watched in stunned silence, trembling.
The ghosts who had had the thought of escaping, but hadn't acted yet, now had no such thoughts at all.
Old Mo and I couldn't help but gasp.
These Four Yin Messengers, Chi, Mei, Wang, Liang, truly lived up to their reputation.
With just a raise of their hands, they could easily retrieve escaping ghosts.
The ox-eyed Chi Yin Messenger glared at the seven ghosts and said:
"How dare you, in front of us Yin Messengers, still dare to escape?"
"Sir, spare me, sir, spare me!"
The seven ghosts endured the pain in their bodies and hurriedly begged for mercy.
The Chi Yin Messenger simply snorted coldly:
"According to Yin Law, escaped souls need not be reported to the Underworld.
They shall be executed on the spot, with no mercy."
His voice was not loud but was very penetrating, filled with killing intent.
It made people's hearts tremble.
Those escaping ghosts shivered even more intensely.
They kept kowtowing:
"Sir, spare me, sir, spare me!"
"This humble ghost was momentarily confused, this humble ghost was momentarily confused!"
"..."
But these four lords did not waste any more words and acted.
The ox-eyed Chi Yin Messenger glared, green light appearing in his eyes.
Suddenly, green netherfire erupted from two of the ghosts.
Those two ghosts showed terror and screamed loudly.
"Ah! Ah! I don't want to die, I don't want to die."
"Sir, spare me, sir, spare me."
They rolled on the ground.
In less than three seconds, they were burned to ashes by the intense netherfire, their souls scattered.
The remaining ghosts, terrified, continued to kowtow, their desperate pleas echoing through the mountains.
As a result, the other three Yin Messengers did not even frown.
The dog-eared Mei Yin Messenger even showed excitement, raising his hand and clenching it.
Black mist gathered in his palm.
The chains on two of the ghosts began to tighten rapidly.
They squeezed the two ghosts until their forms distorted, and finally, with a scream, they were instantly strangled by the chains, their souls scattered.
The pig-nosed Wang Yin Messenger, seemingly casually blew a breath.
A red mist rose all over one of the ghosts.
Immediately, the ghost let out a fierce scream.
Visibly, its body was corroded by the red mist, finally turning into a wisp of black smoke, and its soul was also scattered.
As for the last two ghosts, they were sucked into the mouth of the camel-mouthed Liang Yin Messenger, who opened his cavernous maw and swallowed them in one gulp.
Finally, just like a camel eating a cactus.
With a "smack, smack" sound, he chewed and swallowed the last two ghosts alive in his mouth.
Four Yin Messengers, four means of slaughter.
Each method appeared extremely terrifying and horrifying.
Burned to death by netherfire, strangled to death by chains, rotted by poisonous mist, chewed and swallowed.
It seemed that, as in the legends, these four lords were not to be trifled with.
Each was ruthless and merciless in killing ghosts...
My condition has not been very good these past few days, and I have been writing very little. I apologize to all my fellow book friends.
I will strive to resume five updates tomorrow.