Chuyi shouted, “You should have left this world already and reincarnated. You shouldn’t be here doing things that go against the Heavens’ will!” 

“Hmph, I shouldered the mission of the Zhao state to unite the country! How could I give up so easily?” 

Zhao Kuo’s sword clashed with Chuyi’s eight-faced Han sword, sending Chuyi backward. Afterward, he pointed his sword toward the sky to release the ray of Yin energy one more time.

Chuyi couldn’t steady himself and fell onto the muddy ground. 

Coincidently, he landed right on top of a skeleton that had just wormed out of the ground. 

That poor skeleton had been sleeping for two thousand years. As soon as it got its first wisp of fresh air, Chuyi smashed it,

 turning it into a puddle of black blood and brains. 

Chuyi didn’t have time to worry about hygiene. He grabbed his weapon and stormed forward once again. 

This time, Zhao Kuo didn’t use his sword to fight against him. His right hand held the sword as he pointed it toward the sky, while his left hand dealt with Chuyi.

Zhao Kuo was very strong. He only used his left hand, but it was enough to deflect all the attacks from Chuyi’s sword. 

Chuyi struck seven or eight times, but it was to no avail. 

Zhao Kuo just stood on the spot, without even moving his head. 

He was simply too powerful! 

Zen Master Baimei stood by the valley and looked anxious. “Daoist Priest Chuyi is in danger. We should proceed with the second plan.”

"What’s the second plan?”

While I was still bewildered, Zen Master Baimei held his prayer beads and dashed into the valley like an arrow, storming directly into the group of skeletons.

I understood what his second plan was! It was to attack directly!  

As a young man, I couldn’t lag behind an old monk. I grabbed the Sirius Whip and lashed it.

Company Commander Chen had never seen such a scary scene, but he was still a soldier. He immediately drew his pistol and fired at three skeletons.

I cleared a path by using a new technique I had learned with my Sirius Whip. The whip moved quickly in my hand, keeping off the enemies. 

Although the skeleton soldiers were large in number, their intelligence was nothing compared to humans. 

After two thousand years of being worn out underground, they couldn’t use their mind freely. They blindly followed Zhao Kuo’s command. 

The three of us followed Zen Master Baimei and killed our way toward Zhao Kuo. 

Zhao Kuo rolled his eyes at us. He sneered, “Hehe, good. Since you’re all here, I will see you off first then…” 

I didn’t waste time and directly lashed the Sirius Whip, coiling around Zhao Kuo’s sword. I wanted to pull the sword away from his grip.

Zhao Kuo reacted quickly. After seeing that his sword was blocked, he shook it once, easily freeing it from the whip. 

However, Zhao Kuo’s resurrection spell was disturbed. At the same time, Zen Master Baimei threw his prayer beads, coiling them around Zhao Kuo’s neck. 

Chuyi drew his long sword, and cold light flashed as he aimed it at Zhao Kuo’s eyes. 

Zhao Kuo frowned, but he didn’t seem bothered by the group of people attacking him. 

Right when all the weapons were about to hit him, he dashed toward the mountain peak. 

Then, he raised the sword again and deliberately shot the green Yin energy into the sky. Zhao Kuo’s tone grew haughtier. “Why do you want to stop me from taking revenge for my people? Hmph, actually, I understand. You’re the Qin state’s descendants. Of course, you have to stop me since I want to kill the Qin people!” 

Zhao Kuo shouted at the skeletons, “My brothers from the State of Zhao, help me kill these Qin people!” 

Before he finished talking, thousands of skeleton soldiers had already surrounded us. 

We were able to deal with a few skeleton soldiers at once, but it was impossible to deal with an army.

Although they held rusted bronze weapons, our bodies were made of flesh and blood.

As they surrounded us in layers, we could only leave it to fate. 

At this moment, Company Commander Chen had used up all of his bullets. Although our weapons could temporarily stop the skeleton army, we couldn’t hold on for long.

We thought of clearing a path to reach Zhao Kuo at the mountain top. 

But the skeleton soldiers swarmed us and pushed us downward, sending us further away from the mountain top. 

Although it was easy to destroy those skeleton soldiers, they were able to rebuild their bodies and return to their previous state very quickly.

These bastards seem unstoppable! How can they be so intimidating? 

We were backed into a corner. The more we fought, the more tired and down-spirited we became. 

“Zen Master Baimei, do you have a third plan?” I screamed. 

Zen Master Baimei lashed his beads and smashed a skull. “Merciful Buddha… I don’t have a third plan.” 

This time, Chuyi said indifferently, “The third plan is to… Run!”

“R- Run?” I was surprised. 

At this moment, a hundred thousand soldiers had already crawled their way out of the valley. I couldn’t even imagine what would happen now. 

“While there is life, there is hope!” said Chuyi. 

I couldn’t deny that it was the best thing Chuyi had ever told me.

As it had come to this, I didn’t want to die in vain. When Company Commander Chen heard that we wanted to run, he pointed at the distant off-road car, which was surrounded by the skeletons. “If we can get in the car, we can crush those skeletons and run away.”

I looked at Zhao Kuo, who stood on the mountain top. I knew that we wouldn’t be able to catch him today, so I just nodded. “We should get in the car.”

As we discussed, laughter echoed from the darkness. “Haha, so you're just planning to run instead of fighting? My good grandson, are you trying to make your grandpa lose face?”

That voice was stern, but it gave me a familiar and loving feeling.

Isn’t that my grandpa’s voice? 

I was thrilled. I knew that my grandfather had come to support us, so I quickly turned around. I saw my grandpa strolling toward us. His hands were clasped behind his back, and he wore an old-fashioned Chinese tunic suit.

“Grandpa, why are you here?” Although I knew it was a meaningless question, I couldn’t help but ask.

“Why? You’re displeased that I’m here?” 

My grandpa’s figure was faintly discernible. He pointed at Zhao Kuo. “General Zhao! You’ve been dead for two thousand years. Why are you still bothering with the past? Aren’t you afraid of eternal damnation?”

Zhao Kuo seemed not to know my grandpa’s identity. He growled, “Where did you come from, old man? Why do you want to put your nose in someone else’s business?”

Grandpa smiled. “I’m a Netherworld Messenger. Of course, I have the power to mind your business.” 

When I heard that, I asked, “Grandpa, since you’re a Netherworld Messenger, can you stop Zhao Kuo from resurrecting his four hundred and fifty thousand soldiers?”

“The Heavens’ will can’t be disclosed.” Grandpa shook his head, then gently stroked his beard. “General Zhao, as long as you drop your sword and order your undead army to retreat, I will turn a blind eye to what happened here, and you can be reincarnated. How does that sound?”

“Save your breath, old man!” Zhao Kuo said in a cold voice. “Even if the King of Hell himself comes, I won’t stop!”

“You brought this upon yourself. Don’t blame me for showing you no mercy.” Then, my grandpa took out a small sword that was covered in black scales.

The small sword didn’t have a tip, and the blade looked blunt. However, I could still sense the murderous energy that exuded from it.

The murderous aura could even overwhelm that of the four hundred and fifty thousand soldiers!

My grandpa raised the small sword and closed his eyes, muttering, “My dear treasure, please turn around!”

After saying this strange sentence, he opened his eyes all of a sudden.