“Not good…”

Hu Ma’s heart skipped a beat the moment he sensed the chilling ghost energy.

The two groups of people were reacting in starkly different ways. The Red Lantern Matron’s side was cheering and celebrating their victory, eager to light firecrackers.

The Green Robe Gang, on the other hand, looked as if they had lost their parents, filled with fear and uncertainty about their future.

Of course, there were also those who had predicted the Green Robe Gang’s defeat from the start and had already found new patrons or even defected to the Red Lantern Society. They were now feigning sadness but were secretly overjoyed, glad they had chosen sides early.

But in their excitement and regret, they had all forgotten one entity: the Green Robe Evil Ghost.

This founding patriarch of the Green Robe Gang was the most crucial figure in this duel. How could he willingly accept defeat?

The Green Robe and Red Lantern duel determined who got to build a temple and who would be left with nowhere to stand.

The extent to which he valued this duel could be seen from the lengths he had gone to in hiring someone to help.

It wasn’t until a cold snort echoed that everyone’s heart trembled.

Hastily looking up, they saw the evil ghost mask representing the Green Robe Master, hanging on the green cloth beside the Green Robe Gang on the other side of the arena.

Now, under the influence of a chilling power, the surrounding braziers and torches had become eerie and terrifying, their greenish light illuminating the mask.

The once-rigid mask now seemed to have a change in expression, as if eyes had opened and the corners of its mouth had turned up.

The sudden fangs were interlaced, as if wanting to devour people.

“Not good, Green Robe Master is enraged…”

It was only then that everyone suddenly realized that this Green Robe Master had lost the battle, but didn’t seem willing to accept the result.

“Rattling…”

Before they could even finish the thought, a gust of yin wind suddenly swept across the arena, especially on the Green Robe Gang’s side.

This yin wind was dry, strange, and had an indescribable eerie meaning. It seemed to be mixed with some inaudible, chilling laughter, rolling and sweeping through the arena. Four or five people in the Green Robe Gang suddenly jumped up straight, opened their mouths and shouted:

“Green Robe Master, spare…”

“…”

Spare my life…

As if all the flesh and blood had been instantly drained, leaving only a skeleton wrapped in baggy clothes, silently falling to the ground.

These were the people who had lost the battle for the Green Robe Gang but hadn’t died, as well as those who had helped the Green Robe Master arrange this duel.

Suddenly seeing this scene, the members of the Green Robe Gang were all stunned for a moment, then suddenly screamed and fled in all directions.

Green Robe Master was crazy, venting his anger, killing his own people…

The chaotic crowd scattered and fled, but they heard clear, ghostly, cold laughter in their ears.

The cold wind blew against their faces, making them unable to open their eyes and see the way. From time to time, someone would suddenly fall while running. They either fell to the ground, twitching, curled up, or closed their eyes and chanted something, but in the end, they could only let their bodies turn into a skeleton.

Even their souls were drawn out and swallowed by the gaping ghost mask.

Only a group of strange disciples wearing green pants, with braids, and red dots on their foreheads, looked sinister, also slightly flustered, but didn’t move.

These people were the Green Robe Boys of the Green Robe Gang, similar to the Red Fragrance Disciples of the Red Lantern Society.

They were the most loyal to the Green Robe Master, so they were not killed.

On the Red Lantern Society’s side, watching the sudden change in the Green Robe Gang, everyone was shocked and jumped up subconsciously, staying away from the other side.

But at this moment, as the Green Robe Master was enraged, Di Gua Shao on the stage also cried out.

She and the 彩衣老先生 (Caiyi Laoxiansheng, Colorful Clothes Old Gentleman) hadn’t had time to step down from the stage when they heard the Green Robe Master’s cold laughter and felt the bizarre yin wind that scraped bones and drew souls.

The yin wind rolled up from under the stage, passed over the 彩衣老先生 (Caiyi Laoxiansheng, Colorful Clothes Old Gentleman), and went straight towards her.

She immediately knew what was happening and wanted to escape urgently, but she already felt the yin wind pressing behind her, as if she was being captured by an invisible hand.

This kind of power was too strong, not on the same level as her. No matter how much magic she learned, she couldn’t resist it at all.

Her face couldn’t help but change drastically. Suddenly, she made up her mind and crossed the arena directly, rushing towards the Red Lantern Society’s direction, shouting at the same time: “I swear to be loyal to the Matron, please Matron save my life…”

As she shouted, her body suddenly fell.

One of her calves was lifted by an invisible force and dragged backward.

And this dragged calf was already visibly shriveled and withered, as if the flesh and blood had been emptied.

But just as Di Gua Shao was about to be pulled back by the Green Robe Evil Ghost’s power, it seemed that Di Gua Shao’s shout touched the Red Lantern Matron. Suddenly, the red lanterns on the side of the arena shone brightly, extremely dazzling.

The red light, as thick as blood, spilled out from the lanterns, illuminating most of the arena.

At the same time, the 彩衣老先生 (Caiyi Laoxiansheng, Colorful Clothes Old Gentleman) and Di Gua Shao were also shrouded in the red light.

Di Gua Shao was about to be dragged away, but with the scattering of the red light, the force pulling her was suddenly dispelled outside the arena. Then, she scrambled and crawled to the Red Lantern Matron Society’s side.

At the same time, the Green Robe Evil Ghost, which was forced out of the arena, was suddenly furious, and the rolling yin wind pressed towards the stage with even more surging anger.

“Crack crack…”

The two forces collided and intertwined above the arena, twisting the entire wooden arena into a mess. Countless pieces of wood and broken cloth flew in all directions.

These were the two most powerful evil entities in the Ming Prefecture area, fighting head-on. Everyone present was capable, but just standing on the side, they felt suppressed and frightened, unable to open their eyes.

And Hu Ma, without hesitation, quickly retreated to the distance, without looking back.

Although he really wanted to see what it was like for existences at the level of the Red Lantern Matron to fight, he still had to save his life first…

As he fled quickly away from the arena, he caught a glimpse of Manager Xu, Old Abacus who owed him twenty portions of blood food, even Leader Zheng, and those close to him, such as the society’s enshrined stewards, etc. They were all holding their heads and running even faster than him.

However, on the opposite side of their fleeing route, a group of people suddenly rushed over. He only heard a violent shout:

“Red Fragrance Disciples, where are you? For our Matron, chop up this group of evil ghosts who lost the battle and the people!”

“…”

“Yang Gong?”

Hu Ma looked up and saw not far away, Yang Gong and a group of disciples with red belts around their waists were running against the fleeing crowd from the other side of the street.

They were all murderous, pulled out incense, and inserted it on top of their heads.

In front of them, the two protectors on the left and right had not moved, but each cast spells, holding up the red lantern.

On the Green Robe Evil Ghost’s side, those Green Robe Boys were also raising their heads strangely, about to rush to the arena.

“Everyone’s way of making a living is really different…”

Hu Ma thought in his heart. Although he had already recognized Yang Gong as a good brother, he only ran faster into the distance at this moment.

No one knew what this battle would turn into. The original intention was to choose a duel to avoid this direct fight, but he didn’t expect to be able to avoid it in the end. It’s just that the Red Lantern Matron and the Green Robe Evil Ghost directly fighting, I am afraid that this town will be torn down.

They fled more than ten zhang in a row, not daring to stop, wishing they could escape directly out of the town.

But at this moment, they suddenly heard a clear chime sound from outside the town.

This sound was clear and melodious, not very loud, but it was exceptionally clear, like a coolness, thrown into the town from a distance.

The Red Lantern Matron and the Green Robe Evil Ghost, who had just fought each other, were killing each other with blood and flesh, and it was difficult to distinguish each other, seemed to be weakened a lot because of this.

The people of the Red Lantern Matron Society who were fleeing also seemed to be shocked by some kind of magic. The thought of escaping in their minds disappeared instantly. Each of them stood there in a daze, with awe for the mysterious in their eyes, and looked towards the entrance of the town.

Then, they saw a team of people vaguely coming towards the town in the night.

They seemed to be living people, but they were shrouded in a layer of hazy temperament that no one could see clearly.

They could only vaguely see someone holding a banner, someone holding a staff, someone playing a chime, someone carrying a sedan, and ghostly shadows, tumbling and jumping and playing beside the sedan.

Seeing such a team of people, everyone felt terrified. The quick-reacting ones were startled and lowered their heads suddenly, closing their eyes tightly.

Hu Ma was the same. At first glance, he was startled in his heart.

He thought of Grandma.

When Grandma wanted to return to the ancestral shrine, there seemed to be such a team of ceremonial guards to pick her up, similar to this formation.

However, the specifications for picking up Grandma seemed to be higher than this.

He couldn’t tell exactly where the difference was, only vaguely felt that picking up Grandma was more mysterious and larger in scale.

But he also realized where these people came from and hurriedly lowered his head.

He just remembered what he saw at this glance.

This team of ceremonial guards, surrounded the sedan in the middle, like real and illusion, with many shadows, carrying a sinister aura, from west to east, entered Zhu Gate Town, and quickly came to the middle of the town.

And when they came to the front of the arena, the fierce battle between the Red Lantern Matron and the Green Robe Evil Ghost had already stopped.

Even those Red Fragrance Disciples and protectors, and Green Robe Boys, all knelt down.

A soft laugh rang out from inside the sedan, and immediately, a palm stretched out from inside the sedan.

When this hand stretched out, there were two gusts of yin wind in front of the sedan, forming a vortex, towards the front of the sedan, slowly gathering.

Vaguely, in front of the sedan, there actually appeared a woman in red clothes and a cloud bun, and a man in green clothes with a green face and fangs.

They all knelt down honestly in front of the sedan, their bodies curled up, and received the light stroking of this hand.

“If you want to duel, just duel. You have to admit when you lose.”

“If you still want to fight after the duel, then what’s the point of letting you duel?”

“…”

The voice inside the sedan said softly, as if teasing.

The two figures kneeling in front of the sedan bowed to the person inside the sedan at the same time, not daring to have the slightest complaint.