Chapter 55: Dark Clouds Overcome the City
Bailing Mountain, barrier land.
After half a month, thousands of craftsmen were hired to lay down millions of stone piles, forming the most basic underground foundation of the barrier.
Each stone stake has a talisman paste. After the efforts of Onmyoji, it is buried inside the stone stake. It is then arranged according to the prepared drawings, which are deep and shallow, and are neatly arranged to form a huge and complex barrier position.
After the project was completed, the Yin-Yang Lao dismissed these craftsmen and was not worried that they would reveal their affairs about the position.
"This barrier is the most basic and most widely circulated barrier, but no one has ever had such a big deal in the past that he could only use this effort to arrange it. Even if it is really leaked, it doesn't matter. In short, this barrier is stable. If you want to break through it, you can only rely on your real ability, but there is no loophole to take advantage of it."
Several Onmyojis were responsible for the inspection barrier operation and adjusting some subtle omissions to check for omissions.
At this time, we were talking to each other, and this time we presided over the construction of the barrier was a rare trial.
The barrier was originally a position technique, but later it gradually evolved into many variants, but most of them were arranged in places that would not move, such as buildings.
Of course, the barrier arranged by Qingming on the carriage is also a kind of kind, but the carriage can move.
A very small number of Onmyoji and monsters can set up barriers around them and temporarily form positions, but they are simple and in a hurry, they set up barriers out of thin air, which inevitably increases consumption. In fact, it is quite unprofitable and not easy to use.
The barrier is actually running at this time, but it does not fully stimulate its power.
Layers of white mist began to appear, gradually spreading around Bailing Mountain, with some obscure influence. This is the ability to "dispel ordinary people and keep away" and the ability to cover up barriers.
The barrier's ability is far more than that. It's just a phase of the project. The gap will continue to be filled in the future until it is built into a prison to suppress monsters.
"Yin Yangtou finally figured it out. How could a special prison be missing if he wanted to lock up those annoying monsters?"
"It is to throw them in and quiet, so as to save trouble outside. This fire is a clear proof that if the lawless monsters are not isolated from the world, there will be no peace at all."
"Every year, colleagues are killed in battle. There are too many monsters, so we must do something."
"The captured monsters don't have to worry about choosing the sealed area in the future, and throw them directly into the barrier. With this barrier, throw all the unkilled monsters and dangerous things in it. After ten days and half a month, they will have to beat them to death first, and sooner or later they will be exhausted in it."
The idea of the Great Enchantment is not a one-day effort, nor is it just Harui’s idea but a realistic need.
When eliminating demons in the Onmyoji, you often encounter monsters or other aliens that are difficult to kill, or things that are very dangerous themselves, which are often difficult to deal with. In the end, you have to find a remote place to suppress and seal it...
Then after a few years, decades, these guys were dug out...
This is the most troublesome thing, because you have no idea what arrangements your predecessors have made in the sealed place, and then what is underneath? Maybe all the parties involved have passed away.
As a result, an unprecedented huge barrier prison was put on the agenda.
This project has been preparing for it, and it requires an astronomical figure in advance. Fortunately, the emperor was furious this time. Although it put a lot of pressure on the Onmyoji, it greatly increased the budget this year afterwards, and even such a project can be affordable.
"Heronor Qingming, do you need to place an altar here? And these flags and banners are placed in this order, right?"
"Yes, these flags are useful. When the monster comes, use it. Insert it first and check if there is any error in the number. The altar is elsewhere. If you read the map wrong, there is no need for an altar here."
Onmyoji who came and went, carrying various objects, waiting for the next battle.
"The front line is almost coming, right? Seven hundred ghosts walk at night, no, day and night, not those little quarrels. His real method should have not been tried yet, and he always feels uneasy."
Although Qingming has been busy presiding for the battle, she did not rush to the front line and faced the Hundred Ghost Night Walking Camp composed of 700 monsters on the opposite side, she could also easily judge the situation.
Various ghosts and monsters of a certain scale gather together, which are called the Seventy-Seven Ghosts Night Walk, the Hundred Ghosts Night Walk, the Ninety-Nine Ghosts Night Walk, etc. Depending on the specific scale and number of ghosts formed, the threat can be roughly judged.
The real Hundred Ghosts Night Walk should be composed of hundreds of monsters. Generally, the leader is a big monster. Even if it was not at that time, it was very close. After holding such a parade, you can follow the power of the Hundred Ghosts' subordinates and the fear they collected and break through to the big monster.
This is a popular way to gather the crowd to practice. It mainly uses the custom of a hundred ghosts walking at night to collect human fears. The more subordinates you have, the easier it is to break through the bottleneck of the big monster. Often, the leader will naturally become the big monster after a few games.
However, the disadvantages are also very obvious. If the organization is disintegrated, the members are divided, and such rituals are not held for a long time, the power that has been promoted in the past will gradually dissipate and may even fall out of the category of big monsters.
From monsters to big monsters, a complete improvement has been completed, and the difference between the front and back may be several times or dozens of times.
Shang Yang has been wandering around more than a dozen cities for two times. He doesn't let go of monsters along the way. He has to join his team regardless of whether he voluntarily or not. Now there are more than 700 monsters like snowballing.
The rich demonic aura was released without any concealment. The original demonic power, quality and attributes of different monsters were different. If they just gathered together, they would inevitably conflict and get rid of each other. At this time, they were bound by the power of the Hundred Ghosts Night Walking Map and commanded each other. They reached a harmony between them and all joined together. The core was Shang Yang, the leader.
This is the real purpose of the Hundred Ghosts Night Walking Picture, gathering the crowd, commanding, restraining, and strengthening. As the commander of more than 700 monsters, his own strength is far from enough to forcibly command so many monsters. Even most of them have recognized Shang Yang's leadership position. What is needed is not only demonic power, but also skills and skillful skills to sort out so many different demonic powers, twist them into a rope, minimize each other's consumption, and form the most powerful ghost creature.
Shang Yang spent some causal points to obtain such a precious magic weapon, and instantly became a master in this area. He almost didn't consume much to tie more than 700 powerful monsters into one. Their demonic powers are connected and gathered together, and more than 700 monsters are one.
In the eyes of the outside world, this area is a black and dark black fog that cannot be melted. No matter day or night, wherever people and animals pass by, they die of death and birds disappear.
From a distance, it looks pitch black, slowly approaching. The black clouds within a mile are surrounded by demonic aura. The oppression of the momentum will make people weak when approaching.
The team of Onmyoji is here to snipe them continuously, blocking their pace of progress, and at the same time try to eliminate the monsters around them to prevent them from swelling like snowballs.
Of course, they are also being guided to the position where they are implemented in a planned manner.
"Although it is powerless to use external forces, such a formation is really terrifying. If there is no such barrier, facing the battle head-on, it is still hard to say."
With the support of the Great Enchantment, the combat power of Onmyoji can be enlarged hundreds of times. Not to mention the current scale of the hundred ghosts, even if a team of hundreds of ghosts, which are all composed of big monsters, will still kill them without errors. As long as there is no exception in specifications, the number is meaningless.
Chapter completed!