The Demon-Banishment Merit given by small villager monsters was nearly nonexistent. Even if he killed more, it could not clearly increase the progress bar. It was truly a strenuous and unrewarding matter.

He estimated that the small villager monsters’ own Shell grade and Shell Level were too low, unable to reach the minimum requirement for accumulating Demon-Banishment Merit.

As for the Fire-Worship army before him, they were decent leveling resources, just too few in number…

[The Guerrilla General pulls on the reins. The warhorse neighs and raises its front hooves. It turns back to look, only to see that the thousand soldiers behind it have already become corpses and fragments all over the ground…]

[Its cruel smile freezes on its face. Then it comes back to its senses, flips off its horse, kneels on one knee, cups its fists, and says loudly, So it is a Living Buddha who has arrived. This lowly general was somewhat excited for a moment, which caused the soldiers to be too enthusiastic. I hope Living Buddha will calm your anger.]

“This fellow still has some clear awareness. It should be an elite monster. Maybe it knows something.”

Lin Xun touched his chin and secretly pondered.

[You stride forward and arrive before the Guerrilla General. Just as you are about to speak, you see the suppressed malice in its eyes abruptly erupt. Holding the great halberd, it stabs fiercely toward your face!]

[Your gaze turns sharp. You reach out and grab the halberd blade in one motion. No matter how the Guerrilla General’s face reddens as it uses all its strength, it cannot make the weapon advance another inch.]

[You give a mocking laugh and ask, Do you submit?]

[The malice in the Guerrilla General’s eyes grows even stronger. It roars, lets go of the great halberd, and punches toward you!] 𝐟𝚛𝕖𝚎𝕨𝗲𝐛𝚗𝐨𝐯𝐞𝕝.𝐜𝗼𝗺

[You grip the blade and casually stab. The wooden shaft of the great halberd pierces into the Guerrilla General’s chest, then stabs into the sand and stone ground, nailing it firmly to the ground.]

[Looking at the Guerrilla General that is still roaring and struggling, you also cannot be bothered to waste words with it.]

[You reach into your robes and take out a bowl-shaped ritual implement made from human bone, aiming the mouth of the bowl at the Guerrilla General.]

[As it constantly struggles, blood gushes from the penetrating wound on its chest…]

[The instant you aim the bowl mouth at it, a drop of gloomy black, sticky blood seeps out from its chest. In the blink of an eye, it is drawn into the bowl-shaped ritual implement.]

[You use Blissful Attainment Kapala Bowl and successfully collect the life blood essence of Extreme Evil Mighty Gate Pass Guerrilla General!]

[Guerrilla General has become your temporary puppet. You can issue commands to it at will.]

[The White Elephant Demon steps forward and pulls out the great halberd. The Guerrilla General respectfully cups its fists and kneels on the ground. Although malice still remains in its eyes, this malice is not directed at you.]

[You ask the Guerrilla General whether there is anything special within Mighty Gate Pass, or any special place.]

[The Guerrilla General says without thinking, In reply to Master, no!]

Lin Xun frowned.

Could it be that his judgment was wrong, and that Mighty Gate Pass did not have any hidden event at all?

[You ask again, Mighty Gate Pass was called Dragon Gate Pass in ancient times, and has legends of a fallen dragon. The Guerrilla General has guarded this place for many years. Has it not discovered any object related to the legend?]

[The Guerrilla General nods without thinking and says, In reply to Master, there was once an underground palace related to an evil demon dragon god.]

Lin Xun could not help the corner of his mouth twitching. When he asked just now, it said there was nothing. Now there was something?

It seemed that although this Guerrilla General had some intelligence, its brain was still somewhat unclear.

[The Guerrilla General says loudly, Master asked whether there were any abnormal things inside Mighty Gate Pass, while that underground palace related to the evil demon dragon god is outside the pass. That is why this lowly general answered no.]

[…]

Through the Guerrilla General’s narration, Lin Xun roughly figured out what was going on.

In ancient times, there had indeed been a fallen dragon incident. However, the dead dragon yokai had not happened to fall at the mountain pass, but several mountain ridges away.

When the ancients built Dragon Gate Pass, they pulled out the dragon yokai’s tendons, skinned it, and carved out its dragon bones to build into the city wall and pass…

Although the dragon yokai had been dead for many years, and its flesh body had long since turned to ash and smoke, a strange illusion was left behind at the place where it fell.

That illusion would appear once every so often, and each time it appeared, the illusion would be different. Sometimes it was a cave, sometimes a pavilion, and sometimes it became a marketplace…

Those who entered it would be like they had encountered a ghostly maze, dazed and muddled, only managing to circle out after quite a long time.

And the things within it were all illusions, and the matters seen were all false. At first, the illusion appeared relatively frequently and lasted for a fairly long time. But later, this illusion grew increasingly unstable, seemingly about to dissipate. It would only appear once every year or half a year.

By now, this illusion had not appeared for several years. Even if it did appear, it could at most last for one day.

The Guerrilla General had been stationed here for more than ten years, and the last time it saw the illusion was seven years ago.

At that time, a rare great rainstorm fell from the sky. After the rainstorm had just stopped, the illusion suddenly manifested, taking the form of a gloomy underground palace.

After the Guerrilla General heard the soldiers’ report, it led a large number of soldiers into it. In the end, it spent most of the day exploring, but did not see anything special, and finally returned disappointed.

After returning to Mighty Gate Pass, the illusion vanished and has not appeared again to this day.

[…]

[The White Elephant Demon draws close to you and says softly, Junior brother, listening to this Guerrilla General’s words, that fallen dragon is very likely the legendary Mirage Dragon.]

[Ancient books record that the Mirage Dragon is shaped like a Chi Dragon, with horns and ears, and the mane on its back is red. It exhales qi that becomes towers and terraces, and appears just before rain. If one obtains its fat and mixes it with wax to make a candle, the fragrance can be smelled a hundred steps away, and the smoke rising from it will all form the shape of towers and pavilions…]

[According to legend, the Mirage Dragon is also Dragon God’s offspring, only not a first-generation direct offspring among the dragon gave birth to nine sons.]

[After thinking for a moment, you instruct the Guerrilla General, Lead the way.]

[Afterward, the White Elephant Demon raises a Dharma cloud and, following the direction indicated by the Guerrilla General, flies over several mountain ridges and arrives at the place where the dragon fell in ancient times.]

[The underground palace illusion the Guerrilla General saw seven years ago appeared here.]

[This place is a low valley. The surrounding hills are not too high. Looking around, the ground is desolate, with only sand, stones, and weeds, without anything worthy of attention.]

[You do not see the so-called illusion. Presumably, the timing is not right.]

[Will you try your luck here and continue waiting for the illusion that has not appeared for many years, or leave this place and not do the useless work of foolishly waiting?]

Lin Xun narrowed his eyes and ignored the hellish game’s options.

[You turn and ask the Guerrilla General whether every time the illusion appeared, it was accompanied beforehand by a rainstorm or a drastic weather change.]

[The Guerrilla General thinks for a moment and replies, In reply to Master, the earlier appearances of the illusion were too long ago, and this lowly general does not know, but the illusion seven years ago did indeed suddenly appear after a rainstorm.]

[You look toward the White Elephant Demon beside you and ask, Senior brother, can you summon wind and call rain?]

[The White Elephant Demon raises its head and smiles confidently. What difficulty is there in that!]