The continuous rain of arrows did not force Xiao Li to retreat a single step. Instead, he could only watch her walk unharmed to the eaves where the arrows could not reach.

The guards who used their bodies as shields instantly dispersed and immediately transformed into weapons for outward attack.

A fight had already broken out where the archers were, and corpses were left behind one after another.

Seeing that the battle was about to come to an end, suddenly, Lou Yan was lifted down from above. He tapped the ground with his toes, turned around at an extremely fast speed, and attacked Xiao Li from the air with a strong murderous aura.

"bite!"

His dagger stabbed into the metal, creating golden sparks, but it was not Xiao Li's guard, but an arm wearing a metal glove.

It was this man who brought Lou Yan down from the roof, and the other party followed him down but did not try to kill him. Instead, he shifted his target to Xiao Li who was under the eaves.

Lou Yan pushed him away, and the two figures quickly fought each other, with every move deadly.

The moment Xiao Li saw the figure clearly, his pupils suddenly shrank.

It's him.

The white-haired man she saw on the night of the Lantern Festival.

White hair, mask, and no visible face.

He was wearing grey clothes, his neck was completely wrapped in bandages so that no skin could be seen, and he had diamond gloves on his hands. He had no weapons and was fighting Lou Yan's attacks with his bare hands.

He saw Lou Yan's dagger circle around his neck, cutting the bandage to reveal the iron ring inside.

Xiao Li was shocked. An iron ring around his neck?

Every move that Lou Yan used next was aimed at the opponent's vital points, but in the end they only broke open a little bit of his clothes, as they were all blocked by the protective gear inside.

Xiao Li equipped the guards with armor, but this man wore all the protective gear close to his body. Not to mention whether it was uncomfortable or not, isn't he afraid of hurting himself by being armed?

However, upon closer inspection, she discovered something strange.

This man's martial arts skills are obviously not as good as Lou Yan's. Normally, Lou Yan could kill him dozens of times with all his moves.

Even if he had protective gear, it was impossible for him to be unharmed.

But after all these moves, apart from his clothes being a little torn, his behavior was not affected at all.

His kung fu wasn't very high, but his defense was strong, and he was completely fearless, using his body to withstand attacks.

Another thing is that his movements are not slow, and his posture is more or less abnormally stiff, like... a robot?

There should be no robots in this era. Even if there are other time travelers who bring epoch-making technological knowledge, there are not enough materials and instruments to make such advanced fighting robots.

But this person in front of me... is he a human?

Looking closely, she found the figure of this person familiar. Thinking of the frightened and annoyed feeling she had when she saw this person during the Yuanxiao Festival, she was sure that she must have seen this person before.

"Lou Yan, mask!"

As soon as Xiao Li finished speaking, Lou Yan immediately carried out the attack and attacked the man in gray in the face.

Suddenly, a rapid flute sounded, and the man in gray dodged Lou Yan's attack and turned around and ran away.

Lou Yan rushed forward, but a group of gray-clothed men also wearing masks suddenly jumped out from the mechanism on the ground and blocked their way.

After the white-haired and gray-clothed man left, they also retreated quickly, with no desire to fight at all, and even no trace of living people could be detected on them.

Yes, not a robot, but one that looks exactly like a dead person.

A dead person who can move?

Rong Qing and Lou Yan worked together to stop one person. Lou Yan took control while Rong Qing swung his sword and chopped it down on the shoulder.

The knife was sparking, but he relied on brute force to chop off half of the opponent's body.

The heavy body fell to the ground, without any scream or blood flowing out.

Xiao Li walked over and took a look. He could tell with the naked eye that it was human flesh. He could even see the lungs from that angle. The flesh and internal organs were all human, but the blood was almost ink-black, which did not look like that of a living person.

"It's actually a corpse?"

Although I had guesses, I still found it hard to believe when it was actually confirmed.

How can a corpse or a dead person move and hurt people?

Xiao Li was still confused when Lou Yan suddenly picked her up and jumped back.

“Ahhh…”

Xiao Li heard the guards' screams and quickly turned around. He saw that the head of the corpse on the ground had exploded, and three blood-red insects flew out. One of the guards was bitten on the face by one of them and screamed in pain.

"This is a corpse puppet."

Song Junzhan stood beside Xiao Li, his face solemn. "This is a product of the Southern Region. There are many poisonous insects there, and there are wizards who are good at exorcising poisonous insects for their own use. Using poisonous insects to exorcise corpses is one of their techniques."

"These corpse puppets are made from recently deceased people, and given life by poisonous insects. However, they are not truly alive. Instead, they have become walking corpses, murderous puppets."

Song Junzhan added, "Not all wizards can refine corpse puppets. There aren't many of them, but once they appear, it proves that there are not only corpse puppets here, but also a wizard with extremely high skills."

After saying that, he immediately ordered people to light a fire. Insects are afraid of fire. If the place was full of insects, the consequences would be disastrous.

Xiao Li: “…”

Can't we just have a good fight?

If fists and kicks don't work, conspiracy and trickery will do. If all else fails, one-on-one or group fights are also an option. Why bugs?

Xiao Li is not afraid of insects, but not being afraid doesn't mean he doesn't feel disgusted.

She could accept that her opponent was strong, but she could not accept that her opponent was disgusting, and she had to fight with these corpses.

"Half of you retreat, half of you search for Cen'an. Everyone, stay alert and watch out for the little bugs!"

Ever since the white-haired man ran away after hearing the sound of the flute, all the people in the villa disappeared.

Since they tried every possible means to lure her here, they can't be repelled so easily.

Maybe he's waiting in the dark to deliver a fatal blow to her.

The tunnel where the corpse puppet appeared was pried open, and as expected, everything was gone inside, but Xiao Li did not let anyone in.

In this narrow place, if there is a corpse puppet hiding inside, anyone who goes down there will surely die; and this passage is obviously extremely suitable for insects to survive.

If Cen An was really underground with the bugs and corpse puppets...

To express her regret, she erected a gold-inlaid tombstone for him.

Cen An: ...Thank you so much!

When he got out of the yard, Xiao Li remembered that he seemed to have forgotten something.

"Where's the demon?"

Song Junzhan: "What?"

Xiao Li: "The wolf cub I brought with me."

Song Junzhan: “…” It seemed like I saw something that looked very similar to a dog, but I didn’t pay much attention to it at the time.

A group of people looked around hurriedly, and finally saw the little guy struggling in an inconspicuous corner.

He was digging the soil with a grunt, and looked like he was having a lot of fun.

Lou Yan: "Princess, why don't you ask someone to help it and see what it is digging up."

Seeing his mysterious expression, Xiao Li didn't call anyone, but took a knife and went over to help dig.

However, just as Xiao Li was about to take action, a hand suddenly stretched out from the soil.

Xiao Li was caught off guard and was frightened, but Mojiang reacted very quickly and bit him with a loud roar!

“Ahhh…”