Chapter 39 Her arm was gone. Her senior brother, Xuanzhan, skilled in swordsmanship, wielded his sword…
A major battle was about to break out, but Lin Jianyu remained calm with Lu Jiao by his side.
Lu Jiao: "..."
Lu Jiao pulled his arm away from her with a look of disgust.
Out of respect for his stunning good looks, Lin Jianyu forgave his rudeness and stepped back behind him.
Well, although the whale has left her body, she can't see the undead, and she can't defeat cultivators. It's safest for her to stay behind Lu Jiao.
Zhu Liu was also hiding behind Lu Jiao.
Zhu Liu asked Lin Jianyu, "Should we still run?"
Lin Jianyu shook her head: "The big boss has entrusted his back to us, how can we abandon him and run away?" As the saying goes, once bitten, twice shy, this time she will not leave Lu Jiao no matter what.
Just as Zhu Liu was about to nod in agreement, Lu Jiao, who was standing in front of them, disappeared.
"It seems the big boss isn't entirely comfortable entrusting his back to us."
Lin Jianyu: "How come he can always multitask?" He can fight while also eavesdropping on their conversation.
Zhu Liu did not answer her question.
Without Lu Jiao standing in front of them, the two novices were like fish on a chopping board, about to be slaughtered if they weren't careful.
While Lin Jianyu was speaking, some cultivators led the undead to attack them.
Zhu Liu was not good at dealing with the undead, so he did not hesitate to draw his sword and confront the cultivator.
The whale fall in Lin Jianyu's hand was indeed a powerful weapon against the undead, but she could not see the undead.
Even with the spirits right in front of her, she was still completely bewildered. Luckily, Xuan Zhan came to her rescue in time.
"It's dangerous here, junior sister. You should find a safe place to hide."
Lin Jianyu obediently looked around and found that apart from Lu Jiao's side, there was no place that made her feel safe. So, she ran towards Lu Jiao without hesitation.
Xuan Zhan watched helplessly as she ran into the center of the battlefield: "..." His junior sister is still so fierce!
Lin Jianyu's trip was a close call.
Of course, Xuan Zhan was more surprised.
Xuan Zhan was worried for her, seeing her almost come face-to-face with the dead several times.
Because she was blind and knew nothing about this, Lin Jianyu wandered around until she ended up next to Lu Jiao, where she immediately felt incredibly safe.
This time she was smarter and didn't whine anymore, and Lu Jiao didn't abandon her again.
However, as someone who is attacked by a group, Lu Jiao is undoubtedly in the most dangerous situation, especially his back, where he is vulnerable to sneak attacks from time to time.
Fearing she would be used as a human shield, Lin Jianyu could only stand back-to-back with Lu Jiao to help him deal with the people attacking from behind, and then... nothing happened.
We simply can't beat them.
Before the opponent even used their ultimate move, she had already bumped into Lu Jiao's back.
Lu Jiao: "..."
Lu Jiao escorted her away to a place a thousand miles away.
Yes, staying by his side would only be a hindrance.
Lin Jianyu, who returned to Xuan Zhan's side in a prostrate posture, said: "I went out for a walk and found that you are still the safest person by my side."
Xuan Zhan: "..."
Xuan Zhan was helpless, but he still immediately shielded her behind him.
After a while, Zhu Liu arrived and immediately asked her, "What are you doing lying on the ground?"
"If I said I was playing a corpse, would you believe me?" Lin Jianyu asked instead of answering.
He followed the letter and lay down beside her.
"What are you doing?" Lin Jianyu asked, puzzled.
"I'll play the corpse with you." Zhu Liu's current state is even more like a corpse than hers; if she just lay down on the ground, she'd be a corpse left to rot in the wilderness.
Lin Jianyu looked at him, then at herself, silently reached out and smeared some of his blood on herself, then closed her eyes and passed away peacefully.
She had been at peace for a short while when Zhu Liu dragged her up from the ground.
"What?" Lin Jianyu asked, bewildered.
“Undead,” Zhu Liu said succinctly.
"Where?" Lin Jianyu looked left and right, but saw nothing.
“They’re everywhere,” said Zhuliu.
Lin Jianyu: "..."
Okay, okay, she didn't see a single one.
"What merit or ability do we possess?"
“It has nothing to do with that,” Zhu Liu said. “The main problem is that the undead raised by the cultivators of Gouqu Mountain devour the cultivators’ flesh and blood.” The two of them lay down on the ground, just like food on a plate, practically beckoning to them.
If he hadn't brought it up, Lin Jianyu would have forgotten about it.
"The moment to test our teamwork has arrived."
These familiar lines... Zhu Liu doesn't even want to complain anymore, well, there's no time to complain. The undead are swarming in from all directions, and Xuan Zhan alone can't stop them at all.
Fortunately, this whale fall was an unsheathed attack.
The Whale Fall, once unsheathed, is far more lethal. Even when held by Lin Jianyu, it leaves a trail of sparks and lightning when it strikes the undead.
Lin Jianyu listened to Zhu Liu's reports and slashed wildly, managing to hit her once or twice out of ten times. Once she hit her, Whale Fall would frantically absorb the spiritual power from the undead.
Lin Jianyu couldn't see the undead, but she could see the portion of spiritual power absorbed by the whale fall. Therefore, she became more and more excited as she chopped, like a ruthless undead harvester.
Soon, there were no more ghosts around her.
It wasn't that she killed them all, but that they all ran away.
Although artificially raised undead have not regained their sanity, they still have some brains and know to run away if they can't win.
Lin Jianyu chased after them all the way, but was then chased back by the cultivators who were keeping them.
"I told you not to pursue a defeated enemy, but you wouldn't listen." Zhu Liu complained as he ran back with her.
"I'm going crazy." For the first time, he experienced the feeling of "killing gods and Buddhas alike," forgetting that his opponents included not only the undead but also cultivators. "Senior Brother Xuanzhan, help me!"
Xuan Zhan: "..."
Xuan Zhan had just caught his breath when he saw those two unlucky kids return with a long line of people. Even someone as calm as him couldn't help but feel a headache coming on.
Yes, this isn't just saving lives, it's killing lives.
But no matter how life-threatening it is, if I have to shield them, I still have to shield them.
Lin Jianyu and Zhu Liu hid behind him and breathed a sigh of relief, but they soon realized that they had relaxed too soon.
Xuan Zhan is stronger than them, but not strong enough to take on ten opponents at once. In his current state, he can at most give them a chance to catch their breath.
So, no sooner had they breathed a sigh of relief than the enemy attacked again.
Fortunately, they didn't all come at once; only a few slipped through the net and managed to get through.
In particular, they all seemed quite wary of the whale fall in Lin Jianyu's hands, and were hesitant and timid when fighting.
Lin Jianyu was initially a little scared because of their large numbers, but as the fight went on, he realized he could handle them and stopped being scared. He went up and started killing indiscriminately, but naturally, he didn't kill a single one of them.
As a sword of redemption, Whale Fall is very principled, resolutely refusing to kill or harm anyone, and avoiding enemies on its own without them needing to dodge.
Then, the enemy also realized that it was not a threat.
Then, Lin Jianyu met with tragedy.
If Xuan Zhan couldn't stop her, she naturally couldn't either. In an instant, she was at a disadvantage. Just as the enemy's sword was about to fall on her, Xuan Zhan made a timely move, transforming his copper coin sword into a copper coin whip to block the sword for her. Before she could even breathe a sigh of relief, another sword came.
The sword strike was swift and ruthless, but it didn't land on her; instead, it struck Xuan Zhan. She didn't even see who had struck the sword before blood splattered on her face.
A drop of blood splashed into her eye, blurring her vision for a moment. When she could see clearly again, her pupils suddenly contracted.
"No...don't..." Before she could finish speaking, a ferocious beast that looked like a leopard leaped high and swallowed a severed arm whole.
That was Xuan Zhan's hand, still holding the copper coin whip that had just blocked a fatal blow for her, which was then swallowed up by the undead.
She didn't even dare to look at Xuan Zhan, her eyes fixed on a cultivator not far away.
The cultivator held a sword in his hand, the sword still stained with blood. She had a premonition that it was Xuan Zhan's blood, or at least theirs.
She wants him to pay for his crimes in blood!
Almost as soon as the thought crossed her mind, she rushed forward, much faster than usual. In the blink of an eye, she was in front of the cultivator, and with a swift movement, she slashed heavily at him.
Whether the cultivator underestimated her or didn't expect her to be so fast, he didn't dodge. When the sword fell, the scene of blood splattering that she had imagined did not happen. In a daze, she suddenly remembered that she was holding a sword of redemption, not a sword of killing.
Just as she was lamenting that she wasn't holding a sword meant for killing, the cultivator she had slashed suddenly fell straight backward, as if he had actually been slashed, and killed instantly.
When she looked at him again, he was already lying on the ground, seemingly lifeless.
At once……
It looks like a staged accident.
But at this moment, she had no time to dwell on these things; instead, she focused her attention on the other cultivators present.
The cultivators were stunned by the sudden fall of the cultivator. When they saw her turn to look at them, they, who had relaxed their vigilance on the sword in her hand, instantly became wary again, and none of them dared to step forward to confront her.
They dared not step forward, so Lin Jianyu took the initiative to go forward.
One sword kills one, but after the second cultivator inexplicably fell, the other cultivators panicked, some fled and others scattered. This time, Lin Jianyu learned his lesson and did not chase after them, but turned around and went to find Xuanzhan.
Although she was mentally prepared, when she saw Xuan Zhan with her own eyes, who had lost an arm, she couldn't help but feel a lump in her throat and her eyes involuntarily welled up with tears.
Her senior brother Xuanzhan, who was skilled with a sword, had lost the arm that held the sword.
Even if he didn't look as pathetic as she had imagined, even if she killed the monk who severed his arm and the undead who devoured it... his arm could never grow back.
It's all her fault!
If she hadn't gotten carried away and insisted on chasing after him, they wouldn't have teamed up to surround and kill her. If she hadn't run to his side, if it weren't for protecting her...
"Junior Sister." The sudden voice interrupted her thoughts.
Looking up, all I see is the flow of life.
Zhu Liu looked at her and said, "Your eyes have turned blue."
Hearing his words, Lin Jianyu blinked subconsciously; her eyes were still blue, but she couldn't see them herself.
"You didn't actually mutate successfully, did you?" That's why the whale fall was performed so smoothly.
Lin Jianyu didn't know, so she didn't answer his question. She turned her gaze back to Xuan Zhan, opened her mouth, and wanted to call him "Senior Brother Xuan Zhan," but found that her throat was so dry that she couldn't utter a single word.
As if sensing her self-blame, Xuan Zhan spoke first, "It's alright."
That's a lie. How could nothing have happened?
Lin Jianyu did not believe it.
“Regenerating severed limbs is not difficult for cultivators.” But it is by no means easy either.
Of course, Xuanzhan didn't say the last part.
Lin Jianyu still didn't believe it, looked at Zhu Liu, and then looked away.
Zhu Liu: "..."
Although she didn't say a word, he could still sense her deep distrust.
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