My senior brother?! Where is he?! Quick, quick, let me see him!
Suddenly, more than a dozen blood-red fireworks exploded from the inner city, filling the sky with crimson and illuminating the night sky.
Xie Lingyan's eyes fixed, his expression suddenly cold: "You are in charge here."
With just these words, the next moment, Xie Lingyan's figure disappeared into the night.
Lu Xiyun was stunned for a moment. The outer city beneath his feet seemed impregnable, its walls towering and its moat deep, locking out the zombie tide. However, in the direction of the inner city, as far as his eyes could see, a red tide was completely engulfing the inner city.
Yinshu City is collapsing from within.
What is 'in charge here'...
It was just an excuse for Brother Xie to leave him out.
Lu Xiyun sighed softly, lowered her head and was about to turn around, but her clothes were pulled.
The boy raised his head, his voice childish but firm: "Brother, Xiaoyi wants to go help."
Lu Xiyun frowned slightly and raised his hand to refuse - the inner city is so dangerous, what is the point of a child going in?
Lu Xiyun lowered his head, the boy's eyes clear but stubborn. Unconsciously, Lu Xiyun empathized with Xie Lingyan's perspective for once.
He smiled bitterly and reached out to gently rub the top of the boy's head: "Xiaoyi, if you stay here, you can also protect Yinshu City."
Unexpectedly, the young man shook his head, and then swung a sword in Lu Xiyun's surprised eyes.
The sword light cut through the darkness, like Moses parting the sea, splitting the tide of corpses closest to the city wall in two.
Lu Xiyun narrowed his eyes slightly and paused his fingertips.
...Fourth-grade foundation.
Good thing the kid hadn’t learned this trick when he stabbed him, otherwise it would have been troublesome.
The young man put away his sword and said in a very serious tone: "Brother Bai Xiao said that my internal Qi Sea is full. As long as I know how to use it, Xiaoyi can also be very powerful. But this is too difficult. Brother Bai Xiao taught me for a long time, but I only know one move."
Lu Xiyun squatted down and said in a subtle tone: "You won't stab me again, will you?"
The boy shook his head, his eyes sincere: "Brother could have killed me, but you held back. Xiaoyi saw it all, brother is a good man."
Lu Xiyun clicked his tongue.
This child is smart, sensible, grateful, and inexplicably likable.
He picked up the boy with one hand, and said with a hint of persuasion: "Then let me take you there. But if Brother Xie asks you later, you have to say that you ran away first and then I chased after you, understand?"
The young man shook his head seriously: "Xiaoyi is worried about everyone, and brother is worried about the city lord. We are in cahoots."
Lu Xiyun paused, then couldn't help laughing: "You little brat, you're too smart."
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Yinshu City, inner city.
Smoke and dust billowed, and flames shot into the sky.
The originally sophisticated mechanisms and traps were all rendered ineffective at once.
What’s even more terrifying is that the horde of zombies in the inner city is no longer as disorganized as that in the outer city.
Their attack rhythm was orderly, their advance and retreat were strictly disciplined, and there was even a hint of military formation.
"Stop them!" the Silver Guard leader shouted at the top of his lungs, nearly in despair. "Outside the inner and outer cities are tidal waves of zombies. Only the outer city is safe now. If we can't hold this place, all the people in the city will be buried alive!"
Although the Silver Guards were brave, they were still defeated by the army that defied life and death.
The color of blood spread all along the street, and even the night wind carried a strong smell of rust.
Yue Anshan chopped down a charging corpse ghost with a single blow, cursing, "What the hell! These things are already dead, and they can still cooperate?!"
While resisting, Ren Xuan shouted angrily, "Bai Xiao! Are you okay?! We can't hold on any longer!"
Bai Xiao gritted his teeth and persevered, sweat pouring down his forehead. "Second Brother! The formation in front of your ancestral tomb is harder to pry open than the national treasury! I can't solve it!!"
The porcelain figurine floating in the air creaked and vibrated, its tone filled with disappointment: "I told you not to practice properly! You kept borrowing from me! Now you're ready, right? Why don't you lend me a formation master and try it out?!"
The zombie swarm's offensive became more and more intense, and the Silver Guard's defense line was already in jeopardy.
Just as the defense line was about to collapse, a dazzling blue light streaked down from the night sky.
The next moment, a blue barrier at the junction of the inner city and the outer city rose into the sky, dividing the entire battlefield into two.
The vanguard of the zombie swarm was caught off guard and crashed into the barrier, letting out a shrill wail. No matter how hard they charged, they could not move forward an inch.
After a dead silence, a burst of ecstatic shouts finally broke out among the Silver Pivot Guards.
"City Lord!"
"The city lord is here!"
The Silver Guards commander was covered in blood, his voice choking with sobs: "City Lord... the inner city... has been cleared... but my brothers..."
His shoulders couldn't stop shaking: "Broken... Broken too much..."
Xie Lingyan quietly scanned the corpses scattered across the ground. "Thank you for your hard work. Lead the remaining people to the rear. There's no need to make any more unnecessary sacrifices."
Bai Xiao, who was busy digging someone's ancestral grave in front of the stone statue of the 25th city lord, was stunned.
Bai Xiao looked up at the direction where the barrier was rising, his face filled with anxiety: "Brother, don't mess around! How long can you hold out against such a large barrier?!"
The porcelain man was also very anxious: "Stop talking and get down to business! Hurry up! If you slow down any further, you will definitely get the third brother in trouble first!"
Bai Xiao was so angry at being scolded that he formed seals with his hands faster and faster, and he kept talking: "Second Brother, you are such a jerk for saying that! I am the one who risked my life! You two are not here, and you still have the nerve to teach me a lesson!"
The porcelain man shuddered and quickly smoothed his fur: "Yes, yes, you work the hardest, you are the greatest, quickly form the seals!!"
Bai Xiao cursed and moved his hands non-stop, tearing the layers of formations apart like a scroll being forcibly torn apart.
Ren Xuan was stunned. It seems that risking your life really can increase efficiency.
As spiritual power surged, a mighty aura rose into the sky.
The next moment, smoke and dust surged up into the sky, instantly engulfing the Xianling Temple.
However, the mist was not simply dust, but was emitting a faint spiritual light, with blue and red colors floating in an intertwined manner, and under the night sky, it looked like a reflection of the past and the present intertwined.
In the mist, the sound of brisk footsteps echoed, like an echo that lasted for a hundred years.
A red shadow slowly emerged.
The woman wore a vibrant red dress, her long hair tied high, her eyebrows flying, her skirt flaming like fire, fluttering in the wind. She casually flicked her wrist, her eyes sparkling, her tone lazy, revealing a hint of casual teasing: "Oh my, after a hundred years, there are still people who remember me... Beauty can be deceptive."
——Everyone was stunned at the opening.
The scene was dead silent.
The woman in the red dress stepped forward, lifted Bai Xiao's chin with one hand, and lightly raised it with her fingertips. Her eyes moved and her tone was lingering: "Little brother, you are quite good-looking. Are you interested in-"
Bai Xiao's brain froze, his whole body stiffened, and even his breathing slowed down a beat.
I dare not move, I dare not move at all.
This ancestor is different from what is written in the book?!
Bai Xiao blinked, his mind racing as he began to seriously consider a question: had he dug the wrong grave? Then, he sent out a telepathic thought:
Senior Brother, the technique you borrowed from me has expired... Doesn't the Silver Pivot Chronicle state that the 25th City Lord is calm, steady, and dignified?!
There was a moment of silence on the other end of the line, clearly also shaken by the scene. After a moment, he replied in telepathy:
That shouldn't be the case... The Rebirth Technique isn't for everyone. Of all the previous city lords, the only one who mastered this technique was the 25th city lord, who was from the same school as Xiao Zizhang.
Bai Xiao was desperate: No, isn't it her?!
This is so dignified and solemn...???
In the field, Ren Xuan completely failed to understand the locals' beating around the bush. He simply made a decisive move, clasping his hands and speaking loudly, "City Lord Fang, the descendants of the Xiao family in the city have used forbidden magic to summon Xiao Zizhang. The bandits are using evil magic to control the ghost gate, triggering a tide of corpses. I have the audacity to offend the ancestors, and I hope you will be willing to help me!"
Logically speaking, when the city lord heard such serious words, he should have responded with some solemnity.
However, the senior's reaction was really unexpected.
The woman's eyes flickered slightly, and the next second, they suddenly lit up, and her tone suddenly rose.
"My senior brother?! Where is he?! Quick, quick, let me see!!"
—This, this outrageous plot unfolds…?!
Everyone present shuddered, a terrifying possibility suddenly emerging in their minds - could this be another villain being summoned?!
The air was so quiet for a moment that you could almost hear the sound of dust falling.
Fortunately, Ren Xuan quickly calmed down, took a deep breath, and pointed at the black-robed puppet on the distant city wall: "Over there."
The moment the words fell, Fang Luoling's expression instantly turned cold.
The figure in the red dress moved instantly, and in the blink of an eye, she appeared on the city wall.
The woman waved her red sleeves, and the black-robed puppet that no one had been able to approach before was knocked into the ground by her, and dust flew everywhere!
"boom--!!"
The black robe was torn into pieces, and the puppet was blown into pieces.
Fang Luoling looked down from above, his eyes as sharp as a knife.
"It's a soulless, ugly, defective product. If anyone dares to say this is Xiao Zizhang again, I will kill him!"
——As soon as these words were spoken, the whole audience was silent.
Ren Xuan was silent, Yue Anshan held his breath, and Bai Xiao... instinctively took a step back.
With just one strike, Fang Luoling's figure became half transparent. She looked down at herself and couldn't help but sigh, "This move consumes so much energy now."
Ren Xuan's heart sank suddenly, and he looked up at the Ghost Gate in the distance - the puppet was destroyed, but the huge Ghost Gate still stood tall, and the corpses were still pouring out like a tide, and the battle situation showed no sign of easing.
"Senior." Ren Xuan tried to calm himself down and asked urgently, "I wonder if you can close the Ghost Gate in the center of the inner city?"
Fang Luoling raised his eyebrows nonchalantly and waved his hand casually: "I don't like your technique, so I didn't learn it."
Ren Xuan: ???
For a moment, Ren Xuan's blood pressure could not keep up with the pace of this senior.
He took a deep breath, trying hard to suppress the panic in his heart, swallowed back the national treasure that was about to blurt out, and managed to maintain composure on his face: "Then... Senior, what do you think we should do with this tide of corpses pouring out of the ghost gate? If there is a better way, I would like to listen to your advice."
Fang Luoling's eyes swept across the devastated battlefield. After a moment, the corner of his lips raised slightly: "Every wrong has its perpetrator, every debt has its creditor. Wait, I'll drag him over here."
She lazily raised her hand to form a hand seal, and with a casual stroke, the entire night sky suddenly changed color.
The golden threads outlined a huge rune array, and gray-white mist rose from the ground, converging towards the center like flowing starlight, and finally condensed into a vague human figure.
However, just as the mist was about to fully condense into shape, Fang Luoling suddenly frowned: "Tsk, the bones are used... Can one of you lend me your body?"
The scene was silent for a moment.
Bai Xiao was immersed in the shock of the magic circle. He almost bit his tongue when he heard it. He quickly took a step back, his eyes full of "I believed your lies."
Unfortunately, the monk can run away, but the temple cannot.
Fang Luoling raised his finger slightly, and the spiritual power suddenly turned. In an instant, Bai Xiao was sucked into the fog by the huge force.
The fog slowly dissipated.
Standing in the center of the magic circle was still Bai Xiao.
But his aura has completely changed.
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