Zhao Lingxian made a prompt decision and ignored the space cracks. He just desperately sent out black misty light runes to cover the seven-colored light cocoon.
Mu Hanyan understood her intention and how could she let her succeed? With a light whistle, she attacked Zhao Lingxian, followed closely by Hua Yue, Zhang Chihua and others.
"Stop them." Miss Zhao Si ordered coldly.
The seven swordsmen guarding her suddenly turned around and stood in front of Miss Zhao Si.
Mu Hanyan then noticed that although these seven people exuded the aura of a first-level swordsman, their eyes were empty and lifeless, like seven walking corpses, or in other words, seven puppets with no consciousness of their own and who only knew how to follow orders.
At the critical moment, Mu Hanyan didn't think much and directly stabbed the black-armored swordsman in front with a sword.
As the sword beam appeared, it brought up a frost and snow mist, and scattered a dance of ice crystals and snow. The underground cave, which was originally scorching hot, became bone-chillingly cold, as if winter was approaching.
Although Mu Hanyan is a third-level swordsman, most of her cultivation comes from the power of the nine stars in the sky. The condensed and powerful energy is far beyond the reach of swordsmen of the same level. Even when fighting against Nian Anyao, she relied on the help of the little auspicious beast, but ordinary fourth-level swordsmen are no match for her, and she can also fight against a fifth-level swordsman.
In Mu Hanyan's expectation, it should be easy to kill this black-armored swordsman who was only a first-level swordsman. However, what she never expected was that at the moment when her lightning-fast sword was about to pierce the opponent's heart, the man moved his feet slightly to the side, twisted his wrist, and the tip of the sword hit the edge of her sword, and the landing point was exactly the point where her strength was weakest.
Mu Hanyan only felt the sword tip tremble slightly, and it failed to hit his heart, but instead pierced his waist.
Fortunately, Mu Hanyan's sword was quite powerful. Although it did not hit the vital point, it still made him retreat repeatedly.
What an accurate judgment, what exquisite steps and sword skills! Mu Hanyan was secretly surprised.
It is really hard to imagine that a mere first-level swordsman can dodge his fatal blow with accurate judgment and exquisite sword skills.
Mu Hanyan asked herself, she was not so powerful when she was at the first level of swordsman in her previous life.
Besides being surprised, Mu Hanyan couldn't help but wonder, how could Zhao Lingxian, without the support of the Zhao family and with no money or power, recruit such masters, and not just one or two, but more than ten or twenty of them.
"These people should have been masters of the Grand Swordsman realm in their lives. Although they are limited by the strength of that bitch and can only exert the strength of a first-level swordsman, their ability to respond to enemies and their sword skills are still at the Grand Swordsman realm. Never underestimate the enemy." Mu Hanyan was just wondering when she heard Fen Qianji's cold voice.
"What, before his death?" Mu Hanyan was even more surprised.
Looking at the black-armored swordsman again, he saw that although he had been hit by his sword and was almost pierced, his face showed no trace of pain, and there was no blood oozing from the wound. Then he stood firm and attacked him again without a word.
"Could it be the legendary necromancy soul-binding technique!" Mu Hanyan raised her eyebrows and couldn't help but exclaimed.
"That's right, you have some knowledge. This is the unparalleled necromancy soul-binding technique in the world! Mu Hanyan, you and these useless guards want to stop my plan. It's simply a foolish dream." Zhao Lingxian sneered arrogantly.
When Mu Hanyan heard Zhao Lingxian confirm her guess, her expression changed slightly.
The art of necromancy is a legendary and powerful evil art!
Typically, the higher a swordsman's cultivation level, the stronger their spirit becomes. Although their spirit will gradually dissipate into the universe upon the end of their lifespan and the death of their physical body, the more powerful their spirit is, the longer it will linger in the world. Given the right natural resources and treasures, it can even persist for tens or even hundreds of thousands of years, as was the case with Mu Tianlie in the Destiny Star Plate and Xinghuan Qianji in the Mysterious Star Plate.
Of course, there weren't many senior masters like them, and even fewer with such opportunities. They were rare in the world. Ordinary great swordsmen didn't have their strength and opportunities, and it was impossible for them to exist for such a long time.
However, if one uses evil magic to repeatedly refine their souls before their spirits completely disappear, and then finds their bodies, even if the bodies have turned into bones, they can be refined into undead sword slaves who will completely obey the caster's orders.
The art of necromancy is one such evil art, and it is the most powerful one among them.
Usually, even if one is refined into an Undead Sword Slave by this kind of evil magic, he cannot recover his previous cultivation level. Apart from being insensitive to pain and fearless of death, his strength may not be as good as that of an ordinary low-level swordsman. However, an Undead Sword Slave refined by the ultimate evil magic of Undead Soul Binding can not only recover nearly half of his previous strength, but also recover some of his previous combat skills. Whether it is the ability to respond to the enemy or the swordsmanship skills, they are far superior to ordinary swordsmen.
Legend has it that during the ancient war, someone used this method to form an army of undead, bringing great disaster to the entire continent.
Fortunately, the souls of ordinary swordsmen and sword masters are not very strong, the remains of the strong are not easy to find, and there are many restrictions on the use of this kind of evil magic. Therefore, most of the warriors in this undead army are low-level undead sword slaves who cannot recover their strength. There are not many real masters, so under the joint siege of various countries on the continent, it quickly collapsed.
Afterwards, this evil art was banned by all nations, and all practitioners were exterminated. From then on, the art of necromancy was completely lost, and has not been seen again for hundreds of thousands of years.
Mu Hanyan never dreamed that Zhao Lingxian had actually learned such a powerful evil magic!
Just when Mu Hanyan was secretly shocked, the black-armored swordsman, also known as the Undead Sword Slave, attacked again. Although he had been pierced through the ribs by Mu Hanyan's sword before, he was originally an Undead Sword Slave made from withered bones and residual souls. Such damage had no effect on him at all.
At the same time, under Zhao Lingxian's order, two more undead sword slaves attacked Mu Hanyan from the left and right, and the other four blocked Hua Yue, Zirong, Jiang Yuzhe and Zhang Chihua respectively.
Mu Hanyan now understood why Xia Youchen and Fen Qianji were in such a mess. You have to know that Xia Youchen was once the Beast Taming Sword Saint. Even if his strength could not be restored to its previous state, at least he would not be weaker than herself now. And based on her understanding of Fen Qianji, although he is only a first-level swordsman now, his actual combat power is far beyond that of masters of the same level. The two of them joined forces, but were still forced into a miserable state by the other side.
The reason is that although these undead sword slaves are far less powerful than they were in life, they still retain their fighting instincts and sword skills. In addition, they cannot feel pain at all and do not have the weaknesses of normal humans. In fact, they are still much more terrifying than normal first-level swordsmen.
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