Li Yuanlin was willing to do anything to survive.
He didn't care about official positions or subordinates, so he didn't mind saying it in front of them.
Upon hearing this, the expressions of Li Yuanlin's men immediately changed, and they all retreated in fear.
They had been following Li Yuanlin for quite some time and knew what kind of person their boss was.
That's why they were so afraid, because they knew that Li Yuanlin was truly capable of doing such a thing.
Jiang Xuerou and the other disciples of the Heavenly Sword Sect also changed their expressions, and they all pointed their swords at Yang Sheng and Li Yuanlin.
Only Ye Meiniang and the other two maintained their composure.
Yang Sheng looked at Li Yuanlin and suddenly said, "You mean, the stronger someone is, the slower these mummified corpses will devour them?"
Li Yuanlin nodded quickly: "I've observed this pattern several times!"
Yang Sheng nodded: "If that's the case, I do have a solution."
"What method?"
Yang Sheng looked at Li Yuanlin, a cold smile appearing on his lips: "I'll kill you!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the Imperial Guard's sword was already drawn.
The power of the blood oath erupted violently, and the fierce wind even made it difficult for Li Yuanlin to open his eyes.
In his haste, he drew his sword to defend himself, but he was no match for Yang Sheng's superhuman strength, and his sword was knocked away.
Startled, Li Yuanlin turned to flee, but suddenly felt a deep, cold aura invading his body, constantly eroding his internal strength and vitality.
Yang Sheng twisted Li Yuanlin's arm with his backhand, the force of which broke both of Li Yuanlin's arms. With a scream, he threw Li Yuanlin towards the dried corpses.
Although Li Yuanlin was also a captain in the Imperial Guard, he had been a captain for far too long.
Years had long since turned that once skilled and capable imperial guard into a pampered good-for-nothing.
Yang Sheng glanced at Li Yuanlin's men and said calmly, "Those who are willing to follow me can join the team and charge out together."
Those who are unwilling can find their own way out; it doesn't matter if you go back and complain to Lord Han.
Let alone whether these low-ranking soldiers of the Imperial Guard can escape from here, even if they can, it would be useless for them to complain to Lord Han.
Han Jin, that old eunuch, is the most mean and ungrateful. Even though Li Yuanlin has followed him for several years, Yang Sheng, a living person, is far more valuable than Li Yuanlin, a dead person.
"Your subordinate is willing to follow Lord Yang! If you reveal even a single word about what happened today, may you be struck down by heaven and earth and die a horrible death!"
Some of Li Yuanlin's men immediately knelt down and swore an oath.
Human hearts are made of flesh and blood; no one is blind.
In the critical moment, Li Yuanlin only wanted to use them to buy time and save his own life, but Yang Sheng was willing to put aside past grievances and save them.
If they still don't know what's good for them, then they're really not human.
Just then, an even more violent tremor came from beneath the ground, and the cracks gradually expanded to their feet, with countless mummies crawling out from below.
However, this time the mummies were even more dilapidated, some of them had even turned into skeletons, but black, viscous liquid was still flowing from the gaps in the skulls.
Yang Sheng's heart sank.
This thing can even control skeletons that have been dead for who knows how many years. Who knows how many people are buried underground in Yixian County?
At this moment, the crack under their feet expanded again, and black energy suddenly erupted. Yang Sheng hurriedly dodged and moved aside. Looking again, he saw that Ye Meiniang and the others had also been scattered by the black energy that suddenly erupted under their feet.
Yang Sheng strode forward, dodging the burst of black energy, but when he looked up, he saw that the surroundings were already filled with this black energy, although there were far fewer dried corpses, which must have gone to the outer perimeter.
This black aura is not fatal, but prolonged exposure will erode one's inner strength and make one increasingly weak.
Even with Yang Sheng's current physical strength, he couldn't stay in such a place for an extended period.
Rubbing his head, Yang Sheng pondered his trump card and calculated how he could break the deadlock.
Just then, a white figure suddenly appeared in front of them.
Yang Sheng walked over carrying the Imperial Guard's saber. Just as he raised the saber, the person opposite him also raised a small emerald green sword and pointed it at Yang Sheng. It was Jiang Xuerou.
Upon seeing that the other party was Yang Sheng, Jiang Xuerou immediately breathed a sigh of relief.
Although Yang Sheng was an enemy, he was still better than these mummified monsters to Jiang Xuerou.
"Yang Sheng, we're all in danger right now. Why don't we put aside our past grievances and escape from here together?"
Yang Sheng put down his knife and said calmly, "Miss Jiang, you need to understand one thing: it's not that I've been targeting you all along, but rather that your Heavenly Sword Sect has been targeting me all along."
"First there was Yue Zhongli, then there's your Elder Si Tianyao—weren't they the ones who provoked me and attacked first? I was merely acting in self-defense."
Jiang Xuerou raised her eyebrows: "My senior brother was severely injured by you, his internal organs were almost destroyed, and his cultivation was almost ruined."
Elder Si was severely injured by your knife and was bleeding profusely. If it weren't for the fact that I still had the Heavenly Sword Sect's life-saving secret medicine on me, this situation would have even cost him his life!
You call this self-defense?
Yang Sheng shrugged innocently: "At most, that would be called excessive self-defense."
Jiang Xuerou's breasts heaved with anger at Yang Sheng, but she suppressed her rage and changed the subject:
"To be honest, I used to think you were just like those eunuch lackeys, ruthless and inhumane, rotten to the core, just like Li Yuanlin whom you killed today."
But I didn't expect that you wouldn't agree to Li Yuanlin's suggestion to use your own subordinates to buy time, but instead were willing to cover everyone's retreat.
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