Chapter 72 The Final Battle
From the time she could remember, Yu Shan was already the Holy Maiden of the Holy Witch Clan, because she was born with the most concentrated purple-gold bloodline of the Holy Witch Clan.
The elders who taught her magic, the guards who protected her, and the maids who served her daily needs—each of them instilled in her a particular philosophy.
That is, when she grows up, she will shoulder the responsibility for the rise and fall of the Holy Witch Clan.
So from the time she first went out to gain experience when she was eight years old, she had already become accustomed to facing all dangers alone.
As she grew up, she ingrained the belief in protecting her people into her very being.
For the first time in her life, she was held in someone's arms and protected, and she could leisurely watch her protector dominate the battlefield. This feeling... was not bad.
She discovered that her body had an immense trust in the man holding her, seemingly without any concern that he would cause her the slightest harm.
She could even leisurely observe the battle around her.
Yu Shan squinted as he watched the low-level martial artists around him fight the horde of corpses with all their might, determined to prevent them from entering the inner city.
They were all too weak. If she were in her prime, she could have turned these zombies to ashes with a flick of her finger.
Unfortunately, she had completely lost her fighting ability at this moment and could only watch helplessly as those weak humans fought desperately here.
Fortunately, with the addition of this group, the entire battle situation was reversed, and the zombies quickly went from being on the verge of breaking through the defenses to being in a state of retreat.
Then, something even more unexpected happened. The high-level zombies, from the fourth to the seventh rank, who were leading the low-level zombies in the charge, suddenly froze for a moment, as if someone had pressed the pause button.
Many superhumans who were fighting them to the death took this opportunity to successfully injure or escape a fatal blow.
Matt exclaimed with delight, "My lord, the mental commands planted in the brains of these high-ranking zombies by that SS-level super zombie king have become ineffective!"
This is indeed exciting news, because it means that they are no longer under the control of Guqi Tuo.
These high-level zombies have developed a certain level of intelligence. Once they lose mental control, they will make the most advantageous judgment for themselves in the first instance.
On the battlefield before them, they were clearly at a disadvantage. Given that, what reason did they have to stay and fight to the death?
So, the first seventh-tier zombie, disregarding the lives of its minions, fled first.
The zombies have no habit of cooperating with each other. They will even seize any opportunity to kill zombies of the same or lower rank and devour their crystal cores.
Therefore, they cannot possibly care about the lives of other zombies when they are aware of the danger.
"We can't let them escape, otherwise they'll become a threat in the future," Feather Fan warned.
"Don't worry, they can't escape!" Xiao Bai smiled, his whole body brimming with confidence, as if he were not a low-level martial artist at all, but a powerful being from the universe.
He teleported directly to the platform where the city lord was directing the battle and said to the city lord:
"Lend me some high-level crystal cores, and then notify everyone involved in the battle to evacuate in an orderly manner as quickly as possible, retreating back to the area covered by my defensive magic artifacts."
He then instructed his son, "Achen, I will sprinkle some high-level crystal cores in the middle of the ring later, and you will be responsible for activating the magic artifact that Aunt Lele made with blue peacock silk—the Peacock Spreading its Tail."
Although the defensive power of that magical artifact was only at the fifth level, it could cover an area of 2.15 hectares.
Without hesitation, the city lord poured out all the high-level crystal cores from his spatial storage.
Xiao Bai casually grabbed a handful of high-level crystal cores and seemingly scattered them unintentionally among the zombie horde, but in reality, he used these crystal cores to form a route.
The route leads to the gap created by the walkers, which has now been widened to over seven meters.
Xiao Bai scattered dozens of high-level crystal cores near that gap.
As the aura of the high-level crystal core spread, the zombies frantically rushed towards this deadly temptation.
At the same time, Achen activated the magical artifact called Peacock Spreading its Tail, and the entire ring-shaped area within 10 meters of the inner wall was enveloped in a beautiful halo of gold and peacock blue.
Meanwhile, the city lord instructed all participants in the public channel to evacuate in an orderly manner and retreat to the area covered by the magical artifact.
Everyone has persevered until now, and they are almost exhausted. Even though these zombies are at a disadvantage, it will inevitably cost them a lot of blood if they want to wipe them out completely.
When the city lord's order was relayed, the vast majority of people used all their strength to deliver their final blow, and then retreated to the area covered by the huge halo of peacock blue and gold behind them.
As soon as they rushed in, they discovered that the attacks of most of the zombies besieging them had been completely neutralized, while the zombies of the fifth rank and above were attracted by the high-level crystal cores that had fallen to the ground and had all gone to snatch them.
Some of them, as soon as they snatched the crystal core, hurriedly swallowed it, fearing that it would be taken away by their companions.
However, there seemed to be even more crystal cores emanating a deadly allure not far away, so the high-level zombies went crazy and rushed toward the gap.
In fact, the lower-level zombies were also attracted by this aura, but they had an instinctive fear of the higher-level zombies. Although they were all running in that direction, they still tried to avoid the higher-level zombies, fearing that they would become their after-dinner treat.
Xiao Bai saw that the remaining tens of thousands of zombies had gathered near the gap, and the high-level zombies had already begun to fight to the death for these crystal cores. He smiled.
The high-level zombies who were scrambling for the crystal cores, and the low-level zombies who had gathered nearby to watch and drool, suddenly sensed an extremely cold aura in the air.
Although they are not afraid of cold or heat, it is actually relative. They can also feel extreme cold or heat and will be harmed.
They instinctively looked up and saw silvery-white snowflakes falling from the sky.
Before they could even see what the snowflakes looked like, they found their bodies exposed to extreme cold. Then their fingers were cut off, their arms were torn to pieces, and their torsos were cracked open with countless fissures.
Finally, they saw their heads cut open, their crystal cores rolling on the ground, and some even had their crystal cores cut into pieces.
This was a massacre, with limbs and pieces scattered everywhere. Countless zombies were killed or injured in just half an hour.
The surviving high-ranking zombies began to flee frantically, crowding and trampling towards the gap. Xiaobai cast an ice spell, instantly sealing the gap.
Seeing that there was no way to escape, the high-level zombies frantically rushed back, trying to attack the low-level ability users who were resting within the Peacock Spreads its Tail defensive range.
Xiao Bai had previously used a wide-range area-of-effect attack skill, killing nearly ten thousand zombies below the third rank. His superpower was greatly depleted, and if he continued, he would be overdrawn.
Matt and Achen used their mental net to temporarily trap the high-level zombies charging at the front.
Mu Ye no longer concealed his strength, and unleashed S-rank fireballs at the densely packed zombies. Any low-rank zombies touched by his fireballs were instantly reduced to ashes.
Hua Jingyi and Qiu Jichuan also attacked with great effort, targeting high-level zombies. Soon, a large number of zombies fell in front of them.
Those ability users who had retreated to their defensive range and were skilled in ranged attacks also took the opportunity to launch their ability attacks, killing thousands of low-level zombies.
As the last walker fell, the city lord shouted into the megaphone, "Victory! We've won! We didn't let a single walker escape, and in the final annihilation battle, we didn't lose a single comrade!"
The people we should thank the most are Mr. Bai and his companions from outside Lindong City, as well as the hunting teams from every town outside Lindong City, and all the warriors of Lindong City!
Without you all, Lin Dong City would have already fallen, and all its citizens would have become food for the zombies. Thank you!
On behalf of all the citizens of Lindong City, I would like to pay the highest respect and deepest condolences to the heroes who died in this battle!
They defended our city and protected our safety with their lives. Let us forever remember the sacrifice of these heroes, carry on their spirit, and work together to protect our home! *Sobbing*
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