Chapter 86: Chapter 87: Group Action
They had all witnessed it clearly just moments ago, these animated corpses crawled out from holes that appeared beneath the dead trees.
If these corpses all resided under these dead trees and could only emerge at night, then the Dead Tree Forest might already be infested with their presence.
With thousands upon thousands of dead trees in the Dead Tree Forest, if there were corpses underneath each tree, then the position of the ruins where Lin Qian and the others were might have already been completely surrounded by these moving corpses.
Moreover, to leave this place, one must pass through the Dead Tree Forest.
Considering this, unless Fu Heng possessed heaven-defying strength, there would absolutely be no way to escape the predicament.
After all, although Lin Qian and his companions were uncertain about the strength of these corpses, what they did know was that the corpses were decidedly strong.
Otherwise, out of all the disciples sent by the three sects and five schools, only two people would not have survived.
At this moment, Fu Heng on the bluestone ground below had already engaged in combat with these corpses.
Thanks to the Upper B Pill given by Lin Qian, Fu Heng’s injuries and Soul Power had fully recovered. Moreover, the enormous power of the pill was more than his realm could refine, burning like a furnace in his chest and making him eager to unleash it.
Thus, with the aid of the pill, the strength that Fu Heng was now able to burst forth with far exceeded his current limit.
Wielding the successfully armed blood sword, Soul Power swirled around his body like a dense river of blood. Upon closer inspection, these blood rivers were entirely composed of coagulated scarlet Sword Qi.
Once the corpses came near Fu Heng, they were swept up by the blood rivers, with the piercing Sword Qi stabbing into them and producing a series of crisp clashing sounds.
It was as if the Sword Qi had struck not flesh, but rather something forged of metal.
Initially proud of the extraordinary strength drawn from the pill, Fu Heng felt rather smug, thinking Lin Qian incredibly foolish to have come to his aid.
However, after clashing with these corpses, Fu Heng’s previously triumphant mood plummeted to rock bottom.
“Could these corpses really be so formidable?” Upon seeing that his assaults with Sword Qi only sparked without causing the skin and flesh to burst as he had imagined, Fu Heng started to panic.
Relying on the gathered power of the Upper B grade Pill in his chest, Fu Heng sparingly used his Soul Power, increasing the infusion of power, and fiercely slashed around him.
“Kill in all directions!”
After bellowing, blood gleamed in Fu Heng’s eyes. Almost instantly, four swords swung out, transforming into huge blood-red blades that violently collided with the surrounding corpses.
The massive blood-colored blades burst forth with aggressive killing intent, charging at the approaching corpses.
The bluestone ground beneath Fu Heng cracked and collapsed into a pit several feet deep due to the intense vibrations of Soul Power, carving out four ravines from the colossal blood-colored blades.
Splurt! Splurt! Splurt! Splurt!
Emerald-green blood splattered, and the might of Fu Heng’s killing move was truly remarkable, piercing through the bodies of four corpses.
In an instant, four puddles of emerald-green blood appeared on the ground around Fu Heng, yet only one of the four corpses fell.
The other three corpses, smeared with the emerald blood, still dragged their maimed limbs and bodies, running towards Fu Heng.
Such a sight prompted a change in the expressions of everyone watching from the loft above.
“Indeed, these corpses are relentless and fearless of death; even with such grave injuries, they still move with such vigor,” Ye Xin said, staring down from the window, utterly astonished.
Those three corpses charging towards Fu Heng had clearly been severely damaged by his “Kill in all directions,” their chests shattered on one side, and one arm was destroyed.
Among the corpses, one had even half of its head shorn off, yet it still emitted a deep growl as it charged at Fu Heng, a terrifying sight.
Even for an ordinary Soul Martial Artist, if they were not dead, they would at least have lost much of their combat strength.
“Not only that, the bodies of these corpses are much stronger than expected,” Ding Zhirong also stared at the scene below and analyzed, “Killing Square is an Upper C soul skill of the Divine Sword Sect, right?”
Ye Xin nodded gently and said, “Indeed, with Fu Heng’s power of Killing Square, it’s more than enough to slay an ordinary Sky Breaking Realm Second-Level Soul Martial Artist.”
Speaking of which, Ye Xin once again focused on the scene below, “Based on Fu Heng’s own strength, plus the help of Upper B Pills, the strength these corpses can exert is at least equivalent to the Nirvana Realm Ninth Level, breaking through the eight cycles of Nirvana at the limit.”
Ye Xin’s analysis of the corpses was met with nods of agreement from the others, and their expressions turned somewhat ugly.
Even the Ninth Level of Nirvana with nine cycles wouldn’t be too difficult for them. But the Ninth Level of Nirvana with eight cycles plus breaking through the limit of the Nirvana Realm was quite troublesome.
Although, after Lin Qian’s special training, Lei Qian and the others indeed found it not to be any difficult to deal with such corpses.
But there were just too many corpses!
At the top of the book tower, there were windows on all sides; through the windows facing the Dead Tree Forest, they could see the scene of the forest unobstructed by the thick fog.
Just as they had expected, beneath each dead tree, a dark hole appeared, and from within emerged pale corpses in vast numbers, enough to make their scalps tingle.
Below, Fu Heng could no longer hold out; his body was covered in his own blood, as well as that ghastly green corpse blood.
Around Fu Heng, more than a dozen corpses lay on the ground, unable to rise again, and his Soul Power also seemed extremely thin.
The corpses from the Dead Tree Forest had not yet arrived, but there were still several hundred dead trees within the relics, and around Fu Heng had gathered several dozen active corpses, gradually submerging him.
“Lin Qian, you’ll not die a good death, not die a good death!” Atop the book tower, Lin Qian and the others could no longer see Fu Heng, only hearing his hateful roar.
In Lin Qian’s eyes, there was not a trace of sympathy; he simply observed calmly.
After a while, the corpses dispersed, and apart from the bloodstains and disarmed Elemental Artifact Hearts and Elemental Components on the ground, there was nothing else.
The corpses had blood on the corners of their mouths and their dry lips writhed and chewed ceaselessly, as they all raised their heads looking up at the book tower.
“This is bad, they can sense our presence,” Zhao Haiming’s lazy demeanor vanished, replaced by solemnity and fear.
“You came to the Middle Ages relic for the purpose of training and not for comfort, right?” Lin Qian turned around, looked at everyone with a smile, and said, “Fight then, this is a rare opportunity to hone yourself.”
After speaking, Lin Qian suddenly leaped out of the window and plunged towards the ground below.
The whistling of the wind by his ears ceased abruptly with the loud thud of impact, as Qi Force spread like waves in all directions, driving back the surrounding corpses.
At the moment Lin Qian hit the ground, a white shadow closely followed him and landed by his side.
“I’ve always thought that it would be wonderful to fight side by side with Little Qian,” Ye Xin said with a sweet smile to Lin Qian, as an Elemental Artifact Heart and Elemental Components appeared in front of her.
The consecutive sounds of impact emerged; Lei Qian, Ding Zhirong, Zhao Haiming, Li Letian, and Wang Lanxin all descended from the sky, gathering around Lin Qian.
Looking at the surrounding corpses, now numbering over two hundred, Lei Qian gave a wry smile, “Boss, we should be able to survive this, right?”
“Unless you perform well enough, otherwise, I won’t lift a finger to save you,” Lin Qian smirked, as his golden Thunder Soul Power roared out of his body.