"Swift!"
Lu Zheng hurriedly formed a hand seal and pointed at the ground.
Turn Earth into Steel!
The spell he had obtained from Old Beggar was finally proving useful. It directly used Dharma power to bind the earth, turning it airtight and solid as steel, impossible to pass through with the Earthwalk Technique.
Sensing the change in the ground, the Giant Corpse had no choice but to use Dharma power to break through the earth and leap out. However, Lu Zheng had cast the spell a little too slowly. By then, the Giant Corpse had already crossed Shen Ying's Peach Blossom Evil and appeared not far from Yi QianQian.
"Turn Earth into Steel?" The Giant Corpse gave Lu Zheng a grave look, then turned to Yi QianQian with a sinister chuckle.
"You were too slow. Come here!"
With a savage grin, the Giant Corpse reached out with his huge hand, intending to seize Yi QianQian.
Yet Yi QianQian seemed as though she had been targeted by some primordial beast. Her entire body was frozen, unable to move even a finger, and she could only stand stiffly where she was.
The next instant, a figure flashed into existence before Yi QianQian. Three phantom fox tails suddenly emerged behind her, sweeping forward together and blocking the advancing giant hand.
"Yue Yao! Take them and retreat at once!"
Liu Qingyan cried urgently. Du YueYao immediately grabbed Yi QianQian and Wang Xiaowan by the hands and hurried backward.
They knew their own limits. The Giant Corpse was terrifyingly powerful; staying here would only make them deadweight. They might as well withdraw from the battlefield and give Lu Zheng and the others room to fight.
"A fox demon?" The Giant Corpse's gaze sharpened. He had not expected this tiny county town to be crawling with