Over scorched earth, beneath the blazing sun.
Hundreds of Corpse Soldiers tore and devoured one another, seemingly their only form of amusement. On the distant horizon, six figures split into three groups and raced toward Yuma County from three directions.
Before long, the six approached the area where the Corpse Soldiers were fighting. Several on the outskirts spotted them at once and instinctively turned toward them. But just as they turned, their bodies exploded soundlessly. Two metal balls spun rapidly at the center of the blast.
As the iron balls rotated, a visible layer of earthy yellow spiritual energy radiated from their surfaces. Then they flew back toward one of the six.
"Just a pile of meat scraps!"
Gao Ding caught the metal balls without slowing down. He seemed quite pleased with himself as he spoke, turning to glance at Wang Ping and Guangxuan on his right.
"..."
Wang Ping did not even look at him.
Yulian's voice reminded him within his Spirit Sea, "It's Earth Spirit Qi, and it also carries the ability to absorb some kind of demonic weapon. Those rapidly spinning metal balls seem able to make gathered spiritual energy explode."
In the brief time she spoke, more than half of the hundreds of Corpse Soldiers gathered together had already been cleared away. The stench of their exploded flesh mixing with the charred smell in the air was especially nauseating.
"Enough, leave them alone!"
Hong An, who was traveling with Gao Ding, could no longer stand it and spoke up to stop Gao Ding's somewhat childish behavior.
The six of them had come this time to scout Yuma County. If there were not many Corpse Soldiers in the county seat, they could decide whether to clear them out depending on the situation.
It was roughly the same