It wasn't difficult to turn ordinary people into Corpse Kings. The Eternal Clan had existed for countless years, and had many ways of transforming people. The method used beneath this city was erosion: powerful Corpse King auras ate away at the human body, forcing it to undergo a metamorphosis.
Quite a few people had succumbed to the erosion and were no longer human. But many had withstood it, while others had only just arrived and hadn't yet changed. Those were the people Lu Yin and the others needed to save.
They wouldn't go out of their way to rescue people who had been captured and brought here for transformation. But now that they'd found them, they wouldn't abandon them.
In the distance, Green Bamboo Marquis was surprised. At a time like this, they still wanted to save people? Were humans hypocritical or foolish?
Outside the city, Corpse Kings were everywhere. People began emerging from underground. Most were terrified, despairing, and at a loss, though some fought the Corpse Kings with all their might. "Brothers, I was ready to die anyway. Now, if I can take even one of these monsters down with me, that's enough. We came to the back of the Mother Tree with no plans to make it back alive. What's there to be afraid of?"
"Kill these monsters! Attack!"
"I'll take someone with me when I die!"
Red light swept out in every direction, like a gigantic red monster descending on the city once more and slaughtering countless Corpse Kings nearby.
"Get in here!" Lu Yin shouted to the people emerging from underground.
They had already seen Lu Yin and the others within the red light. They hadn't expected them to come back and save them, but they rushed inside without hesitation.
"Thank you for saving