Then his sword came out.
The shopkeeper—Zhou You himself—stepped forward, choosing the corpse-controlling dwarf as his first target!
Since the man had made a name for himself in the martial world, he was naturally no pushover. He had even managed to deceive Bodhi Temple, one of the Thirty-Six Sects. Muttering a few incantations, he scattered a handful of bone ash, which transformed into eerie ghost flames, and retreated at top speed!
At the same time, the living corpses surrounded him, forming a battle formation. Together with the ghost flames dancing through the air, they seemed to form an impenetrable wall.
Watching from a distance, Bei Yuanlei couldn't help cursing.
The bone ash looked unremarkable, but it had actually been refined from the powdered bones of over a hundred infants, all born in a yin year, month, day, and hour. Anyone who touched even a speck of it would dissolve into bloody liquid within moments.
Combined with those living corpses from the Martial Army Gate, which excelled at fighting together... if the others had recklessly charged in just now, they probably would have all died on the spot!
Fortunately, that last-resort technique wasn't being used against him.
Even if the Heaven-Piercing Sword possessed extraordinary abilities, he couldn't possibly...
Before that thought could finish, he witnessed an unbelievable sight.
Bloodred baleful energy spread like mist. The instant the ghost flames touched it, they abruptly went out, as though they had encountered their natural nemesis!
As for the living corpses... Zhou You didn't even dodge. He simply plunged straight in, and amid flashes of sword light, the intact battle formation was ripped apart like a rag!
In less than five breaths, he stood before the dwarf and casually slashed his sword.
But then—
Zhou You raised his eyebrows in mild surprise.
"Hmm?"
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