The zombies worshipped the moon.
Otherwise, with the red-haired zombie's speed, it might have caught up to us already.
We kept running along the ridge as the surrounding ghosts and corpse monsters continuously harassed and attacked us.
We ran while retreating...
In the end, we took out quite a few talismans and glutinous rice to attack.
As the talismans exploded with a series of booms, and the glutinous rice blocked the path, we briefly opened up a little distance from the evil creatures.
But we were still in danger.
The Nine Corpse Daoist had returned as well. He stood amid the distant ghost horde, watching us with a cold sneer.
"Run! Let's see how far you can get. Tonight will be the day all of you die.
"Don't think escaping the barrier means you'll survive.
"Within the area surrounding Xu Family Gully, none of you have any way out.
"Hahaha..."
The Nine Corpse Daoist started shouting provocations again.
If not for that red-haired zombie being there, I would have turned back and chopped him to death.
"Damn it, we need to move faster," I said.
Mao Jing's face was grim as well. "The ghostly aura here is too dense. We can't even call for reinforcements. We can only carry out the second withdrawal plan."
The second withdrawal plan was the emergency escape plan we had devised before coming here.
We would retreat along a predetermined route, getting out of here in the shortest time possible.
"Ou Doudou, I never thought that despite being so careful, we'd still be discovered. We were actually set up," Zhang Yuchen said, carrying Tian Yong on his back.
The weakened Tian Yong spoke from Zhang Yuchen's back. "After you... after you entered, I saw evil creatures appearing in many places around Xu Family Gully. I