The Sea of Corpse Tide

Wooooooo—!!!

The piercing, ear-splitting flute sound tore through the night sky, like an invisible whip, furiously lashing the entire old dormitory building!

The whole structure groaned under the onslaught, as if a roused behemoth, shaking violently! Dust and debris rained down!

"Heh... heh..."

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

"Screeeeech—!!!"

Countless bone-chilling sounds erupted from downstairs! As if the gates of hell had been opened!

A thick, suffocating stench of decay mixed with a biting, chilling wind, like a breached dam, instantly flooded the entire building!

First floor! Rusted metal bunk beds were overturned!

Purple Zombies (Grade E), their skin a deep purple and covered in sparse white fur, shrieked as they crawled out from under beds and from broken cupboards!

Second floor! Decaying wooden doors were smashed open!

Over a dozen White Zombies (Grade D), their skin dark green and moving with speed, broke through their restraints! Their eyes blazed with bloodthirsty light!

Third floor! The walls were forcefully smashed open, creating large holes! Three Green Zombies (Grade C), their skin a deep green, covered in short, stiff green fur, and holding rusted iron rods, roared as they entered the corridor! Their heavy footsteps made the floorboards tremble!

A zombie tide! A true zombie tide! Like piranhas smelling blood, driven mad by the flute's song, they surged with destructive fury. From all three floors, they poured in via the stairs, through the holes, and even by climbing the exterior walls, rushing towards the only source of strong human life and vital energy—Fang Gang on the fourth floor—like a tidal wave!

The entire old dormitory building instantly became a seething zombie nest! The aura of death was so thick it felt tangible!

"Holy mother!"

Outside the cordon in the distance, Chen Tao sat down on the ground with a thud, his face drained of color, staring at the building crammed with countless zombie figures, throbbing like a giant beehive, "It's over... it's all over! Brother Fang..."

Fang Gang stood on the trembling corridor of the fourth floor, like a lone reef in a stormy sea.

The Bronze Battle Halberd on his shoulder vibrated slightly, emitting a low hum.

Facing the tide of rotting, death-scented zombies surging from below, his eyes held no fear. Instead, they burned with a fighting spirit more intense than Nine Yang True Fire!

146 evolution points gleamed on his status panel!

"Add points! True Nine Yang Divine Skill!" Fang Gang roared in his heart!

BOOM—!!!

The 146 evolution points instantly ignited!

A torrent of heat, far more powerful and domineering than his previous breakthrough to Minor Accomplishment, exploded from the depths of his dantian!

The golden-red Nine Yang Inner Breath, like the core of a ignited star, expanded, compressed, and transformed! The scorching torrent surged and roared through the wide meridians of the Mid-stage Tendon Transformation Realm, its temperature soaring! Silk threads of golden-red aura spewed from Fang Gang's pores, and the floor beneath him instantly blackened and carbonized!

[True Nine Yang Divine Skill: Minor Accomplishment (100/500) → Major Accomplishment (246/500)!]

Nine Yang at Major Accomplishment! The power to burn mountains and boil seas began to manifest!

"Good!" Fang Gang roared, his voice like thunder from the heavens! He yanked the Bronze Battle Halberd from the floor! The Major Accomplishment Nine Yang Inner Breath poured into the halberd without reservation!

"Wwwwwww—!!!"

The heavy Bronze Battle Halberd instantly turned crimson all over!

On the blade, golden-red flames blazed, emitting a terrifying heat capable of incinerating everything in its path! The surrounding air warped and distorted from the heat!

Facing the dozen or so Purple and White Zombies roaring as they charged from the stairwell, Fang Gang didn't retreat. He advanced! With one step, the blackened floor beneath him exploded!

"Sweep!"

His hands gripped the burning halberd tightly. Using his waist as an axis, he unleashed all his formidable strength!

The Bronze Battle Halberd, burning with Nine Yang True Fire, became like an awakened fiery dragon, carrying a terrifying shriek that tore through the air and a domineering will to incinerate all, as it swept fiercely towards the zombie horde!

WHOOSH—!!!

A blindingly intense golden-red, fan-shaped shockwave of flames erupted along the halberd's trajectory!

Puff! Puff! Puff! Puff!

Like a hot knife cutting through solidified butter!

The first seven or eight Purple and White Zombies in the lead, the moment they touched the golden-red flame shockwave, couldn't even scream. Their bodies instantly melted and vaporized, like wax figures thrown into a steel furnace!

They turned into plumes of fiercely burning, foul torches! A choking stench filled the air!

The zombies behind them were violently thrown back by the raging shockwave and the burning remains of their companions, tumbling down the stairs like rolling gourds, causing chaos among the zombie horde below!

[Ding! Killed Purple Zombie (Grade E)... Gained Evolution Points +5... +5... +5!]

[Ding! Killed White Zombie (Grade D)... Gained Evolution Points +8... +8!]

[Available Evolution Points: 146 + ? ≈ 180+ (continuously increasing)!]

One strike! Cleared the stairwell!

But the zombie tide was endless! More zombies, stepping over the ashes and remains of their comrades, rushed forward fearlessly!

From the holes in the walls on either side, Green Zombies and White Zombies also crawled out with roars!

"Roar!" A Green Zombie, holding a rusted steel bar, emerged from the wall to the side. With a gust of putrid wind, the steel bar shot towards Fang Gang's back with a vicious howl!

Fang Gang didn't even look, just flicked his fist back!

The fist, burning with golden-red flames, struck first!

The Green Zombie's head and a good portion of its shoulders instantly vaporized! Its headless body was sent flying by the fist's wind, crashing through and collapsing half a wall!

[Ding! Killed Green Zombie (Grade C)! Gained 10 Evolution Points!]

He was like a tireless killing machine, maneuvering through the narrow fourth-floor corridor! Each swing of his burning battle halberd ignited a sea of golden-red fire that annihilated the zombie horde!

The perfected Nine Yang True Fire had a terrifying effect on yin and evil zombies!

Zombies below Grade C ignited on contact, burning instantly! Any stragglers that managed to get close were easily blown apart by his fists, his skin covered in molten, dark gold!

Corpses burned! Remains splashed! Evolution Points surged!

Fang Gang grew more courageous with every fight! The Nine Yang True Fire roared within him, and each kill made the flames burn even hotter!

He was like a mobile furnace, turning the zombie tide to ash wherever he went! His bald head, bathed in firelight, shone like an eternal lighthouse!

"This feels great!" Fang Gang shouted, blasting a White Zombie that lunged at him into burning fragments.

This feeling of crushing everything with absolute power made his blood boil!

However, just as he was getting into the thick of it—

Woooo—!!!

The flute melody in the night sky suddenly soared to an incredibly sharp, insane pitch! It felt like countless needles stabbing into his mind!

Following the frenzied flute music, the assault from the zombie horde below abruptly faltered! Then, an even colder, more savage aura erupted from the first floor!

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Three massive figures smashed through the load-bearing walls of the first-floor lobby, trampling over the remains of countless low-level zombies. They charged up the stairs like three heavy tanks, rumbling with force!

They stood nearly three meters tall! Their skin was a deep green, almost black, covered in thick, needle-like green fur! Their muscles were knotted like rock! Their eyes blazed with savage green spectral fire!

Most horrifying were the weapons they dragged—three door-sized greatswords, covered in dark red scabs and barbs!

The blades scraped against the ground, kicking up sparks! A potent, bloodthirsty aura washed over them!

Three armed Green Zombie Leaders (Grade C+)!

Carrying their zombie poison aura, they were like three moving walls of death, blocking the entire stairwell! Their sole target was the bald man slaughtering on the upper floors!

"ROAR!!!" The lead leader let out a deafening roar, raising its massive greatsword high. With a terrifying momentum that could cleave mountains, it swung down towards Fang Gang at the top of the stairs!

The blade's wind was sharp, forcefully extinguishing the flames on the burning corpses in its path!

The power of this strike far surpassed that of ordinary Green Zombies! It was definitely at the threshold of Grade B!

At the same time, the other two Green Zombie Leaders swung their greatswords, one to the left and one to the right, slicing towards Fang Gang's waist and side with a wind that tore through the air! A pincer attack! There was no escape!

"Finally, some tough opponents!" Fang Gang's eyes blazed with ferocious light. Far from afraid, he was even more excited! He forcefully slammed his burning battle halberd back into the floor!

Facing three terrifying greatswords capable of cutting through tanks, he chose to confront them head-on once more! He wanted to test the limits of his Vajra Indestructible Body enhanced by the perfected Nine Yang Skill!

"Vajra! Nine Yang! Activate!"

Fang Gang roared in his heart! The True Vajra Indestructible Divine Art (Completed Fragment) and the perfected True Nine Yang Divine Skill simultaneously circulated to their peak!

Hum—!!!

His entire body's skin instantly turned into dark golden, immortal divine iron! Beneath his skin, layers upon layers of fascia tensed like the toughest alloy chains! His muscles bulged like dragons!

Furthermore, a layer of condensed, tangible golden-red Nine Yang True Fire erupted from his body, burning fiercely on his surface, forming a layer of flowing lava armor!

He clenched both fists, his knuckles wrapped in golden-red flames, like two burning miniature suns! Deep within his left arm, the refined lightning rune pulsed faintly, ready to strike!

Boom! Clang! Clang!

Three deafening, terrifying explosions occurred almost simultaneously!

The greatsword in front struck Fang Gang's crossed arms! The violent force was like an avalanche!

The golden-red flames and dark golden skin rubbed fiercely against each other, erupting with dazzling sparks and ear-piercing scraping sounds!

The greatswords from the left and right also struck Fang Gang's waist and back at the same time! The blades and barbs, capable of tearing through steel, fiercely raked at the flowing lava armor!

The immense impact force caused the ground beneath Fang Gang's feet to instantly crack and collapse! He was forced to sink half a foot into the ground! Smoke and dust billowed!

However!

The blades of the three terrifying greatswords, after penetrating less than an inch into the golden-red lava armor, were stopped as if by billions of layered walls of sighs, unable to advance further!

The contained immense force and zombie poison were furiously burned and purified by the Nine Yang True Fire! They emitted even more intense "sizzling" sounds!

On Fang Gang's dark golden skin, only three shallow white marks were left! Not even a red mark!

"Roar?!" The savage spectral fire in the eyes of the three Green Zombie Leaders flickered violently, showing disbelief and astonishment for the first time!

Their combined strike, capable of cleaving through talisman defenses, hadn't even broken the bald man's skin?!

"Is this a tickle?" Fang Gang's cold voice echoed from the dust, carrying a hint of mockery. He took a deep breath, his chest puffing out like bellows! His arm muscles bulged, and his brute elephant strength erupted!

"Get lost!"

He forcefully swung his arms outward!

Boom—!!!

An unstoppable, terrifying surge of power mixed with explosive Nine Yang True Fire erupted from Fang Gang's body like a volcanic eruption!

Clang! Clang! Clang!

Three Green Zombie leaders and their heavy sabers were hit head-on as if by a high-speed train. They let out pained roars, their massive bodies staggering backward uncontrollably! The stairs creaked under their weight!

"My turn!"

Golden flames shot from Fang Gang's eyes! He took a step forward, and the ground beneath his feet, already caved in, exploded again!

His body, like a burning meteor, instantly appeared before the staggering Green Zombie leader in front of him!

"Great Sun Incinerating Demon Palm!"

He raised his right palm high, channeling the vast Nine Yang Inner Breath, compressing it madly!

Within his palm, golden-red flames instantly condensed into a dazzling, blinding ball of intense fire, exuding an aura capable of burning mountains and boiling seas!

It was as if he were holding a miniature sun in his palm! The terrifying high temperature caused the very air to distort and burn!

Without the slightest hesitation, carrying the overbearing will to incinerate all evil, this palm-sun was fiercely slammed into the chest of the Green Zombie leader, covered in steel-needle-like green fur!

"Boom—!!!!"

An indescribable explosion! The golden-red Sun True Fire instantly engulfed the massive body of the Green Zombie leader! The purest, most potent power poured in like a breaching lava flow!

"Sizzle—!!!!"

A blinding white light and scorching heatwaves violently erupted!

The Green Zombie leader could only let out a half-scream before its entire upper body, under the bombardment of the palm-sun, instantly vaporized like ice cubes thrown into a steel furnace!

Only its two charred lower legs remained standing!

[Ding! Killed 'Green Zombie Leader (Grade C+)'! Gained 30 Evolution Points!]

[Available Evolution Points: 210+!]

One strike! A one-hit kill on a Grade C+ leader!

The other two Green Zombie leaders, seeing the horrifying sight of their companion instantly vaporizing, had their ferocious ghost fires in their eyes instantly replaced by terror!

They let out startled roars, no longer daring to fight, and turned to flee!

"Trying to run?" Fang Gang's lips curved into a cold arc. He grabbed the air with his left hand, and the Bronze Battle Halberd stuck in the ground hummed and flew into his hand! The Nine Yang True Fire reignited on its blade!

"Kill!"

He was like a tiger entering a flock of sheep, his burning battle halberd, carrying a golden-red tail flame that incinerated all things, charging towards the remaining two leaders!

The fierce flame-halberd shadows danced, and the wild power crushed everything!

Soon, two short, sharp screams accompanied by violent explosions echoed. The corridor was left with only two charred remains burning fiercely and scattered pieces of the giant blades!

[Ding! Killed 'Green Zombie Leader (Grade C+)'! Gained 30 Evolution Points!]

[Ding! Killed 'Green Zombie Leader (Grade C+)'! Gained 30 Evolution Points!]

[Available Evolution Points: 270+!]

The night sky outside the building.

A sharp flute melody, at the exact moment Fang Gang withstood three saber strikes and incinerated a leader with one palm, produced a brief, piercing, off-key note! It was as if the flutist's mind had been severely shaken!

In the distant shadows, a figure cloaked stood atop a water tower, holding a pale white bone flute.

Beneath the cloak, two points of scarlet light flickered intensely, filled with disbelief and furious shock.

"How is this possible… that bald guy's defense… and that flame…" The hoarse voice carried a trace of imperceptible trembling.

It watched the golden-red flames continuously erupting from the fourth-floor window of the haunted building below, the zombies' dying screams, and the dark golden figure standing like a reef amidst the zombie horde. A chill crawled up its spine.

"Can't let him live!" The scarlet light in the cloaked figure's eyes flashed, and it brought the bone flute to its lips again, an even more frenzied, even more venomous melody about to burst forth!

Just then—

A faint streak of dark light, almost blended into the night, shot out silently from the shadows of another abandoned teaching building below!

Its target was the back of the cloaked figure's head atop the water tower! Its speed was like lightning! The timing was cunning and deadly!

The cloaked figure was startled! Its flute-playing motion was abruptly interrupted! It violently sidestepped!

Pfft!

The dark light grazed the edge of its cloak, tearing off a wisp of fabric and a trace of viscous dark red liquid! It embedded itself deeply into the water tower's concrete wall – it was a black throwing dart engraved with complex runes!

"Who?!" The cloaked figure, a mixture of shock and rage, its scarlet gaze swept towards the shadows from which the attack originated!

From the shadows, a tall, slender figure in a black trench coat flashed by, as if dissolving into ink, leaving only a clear, cold whisper drifting in the night wind:

"Your flute playing is too unpleasant."

The cloaked figure was both shocked and enraged, its scarlet gaze darting rapidly between the restless haunted building below the water tower and the shadows where the attacker had disappeared.

Fang Gang's terrifying defense and all-consuming flames, coupled with this mysterious and unpredictable stealth attacker…

"Retreat!" It decided instantly, letting out an unwilling growl. Its figure flickered, transforming into a wisp of black smoke that merged with the night, disappearing instantly from atop the water tower.

The fourth floor of the old dormitory building.

Fang Gang had just decapitated the owner of the last mounted saber with the weapon itself when he suddenly felt the frantic flute music driving the zombie horde… disappear?

With the cessation of the flute music, the previously ferocious and bloodthirsty zombie horde below seemed to lose its backbone. Their attacks instantly became chaotic and sluggish!

Many low-tier zombies even stopped blankly, letting out mindless roars in place.

"Hmm?" Fang Gang raised an eyebrow, looking in the direction the flute music had last come from. He could only catch a trace of a rapidly dissipating cold aura. Did they run?

The deep black Grudge Pupil brand on his left arm, after the flute music stopped, wriggled and slowly calmed down. However, the slit of the dark gold vertical pupil at its tip did not fully close. The cold, greedy sensation contained within it firmly locked onto the location of the flute's source, and…

A trace of an extremely faint energy fluctuation, just dissipated, belonging to another powerful presence? Fang Gang glanced thoughtfully at a shadowy corner below.

He shook the blood and charcoal from his halberd, surveying the piles of zombie remains and ash that choked the hallway and stairs, like a scene from hell.

His phone rang. It was Chen Tao's voice, still shaken:

"Fang… Brother Fang! Are you alright?! My god! That building… the commotion… the flute music stopped?! The zombie horde retreated?!"

"Mm, cleared out," Fang Gang replied calmly, as if he had merely swept away some trash.

"Clea… Cleared out?!"

Chen Tao's voice suddenly rose, filled with incredulous joy and awe. "I… I'll bring people in to clean up the scene immediately! No! You rest first! You're the hero! The bonus! It's all on me!"

Fang Gang ignored Chen Tao's excitement. His gaze swept across the trashed hallway, finally settling on the relatively intact dormitory door at the end, marked 401.

During the fierce battle just now, he seemed to have vaguely sensed an extremely subtle, pure, cold aura flash past behind that door, carrying an ancient aura that was out of place with the surrounding stench of decay.

But when he tried to investigate now, the aura had vanished without a trace, as if it had never existed.

He hoisted his halberd and strode out of the dormitory building, which was filled with the smell of burnt material and blood.

His bald, dark gold head reflected a cold, hard sheen in the faint morning light, like a war god who had just emerged from the hellish furnace.

His phone vibrated, and new logistics information popped up:

"Your purchase, 'Dugu Nine Swords (Illustrated Edition)', has arrived at the Cainiao Station…"

Fang Gang glanced at the message, then looked down at the deep black brand on his left arm.

"'Dugu Nine Swords'? Shatter all techniques?"

"Hmph. Perfect." The fighting spirit in his eyes had not diminished; it had only sharpened. "Just you wait, fiends and monsters… Next time, I will definitely break you!"

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