By Order of the Protector, I Shall Capture You All!

"Blech!" A young patrolman couldn't help but bend over and gag.

The others also had pale faces and their scalps tingled.

With such a massive amount of corpses and blood, how many creatures must have been slaughtered?

Centurion Zhao's voice was dry and trembling, "Lord Wei... we haven't seen a single living person since we arrived..."

"Could it be that all the tens of thousands of civilians and livestock in this city... are all here?"

A terrifying conclusion surfaced in everyone's minds.

A city of ten thousand, not a single chicken or dog left, all turned into flesh and blood sacrifices?

What kind of insane, demonic act is this!

Wei Qing's face was like frost, her eyes a mixture of anger and solemnity. She stared intently at the Star Gazing Platform that was continuously absorbing the blood and filth, and said coldly:

"As expected, a great demon is about to appear. Someone is actually using this heaven-defying blood sacrifice method!"

She recalled what Vice Commander Gu had said, that something extremely Yin and evil seemed to be about to break free from its seal in Black Stone City...

Wasn't the scene before them precisely the precursor to using the blood essence of countless lives to trigger an evil array to break the seal?

It was just that she had never heard of any demon being sealed beneath the ground of Black Stone City in Yuan Province.

She had guessed part of it.

Wei Qing's sharp gaze swept across the dead silent plaza and the high platform, her mind quickly weighing the situation.

The demon was nowhere to be seen, yet it could slaughter an entire city. Its strength and planning were far beyond what they could contend with hastily.

The enemy was hidden, while they were exposed. Their strength was vastly unequal.

She made a decisive command: "The situation is clear. The enemy has not yet appeared, and the danger is unpredictable."

"All of you, listen to my orders! Retreat the way you came immediately! We will gather more strength and make plans from there!"

Upon hearing this, the group's minds settled slightly, and they prepared to turn back.

However, at that very instant!

"Hehehe... You want to leave now?"

"Since you've traveled thousands of miles to come here, why... are you in such a hurry to leave?"

The voice was ethereal and hoarse, coming from nowhere and everywhere, instantly reaching everyone's ears!

Everyone's faces turned ashen with terror, and they hastily looked back!

They saw that the entrance to the alley they had come from was, at some unknown time, completely blocked by countless wriggling masses formed from a mixture of dry bones, shattered flesh, and black mist!

Thump... thump... thump...

Suddenly, a dull tremor came from directly ahead.

"What's that noise?" A young patrolman subconsciously gripped his saber, his voice dry.

Before anyone could ponder further, the truth of the tremor burst into view.

A colossal figure had appeared with great force.

It was a monster over two zhang tall, crudely piled together from flesh and blood, barely maintaining a human form.

It dragged a terrifyingly large cleaver, as thick as a large bowl, in its hand.

Even more chilling was that behind this towering flesh-and-blood monster stood over twenty skeletons.

They were not scattered bones, but each wore tattered yet uniform official leather armor.

Wielding swords and shields or bone bows, their formation subtly hinted at military discipline.

"What... what is this thing?!" Zhou Xuantong gasped, taking in a breath of cold air.

He had never heard of a creation that bizarrely combined flesh and blood with the undead.

Xiong Yue took a step forward, his surging blood essence from the ninth level of Body Tempering erupting outwards, forming a wave of scorching heat. "Whatever it is, now that it's here, we'll smash it!"

Patrolman Li, seeing this, subtly moved two steps closer to Wang Lang's side.

He just felt that it was safer near Young Master Wang!

This was probably the intuition of survival in the workplace.

"By order of the Protector, we are here to apprehend you!" the flesh-and-blood monster roared.

It raised the exaggerated cleaver in its hand abruptly and, with a stench of blood, swung it down towards the densest part of the crowd!

The green flames in the eye sockets of the skeleton soldiers behind it blazed, and they swarmed forward.

Several skeleton archers, while advancing, drew their bows and nocked arrows without warning. Several grayish-white bone arrows tore through the air, shooting straight towards them.

Three of them, in particular, were shot at incredibly tricky angles, heading straight for Zhou Xuantong's vital points!

Just as Zhou Xuantong was about to dodge...

A vast and heavy beast's roar suddenly exploded!

Wei Qing's Black Tortoise Dharma Idol had already made its move!

This roar wasn't purely sonic waves; it also contained the Black Tortoise's power to suppress evil and ward off demons.

The several bone arrows that attacked were instantly pushed back by the sonic waves.

They shot back into the skeleton horde at even greater speed, instantly shattering the skeletal frames of two archer skeletons.

The eyes of the charging skeleton soldiers flickered with intense green fire, and their charge faltered.

However, the tall, fleshy monster merely swayed slightly and let out an even more furious roar.

Its cleaver's momentum didn't decrease but instead increased, clearly unaffected.

After blocking this strike with her Black Tortoise Dharma Idol, Wei Qing called out, "This monster's aura is strange, a mix of deathly stillness and violent vitality. It's at least mid-stage Rank Two!"

"Young Master Wang, this place is not safe. Let's join forces and kill it quickly to break through and escape!"

Wang Lang's eyes narrowed. "Alright!"

As his voice fell, golden light erupted around him.

"Vajra Subdues Demons!"

Wang Lang's body suddenly expanded, transforming in the blink of an eye into a three-headed, six-armed giant thirty feet tall!

This was precisely his Vajra Dharma Idol!

At the same time, the Vajra Qi and Grand Righteous Qi within him poured madly into the Tin Staff in his hand.

The Tin Staff hummed and vibrated, extending and transforming in sync.

Wei Qing caught a glimpse out of the corner of her eye and was inwardly surprised.

This Dharma Idol was solid and weighty, radiating Buddhist light while also exuding righteous majesty.

In terms of rank and presence alone, it was no less than her inherited Black Tortoise Dharma Idol.

This Young Master Wang was indeed extraordinary.

Of Wang Lang's six arms, the two holding the Tin Staff bulged with muscle. He swung them in a wide arc and smashed them down fiercely at the fleshy monster's head!

The staff's wind howled, and the air exploded.

The fleshy monster didn't dodge or evade. It raised its deformed arm, holding the cleaver, to block.

Its other arm's flesh wriggled and thickened frantically, forming a shield above its head.

CLANG!!!

The explosive sound of metal clashing was deafening!

The flagstones beneath the monster's feet turned to dust, and its entire body was smashed down by a foot.

A huge gap appeared on the cleaver, and the shield-like arm became a bloody mess, black blood splattering everywhere.

Yet, it had truly withstood this earth-shattering blow, only letting out a pained and furious roar.

"What tough hide!"

"Young Master Wang, attack its joints!" Wei Qing commanded sharply, controlling her Black Tortoise Dharma Idol to charge.

The Black Tortoise's giant claws slammed into the monster's relatively vulnerable knee joint.

Its snake head lunged towards a spot on its chest where a faint dark red light pulsed.

That seemed to be the source of its chaotic vitality.

Wang Lang understood. The Dharma Idol's other four arms restrained the monster's movements, while the two main attacking arms wielded the Tin Staff, cooperating with Wei Qing to target the openings exposed by the monster's parries.