Thank you all for your concern. As Xingkong said, with something like this, all I can do is count myself unlucky! It isn't worth losing too much sleep over!
Tonight, Shadow finally found a place, so he won't have to worry so much from now on. Updates will gradually get back on track!
That ancient aura of Desolate Antiquity made it obvious at a glance that these were ancient corpses, not puppets or living beings.
Based on what the Sacred Eagle Feather Emperor saw as it soared overhead, Jian Shang estimated that there were around fifty thousand of these "armored ancient corpses," divided into five camps stationed in the east, west, south, north, and center. All of them used the simplest Square-and-Round Formation, utterly unremarkable!
Still, ancient corpses that could form battle formations were rather strange!
Stranger still, these ancient corpses held wooden shields and ancient bronze halberds, and wore crude, archaic suits of thin armor. The armor covered much of their bodies, making them look somewhat like the Rattan-Armor Troops of Lingnan Baiyue.
At the sight, Gao Gong could not help snickering, then called out in his deep, muffled voice:
"Ancient corpses wearing armor and using weapons?! An ancient corpse is still an ancient corpse. Putting on armor doesn't make it human. Could that armor really be tougher than their own bodies? Could those weapons be stronger than their hands and feet? They even know how to use weapons? How can you still call them ancient corpses?"
Everyone nodded slightly in agreement. That was indeed sound reasoning. Some corpse-type beings might wear armor, but it was generally what they had worn in life, retained after death. Corpse-type beings that used weapons, however, were something they had never seen!
Jian Shang ignored Gao Gong's mockery and turned to the