Feng Laixian was undoubtedly a powerful man.
Therefore, dealing with him required some strategy.
The old man smiled happily. One Living Corpse after another fixed their gaze on Feng Laixian, and invisible forces wrapped around him like shackles.
These invisible forces were, in fact, Psychokinetic Force.
As an all-purpose ability, Psychokinetic Force had both an extremely high ceiling and floor, giving it a tremendous advantage in direct combat.
Ordinary people had virtually no means of resisting a psychokinetic user. Their necks could be snapped by invisible force in a single exchange.
Feng Laixian's body was terrifyingly powerful. Even with countless strands of Psychokinetic Force binding and tearing at him, he still gritted his teeth and slowly plunged his hand into his own body, ripping away the parts infected by Corpse Poison.
But the Corpse Poison spread too quickly.
Dense green threads appeared across his skin, rapidly creeping toward his head.
Once the Corpse Poison entered his brain, he would become a new Living Corpse.
"Such a terrifying psychokinetic field. Master Feng is in trouble."
"We should go down and support him. We can't let Master Feng fight alone."
"Don't make things worse. That old ghost is clearly a Top-Tier Awakened, and he can create puppets through some method. If you go down and get poisoned, you'll only become his accomplice."
"Attack the Living Corpses around him. Break the psychokinetic field first."
"Can anyone heal Master Feng from a distance? He needs treatment."
"Don't be ridiculous. Master Feng's healing ability is already powerful. He doesn't need treatment—he needs an antidote."
On the city wall, the Awakened discussed the scene heatedly. No one agreed with anyone else, and no viable plan emerged.
Just as the old man had said, Feng Laixian had made a bad move.
He was four or five hundred meters away from the city wall. Although some Awakened could attack that far, their attacks would be blocked by the Living Corpses and would be largely useless.
As for going down from the wall to fight the Living Corpses at close range, no Awakened with any sense would consider it.
The main problem was that mysterious old man's disgusting ability. Once poisoned, one would become his puppet, and those puppets could even use the abilities they had possessed in life.
Any Awakened who wasn't strong enough to provide support would become the enemy's thug in no time, only making things worse.
While everyone was at a loss, Zhang Ping's consciousness transferred to the female Awakened again. The moment he arrived, she sensed his presence.
"Is that you?" the female Awakened asked uncertainly.
Zhang Ping replied, "Yeah. I was worried about things here, so I transferred my consciousness over to take a look."
After confirming that Absolute Command could prevent him from falling into a Lost State and sinking into it, he had breathed a huge sigh of relief. Then, through the Wind Whisperer, he happened to overhear the Awakened here talking.
He knew very well that if anything happened to Feng Laixian, the South Wall would likely fall. So he transferred his consciousness to the Blood Serpent's side, intending to assess the situation first. Incidentally, he had returned to his Pure-Blood Form, while his true body was currently residing inside Liu Sishan.
Knowing what he was worried about, the female Awakened stepped forward slightly and looked beyond the city wall.
Centered around Feng Laixian, the air constantly twisted, as if countless arms were pressing him down and refusing to let him move.
Feng Laixian's body had already turned completely green. With great difficulty, he kept tearing open the poisoned flesh, but it had little effect.
Anyone could see that what he was doing was completely futile.
However, Zhang Ping had appraised Feng Laixian's attributes before, so he knew what Feng Laixian was doing. He was mutilating himself, accumulating sufficiently severe injuries.
Once Feng Laixian entered a near-death state, he could release Scarlet Emperor Blaze and instantly recover from all his injuries.
Zhang Ping guessed that Scarlet Emperor Blaze should be especially effective against Corpse Poison.
"Little hero, does Master Feng still have a chance?" the female Awakened asked worriedly.
In truth, all the Awakened present were worried. The problem was that they weren't strong enough. They could only watch, since entering the fight might instead hinder Feng Laixian. That mysterious old man had several Living Corpses around him comparable to Top-Tier Awakened, and some people had even recognized their identities just now.
Embarrassed, Zhang Ping said, "Big sis, don't call me little hero. Just call me Little Zhang."
"All right, Little Zhang. Aren't you worried?" the female Awakened asked.
Zhang Ping answered, "Master Feng still has a trump card. As long as he can hold on until dawn, he can turn the situation around."
"That's great." The female Awakened sighed in relief.
Zhang Ping then looked at the old man and tried using Appraisal. He hadn't expected the mysterious old man to possess no equipment concealing his information. After more than twenty consecutive failures, the appraisal actually succeeded.
He immediately checked the old man's attributes.
[Appraisal Successful] [Name: Zuo Xiangming] [Race: Living Corpse (Lost State)] [Faction: Living Corpse Army] [Potential: None] [Lifespan: None] [Rank: Top-Tier Awakened] [Level: 39] [Talent] [Living Corpse Toxin (Mutation): The body can continuously produce Corpse Poison. Anyone transformed into a Living Corpse by Corpse Poison falls under the user's control.] [Advanced Skills] [Intermediate Awakened—Corpse Poison Enhancement (Mutation): The toxicity of Living Corpse Toxin increases tenfold, and infection speed increases by 200%.] [Advanced—Living Corpse Awakening (Mutation): All Living Corpses can use the abilities they possessed in life and retain their combat experience from life.] [Top-Tier—Living Corpse Army (Mutation): All Living Corpses become one whole. Only by killing every Living Corpse can the controller be harmed.] ...
Isn't this a necromancer template?
As Zhang Ping looked at Zuo Xiangming's attributes, he couldn't help mocking him inwardly.
Then he heard the female Awakened say in surprise, "Little Zhang, why are that old man's attributes appearing before my eyes?"
"Huh? You can see them too?" Zhang Ping asked in surprise.
The female Awakened nodded. "Yes, I can see them. Is this your ability too?"
"Yeah, it's my ability." Zhang Ping nodded. He hadn't expected the person he was residing in to be able to see when he used Appraisal.
Looking at Zuo Xiangming's attributes, the female Awakened said solemnly, "Little Zhang, this old ghost is so strong. Can Master Feng really do it?"
"As long as he can hold on until dawn, there definitely won't be a problem." Zhang Ping then appraised Feng Laixian again.
This time, he specifically performed the appraisal for the female Awakened to see.
[Appraisal Successful] [Name: Feng Laixian] [Race: Human] [Faction: Beast King Fist Hall] [Potential: ???] [Lifespan: 5000] [Rank: Top-Tier Awakened] [Level: 38] [Talent] [Red Emperor Undying Body: The more severe the injuries, the faster the healing speed and the higher the body's temperature. When near death, Scarlet Emperor Blaze can be released to instantly recover from all injuries.] [Advanced Skills] [Intermediate Awakened—Hyper-Regeneration: Wound healing speed increases by 200%.] [Advanced—Red Emperor Flame Blood: Can accelerate the heartbeat and activate Red Emperor Flame Blood, unleashing terrifyingly high temperatures while comprehensively improving physical abilities.] [Top-Tier—Great Sun Red Emperor: During the day, resonate with the sun to enter Great Sun Red Emperor Form. All power increases tenfold, Scarlet Emperor Blaze evolves into Great Sun True Fire, and it can be released and controlled at will.] ...
After seeing Feng Laixian's attributes, the female Awakened thought for a moment and said, "Then we have to find a way to buy time for Master Feng!"
As she spoke, she turned and left the South Wall. Once she descended from the wall, she called over two relatively sturdy Awakened and left with them.
"Big sis, what are you going to do?" Zhang Ping couldn't help asking.
The female Awakened smiled slightly. "My name is Chen Weihua. You can call me Sister Chen or Sister Weihua. As for what I'm going to do... Master Feng's biggest problem right now is probably those Living Corpses that can use Psychokinetic Force. Only by dealing with them will Master Feng have a chance to hold out until dawn!"
As she spoke, she arrived at a warehouse.
After taking out a key and opening the warehouse, Zhang Ping saw a large number of fruits shaped like sea urchins.