Footsteps rang out from every direction in the mist, as though countless people were charging toward them.
"Everyone, prepare for battle!" Fang Lei ordered, his expression grave.
The soldiers immediately scattered, seeking the nearest suitable cover and preparing to fight.
Chen Hao pulled Qin Yumo behind him. "Whatever happens, stay behind me!"
His gesture stirred another flicker of gratitude in Qin Yumo's heart.
CC, at his feet, also sensed something was wrong and barked furiously into the mist.
As the footsteps drew closer, Chen Hao spotted countless figures swarming toward them from every direction. There were far too many to count.
"They're coming! There are a lot of them, from every direction!" Chen Hao shouted a warning as the Golden Cudgel appeared in his hand.
Li Pai shot Sun Dexing a fierce glare. "Master Sun, weren't you supposed to break the formation? What the hell is going on?"
Sun Dexing looked embarrassed too. Unable to answer, he could only change the subject. "Now isn't the time to discuss that. Let's deal with what's in front of us first."
As soon as he finished speaking, several figures tore through the mist and charged at them.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Machine-gun fire suddenly erupted, echoing across the sky.
With a sweeping swing of the Golden Cudgel, Chen Hao severed two dark figures at the waist. Green blood sprayed from their bodies like fountains.
The instant it hit the ground, a corrosive hissing rose.
Chen Hao recognized them at a glance. They were the corpses he had encountered in the mist before, only this time there were countless times more of them.
The defensive net of machine-gun fire worked at first, but as more and more corpses appeared, the firing line began to buckle.
Before even half a minute had passed, the corpses' suicidal