With a corpse’s roar echoing from the edge of the battlefield, the surrounding guards and Zhao family members watching suddenly erupted into a panic!
“Ah… a m-monster!”
“Ahhh… what is that thing?!”
“It’s… it came from the direction of the spirit hall!”
A white figure, moving with a stiff, ghostlike gait, suddenly charged out from the rear yard’s spirit hall, bursting through the crowd gathered in the Jade Courtyard!
It was none other than the Foundation Establishment-stage zombie Zhao Mingyin, escaped from the dungeon!
At this moment, her blood-red eyes greedily scanned the nearby city lord’s guards—those radiating signs of living life—as well as the Zhao family members whose similar bloodline held a strange allure to zombies.
From her throat came low “ho ho” snarls, the hunger for blood overpowering everything.
Instinctively, she lunged straight at the closest Zhao family member!
After all, to a zombie, there was nothing more delicious in the world than the blood of one’s own kin!
“Release the arrows! Fire now!”
The Second Branch Elder reacted quickly, though horrified, he gave the order without hesitation.
With a furious roar from the Second Branch Elder, a dense rain of arrows descended like a plague of locusts, shooting straight at the zombie Zhao Mingyin!
Facing the incoming Arrow Rain, Zhao Mingyin was soon riddled like a porcupine.
At her prime, ordinary arrows like these would hardly have left a scratch.
But now, severely injured by Gu Hongchen, her internal energy depleted, and protective power greatly diminished, multiple sharp arrows pierced her relatively fragile joints and abdomen, causing jet-black corpse blood to spray out from the wounds!
“Argh!”
Bombarded by the tide of arrows, the zombie—already barely holding on after Gu Hongchen’s assault—let out a painful, youthful, and sharp shriek.
In that heartrending sound, a hint of grievance and even a sobbing tone could be faintly heard.
Then, almost instinctively, she looked toward the most familiar and trusted aura in the air, emitting a muffled wail.
“Daddy… it hurts… Yin Yin hurts so much…”
Zhao Zongchang had been fiercely resisting, with Lu Li releasing a torrent of sword energy.
But when the zombie Zhao Mingyin suddenly called out “Daddy,” it stabbed into Zhao Zongchang’s heart like the sharpest dagger.
All his prior denials and stubbornness seemed to dissolve instantly into tender pain for his daughter!
“Yin Yin! My Yin Yin!”
Zhao Zongchang’s eyes turned red with rage.
Ignoring the deadly sword formation about to descend overhead, he suddenly dropped like a falling star, smashing onto the ground directly in front of his daughter!
“Hmph! Stop! Everyone stop! You ungrateful wretches, don’t you dare hurt my daughter!”
Zhao Zongchang roared madly at the guards readying their bows again, spreading his arms wide to shield the slow-moving, arrow-pierced Foundation Establishment-stage zombie behind him.
The sudden act stunned the guards and family members alike, halting the Arrow Rain in its tracks.
Everyone exchanged uneasy looks, unsure how to proceed.
“Clan Leader… that’s no longer the Mistress!”
one bold clan elder warned loudly.
“Silence! Don’t spout nonsense! She is my Yin Yin! She’s just ill! I will cure her!”
Zhao Zongchang snapped back fiercely.
Turning his head sharply, he looked at his daughter’s pale and pained face, eyes full of love and desperation.
He gently reached out to caress Zhao Mingyin’s cheek, trying to comfort her.
But just as Zhao Zongchang approached,
the thick scent of blood emanating from his wounds—slashed by Lu Li—quietly seeped into Zhao Mingyin’s nostrils.
As a cultivator, Zhao Zongchang’s pure Blood Qi, combined with his blood relation to Zhao Mingyin, was an irresistible temptation for the zombie.
To the heavily wounded Zhao Mingyin, starved for energy, it was the most delicious feast in the world.
Drawn by the allure of Zhao Zongchang’s blood, the red eyes of the zombie, once tinged with sorrow, instantly flooded with pure hunger and rage!
Suddenly, she snapped her head forward with astonishing speed and opened her fanged jaws wide, sinking them viciously into Zhao Zongchang’s defenseless shoulder!
“Ahh…”
A scream of intense pain ripped from Zhao Zongchang’s mouth as he stared in disbelief at his own daughter—his blood pouring from the wound—as she went wild.
“You damned monster! Don’t get so arrogant!”
But just at this critical moment, a dazzling sword light descended from the sky—not aimed at Zhao Zongchang but cutting precisely at the zombie! It was Lu Li who struck!
Sensing the deadly threat, the zombie immediately released its bite and instinctively leapt back, baring its teeth and snarling threats at Lu Li.
Meanwhile, Zhao Zongchang staggered backward, blood pouring from his shoulder, his face pale from blood loss and shock.
Lu Li did not pursue the zombie but landed not far from Zhao Zongchang, coldly staring at him before shouting angrily:
“Zhao Zongchang! Look clearly! Look clearly at what you have resurrected! Does it still hold even a shred of your daughter’s thoughts or consciousness? It is now nothing more than a walking corpse driven by bloodthirsty instinct!”
“What you painstakingly raised is not your daughter Zhao Mingyin at all! It’s a monster… wearing her skin, only knowing how to kill and feed!”
No sooner had Lu Li spoken than the zombie seemed to prove his words true, lunging at the city lord’s guards and Zhao family members around!
“Roar! Hungry… Daddy! I’m hungry…”
The creature let out a fiercer, more violent roar, wildly swinging its claws as it charged into the crowd!
The battlefield in the courtyard instantly became a massacre!
The screams of Zhao family disciples rose one after another!
The once orderly guard formation was shattered as the zombie rampaged through them.
Those leaders barely at Qi Refinement stage, along with ordinary guards and soldiers—not even cultivators—were as fragile as paper before this Foundation Establishment-stage zombie!
In moments, the courtyard was soaked in blood and carnage.
Were it not for Lu Li wielding his sword to block and buy time, many soldiers and Zhao family members would have suffered far worse than injuries!
“Ah… a monster!”
“Run! Run… she’s coming!”
“Ahhh… save me! Immortal Master, save me…”
Hearing the desperate cries of the surrounding soldiers, Lu Li immediately formed hand seals and cast again.
Sword lights streaked wildly across the chaotic courtyard, forcing the zombie to retreat step by step, shielding the fleeing guards and Zhao family members!
Meanwhile, Zhao Zongchang was on the brink of collapse, his gaze shaking as he watched the wounded guards and family members fleeing from the uncontrollable, rampaging zombie Zhao Mingyin.
Regret quietly stirred deep within him.
“Yin Yin, why… why did it come to this…”
“Yin Yin… was it really because of me? Did I do wrong?”
Lu Li turned to the stunned, ashen-faced, and bleeding Zhao Zongchang, and shouted fiercely:
“Open your eyes and look carefully, Zhao Zongchang! Look at what your reckless actions have truly brought! Is this what you wanted?”
“Zhao Zongchang, I ask you! Is this the result you were willing to risk everything for over all these years—even dragging down the entire Yangzhou City with you?”
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