"My leg, my leg!"
No one knew who it was, but someone suddenly screamed. The shrill voice reverberated in the night that had just fallen.
Zhang Xiaohou turned around and saw Lu Hongjing standing on a pile of rotten flesh. His legs were tightly gripped by a few zombie hands. The zombie hands were like steel rods, gripping Lu Hongjing's ankles so that he couldn't move at all.
Meanwhile, the other zombie hands and claws were scratching and tearing at Lu Hongjing's thigh. One of the starving zombies even broke out of the ground and put its black iron-like head on Lu Hongjing's thigh, biting down on it …
The team was still in a daze. By the time they remembered to save Lu Hongjing, there were only bloody white bones left below his knees. He was falling backward in great pain!
"Don't fall!" yelled the captain, Qin Hu.
Once Lu Hongjing fell to the ground, he would turn into a pile of white bones. The speed at which the undead were biting and tearing was even faster than a school of piranhas!
"Earth Wave!"
Zhang Xiaohou reacted quickly. He immediately chanted the Star Path Curse.
He controlled the soil in the area and used the second property of the Flowing Mud to forcefully turn the loose soil into rocks.
The Flowing Mud could be turned into a swamp or quicksand, which would stick to the demon creatures and prevent them from moving. However, it could be as hard as a boulder when it was hard. Zhang Xiaohou was trying to turn the ground Lu Hongjing was standing on into solid rocks, stopping the zombie claws that were still able to move freely!
The Earth Element Soul Seed was very effective at this time. When the zombie claw came into contact with the hard rock, it began to attack Lu Hongjing. For a short time, it could not attack Lu Hongjing again. Lu Hongjing's body unconsciously fell back. Fortunately, it was in a hard area, otherwise, it would have lost its life.
"Save him," said Qin Hu to Wang Tong.
Wang Tong was startled for a moment. He immediately activated the Wind Track and sprinted toward Lu Hongjing.
Lu Hongjing had no flesh below his knees. Wang Tong immediately lifted him up and brought him back to the team …
"AHHH! Ahhh!!!!! "
Screams with their mouths stuffed with sand came from the surroundings. Many ferocious and strange heads emerged from the ground. Their eyes emitted a savage red light as they stared at the nine living creatures. The smell of blood made them even more fanatical. They could not wait to dig up the ground so that they could pounce on them and devour them!
The undead buried in the ground were all in human form. The Ancient Capital had gone through countless dynasties and wars between demon beasts. The number of people who had died in the war was far greater than the number of demon beasts, not to mention the dead souls that had lain dormant for thousands of years. The soil was no longer normal. It was filled with the aura of death that nourished the dead. Once the sunlight stopped shining, the dead creatures would crawl out of the soil like the vegetation that had just grown. Even if they were wiped out, they would revive again after the next death monsoon!
However, no one knew what kind of curse this land had experienced. Regardless of whether it was the demons or humans that died here, most of the undead they turned into were in the shape of humans …
The bones of beasts had been pieced together into a strange skeletal giant. The head belonged to a half-rotten demon beast from the Qinling Mountains not long ago, while the body was made up of human skeletons.
Or perhaps it was a beast covered in livor mortis with four limbs on the ground, but its head was a rotten human head …
Either way, these undead creatures would try their best to piece themselves into the shape of humans, whether they were half-human and half-beast, or were pieced together by a few incomplete corpses, or were simply made up of the skeletons of beasts!
Currently, the undead the team of nine had encountered were mostly humans. It was likely that a bunch of residents had died here not long ago. When the undead creatures were nourished by the soil and possessed a corpse, they would break out of the ground and attack the living creatures.
"Kid, you've reacted pretty quickly. You've saved the life of this arrogant guy!" Qin Hu said to Zhang Xiaohou.
Zhang Xiaohou forced a smile. It was all thanks to the Earth Element Soul Seed, Flowing Marsh he had obtained in Xizhao Valley. As long as the undead came out of the ground, Zhang Xiaohou would be able to stop them.
"Let's hurry up, we'll be safer once we reach Sunny Goat Village. These undead creatures came out of the ground before the sky turned completely dark and caught us off guard. It's most likely that the strong presence of death is blocking the sunlight, "said Shi Shaoju.
The team did not have a Healer, so they had no choice but to wrap Lu Hongjing's leg to stop the bleeding.
Lu Hongjing was losing a lot of blood. They had to treat him as soon as possible. The medicine they had brought was only able to prolong his death. At this rate, not only would Lu Hongjing die from excessive blood loss, he would also be poisoned to death by the corpse poison!
"I'll lead the way!" volunteered Zhang Xiaohou.
"Alright, your Soul Seed should be able to stop them from coming out of the ground."
"My Heavens, there are so many undead coming toward us …"
"Why are there so many of them? Even if this place is covered in the Blood Red Zone, it doesn't make sense for so many undead to show up at night."
"I bet a lot of people died here not long ago."
Everyone adjusted their formation. Although they were a little panicked when the undead creatures attacked them at first, they soon calmed down. All kinds of magic Star Patterns flickered under their feet. The power of frost, fire, lightning, and wind surged toward the ugly undead creatures, shattering them even more!
"Forest of Kun!"
Shi Shaoju was a Plant Magician. As the group was being intercepted by a group of undead, Shi Shaoju used her Intermediate Plant Spell to trap them inside the Magician's Cave.
The Forest of Kun had many branches and vines, forming a dense cage of plants. The undead creatures had limited intelligence. They would simply gnaw at the obstacles in front of them, similar to the scene in Plants vs. Zombies when the zombies were gnawing on nuts …
As a matter of fact, the undead creatures here were not as dumb as they seemed. Their faces were ferocious, and they were greedy for blood. If anyone got too close to them, they would bite them into pieces. Lu Hongjing had already had a taste of it!
"Let's go, we won't be able to kill them all!" yelled Shi Shaoju when she saw the team was still fighting.
The team quickly withdrew their Spells and followed behind Zhang Xiaohou.
Zhang Xiaohou led the way. Wherever he went, the soft ground would immediately harden, preventing the team from being dragged into the ground by the undead creatures.
They were still four kilometers away from the village. They should be able to reach it safely if they moved at full speed.
The people in the village had their own ways to avoid the undead. If they could reach the village, they would not be surrounded by the undead.
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