The boulder shook more and more intensely; the cracks on it grew bigger, and the suppressed roar of the zombie became clearer and clearer. The bunch were in a fix, not knowing what to do. Inside this airtight magical barrier, they had nowhere to escape even if they wanted to.
When the friends instinctively dodged backwards, Chen Yu suddenly took a few steps forward.
“Great God?”
“Fellow Daoist Chen?”
Chen Yu threw out the compass, half turned around and said domineeringly, “Anyway, we can’t run, so why not face it head-on?”
Liang Yu instantly grew starry-eyed. She deserved to be the Great God he worshipped. Even if she was a girl and very wealthy, she still exuded the aura of a king.
“That’s right. We’re facing death anyway, so we might as well die a heroic death.” Liang Yu felt he should follow in Great God’s footsteps.
The other four people were taken aback by the sudden high morale of the two. Lu Ning was the first to react. He looked at the heroic Chen Yu in front, and suddenly felt a rush of courage. He immediately took out his Soul Summoning Bell and walked toward Chen Yu: “Fellow Daoist Chen is right. We’ll just enter reincarnation after death, so there’s nothing to be afraid of.”
While saying that, Lu Ning handed the Soul Summoning Bell to Chen Yu.
Chen Yu looked at Lu Ning in bafflement.
“I can’t wield the original power of the bell. How about you use it?” Lu Ning proposed frankly.
“Then I won’t be polite.” Chen Yu didn’t argue and directly raised her hand to take the Soul Summoning Bell that Lu Ning handed over. When Chen Yu held the bell, the compass flew in the air and shook happily a couple of times.
“Jing-ding-ding…” The Soul Summoning Bell responded to the compass and also gently rang twice.
Chen Yu waved gently, and the Soul Summoning Bell also flew into the air, stopping near the compass.
“Although I never thought I would die here, at least I can have a battle without regrets.” Liang Guang walked to Lu Ning’s side with his peach wooden sword.
“Good point.” Shao Qi laughed and stood on the other side of Chen Yu, holding his magic weapon.
The four men’s gazes blazed like torches, staring closely at the boulder that was about to shatter.
Seeing their stance, Qin Guanhai also gripped his peach wooden sword and stood on the side of his Senior Brother. Liang Yu’s peach wooden sword was snatched away by his cousin, so he could only stand tall, pinching a talisman.
Liang Guang looked at his cousin standing beside him with disgust: “With your level of cultivation, you’d better stay aside. Don’t get in the way here.”
“You…”
Liang Guang blushed. He was about to retort with the same disdain when he heard Liang Guang say, “Hide with Guanhai far away. Once our fight with the zombie commences, and you find a loophole in the formation, seize the opportunity and run.”
“…” Liang Yu looked at his cousin with a weird look, “You… Are you concerned about me?”
“Who the hell cares about you!” Liang Guang cringed. “Are you not going to move out quickly yet?”
Liang Yu wasn’t stupid. Although his cousin was speaking to him harshly, it was all in consideration of his safety. A tinge of discomfort immediately welled up within him. This cousin who had been troubling him since childhood and had always coveted his magic weapon was suddenly concerned about him?
Meanwhile, Shao Qi was saying the same thing to Qin Guanhai, “Guanhai, follow Liang Yu and leave.”
“Senior Brother!” Qin Guanhai had the heart of a young boy. He felt that it was he himself who proposed to enter the valley, so if he just left, how could he justify himself?
“Listen, I promised Master to protect your safety, and your cultivation really can’t help,” Shao Qi said.
The young man bit his lip. He was red in the face, but he just didn’t want to leave.
“You can still be of help,” Chen Yu suddenly said. Facing the surprised eyes of the two people, Chen Yu pointed to the peach wooden sword in the boy’s hand and said, “Lend me your peach wooden sword.”
Qin Guanhai was stunned. The peach wooden sword in his hand was bought by his father from the Metaphysics Network’s shop on his birthday. It was said to be a very high-grade magic weapon, but his cultivation base was low, and he had never had the opportunity to exert the power of the peach wooden sword. However, if Chen Yu took hold of this sword, then it must be much more useful than in his hands.
Qin Guanhai hesitated for a moment and handed the peach wooden sword in his hand to Chen Yu.
Chen Yu took the peach wood sword and said, “The zombie will come out soon. You guys hurry up and hide away. If by chance we escape this disaster, I will definitely return this sword to you once we’re out.”
Chen Yu had seen this peach wooden sword. It was ranked third in the list of magic weapons on the Metaphysics Network. It was worth 20 million. Chen Yu had been coveting it for a long time but was unwilling to spend that fortune to buy it.
“Graah, graaah…” Two more low growls erupted, and the trembling boulder finally couldn’t hold up and cracked completely, revealing a dark pit underneath. The hole was like a chimney that constantly emitted black gas, spurting streams of evil qi. It made the entire valley where visibility was extremely low even darker.
“Go!” Liang Guang and Shao Qi each pushed their junior brothers beside them, while raising their weapons up ready for battle.
Qin Guanhai and Liang Yu also knew that they could only be a drag if they stayed here, so the two gritted their teeth with difficulty and hung their heads as they ran away.
“Bang!” An overpowering force knocked the already cracked boulder away, turning it into countless small stones and smashing into the four people nearby.
The four people hastily dodged out of the way, and when they looked back again, they saw a huge figure crawling out of the ground. A pair of bloodshot eyes were glowing with a seeping light. Accompanied with the rich evil qi, the appearance of the zombie itself appeared even more horrifying.
Except for Chen Yu, the other three had never seen a millennium-old zombie. Under the pressure of such a terrifying suffocation, their hands holding their magic weapons were a bit unstable. They could only grit their teeth and brace themselves.
Chen Yu was completely unfazed by the zombie’s evil qi. When the zombie appeared, she moved her left hand and the compass and the Soul Summoning Bell immediately turned to the zombie. She also jumped up and swung her sword.
“Dang-dang…”
“Ring-ding-ding…”
“Kacha…”
The zombie who just woke up was attacked three times for no reason. He looked down in confusion at Chen Yu who was stabbing his waist with a peach wooden sword, and with a wave of his hand, he directly lifted Chen Yu and her sword out.
Chen Yu flipped in the air, and after landing successfully, she couldn’t help but vomit, “His skin is really thick.”