Journey to the head

Zhao Tiechui clearly heard the sound of his bones breaking.

There was a tall zombie that was more than ten feet tall, and its skin had a strange bronze color. Zhao Tiechui's ghost-head knife made a clanging sound when it slashed on it, and it could no longer be cut off with one blow like he did with other zombies.

The bronze zombie's fist hit the defensive jade ring heavily. This defensive magic weapon, which had not been nurtured for a long time and had greatly reduced its power, finally reached its limit and shattered with a snap.

Another punch came at him, and Zhao Tiechui was unable to dodge and was nailed directly to the bluestone wall.

The woman screamed loudly, and warm blood flowed from the corner of her mouth into her collar. Zhao Tiechui laughed instead: "Damn it, the Xuanguang Sect couldn't break my jade ring back then."

He stretched out his arms with all his strength and cut the zombie that rushed towards the woman in half with one knife. When the bronze zombie pressed forward, and its long fangs were only three inches away from his throat, Zhao Tiechui bit the Red Heart Pill that he had been holding in his mouth for a long time and broke it.

This is the improved work of Senior Brother Li Da back then. We can only pray that this pill is still effective.

By the way, sixty or seventy years have passed. I wonder how Senior Brother Li is doing now?
He has always been so outstanding, and now he must have become the backbone of the party.

The pill dissolved, and the intense pain made Zhao Tiechui let out a low roar. His eyes flashed with brilliance, and he pushed against the bronze zombie's arm and began to push outwards!
At this final moment, the energy movement route that had been silent for a long time finally started to move again. With the crackling of the earth, a layer of yellow rock and soil armor was covered between his chest, abdomen, limbs and neck.

Mystic Art: Rock Armor.

This is a secret technique that I acquired by spending merit points after seeing Senior Brother Wang Ruoyu perform this technique with such great power.

How is Senior Brother Wang doing now? Has he caught up with Junior Senior Uncle Jiang?

Back then, the Four Heroes of Yunshan conquered Junle together and were very impressive. I was really envious of them when I followed behind them.

However, I heard from Zhang Quezi from the next town that after the sect was reorganized into eight departments and two divisions, it is no longer possible to exchange merit points for martial arts techniques.

Moreover, the disciples were no longer divided into inner and outer sects, but were divided into ten levels. He, an inner sect disciple, had become a thing of the past.

I am a rough man, and I don't know whether this is good or not. But since it is the will of the head of the sect, it must be the best.

Mianlong Mountain. I really regret not going back to take a look at it again. It would have been nice to take one more look at it.

Master, Zhao Tiechui has never forgotten the sect rules, and has never forgotten your teachings!
Zhao Tiechui pushed the bronze zombie and pulled out the arm that had stabbed into his chest inch by inch.

Blood foam sprayed from his mouth as Zhao Tiechui grinned: "Yunshan Sect Rules, Article 23. All of our Yunshan disciples have the responsibility to protect the territory and the people. Guarding the mortals is our heavenly duty!"

The ghost-head knife was raised high, and with a puff, the bronze zombie's head flew out!

He took another step forward, blocking the woman and the baby in her arms.

"You have to keep Zhao Kongque alive." Zhao Tiechui was already surrounded by zombies, and a few bronze zombies appeared a few feet away. "Send help later. Remember to tell them that these are not ordinary zombies. They can evolve and spread the disease. We must wipe them out as soon as possible with the force of thunder!"

"Master Zhao!" The woman burst into tears. "We all have to live, live together."

Zhao Tiechui did not respond. He stood in front of the two men, wearing rock armor, holding a sword in his left hand, with his body held high, as if he was still the Yunshan warrior who cut off eighteen heads in the battle seventy years ago.

"Yunshan Sect A9th Squad, inner sect disciple, Zhao Tiechui!"

"Come on, take my life!"

"Uncle Li, Qingni Town, Tieshan Town, Daniujiao Town... a total of 54 towns have seen zombie outbreaks. Jackdaw Town, Zhangshu Town, Baiya Town... a total of 378 towns have detected zombie outbreaks. The situation is rapidly deteriorating..."

"Minister! Moyang County is being besieged by a zombie tidal wave. Type 1 and 3 Qi training zombies have appeared, as well as a large number of ordinary flying zombies. The garrison team urgently requests support!"

"Uncle Master, the evacuation team from Chizhang County encountered a tide of zombies on the road. Although Lingxu Zhenyuan's divine ship cleared the way, the mortals were in a panic and fled in large numbers in fear. Only one in ten successfully entered Wenning Mountain!"

"Uncle Li, the garrison teams in Cangwu County and Jiukongqiao County have lost contact, and the rescue team has set out to investigate."

It seemed like just a blink of an eye, and distress messages from all over the country were sent to Mianlong Mountain like snowflakes. The tide of corpses had already broken out in full swing under the rule of Yunshan Sect, or in other words, it had broken out in the entire Cangzhou!
Mianlong Mountain was shaken, Yunshan Sect was shaken!
An emergency meeting was convened immediately, and right next to the meeting room of the elders and department heads, the General Staff was already busy as bad information poured in. The disciples could only put aside their shock and grief and focus on sorting out the information and formulating countermeasures.

Li Da's face was unusually gloomy. He sat in front of the long table, listening to his disciples reporting one piece of bad news after another. On the huge map of the Yunshan territory in front of him, a large area had been marked in red, and it was spreading at an alarming speed.

The Yunshan Sect controlled a quarter of Sanshan County, more than half of Chongming County, half of Junle County, and also administered Huaiyou and Dongping counties. This meant that the total population in the territory was 112 million, with more than 600 county towns.

Even if we exclude all partners, subordinate sects, and the autonomous sects of Huaiyou and Dongping, the Yunshan Sect's direct jurisdiction alone has 117 county towns and more than 18 million mortals.

The county is divided into towns and villages. There are more than 500 towns in the directly-administered territory, and the number of villages is countless.

But now, the tide of zombies is rapidly sweeping across Cangzhou, and almost no corner of the county, town, or village is spared!
No one could have predicted how fast the disease would spread and how severe the damage would be!
How to do? !

Li Da closed his eyes and tapped his fingers rapidly on the table.

No matter how fierce the wars in the world of cultivation were, apart from accidental injuries, mortals were rarely affected, and even the combat zones would deliberately avoid densely populated areas.

After all, mortals are the birthplace of spiritual seedlings and the foundation of the cultivation world. Both sects and families have issued many measures to protect the people and prosper the territory. Regardless of whether the monks win or lose the war, they must continue to govern the mortal territory. Anyone who dares to massacre the people will definitely be besieged and attacked.

The only dangers faced by mortals are bandits, mountain bandits, wild beasts, monsters, ghosts, evil cultivators, epidemics, etc. These are all very small-scale disturbances and will be wiped out once discovered.

Therefore, the Yunshan sect only stationed a garrison team in the county town, and communication talismans were set up in towns and villages. In case of danger, they could just ask for help from the county town. Over the years, they have been safe and stable without any problems.

Until this zombie wave broke out.

The counties were relatively controllable due to the presence of garrison teams. As long as the garrisoned disciples were alert and put an end to the corpse chaos at the beginning, they would be able to gain temporary safety.

But the situation is rapidly deteriorating. The biggest danger comes from the siege by the gathering zombies from outside, as well as the danger of organizing the evacuation of the people.

The situation at the town level is much more terrifying, because there are no monks guarding it. Basically, once the tide of zombies comes, the whole town will be destroyed!

As for the scattered villages, there is simply no time to count and monitor them.

Originally, the Council of Elders planned to transfer the people in towns and villages to the county town and rely on the county wall for defense. However, they did not know that the zombies were evolving rapidly. The appearance of flying zombies made the city wall useless, and the birth of zombies at the Qi training level made it even more difficult to maintain the defense.

Zombies were originally just low-level ghosts that were occasionally found in special evil places. It was absolutely impossible for them to cause such a disaster and continue to evolve!

There must be something behind this that is related to the zombie clan!
Intelligence said that Miaomiao Xuanjun was ambushed by the Sikong family, and the decisive battle has begun. How could the corpse clan, who were in cahoots with the Sikong family, not take any action?

This must be their conspiracy to cooperate with the Sikong family and disperse our forces to rescue Miaomiao Xuanjun!
But no one could have imagined that the mere remnants of the zombie clan could actually do such a thing and cause a zombie disaster that swept across an entire state!

how to respond?

The move of the corpse clan was like cutting off the main artery of all the sects. The foundation of mortals had to be saved. Only by rescuing them as quickly as possible and stopping this catastrophe as soon as possible could we think about other things. Now the General Staff and the Council of Elders have passed several plans. The overall principle is to kill the zombies to block the spread, quickly search and rescue survivors, and focus on the county town to urgently evacuate the people to the nearest spiritual vein. Relying on the defense of the protective formation, they can still hold on for a while.

"Minister, the rescue team from Mashi Town has returned. There are 9,432 people registered in the town, and only a mother and daughter survived. They have been transferred to Lingsha City for resettlement."

The staff disciple reported to Li Da: "What needs to be reported in particular is that there is a Yunshan disciple named Zhao Tiechui who retired due to disability in the town. It was because of his sacrifice that the mother and daughter were able to hold on until help arrived."

“When the rescue team arrived, this Senior Brother Zhao had been bitten by the zombies. There was not a single piece of good meat on his body, and even his internal organs were exposed. He was still waving the broken knife.” At this point, the disciple’s eyes turned red and he couldn’t continue.

Li Da was stunned for a moment, and Zhao Tiechui's figure suddenly jumped into his mind.

He sighed softly, "You should call him Uncle Zhao. Junior Brother Zhao is brave in battle and has made great achievements. He has been an inner sect disciple for a long time. It's a pity that his closest fellow disciple died in the battle of Junle County, and he also broke his arm, so he became disheartened."

"But even so, he still fought to the last moment."

"He has the soul of the Yunshan Sect."

"Order him to be buried in the Forest of Heroes and Martyrs, and his deeds to be recorded in the history of heroes and models of Yunshan."

In fact, the occasional survivors at the town and village levels were rescued, basically because of the presence of this group of retired disciples of the Yunshan Sect.

After being injured or disabled, some disciples who had no hope for the path of Taoism returned to their hometowns, while others rejected the favorable status and wealth in the county town and lived out the rest of their lives in seclusion in the countryside.

However, in times of danger, they did not choose to escape alone, but stood up resolutely and defended the honor of Yunshan disciples with their lives.

Li Da's gaze became firm again.

All the disciples in my sect are like this. They can overcome any difficulties!
"Write, the General Staff advises!"

The disciples around him were writing quickly at their desks.

"The zombie plague is spreading rapidly, and the zombies are escalating quickly. If there is any further delay, the situation may get out of control."

"We should mobilize the whole sect and kill them swiftly with lightning speed!"

"I suggest entering the highest state of emergency and deploying all available forces. I will dispatch all 5,000 disciples in the middle stage of Qi training and above!"

"Only the intelligence-related disciples will be retained to maintain the operation of the intelligence department. All other disciples in the production, management, and monitoring sequences will be temporarily transferred to the clearing mission. Together with the two combat battalions of 'Bi Chao' and 'Ling Sha', they will quickly clear out all the zombies in the territory and support the local garrison teams in evacuating the county residents."

"I suggest that all the foundation builders go out to fight, stationed at each spiritual vein, and eliminate the zombies near the spiritual veins, and receive the people who are being evacuated."

"All transport ships, sky rays and other wind-controlling beasts are dispatched to evacuate the civilians."

"The 'Sky Fortress' system composed of Lingxu Zhenyuan Shenzhou and 'Spirit Snake No. 2' Taoist soldiers are all deployed to defend the border within the territory to prevent foreign zombies from crossing the border and provide vigilance at the same time."

"In addition, once this proposal is approved by the Council of Elders, we will call on all the sects in the nine counties of the northwest to act accordingly."

"At the same time, immediately report all matters to the headmaster."

The nine counties in the northwest had originally assembled, led by Ye Xiao, Haoran Zhenren and Wu Zhongweng, to guard against the sudden attack of the Sikong family. The joint defense corps had been fully dispersed to rescue everywhere. But this was far from enough. All sects had to go all out to have a chance to retain some vitality in this zombie disaster.

After urgently presenting the General Staff's suggestion to the Yunshan Elders' Council, Li Da took a deep breath.

Master, I wonder how things are going there now?

Miaomiao Xuanjun and six Yuanying Lingjuns hit Sikong Sheng with more than a dozen attacks. The explosion distorted the space, and the forest below that was originally burning was destroyed in pieces by the hurricane in an instant.

But an extremely powerful aura was rising from the center of the explosion, and everyone's face changed immediately!
"Be careful, Sikong Sheng is going to fight to the death!" Miaomiao Xuanjun shouted, "He has a magical power that makes his strength stronger the more serious his injuries are!"

Taoist Xichan also shouted: "We must hold him back. Pay attention, he still has a magic treasure on him!"

Lu Qian, who was cruising in the distance, couldn't help but take another look at him.

Can it sense this? Yes, his alien golden toad is born with the ability to sense treasures. When he was in the golden elixir stage, he could sense that others were carrying precious treasures. Now that he has been promoted to the Nascent Soul stage, his talent must have been strengthened again.

My goodness, won’t it be difficult to have treasures in front of him in the future?

Thinking of this, Lu Qian hurriedly wrapped the golden branch in his dantian deeper with his spiritual power and consciousness.

His current cultivation level is too far behind Sikong Sheng. Even if he uses up all his spiritual power, he is not sure if he can hold Sikong Sheng for even a moment. It is not worth trying in front of Miaomiao Xuanjun and the six Nascent Souls.

Unless it is a matter of life and death, Lu Qian will not reveal this biggest secret.

In this siege, Qiancheng Lingjun's Nine Stars God Array could still barely hold on under the Yuanshen domain, but his own Five Elements Array would be torn apart as soon as it was spread out, and the long-range attack of the Confinement and Forbidden Talisman could not catch up with the Yuanshen's escape speed, and Dream Weaving was useless against the Yuanshen.

He only harassed from the outside, using magic weapons and Guishui Thunder Method to tickle Sikong Sheng, and then waited for an opportunity to shoot out the five-colored divine light from the Baoyun Spirit Lamp.

As soon as Taoist Xichan finished speaking, a blood-red light flashed out from the shock wave!

Before Lu Qian could catch his trajectory, he had already directly hit Yuan Xu Lingjun who was closest to him!

So fast!

Sikong Sheng’s “bloody battle to the death”, the more serious the injury, the stronger the fighting power!

There was a loud bang that shook the earth! The screams of Xuangui Zangliu resounded everywhere, and a huge figure as big as a hill fell like a meteor.

The thick green tortoise shell on its back had shattered into a net, and only at this time could everyone barely see Sikong Sheng's figure.

He was badly injured, with several horrifying penetrating wounds. An extremely powerful wave was emanating from him, and the blood-red battle energy around him was dancing wantonly.

And with the reaction force of the slamming step on the black turtle Zangliu's back shell, this streak of blood rose up at a faster speed than before!

He actually just used the black tortoise as a stepping stone, and his real target was the one who had just achieved Nascent Soul and had the weakest spiritual pressure.

With a scream, all of Yichen Lingjun's defensive magic weapons exploded instantly. The magical power he hastily exerted had just risen when he was hit in the chest and shattered into pieces!
The misty spiritual rain that provided amplification and healing to everyone dissipated immediately. Before Yichen Lingjun's Nascent Soul could even take off, it was directly blasted apart by Sikong Sheng.

Yichen Lingjun died in battle! (End of this chapter)