It’s a strange invasion, is it okay for me to fight back?

Chapter 721 The Mummy

The crows scattered under the force, and the drunkard's vision suddenly cleared—

She saw the lion-headed, human-bodied monster roaring on the shore, and the ravens that had just been scattered gathered again, as dense as a black curtain!
With his view blocked again, the drunkard could no longer aim at Niu Dao and Ye Zheng on the shore.

She frowned and directed the giant skeleton forward. The lake below was stained pale red with blood, and the water level was gradually dropping, revealing a muddy road surface.

The underwater monster couldn't hold Feng Ling back for long, and with Feng Ling's helpers causing more trouble, the situation was very unfavorable for her and Liu Xing.

"They're really in the way." The drunkard frowned, drew his bow, and fired an arrow at the flock of crows directly in front of him.

The bone arrow shot through the air, instantly piercing a hole in the human-faced crows that had gathered into a curtain!
Behind the hole was the lion-headed monster that had just been lingering on the shore!

As it drew nearer, it suddenly leaped high into the air, its legs pushing off the ground, aiming straight for the drunkard perched on the skeleton monster's shoulder!

The drunkard was startled, but fortunately, the mental pressure suppressed his attack. He barely managed to jump to the skeleton monster's ribs before losing his strength and being thrown away by the skeleton monster's elbow strike! He crashed heavily onto a branch of the Mother Nest Remains!
"Niu Dao! Get out of the way!!!" Ye Zheng shouted suddenly from a distance.

The drunkard looked over at the sound and saw Ye Zheng standing menacingly on the shore with a small rocket launcher on his shoulder. The lion-headed monster from before had disappeared into the lake.

The drunkard sensed something was wrong and immediately manipulated the skeleton monster to find cover.

But no matter how fast she was, she couldn't outrun a cannonball. The skeleton monster had only taken two steps when the spot where it had just been standing exploded with a loud bang!

The skeleton fell apart! The enormous impact sent the drunkard flying!

The drunkard crashed heavily into the lake, her body supported by the tangled branches of the underwater remains. Dizzy and disoriented, she struggled to lift her head, only to be met with a deluge of water from the explosion! The water, mixed with scorched earth and wet mud, obliterated her vision.

Ye Zheng's cannonball forcefully broke through the drunkard's mental pressure. Now that the drunkard has fallen into the water, the human-faced crows in the sky are excitedly cawing, unwilling to miss the good opportunity to kick him while he's down.

Niu Dao, who had been hiding in the water, also surfaced, his lion-like eyes flashing with murderous intent, waiting for his chance to strike.

Realizing he was in danger, the drunkard, before his eyesight could return, picked up the bow and arrow he was carrying and snapped it in two!

In an instant, a large amount of thick, black death energy surged out from the broken end of the bow and arrow!
The broken-down skeleton monster also began to emit black smoke!
The drunkard was shrouded in black mist, her pupils were eerily dilated, and black death energy surged from her eye sockets. The broken bow and arrow in her hand transformed into a scepter—she held the black mist-filled scepter high, and the scene was so eerie that it seemed as if she were possessed by an evil spirit!

The weasel was jumping up and down in a panic on the shore.

Limited by the distance, it couldn't see the drunkard's deck or predict the opponent's skills, but this scene clearly indicated the prelude to a powerful attack.

It used its impatient cries to remind Ye Zheng to shoot again, hoping to interrupt the opponent's skill release.

Ye Zheng was even more anxious than it, but after her body mutated, her claws were very inconvenient when loading shells. In her haste, she not only failed to load the shells successfully, but the shells also accidentally fell into the water!

"Damn it!" Ye Zheng cursed angrily, raising his voice to warn Niu Dao and Lao San, "Scatter! It's dangerous!!!"

The weasel pulled out grenades from its checkered backpack with a rustling sound. Ye Zheng had just picked up two when he realized that the range of the black aura of death had spread to his side. Strands and wisps of it, like the long hair of an evil spirit, exuded a putrid smell.

She wasn't sure what would happen if she got tainted by this deathly aura, but it certainly wouldn't be a good thing. She picked up the weasel and was about to run away when she turned around and saw that all the skeletons at the bottom of the hillside had come back to life!
Those were the corrupted beings killed by Wind Feather. The human-faced crows absorbed the energy from their flesh and blood, leaving behind only scattered limbs and bones. Now, however, they are entangled in the black aura of death.

The black mist, like black bandages, wrapped the dismembered corpses into mummies, and one by one they stood up!
This is a high-level skill of the Black Pharaoh, which temporarily resurrects the dead at the cost of his own summoned skeletons.

The drunkard named this skill Styx Reversal. Once activated, all the corpses within a one-mile radius will be resurrected and controlled by the Black Pharaoh.

Although this skill is powerful, the activation conditions are very demanding. There must be enough dead bodies within a radius of one mile for it to be worthwhile; otherwise, it's a waste of effort.

Meteor once joked with Drunkard, saying that her skill was only suitable for use in graveyards.

But the situation is different now. Feng Ling has killed a large number of corrupted beings on his way here, and the dead corrupted beings have provided the perfect conditions for the drunkard to activate his skill.

Ye Zheng stood atop the hill, watching the mummies swarm upwards below, a sight that resembled a black tide. Ye Zheng threw two grenades!
boom!!!
boom!!!
Body parts flew everywhere in the explosion!
The spreading black mist was an indestructible shroud, wrapping the broken bones and remains again and continuing to surge towards the top of the slope.

Seeing that he couldn't kill the thing, Ye Zheng instinctively retreated. But at that moment, the lake water was also not calm. The corpses scattered on the water were also affected by the drunkard's skill and turned into mummies and came back to life!

Surrounded by mummies, Ye Zheng knew that the weapons he had in Qingyou's backpack wouldn't be enough to deal with so many monsters. He immediately lifted Qingyou up and shouted, "Third brother! Take the Taoist priest away!!!"

The human-faced crows flapped their wings and flew in, grabbing and pulling the weasel into the sky.

Ye Zheng then turned to Niu Dao, who was not far away, and shouted, "Get underwater! Hold your breath for 10 seconds and then come up and help me! Understand?!"

Niu Dao, panting heavily, shook his soaked mane and dived back into the water.

All the mummies were closing in on Ye Zheng, forming an encirclement. Ye Zheng ignored them, only coldly glancing at the drunkard.

She knew very well that the duration of such area-of-effect attacks depended on the amount of energy the opponent possessed. If she weren't surrounded, she could easily run far away and stall for time, but now…

Now, we must kill them!
Ye Zheng gritted his teeth and charged towards the drunkard!

Mud splattered beneath her, and black mummies swarmed like zombies along the way, grabbing her hair and tearing at her body!

Ye Zheng's speed did not decrease in the slightest, and the wings of the moth on his back tore apart inch by inch! Revealing bright red flesh and a stark white spine!
Crimson flames erupted from his spine, engulfing his entire body along with blood! Ye Zheng finally let out a howl of pain!
Tears welled in her eyes as she endured the pain of her rapidly changing body, her heart filled with prayer—

Seraphim, please help me one more time!
Let the golden flames burn away evil!

Let the wrath of the angels descend upon the world!
Please help me one more time!!!
The flames burned brighter and brighter, their color changing from crimson to platinum. Ye Zheng was enveloped in dazzling light as he lunged at the drunkard who was shrouded in the black aura of death!

White and black collide fiercely!
With a deafening boom, golden light transformed into enormous angel wings, swiftly sweeping across the land! The deathly black aura was completely shattered!

"Aaaaaaahhhhhh!!!"

The drunkard screamed in agony amidst the light, burning pain coursing through his entire body.

She coughed up a mouthful of blood, and when she opened her eyes again, she found that her skeleton monster had been burned to ashes, and the mummy she had summoned was also mostly destroyed.

Not far away, Ye Zheng lay limp in the mud, having lost all his strength. The two moth wings on his back had long been burned, and his entire back was torn and bleeding.

The drunkard was in no better condition than Ye Zheng. She stood up unsteadily, took out a syringe to inject herself, and staggered toward Ye Zheng.

The crows in the sky made a noisy cawing, but the drunkard ignored them and trudged along with difficulty.

Her eyes were dark and devoid of any emotion, filled only with an obsession to kill her opponent.

One step, two steps, three steps...

The sound of splashing water rang out—

The splashing water droplets swept past her eyes like a slow-motion scene.

What followed was a furious lion!

The drunkard didn't see what happened. Her body gave way and she collapsed. Her throat was deeply slashed open by the lion's claws, and blood gushed out like a rushing spring.

The drunkard was speechless, her vision blurred, and before her consciousness faded, only one thought remained in her mind:
Meteor, this time, I gave it my all.

　I've exceeded the word limit by 200, mainly because it wouldn't be appropriate to stop writing halfway through. Okay, I'll wrap up the drunkard storyline.
　　(End of this chapter)