Full-Time Magister: I Am the Shadow King

Chapter 73 Ordinary People Who Sacrifice Their Lives

Ye Chang hid in the crowd and quietly watched Jiu Ying's performance. She originally wanted to wait for the higher-ups to take action to subdue him, but after waiting for a long time, these guys were completely unmoved.

These fools! The cardinal is right in front of them, yet they've let fear cloud their judgment and now they have to take matters into their own hands.

Seeing this, Han Ji and the others finally snapped out of their fear and stared in shock at Ling Xi, who had severed one of Jiu Ying's arms.

Lingxi glared at the executives and said coldly.

"What are you all waiting for? Are you just going to watch the Cardinal escape?!"

Upon hearing this, everyone finally realized what had happened and regretted giving up such a chance to subdue the cardinal!

"Hmph, I'll remember you, but it doesn't matter anymore. You will all die in the celebration I'm hosting!"

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Nine-Headed Serpent deeply engraved Lingxi's image in its mind. A spatial power enveloped its body, and with a flick of its blood-red robe, it disappeared from the spot.

"He ran away!"

"No, I can't sense Jiuying's aura at all. He must have used some kind of spatial scroll to escape the ancient capital."

"Damn it, what are we doing?!"

Seeing the angry and regretful looks on these guys' faces, Ye Chang felt speechless. She thought they had just been fighting to the death against Jiuying.

No wonder no one has been able to subdue the Cardinal; this world certainly doesn't lack people who suddenly become foolish in crucial moments.

"Sha Yuan has already appeared outside the ancient capital, and the Eight Kings of Death will likely appear as well. We must get to the battlefield."

The man in white stopped Han Ji and spoke up.

"President, calm down. The Eight Dead Monarchs are no longer the focus. What we should be more concerned about is the imperial tomb in the Abyss of Evil."

He scanned the solemn expressions on everyone's faces and explained in a very low voice.

"With our current strength, it is impossible to stop the offensive of a demon empire. If we do not want the ancient capital to become history, we must deal with the Sha Yuan."

Upon hearing this, everyone present fell silent. How could they not know about this? But there was absolutely nothing they could do.

"Of course we know, but how do we get into that dangerous imperial tomb?"

After a moment of contemplation, the man in white slowly raised his head and said calmly.

"Perhaps I know a way—"

Seeing the crowd being directed by the Imperial Guard Mage towards the inner city, Cheng Xiaoyu knew that something must have happened on the outer city wall, and quickly rushed in the opposite direction of the crowd.

When he arrived at the outer city wall, he could see the undead army in the distance, which looked like a black ocean. This sense of oppression was the strongest he had ever felt in his life, as if there was no life at all.

Suddenly, the desolate land began to shake, as if something enormous had fallen to the ground. Every few seconds, a tremor would occur, and the tiny undead were all shaken into the air.

"What happened?"

"The earth was shaking, and I could actually feel it clearly."

"Damn it, could some big thing have come out of the tomb?!"

As everyone looked ahead, at the far end of the vast sea of ​​the dead, a mad corpse, towering like a mountain, appeared on this land without warning.

With each step it took, the ground trembled and the city shuddered. The once impregnable ancient capital shook and trembled beneath its feet!

Everyone on the city wall saw the body that resembled a mountain, and large swaths of shadow were gradually enveloping them. At the same time, a sense of gloom rose in their hearts, and fear surged into their minds.

"Mountain—the corpse of the mountain peak!!!"

Looking at the mountain peaks, whose entirety could still be clearly seen even from a great distance, Cheng Xiaoyu's face showed a solemn expression.

The Corpse of the Mountain Peak, the sharpest sword in the hands of the ancient king, possesses terrifying strength at the level of a supreme monarch. This one undead alone is enough to destroy the ancient capital!

Cheng Xiaoyu looked at the army of undead in the dark ocean, which was even more terrifying than when he faced the plague in Hangzhou last time. The north city wall alone was so terrifying, not to mention if they all came together from all directions, the ancient capital would be completely overrun!

The heavy rain gradually turned into a drizzle, and the frenzied undead army suddenly quieted down a bit. However, upon seeing the humans on the outer city wall, they went into a frenzy again.

The corpse of the mountain took a step, its movements somewhat slow, but with each step it seemed to bring it closer to the city, and some of the undead below were crushed into minced meat and broken bones by this step.

Under the gloomy rain, the head drew ever closer. Unbeknownst to them, this enormous creature had already advanced more than ten kilometers. Even those who were entering the safety barrier saw the corpse of the mountain peak, and their faces showed expressions of horror.

"What...what kind of monster is this?!"

Are we really going to die?

"It's no use—it's no use, we'll all die here, and the ancient capital will fall completely—"

The crowd that was slowly entering the safety barrier stopped, and a strong atmosphere of sorrow and death permeated the air, as if it were trying to devour all life.

The undead army completely surrounded the ancient capital. For a long time, there had been no incidents of undead entering the city to massacre people. Now, the pampered people have been reminded of the fear of being dominated by the undead!

"Xiao Yu, what are you doing here?"

Hearing the shouts, Cheng Xiaoyu turned around in surprise and saw Ling Xi leading a group of people over, looking at him with equal surprise.

"Uh—Elder Lingxi, I just came to the outer city wall to see if there's anything I can do to help."

He swallowed the word "Mom" that was about to come out and said awkwardly.

"No, this is none of your business. Get to the inner city walls right now!"

Hey, you'd better get rid of that "mom smell" already, you're still outside!

"Elder Lingxi, do you know Cheng Xiaoyu?"

Seeing the strange atmosphere between the two, Zhu Meng couldn't help but ask curiously.

Upon hearing this, Ye Chang realized that she was wearing another face on her face, and quickly withdrew her motherly demeanor, nodding lightly.

"Yes, he is a junior I have high hopes for."

Everyone nodded. After all, this was a promising junior, and ensuring his safety within the barrier was no problem.

Cheng Xiaoyu glanced over and saw Mo Fan and Zhang Xiaohou who had followed him. He didn't understand what the two of them were doing here.

After listening to Zhu Meng's explanation, he looked at the two men with a strange expression. Putting aside the fact that Zhang Xiaohou had just escaped death and was now thinking of going to his death, Mo Fan made him think more highly of him. He didn't expect him to be a person with a sense of righteousness.

If it were me, I wouldn't want to get involved. If I failed to enter the Abyss of Evil, wouldn't I just die?

After a moment's thought, Cheng Xiaoyu quietly shifted his body, overlapping the reflected shadow with Mo Fan's shadow, and secretly dispatched a shadow soldier.

If he could really enter the Abyss of Fiends, he wouldn't mind going in to see the legendary ancient king's tomb, since he could use the Shadow Soldiers to switch places.

"Alright, everything's ready. Let's fight our way out!"

Han Ji stood atop the city wall, gazing at the massive, dark army of undead ahead. He felt a sense of impending doom, as if dark clouds were gathering over the city.

Seeing that many mages were preparing to fight, Cheng Xiaoyu also planned to contribute his meager strength. Suddenly, he noticed that a dense crowd had gathered below the city wall, and they were not mages, but ordinary people who were powerless.

"President Han Ji, how did those ordinary people end up here?!"

Upon hearing this, everyone fell silent for a moment, and Han Ji finally answered the question.

"We mages alone might not be able to break through; those ordinary people are acting as bait willingly."

"fart!"

Before Han Ji could finish speaking, Cheng Xiaoyu shouted angrily at the group of executives.

"How could they possibly do it willingly? They simply knew you couldn't give them hope, so they had no choice but to do it."

"My teacher told me that as a magician, one should have the duty of a magician to protect ordinary people in times of danger, not to require ordinary people to sacrifice their lives. What do you take lives for!"

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