The undead have descended upon the world? I possess a sword that can cleave the heavens once more!

At this moment, on the city wall of the stronghold, seeing the silver giant unleash several more silver tornadoes, the torchbearers of the eighth and ninth ranks finally came to their senses.

A tall torchbearer, wearing two gold epaulets, was still staring outside, already muttering, "What just happened?"

A thin, long-faced torchbearer chimed in, his voice slightly unsteady: "Did I see that right? That silver-clad guardian seemed to have killed four fellow tenth-tier corpse creatures with just one sword strike?"

"Hiss—" someone gasped, then added, "Just one simple, unadorned sword strike, instantly killing four level ten monsters? It's a sure thing, this one's in the bag."

"Oh, I was so naive. So it was all part of that garrison commander's plan?" A slightly younger torchbearer scratched the back of his head, his tone tinged with belated shame.

Someone nearby chimed in, "Indeed, the garrison commander has his own considerations; it's none of our business to worry."

Someone lowered their voice by half an octave and said, "However, the combat power of this silver-clad guardian is probably even greater than that of Elder Wei—"

On the city wall, although Wang Qi and Gongsun Baizhan did not see exactly what happened in that split second, the scene pieced together by the high-ranking torchbearers around them was clear enough.

In addition, what they witnessed firsthand was that the silver giant simply moved his arm slightly, and the four enormous figures vanished into thin air!

When the two are combined, the answer is laid bare before them, and no matter how unbelievable it seems, they have no choice but to believe it.

That was their leader, Wu You, who instantly killed four level-ten corpse creatures with a single sword strike!

Wang Qi turned to look at Gongsun Baizhan, who was also turning to look at him. Their eyes met briefly in the air, and they both saw the exact same thing in each other's eyes: disbelief!

"That old Wu! He's been hiding it so well!"

"He has to be the top performer. I can only say, awesome!"

The cheers and exclamations from the surrounding crowd continued to rise, like waves crashing one after another.

Hu Lie stood beside Wang Qi and Gongsun Baizhan, his hands resting on the wall, and simply nodded slightly.

Zhao Xuan noticed this scene. He turned his head to look at Hu Lie, his gaze filled with a hint of inquiry, but he didn't say anything. He simply turned his gaze back to the battlefield.

Zhu Yuanzhi, on the other side, did not participate in the discussion of the people around him, his eyes fixed on the silver-white figure in the distance.

Seeing the silver-white giant instantly kill four tier-ten corpse creatures with a single move, he couldn't help but wonder: "It seems Elder Wei is using this attack as a whetstone for that young man?"

"However, why did Elder Wei choose this attack, given the unclear situation and considerable risk?"

"Once we go to the edge of the restricted area, that young man should have even more opportunities to train..."

"Could it be that Elder Wei wants to build up merits for that young man?"

"That's not right either. Although Old Wei likes to cultivate promising juniors, he is always conservative and would not pave the way for that young man in this way."

Thinking of this, Zhu Yuanzhi couldn't help but shake his head, not understanding what Old Wei was thinking.

But none of that matters now.

As long as nothing unexpected happens to that young man, his legend will continue to be passed down through this era!

Looking at the silver-white giant outside the stronghold, constantly unleashing sword energy, Zhu Yuanzhi thought to himself.

. . .

At the forefront of the battlefield, the silver-white giant held his longsword horizontally and then swept it outwards.

Besides the few silver-white tornadoes that were rampaging through the horde of zombies, a wall of sword energy formed by silver-white sword energy suddenly took shape, pushing towards the zombie horde like a light curtain blown open by the wind.

Wherever the silver-white sword energy wall passed, whether it was the gnarled and twisted black vegetation in the Dark Domain or the dark rocks, everything was pulverized, leaving only a flat mess. As for the corpses, they also gave up their experience points the moment they came into contact with the sword energy wall, and then turned into black smoke and dissipated.

Experience points +2000

Experience points +2000

Experience points +4000

Experience points +8000

......

Just as Wu You was steadily reaping experience points, suddenly—

"Kill! Kill! Kill!!!!"

"Ah, those screams, that carnage, beautiful, so incredibly beautiful!!!"

"Just keep killing!!!"

"I am the strongest!!!"

Suddenly, some inexplicable voices surged from the depths of Wu You's heart, like a stream of gushing sewage, carrying a foul stench as it rushed into his mind.

Wu You frowned sharply, and the sword in his hand stopped moving.

The silver-white giant also stopped abruptly, standing still with his black longsword hanging at his side, motionless.

Then, a straight longsword, its surface clear and pure, without a hilt or tassel, resembling only a solid beam of light, seemed to sense something. It immediately appeared above Wu Youxin Lake.

With a single, gentle slash, the straight longsword severed and vanished those inexplicable sounds and distracting thoughts.

The lake of my heart has returned to tranquility.

However, the silence didn't last even a moment. After the original sounds and distracting thoughts were cut off by the Clear Sword Heart, some new distracting thoughts immediately emerged, even more chaotic and disorderly than the previous wave!

"Kill! Kill! Kill!!!!"

"The otherworldly zombies harm all living beings and commit countless atrocities; they deserve to be slaughtered!!!"

"No, simply slaughtering them isn't enough! We must also torture them severely!!!"

"All zombies deserve to die!!!"

The luminous sword heart shone once more and slashed down.

Those thoughts were shattered and scattered. But almost at the same time, another wave of distracting thoughts arose.

"Kill! Kill! Kill—?"

"No, how could I possibly kill all the zombies by myself?"

"Not only are there countless corpse species, but there are also a host of corpse species deities."

"How could the humans possibly be a match for the zombies?"

"The best outcome is just to prolong the time and become their food later."

The sword light of Tongming Jianxin flashed again.

"Kill! Kill! Kill—?"

"Will I kill the zombies, or will the zombies kill me?"

"No, no, no—"

"If I attract the attention of the Corpse Gods, I'm definitely dead!!!"

"I'm definitely going to die!!!"

The sword light of Tongming Jianxin flashed again.

"No! I don't want to die!!!"

"Perhaps I should go and join the Corpse Race?"

"Anyway, I'm not a being of this world, so what do I care about the life and death of humans in this world?"

"Yes, a wise bird chooses a good tree to perch on, and a wise person knows when to yield—that's how it should be!!!"

With each strike of his sword, Tongming Jianxin unleashed a flurry of sword light that flashed across the lake of his heart.

But those distracting thoughts, after being cleared away wave after wave, sprouted outwards like weeds, one after another.

Wu You's gaze turned cold. He knew perfectly well that he had been attacked by some unknown force!

Although distracting thoughts kept arising in his mind, thanks to the existence of the Clear Sword Heart, he was not greatly affected and was still able to calm down and think carefully.

His thoughts raced:

"Where are the attackers? How did they launch the attack?"

"Joy, anger, sorrow, worry, grief, fear, and shock—is this an attack targeting the seven emotions?"

"Even the Ming Sword Heart can only temporarily suppress it, not eradicate its effects. This attack seems to be of a rather high level?"

Realizing something, Wu You's eyelids drooped slightly:

"Could this be some kind of 'rule'...?"