What do you mean by saying that the corpses I sew are all ominous creatures?

After I finished speaking, I took the rattle drum out of my pocket.

When my second uncle saw the rattle drum, he lost his calm expression and his breathing became heavier.

Ignoring what I was saying, he stared greedily at the rattle drum in my hand and spoke.

"Yangzi, I knew this thing was in your hands. Listen to me, quickly give it to your second uncle!"

I shook my head and put away the rattle-drum: "Second Uncle, I won't give this to you. Besides, you've been stalling for so long, have your accomplices arrived yet?"

I looked up, and the smile on my face vanished completely, replaced by a chilling indifference.

At that moment, the sound of the wind suddenly changed.

The mountain wind, which was originally erratic, suddenly produced a very subtle whooshing sound as it passed through the woods.

"To the left rear, three zhang, one and a half meters high."

The thought flashed through my mind in an instant, and without even turning my head, my body instinctively tilted slightly to the right.

Duh! Duh! Duh!

Three jet-black coffin nails flew past my ear and drove deep into the trunk of the old locust tree in front of me, penetrating the wood.

The nail tail was still trembling violently, emitting a nauseating stench of decay.

"The Soul-Chasing Nails of the Xiangxi lineage? Friend, since you're here, why hide?"

I turned around and looked at the dark bushes, my tone devoid of any panic.

"Hehehe... Such keen hearing, no wonder you were able to kill that zombie gu."

Accompanied by a piercing, eerie laugh, a figure dressed in a wide black robe and wearing a straw hat slowly emerged from the shadows.

He was shaking a worn-out brass bell in his hand. With each step he took, the bell emitted a dull "ding" sound, which made people feel irritable.

The stench emanating from this man, a result of years of dealing with corpses, could be smelled from a great distance.

Upon seeing this person appear, the second uncle's expression instantly turned fierce. He put down his pipe, pulled out a black pottery jar covered with talismans from his pocket, and smashed it on the ground.

Snapped!

The earthenware jar shattered, and a plume of black smoke rose up.

Immediately afterwards, countless black beetles surged out of the fragments like a tide.

These insects are not large, but each one has a distorted human face pattern on its back, sharp mouthparts, and the sound of their flapping wings is like countless people whispering in your ear.

"Human-faced corpse beetles?" I raised an eyebrow slightly. "Second Uncle, it seems you've not only been to the Southern Frontier, but also learned some of the tomb raiders' methods."

"I was originally planning to deal with you when I got back, but since you're so eager to die, then I'll grant your wish!" My second uncle's face was contorted with rage as he made a hand seal and pointed at me.

In an instant, the swarm of human-faced corpse beetles, like sharks that had smelled blood, pounced on me in a massive attack.

At the same time, the black-robed man shook the copper bell in his hand, and three dark figures sprang out from the bushes behind him—three walking corpses with yellow talismans pasted on them, their fingernails black and sharp, and they surrounded me in a triangular formation.

There were corpse beetles in front and walking corpses behind.

These two had clearly been working together for a long time, and their first move was a deadly one, with no intention of leaving any survivors.

The scalpel slipped from my sleeve.

The blade flashed a cold light in the moonlight.

Faced with the swarming insects and the approaching zombies, I did not retreat, but instead took a step forward.

This seemingly random step actually landed precisely on the "life gate" position in Feng Shui, avoiding the first attack from the zombies.

Swish!

A flash of cold light.

The scalpel in my hand drew a semi-circular arc in the air, instantly slicing the dozen or so human-faced corpse beetles at the forefront in half, their green sap exploding in the air.

Immediately afterwards, I ducked to avoid the claws of a zombie sweeping across me, and with a backhand slash, I cut its knee joint.

Click.

The zombie's leg bone broke, and it collapsed to its knees with a thud.

Seeing that he couldn't subdue me in a short time, my second uncle got anxious.

"Old ghost! My nephew is really strange. If we don't get serious, we won't be able to take responsibility for the delay!"

Uncle roared, bit his tongue hard, and spat a mouthful of blood onto his palm. Then he frantically formed hand seals.

The veins on his neck bulged, and it looked as if something alive was moving under his skin.

Immediately afterwards, a centipede with a metallic sheen emerged from his collar, instantly transforming into a black-gold streak of light that shot straight toward my face.

Once the natal Gu is unleashed, it will fight to the death.

On the other side, Old Ghost also had a fierce look on his face. He suddenly crushed the copper bell in his hand and grabbed a handful of glutinous rice mixed with corpse oil, scattering it into the air.

"Heavenly fiends and earthly fiends, rise from the dead to hear this proclamation! Rise!"

The remaining two zombie bodies suddenly emitted crackling sounds as their bones popped. Their arms, which had been hanging down, suddenly shot up, their fingernails grew three inches long, and their bodies were surrounded by visible black mist.

They rushed towards me at incredible speed, cutting off all my escape routes.

I didn't panic at all. Instead of retreating, I advanced, using the Seven Star Step to instantly close the distance to the walking corpse at the very front.

With a flick of the wrist, the scalpel was sheathed, and a specially made steel needle was taken out.

This steel needle is 2.1 inches long, named after the Big Dipper, and its surface is coated with the blood from the comb of the rooster in the backyard, specifically to dispel the evil spirits of the corpse.

Since I had already anticipated that my second uncle had accomplices, how could I have been completely unprepared?

After dodging the zombie's swung claws, I flicked my right hand, and the steel needle instantly pierced the Baihui acupoint on its head.

The zombie shuddered and froze in place.

At this moment, my second uncle's natal Gu had already rushed over, its fangs less than three inches from my throat.

Without turning my head, a cold glint flashed at my fingertips, and a silver needle tied with a red ink line flew out of my hand.

Ding!

The silver needle struck the centipede's most vulnerable point—the connection between its mouthparts—with pinpoint accuracy, sending it flying with tremendous force.

The ink-black red thread then wrapped itself around the centipede's hundred legs.

The centipede struggled violently after falling to the ground, but the ink-lined red thread, being of the highest yang nature, cut into its carapace, emitting hissing black smoke.

"puff!--"

When his natal Gu was injured, Second Uncle was as if struck by lightning, spitting out a mouthful of blood, his face turning ashen.

Currently, only one zombie remains.

Just as I turned around to deal with the last zombie, I found that it had disappeared, and the person called Old Ghost was just a silhouette.

They actually ran away!

However, the situation is currently unclear, and the person's identity remains a mystery. It is unknown whether there are any further plans, so it is not advisable to pursue them.

Moreover, it's obvious that my second uncle knows more.

I made up my mind, walked up to my second uncle who was kneeling on the ground, and looked down at him, about to ask him something.

A scream suddenly came from afar!

"ah!!"

Looking back, it was the scream of the fleeing old ghost.

He seemed frozen in place, scratching incessantly at his body with both hands.

At that moment, I heard another buzzing sound in my ears.

It was the sound of some kind of insect flapping its wings, and it was very close to me!

I pushed off with my feet and instantly widened the distance between myself and my second uncle.

However, the sound of its flapping wings, like a maggot clinging to a bone, actually changed direction and attacked the direction I was in!