265: Chapter 63 We Call This a Monster Spawner 265: Chapter 63 We Call This a Monster Spawner In those days, whether in the Netherworld or the Mortal World, you needed connections and relationships to get things done.
Someone like Liu Siliang, foolish as he was, couldn’t resist the erosion of his mind.
He ran into a pile of corpses and shouted, “Do princes and generals have special kindred?”
Shouting that phrase to the living, who face death whether advancing or retreating, has its uses, but these dead have been gone for who knows how long…
The outcome, naturally, goes without saying.
Wang Yunxiao lifted his lantern high, and the others behind him did the same.
Instantly, the street was lit, and a great number of undead vanished in a puff of grey smoke.
Just as he had anticipated, the undead’s resistance was extremely weak, or rather, nonexistent.
Because there was a path they could take.
Anyone who has played tower defense games knows that you can’t block the path completely.
Reloading two or three times is enough, placing a Little Fire Dragon next to it can roast an entire street (nonsensical blabber).
These low-level undead possessed no spirit intelligence, a conclusion Wang Yunxiao reached after reconnoitering and gathering intelligence.
They were merely cannon fodder, or better compared to a Bug Clan’s fungal mat.
They couldn’t follow an order as precise as shifting a machine-gun position left by five meters.
As long as they could keep moving forward, they wouldn’t stop the troops commanded by Wang Yunxiao.
The brightly lit team walked from one end of the long street to the other and back, unobstructed like a stone moving through a stream, and in the process, incinerated many undead caught in the firelight.
Most undead vanished into ash without leaving anything behind, only a few high-level undead—namely the noisier Ghost Shadows and hanging ghosts hidden in the shadows—would burst out Gold Beans upon their death.
They typically acted alone and were greatly weakened under the glow of the fire; even if they charged, Wang Yunxiao and his brothers quickly dealt with them.
Gao Shan was utterly stunned on the side.
“Is it really that simple?”
“Simple, is it?”
Wang Yunxiao shook his head noncommittally.
“Buddha Jumps Over the Wall is easiest when you are taking a bite,”
By collecting various intelligence and clues to reason and deduce the correct response, the rest of the task becomes simple.
If you don’t manage anything and just clash head-on with your opponent, that’s a whole different level of difficulty.
There’s also a detail that Gao Shan hasn’t noticed yet.
That is, the black smoke from burning undead dissipated very quickly and couldn’t accumulate a corrosive effect on the lanterns., in other words, it had to reach a certain concentration within a certain time to extinguish the fire.
Just like bacteria and viruses, as long as you keep the windows open for ventilation, it’s hard for them to gather and affect the human body.
As Wang Yunxiao’s team repeatedly swept the area behind them, no matter how the undead in the deeper streets burned themselves, they couldn’t reach the concentration needed to extinguish the lanterns, and their advance greatly slowed.
After patrolling the street back and forth for about a Chinese Hour, Wang Yunxiao had collected more than forty Gold Beans, and the isolation zone was still intact.
From any angle, he had completed his task very beautifully.
But Wang Yunxiao didn’t let his guard down or become complacent as a result.
Those undead had no spirit intelligence, and the elite monsters had been greatly weakened, but that didn’t mean that whatever was behind them lacked the capability to think.
In fact, they had already made a countermove.
Wang Yunxiao had to flip through his notebook every few minutes to survey his surroundings.
Although he had always been skeptical about the functionality of this notebook, he could not deny that in this unknown environment, the notebook’s detection capability was far more useful than poking around the bushes himself.
Such a practical tool was truly wasted in the hands of that young lady.
“Detected Level II Undead: Rebel Army, quantity 20, distance 30.”
“Detected Level II Undead: Rebel Leader, quantity 1, distance 30.”
The enemies had already realized the issue on this side, and had silently dispatched a specialized squad entirely composed of elite monsters, hiding in the darkness nearby.
Without the notebook’s warning, Wang Yunxiao might have really faced severe repercussions unexpectedly.
“Retreat!”
Upon realizing he had been targeted, Wang Yunxiao did not hesitate to raise his hand and order a retreat.
“Why retreat?
Isn’t it safe?”
Wang Yunxiao glanced at the police officer who could not help complaining and said, “Shut your mouth, tie him up and bring him back for a search!”
This time, Gao Shan did not hesitate, he turned and chopped at the back of the officer’s neck, swiftly tied him up with a rope, and carried him on his shoulder.
Although Wang Yunxiao ordered a timely retreat, the residence they used as a base was still some distance away from this street.
They had not walked back very far when they heard the chaotic sound of horse hooves in the darkness.
A group of soldiers wearing ancient armor, riding warhorses, slowly emerged from the darkness.
Behind them, there was a towering figure.
Just like the Bronze Soldier Statue Wang Yunxiao had seen on the battlefield in the mist, it stood six or seven meters tall, each hand gripping a bronze hammer the size of a pumpkin.
I didn’t even see where the outer palace wall’s gate was, how did you guys ride in on horses?
Wang Yunxiao pondered for a moment and then realized.
Perhaps, outside the palace wall, the bodies of the undead had already paved the way to climb the palace walls.
The moment they emerged from the darkness, the ancient soldiers drew their weapons and let out hoarse cries as they controlled their warhorses and charged towards Wang Yunxiao’s squad.
With less than a hundred meters’ distance on such a narrow street, allowing them to pick up speed for a charge would result in one-sided crash and slaughter.
As Wang Yunxiao continued to retreat, he placed the lantern on the ground.
The fire formed an invisible barrier on the road.
Since there were plenty of lanterns and candles on their side, he used the lantern as a pitfall for the horses.
If you aren’t afraid of dying, just charge!
Although high-level undead wouldn’t instantly vanish upon contact with fire like those spiritless low-level undead, they also couldn’t last very long.
Cavalry was indeed formidable, but if their charging speed was limited, they were nothing but sitting ducks.
However, the Rebel Leader on the other side seemed to have realized this issue too.
He stepped forward, raising the giant hammers in his hands, and with all his strength, slammed them in the direction of Wang Yunxiao.
Suddenly, a dull thunderous explosion sounded from the flat ground, and the terrifying sound wave swept across the earth, instantly turning those low-level undead hidden in the darkness into flying ash; the lanterns in Wang Yunxiao’s hands also went out immediately.
The entire world plunged into darkness.
All that remained were the increasingly intense sounds of horse hooves.
They launched a charge in the darkness!
However, in the next moment, several flames reignited, and the light returned.
The Rebel Cavalry, who had already reached Wang Yunxiao’s front and caught off guard, emitted thick black smoke from their bodies, their warhorses neighed mournfully and knelt on the ground, throwing them off.
“Separes damn your magic!”
Wang Yunxiao grabbed a kerosene lamp with one hand, and with the other, he pulled out the Whip of Duke Thunder, aiming it viciously at them.
Thunder roared and lightning flashed!