Chapter Twelve: Annihilation

  "What the...!" What in the world is this thing?!

  I heard a loud cry from the oil-water bag, and I couldn't help but turn my head to look. To my surprise, an extremely thin human hand had already grasped the foot of the oil-water bag. At this time, the oil-water bag was already frozen in place, its face pale. Da Fugui, who was also loyal, saw his boss in danger and immediately took out a dagger from his equipment pack. The two exchanged a glance, and their bodies quickly moved to strike at the hand stretching out from the ground. A white light flashed in the dark air, and to my surprise, the dagger in Da Fugui's hand broke off and fell to the ground. His hands were shaken by the force of the dagger, and bright red blood flowed from his tiger mouth, dripping drop by drop onto the ground. Who knew that dozens of thin white hands would stretch out from the ground, grasping Da Fugui's feet? In an instant, both the oil-water bag and Da Fugui were caught, and no matter how hard they struggled or resisted, it was all in vain!

  I and Hei Zi have suffered at the hands of these extravagant corpses before. These guys are impervious to blades and guns, no matter how hard you punch or kick them, it's only your own hands and feet that will end up numb from the backlash. But these extravagant corpses won't even let out a cry of pain! I pulled Hei Zi up and we were about to make a run for it, but unlike last time when we managed to narrowly escape, this time our luck had run out.

  He was as stubborn as a cow, refusing to budge no matter how hard I pulled. Instead, he desperately tried to go towards the oily water tank. I got angry and shouted: "Do you know what you're doing?! Is it worth it for these people with unknown backgrounds?!"

  Hei Zi turned back, I couldn't see what expression was on his face and roared: "Brother, although we are considered bad people by others, but justice! Justice! Can't be lost, they give us money, we do things for him, eliminate disasters, it's only natural!"

  Hei Zi suddenly spoke to me in a low voice, and for an instant I was stunned. By the time I reacted, Hei Zi had already broken free from my grasp, holding a dagger as he charged towards the oil vats.

  Isn't morality also measured by value these days? This guy is really a woman! Soft-hearted! I thought to myself. With a reverse turn of my left hand, I pulled out my military dagger from my sleeve and gritted my teeth as I went forward to support Hei Zi.

  I walked up to Hei Zi, and the Xie Bi Shi slowly crawled out of the mud, making "ka, ka, ka" sounds that seemed like bones breaking. In a short while, fifty or sixty Xie Bi Shi appeared before our eyes, their blood-red eyes staring straight at us as if we were their next meal. The Oil Water Belly group was caught by the Xie Bi Shi and brought to them, and Hei Zi and I slowly approached Oil Water Belly. Even the wealthy and noble ones are considered smart, so we surrounded Oil Water Belly in a circle, with him inside. Oil Water Belly was scared out of his wits, looking like he wasn't pretending, his face deathly pale, without any blood color, his hands and feet trembling, his teeth chattering as he said: "Lu...brother...what are these things? You don't know, Brother Hua, I'm so scared my intestines are all knotted up".

  I was on guard as Xi Bi's corpse slowly spat out three words from its mouth: "Xi Bi"!

  "Ah?"..."You mean these are the Shabi Corpses?!" Youshui Du exclaimed. It seems that Youshui Du knows the name of this thing, so I won't explain it further.

  Here, the Shui Bi corpse feels like it has opened up a lot more spiritual wisdom than last time in Pingpo Village. Last time they were completely attacking with their subconscious mind, but this time they can hide in the mud and follow us to Pingpo Village, clearly an intentional action!

  The luxurious corpse's ears, which were wrapped around us, had a green snake coiled on top of them, and it stuck its head out towards us, hissing "hiss, hiss, hiss" as it spat out venom. My heart cried out in alarm - this was the luxurious corpse's signal that it was about to attack!

  Here is the translation:

  As expected, fifty or sixty ghostly corpses with blood-red eyes and curved arms slowly approached us, their icy fingers gleaming in the dim light. Oil Barrel was so scared that he cowered on the ground, his head buried in his hands, looking like a lump of fat! As we spoke, one of the ghostly corpses' fingernails stabbed towards my eyeball, an attack that would have left me with lifelong disabilities if it had landed. I gritted my teeth and dodged backwards just in time. Not only me, but also Hei Zi, Da Fu, and Da Gui were all attacked by the ghostly corpses, which focused their attention solely on us four, ignoring Oil Barrel cowering on the ground. I kicked him hard in the butt with my foot, and he let out a pained yelp as he rolled onto his back, eyes wide with anger. He cursed loudly, but I didn't have time to explain things to him, so I simply said: "The ghostly corpses are focusing their attention on us, you go ahead and run first, remember to leave marks along the way, we'll cover for you."

  You Shui's bladder had already been scared to pieces, listening to me finish. He buried his head and closed his eyes, relying on the weight of his body to knock away all the obstacles in front of him, and rushed out in a flash, without even knowing if he remembered to leave a mark!

  It's not the time to think about that, the four of us and Xiabi corpse started fighting, Dafu Dagui was skilled with his hands, fists hitting the air with a whooshing sound, each move releasing a fierce aura, it seemed they had received some professional training. Hei Zi stood behind me, the two of us back to back, both holding military daggers to defend against Xiabi corpse's attack. We were at a stalemate, but our clothes were torn by Xiabi corpse's sharp nails, looking quite disheveled.

  This continued for half a bell, and the four of us were gradually exhausted. Our palms had turned red and purple, and even the slightest touch was painful. I was still doing relatively well, but Hei Zi, Da Fu, and Da Gui were slowly falling behind. Their chests, arms, and thighs had been directly slashed by Xi Bi Shi's corpse, and the wounds were bleeding profusely, looking particularly shocking in the light of the flames!

  It can't go on like this, Hei Zi is also at the end of his strength and has slowed down, not to mention them, even my hands are numb with pain. If it goes on like this, we'll all be done for!

  At this time, Da Fu and Da Gui were suddenly pressed to the ground by several Xibei corpses and couldn't move. The Xibei corpse stretched out its long white tongue from its mouth, lifted its head and made a forceful movement, stabbing its tongue into Da Fu's shoulder and Da Gui's arm. Their long tongues slowly swelled up, seemingly sucking blood! Hei Zi rushed to rescue them in a hurry, but was also ambushed by the Xibei corpse behind him and was pressed to the ground, letting out a loud cry of pain.

  My god! Just ran away and now nothing's wrong? What humanitarianism, what a big-headed ghost! A coarse thought burst out in my heart.

  I was thinking of returning, but I still had to save Hei Zi. Let Da Fu and Da Gui fend for themselves. I quickly dodged the attacks of five or six Xi Bi corpses, gathering all my strength in my legs. My face turned pale with a burst of blue veins as I kicked away the Xi Bi corpse that was about to suck Hei Zi's blood, sending it flying five or six meters away. I pulled up Hei Zi, who had been lying on the ground, and he suddenly shouted "Be careful!" I felt a sense of foreboding, but before I could react, a green snake had already bitten my arm. Instantly, my arm went numb, losing all sensation. It turned out that the green snakes by the Xi Bi corpses' ears would attack! Careless! Careless!

  Hei Zi's eyes turned red, holding a military dagger with force, the green snake swung its body with force, who knew that this green snake was also cut off by the knife, I felt a chill in my arm and a piece of flesh the size of an egg was bitten off by the green snake, suddenly fresh blood gushed out like a flood.

  Hei Zi couldn't have imagined things would turn out like this, and now even I'm injured. How can we keep fighting?! He felt a bit desperate, standing there blankly, waiting for the Xie Bi corpses to suck him dry. I won't die, I mustn't die, I still haven't found my uncle! Dying like this is really unbearable! With red eyes, one hand tightly pressing against his wound, he let out a few loud roars at the surrounding Xie Bi corpses.

  At this moment, the Xiebi corpses seemed to be frightened, standing still on the spot, even the Xiebi corpses on Da Fu's body were stiffened. What's going on? I really didn't dare to believe that I could scare these Xiebi corpses with just one loud shout!

  Hei Zi suddenly discovered that Duan Yi was pointing at the wound on my arm and said, "Ancestor! The blood on your body! They're afraid of the blood on your body!"

  I will sprinkle a little blood on the corpse of this luxury thief who ambushed me. After two or three seconds, the face of the luxury corpse slowly twisted, with an extremely painful expression, and an unknown white liquid slowly flowed out of its mouth, emitting a strange fragrance in the air! Then the skin on his face slowly peeled off like paper, and the moisture in his body seemed to be squeezed dry by something, slowly shrinking until it turned into a pitch-black baby skeleton.

  How could this be so strange? Now is not the time to consider this issue, I locked eyes with Heizi, he and I have cooperated for many years and know my intention. I tore off a piece of cloth from my clothes, then stained it with fresh blood from the wound on my arm and threw it at Heizi. Heizi understood, and followed the method I used to kill the previous Xibei corpse, working together with me to take down these Xibei corpses one by one.

  Before long, the Xibei corpses all turned into a pile of baby's bones, lying on the ground in a mess. I counted them carefully - there were 53 Xibei corpses in total. Looking at Da Fu Da Gui, who had lost too much blood and was lying on the ground unconscious. I took out the hemostatic red medicine and hemostatic cloth from my equipment bag, and made a simple bandage for the wound. After finishing, I said to Hei Zi: "One person carries one of them on their back, let's go chase after You Shui Tou"!

  Hei Zi nodded in agreement!

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