Seeing the situation, some of the commoners who had been helping with other tasks inside the city walls hesitated for a moment before stepping up onto the battlements to replace those who were exhausted.
Food and water were also sent up to the wall at this time.
Lian Li and Yun Huizhou were neither hungry nor thirsty.
However, they did not refuse. They accepted the supplies, wrapping the pancakes in oil paper to tuck into their robes and pouring the water into their own flasks.
They thought to themselves that if the living corpses truly managed to scale the wall and there was still no sign of rain, they would have to act—even if it meant sacrificing the maximum potential of the medicinal powder in their hands.
Seeing more and more living corpses clinging to the city walls, some of the Jianghu martial artists finally couldn’t help but strike out directly.
Streaks of internal energy were fired off. Although they couldn’t strike as far as Yun Huizhou or Lian Li, hitting targets two or three meters away was quite easy.
Occupying the high ground gave them a significant positional advantage. Under these circumstances, the living corpses—which would usually be somewhat troublesome to deal with—were almost all knocked down with a single move.
However, the expressions on their faces did not relax.
It wasn’t until they actually struck the living corpses that they realized their internal energy could only knock them back; it couldn’t kill them.
Even if their internal energy hit a person with similar martial arts skills, it could shatter the opponent’s internal organs or even vibrate them to death instantly.
But such methods were useless against the living corpses.
The bodies of the living corpses were already dead; they were merely kept from rotting through secret methods and then manipulated.
Even if they vibrated the living corpses’ internal organs into fragments, it didn’t stop the creatures from advancing using all fours.
Many people, remembering how Captain Zheng had immediately resorted to pouring oil for fire attacks and throwing heavy objects instead of the easier method of pouring boiling water, began to understand how these living corpses had to be handled.
One had to destroy the corpse’s physical form. Even if a living corpse was torn limb from limb, the mouth on its severed head would still snap open and shut, but without any mobility, it could no longer threaten them.
Even an ordinary person could easily deal with a living corpse in such a state.
However, knowing it was one thing; when their blades and swords actually struck the living corpses, they discovered it was extremely difficult to break through their defense.
The Jianghu people finally felt a sliver of fear. What kind of monsters are these?
The disciples brought here by the Qinghong Sword Sect naturally possessed formidable martial arts.
Seeing the expressions of those Jianghu people, they knew that if they didn’t do something now, morale would likely crumble.
The martial artists defending the city were different from the residents inside.
The residents couldn’t run, nor did they have the ability to.
But if these Jianghu people insisted on fleeing, they had a hope of survival. If they cast aside their conscience and humanity, their chances of escaping would be even greater.
Yun Huizhou and Lian Li saw that many people’s resolve was no longer as firm as before. They looked up at the sky, which was still quite bright and clear.
The two exchanged a glance and simultaneously leaped down from the city wall.
Seeing their actions, many people were instantly shocked.
Several ordinary citizens even shouted, “It’s dangerous! Come back quickly!”
Yun Huizhou and Lian Li would certainly return, but they had to wait a moment.
The two leaped outside the city wall, hovering in mid-air, and simultaneously turned to launch attacks at the living corpses clinging to the wall.
With one move each, they swept away dozens of living corpses clinging to the masonry.
However, it wasn’t over. Yun Huizhou drew his blade again, sending a sharp blade-qi slashing toward the falling corpses.
Instantly, the hands of nearly ten living corpses were severed.
Losing their hands meant they lost the ability to climb upward.
While Yun Huizhou was severing hands, Lian Li wasn’t idle either.
Using the city wall to kick off and gain momentum, he moved toward the place where the corpses were piled highest.
He lashed out with his whip, not only knocking down the corpses there but also delivering a palm strike toward the pile below.
This palm strike caused the six-meter-high pile of corpses to collapse significantly, leaving it less than three meters high.
Having finished this, Lian Li returned to the city wall.
Seeing Lian Li return, Yun Huizhou followed suit.
Their intervention seemed to have knocked down over a hundred living corpses in an instant.
However, those who truly lost their mobility numbered only a few dozen.
Compared to the tens of thousands of living corpses, it was still too few.
But this display clearly restored some confidence to the defenders.
Seeing this, several disciples of the Qinghong Sword Sect also leaped out to clear the climbing corpses.
Their efficiency wasn’t as high as Yun Huizhou and Lian Li’s, but it was still decent.
Just as everyone thought things were getting slightly better, eight living corpses suddenly flew out from the mass of bodies below.
Lian Li and Yun Huizhou looked over, their expressions turning incredibly grim.
These eight living corpses were all Superior Living Corpses, comparable to super-first-class experts.
Holy crap, Lian Li cursed inwardly. Although there were still about forty Jianghu martial artists left here, the only one capable of facing a Superior Living Corpse alone was Yun Huizhou.
There were only five Qinghong Sword Sect disciples left here; the five of them working together could barely stall one.
Captain Zheng had to command, and his team members all had their own tasks now.
At most, he could spare one or two to join forces with him and stall one.
That left five more. If they broke through, it would be a total massacre.
Without hesitation, Yun Huizhou said, “Use the medicine directly on these eight.”
His voice wasn’t loud, but it was enough for the nearby Qinghong Sword Sect disciples to hear.
Lian Li immediately added, “We’ll pull them out to fight. Lure them together.”
The Qinghong disciples nodded hurriedly upon hearing this.
Just as the eight living corpses were about to leap onto the wall, the five Qinghong disciples plus Yun Huizhou and Lian Li immediately struck, stalling the corpses for a brief moment.
At that moment, two members of Captain Zheng’s team suddenly appeared. They threw out hemp ropes, which instantly looped around five of the living corpses.
Before the corpses could react, they tossed the other ends of the ropes to Yun Huizhou and the Qinghong disciples.
Those who caught the ropes immediately understood the plan.
Although the living corpses were powerful, they were mindless.
The ropes were merely looped around them; they wouldn’t necessarily think to tear them off immediately. They had to take advantage of the moment before the corpses realized the ropes were an obstacle to lead them away.
The Qinghong disciples coordinated perfectly, and Lian Li stayed close to Yun Huizhou’s side.
With the seven of them working together, they actually managed to drag the eight living corpses out away from the city.
However, outside the city, the ground was covered in living corpses; there was nowhere to set foot.
If they dropped down, they would be submerged by the horde.
Fortunately, they were all high-level martial artists. Even the disciple with the lowest cultivation among the Qinghong group could maintain a stable state of levitation for a period of time.
After pulling the living corpses fifty meters away from the wall, they could no longer lead them further.
It was possible that the Gu insects controlling the Superior Living Corpses were slightly smarter than those in the brains of the ordinary ones.
