vrcanaries Chapter 455 The Ghost Empress 3
Chapter 455 The Ghost Empress 3
However, most of the townspeople were timid and fearful. When they heard that they had to fight against zombies, they all looked scared and were not very willing to cooperate.
Achu and Xiaohai talked until their lips were sore before they finally convinced some of the people.
As night fell, the full moon shone brightly in the sky, illuminating the ground.
Because there were too few people to help, even the police from the Gantian Town Police Department couldn't guard all the streets.
Therefore, Mao Xiaofang decided to concentrate manpower on the main streets where zombies might appear.
He quickly arranged the defensive formation, and had everyone hold peach wood swords, black dog blood, and other items to ward off evil spirits, ready for battle.
Achu and Xiaohai were also assigned to important positions, where they gripped their weapons with a tense yet determined air.
Just as everyone held their breath and waited, a sinister sound came from afar, and the figures of zombies slowly appeared in the moonlight, more in number than expected.
One of the tall zombies, clad in armor and exuding an eerie aura, appeared to be the leader of the group.
Mao Xiaofang shouted, "Everyone, stay calm, don't panic!"
Summoning their courage, the group engaged in a fierce battle with the zombies.
The collision of the peach wood sword with the zombies' bodies, and the splattering of black dog blood on them, would make the zombies temporarily retreat, but they would soon pounce again.
Achu and Xiaohai cooperated well in the battle, and although they were a bit flustered, they successfully repelled several zombies.
Ren Yinyin wielded a peach wood sword, her movements as swift as a swallow, her sword strikes sharp and precise, each strike aimed precisely at the zombie's vital points.
Her movements were fluid and graceful as she engaged in a thrilling battle with the zombies who seemed to still retain some of their martial arts skills from their previous lives.
During the battle, Ren Yinyin not only displayed superb swordsmanship skills, but also frequently took out talismans from her bosom, muttered incantations, and then threw the talismans out suddenly.
The talisman seemed to come alive, spinning rapidly in the air before accurately affixing itself to the forehead of a zombie.
In an instant, the zombie seemed to be frozen in place, unable to move.
On the other side, Shi Shaojian was even more valiant. His fists were like thunderbolts, each punch containing boundless power.
When his fists strike a zombie, they make a crackling sound, accompanied by dazzling flashes of lightning.
When the zombies were hit by his fist, they trembled violently as if they had been electrocuted, then smoke rose from their bodies, and finally collapsed to the ground, unable to move again.
"Wow, so many zombies!" a woman exclaimed from the corner. "Let's run, what the hell!"
The tall zombie leader seemed to sense something and roared at the zombies around him. The zombies abandoned their fight with Mao Xiaofang and his group and instead headed towards the woman who had made the sound.
"Sister Mei, the zombies are coming! Run!" The short, shadowy child turned around and panicked.
"Why are you chasing us?" The woman's face was grim as she grabbed the child named Shrimp and fled quickly.
Ren Yinyin watched as the zombie hopped away to other places, then approached Mao Xiaofang and asked, "Uncle-Master, what's going on?"
Mao Xiaofang frowned and pondered for a moment, "Could it be that those two were the ones who entered Cixi's tomb after us?"
"Come on, let's follow and take a look!"
It would be best if the zombies were lured away and left Gantian Town!
……
Two people, one big and one small, dressed in black, were being chased by a group of zombies, unable to escape.
The leader of the zombies was extremely powerful; he was not only immune to talismans and magical artifacts, but even a peach wood sword could not pierce his body.
Mao Xiaofang was having a very hard time fighting him. If it weren't for the help of his apprentices and nephews, he would have had to rely on his movement techniques to dodge and fight.
"Uncle-Master, that woman looks like Black Rose!" A-Chu said after observing Mao Xiaofang for a while.
Mao Xiaofang also realized that Black Rose, this thief, didn't have much of a bad reputation.
Moreover, Mao Xiaofang could tell from her behavior that she was determined to rob the rich to help the poor, but she always did the wrong thing with good intentions.
"Save them!" Mao Xiaofang whispered, then rushed forward.
Behind them, Ren Yinyin and the others joined Mao Xiaofang in fighting the zombies...
The zombie leader had already captured Black Rose, but when he saw someone causing trouble, he swung his arm and lunged at Mao Xiaofang.
That mustachioed guy was the most despicable. They had just caught the thief who stole the Empress Dowager's precious pearl and were about to go back to report, but they were stopped again.
The zombie leader roared, seemingly cursing something. Black Rose, who had been captured by the other zombies, was rescued and pulled Little Shrimp to the side to hide.
Mao Xiaofang frowned. He understood some of the zombie language, and this guy's swearing was really nasty!
"The Cicada Pearl?" Mao Xiaofang glanced back at Black Rose while entangled with the zombie leader.
He's still a thief at heart!
If she hadn't been greedy, how could she have suffered such a disaster today?
Thinking of this, Mao Xiaofang said a few words in zombie language to the zombie leader.
The zombie leader roared, and all the zombies stopped moving. Several Taoist priests watched them warily.
"Black Rose, they say you took Empress Dowager Cixi's Cicada Pearl. They'll leave if you hand it over!" Mao Xiaofang looked at Black Rose, who was trying to escape, with a serious expression. "It's no use escaping today; the zombies will keep chasing you!"
Black Rose froze. "Haha, Master Mao, you believe what a zombie says?"
Mao Xiaofang said calmly, "I can tell who's lying!"
Seeing that she couldn't hide it any longer, Black Rose gritted her teeth and took out the Frost Cicada Pearl from her bosom.
"Here you go, take it!" She threw the pearl at the zombie leader.
The zombie leader caught the pearl steadily, roared to the sky, and then turned and left with his horde of zombies.
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief when the zombies retreated.
Mao Xiaofang walked up to Black Rose and said seriously, "Black Rose, I will not pursue your responsibility this time because you handed over the pearl, but you must never be so greedy again, otherwise you will bring great disaster upon yourself."
Black Rose lowered her head, somewhat resentful, but knowing that someone had saved her life this time, she could only say dejectedly, "Okay, I know I was wrong. In the future, I just won't provoke zombies!"
Stealing from wealthy businessmen is still the safest option!
Mao Xiaofang nodded. "I hope you can keep your word."
He then instructed everyone to clean up the battlefield.
Achu, Xiaohai, and the others began to tidy up the peach wood sword, talismans, and other items on the ground.
Ren Yinyin and Shi Shaojian helped the townspeople check if anyone was injured.
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After everyone left, Black Rose grinned and pulled out another black pearl from her bosom. "No matter how cunning you are, you still have to drink my foot bath water, right?"
When the little shrimp saw the Frost Cicada Pearl, he was startled. "Sister Mei, how come there are two Frost Cicada Pearls?"
Black Rose proudly brought the Cicada Pearl close to her eyes for a closer look, "Idiot, this one is the real one!"
"If the zombie wants it, can't we just find any black bead?"
"So those people didn't know its value! This precious pearl we took is definitely worth a lot of money!"
The little shrimp was helpless; he was simply terrified of Black Rose's money-grubbing, life-risking attitude.
"Sister Mei, aren't you afraid the zombies will come looking for us again?"
"Speaking of which, the zombies were able to find us so accurately, maybe they've seen what we looked like in the tomb!" Black Rose put away the Frost Cicada Pearl. "What? We can just leave Gantian Town!"
Little Shrimp hesitated, "Sister Mei, if we leave, won't those zombies cause trouble for the others?"