Xuanxia

Chapter 362 Dark Secret

In the locust tree forest, Wu Yan was running wildly.

He wasn't chasing anyone, he was running away.

His body was covered in blood, and his left hand was twisted and hung at his side at a strange angle, with the bones broken into several sections.

Just now, he tried to fight with the mummy for several rounds... and then confirmed that he was no match for it.

It looked like the mummy was being controlled by Mei Lishen, but in fact, Mei Lishen had only given the simplest instruction - to kill.

Afterwards, the mummy began to move on its own, with speed and strength that were no less than that of a seventh-level warrior!
Wu Yan only collided with it once and his left hand was broken by it.

Of course, his sword also cut off the mummy's fragile hands.

But...no.

There were actually countless silk threads connecting the severed hand. As soon as the hand fell to the ground, the connected silk threads suddenly squirmed and tightened, connecting the hand back to its original position!

The second time, Wu Yan took a palm strike on his chest and cut off the mummy's head with a sword. He then continued with the silk thread and cut the thread with another sword.

But...it's still useless.

Mei Lishen, who was not far away, just smiled slightly, and the magic formula in his hand slightly changed. Countless silk threads stretched out from the broken neck surface of the corpse, found the head again, and pulled it back!

The third time, Wu Yan targeted Mei Lishen, trying to bypass the mummy and go straight for the manipulator.

But... the corpse is too fast.

Its speed and strength far exceed Wu Yan's, and it is a zombie that cannot be killed. No matter how Wu Yan advances, the mummy will block his path.

So he had no choice but to escape.

Your Majesty said that all killers will fail, and he is no exception.

Although you won’t be able to eat for a long time after failure, it’s better than death.

Wu Yan did not value his life, but he also did not like to die meaninglessly.

If the mission is destined to be impossible to complete, it is better to leave and report the mission situation to the Master for the final decision.

He had great concealment skills, and whenever the mummies were about to catch up with him, he would disappear into the shadows in an instant, and then emerge from another shadow not far away.

In a dangerous situation, Wu Yan avoided the mummy's deadly moves again and again, rushed down the mountain and approached Huailin Village.

But the moment he stepped into the village, he had to stop.

Everyone in the village has "woken up".

The candlelight in the house was not on. These people had left their homes at some point and stood quietly at the foot of the back mountain.

They... don't seem to be awake.

The villagers stood stiffly in place, forming rows and lines, but their eyes were all shining and fixed on Wu Yan.

However, although those eyes were shining, they were lifeless at all. Rather than being like gazes, they were more like clusters of dark green will-o'-the-wisp fires.

"These people...are not right."

Wu Yanzhan stopped and looked at the villagers.

They held sickles, shovels, spikes and other farm tools in their hands, and it was obvious that they had no good intentions.

"Hehehe...thanks to you."

Not far away, Mei Lishen's laughter was heard: "I finally got my father's treasure and controlled them."

Wu Yan turned around.

On the hillside, Mei Lishen walked leisurely, and his father, the mummy, followed closely beside him. His facial features had all rotted and shriveled, looking extremely terrifying.

Wu Yan didn't want to fight with them, so he looked around, looking for an escape route.

But…it’s a small path.

These villagers blocked all the roads.

So he suddenly stood up and jumped onto the roof.

But the next moment, the mummy appeared in front of him like a shadow and slapped him hard!
Wu Yan's pupils contracted and he held his sword horizontally to block, but he was ultimately unable to withstand the force and was knocked off the roof by a palm strike, falling into the crowd of villagers.

"They..."

Mei Lishen smiled sinisterly and said, "For generations, they have been slaves of my Mei family."

Wu Yan fell among the villagers. Without hesitation, these villagers raised the farm tools in their hands and smashed them at him!
Although these villagers were under control, their speed and strength were far inferior to those of the mummies. When the rapier swept past, a flash of blood appeared in an instant. Blood spurted out of the throats of several villagers around them and they stumbled back.

"They, every generation, from the moment they are born, have to take the immortality poison that we have passed down from generation to generation and become our puppets!" Mei Lishen laughed and said, "Their lives should have been controlled by me!"

The villagers whose throats were cut stood up again. Silk threads stretched out from their wounds, and the threads contracted, actually restoring the wounds to their original state!

Wu Yan tightened his grip on the sword.

The mummies also jumped off the roof, stood with the villagers, and rushed towards him like a tide.

He took a deep breath and swung his rapier again, a strong killing intent rising from him. Mei Li stood not far away, watching the battle leisurely, smiling smugly and sinisterly, and slowly telling his secret.

"My Mei family is a famous and prestigious family in the capital! We have a group of warriors who are not afraid of death or pain! And these people are passed down from generation to generation!"

"But my father...haha, he's a coward."

"He doesn't dare to use this kind of power. He's afraid! He clearly has the ability to roam the martial arts world, but he's afraid of everything. He doesn't even dare to stay in the capital. He ran to this remote place to farm?!"

"Haha... I should have become a big shot, a big shot who would go down in history! But because of him, I don't even have money to go to school!"

"He's so stupid, so stupid. All these years, has he really thought of himself as a wise elder respected by the villagers? Hahahaha... Can't he see that these villagers have always been afraid of us and hate us? He still thinks these people really respect him!"

"These people were born to die for our Mei family! They were born to be our slaves, why do they have the right to live such a leisurely life!"

"But... I disguised myself very well."

Mei Lishen smiled so hard that his eyes narrowed together. "Over the years, I have hidden my emotions very well. Father didn't notice anything. He didn't know that I had found the family secret book and opened my spiritual orifice a long time ago. Even he himself didn't know that I had cast the immortality poison on him!"

Wu Yan was in a tough fight.

He was not afraid of pain or injury, but his enemies were even more terrifying than him. These villagers had completely lost consciousness. They had turned from living people into dead people, but they were still puppets controlled by others.

What’s worse is that there is also a mummy whose strength is comparable to that of a seventh-level warrior!

In just a moment, there was no good meat left on Wu Yan's body.

He and the villagers were bleeding madly. The village paths were soaked with blood and became extremely muddy. Every sword and every step raised a large amount of dust stained with the smell of blood.

"Now, everything is coming to an end."

Mei Lishen smiled and said, "Everything is about to begin."

"After his father died, he probably realized something and didn't want anyone to touch his body. But he was too old and too stupid. Such a simple trick could be solved by hiring a little killer."

"Now, his body is mine, and everyone in this village is mine too."

puff!

During the fierce battle, the mummy reached its claws into Wu Yan's chest and abdomen, piercing his torso.

Wu Yan spat out a mouthful of blood mist, reached out to grab the mummy's hand and pulled it out.

But during this time, the surrounding farm tools fell like raindrops, hitting him on the head and body.

He won't feel pain, but he will be weak.

After turning around and swinging his sword in vain to kill the surrounding villagers, he was slapped hard on the back by the mummy and finally fell into a pool of blood.

"Hehehe..."

Mei Lishen smiled, walked slowly over and stood in front of Wu Yan.

"The assassin from Xiyu Pavilion is indeed very powerful."

He said leisurely: "But now, I may not be able to afford to offend you."

As he said this, he stretched out his foot with some disgust, hooked Wu Yan's shoulder and kicked him over.

Wu Yan was lying on his back with his face up, his eyes lifeless, his body soaked in blood, with horrible bone injuries and dents in many places. The blood holes in his chest and abdomen were extremely creepy, and one could even see his internal organs through the wounds.

Mei Lishen smiled and stretched out his hand, and a villager next to him handed him a sickle at the right time.

He gripped the sickle tightly, squatted down, and calmly hooked it into Wu Yan's stomach.

Wu Yan lay on the ground, motionless and without any reaction.

Immediately afterwards, Mei stood up and pulled the sickle!
With a loud bang, the intestines mixed with blood were pulled out from the abdomen!

Looking at Wu Yan who was still motionless, Mei Lishen felt relieved.

"Well, it seems that you are dead."

He smiled, threw away the sickle, clapped his hands, and prepared to get up.

But at this moment, a cold light suddenly flashed before his eyes.

Mei Lishen hadn't fully reacted yet, still smiling, and stood up.

But at this moment, he suddenly felt a chill on his neck, as if something sticky, wet and hot was flowing down his chest.

A hint of doubt flashed in his eyes, and he reached out his hand.

is blood……

At this moment, he saw Wu Yan, who was supposed to be dead on the ground, suddenly moved his mouth.

"I'm not interested in your secrets."

"But it seems that you don't intend to pay the final payment for hiring a killer."

Wu Yan's voice was tired but calm.

(End of this chapter)