Uncle Nine: Scattering beans to create soldiers? I'm using plants and trees to create soldiers.

The night wind, carrying a thick aura of corpses, swept across the desolate valley, while the crisp sounds of magical artifacts clashing echoed continuously from the dense forest ahead.

The air was filled with a nauseating, stench of corpses, and the withered branches and leaves on the ground made a jumbled sound as they were trampled.

Lin Xuan and Uncle Jiu stood on the outer edge of the poisonous miasma, looking at the churning black fog in front of them, and exchanged a glance.

Immediately, the master and apprentice quickened their pace and headed deeper into the valley.

At this moment, deep within the poisonous miasma of the valley, five Li family guards dressed in night clothes were back to back.

They struggled to hold on against dozens of blue-faced, fanged zombies, each of them bearing wounds.

"It's all your fault for snapping that branch!" The tall, thin guard brandished his longsword, slashing away the zombies. "You attracted all these patrolling bastards!"

"Bullshit, I didn't make a sound at all!" the scarred man shouted back as he struggled to fend off the onslaught of the zombies.

"You were the one who got caught talking too loudly," the scarred man panted. "And now you're trying to shift the blame?"

"Shut the hell up!" the black-clad captain roared.

He sidestepped a zombie's sharp claws and swung his sword backhand, slashing heavily across the zombie's thick neck.

The immense recoil caused his arm to go numb, and even the blade of his longsword became dull.

"The chieftain's orders are for us to stay until tomorrow morning," the black-clad captain gasped. "In your current state, we're all going to die here tonight!"

The scarred man turned his head away to avoid the stench of the zombie's breath, his face extremely pale.

"Captain, why did we have to go into this valley and suffer like this?"

"Couldn't we just wander around the perimeter?"

The tall, thin guard nodded repeatedly, his voice tinged with obvious fear. "There are too many zombies here, and they're extremely sensitive to the scent of living people!"

The captain in black punched back the approaching zombie, then turned to look at the growing number of shadowy figures around him.

"That makes sense. Let's move outside."

Upon hearing this, the other four guards perked up and immediately unleashed their inner energy to force back the zombies in front of them.

They turned around and prepared to force their way out of the dangerous valley.

But just as they turned around, a sharp whooshing sound suddenly came from the dark woods around them!

"What do you think our Corpse Demon Sect is?"

A cold, hoarse voice drifted out from all directions.

"Come and go as you please?"

Accompanied by a sinister laugh, figures dressed in long black linen robes slowly emerged from the surrounding tree canopy and shadows.

They reeked of a nauseating, putrid stench of death, and their faces were a deathly bluish-black.

Beside each of these black-robed evil cultivators were several tall and muscular armored zombies!

Dozens of chilling gazes instantly pierced through the thick fog and landed on the five members of the Li family in front of them.

Upon seeing this scene, the five Li family guards instantly lost all color in their faces, and an overwhelming sense of despair welled up in their hearts.

"Oh no!" The scarred man's legs trembled and his lips quivered.

The number of the opposing force was simply too large, and judging from the fluctuations in their auras alone, these evil cultivators' cultivation levels were almost equal to theirs.

These five defeated soldiers had no chance of breaking out of this inescapable trap!

"Move! Slaughter them all, you corpse-refining cultivators!" the black-robed evil cultivator leader coldly ordered.

Immediately, the disciples of the Corpse Lord Sect all around shook the bronze bells in their hands, controlling the surrounding zombie horde to charge forward in a frenzy!

With nowhere left to retreat, the five members of the Li family could only let out a wild, desperate roar like wild beasts!

The five of them simultaneously activated the remaining strange blood within their bodies, and patches of bluish-black serpent scales instantly pierced through their skin and grew out.

With the activation of their bloodline, the Li family members experienced a significant increase in both strength and defense, barely managing to withstand the fierce onslaught of the first wave of zombies.

Behind the crowd, a tall and burly man from the Corpse Demon Sect was originally just watching the battle with his arms crossed.

Upon seeing the bluish-black scales growing on the Li family members, a look of keen interest immediately appeared in the burly man's eyes.

"These guys are in pretty good physical condition."

He stuck out his scarlet tongue and licked his chapped lips. "Using you to refine corpses will definitely produce excellent results!"

Before he finished speaking, the ground beneath the burly man's feet shattered with a deafening roar, and his imposing body hurtled toward the most powerful member of the Li family, Captain Li!

While still in mid-air, the burly man suddenly swung his right arm and delivered a powerful punch straight out!

A sharp, gust of wind howled, and the enormous fist was enveloped in a thick, viscous layer of green corpse energy.

Seeing that there was no way to avoid it, the captain in black could only grit his teeth and pour all his blood and energy into his arms covered with scales.

He crossed his arms in front of him to block the attack!

A dull thud echoed through the forest.

The captain in black felt as if his arms had been struck by a heavy hammer, and his bones emitted a dull groan.

He couldn't even stand up straight for half a step before his body flew backward and crashed heavily into a thick tree trunk behind him.

"Pfft!" The captain in black spat out a mouthful of blood, his aura instantly weakening to the extreme.

He collapsed onto the muddy ground covered with decaying leaves, unable to move.

The burly man from the Corpse Demon Sect landed on the ground, looking down at the blood-spitting captain of the Li family with a contemptuous grin on his face.

"With this little strength, you dare to go toe-to-toe with me?"

The burly man clenched his fists, making a series of cracking sounds, and strode forward to continue approaching the fallen captain.

"Just obediently become my corpse-refining material!"

However, just as he was about to step forward and snap Captain Li's neck, a whooshing sound suddenly came from the depths of the mist behind him!

Immediately following was a series of dull thuds as heavy objects crashed to the ground!

With the heavy object hitting the ground, there were sounds of bones cracking, and several shrill screams that had changed tone.

The burly man from the Corpse Demon Sect stopped in his tracks, raising his thick eyebrows in confusion.

"What's that noise?"

He turned his head, frowning as he looked behind him at the thick fog of corpse energy.

An invisible wave of air force forcefully pushed aside the fog ahead, and Lin Xuan walked slowly out of the woods with his hands behind his back.

Lin Xuan's expression was completely calm, even somewhat nonchalant, as he walked straight towards the center of the battle.

Two armored zombies covered in green fur roared and pounced on him, their sharp black claws aimed straight for Lin Xuan's face.

Lin Xuan didn't even glance at it, but casually swung his right fist, smashing it solidly into the chest of one of the zombies!

Click!

The armored zombie, impervious to blades and spears, had its chest caved in, and its heavy body was sent flying several meters away!

With the sound of trees breaking, the zombie smashed into a thick tree and snapped it in two.

Immediately afterward, Lin Xuan didn't stop, and casually kicked another zombie in the abdomen with his right leg!

With a muffled thud, the zombie flew straight back and crashed heavily into a nearby boulder.

With a crisp sound of bones breaking, the zombie didn't even struggle before falling into the mud pit and remaining motionless.

Behind Lin Xuan, on the left and right, followed two tall, thin, and eerie figures exuding a chilling aura.

Those were two elite soldiers with ferocious snake heads and thick snake tails coiled around their lower bodies.

The grass-leaf spears held by the soldiers of the Water Palace gleamed with a deadly cold light!

In the shadows further away, Uncle Nine followed at a leisurely pace with his hands behind his back, showing no intention of interfering.

The burly man from the Corpse Demon Sect narrowed his eyes dangerously after seeing Lin Xuan's exaggerated, seemingly leisurely demeanor.

He turned his head and glanced at Captain Li, who was lying paralyzed on the ground beside him, and sneered.

"Do these people have outside help?"

But then, a bloodthirsty glint flashed in the burly man's eyes, and the muscles in his thick arms instantly swelled up.

"Who cares who they are?" The burly man twisted his thick neck, his eyes filled with murderous intent. "Anyone who dares to cause trouble at our Corpse King Sect's headquarters will be killed on sight!"