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

The burly man from the Corpse Demon Sect rapidly changed his hand seals, then suddenly pointed his fingers at Lin Xuan's face.

"Tear him apart!"

The burly man's neck veins bulged as he roared fiercely.

Several armored zombies waiting nearby raised their deathly gray heads in unison upon hearing the command from the copper bell.

The eerie green gaze instantly locked onto Lin Xuan, and the creature stomped its heel on the muddy ground, charging forward with a stench of blood!

Lin Xuan stood with his hands behind his back, raising an eyebrow slightly as he watched the horde of corpses rushing towards him.

He turned his head and said calmly, "Go, clear out all the scum around here."

The two serpent spear soldiers standing beside him nodded slightly, their serpent tails suddenly swung, and their bodies shot out like arrows, breaking through the poisonous miasma!

Trailing trails of pale white mist, their blades of grass-like serpent spears flashed with sharp light as they plunged without hesitation into the panicked array of evil cultivators.

The spear flashed through the air, each time tearing through the mist, it brought with it a shower of foul-smelling blood.

The screams and the sound of severed limbs flying instantly shattered the deathly silence of the valley.

"You ignorant Taoist brat, you've only recruited two soldiers, and you dare to show off in front of me?!"

Before the burly man could finish his cold snort, four massive, towering, armored zombies had already surrounded him!

Four sharp, greenish-brown claws blocked Lin Xuan's escape routes, accompanied by a piercing whistling sound, and went straight for his chest and face!

Faced with such an attack that could crush even pig iron, Lin Xuan stomped his foot.

As the soil flew, he leaped several feet off the ground, effortlessly dodging the four claw-like shadows.

While in mid-air, Lin Xuan exerted force from his waist and hips, his legs instantly tearing through the air and turning into a series of domineering afterimages!

The surging blood and qi, carrying the force of a thunderbolt, swept precisely across the heads of the four zombies!

Bang, bang, bang, bang!

Four chilling, dull thuds rang out almost simultaneously.

The supposedly invulnerable armored zombie had its neck broken by a powerful kick, its massive head twisting eerily behind it.

The heavy corpse was sent flying backwards, tumbling and crashing into a pile of decaying leaves in the distance, breaking several large trees.

Blackish-purple, foul-smelling corpse blood gushed out from the seven orifices, spreading a pungent stain on the ground.

Lin Xuan landed lightly, his clothes not even getting a speck of mud or water on them.

He slipped again, as if shrinking the distance between them, and headed straight for the burly man.

The burly man's ferocious grin froze instantly, his eyes widened as if they were about to pop out of their sockets, and his throat tightened.

He knew better than anyone how tough the armored corpse he had painstakingly forged over the years was; even a magic sword from an ordinary mage couldn't leave a white mark on it!

This young Taoist priest... crippled four iron corpses on the spot with just two whip kicks?!

This is not a Taoist priest; this physical body is even more ferocious than the monsters in the mountains!

A chill ran straight to the top of his head. The burly man didn't even bother to say a word of politeness before turning around and desperately plunging into the depths of the mist!

But he had only taken two steps when a suffocating, violent current of air suddenly pressed down on the back of his neck.

"Are you in such a hurry to leave?"

Lin Xuan's voice echoed softly in his ear.

The burly man was terrified and was about to turn around and beg for mercy when Lin Xuan's fist, wrapped in azure lightning, landed with tremendous force on his back and spine without any fancy moves!

Click!

A crisp, cracking sound of bones breaking rang out, followed by the burly man's agonizing scream, like a pig being slaughtered.

His burly body flew several feet away and crashed heavily into the mud pit, gushing out mouthfuls of dark blood mixed with fragments of internal organs.

He convulsed, horrified to discover that his lower body had completely lost sensation.

The thunderous force and immense power contained in that punch directly shattered his spinal cord and severed all his meridians!

He could only strain to move his eyes, watching the scene before him with trepidation.

Lin Xuan's figure moved freely through the mist.

Each punch either shattered a zombie's skull or snapped the neck of an evil cultivator.

With the help of those two fierce-looking water palace soldiers, the entire battle was a one-sided sweep with no suspense whatsoever.

In less than half an incense stick's time, the evil cultivators and iron corpses of the Corpse Demon Sect, who had been so murderous just moments before, were lying scattered on the ground, all dead.

Under the shade of the tree, the five Li family guards who had miraculously survived were dumbfounded, their minds buzzing.

Such terrifying skills, capable of overturning rivers and seas, completely overturned their understanding of Taoist disciples!

Even if it were an elder of the Li family who had awakened the blood of the serpent, in terms of physique and brute strength alone, he would probably be no match for the young man in front of him!

The scarred man swallowed hard, his voice trembling as he spoke, "Captain... Captain, could this expert really be a spy planted by the clan chief?"

Upon hearing this, the remaining guards trembled, as if they had grasped a lifeline in a desperate situation.

Yup!

Their mission this time was inexplicably strange. The clan insisted on sending a few of them, the lowly minions, to break into the Corpse Demon Gate, without even sending an elder in charge. It was clearly a suicide mission!

It turns out... all of this was a brilliant scheme laid out by our ancestors!

They were nothing more than bait thrown out to lure the snake out of its hole!

The seemingly unassuming young Taoist priest before us is actually the clan leader's ultimate trump card, the one he invited to sweep away the Corpse Demon Sect's headquarters!

At this thought, the five men's eyes turned red, and the overwhelming joy of surviving the ordeal surged into their hearts.

The clan chief did not abandon them!

Our ancestors were indeed farsighted and resourceful!

As Lin Xuan casually snapped the neck of the last evil cultivator, the mountains and forests finally returned to silence.

Lin Xuan casually straightened his sleeves, turned around, and his gaze fell on the five members of the Li family.

Seeing Lin Xuan looking over, the captain in black, enduring the excruciating pain from his severed arm, scrambled forward.

Pfft!

The captain slammed his knees into the mud and water, then banged his head on the ground.

"Thank you so much for saving my life!"

The other four guards also hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed repeatedly.

"Thanks for saving us, sir!"

"Our lord is incredibly powerful; we are utterly in awe!"

Seeing the group of Li family members in front of him, with snot and tears streaming down their faces, frantically kowtowing to him, Lin Xuan couldn't help but stop in his tracks.

He raised an eyebrow slightly.

"You... thank me?"

The captain in black lifted his face, which was covered in mud.

"Boss, please stop hiding it from us. Aren't you the one the clan leader sent?"

Lin Xuan's lips twitched, and he almost burst out laughing.

So these few dim-witted, unlucky guys really think they're the reinforcements the Li family brought in?

"Yes, yes, you guessed exactly right."

Lin Xuan suppressed a smile and nodded in agreement.

"I was indeed sent by your clan chief."

Upon hearing this self-admission, the captain in black collapsed to the ground with a sigh of relief, letting out a long breath.

"Phew... I knew it. The clan leader is wise and mighty; why would he send us here to die for no reason..."

However, before he could finish speaking...

A deep, violent whooshing sound suddenly erupted from above without warning!

boom!

With a sharp, cracking sound as his sternum shattered, the black-clad captain, who had just been filled with emotion, didn't even have time to let out a scream!

His entire chest was completely caved in by Lin Xuan's powerful punch, and blood mixed with shattered internal organs gushed out of his mouth several feet!

The smiles on the faces of the four guards behind them instantly froze.

They stood frozen in place, watching helplessly as their captain flew backwards several meters like a tattered straw mat, crashing heavily into a giant tree beside him, his head lolling to the side, and he died on the spot.

Everyone was stunned, their minds going blank for a moment.

What... what's going on?!

This big shot in front of me... isn't he one of our own?!

Why would someone kill someone just because they've turned on you?!

Just as they were horrified, Lin Xuan calmly withdrew his fist.

He looked down at the four remaining survivors and said calmly.

"Your clan chief did indeed send me to settle things with you."

"If you have any doubts, go to hell and tell him slowly!"