I work as a security guard at a cemetery, and I overhear the dead chatting about getting rich quick.

"Sword Slave?"

Lin Ye had just asked the question.

The sword cries from deep within the suspended mountain grew even denser.

hum-

This time it was no longer a simple weapon resonance.

It's more like something has woken up in droves.

Xie Hongyi had already walked towards the temporary passage.

"Go back to the mountain."

Cheng Fang followed.

"Make things clear first."

"What is a sword slave?"

Xie Hongyi didn't stop walking.

"Made by humans."

"It wasn't all people."

With just one sentence, everyone's expression turned somber.

She continued:

"During the later stages of the ancient war, the Sword Sect was short of people."

"The severely injured disciples, the remains of the fallen cultivators, and the damaged spirit swords—all usable ones have been reforged."

"Reunite the mangled body with the sword bones."

"Only the fighting instinct remains."

Lin Ye frowned.

Does it have a soul?

"There is no complete soul."

"Then how do we move?"

"Formation."

Xie Hongyi looked at Xuanshan.

"The Sword Tomb is their nest."

Wanling added a sentence.

"This kind of thing is troublesome."

Horcruxes are ineffective against them.

Lin Ye immediately thought of the Tongueless Soul-Suppressing Bell.

Fortunately, I didn't bring it this time.

The more troublesome part is identifying the soul.

For something that lacks a complete soul, the ability to discern its soul is essentially worthless.

"quantity?"

Cheng Fang asked.

Xie Hongyi remained silent for half a second.

"Before the mountain was sealed off, there were still more than two hundred swords in the Sword Tomb."

The scene fell silent.

Not two.

It's over two hundred.

Moreover, this data is from two thousand years ago.

Cheng Fang picked up the terminal directly.

"The first exploration team has cancelled its plans to continue deeper into the area."

"The second team is ready to enter the field."

"The technical team retrieved all the old coordinates around the Sword Tomb."

"Notify the outside that the entrance to the mountain gate is ready to retreat at any time."

The order was quickly relayed.

No one got excited just because Xie Hongyi said "more than two hundred".

This is not a monster-hunting area.

The real important thing is to bring the people who are still in the mountains out of the mountains.

Xie Hongyi did not object.

She knows better than anyone else now.

The Cangfeng Mountain is no longer the Cangfeng Mountain she remembers.

When the space channel is reconnected.

Zhou Xiao had already led several outer disciples to guard the mountain gate.

They all looked unwell.

"Senior sister."

"The array patterns over at the Sword Tomb are all lit up."

"Three people haven't returned yet."

"Who?"

"The two wells of the spirit patrol."

"And Xu An went to the back mountain to see the entrance to the Sleeping Ground."

Xie Hongyi's face darkened.

"Location?"

Zhou Xiao immediately pointed to a simple map inside the mountain gate.

The three of them were on the outskirts of the Sword Tomb.

Not the deepest.

But they're not close either.

Cheng Fang only glanced at it.

"Save lives first."

"I won't touch the Sword Tomb."

This is the safest option right now.

Lin Ye and his companions once again entered Cangfeng Mountain.

The environment is different from what it was half an hour ago.

The spiritual energy is even stronger.

The wind became even more chaotic.

The once quiet mountain path was now filled with the clanging of swords.

It didn't come from any particular direction.

A broken sword hidden in the mountainside.

Old weapons in the building.

Even several moss-covered stones by the roadside were shaking.

The spirit opened.

The forest was almost completely filled.

The spiritual energy structure of the entire Cangfeng Mountain is operating at an accelerated pace.

And the direction of the Sword Tomb.

There was a large area where the sound was the most jarring.

尖。

dense.

One layer on top of another.

It's like hundreds or thousands of metal needles rubbing against each other at the same time.

Don't listen to everything.

Wanling Reminder.

"Shrink the scope."

Lin Ye did as instructed.

Only lock onto the area 200 meters ahead.

The sound finally became clear.

They first went to the two outer disciples who were closest.

It was a section of stone corridor that had partially collapsed.

The person hasn't been seen yet.

The blood was seen first.

There was a long drag mark on the wall.

Half a sword was lying on the ground.

It's not the old sword.

It was just broken.

Xie Hongyi's expression immediately changed.

"Xu Ping!"

A response came from the front.

"Senior Sister!"

still alive.

The group sped up.

Go around the stone corridor.

Two disciples of Cangfeng Mountain were huddled behind a dilapidated hall.

One of them had blood all over his left leg.

Another person stood guard in front, sword in hand.

And below the stone steps.

A figure was standing there.

Turn your back to them.

He was also wearing an old robe from Cangfeng Mountain.

But something was clearly wrong with his body.

His left shoulder collapsed completely.

Half of the arm was no longer flesh and blood.

Instead, it was a section of dark sword.

There are also large metallic patterns on the neck area.

It stood there.

Not moving at all.

It was as if no rescue team had been found.

Xie Hongyi had already raised her hand.

Don't go over there.

Lin Ye Ling Ting also spread out at the same time.

There was no heartbeat.

He is not breathing.

There was no normal soul sound either.

There was only one extremely rigid cycle of spiritual energy.

Enter from the waist and abdomen.

Passing through the spine.

Finally, it was all poured into that sword arm.

Once.

One more time.

It's so mechanical it doesn't seem alive.

"This is the Sword Slave?"

"Um."

Xie Hongyi's voice was cold.

"The lowest level."

The lowest level.

The two outer disciples have been forced to the point that one is injured and the other is crippled.

Cheng Fang looked at Lin Ye.

"weakness?"

"Still listening."

Lin Ye was not in a hurry.

Sword slaves have no soul.

Then I won't listen to the soul.

Listen to the structure.

The spiritual energy within it does not circulate naturally.

It's more like someone forcibly constructed a battle route.

Each time, the liquid is poured from the waist and abdomen down to the shoulders.

They all pass through a very narrow connection point on the chest.

The pause there was extremely brief.

But there are.

Lin Ye raised his hand.

"Below the sternum."

"Two inches to the right."

Xu Mian has found the right angle.

Lower the muzzle of the gun.

boom!

The bullet hit its mark precisely.

Sword Slave's body jolted violently.

It's not a reaction to injury.

Instead, the entire sword arm simultaneously lost control.

It drooped for a moment.

Xie Hongyi has arrived.

The longsword was drawn.

A sword light sliced ​​into his neck from the side.

Half of his head, along with his metal skeleton, fell to the ground.

The sword slave stood there for two seconds.

crashed down.

It ended very quickly.

There was no entanglement.

But Lin Ye's expression didn't soften.

Three more similar voices could be heard from further away.

"besides."

Cheng Fang immediately ordered his men to take the two wounded men away.

"withdraw."

Xie Hongyi did not object.

The two outer disciples had just been helped up.

The other end of the stone corridor.

A new sword slave emerged.

Then the second one.

The third one.

The bodies were mutilated to varying degrees.

Different shapes of sword bones.

One of them even had half of his face made of metal.

They didn't shout.

There was no anger.

They just turned their heads in this direction at the same time.

next second.

The three streams of spiritual energy circulate together at an accelerated pace.

"Walk!"

Cheng Fang stayed until the very end.

The team quickly retreated.

Xu Mian suppressed the sword slave at the front with two consecutive shots.

Qin Zhao set fire to seal off the stone corridor.

The firewall was raised.

One of the sword slaves actually emerged directly through the embers.

The clothes are on fire.

The skin and flesh were charred black.

The speed didn't decrease much.

"They are not afraid of pain."

Xie Hongyi said.

"Destroy the structure."

Lin Ye has been captured again.

"The waist on the left."

"The middle of the chest."

"The last one behind the neck!"

Gunshots, sword flashes, and embers fell simultaneously.

Three nodes were breached in succession.

The sword slave's movements instantly became chaotic.

This time, no one wanted to fight.

Take advantage of their imbalance.

Everyone evacuated the stone corridor.

But just as they were about to turn in the direction of the last missing disciple.

Lin Ye suddenly stopped.

front.

wrong.

Not one.

Within the range of spiritual hearing.

The rigid spiritual energy circulation unique to sword slaves is rapidly increasing.

Five.

ten.

Twenty.

It's still bubbling out.

They are not scattered.

They came out from the same direction.

Sword Tomb.

Xie Hongyi also heard the sound of swords getting closer and closer.

His face darkened completely.

"The formation has been activated."

Cheng Fang asked:

"What do you mean?"

"The sword slave won't wake up on his own."

Xie Hongyi stared into the distance.

"The Sword Tomb Formation is releasing them."

Lin Ye's heart sank.

This is no longer just about saving three people.

Once all two hundred-plus sword slaves have awakened.

The newly awakened disciples of the outer sect were no match for them.

Not to mention the sleeping grounds behind the Sword Tomb.

Cheng Fang quickly changed the order.

"All personnel who have been revived at Cangfeng Mountain are to retreat to the mountain gate."

"The second team is coming in to provide support."

"The wounded should be given priority."

"The Sword Tomb area is temporarily abandoned."

Xie Hongyi, however, looked in another direction.

"And Xu An."

The last person to go missing.

It's in an area closer to the Sword Tomb.

Cheng Fang looked at her.

"The exact location?"

Xie Hongyi pointed to a broken bridge ahead.

"Cross the bridge, three hundred feet."

Cheng Fang only glanced at the approaching red dot of spiritual energy monitoring.

"go."

"Rescue them and leave immediately."

No discussion.

The group turned towards the broken bridge.

The further you go.

The sword cries grew louder and louder.

Lin Ye could even hear heavy footsteps coming from the other side of the stone bridge.

A sound.

Two sounds.

Dozens of sounds.

I just reached the bridgehead.

Xu Mian suddenly raised her gun.

"There's someone there."

It's foggy ahead.

A young man stumbled out.

It was Xu An.

He injured his right shoulder.

His back was covered in blood.

Upon seeing Xie Hongyi, he was about to speak.

next second.

A hand that had completely transformed into a sword blade emerged from behind the fog.

puff!

It pierced his shoulder directly.

Xu An was pulled backward.

Xie Hongyi drew her sword instantly.

Lin Ye also heard more sounds at the same time.

After the broken bridge.

Not a sword slave.

It's an entire area.

His expression completely changed.

"Save lives first."

"Then run."

"At least fifty more."

Cheng Fang's pupils contracted.

And further away.

The direction of Sword Tomb.

A muffled, loud bang suddenly exploded.

boom--

It's like there's something truly enormous.

The door was pushed open.