26: Chapter 26 Anomalies in Pingshu Town!

Inside Pingshu Town, everything was deathly silent!

A soldier wearing tattered armor was staring intently at the area outside the low city gate!

Outside the gate, it was incredibly eerie... as if one were in the treacherous depths of the underworld!

The terrain of the Sanchuan Sand Sea is extremely complex; besides the vast expanses of yellow sand, there are also many ruins of Ancient Battlefields, mountain peaks, fissures, and underground areas.

Pingshu Town is located underground, a town built by hollowing out a mountain peak!

Originally, Pingshu Town survived by mining the rare 'Qianhe Iron', but as the Qianhe Iron was gradually mined to exhaustion, it was abandoned by the noble family...

The commoners who migrated here have only been here for three generations... they never see the light of day, and only on rare occasions can they go outside the mountain during their spare time from work.

However, with the change of ownership of the land deed, the harassment of demons, and the blockade of the entrance... gradually, they could no longer go out.

Until now!

And now, Mining Team Leader had to face an even thornier problem!

That is... the demons have already broken through the outermost layer of the Restriction and the giant boulders, swallowing and occupying a small part of the town and the vast majority of the mining tunnels!

Their situation was becoming increasingly precarious!

Mining Team Leader was not a Dao soldier, nor even a regular soldier.

He was the mining foreman who remained after the noble family left and all the guards had died!

He took charge of the defense work of this place!

Gradually, he earned the respect of the others!

At this moment, Mining Team Leader was constantly patrolling the city walls, his eyes sharp but unable to hide his exhaustion!

Beside him, a person with a numb and exhausted expression reported.

"Big Brother Xu... our food is running out!"

"The imperial court and the Xu Family still haven't sent anyone here, it looks like... it looks like we don't know how long we have to wait!"

"Pingshu Town currently has about two hundred and thirty able-bodied men left, and nearly five hundred elderly, weak, women, and children."

"Even with strict rationing, the food will only last for half a month!"

"After half a month... we will be completely out of food!"

"Why don't we have a full meal, fight these Yao Beasts, and carve out a path to survival!"

Another person beside them said in a deep voice.

"Maybe we should wait... perhaps, the reinforcements are still on the way?"

It was a matter of life and death, and they were just some miners holding their ground.

Naturally, they could not decide the fate of hundreds of people... they all turned their gazes to Mining Team Leader.

Mining Team Leader stared at the several pitch-black tunnels filled with mist for a long time before hoarsely saying.

"There will be no reinforcements..."

The miner who had previously said to wait for reinforcements turned deathly pale.

Mining Team Leader pointed at the tunnel and said hoarsely.

"If the land deed were still here, the Yao Beasts would definitely be extremely wary... but in recent days, the Yao Beast invasion has become increasingly unscrupulous."

"This means the land deed has already changed hands!"

"We were purchased from Taihe Prefecture and brought here... you should know this."

"These Yao Beast animals are also bullies who fear the strong!"

"Facing the land deed left by a powerful noble family, they wouldn't dare to act rashly!"

"This Xu Family... has already abandoned us!"

The miner who was prepared to rush out slapped the loess ground and said grimly.

"Isn't this deliberately using us as cannon fodder? Won't they be punished by the imperial court?"

"The imperial court? The imperial court is naturally in cahoots with these animals!"

"How could they possibly care about the lives of us commoners!"

"Big Brother Xu... Big Brother Xu!!!"

Just as the three were discussing, a person hurried over, drenched in sweat.

"It's bad! Mist has appeared in the No. 1 Mining Tunnel... Xu Erniang and the others, along with over a hundred elderly, weak, women, and children, are all trapped inside!"

"What!"

"Damn demons!"

The No. 1 Mining Tunnel was the first mining tunnel to be developed, extending hundreds of meters downward, with an extremely wide platform.

It seemed to connect to a water vein inside, making it quite damp.

Therefore, after it was abandoned, it had other uses.

Growing mushrooms and some unique grade-level spirit plants.

Since the land deed changed hands, the commoners of Pingshu Town had nowhere to go, and just eating dry rations was naturally not enough... they also desperately needed these mushrooms and spirit plants.

This was a very important source of nutrition!

It accounted for thirty percent of Pingshu Town's food supply!

Now that it was occupied... it was practically costing them their lives!

Furthermore... there were over a hundred elderly, weak, women, and children trapped inside!

That Xu Erniang is a Spirit Farmer!

Mining Team Leader dared not delay, a fierce look flashed in his eyes!

"Grab your weapons! Charge over there!"

...

Inside the No. 1 Mining Tunnel... Shen Yi smelled the scent of blood in the air.

He looked forward...

He saw Yao Beasts, each about 1.5 meters tall, hanging upside down from the ceiling, staring at Shen Yi with blood-red eyes!

Shen Yi stared back at them without fear, but was stunned to discover.

"Where the hell did this bring me?"

"Where did these Black-skinned Stone Bats come from?"

Black-skinned Stone Bats are low-level Yao creatures, but when they combine, they can cast a Demonic Technique that can raise black mist... The black mist can obscure the senses of other Yao Beasts and immortal cultivators... but the Black-skinned Stone Bats can move freely through it.

In other words, they have set up a 'ghost hitting the wall' illusion for themselves...

But these Black-skinned Stone Bats often appear in underground mining tunnels...

Wait...

Shen Yi looked left and right.

"Isn't this an underground tunnel, a mining tunnel?"

"Where did this bring him?"

A shrill screech came from behind...

Shen Yi turned his head to look and discovered several Black-skinned Stone Bats beginning to charge at him.

These animals are truly cunning; they locked onto him at first glance!

But he sat steadily on his horse, unmoved by this... and even sneered repeatedly.

Several Black-skinned Stone Bats rushed over... but faster than the Black-skinned Stone Bats was the Three-Star Chain Shot from Zhou Xian!

Rip!

The abundant force of the arrow instantly poured into the center of the brow of the leading Black-skinned Stone Bat... its massive Physical Body collapsed with a boom.

And the Rakshasa Guard below thrust their long blades upward violently... instantly cutting the Physical Body in two.

A wisp of Evil Qi entered the Physical Body of the Rakshasa Guard, and the Rakshasa Guard's face swelled, as if they had eaten some panacea!

"Battle! Refreshing!"

Evil Qi is a truly peculiar thing; it cannot derive itself from heaven and earth, but whenever there is a war, it can appear out of thin air!

It can provide an endless supply and enhancement for Dao soldiers!

As long as the Dao soldiers' strength can keep up, they can completely achieve invincibility!

And just when Zhou Xian was about to bend his bow and nock an arrow again... the figures of Di the Charcoal and Wang Meng charged out from Shen Yi's left and right!

Like two ferocious door gods!

Blood-colored blade light suddenly descended... several Black-skinned Stone Bats were instantly slaughtered completely!

Di the Charcoal watched Wang Meng, who was pinching Black-skinned Stone Bats as if they were little chicks, his eyelids twitching constantly.

"This is too scary!"

"Using Physical Body to fight evil spirits!"

Seeing this, the Rakshasa Guard began to push forward continuously into the depths of the mining tunnel!

But they saw more and more Black-skinned Stone Bats!!!

The Rakshasa Guard naturally had no need to worry... but those Dead Prisoner Camp soldiers were having some difficulty parrying!

However, Shen Yi did not care... Black-skinned Stone Bats are no longer considered powerful Yao creatures, compared to the Yao Beast tide they had to face during their first battle.

This was already giving them enough time for tempering!

If they still couldn't survive this, then they could only blame themselves for being too weak!

He only needed to select the capable ones and convert them into Dao soldiers!

As for those who deserved to die... they would die sooner or later.

This is survival of the fittest!

And soon... a shrill screech suddenly came from the front.

A blood-soaked Dead Prisoner Camp soldier who was pushing forward encountered a humanoid figure and yelled.

"Sir... there is a humanoid evil spirit here!"

"Bullshit! You're the evil spirit!"