220: Chapter 221 Blue-Armored Bronze Corpse

Though they were not fast, their numbers were overwhelming; dense white bones surged like a tide, wave after wave, seemingly endless.

However, the most troublesome part was the evil qi clinging to the corpses.

Ordinary attacks were completely ineffective against it; one had to rely on Blood-Qi to forcefully grind it away.

If the evil qi was ignored, the scattered bone fragments would be drawn back together by the evil qi to reform a complete corpse, making them unkillable.

Zhang He had just shattered three skeletons with one slash, but after only a few breaths, the bone fragments were pieced back together as if by an invisible hand, clattering as they reformed into complete skeletons and wobbled back to their feet.

Helpless, Zhang He had to coat his blade in Blood-Qi to completely eradicate them.

"This won't do; the Blood-Qi consumption is too fast." Zhang He retreated while slashing.

To completely eradicate the evil qi from one corpse, it cost him at least one percent of his Blood-Qi.

Facing hundreds or thousands of corpses, he couldn't kill them all even if he worked himself to death.

"Killing these things is useless; they are just controlled Puppets. We must eliminate the source."

Yang Tiexin spoke up at this moment, his gaze landing on the only tombstone still standing halfway up the mountain.

The tombstone's surface was smooth as a mirror, with no carvings, only a deep crack running from top to bottom.

The evil qi there was densest, currently gathering into a thick column of black gas that shot straight into the sky, forming a slowly rotating vortex in the night sky.

Countless black threads hung down from the vortex, like a giant net enveloping the entire graveyard.

"As long as we kill the Demon secretly controlling the Formation, these Puppets will collapse on their own."

"Fine, I'll clear the path." With a casual blast shattering a corpse, the dark soul automatically covered his entire body.

This was an alternative use of the void ring.

Of course, the prerequisite was having strong enough Mental Energy to complete the gear change the instant an item was retrieved.

Coiling Dragon Force circulated deep within his muscles and bones, his Blood-Qi began to roar, and a tangible Blood-Qi Furnace gradually condensed above Lin Ye's head, incinerating all the evil qi within a ten-zhang radius.

"Good heavens, Kid Lin's Blood-Qi is too terrifying."

Old Man Shen was stunned at the sight.

Recalling when he first met Lin Ye, the lad had been so naive, but now he had grown to a level that even he had to look up to.

Truly, things have changed!

"Kill!" Lin Ye let out a low shout, then stepped forward, unleashing the Army-Breaking Staff Technique.

The staff wind was like a mad dragon passing through, shattering over a dozen corpses ahead and erupting into a large cloud of evil qi.

The evil qi churned violently in the air, attempting to reform the shattered corpses, but Lin Ye immediately struck down again; the dark golden patterns on the staff lit up one by one with his Blood-Qi, instantly incinerating the evil qi into nothingness.

There was no helping it; the quality of Lin Ye's Blood-Qi was too high, far beyond that of ordinary Martial Artists like Zhang He, who could barely condense a Blood-Qi Furnace.

Killing Demons was naturally easy and pleasant for him.

"Follow closely."

Activating Lightning Flash Movement, white arcs of electricity exploded beneath his feet, and Lin Ye's figure instantly transformed into a bolt of lightning, heading straight for the wordless tombstone halfway up the mountain.

Zhang He and Yang Tiexin followed closely behind, protecting both sides.

Although Old Man Shen had been injured at the Soul level, his Physical Body was unharmed; he could still occasionally use his Blood-Qi to deliver a strike, saving Zhang He and the others quite a bit of Blood-Qi.

The four of them moved quickly through the dense tide of corpses, leaving white bones scattered everywhere they passed.

Lin Ye's speed increased, the black iron heavy staff flying in his hands; every swing cleared a large empty space.

But those gaps were quickly filled by new corpses, endless and ceaseless.

This graveyard was like an inexhaustible arsenal, with skeletons continuously crawling out from the ground, desperately blocking everyone from approaching the tombstone.

Fortunately, everyone's combat power was sufficient; no matter how the corpses blocked them, they still got closer and closer to the wordless tombstone.

Wisps of evil qi were surging from all directions, wrapping around the tombstone.

Just as Lin Ye was about to charge straight to the tombstone in one go, the ground beneath his feet suddenly began to shake violently.

The next second, a massive stone coffin erupted from the ground not far ahead, bringing up a large amount of dirt and gravel.

Lin Ye didn't hesitate for a second, slamming his staff directly onto it.

Boom! The stone coffin shattered instantly, revealing what was inside.

It was a corpse clad in bronze armor, dark gold in color, with a frame more than twice the size of an ordinary person.

The Bronze-Armored Corpse held a rusted greatsword in its hand, but the blade remained sharp, gleaming coldly in the moonlight like a peerless weapon tainted by evil qi.

Hum!! The Bronze-Armored Corpse opened its eyes abruptly. There were no pupils or whites, only two dense black vortexes slowly rotating in its eye sockets, emitting a heart-palpitating Aura.

Immediately after, an Aura far surpassing that of the other Demons emanated from its body.

Peak Seventh Rank, perhaps even touching the threshold of the Sixth Rank.

It stared at Lin Ye silently, the surrounding air vibrating under that Aura, emitting a low humming sound.

"That's it, that is the Demon I was tracking before. But back then, its Aura wasn't this strong; it must have changed its Physical Body."

Old Man Shen reminded him from behind.

"It must be desperate, which is why it was forced to appear to stop us from destroying the Formation eye."

Yang Tiexin also shared his analysis.

But Lin Ye felt things weren't that simple.

This Demon didn't seem to be the big boss behind the scenes, and even that tombstone didn't look like the Formation eye.

But now was not the time to dwell on that; he had to finish off this thing in front of him first.

He tightened his grip on the black iron heavy staff, his Blood-Qi slowly circulating along the patterns on the staff, emitting an Aura as heavy as a mountain.

Coiling Dragon Force and Thunder Tiger Vajra Body were activated simultaneously, and Lin Ye's Aura instantly surged, like a volcano about to erupt.

"You all go destroy that tombstone; I'll handle this guy!"

Yang Tiexin glanced at Lin Ye; the Aura emanating from him at this moment made even him feel a sense of dread.

Sure enough, during the assessment, this guy hadn't used his full strength at all.

With a silent sigh in his heart, Yang Tiexin didn't waste any words, nodding: "Fine, be careful."

Immediately, he led Zhang He and Old Man Shen around the Bronze-Armored Corpse, continuing to advance toward the tombstone.

Perhaps sensing the threat from Lin Ye, the Bronze-Armored Corpse did not move to stop Yang Tiexin and the others.

The two black vortexes in its eye sockets rotated slowly, locking onto Lin Ye.

Lin Ye wasn't in a hurry to attack, deciding to use Qi Observation Technique to check the opponent's attributes first.