Chapter 257: A spear from behind
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The zombie horde’s attacks gradually slowed down and the situation came to a standstill.
Time passed minutes by minutes; asionally, some Gu Masters heroically sacrificed themselves or
zombies fell down.
Two hourster, Ding Hao followed Fang Yuan’s instruction and steeply increased the attacks of the
zombies, breaking the defensive line that was hanging by a thread.
There were only thirty or so people in the caravan now.
They had to break through! They were all of one mind on this as everyone of them could see that there
was a chance at survival if they broke through, and if they insisted on defending their positions, their
deaths were certain.
To break through would also be a desperate struggle. Layers uponyers of white-hair zombies had
encircled them and there were also ck-hair zombies obstructing them.
“Give up on these mortals, they will only slow down our speed!” Jia Long shouted.
Shang Xin Ci and Xiao Die became pale.
“Don’t worry, I am here.” Fang Yuan defended them.
All the remaining mortals were ruthlessly abandoned, only the two of them remained.
Jia Long and other Gu Masters didn’t dare to say anything since they had to rely on Fang and Bai’s
strength.
They were progressing shakily through the siege and just when it looked like they were about to break
out, two green-hair zombies appeared.
“We will go back.” Fang Yuan pulled Shang Xin Ci and Xiao Die, and said in a soft voice.
Bai Ning Bing stopped, weren’t they entering into the encirclement again by going back?
However, Fang Yuan was already retreating towards the back with Shang Xin Ci and Xiao Die. Bai
Ning Bing gritted her teeth as she looked at the empty field in front of her, but she still turned around
and followed Fang Yuan.
The other Gu Masters fell into a chaotic battle against the two green-hair zombies.
Green-hair zombies were as strong as thousand beast king, and though there were many rank three
Gu Masters, they were already exhausted.
As their battle with the green-hair zombies continued, the surrounding ck and white-hair zombies
closed in on them.
This instead caused the pressure on Fang and Bai to decrease greatly.
Fang Yuan retreated dozens of steps before he started breaking through again.
Numerous white-hair zombies were blocking their way, but Fang Yuan just plunged and dashed; the
power he disyed was extremely high, white-hair zombies died everywhere he passed.
Bai Ning Bing was dumbstruck, was this Fang Yuan’s true strength?
“Eh, these white-hair zombies are too weak…” She immediately found something amiss when she
attacked.
The white-hair zombies that were blocking them were many times weaker than before. They had dazed
expressions and didn’t even attack properly, they were more like punching targets.
“Did Fang Yuan discover this weakness and is using it now? Strange, these white-hair zombies look
the same, how in the world did he discover these weakness?” Bai Ning Bing was bothered and
bewildered.
Fang Yuan, however, was hurling curses inwardly right now.
Before departing, he had reminded Ding Hao to make the zombies appear strong although actually
weak, and make it realistic. So what horrible performance is this?
Ding Hao was sweating profusely.
He had never exerted so much concentration to control the zombie army.
He was extremely nervous, feeling that he had destroyed eldest senior brother’s secret mission. Guilt
and worry made him cooperate with Fang Yuan’s act with all his efforts. It was okay when he didn’t
know Fang Yuan’s identity, but now that he knew Fang Yuan was his eldest senior brother, how could
he dare to truly attack him?
“Amazing!” Xiao Die eximed in surprise.
Shang Xin Ci’s beautiful eyes also brightened.
Fang Yuan was moving unhindered, like an unmatched general maneuvering on the battlefield, giving
off a feeling of invincibility!
Who does not love heroes?
Which girl did not dream of a prince riding a white horse, a hero saving the beauty?
Xiao Die did and so did Shang Xin Ci.
Right now, as the master and servant looked at Fang Yuan’s wide back, there were ripples in their
hearts.
Fang Yuan was ugly, but at this moment, this ugliness gave off a beautiful radiance to them. His
bravery and spirit gave an indescribable sense of security to these two girls who were in this dangerous
situation; they could not help but want to rely and depend on him.
“Such terrible acting, this coward!” Fang Yuan really wanted to kick Ding Hao to death. His thoughts
moved rapidly and he could make out Ding Hao’s mental state.
“It seems I have no choice…” Fang Yuan narrowed his eyes, then he resolutely deactivated canopy Gu
and charged towards an attacking white-hair zombie.
His flesh was torn open, Fang Yuan got injured.
“Good, this is how it should be!” Fang Yuan happily thought. This was the best chance to win Shang
Xin Ci’s trust, how could he let it go in vain?
“Damn it!!” Bai Ning Bing cursed and immediately rushed towards Fang Yuan, abandoning Shang Xin
Ci. Fang Yuan had the Yang Gu on him, that was the key to her reverting back to a man and it could
absolutely not be lost.
“Oh my heavens!!!” Ding Hao’s whole body shook when he saw Fang Yuan being injured. He was
ming himself; the worry and panic was clear on his face as he mumbled: “It wasn’t intentional, it
really wasn’t intentional, eldest senior brother!”
“Ahh….” Shang Xin Ci and Xiao Die both cried out.
Their hearts ached seeing Fang Yuan injured.
“What are you doing, go back and protect them!” Fang Yuan shouted in a soft voice when Bai Ning
Bing approached him.
Bai Ning Bing’s blue pupils widened, she immediately realized Fang Yuan had intentionally received
the attack; this bastard!
“Don’t go overboard.” Bai Ning Bing’s eyes twitched, she said these words and left.
With Ding Hao’s control, the white-hair zombies made threatening gestures, but it was all show and
little action.
Bai Ning Bing kicked a white-hair zombie flying and hurried back towards Shang Xin Ci.
“How is Hei Tu?” Shang Xin Ci grabbed Bai Ning Bing’s arm and asked.
“He is okay.” Bai Ning Bing’s lips twitched.
“Why are you not switching with him, he is injured!” The gentle Shang Xin Ci’s words carried a rarely
seen grievance.
Bai Ning Bing’s lips twitched, she couldn’t tell that Fang Yuan intentionally received the attack, right?
So, she casually made up a reason: “He has always been like this, he will never stop when he starts an
assault, unless he falls.”
Shang Xin Ci’s beautiful eyes flickered and slightly reddened.
Xiao Die covered her mouth, her eyes were already moist.
There were ripples in the master and servant’s hearts again as they looked at Fang Yuan. What kind of
man was this! In this horde of zombies, he moved around without fear, constantly pressing forward. No
doubt he was a hero, a sorrowful hero!
Seeing Fang Yuan injured, Ding Hao was shaking with fear and didn’t dare to obstruct the path.
Fang Yuan charged ahead for some distance and led Shang Xin Ci and the group out of the zombie
encirclement.
“That’s it?” He smacked his lips with dissatisfaction and grudgingly looked at the only injury on his
body. It was such a good opportunity to show off but he only received a single injury; the act was really
lacking.
Despite only suffering a single injury, it already made Shang Xin Ci and Xiao Die extremely worried.
“Hei Tu, are you okay? You are injured, the wound is so deep, all because of me!” Shang Xin Ci’s eyes
were bing moist with tears.
“So much ck blood is flowing out, Lord Hei Tu you have been poisoned.” Xiao Die said with deep
concern.
Fang Yuan puffed out his chest and said in a deep, fearless voice: “This is just a small injury, the
corpse poison is somewhat troublesome but I can detoxify it with clearing heat Gu. You don’t no need
to worry. Hahaha…”
He startedughing.
The camp was in ruins, mes zed everywhere. The remaining people in the caravan had set the
camp ame before leaving; it was to burn their bridges and also to have a source of lighting.
Fang Yuan and the group charged out of the zombie encirclement and reached the outer perimeter of
the light from the fire.
The light shone on Fang Yuan’s face, chest and his injury.
Heughed, his appearance was ugly but it gave a different kind of heroic charm to the two girls!
They had dreamt of dreams of hero saving the beauty, dreamt of handsome and unrestrained hero;
truthfully, the image of Fang Yuan and their image of heroes were as different as day and night.
However, strangely, the two girls felt this was the true hero! He was unrestrained, fearless and had
unmatched heroic spirit!
Many yearster, Shang Xin Ci would ask herself how Fang Yuan walked deep into her heart… every
time, she would involuntarily think of this night….
Layers uponyers of zombies to his back, zing mes shining upon his face, the burn scars on his
face, his smile revealing his white teeth. His deep ck pupils looked at herself, the normally cold and
indifferent eyes – under the orange mes – revealed a hint of warmth.
“Save us!” The caravan group were deeply encircled by the zombie horde and started shouting for help
when they saw the situation in Fang Yuan’s side.
Fang Yuan’s gaze shed but he didn’t speak. Shang Xin Ci had already grabbed his arm: “You are
injured, don’t go, let’s leave. Do you remember what you said to me? Do only what you are able to.”
A peace of mind as long as one does what he can.
Fang Yuanughed and patted Shang Xin Ci’s hand: “Don’t worry, I am not going, there is no kindness
or hatred between them and me. Let’s go!”
However, it wasn’t so appropriate to leave like this. What if someone knew he killed Zhang Zhu and
under desperation, shouted it, what would Shang Xin Ci think then? In truth, his worries were
unnecessary; Chen Xin and Chen Shuang Jin who knew about the matter had already died in battle.
Fang Yuan’s eyes shed with a bright light as he shouted loudly: “Continue to persevere, wait till I
bring them to a safe ce, then I wille help you!”
“Brother Hei Tu is righteous!”
“We hope Brother Hei Tu returns quickly!”
“Brother Hei Tu, if you save me, I will give you a huge amount of money!”
The caravan people shouted one after another.
Fang Yuanughed bitterly and looked at the master and servant’s puzzled gaze: “I am giving them
some hope so that they might create a miracle. Sigh , I can only do this much.”
Fang Yuan’s image immediately rose to a much greater height in the two girls’ hearts.
Fang Yuan and the group ran along the mountain passage.
Under the moonlight, the mountain passage looked like it was covered with snow.
As per their previous discussion, Ding Hao arranged a batch of zombies around here to block the path.
The four rushed to the arranged area, Fang Yuan signalled Bai Ning Bing with his eyes then stood at
the spot: “You guys leave first, I will stop these zombies and hurry back to you.”
The master and servant’s steps immediately slowed down, but under Bai Ning Bing’s persuasion, they
continued to run along the path and soon left Fang Yuan’s sight.
Fang Yuanughed, he acted as if he was in a struggle with the zombies and finding an opportune
timing, he activated jumping grass and jumped over the zombies, arriving beside Ding Hao.
The battle with the caravan was still ongoing. There were only three remaining in the caravan side, but
what amazed Fang Yuan was a green-hair zombie had actually perished!
After asking Ding Hao, he realized a Gu Master had used a rare rank three detonation Gu.
“Eldest senior brother.” Ding Hao immediately bowed, his face was pale and his forehead filled with
sweat.
He had never tried splitting his thoughts to control the zombies with such intensity. The main thing was
he had to act ording to Fang Yuan’s directions, making him more exhausted.
Previously he would justmand the zombies to attack or retreat. How could he havemanded
them to only make threatening gestures and attack empty air? And he still had to control these zombies
to keep still when attacked by Fang Yuan.
“Eldest senior brother, how is your injury? It really wasn’t intentional. I have a healing Gu here.” Ding
Hao started to exin hurriedly.
Fang Yuan patted his shoulder: “You are good, you have put in a lot of effort. No need to worry about
my injury, I suffered it intentionally. Now, you just have to use more strength and eradicate these
people!”
“Yes.” Ding Hao immediately let out a breath of relief.
With his spirits raised, he started maneuvering countless zombies forward.
The surviving three knew their deaths were certain – one closed his eyes and sighed; another cried out
Fang Yuan’s name; and another was crying loudly.
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Under the threat of death, their natural instincts were fully revealed.
The zombie horde submerged the three. Fang Yuan satisfiedly nodded: “Was there anyone who
escaped?”
“No, absolutely none. I did what eldest senior brother instructed and arranged arge amount of
zombies in the perimeter.” Ding Hao quickly answered.
“Good, well done. Clean up the battlefield, remember to not leave behind any tracks.”
“Yes, eldest senior brother.”
Ding Hao had never exposed himself when he attacked the caravans which showed he had certain
level of aplishment in clearing the tracks. He cleaned up the battlefield with ease and disguised
the traces as ordinary zombie horde attacking the caravan; Fang Yuan secretly nodded his head in
approval.
However, although he was older than Fang Yuan, his experience couldn’tpare to the veteran Fang
Yuan.
Fang Yuan pointed out some areas that were overlooked, causing Ding Hao to admire him. For
instance, the primeval stones couldn’t be entirely taken, they had to leave some behind, after all the
zombies wouldn’t collect them. Another point would be not all the corpses should be changed to
zombies; the corpse poison could be deep or shallow and they didn’t have a hundred percent chance
to turn corpses into zombies.
“Eldest senior brother, please take these primeval stones.” About five minutester, Ding Hao sensibly
offered the primeval stones he collected.
Fang Yuan nced at it, there were approximately thirteen thousand primeval stones. He didn’t
hesitate to take it and put them in tusita flower.
“How are your gains?” Fang Yuan patted Ding Hao’s shoulder and warmly asked.
Ding Hao’s pale face let out an excited light: “The gains are huge this time. I obtained fiveplete
bodies and they are all rank three Gu Masters. There are also dozen Gu Master corpses, they are all
strength Gu Masters. I will get at least ck-hair zombies once they are turned into zombies.”
“Hahaha, you have obtained a good harvest. Raise these ck-hair zombies properly and you will
definitely have new green-hair zombies.”
Ding Hao repeatedly nodded his head, his face filled with admiration: “This is the first time I have
devoured a whole caravan. It is all thanks to eldest senior brother for attracting beast groups along the
way and constantly reducing their forces. All these gains I made is because of eldest senior brother.”
“You are not too shabby either, yourmanding ability is quite good. But looking at your face, you
have used your brain too much, your mind is haggard and your soul is wounded. You need to
recuperate for a while. Taking good care of our soul is very important to our lineage. If our soul is not
strong, our mind will be weak andmanding the zombies will be more difficult.” Fang Yuan smiled,
speaking gently.
“Thank you eldest senior brother for your concern!” Ding Hao had lived alone for close to ten years, this
was the first time someone showed concern for him, so he couldn’t help being moved.
This emotional spike immediately caused him to have an intense dizziness, his body shook and if not
for Fang Yuan supporting him, he might have fallen head-first into the ground.
“I am ashamed! My cultivation is still not enough, I am feeling dizzy and my mind is not working
properly.” Ding Hao was able to barely stand up.
“There is no need to worry, return to the cave and rest properly. Although you will still feel headaches
tomorrow, your mind will have mostly recovered and can smoothlymand these zombies.” Fang
Yuan smiled.
“Yes. I have experienced this before when I tried to control too many zombies, I almost fainted on the
spot, hahaha.” Ding Haoughed.
“Okay… I need to leave now, I give you my approval. Rest properly and wait for me toe back, I will
bring you to pay respects to master. Right, where is your cave?”
“It is halfway up the mountain beside a dark pond. It is easy to find, that dark pond is very unique, it is
shaped like a pentagram.” Ding Hao was very happy and immediately answered, “Eldest senior
brother, you really won’te visit my cave with me?”
“I can’t, time is pressing, I need to hand over the secret mission to master. Not good, someone actually
feigned death, there is still someone who escaped!”
“Where!” Ding Hao’s mind shook and immediately turned around to look.
Pew!
Next instant, a bone spear pierced his skull.
Plop
Ding Hao copsed on the ground, a thick spiral bone spear pierced through his skull; blood and brains
slowly flowed out the spiral hole.
His eyes were wide open, a look of utter disbelief.
The smile on Fang Yuan’s face disappeared, changing into an indifferent expression. He slowly bent
down and grabbed Ding Hao’s leg, dragging him towards the ruined camp.
The mes were still zing. The zombies – having lost their master – started hopping aimlessly.
The corpses on the ground drew their attention, enticing them.
They hopped towards the corpses, biting and tearing them.
Fang Yuan dragged Ding Hao’s corpse past the corpses strewn battlefield, sounds of zombies eating
the corpses kept on reverberating in his ears.
He threw Ding Hao towards the zing fire and quietly looked on as the corpse slowly changed to ash.
The Gu worms on the corpse also mournfully wailed before gradually burning to death.
Once Shang Xin Ci was recognized by Shang n leader, she would definitely be strictly investigated
by the Shang n. This battle was sure to be of utmost importance.
If Ding Hao was captured by them and interrogated, Fang Yuan could be in danger.
Despite Ding Hao being an honest person, easy to deceive and a very good chess piece, his worth
could never match with Shang Xin Ci. And if there were risks, it was better to abandon them. This
including giving up the Gu worms on his body. As long as Fang Yuan carried them on him, Second
Zombie King could find him. Moreover, it was not convenient for Fang Yuan to feed zombie heart Gu
and it might only leave behind traces which could be discovered in Shang n’s investigation.
As for these zombies, they had turned back to beingmon zombie horde after losing their master.
Once they finished eating these corpses, a part of them would stay here and another part would leave,
wandering about Mu Bei mountain and searching for food.
Once they were done with this, the whole scene would be even more natural.
Only after Ding Hao’s corpse was burned to ashes did Fang Yuan slowly leave.
The zombies were eating the corpses, these mindless things were of no threat now.