Eternal Life Starts as a Hunter-Chapter 272 - 121: Harvest and Return, The Delayed Curtain Falls (Extended - )
Swish!!
A flash of cold light, a head flew up, and with a "splash" it fell into the puddle, blood trickling from the severed neck.
Yet those eyes still stared, with five parts devotion, five parts frenzy, but not a trace of fear.
"These believers of the Incense Worship Sect are, in fact, innocent commoners...
If they were detained, perhaps they could be restored, and then live normal lives again..."
Yan Mu sighed, then laughed self-deprecatingly, because... even though he felt this way, he could not truly follow his own wishes.
He spoke of restoration, yet also served as the executioner who killed them.
Li Yuan knew this nephew of his inherited from his aunt, with a heart filled with compassion, so he reminded him: "Mr. Yan, during a great battle, do not hesitate."
Yan Mu sighed lightly, "They don’t actually want to harm people; they’re just driven by this evil force.
They have families... perhaps fathers or mothers to children, perhaps the pillars of a family, with children wailing at home, or possibly..."
His gaze dropped slightly, revealing a trace of pain within, murmuring his innermost thoughts.
Li Yuan swiftly interrupted, shouting sternly: "Mr. Yan!"
Yan Mu snapped back to reality, apologizing: "Sorry."
Li Yuan said, "Let’s move together; I’ll do the killing, and you just watch. Don’t let a heart demon develop."
Yan Mu was silent for a moment, then shook his head, "It’s fine... I’m not that fragile."
After a brief conversation, the two separated and continued to search and kill Incense Worship Sect believers according to the map.
However, compared to others, Yan Mu seemed a bit pained. Every slash he made was as if he were cutting his own flesh; every move he made, the fury in his eyes grew stronger, muttering to himself, faintly heard as "damn it damn it."
Li Yuan glanced worriedly at this nephew of his.
He could somewhat guess what was on his nephew’s mind.
The nephew was a good person, a true knight, if he were an official, he would likely be a clean one too.
But in this era, he was also of the type most likely to die...
Honestly, the fact that he could survive a round in Jade Capital City was already a miracle.
At this moment... 𝒇𝒓𝙚𝒆𝔀𝓮𝓫𝒏𝓸𝙫𝓮𝓵.𝓬𝙤𝙢
Elder Zhu patrolled the skies, overseeing the area.
After advancing to the Fifth Grade, his perception could cover over ten miles, but that didn’t mean beyond ten miles he was completely unaware.
Within ten miles was crystal clear, and beyond was perceptible though hazy.
Plus, from his high vantage, constantly patrolling, it was still easy to detect any activity.
The other seven swept through Xichuan County.
As the "frontline," Xichuan County naturally hid many corpses.
Yet in this "move and die" environment, the weaknesses of the corpses were fully exposed.
For them to attack, certain actions were needed, like licking a sugar figure or closing a door.
But no matter how stealthy, an action was still an action, especially one needing to be executed close to High Grade Martial Artists.
Yet the life level of Sixth Grade Martial Artists was far beyond ordinary people; their five senses, emotions, and memory surpassed that of ordinary people by a large margin.
These small actions might be unrecognizable in a bustling market, but in this environment, they were utterly clear.
Corpses just about to make a move were directly slain, and the items in their hands became spoils of war.
After more than an hour...
Xichuan County was successfully cleared.
The crowd toyed with the spoils taken from the corpses.
Mu Hua held a rabbit-shaped sugar figure, turning it in the sunlight, clicking his tongue in amazement, "Just this thing almost killed me."
On the other side, Han Feng held a door handle, "I’ve seen this handle design before... Luckily, I didn’t enter that door. At the time, I thought it was something with the house, but turns out it was this handle."
Leng Rou, in a female battle gown, grasped a spear, standing beside her husband, looking at the handle, "Are these the tools the corpses use to assassinate us? I wonder if we can use them."
At this, a glint of interest passed everyone’s eyes.
On the other side, Yan Mu fished out a metal tag of a simple, cold make, filling in the gaps of the earlier matter, he said in a realizing tone, "So that’s how it is..."
Everyone looked over.
Yan Mu said, "The few tags I obtained in the Central Plains before, they were actually tools of the corpses, no wonder I felt they could ward off evil."
A few people immediately gathered to look at the [Copper Pendant], their eyes couldn’t help but flash with a heated gleam.
What’s the use of this tag?
That man who was on good terms with Elder Zhu’s daughter had already demonstrated it.
That man’s name seemed to be Fang... Jianlong.
A Seventh Grade could use this pendant to survive the deadly trap of the corpses. The pendant’s defensive power was apparent and it must be effective for Martial Artists.
If each of them could carry a few of these [Copper Pendants], why would they fear the corpses’ assassination?
Shan Baishou was a decisive person, immediately saying, "Junior Brother Yan, will you sell this pendant? I’m willing to offer a hundred taels of Blood Gold."
A hundred taels of Blood Gold could purchase one hundred and fifty pounds of Sixth Grade Demon Beast Meat, enough to supply a Sixth Grade Martial Artist for a month.
Before Yan Mu could speak, Mu Hua immediately said, "Senior Brother Shan, this item, you must be kidding we wouldn’t sell it, right? Moreover, a hundred taels of Blood Gold is too little."
Shan Baishou said, "It hasn’t been tested yet, a hundred taels isn’t too little."
After thinking, he added, "This pendant might only fend off some ordinary corpse attacks, it might not block the fatal ones.
