Eternal Life Starts as a Hunter-Chapter 273 - 121: Harvest and Return, The Delayed Curtain Falls (Extended - )
"If one reaches the Fifth Grade, this pendant would probably become useless."
However, despite saying this, he knew the other party was unlikely to sell, so he withdrew.
Not long after, Zhu Nuyang descended from the sky.
Among the surrounding factions, one had received orders to come in and maintain order.
Firstly, to supply these county residents with food, and secondly, to continue monitoring these residents.
Whoever moves will be killed.
At this moment, another major shortcoming of the corpse walkers emerged.
It was the lack of numbers.
The corpse walkers might be mysterious and unpredictable, but they couldn’t hold up with so few people.
During previous tributor outings and daily killings, several corpse walkers had already died, and today, during this large-scale attack, eight or nine more had died. It can be said that even if the corpse walkers appear, they can no longer appear in large numbers.
These factions have over a thousand members, completely capable of maintaining order.
Eight people took a brief rest and had a meal, then quickly headed north, annihilating the Incense Worship Sect believers and emerging corpse walkers at an average speed of one county per hour.
Originally,
The corpse walkers could have opposed these factions using the prefecture soldiers.
However, clearly, the corpse walkers didn’t effectively utilize these prefecture soldiers.
They assumed that the mere order from the "Mansion Master" could compel the prefecture soldiers to act.
But after the early stage confrontations, the prefecture soldiers chose to remain neutral, helping neither side. Those who received orders also acted out of duplicity.
When orders arrived, they would enthusiastically say "Alright, alright," but when it came to executing them, they would beat the drum loudly only to barely make a sound, even acting out scenes with the local factions.
After all, what would they fight?
The incident at Spring Breeze Square in Xiaoliu County was still fresh in their minds. 𝐟𝕣𝗲𝕖𝕨𝗲𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝗲𝚕.𝗰𝚘𝐦
Moreover, as time went on, many people saw clearly that the Mansion Master was indeed acting suspiciously. It was likely that previous missing person cases were related to them. Therefore, they became even more reluctant.
...
Three days later...
Led by Zhu Nuyang, eight people, with only minor injuries, cleaned out all the counties around Xinyang County.
The next step was Xinyang County.
This county is the core region of Beijiang Prefecture.
The group planned to rest overnight outside and attack when daylight breaks.
Compared to the initial nervousness and anxiety, they were now brimming with confidence. Each of the eight received a copper pendant, with two extra.
With time to spare, they also conducted simple tests on various corpse walker props.
First up was the "Little Sugarman."
To their surprise, their Sixth Grade Martial Artists could actually use them!
However, Elder Zhu couldn’t.
When Elder Zhu merely licked a Little Sugarman, it immediately began to smoke, as if snow encountered hot soup, melting rapidly.
The Little Sugarman, capable of "sugarizing" Mu Hua’s body, had no effect on Elder Zhu.
Elder Zhu stood still, allowing someone nearby to observe him licking a Little Sugarman. He only felt the parts under observation frozen like ice blocks, slightly slowed down, but when he activated his Shadow Blood, the frozen and delayed sensation vanished.
Then came the "Copper Pendant."
The group captured some thieves from the nearby wilderness and tested them.
One person licked a Little Sugarman, while another carried a Copper Pendant.
The result was that the thief who licked the Little Sugarman trembled coldly after just one lick. On the second lick, the thief screamed, fell to the ground, and convulsed like a person possessed, with eyes rolling back and foam frothing at the mouth.
The group tried another thief, and the results were identical.
The thieves couldn’t lick the Little Sugarman.
Whoever licked it fell.
The group then had a Seventh Grade faction elder try.
The elder managed to lick a few tries, but his face turned pale. He bowed and trembled, saying, "Dear sirs, I just feel the cold seeping into my bones, becoming hard to resist. If I continue licking, I fear I won’t fare much better than these thieves."
Thus, they had Mu Hua try licking.
Mu Hua licked smoothly.
He faced the thief holding the pendant and licked no less than four Little Sugarmans before the Copper Pendant shattered.
The group took a doorknob, installed it in an abandoned house, and let the thief wear another Copper Pendant.
The result was that the thief bearing the Copper Pendant consumed two doorknobs before the Copper Pendant shattered.
In this way,
The once mysterious corpse walkers gradually became stripped of their elusive veil in everyone’s eyes.
"So the props of the corpse walkers also exist in layers.
The doorknob is slightly superior to the Little Sugarman, but not by much—they should all belong to the same category.
And the Copper Pendant also fits in this category.
The defense the Copper Pendant provides is generally at the Fifth Grade Martial Artist level," Mu Hua murmured as he reviewed.
On the other hand, Yuan Zongzi, with a sinister smile, added, "Corpse walkers can use these items freely, but Martial Artists... can only use them at the Sixth Grade. However, anyone can wear the Copper Pendant."
Li Yuan saw even more.
He quietly compared in his heart.
Little Sugarman, doorknobs, they should be merchandise sold by Individual Domains’ Single Ghost.
Corpse walkers can use them freely because they are cursed by Evil Ghosts, but... if switched to a more advanced level, they might not be usable.
Yet Martial Artists need to be Sixth Grade to fend off the invasion of Yin Qi in order to use them. For any Martial Artists below Sixth Grade, the corpse walker props are utterly deadly.
