Chapter 111: Chen Mu’s Saber

However.

Almost as soon as Xu Hongyu and Xiao He passed Chen Mu, and fled into the darkness, another gust of wind rushed towards them. Two almost identical gray-white silver corpses appeared, attacking Xu Hongyu and Xiao He.

Xu Hongyu reacted quickly. Her sword flashed and she unleashed a rain of sword strikes that collided with the onrushing silver corpses. With a burst of light, she forced the silver corpses back, but also fell downwards.

On the other side.

Xiao He was not as relaxed as Xu Hongyu when facing the sudden attack. The soft sword in her hand also swung out a circle of sword light, and with the collision of the opponent’s fist, the sword light was shattered, and her whole person flew backward.

Although neither of them were injured, this collision revealed the gap between their strengths. Xu Hongyu faced the silver corpse head-on. Having some understanding and not testing but using her full strength, she could force a silver corpse back.

Xiao He, however, could not do this. Although she blocked and deflected most of the force of the silver corpse’s punch, she did not suffer any injury, but clearly fell into a disadvantage. Obviously if she were to fight against it, she could only rely on her agility to engage in a protracted battle.

Bang!

Just as Xiao He flew backward, another silver corpse emerged from the dense forest, pouncing towards her fiercely with a vicious punch. This time Xiao He was in the air, her old strength used up and her new strength not yet gathered, and she immediately fell into danger.

Xu Hongyu saw this but had no time to help, because another silver corpse appeared on her left side, intercepting her horizontally. Counting the silver corpse from the start that was catching up from behind, there were already five!

"Not good…"

Xiao He faced the onrushing silver corpse, gripping the soft sword in her hand. Her heart sank slightly. Although she was a figure of the Tendon Transformation Realm, she would not be completely unable to cope with this attack, but seeing the momentum of the attack, a hasty response would be difficult to fully withstand, and she would at least be injured.

However, she was not flustered. Although the silver corpses appeared one after another, there were still people on their side who had not taken action, and they were right behind her.

Sure enough.

In the next moment, a hand pressed against her back from behind. First it lifted her up, deflecting the impact she received from the hard collision with the silver corpse, and then the hand lifted her collar and threw her upward.

Xiao He did not resist and allowed the hand to throw her upward, and she soared high up to the treetops. When she looked down, she saw that Chen Mu had replaced her previous position, facing the onrushing silver corpse.

Chen Mu’s face was calm. Intending to test the silver corpse’s methods, he directly clenched his right hand into a fist and punched out in the air, directly colliding with the silver corpse’s fist.

Buzz!!!

It sounded like a copper bell being struck.

The whistling sound waves vibrated into air waves visible to the naked eye and spread in all directions, turning into muffled bell chimes that finally echoed throughout the valley, reverberating repeatedly in the dark night, and startling flocks of birds.

"Ferocious…"

Xiao He looked at this scene and silently uttered a single word.

Chen Mu had clearly not only trained Skin Grinding to its limit, but his Flesh Training was also likely at the limit of its realm. Only after entering the Tendon Transformation Realm could one have such a terrifyingly tough body, able to collide head-on with a silver corpse.

And looking at the way the silver corpse fell backward, it seemed that this collision was Chen Mu who was slightly gaining the upper hand.

At the same time.

The silver corpse that had initially fought Xu Hongyu also rushed over, while Xiao He leaped down from the tree, wielding her sword to meet the silver corpse. This time her swordsmanship had changed to a gentle entanglement, barely blocking it.

At about the same time, a surprised voice came from the dark forest.

"A tough body?"

"And he has entered the Tendon Transformation Realm. Good, very good."

In the hazy darkness, a ray of moonlight suddenly broke through the clouds, falling into the dense forest, illuminating the area between several huge ancient trees. A gaunt figure stood there, holding something that looked like a baby’s head in his hand.

His eye sockets were sunken and his eyeballs were almost withered, but his pupils revealed a strange luster. He seemed to be a little excited as he looked at Chen Mu from afar, sizing him up and down.

A corpse refiner.

Normally, among Skin Grinding Realm martial artists, about ten of them might be able to refine an iron corpse, and it was almost impossible to refine a bronze corpse.

As for the bodies of Flesh Training Realm martial artists, about seven or eight could be made into a bronze corpse.

The Tendon Transformation Realm corresponded to silver corpses. Even then, it was not certain they could be made, and there was still a chance of failure, with the failed corpse simply decaying.

However, a body like Chen Mu’s that was so tough and had even entered the Tendon Transformation Realm was almost guaranteed to become a silver corpse, with its quality and strength being higher than average and maybe even have a small chance of becoming a gold corpse!

At this time.

Five silver corpses surrounded Chen Mu and the three of them, blocking their escape routes.

Xu Hongyu took two steps back and approached Chen Mu and Xiao He, whispering, "Although these silver corpses are difficult to cut, they are not fast enough. The terrain here is in our favor. We can look for an opportunity to escape from above."

Xiao He’s eyes also flickered, constantly assessing the surrounding situation.

But just at that moment.

The gaunt figure in the distance, between the ancient trees, who was still sizing up Chen Mu as if appreciating a new product, suddenly let out a hoarse, eerie laugh and said, "Escape?"

With his voice fading.

They heard rustling footsteps coming from the dense forest.

Noticing this movement, Xu Hongyu and Xiao He’s faces changed, and when they looked over, they saw gray-white figures walking out one after another from the dark forest. A dozen of them in a row, all silver corpses!

Including the previous five, there were a full twenty silver corpses, surrounding them from all directions, each exuding a rotten stench, their skin shimmering with a strange silver glow in the moonlight!

"Escape?"

The gaunt figure repeated the word again.

Then he raised the baby head-like object in his hand and shook it gently.

Buzz!

It was as if something terrifying had been activated, causing the ground to tremble slightly.

In the somewhat frozen gazes of Xu Hongyu and Xiao He, they saw a magnificent body more than two meters tall step out from the ancient trees behind the gaunt figure, its muscles gleaming with a faint golden luster.

"Escape?"

The gaunt figure grinned.

His withered eyes looked at Xu Hongyu, saying, "I was just too bored, playing with you all. When did you… get the illusion that you could escape?"

Xu Hongyu fell silent.

Xiao He’s body also stiffened slightly.

Both of them now turned their gaze to the slowly walking, small mountain-like faint golden corpse. Although they did not directly feel its strength, its appearance, form, and the intense pressure were enough.

A gold corpse!

According to the records, a gold corpse was enough to fight against a Bone Forging Realm martial artist!

And judging from the strength of the silver corpses, a gold corpse would be more than enough to deal with an ordinary Bone Forging Small Success expert.

Add to that twenty silver corpses…

Xiao He could not help but smile bitterly. This kind of formation would probably make even a figure like Xue Lin run away in fear. Indeed, since the other party dared to expose their corpse refining methods and attack them, they must have complete certainty.

As for the words about being too bored and just playing, there was no need to listen to them. The other party had not directly mobilized so many silver corpses before, and was obviously deliberately delaying to wait for Chen Mu to return, and then surround them all and take them all down in one go!

After all, these silver corpses were not fast enough. As long as they were not surrounded, they could be left far behind, and that gold corpse probably would not be very fast either. In the dark of night, chasing them could easily cause unforeseen problems.

A silence fell.

Finally.

"I am Xu Hongyu. If I go missing in the Qiu Lin Mountains, Yu City will dig three feet into the ground to find you. With just these gold and silver corpses, you are nothing in front of the Yu Family," Xu Hongyu said coldly.

"So you are Xu Hongyu… Hmm, I’ve indeed heard of that name, but the name of the Yu family does not scare me. Other than that person who is considered a somebody in your Yu family, the rest of you are nothing more than mediocre. But even that person is nothing in front of my master. Alright, I’ve said enough. It’s time for you all to go peacefully?"

The gaunt figure let out a few harsh chuckles.

With his voice fading, he raised the baby skull in his hand, and ten silver corpses immediately began to move, slowly approaching.

But at that moment.

Chen Mu, who had been standing there quietly, finally sighed lightly, slowly pulled out the refined iron saber at his waist, took two steps forward, and stood in front of Xu Hongyu and Xiao He.

Xu Hongyu and Xiao He’s eyes immediately fell on Chen Mu. Xu Hongyu slightly bit her lip. She knew Chen Mu was very strong, probably no weaker than her. Her intention of saying that they should find an opportunity to escape was mostly to take the enemy by surprise, directly cooperate with Chen Mu to break through, and then directly eliminate the corpse controller.

But now…

Twenty silver corpses completely surrounded them, not to mention the gold corpse.

Perhaps they should have camped for the night on the outskirts of the Qiu Lin Mountains, and then directly passed through the Qiu Lin Mountains the next day. Or it would have been fine to choose the official road from the start. But no one would have thought that there was a remnant of the Heavenly Corpse Sect hidden in the Qiu Lin Mountains. None of the families who had come to the Qiu Lin Mountains for hunting in the past had ever encountered them.

In the end, it was her momentary lapse that had led them into this abyss.

Just when her eyes were downcast, Xu Hongyu suddenly thought of something, something that made her body tremble slightly. Her father, Xu Yichuan, had mysteriously disappeared while outside. Although there were many dangers outside the city, her father had already reached the Perfection of Bone Forging at that time, and he also controlled Artistic Conception. There were no more than a handful of people in the entire Yu City who could surpass him. How could he have disappeared so quietly, and even the Yu family could not find any traces afterwards.

Could it be that…

Xu Hongyu looked at the silver corpses in a daze. In a trance, she seemed to see her father’s figure, as if he was also in a similar situation, falling into a siege of countless corpse puppets, and those corpse puppets were even stronger and more terrifying.

But just in the next moment.

This trance-like scene was shattered.

What shattered the scene was a beam of light, like a silver moon, that reflected in the moonlight. It was a saber light, a saber light that flashed by, as if causing the breeze in the dense forest to pause and solidify.

Shua.

Silver light appeared and swept across.

Chen Mu’s figure stood quietly in front of a group of silver corpses, his right hand gripping the refined iron saber.

The seven or eight silver corpses directly in front of him were all frozen in place, then each had a thin line appear on their necks. After that, their heads gently slid forward, and finally rolled to the ground with a "glug glug" sound.

Shasha.

The brief pause in the breeze started up again, causing the leaves in the dense forest to rustle.