Wang Xuan and the others did not refuse and immediately set off towards Jinyang.
In their group, besides dozens of experts at the Innate Realm or above, each feudal lord was accompanied by several hundred personal guards.
These personal guards are all elites handpicked by the best. They might be easy prey when facing green zombies or hairy zombies, but they can eliminate white zombies that are equivalent to the acquired realm.
Therefore, Wang Xuan leading three hundred elite Xuanjia cavalry would not arouse suspicion from others.
By the time they arrived at the walls of Jinyang, the zombie army had already reached them.
Looking around, one could see that the area below the city was teeming with zombies, numbering in the thousands!
Most of these zombies were covered in white fur, had huge canine teeth in their mouths, and their bodies were somewhat rotten. They ignored the arrows shot down from the city wall and were clearly white zombies comparable to the acquired realm.
Amidst this vast expanse of white zombies, there were also dozens of green zombies with green fur. Their strength was comparable to that of a master at the Innate Realm; they could leap more than ten meters high in a single bound, and two of them even jumped onto the city wall of Jinyang!
"Oh no! If we're any later, Jinyang City will fall, and all the people in the city will become food for the demons!" Li Yuan was both terrified and relieved, and he quickly sent his son Li Yuanba to help defend the city.
Li Yuanba, wielding a pair of golden hammers, charged into the zombie army. With a single sweep of his hammers, he sent seven or eight white zombies flying. In the midst of his explosive energy, the zombies were blasted to pieces in mid-air.
The so-called invulnerability to blades and spears has its limits. Ordinary white zombies are only equivalent to martial artists at the acquired realm; how could they possibly withstand the attacks of a master like Li Yuanba, who has entered the Dao through martial arts?
After Li Yuanba fought his way out, he didn't linger and jumped onto the city wall of Jinyang before the third-tier zombies could react.
At this moment, Jinyang City was in chaos. Several green zombies had even reached the city walls, causing the defending soldiers to suffer repeated defeats.
Li Yuanba roared and charged at the green zombies like a tiger, knocking them off the city wall one by one with his hammer.
The crisis in Jinyang City has been temporarily relieved, but the real battle is just beginning!
Humans and zombies are two different species, and there is no possibility of compromise between them. Pei Yuanqing, Yuwen Chengdu and other fierce generals led their troops directly into the zombie horde and started a massacre.
For powerful figures like Pei Yuanqing, killing low-level zombies is like killing dogs. Even their personal guards have their weapons smeared with black dog blood, making it easy for them to kill ordinary zombies.
Wang Xuan did not stand idly by. Holding a halberd in his hand, he spurred his horse forward and pointed it. Behind him, three hundred elite Xuanjia cavalrymen roared in unison, their power and momentum becoming one with his, causing the other lords to change their expressions drastically.
Wang Xuan deliberately suppressed the power of his Xuan Yin avatar, which was originally only equivalent to the early stage of the third tier. However, after fusing with three hundred Xuanjia elite cavalry, his strength had reached the late stage of the third tier!
It should be noted that among the natives of the Sui and Tang world, even Li Yuanba was only at the peak of the early stage of the third rank, not yet reaching the middle stage of the third rank, let alone the late stage of the third rank.
"I never expected the King of Wei to have such methods. After we deal with these evil spirits, we absolutely cannot let him leave alive!" A ruthless glint flashed in Li Yuan's eyes, but he quickly concealed it.
Wang Xuan was naturally unaware of their thoughts. At this moment, he led the Xuanjia elite cavalry into the zombie army, sweeping his halberd horizontally and unleashing a halberd beam seven or eight zhang long, splitting a large number of zombies in front of him in two.
Moreover, the halberd's edge contained his martial will, and the zombies that were struck by it were as if they were being slowly sliced apart by countless small swords, instantly turning into a pool of blood foam.
Wang Xuan opened his mouth and inhaled, swallowing the essence of the zombie after its death. Some of the hair on Xuan Yin's body fell off.
"In my current state, if I were to unleash my full power to kill zombies, it probably wouldn't be long before my Xuan Yin Avatar evolved into a Flying Zombie, comparable to a martial artist at the Transcendent Realm!" Wang Xuan was overjoyed. He hadn't expected that the speed at which zombies devoured their own kind to evolve was even faster than the speed at which they absorbed the essence and blood of living people!
"Boom!" With two more halberd strikes, the number of zombies killed by Wang Xuan's halberd had reached fifty or sixty.
Just as Wang Xuan was getting somewhat engrossed in the game, he suddenly sensed an impending crisis through his inexplicable spiritual senses, and he quickly swung his halberd in a diagonal thrust.
A hairy zombie had somehow gotten close and launched a surprise attack on Wang Xuan while he was killing ordinary zombies.
This hairy zombie was comparable to the late stage of the Dao Realm, roughly equivalent to the strength Wang Xuan had displayed. Given that it was a sneak attack, it should have been highly likely to succeed.
Little did it know that Wang Xuan had not used his full strength at all, but was instead feigning weakness!
At this point, Wang Xuan no longer held back. He displayed the strength of his Xuan Yin Avatar at the Perfect Dao Realm, and combined it with the power of three hundred Xuanjia elite cavalry. His attack was an overwhelming force!
"boom!"
He pierced the zombie's chest with a single halberd strike, unleashing a torrent of fierce martial will that churned the zombie's consciousness into a jumbled mess, rendering it utterly powerless to resist.
Wang Xuan didn't hold back, grabbing the zombie's neck with one hand, his surging essence being devoured by the Xuan Yin incarnation.
Chapter Ninety-Three: Flying Yaksha!
While devouring the third-tier zombie, Wang Xuan observed the situation on the battlefield.
As he expected, almost at the same time he was attacked, the others were also ambushed.
Several Tier 3 Zombies attacked simultaneously, causing heavy casualties to the allied forces of the feudal lords.
The four Sui Dynasty generals, including Yang Lin, the Prince of Kao Shan, and Xin Wenli, hadn't even had a chance to kill a few zombies before they were eaten noodles and bitten to death by the Mao Jiang, who had reached the Dao realm.
As for Pei Yuanqing, Yuwen Chengdu, a fierce general who cultivated martial arts to achieve enlightenment, although he did not die in the sneak attack just now, he was seriously injured and could no longer exert his full strength.
The situation changed instantly; no one expected those zombies to be so ferocious! If experts like Pei Yuanqing had perished here, how could ordinary people possibly withstand the zombie army!
Wang Xuan threw the zombie in his hand. He had drained the zombie of its life force, turning it into a corpse, so there was no need to pay attention to it anymore.
After devouring a late-stage third-tier hairy zombie, Wang Xuan's Xuan Yin avatar's cultivation level increased significantly. Seventy percent of the hair on his body had fallen out, and his appearance instantly became more than ten years younger.
"Not bad, at least I don't have to look like an old man anymore." Wang Xuan smiled with satisfaction. Xuan Yin Avatar was ultimately a corpse transformed from Chen Qingzhi after his death, and he looked like an old man of about sixty years old. Now, after devouring a late-stage third-tier zombie, he looked only in his forties, in the prime of his life.
Wang Xuan pressed on, pointing his halberd at another third-tier zombie, and used the Lingxu Step to fly away.
With his perfected Dao cultivation, dealing with an ordinary zombie was a piece of cake. Even though the zombie resisted with all its might, it was killed by Wang Xuan in just over ten moves.
Having absorbed the essence of another third-tier zombie, the power of the Xuan Yin Avatar became even stronger. Less than a layer of hair remained on its body, and its appearance changed to that of someone in their thirties.
"After absorbing the essence of another third-tier zombie, my Xuan Yin Avatar will be able to completely break through to the Flying Zombie level, comparable to a Transcendent Realm expert at the fourth level of martial arts!" Wang Xuan could no longer suppress his smile.
Even in the main world, a master at the Transcendent Realm would be a powerful figure! Martial generals like Li Dian and Yue Jin are only at the late Transcendent Realm.
But at that moment, a sudden change occurred.
Suddenly, a loud explosion came from Jinyang City. Half of the city wall collapsed, and the soldiers on the wall were all blown to pieces. Only one figure was thrown out.
Wang Xuan's pupils contracted, because the figure that was sent flying was clearly Li Yuanba!
"With Li Yuanba's cultivation at the peak of the early stage of Dao Entry, which is comparable to the combat power of the middle stage of Dao Entry, he couldn't even withstand a single move from his opponent. The person who made the move must have been at least at the peak of the Dao Entry level!"
Just as Li Yuanba's body flew hundreds of meters backward, a man in black shot out and grabbed Li Yuanba by the neck.
Li Yuanba, the strongest native inhabitant of the Sui and Tang dynasties, the Prince of Zhao of the Western Prefecture, has passed away!
Even Wang Xuan was shocked. Li Yuanba, the number one expert, was practically the illegitimate son of the Sui and Tang world, yet he was killed so easily!
At this moment, even the heavens were enraged. Dark clouds instantly filled the sky, and a bolt of lightning as thick as a bucket struck down, directly hitting the man in black.
"roar!"
After the tribulation lightning struck, the clothes on the man in black turned to charcoal, but his strong body was not seriously damaged. He actually withstood a tribulation lightning bolt with his bare body!
"Although the tribulation lightning in the Sui and Tang world is far inferior to that in the main world, it is still not something that martial artists who have entered the Dao through martial arts can withstand. This kind of power is already equivalent to the Transcendent Realm!"
Wang Xuan glanced at the person, and a sense of unease dawned on him; he guessed the other person's identity.
That person... well, I should say it wasn't a living person at all, but a zombie!
Previously, when Wang Xuan entered the core area of the Changping Ancient Battlefield, among the large group of zombies he encountered, two zombies had reached the Perfect Entry Level.
One of the zombies, at the peak of the Daoist realm, was refined by Wang Xuan into a Xuan Yin incarnation, while the other drained Yuan Tiangang's essence and blood, hiding under the bronze coffin.
If Wang Xuan wasn't mistaken, this was the zombie at the peak of the Dao Entry level. After leaving the ancient battlefield of Changping, it devoured blood and food, and had completely transformed into a fourth-order flying zombie!
Flying zombies, also known as flying yakshas, are capable of flying and escaping into the earth, comparable to masters at the Transcendent Realm of martial arts.
One bolt of lightning failed to destroy the flying yaksha, and soon a second bolt of lightning struck, causing the flying yaksha to fall from mid-air and crash into the ground, creating a deep crater.
Even more unbelievable was that a beam of light, tinged with purple, descended from the sky and landed on Li Yuanba's corpse.
Li Yuanba, who had died after his neck was broken, was suddenly resurrected!
"Is this how God's illegitimate child is treated?!" Wang Xuan was first shocked, then heartbroken.
Li Yuanba was able to be resurrected entirely because of the will of Heaven consuming the world's essence. As long as the soul is not annihilated, even if your entire body is destroyed, you can be resurrected instantly by consuming some of the world's essence.
"This Heavenly Will is truly a spendthrift, squandering the world's essence so recklessly. I wonder how much of the world's essence will be left after I seize control of this world!"
Wang Xuan cursed inwardly, then turned his gaze to the large crater created by the flying zombie. He could sense that the flying zombie wasn't dead, nor was it seriously injured. To eliminate it with tribulation lightning would probably require at least twenty strikes.
As he expected, the flying zombie soon flew out of the pit, letting out a silent screech as it looked up at the sky.
In the next instant, ripples, barely visible to the naked eye, spread out from the flying zombie, and all the humans and zombies within a radius of hundreds of meters had their heads explode, becoming utterly dead.
The flying zombie opened its mouth and inhaled, absorbing all the vital energy released by the dead humans and zombies. Its wounds healed rapidly.
"Boom!"
Another bolt of lightning struck, hitting the flying zombie directly and shattering it into the dust once more.
However, Wang Xuan had no intention of appreciating it at all, because he knew very well that the flying zombie would definitely plunder the essence to recover from its injuries, and they, as martial arts masters, were undoubtedly the best targets for the other party!
"My current level of cultivation is not enough to fight against that flying zombie. I must break through immediately!" Wang Xuan dared not pause for a moment. He swept his halberd in all directions, instantly killing dozens of zombies and absorbing their essence to improve his cultivation.
Chapter Ninety-Four: Swallowing Ran Min!
Although Wang Xuan's Xuan Yin incarnation was only a little bit away from breaking through, the essence provided by dozens of ordinary zombies was still not enough!
Just as he was about to make another move, a chilling feeling enveloped his entire body, followed by a powerful surge of corpse energy.
"boom!"
Wang Xuan was sent flying hundreds of meters away. Even with his invulnerable third-tier zombie body, a deep palm print was left on his chest, which was dented an inch deep!
Wang Xuan looked up coldly and saw a burly man of about thirty years old floating in the void. Unlike ordinary people, his pupils were completely blood red, and he was looking at Wang Xuan with the eyes of someone looking at a subordinate.
"You're a zombie too?" the burly man said in a hoarse voice. "All the blood and flesh here is mine. If you dare to steal it, I'll just snap your head off next time!"
It turned out that the flying zombie recognized Wang Xuanxuan's identity as a zombie and mistook him for an ally, so it only taught him a lesson and did not kill him directly.
Wang Xuan wiped a cold sweat from his heart. Fortunately, the flying zombie had misunderstood, otherwise the Xuan Yin Avatar would have perished here today.
Wang Xuan looked up at the burly man and tentatively asked, "May I ask who you are, brother?"
The burly man who flew into the air gave Wang Xuan a deep look, and then said in a hoarse voice, "I am Ran Min, the number one general under my master!"
Wang Xuan's heart skipped a beat. Sure enough, this zombie was no ordinary person. In that era of great suffering for the Chinese nation, Ran Min had preserved the last bloodline of the Han people in the north, giving them the opportunity to rebuild their glory.
It's just that he killed too many people, so he inevitably received a lot of negative comments.
Before Wang Xuan could glean any more information from Ran Min, the tribulation lightning struck again from the sky. Ran Min, who had been so imposing and had the air of a leader, was struck down by a bolt of lightning as thick as a bucket, creating another large crater in the ground.
"A great opportunity!" Wang Xuan's eyes narrowed with laughter. He instantly forgot Ran Min's warning and, while Ran Min was dealing with the tribulation lightning, he once again charged into the zombie horde and wreaked havoc.
"Kid, you're asking for death!" Wang Xuan was having a great time killing when a roar came from behind him. Then he saw Ran Min's burly body shooting towards him and punching him in the head!