“Jing Jing, danger, you go hide… uh!”
Jia Le shivered, his voice filled with warning, but stopped mid-sentence realizing Jing Jing was no longer beside him.
He looked up and saw Jing Jing running out of the house, a golden Zen staff clutched in her hand!
“Uh, Jing Jing, what are you doing?”
“There are so many walking corpses, hiding is impossible, we fight!”
Jia Le swallowed, returning to the house to grab a peachwood sword. He mustered his courage, saying, “I… I’ll protect you!”
“No need, I can handle it! Either I hold on until Mu ge comes back, or until Master returns!”
“What if you can’t hold on?”
“A grand funeral!”
Jia Le: …
Standing in the courtyard, they watched the walking corpses closing in, cold sweat beading on their foreheads.
Their skills were comparable to Qiu Sheng’s.
In the original film, Ren Fa was a walking corpse, and Qiu Sheng, wielding a corpse-subduing talisman, found it incredibly dangerous to deal with him.
Now, they faced at least forty to fifty ‘Ren Fas’!
Although they had Master’s artifacts, it was clear that the artifacts couldn’t bridge the vast gap in strength. The pressure was immense!
“Hoah~~!”
As the walking corpses caught a whiff of their scent, they instantly accelerated, moving with a stiff yet rapid pace towards them.
“Ugly things, die by this missy’s hand!”
Jing Jing gritted her teeth, her Zen staff whipping out a blur, striking the first zombie to enter the courtyard on its head.
Boom~~!
The Zen staff, weighing over thirty kilograms, coupled with its exorcism power, directly knocked the zombie down by over thirty centimeters, sinking into the soil up to its knees!
Jing Jing swung the staff, twisting her slender waist, sweeping through the ranks of the zombies with a ferocious force, landing a heavy blow on the zombie’s skull.
The combined force of the blow and the exorcism energy shattered the zombie’s skull, snapping its neck, which drooped onto its chest.
The first one, dead!
Jia Le was similarly successful.
The peachwood sword pierced through the zombie’s heart, and a white smoke sizzled out as the zombie shrieked in agony, dying!
The first walking corpse was quickly dealt with.
But the rest of the zombies moved even faster than they expected. They had only just killed one when there were already more than ten in each courtyard, and every second, more were pouring in!
Both were in imminent danger!
Faced with the zombie swarm, even with their artifacts, they could only parry haphazardly!
They dodged a claw from one side, only to be met by another from the other side. They barely pushed it away, and another zombie appeared beside them!
Two fists can’t fight four hands, let alone when they were facing forty to fifty walking corpses!
Even benefiting from the space, facing seven to eight at a time, they couldn’t hold on!
“Retreat! Retreat back inside! It’s too open outside, we can’t handle it!”
Jia Le shouted urgently, his voice filled with panic.
“We can’t retreat. There’s still room to maneuver in the courtyard. Inside the house, we’ll be trapped!”
Jing Jing’s voice trembled, but her logic was clear.
Inside the house, the space would be cramped, they might only face three or four zombies at a time, seemingly reducing the pressure. But once they were trapped inside, they would be truly helpless.
Outside, the pressure was intense, but as long as they weren’t surrounded, they could trade space for time, increasing the chance of Mu Chen and Yi Xiu returning.
Seeing Jing Jing refusing to leave, Jia Le gritted his teeth and persevered.
It wasn’t about liking her or not, simply a boy’s pride. If the girl wouldn’t run, he wouldn’t either!
As it turned out, Jing Jing’s tactics were right.
Although it looked perilous, the kite-fighting strategy of hitting and running ensured their temporary safety.
Besides the fatigue, sore muscles, and exhaustion, they could still hold on for a while!
However.
They didn’t notice that there were four tall zombies outside the courtyard who hadn’t moved at all.
One had no flesh on its hands, its spine seemed to be broken, its upper and lower bodies stacked on top of each other.
Two had bowl-sized holes in their chests.
One had cracked knuckles and a tooth mark on its neck!
They were the four masters of the Dragon Protection Clan!
As martial arts masters, they had immediately risen to the level of Copper Armored Zombies after they resurrected!
They had skipped over the walking corpses and hopping zombies, and directly ascended to the Copper Armored level!
It seemed as if they sensed that the two in the courtyard were running out of strength. The zombie with the tooth mark on its neck let out a roar, and the four Copper Armored Zombies… moved!
They jumped into the two courtyards, their movements like bulldozers, pushing aside the walking corpses blocking their path, and came before them!
Jia Le faced the one with the stacked upper and lower body, and the one with the tooth mark on its neck!
Jing Jing faced the two with holes in their chests!
Sensing their ferocity, their hearts sank into their stomachs!
Facing their attack, Jia Le, holding the light peachwood sword, managed to dodge their attacks, barely!
Jing Jing was in dire straits. Being a woman, she had less strength, and was wielding the heavy Zen staff, which she had been using for a while!
Facing two Copper Armored Zombies who were far stronger than her, she was quickly defeated!
She dodged one attack but not the next, her arm was grabbed by the Copper Armored Zombie, and with a violent swing, she was thrown out of the courtyard, crashing onto the ground. She lay there for a long time, unable to get up!
She also dropped her Zen staff!
Looking at the walking corpses and the Copper Armored Zombies rushing towards her, Jia Le’s eyes were bloodshot!
He wanted to save her, to help her, but he himself was like a clay Buddha crossing a river, unable to escape the Copper Armored Zombie!
He could already imagine Jing Jing being devoured by zombies!
If only…
If only I could be as strong as Dao Bo…
Jia Le was utterly despondent, utterly disgusted by his own weakness!
Jing Jing’s mind went blank. The pain radiating through her body made it impossible for her to get up, let alone escape.
Overwhelming despair and fear filled her, leaving her gasping for breath!
Overwhelming sorrow and unwillingness also filled her heart.
If only I could see Mu ge again, even if just for a glance…
But… there’s no if!
The fast-approaching swarm of zombies didn’t care about her wishes. She could only close her eyes in despair!
As she awaited death.
A gentle voice sounded in front of her.
“So many of you ganging up on this humble chef of mine. You beasts, you have such poor manners…”