Refining Oneself Into A Corpse

Blackstone Town, South District Government Office.

"Captain, we can't hold on much longer," a constable in green robes said, approaching Wang Tiezhi and the others with a look of panic.

"We must hold on even if we can't. We have the people of the South District behind us. If we can't hold on, what will happen to them?" Wang Tiezhi said with an angry expression.

"Head Constable Lu instructed before he left that as long as we can hold on until dawn, the activity of the zombies will decrease, and they might retreat."

"So, we must hold on, hold on until dawn!"

Wang Tiezhi was not only telling the constable but also warning himself.

Even if he couldn't hold on, he had to. He just needed to hold on until dawn.

He believed that Lu Chuan wouldn't lie to him, and there was no need to.

"Bang... Bang, bang... Bang, bang, bang..."

The sound of the government office gate echoed continuously. The zombies outside seemed to be going crazy, attacking the gate frantically.

They smelled the very enticing scent of living people inside, which drove them mad and tireless. This scent deeply attracted them, making them want to bite down and ravage. This scent came from the zombies' instinctual desire to devour.

The spirit masters defending the South District Government Office gate had been replaced wave after wave. At this moment, the gate was already riddled with holes.

Zombies' hands reached in, sweeping back and forth, further damaging the gate.

"This is bad, the gate won't hold. Everyone, prepare yourselves, prepare for battle," a constable in black robes shouted, looking at the riddled gate.

Actually, he didn't need to say it; everyone had already seen it.

"Ah!!!"

The moment a constable was grabbed by a zombie, he was instantly pulled out of the gate and devoured by the zombies outside.

Seeing this, the constables retreated from the gate towards the courtyard of the government office.

"It's over, the government office gate is broken," a constable in black robes said with a grim expression.

As soon as he finished speaking, the government office gate was smashed to pieces by the zombies, and then, one by one, the zombies jumped in and surged towards the crowd.

Their numbers were extremely large, and in a very short time, they had destroyed the gate of the South District Government Office.

"Fight!" someone roared, holding a brown wooden staff with spiritual energy flowing over it. Clearly, this was a spiritual treasure—the Azure Spirit Staff.

"Kill!" someone held a simple dao, with spiritual energy flowing over it. Clearly, this was also a spiritual treasure—the Edge Cleaving Blade.

"Charge!" someone held a black giant sword in both hands, with a halo of spiritual energy flowing over it. Clearly, this was also a spiritual treasure—the Mysterious Iron Heavy Sword.

These spiritual treasures of theirs were all First Rank spiritual treasures, selected from the Treasure Cave after they broke through to become First Rank spirit masters.

At this moment, they held these spiritual treasures, guarding Blackstone Town.

The two forces instantly clashed together, and the scene became chaotic. The government office side, cooperating in groups of three or five, managed to create some obstacles to the zombies' charge.

However, there were simply too many zombies, and inevitably some slipped through, rushing past them towards the inside of the government office, towards the survivors.

"You two, it's time for us to take action. We can't just stand here and watch," Wang Tiezhi tightened his grip on the handle of the Hundred Refined Blade at his waist, a trace of sweat appearing in his palm, but there was no hint of retreat in his eyes.

Before them, their compatriots were fighting to the death. How could they sit idly by in the rear?

Zhou Zhengyi's feet surged with spiritual energy, and the Light Spirit Boots on his feet activated instantly, sending him shooting towards the zombie horde.

And just as Zhou Zhengyi ran out, Sun Weiquan, who was beside him, took off the chain he carried on his back, shook it in his hand, and the chain instantly surged with spiritual energy, and then he threw it forward fiercely.

At this time, Zhou Zhengyi reached out and grabbed the Chain.

"Get out of the way!" Zhou Zhengyi shouted to the people in front the moment he grabbed the Chain.

The people in front, upon hearing this, didn't even have time to look and hurriedly dodged.

At this moment, Zhou Zhengyi transformed into a gust of wind, shuttling through the zombie horde, while tightly pulling the Chain, encircling the zombies within.

Seeing this, Wang Tiezhi leaped forward a few steps, slowly drew out the Hundred Refined Blade, a burst of metallic ringing sounded, Wang Tiezhi held the white blade horizontally in front of his chest, spiritual energy surged on the blade, and his momentum grew stronger and stronger.

"Brother Zhou, retreat quickly!"

Wang Tiezhi's hand holding the Hundred Refined Blade began to tremble gradually, a sign that he was about to lose control, and at this moment his face also turned extremely pale, sweat dripping from his forehead like raindrops, obviously this move was not easy for Wang Tiezhi.

Zhou Zhengyi was currently shuttling back and forth in the horde of corpses, putting the Chain on the zombies one by one. Every step he took was fraught with danger, and a slight carelessness could lead to the risk of being besieged.

Upon hearing this, Zhou Zhengyi tightened the Chain firmly. The zombies surrounded by the Chain were instantly gathered together. They wanted to leap forward, but were firmly bound by the Chain and could not escape.

Then, Zhou Zhengyi casually tied the Chain to the body of a zombie, and his figure shot back, arriving at a distance of about ten feet from Wang Tiezhi.

He was panting slightly, his face covered in sweat like rain, his inner clothes were already completely soaked, and at this moment, stopping suddenly brought a gust of cold, causing him to shiver involuntarily.

Seeing that Zhou Zhengyi had returned safely, and that the zombies were struggling within the range of the Chain, the Chain was shaking violently, obviously it was about to give way.

"Hundred Blade Slash!"

Wang Tiezhi shouted loudly, his momentum erupted, and then he suddenly slashed out with his blade.

A blade aura about ten feet long, sweeping with powerful force, rushed horizontally towards the zombies bound by the Chain.

"Swish... Swish, swish, swish..."

Heads flew up one by one, roughly estimated to be no less than thirty. After losing their heads, the headless corpses struggled weakly for a while, and then fell to the ground one by one.

"Huff... Huff... Huff..."

Wang Tiezhi breathed heavily, holding a spirit stone in his hand and slowly absorbing the spiritual energy inside to refine it.

Looking at the results of their three men's battle, he did not feel happy in his heart.

Even with the replenishment of spirit stones, he could perform such a move at most one more time, but there were simply too many zombies here.

Even though they had just killed so many zombies, the zombies behind were still pouring towards this side continuously, and he believed that it wouldn't be long before they could return to their original state.

"Brother Wang, it seems that we are in dire straits today. Being able to be brothers with you two, my Zhou Zhengyi's life has been worth it. I hope we can be brothers in the next life as well," Zhou Zhengyi said, looking at the gradually gathering zombies, already resigned to his fate.

Sun Weiquan laughed heartily upon hearing this and said, "Hahaha, what Brother Zhou said is also what I wanted to say. I hope Head Constable Lu won't blame us for not protecting the people in the South District. After all, our strength is low, and we have really tried our best."

Sun Weiquan retrieved the Chain, his face not looking good at this moment.

The three of them had just used their full strength, otherwise they wouldn't have achieved that kind of effect. After all, they were only First Rank spirit masters, instantly killing dozens of First Rank white-haired zombies. This kind of record was enough to boast about when bragging to others.

"You two, stop talking nonsense here. I'm not done living yet. We can definitely wait for Head Constable Lu to bring people to support us. We must hold on," Wang Tiezhi wiped the sweat from his forehead and looked at the two with a serious expression.

At this moment, they were all recovering, looking for opportunities to wait for the next attack.

Their action had slightly relieved the pressure on the constables, but the zombies outside quickly made up for it, and the offensive became even more fierce.

Just at this moment, a figure caught the attention of the three men.

"What is that? Why is it different?" Zhou Zhengyi rubbed his eyes and asked the other two.

"I don't know, but judging from the situation, we probably can't rest anymore," Sun Weiquan said.

"It should be a strengthened version of the zombie," Wang Tiezhi said, tightening his grip on the Hundred Refined Blade.

In their line of sight, a white figure was getting closer and closer.

What made him different from the surrounding zombies was that the hair on his body was longer.

Ordinary zombies only had a layer of fine fluff on their bodies, which could only be seen with careful observation, but this zombie had hair all over his body that was about five inches long. From a distance, it looked like a white mass, which was quite eerie.

"Prepare for battle, this one is probably not so easy to deal with," Wang Tiezhi said.

This one was the corpse of Liu Longgang, specially left behind by Chen Xing. He had devoured a lot of blood, and his strength had also been improved. His current physical strength was completely comparable to a mid-stage First Rank spirit master.

Wang Tiezhi and the others were only early-stage First Rank spirit masters, although they were not far from the mid-stage of the First Rank, they had not yet reached it.

In addition, they had just suffered a great consumption, and their strength was not at its peak. Encountering such a strong opponent really made them feel heavy.

The long-haired zombie came here without the slightest hesitation and rushed towards Wang Tiezhi and the others. He could feel the strong vitality of Wang Tiezhi and the others.

Out of instinct, he fearlessly rushed towards Wang Tiezhi and the others.

"Fight!" Sun Weiquan threw the Chain in his hand towards the long-haired zombie.

Zhou Zheng activated the spiritual energy within his light boots and shot forward, grabbing one end of the lock-body chain and charging towards the long-haired zombie.

As he neared the long-haired zombie, he suddenly veered away, darting out from behind it and wrapping the lock-body chain around it once.

Wang Tiezhi raised the Hundred Refinement Blade above his head, the blade emitting a palpable aura, ready to strike at any moment.