Chapter 72: Weird Mist Besieging the City, White Bone Army

South City wall, Qin Jiang closed the city gate and stood on the wall, looking into the distance. White mist spread with the dark clouds filling the sky, swallowing everything.

He recognized it; this was weird mist, weird mist so thick it was almost black!

*Damn it! Is this what the Weirdness Tide is like?! *

With such thick weird mist, how much weirdness is hidden within?!

He looked around and walked quickly to a beacon tower, took a signal rocket from the side, lit it, and sent it into the sky to explode.

Before long, signal rockets exploded in other directions of the Outer City as well.

Seeing this, his heart relaxed slightly, but it was still filled with deep wariness.

This weird mist covered the sky and earth, surging from all directions; there was no possibility of escape at all!

Just as he was thinking about how to deal with it, the weird mist approached Black Mountain City, but stopped at a distance of one hundred meters from the city wall.

Looking out now, everything within sight was obscured by thick fog, making Black Mountain City look like an isolated city.

*Clang, clang, clang! * A sound of metal clashing came from the thick fog, and a black shadow gradually became clear.

*Whoosh—! * The black shadow rode a horse out of the fog, revealing its appearance—it was Long Yuesheng, who had left the city earlier.

"Brother Qin, save me!"

He shouted loudly. Having killed his way from a hundred miles away, he had no chance to stop at all, almost killing his way over in one breath! If it weren't for the fact that the Blood Flame Golden Spear in his hand had some restraining effect on weirdness, even if his Thousand Feather Spear skills were divine, he would have died on the road long ago! Even so, he was now at the point of near exhaustion! Qin Jiang didn't hesitate upon seeing this, directly diving down.

At the same time, the weirdness chasing Long Yuesheng also revealed itself—it was actually a giant white bone skeleton! *No, not one! * Qin Jiang's pupils contracted, his figure suddenly accelerated, and he stepped fiercely on the horse's back, directly scooping up Long Yuesheng and returning to the wall.

Looking back, he saw that a dense White Bone Army had already rushed out of the fog.

Their speed was extremely fast, and in just a breath, they had caught up to Long Yuesheng's black horse.

*Ssh, ssh, ssh, ssh! *

The sound of sharp claws tearing through flesh and blood rang out, and even from dozens of meters away, it was still heard very clearly.

Qin Jiang's eyes sharpened. He clearly saw that the claws of those white bone skeletons cut through the black horse's body with almost no hesitation.

This meant that the claws of these white bone skeletons were much sharper than ordinary swords! After a few breaths, the White Bone Army retreated, leaving only a broken skeleton stained with blood in place.

Long Yuesheng used the Blood Flame Golden Spear to support his body and stood beside Qin Jiang, looking at the broken horse skeleton with a trace of sadness in his eyes.

This warhorse had followed him through many battles, yet he never expected it to end in this way.

"Has anything happened in the city these past few days? Have those demons come?" he asked, adjusting his emotions.

"The Gang Leader is seriously injured, and I have become the Head of Hall of the Red Tiger Gang, temporarily taking over the Red Tiger Gang. As for those demons, many have come," Qin Jiang said.

Long Yuesheng nodded as if relieved. He had long known about Lu Xuanwu's serious injury; otherwise, he wouldn't have agreed to let the demons enter the city.

"It's good that they came. Those demons have great backgrounds and are skilled in charm techniques, which can significantly increase morale, and even turn people into killing machines without pain when necessary."

Qin Jiang's eyes moved, but he didn't ask anything more. It was impossible for a siege of weirdness to not result in deaths.

"What did County Lieutenant Long go out of the city to do? Was it successful?" he asked.

He didn't think Long Yuesheng had retreated after failing to escape. If the other party really wanted to escape, they could have escaped long ago; there was no need to wait until now.

Long Yuesheng shook his head, "Failed. I originally intended to go personally to bring reinforcements, but I was forced back halfway."

This time, he had intended to go to the County City to ask for help, but he had miscalculated. He didn't expect this eruption to be so fast!

Qin Jiang nodded and looked ahead, asking, "How should this Weirdness Tide be dealt with?"

He had no experience in dealing with a Weirdness Tide, but Long Yuesheng clearly had more experience; otherwise, he wouldn't have had the chance to kill his way out of the weird mist.

Moreover, he was fine with one-on-one combat, but if it came to commanding a team, he would be troubled if it exceeded twenty people.

Long Yuesheng's eyes sank slightly, and he sighed, "This is no longer a Weirdness Tide; this is a fully formed Weird Domain."

Qin Jiang looked at Long Yuesheng, seeing worry in the other party's eyes, containing a hint of panic—a look he had never seen on the other party before.

"What is the difference between a Weird Domain and a Weirdness Tide?" he asked.

Long Yuesheng sighed slightly, "After a Weird Domain is formed, an Eye-Weird level weirdness will be born. That is an existence that transcends Grandmasters. We have no way to deal with it.

Even if all the Divine Intent experts in Black Mountain City swarmed up, they would definitely not be the opponent of an Eye-Weird. That is an existence truly comparable to a Secret Martial Artist!"

Qin Jiang was startled upon hearing this. Eye-Weird? Transcending Grandmasters! An existence comparable to a Secret Martial Artist!

"Secret Martial Artist... just how strong are they?" he couldn't help but ask.

Although he had already seen a clue from the potential points required for leap-deduction, he still couldn't realistically imagine the strength of a Secret Martial Artist. Long Yuesheng shook his head, "They are by no means comparable to Divine Intent martial artists. That is a realm that transcends the mundane, known as a non-human existence!

Practicing a transmitted Secret Martial Art, once mastered, one has the power to break a city with a single strike!"

*Break a city with a single strike?! *

Qin Jiang's pupils contracted, and his gaze fell involuntarily on the city wall beneath his feet.

Even if he wanted to smash a gap in such a thick city wall, it would take at least a day, and yet someone could break it with a single strike?!

Such power exceeded that of a Grandmaster by more than ten times! Was the gap between True Martial Artists and Secret Martial Artists actually this large?!

What kind of strange object was the Origin Atlas? It could actually increase a martial artist's strength by so much?

Involuntarily, he felt some anticipation. Once he mastered this kind of power, how strong would he be?

"I wonder if County Lieutenant Long can obtain a Secret Martial Art?" he asked.

Long Yuesheng looked at him with some surprise, "I don't even have one myself."

Qin Jiang realized, "It was my rudeness."

Long Yuesheng smiled and shook his head, "Actually, it's not that it can't be obtained. If you join the Copper Bell Sect, with your talent, you can naturally get one.

Moreover, this Secret Martial Art is different from True Martial Arts. Simply obtaining the manual is useless; one must go to the core area to absorb the Secret Martial Art Origin Power to master it."

Qin Jiang's eyes brightened. Secret Martial Art Origin Power! He thought it must be the so-called Origin Atlas!

*Crack, crack, crack! * A sound of bones moving suddenly came from his ears.

Qin Jiang and Long Yuesheng looked over, only to see that the bloodstains on the black horse skeleton had disappeared, and it had completely turned into white bone.

Wisps of weird mist surged from behind it, wrapping it.

*Step, step. *

The sound of horse hooves rang out. The eye sockets of the black horse skeleton turned into two pitch-black vortex hollows, and its body actually walked like a living thing.

*Step, step, step! * It charged toward the city wall, and at the same time, a dense White Bone Army rushed out of the weird mist behind it.

Confusion appeared in the eyes of Qin Jiang and Long Yuesheng. They looked at each other, both seeing incomprehension in the other's eyes.

Especially Long Yuesheng. Qin Jiang didn't know much about Weird Domains, but he had experienced it several times, yet he also didn't know that this Weird Domain actually had the ability to transform weirdness! This had never happened before!

Immediately, the corners of his mouth hooked up—it was an expression of laughing out of extreme anger.

*My warhorse, how dare you transform it into weirdness?! *

"Brother Qin, dare to go down and charge with me?"

Qin Jiang laughed upon hearing this, "Hahaha! Why not!"

As his voice fell, he was the first to rush down the city wall, killing his way into the White Bone Army with just a pair of iron fists!

Long Yuesheng didn't show any weakness upon seeing this and directly charged down with his spear! He was born with divine strength and had good recovery ability. In just this short while, he had recovered seven or eight tenths and didn't fear a fight! Outside the city, Qin Jiang was like a fierce tiger entering a flock of sheep, wantonly slaughtering the White Bone Army, but the number of these white bone skeletons was extremely large, like leeks being cut batch after batch.

He discovered that the strength of these white bone skeletons was almost equivalent to ordinary martial artists.

Some powerful exotic skeletons, such as those whose bones were as clear as jade, or some white bone skeletons of beasts, could even reach the level of second-rate experts.

In terms of strength alone, they were not weaker than some experts who had just entered the Divine Intent realm.

It was just that because their movements were stupid and lacked any rules, they didn't pose much of a threat to him.

After charging for a while, footsteps sounded on the city wall behind him.

"It's the Head of Hall! Quick! Prepare the bows and crossbows!"

Kong Hai's voice rang out, accompanied by the sound of bowstrings being pulled.

"Fire!"

*Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh! Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh! * Arrows pierced the air, arriving in an instant. The thumb-thick arrows directly pierced a row of white bone skeletons, hit the bone horns of a deer-shaped skeleton, and bounced off.

"Those at the Divine Intent realm and above, follow me and kill!" Kong Hai raised his axe high and shouted, leaping down the city wall directly.

The remaining Hall Masters and Deacons who had mastered the Red Tiger Fist also followed to kill. Only Sun Qianzhao and Chen Feng remained on the city wall to command the situation, directing the bows and crossbows to attack the gathering place of the White Bone Army.

Before long, everyone had gathered in one place, taking turns to replace each other, slaughtering the White Bone Army like a meat grinder.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 73 =====