Chapter 70

At this time in the office, everyone gathered around.

Wang Hai first pointed outside the door: "Everyone, saving people is becoming increasingly difficult, and with our manpower, it's just a drop in the bucket."

"My Little Fourth Sister has a method that can save the people in the city together, but I need to make it clear to everyone beforehand."

"What follows is not the Jianghu dueling you are used to, and even I dare not say I can escape unscathed."

"Those who have concerns can leave now. You have all done your best today, and from now on, the Ming Cult's affairs will have nothing to do with you, and the Embroidered Uniform Guards will never harass you again."

Liu Baiyun also said to the Mount Huashan disciples: "My Mount Huashan Sect will not force disciples to die; those who want to leave can return to Mount Huashan on their own. I will not mention today's events, nor will I hold it against you or pursue it."

The Mount Huashan disciples waved their hands, and not a single one left.

Wang Hai turned to look at Gao Ling: "Elder Gao, what are your plans?"

Gao Ling gripped her sword hilt: "Commander, are you looking down on my Mount Taishan Sect?"

"This is the foot of Mount Taishan; how could I flee in the face of battle? If I leave today, how could my Mount Taishan Sect hold its head high in front of Sect Leader Liu in the future?"

"Good!" Wang Hai turned to Xiao Si and said: "Little Fourth Sister, begin."

Xiao Si nodded; the large basin in front of her already contained many herbs and was rolling with white smoke.

Xiao Si lit a fire starter and threw it in.

Whoosh—

The contents of the basin were like oil; upon seeing the fire, they "popped" and began to burn fiercely, the originally curling white smoke turning into a jade pillar, shooting straight into the sky.

At this time, the people in the courtyard had already been moved to the backyard, only the front gate was wide open, Xiao Si guarded the basin, and Wang Hai and the others held their breath, looking toward the entrance.

After only a moment, dense footsteps sounded outside the door.

Immediately, a figure appeared at the door, followed by a second, then a third.

Countless figures instantly rushed toward Xiao Si's direction.

Wang Hai and the others were prepared and met them together.

The Mount Huashan disciples and Gao Ling naturally did as Mei Qinghe did, using their swords to pierce joints, press acupoints to subdue, and throw them toward Xiao Si's side.

Once Xiao Si forced the Gu insects out of their bodies, the Mount Huashan disciples would send them to the backyard.

Wang Hai, however, was not as merciful as them.

He only stayed here because of Xiao Si's insistence and Li Miao's instructions, and now that people were coming in an endless stream, Wang Hai also became ruthless, not holding back at all.

Grabbing someone, he would directly break their joints and throw them behind him.

Just as everyone was dealing with the tide of people pouring in from the door, an anomaly occurred!

Only a scream from a Mount Huashan disciple was heard, as he was tackled to the ground by several people, who bit his arm, blood spraying out!

Liu Baiyun flashed forward and slashed her sword at the back of the neck of the person on top of him.

It only entered the flesh by half an inch!

This was the danger Wang Hai had spoken of—they were not just facing crazed people, but Ming Cult disciples who had infiltrated the crowd and been refined into Gu soldiers!

Liu Baiyun was afraid of accidentally hurting the people, so she only used seventy percent of her strength for this sword strike, ready to stop at any time.

But even with only seventy percent strength, this was a first-rate sword strike, yet it couldn't break through the vital point of this person who had no defense!

From this, one could imagine what a miserable state it would be if the five hundred Gu soldiers Li Miao had blocked outside the city entered the city.

Liu Baiyun no longer held back, turning her sword to pierce the carotid artery on the side of the person's neck.

Blood sprayed out onto the ground, but the person continued to bite toward the Mount Huashan disciple beneath them, until Liu Baiyun slashed with full force into the wound on the back of their neck, their head falling to the ground, only then did their limbs twitch and stop moving.

Wang Hai also encountered one on his side.

Seeing the situation on Liu Baiyun's side, Wang Hai was prepared, stepping forward to punch the person in the face, the force penetrating the body to dislocate the person's jaw.

Then his hands moved like butterflies through flowers, sweeping across the person's body several times.

The person screamed suddenly, their arms dislocated and hanging limp at their sides.

Looking at Wang Hai again, he was holding two eyeballs in his left hand and actually carrying a complete human face in his right!

Throwing down the flesh in his hands, Wang Hai kicked the person with great force, kicking them into the crowd.

Wang Hai had dislocated the person's arms, jaw, and eyes; they couldn't hurt anyone, only bumping around in the crowd like a headless fly, which instead slowed the speed of the crowd pouring in.

Wang Hai shouted: "Everyone, don't hold back!"

"We cannot seek perfection at this time! If we can't hold out until my Battalion Commander returns to reinforce us, there will be no hope for the remaining people!"

Liu Baiyun also shouted: "Listen to Commander Wang!"

She hesitated for a moment, then added: "Don't pierce vital points with the first sword; if you can't pierce them, go for the kill directly!"

The Mount Huashan disciples all agreed, understanding the situation, and their sword strikes became much more ruthless.

Wang Hai glanced at Liu Baiyun but said nothing.

He knew that Liu Baiyun and the others stayed here because they were eager to save people, and it was natural that they couldn't be as decisive and ruthless as he was. After all, they were not Embroidered Uniform Guards and didn't have the experience or mindset of weighing human lives on a scale.

He believed that after tonight, they would learn.

The difficulty of these Gu soldiers should not end here.

The disciple Liu Baiyun had saved had originally stood up to fight the enemy, but suddenly lost his strength and collapsed to the ground.

Mei Qinghe stepped forward to pull the person up and saw that his eyes were bloodshot, veins bulging, and his whole body was trembling uncontrollably.

Saliva flowed from his mouth, and he was already delirious.

Mei Qinghe didn't hesitate, throwing him toward Xiao Si's side, while shouting: "Don't touch the blood of the Ming Cult disciples!"

"There is Gu poison in the blood too!"

That was it; this was the reason the Ming Cult was willing to do such heaven-defying and people-resenting things in the heart of the Great Ming territory.

Once these Gu soldiers were refined, it wasn't just about being immensely strong and physically hard to hurt.

If their blood splashed into one's mouth or nose, one would also be poisoned. Although one wouldn't turn into a Gu soldier, if one didn't have someone proficient in witchcraft to treat it after being poisoned, one would surely die.

Being able to exchange for thousands of these Gu soldiers that couldn't be beaten or touched was the Ming Cult's confidence in daring to risk the world's condemnation to launch this disaster.

Just as Mei Qinghe spoke, two more people had fallen to the ground.

Wang Hai spotted a gap, flashed over, and kicked the two people to Xiao Si's side.

Seeing this, Liu Baiyun also reminded everyone.

But this inevitably made everyone feel tied up.

Aside from Gao Ling, Liu Baiyun, Mei Qinghe, and Wang Hai, whose martial arts were outstanding, everyone else was in constant danger. If the four of them didn't pull away to support, it was feared that they would suffer heavy losses within a stick of incense's time.

But even so, the situation was constantly sliding into the abyss.

Just as everyone was finding it increasingly difficult to hold on, outside the city, Cheng Yuanzhen, who had escaped from Mount Taishan, and the three sect leaders finally arrived at the gate of Tai'an City.